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X10 & Netgear DG834v5 Wifi Connection Problems - Solution

Hello all,
I love my X10, but the frustration with getting it to connect to my Netgear DG834 router was getting to me, so I dedicated an afternoon to working out a solution and I've found one that works for me, so I hope it'll work for you too.
Summary of problem
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The phone will connect to the Router once, and once only. Any attempt to re-connect to the wifi will result in the phone disconnecting, scanning again, then discinnecting until the user gives up. Nothing will cause the phone to reconnect (telling it to forget the connection for example). The only surefire way to reconnect is to reboot the router each time - not ideal.
Manually adding a Static IP also doesn't work - which is weird as that is how I've solved it, see below.
Scale of problem
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The problem seems to be with the router and not necessarily the phone as it appears to be on a wide range of phones (Hero, Droid, Touch HD etc.). Seeing at the DG834 is the most popular router in the world, and Android is growing all the time, there are a large number of people affected.
However Iphone and Symbian phones appear to be unaffected.
Reason for the problem
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Currently unknown, but appears to be something to do with the handshaking procedure when a device asks the router for an address (DHCP) - though as to what I don't know.
Solution
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1) Download an app called WiFiStatic from the App Market. WiFiStatic takes each DHCP assigned IP address and stores it in a small database to be re-applied whenever you are back in range of the same Router again. It is not an ideal solution as you may have to re-scan and re-assign if you visit a busy hotspot, but this is a two press function, so it's not that onerous.
2) Turn off your Router. Make sure the WiFi on your phone is off too.
3) With the router off, clear your Remembered WiFi connections (or at the very least the Netgear connection). Once that's done, turn the Router on again and wait until it is full back up again.
4) When the Router is fully operational again, turn on your wifi on the phone and let is scan for and connect to the Netgear Router. You may need to tell it to connect from the Wireless Settings menu on the phone.
5) The phone should now connect to the Router successfully. If it doesn't, repeat the above procedure.
6) With the phone connected to the router, fire up WiFiStatic. Check Auto Switch and Show Visual Prompt if they are not already selected, then Tap Add configuration at the bottom of the screen.
7) The IP address and other settings assigned by your router should be displayed at the top of the screen, at the bottom should be the name of your router and its MAC address. If not then tap Menu > Generate to populate the form.
8)Tap Menu > Done when everything is ok.
That's it. Now when you move into range of your Netgear, you should get connected, though it does take a bit longer than normal (the Router still wants to assign an address first before accepting the static IP). You can speed this up by changing the Device table on the router to always keep the Phone's static IP open.
This shouldn't work as all my other attempts with Static IP failed, but I've had five days now of instant connection to WiFi at home, so something has been freed up.

i can not tell you how seeing this post was like finding bin ladin in the white house. Prob would have found him twice trying to solve this WIFI problem. And the strange thing is this is the 1st phone i have had that there are so few posts about it...is everyone on that icrack? scary. cheers to you...

Thank you for posting this.
I tried this with my and it seems it doesn't make a difference for me. I still can only connect once to the router and for me to connect again i have to restart the router again. Am i missing something?
Problem is when I connect for the first time at home it works then when i leave to the office i use the wifi there and never have any problems there but when i get back home it doesn't work. Do you guys switch the wifi off manually when you are not using it?

one thing that is almost always overlooked is updating the router's firmware. this usually solves a number of issues. I dont know about netgear but it's worth a try to update

bimmerboii said:
one thing that is almost always overlooked is updating the router's firmware. this usually solves a number of issues. I dont know about netgear but it's worth a try to update
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That was one of the first thing i tried....it seems i have the latest firmware.

Is this an issue for a lot of people then? Ive one of these routers and never had an issue connecting any phones to it. Had 3 nokias and 3 different android phones, currently on the x10, and they all connected fine everytime.

i have some troubles in x10i wifi connection and holp someone helps me~
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im chinese, my x10i have had the lastest firmware but the phone cant connect the AP which set the channel is "13". but i used it long before and suddy just one day i find it dosnt work~ it cant scan(and find) the AP anymore !
then i have tried and config the router in another wifi channel(just like 1,8,11..) and the phone can scan and refind the AP.
i have tried to reload the phone's default setting,but it dont work(in channel 13)ToT
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someone tell me why? and someone give me some suggest?
in china , lots of router's wifi channel are using "13" by default(factory setting);so, if my x10i cant works in that channel means i couldnt find the "opend APs" which in the public place(like KFC~~)
THX to help~

StampedChipmunk said:
Hello all,
I love my X10, but the frustration with getting it to connect to my Netgear DG834 router was getting to me, so I dedicated an afternoon to working out a solution and I've found one that works for me, so I hope it'll work for you too.
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Thank you! I have spent three days trying to get my phone to re-connect to a DG834v5.
Your solution has worked! I had gone as far as reserving an IP address on the router and linked it to the MAC of the phone... no dice. The phone would connect once and then never again until the router was reset. Really irritating because I have two PPPoe connections running through the router with a routing table that has to be re-loaded via telnet every time the router is reset. I was considering a new phone or a new router.

HI,
I have near the same problem.
But I found out that when I remove on the access point the hidden function ( SID ) then it works perfect.
so that is a bug in the ROM of the X10, I have the R2b026.
At the moment everone can see my Access Point but I can live with that solution.

Worked for me! Many many thanks this had been infuriating me...

Same problem here - never had an issue with any other router, so I blame Netgear...
Let's just hope this works - it's been driving me crazy for the past 5 days...

Neh, hasn't worked for me....
Stupid freakin' Netgear...

works on the HD2 aswell. Thanks alot!

Not just Netgear, maybe Android
k1sr said:
Same problem here - never had an issue with any other router, so I blame Netgear...
Let's just hope this works - it's been driving me crazy for the past 5 days...
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I am having the same issue on my HD2 Android 2.3.4, connecting to a D-Link DIR-635. If I use Static IP, everything is fine...

WORKS! I can't believe it, finally i can disconnect and connect without having to reset my router everytime. BIG thanks man!

alright, it worked fine for the first 5-6 hours. then it went back to not connecting without rebooting the router. this problem happens only with my home router, at work i can connect fine, as well as in other places.
any thoughts or solutions? i mean it did work in the beginning, then why did it stop? shall i change my router?
P.S.: i noticed that every time i connect to my home router i get the same IP address and all the stats are the same.

[Q] serious wifi issue!!!

After spending time searching the net for a solution i couldnt find anything as it seems my problem is unique. The issue is when i connect to my router through wifi every thing goes fine however when i go out of range or disconnect for a while and try to reconnect i get a message "Connecting..." then "Disconnected" and it never connects until I restart the router. The issue was worse where it connects for 1 time but the next time it does not detect the router, this was resolved by setting the wifi channel from auto to channel 6. But now i am stuck with this issue that has no solution. I have tried everything from static IPs to mac filtering, i also wanted to update the router (gigaset 504 agu) firmware but could find it. I am currently using x10 with firmware 026 -global. If anyone has a solution plz share it as this problem is really annoying

mbushnaq00 said:
After spending time searching the net for a solution i couldnt find anything as it seems my problem is unique. The issue is when i connect to my router through wifi every thing goes fine however when i go out of range or disconnect for a while and try to reconnect i get a message "Connecting..." then "Disconnected" and it never connects until I restart the router. The issue was worse where it connects for 1 time but the next time it does not detect the router, this was resolved by setting the wifi channel from auto to channel 6. But now i am stuck with this issue that has no solution. I have tried everything from static IPs to mac filtering, i also wanted to update the router (gigaset 504 agu) firmware but could find it. I am currently using x10 with firmware 026 -global. If anyone has a solution plz share it as this problem is really annoying
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I have the same problem with my netgear router, it is very annoying...I think this a known issue with some android phones and certain routers.

Its seems no one has a solution, I guess we need to wait for 2.1 and see if the update resolves this issue

mbushnaq00 said:
Its seems no one has a solution, I guess we need to wait for 2.1 and see if the update resolves this issue
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Well you could provide internet connection to your phone via your computer. What OS do you have and what kind of internet connection (wired/wireless) does your computer use?

Not that I've ever tried or used it seen as I don't have issues but perhaps this might miracally work..
http://db.tt/YygaEwb
I believe its worth a shot
P.s - Im pretty sure I've read up on a similar thread to this before..?
Sent from my rooted 026 X10i using swype via Xda

It's an android problem. I have this with my x10 and froyo nexus one. The only solution is to quick toggle wifi on/off in the power management widget. I've seen this happen on a Linksys wrt54g and wrt120n. Same with a D-Link dir655m and dgl-4300. If you are really unlucky like me. Having wifi and bluetooth on at the same time with this problem will cause your phone to either freeze or reboot on its own.

I get this with some routers, what works for me is. Data /3G, wifi off, 3g on, wifi on. I use switch pro to quickly configure the toggles.
Sent from my X10i

consolation said:
I get this with some routers, what works for me is. Data /3G, wifi off, 3g on, wifi on. I use switch pro to quickly configure the toggles.
Sent from my X10i
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I use switchpro widget as well...
just to be clear...do you mean you switch off data/mms then wifi off...then switch on data/mms and wifi.

thanx guys for the reply, but none of the mentioned solutions worked
I am seriously thinking of moving out of android because of this issue, its as if the phone doesn't have wifi?!?!

[Q] WiFi problems and questions

My WiFi on the Atrix crashed all my 3 routers (ActionTec/Dlink/Linksys), sometimes after a few minutes, sometimes after several hours.
The routers needed restart after that. Also wired connections were affected.
I tried messing with static IPs and sleep mode, nothing worked!
Now I upgraded my Dlink DIR 655 from 1.11 to 1.33 (supposedly the best).
Things changed
Now my Atrix takes only itself down, the Dlink keeps working for other wireless and wired devices.
The Atrix says its connected and I get the icon with full bars, however no data is transferred. The market and other apps say network error.
I can switch connection over to my other WIfi network and all is good again.
Has anyone seen this behaviour?
Also is there an app that shows me the link mode G or N and the current link speed? I cant seem to find a good app. I would also like to see if I can lock the Atrix to G or N only. Is there such a toggle switch?
Thanks.
Update: Switched connection from Dlink to Linksys and it worked for about 30 minutes then the linkksys crashed (could not reconnect got no IP). Switched back to the Dlink, got connected, good signal but no data. Even after a phone reboot. So I think it might be still on the DLink side although I have Netflix (PS3 wireless) and another PC connecting fine. This and the VOIP mic problems (Skype etc...) bug me the most about the phone.

ive been having this same problem since i got my phone and im still having problems. its pissing me off. cant even use my netflix through the Wii to watch on the big screen

spacev and trapjawmusic, who is your internet provider? I have a POTS+DSL line + WRT54GS and never encountered this problem.

gnahc79 said:
spacev and trapjawmusic, who is your internet provider? I have a POTS+DSL line + WRT54GS and never encountered this problem.
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centurylink is my isp. i dont know if its my router that is just crappy or my cell phone is interrupting it while the wifi is on and im trying to browse causing the routers wifi to cut everything off thats on wifi

[probably solved] but [Q] Wifi drops off help!! Seriously!

Hi,
I have an irritating problem. When i'm surfing the internet, watching youtube or using the xda app (even more apps I guess) my phone just doesn't receive internet connection anymore. I have to turn my wifi off and on again to make it work for 5-15 minutes. If I don't use the internet for one hour or two it works normally for 5-15 minutes but then it also drops off. (my wifi is then still on, it has connection but doesn't receive anything). Maby it has to deal with the count of mb's i'm using... This only happens with me at home and since we have a new wifi router. But this only happens with my phone and not with my laptop or wii. So I hope this can be fixed. Do I have to change anything to my phone or to my wifi router?
Tnx in advance

Nobody faced this problem also?

I am having the same problem.Which firmware u using.
I am facing this problem in DDJP2 as well as DDJP4.

I'm using t-mobile's firmware: bojpc.
But I remembered I had the same issue a long time ago with a friend when I was using eclair...

i have the same prob in kirillos 6.1 and i think with every rom ive had from time to time

Maby it has to deal with the security settings of the router... with what kinda password ( wpa, wpa2 etc.) is your router protected?
Mine with: WPA/WPA2 PSK

Humpie said:
Maby it has to deal with the security settings of the router... with what kinda password ( wpa, wpa2 etc.) is your router protected?
Mine with: WPA/WPA2 PSK
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It must be the router ... Try changing the wireless radio to b/g/n and if its already on b/g/n, try changing it to b/g..
Change the wireless channel of the router as well..

Rapier07 said:
It must be the router ... Try changing the wireless radio to b/g/n and if its already on b/g/n, try changing it to b/g..
Change the wireless channel of the router as well..
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ok back from holiday i tried to fix my wifi router but i can't find b/g/n and wireless radio anywhere in the online settings...

Even in my phone, sometimes WiFi won't turn on. It tries for 5 minutes, the says "Wifi error". I have to again select to get it working.

i have this problem as well...
i'm quite sure, that the router is okay, because my laptop is in the same room and has no problems.
any solutions?

This problem is worse than ever right now! Wifi drops all the time to 5mbp/s i'm getting crazy!!!
Is there any possible way I can solve this without a factory reset? I'm starting to hate my phone...

even i had the same problem in all ROMs.
still couldn't find any solution

Humpie said:
Hi,
I have an irritating problem. When i'm surfing the internet, watching youtube or using the xda app (even more apps I guess) my phone just doesn't receive internet connection anymore. I have to turn my wifi off and on again to make it work for 5-15 minutes. If I don't use the internet for one hour or two it works normally for 5-15 minutes but then it also drops off. (my wifi is then still on, it has connection but doesn't receive anything). Maby it has to deal with the count of mb's i'm using... This only happens with me at home and since we have a new wifi router. But this only happens with my phone and not with my laptop or wii. So I hope this can be fixed. Do I have to change anything to my phone or to my wifi router?
Tnx in advance
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I like to warm it up again as I face the same problem with all roms I tryed. Are there no devs here who might be able to help?

Just a question to everyone with this problem: what kinda network are u trying to connect to (for example wpa or wpa2 etc...) And how's your internal memory? (mine is almost full...)

I also have same problems with samsung galaxy 3 on DDJP4. Router works well as laptop doesn't have this problem. i have disabled security, but this problem still persists. any solution???

Humpie said:
Just a question to everyone with this problem: what kinda network are u trying to connect to (for example wpa or wpa2 etc...) And how's your internal memory? (mine is almost full...)
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network security: WPA2
internal memory: more than enough, I'm using data2sd
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I just downgraded my SG3 to Stock JPM without root and stuff - Problem still exists or maybe I should say already

got the same problem 2 tryed stockroms dutchmods kyrillos indroid everything!
wpa/wpa2 psk or something like that
got this problem since i got a new router (now 40mb sec)

werker123 said:
got the same problem 2 tryed stockroms dutchmods kyrillos indroid everything!
wpa/wpa2 psk or something like that
got this problem since i got a new router (now 40mb sec)
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My problem also started when I got a new ziggo router... I'll try to change the security and stuff when I've time (and I found my password and stuff). But you could try to (wanted to say randomly...) Change some preferences...

I now have ziggo 2 comming from kpn where everything worked perfect
Sent from my GT-I5800 using Tapatalk

what puzzles me is that my wife with the Galaxy I5500 doesn't have the problem and we use the same router

Xperia "Limited Connectivity" problem on Wi-fi

Hello. I'm new to xda. I have problem with my Xperia X10i. When I try connect to a wi-fi network it take forever to get its ip adreses and i don't know if it succeeds or not because after that is say's connected with limited connectivity. I have searched the web and xda but nobody has a solution to this problem. I am running Android 2.3.3 updated through SEUS. Not rooted or anything. What can I do?

I had the same problem, so I feel your pain. Go into android market search wifi fix..if the app doesn't solve the problem,reset the router. Hope this helps.
Sent from my X10i using xda premium

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mihaitza12345 said:
hello. I'm new to xda. I have problem with my xperia x10i. When i try connect to a wi-fi network it take forever to get its ip adreses and i don't know if it succeeds or not because after that is say's connected with limited connectivity. I have searched the web and xda but nobody has a solution to this problem. I am running android 2.3.3 updated through seus. Not rooted or anything. What can i do?
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you need pay money for 。。。or try again！me “qq”（like msn）675169667
where is st18i？ my phone is st18i

I will try that app and see if it works. Thanks

Is it any wifi accesspoint, or did you just try one?

狂奔的蜗牛 said:
you need pay money for 。。。or try again！me “qq”（like msn）675169667
where is st18i？ my phone is st18i
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the only issue i am having with wifi sense ive had this phone has been connecting to linksys wireless N routers. i have turned off N functionality of the router using b/g only but all the phone does is alternation between "scanning/disconnected" doesnt try to obtain IP address or anything. its only those routers i have issues with. belkin wireless N works fine (with N turned off of course)

I had a similar problem, I solved it with wifi fix, thanks.

If you updated your x10 through the SEUS...its probably problem on your wifi router..try to reset settings and power off your router..
Sent from my X10i using XDA App

Okay, so I'm trying to help a guy with his Xperia X10a. He doesn't have wifi working and does not a have an account for the phone so no 3G. He needs to download wifi fix, can he just download it on his computer and then tether it and sideload?

1.make sure that ur access point has internet access.
2.if there's no server then ask ur ISP about static IP & gateway
3.if there's a server..then ask if u can get a static IP
4.also try "forget" then reconnect and if the wifi with a password then it might be wrong

don't connect ur modem in bridge mode.......

Still not working
I have tried the wi-fi fix app and nothing changed. I have found a temporary solution in witch you use static ip on your phone. But this solution is just for home because in a pub or any free hotspot it still doesn't work. Now I have flashed CM7 to my x10 and the wi-fi seems to work a little bit better but not perfect. And the wi-fi range is also poor on X10 compared to a Iphone 3GS or even a Optimus Black.

mihaitza12345 said:
I have tried the wi-fi fix app and nothing changed. I have found a temporary solution in witch you use static ip on your phone. But this solution is just for home because in a pub or any free hotspot it still doesn't work. Now I have flashed CM7 to my x10 and the wi-fi seems to work a little bit better but not perfect. And the wi-fi range is also poor on X10 compared to a Iphone 3GS or even a Optimus Black.
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Orginally yes poor range..don't compare to a s60 nokia phone

i think problem is your wi fi modem , try to setting your modem again ,
Go to setting >Wireless > Security
and
Select SSID: Modem Name
Network Authentication: Open
WEP Encryption: Enabled
Encryption Strength: 128
Current Network Key: 1 ( up to you )
Network Key 1: xxxxxxxx ( 13 characters ) and try again to connect