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Anybody use Google Talk client?

Hi,
I used to use google talk a fair bit on my Blackberry, it worked well.
I've switched to a G1 now and am trying to use the built in google talk client which you would think would be the dogs wotsits!
However if I leave the phone for an hour or so I seem to get signed out of Google Talk, making it impossible for people to message me until I notice and sign back in again.
I dont think it is to do with coverage, I'm using it on wi-fi in my house and also there is a good gprs signal. Besides when Gtalk on the blackberry lost connection it would keep trying and sign back in.
Anybody else seeing this?
Thanks
Mike

If you have a dataplan, try turning wifi off. The built-in IM client doesn't seem to auto-reconnect for some reason. If your wifi cuts out for whatever reason (some 2.4 Ghz cordless phones wreak havoc on wifi) then you will lose your GTalk connection.

Mine stays connected like a champ. Its actually the others that sign out all the time. But my gtalk stays connected through edge & wifi switches

Works perfectly on my g1, i have wifi turned off and always works!

jashsu said:
If you have a dataplan, try turning wifi off. The built-in IM client doesn't seem to auto-reconnect for some reason. If your wifi cuts out for whatever reason (some 2.4 Ghz cordless phones wreak havoc on wifi) then you will lose your GTalk connection.
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Thanks for replys guys.
I'm starting to think it happens when my G1 switches from wi-fi to gprs/3g around the house.
Normally it uses wi-fi but there are spots in the house where it is weak, also gprs is not too hot, my guessing is it keeps 'hunting' between the two and this confuses gtalk client. Sound feasible?
Mike

That's probably the cause.

ur problem solved =)
i had same problem. lol. but i called att n upgraded 2 a new package of internet for the house. now its faster n i guess stronger. no cutoffs....and yes its ur wifi. wen ur screen locks, or timeout, the wifi is disabled. theres an app to keep it on but not worth the space. lol. or battery life id much rather tell you to just keep it as is. also, if u r not logged onto gtalk, wich happens...ur missed messages go to ur gmail account. so never miss a gtalk message. lol. i wish same was for aol and yahoo, and msn...i always miss messages

WiFi Tethering dropping often

On my droid X my wifi tethering drops often using either wifi for root users or verizons app with the NAI changed (aka not paying for it), Anyone else having this problem. laptop just stops working or netflix streaming stops but device appears to still be connected. Never really used the wifi tethering enough with my other devices in the past (dinc, droid 1, etc) but its annoying now that i have a small laptop and try to use it often. PDAnet works perfect via cable, so maybe its the droid x wifi driver thing?

iHTC said:
On my droid X my wifi tethering drops often using either wifi for root users or verizons app with the NAI changed (aka not paying for it), Anyone else having this problem. laptop just stops working or netflix streaming stops but device appears to still be connected. Never really used the wifi tethering enough with my other devices in the past (dinc, droid 1, etc) but its annoying now that i have a small laptop and try to use it often. PDAnet works perfect via cable, so maybe its the droid x wifi driver thing?
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by drop do you mean the cellular data connection or the wifi connection? one possibility (unlikely) is if you are receiving a lot of texts. I know that on my X when i receive a text the data connection stops while receiving a text. By stops i mean the data arrows are inactive every time i receive a text regardless of what i'm doing with my data. however i doubt this would cause your netflix to stop. do you have certain power settings to change the data state when the screen turns off or something?

Mine does the same thing. I can use it usually anywhere from 2 minutes up to 10-15 mins max. It does this using 3G Mobile Hotspot & Wireless Tether (ad-hoc). In fact I was looking around on Google, and saw a bunch of people with the same issue, ones that were even paying for the tethering option. Mine is so bad that I don't even bother with it anymore.
I'm using the PDAnet USB connection right now, and it's working without issue. I also have great results with Bluetooth DUN, but it 'feels' slightly slower when compared to the USB connection. (which could all be in my mind)
I've had it happen on the stock OTA 2.2, Rubix Blurry .3, and now Rubix Blurry 1.0. I had it happen overclocked @ 1.2, LV 1Ghz, underclocked LV @ .9 and am currently back at stock speed and voltage.

im assuming its moto's hardware then shame with fission i was actually starting to like the phone alot

Before my internet was connected at my home I used my phone as a hot spot and it worked flawlessly. I never had a connection issue except when I would receive phone calls.

yep. mine stops ALOT. ill get lucky and stay connected for a few minutes here and there but it will disconnect non the less. PDA is ok but still.

3g hotspot and wifi tether for root useres works great for me. Both only drop when I receive a call such sucks if you are in the middle of modern warfare match.
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Mine is terrible. 2-5 minutes max connection time. I had to switch to usb as well.
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Mine did this too,but all my smart phones have. Not just motos. A few wks ago I started using barnacle on my dx and havent had much of of a problem since. Maybe once an hr I have to stop and start tether again. It was acting up yesterday but I figured out battery manager app will kill the connection. Lemme know if it works or it's just a coincidence.
Droid X rooted 2.2 OTA
Incredible rooted 2.2
I910 Omnia WM6.5 ROM

[Q] Verizon 3G vs. WiFi (problem)

On my Xoom, Verizon 3G kicks WiFi butt. This shouldn't be.
I thought maybe it's the WiFi network(s) I have been connecting to, but I have sampled a variety of networks including my home network with a very strong signal.
Quite a few 'time outs'. Symptom really seems to be if the connect is idle for any length of time, it disconnects. I quite regularly have to do something ''twice', including in 3 different browsers, to push through to a new connection.
Any similar from other users, possible diagnosis's or solutions?
Thanks in Advance.

I think there might be issues with some access points and different tablets. I've heard of similar things with laptops and ipads as well.
The general consensus here however is that the xoom has the fastest wifi out of any tablet device. I don't have the link but I believe one of the review sites tested this.
-Bauxite
Sent from my Evo 4G

Thanks for the reply. Further reseach shows its apparently a known issue and is being looked at, for example:
http://www.xoomforums.com/forum/motorola-xoom-help/317-connecting-through-wifi-issues.html
And likely root cause:
https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/46526?pubid=987654
A temporary partial work around is to change the WiFi disconnect policy to the "When screen turns off" setting. you will get a delay of about 5 seconds when first connecting to the internet after unlock, but apparently the memory leak is cleared when you reconnect this way. Continual long term browsing will eventually choke up.

No can't say as I have had any wireless issues, other than not being able to tether to my phone, but that's the phone's problem, not my Xoom, stupid Samsung.
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I have had the browser FC on me after long wifi browsing. So this bug may have leaked out without getting fixed. i have tried the 3g that much but i will tonight and see what happens.

Just-in-time said:
I have had the browser FC on me after long wifi browsing. So this bug may have leaked out without getting fixed. i have tried the 3g that much but i will tonight and see what happens.
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Yes, that is one of the symptoms of the memory leak. We should see a fix eventually.

mjpacheco said:
Yes, that is one of the symptoms of the memory leak. We should see a fix eventually.
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Love the eventuall lol. Yeah its not that big of a deal. Its worth it to be a first 3.0 user.

I've definitely experienced this as well. Wi-Fi disconnects and won't reconnect unless I reboot or manually turn off/on. Question, if I use the temp fix to change the Wi-Fi disconnect policy, doesn't that mean my 3G will be used and therefore my allotment of 1Gb / month will be eaten when not using the device due to background sync? Is there a way to turn off 3G as well?

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I've definitely experienced this as well. Wi-Fi disconnects and won't reconnect unless I reboot or manually turn off/on. Question, if I use the temp fix to change the Wi-Fi disconnect policy, doesn't that mean my 3G will be used and therefore my allotment of 1Gb / month will be eaten when not using the device due to background sync? Is there a way to turn off 3G as well?
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Just turn 3g off... which is what I do, I will only have it on for road trips, ect.
Plus it will only use 3g if WiFi is not available.

Same issue
I had the same issue on my Xoom. Everything after long video streaming, the problem started and the video start to lag and eventually freezed.
If i try the turn off the wifi, it wil stuck at "turning off.........." forever untill i reboot it.

Very bad wireless with Arc

All wireless are bad.
I often lose my wifi connection in my home. And often I even need to restart wifi.
The Bluetooth connection is bad with my car. I need to find the good position to have correct sound on the speakers.
My gprs data connection is often bad. And even if I have good phone connection.
I compare with my old HTC hd
I am really hesitating to send it back to my operator.
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I dont have any of these problems, its batter to get it back and take another one since its still under warranty.

Does anyone else have issues with low wireless signal and constant dropping wireless connections?
I have a friend here are work in the same area, he has an Iphone 4 and has no issues.
LT15a arc

To be honest I never had such issues.

no problem here either - only issue I've got is Green Power free doesn't always open up the wireless connections properly when I unlock the phone and I have to stop GPF to make it work.. but the phone itself is as good as my x10 was and better then my wifes HTC legend..

Yeah my wifi is rubbish. Disconnects each time i try to download something that is a little "big" from the marked or read web pages. It's annoying as hell but it seems like the next update from SE will have a new baseband. Hoping that will fix it else it's going back!

Yeah, hopefully the next update does fix this issue. It is more stable on my home network, but still drops out occasionally.

Yes, I just this Rogers phone today. I have the same problem or even worse. as soon as I open something that's a little big from any online apps or webpage, it disconnects wifi. but it still shows wifi connection on the top. Worse thing is, it seems to crash my router as well then disconnect my whole home network. I have been using my router for more than two years and it never had any problems. (I game and p2p a lot on my ps3 and pc). I have iphone4 wireless hooked up with my router as well and it works flawelessly when open up the same webpage which causes wifi disconnect on my arc.
I am thinking about returning this phone and get nexus s if they can't get it fixed soon....

I used to have problems with the WIFI untill I unlocked the bootloader and rooted it, now its perfect. But it depends if you decide to take the risk or not.

i had no problem with home wi-fi but come to broardband data simcard its terrible slow, assume telco matter but put that sim to OS6 device its run ok

The speed and connection of my arc is quite well.
The only problem of my arc is the time it takes until connection is established.
When i release the screenlock it sometimes takes up to 30 seconds until the WiFi symbol appears and the connection is established

download from market app wi-fi keep alive, it will solve your problems for sure, i had this issue too

wifi weaker than x1 (and to think that x1 wifi were pathetic), data on gprs/3g a lot better but it's Android thingy. most errors come from carrier in my experience.

[Q] mobile data/wifi autoswitching - disable it?

Hi,
I got the Samsung i9500. Yah, the one that made me decide to go with HTC in the future....but that's another post.
In the connection settings there is a check-box that is greyed out that I cannot change. I forget what it says exactly and my phone is outside in my truck (OMW to work). However, it goes something like this: "Disable the weaker network and reconnect to the more expensive mobile data connection."
(no matter what the owner of the phone wants - you go ahead and connect to that network that's gonna cost a fortune while the free home WiFi network which is working just fine and getting fast speeds for a wifi goes unused because hey, lets face it, no one makes money that way....)
It's bad, I mean really bad. I connect at 5G speeds to my wifi. I get fast speeds from it. Why is Samsung making my phone disconnect from my wifi, then connect to my data connection which I have to pay for? WTF are they thinking that this is a convenience? For who!!??!! The phone companies?
I just want my phone to STAY connected to my wifi and NOT automatically switch to my hardly, barely not at all faster mobile data connection.
I'll get a screen shot up soon as I get home from work.
Thanks.
John
P.S-I've edited my post. Apologies-I was extremely angry. Although, anything I said still stands, I just don't see the point of leaving it here.