Ran into an issue with wifi on stock DK28. Wifi stopped working after two months on stock DK28. The settings>wireless and network>wifi settings menu shows "Error," and remains unchecked and grayed out, even if I try to toggle wifi on or off.
Other than the occasional reboot, the only changes I've made were to install the DialerOne app and Handcent, though I don't know how those could be related.
I did find these topics on the issue, but no solutions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=851934&highlight=wifi+error
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9630680&highlight=wifi#post9630680
Perhaps I need better search-fu, or just someone who can point me in the right direction.
Thanks in advance.
Happens all of the time on all of the roms I have tried that use DK28 as a base. One of the most annoying issues I have dealt with.
I've seen people report that, but it hadn't happened to me yet. Did you ever find a workaround?
Happens to me a lot. I find it happens most when I turn WiFi off after loosing my connection (ie leaving the house and then turning it off after I go out of range). This isn't 100% though. A reboot always fixes it. Sometimes an Airplane mode fixes it too, but not always.
I am one fo the fortunate ones that has not ran into this issue.
bjhill2112 said:
Happens to me a lot. I find it happens most when I turn WiFi off after loosing my connection (ie leaving the house and then turning it off after I go out of range). This isn't 100% though. A reboot always fixes it. Sometimes an Airplane mode fixes it too, but not always.
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Airplaine mode and reboots haven't fixed it for me, but a battery pull did.
Thanks for the help, everyone.
It happens to me a lot after I shut off Wifi (as mentioned above).
I just do a power off and power on to fix the problem.
This method avoids having to reboot the phone to re-enable broken WiFi after a period of time.
Temporary fix/workaround is goto > Settings > Wireless and network > Wi-Fi settings > toggle on "Wi-Fi" checkbox and wait for services to restart.
Thanks for the suggestion. I should have explained further in the OP. When the setting showed "Error" I could not toggle Wi-fi on or off, e.g. I couldn't check the box you suggest. The option remained grayed out.
I have had the same issues, although it got to the point this week that it would just not come back even when before I could just click on the greyed out error in wifi settings. Reflashed AGAIN, including the modem with ODIN just for good measure, and now I have not had any trouble at all, which is awesome. Have no clue what is causing it though!
Quick workaround is holding home button to to bring up task manager, going to "RAM" and clearing the level 2.
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Quick workaround is holding home button to to bring up task manager, going to "RAM" and clearing the level 2.
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2nd this. It works for me.
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Didn't see any posts on this, I'm sure someone will be more than happy to call me an idiot and post a link though.
Whenever I leave my phone dormant, like screen off for awhile, say a half hour or so and I come back to pick it up it's switched off wifi and gone back to mobile data. I have to disable and reenable wifi to pick up the signal again. I know about the setting in Menu>Settings>Wireless & Network Settings>Wi-Fi settings>Menu>Advanced>Wi-Fi sleep policy, but I have it set to never. It still disconnects itself. It's as simple as turning off wifi from the widget and reenabling it, but it's starting to drive me insane doing it all the time. You guys have a fix? A setting I'm missing somewhere?
Might be a bug.. try using the WiFi Keep Alive app in Market, its meant for scenarios like yours..
I use WIFI Lock from the market and it works great.... Give it a try.
or do this to keep it on without an app download
menu > settings > wireless&networks > wifi settings > Menu > advanced
then change the wifi sleep policy to never.
I had this problem on my G1 for a while until my wife picked one up that did the same thing. I tried numerous ROMs trying to fix it. It ended up being my router settings. I don't remember what it was as that was over a year ago but maybe look there.
ktt4510 said:
or do this to keep it on without an app download
menu > settings > wireless&networks > wifi settings > Menu > advanced
then change the wifi sleep policy to never.
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I've already done this, said so in my post, but thanks for suggesting.
I'll check out those apps, thanks again.
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Wifi keep alive doesn't seem to work for me, and that other one doesn't seem to do anything but set the sleep policy to never, which it already is.
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Are you rooted?
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Are you rooted?
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Indeed.
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I am having this problem, too. I have tried it on several routers, but it always disconnects when the phone is sleeping. I have the WiFi sleep set to "never," and I am running CM 6.1. It drives me crazy. In a similar thread for the N1, there was a Broadcom driver problem in the AOSP kernel. It might be something similar here, too.
Im on the Desire Z and I too have the same problem. It's quite annoying. The "Never" disconnect option is chosen and it still wont stay connected.
Well, after having no wifi issues with the stock rom I am now having this issue with CM6. On my G1, I was able to adjust router settings and fix this but I am unable to find a fix on the G2.
I have wiped and reflashed. It does it whether I am on a fresh install and no apps restored or fully restored after wipe. I have messed with my router. I have messed with my phone settings. I have tried market apps. I even went back to stock and had no issues but as soon as I install CM, wifi sleep policy turns to poo. I really dont want to go through this again like I did with the G1. It took me months to finally fix it on the G1. I would rather go back to stock than go through this again.
I am begging anyone who may know how to fix this to give us some insight. I love CM6 but the margin between it and stock is not enough for me to have to restart wifi because I looked away from the phone for a minute and when coming out of sleep my wifi is gone.
I know that this has been an issue addressed in the past, but has anyone found a solution for the Wifi toggle error that has appeared when using the Samsung Epic stock froyo OS EB05. When I try to turn on my Wifi, about 75% of the time it will stall for a few minutes and say "turning on" until it says "error". Then if I go into the main Froyo settings, I can turn on my Wifi successfully about 50% of the time the 2nd time around. Very frustrating....
I've not experienced the error... can you logcat the error and attach it??
Right before doing the wifi thing..
Adb shell
Su
logcat *:V |grep wifi & net & error > /sdcard/error.log
Then do ctrl-c to end it a few seconds after the error
Then attach error.log off the sdcard.. it might get kind of big though
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I have the same experience. If I turn Wi-Fi off when leave home and turn it back on upon return it will not work and return error.
Another annoying bug is with mp3 playback. After a while it will not play mp3s in any player saying file are of wrong format also some of the notifications sounds also will not sound (Twitter). Amazon mp3 store will not play previews and mp3 that I bought. Pandora will hang in the "Loading" state. The only way to fix is to restart the phone.
My phone is not rooted, full stock. All updates were done OTA.
Both issues are started after EB13 upgrade.
Have you tried leaving the pulldown open while the wifi activates?
I had a similar problem on Nebula such that I would pull down the menu, hit the button and close it immediately. I noticed that a couple times it hadn't stalled I had been distracted when turning it on and hadn't closed the menu.
I started leaving it down until it acquired and haven't had the problem since. Sounds silly and it could just be happenstance but it couldn't hurt to try it.
It does not matter which method is used (Pull down, widget or directly through settings menu). Results are the same.
Yes, I agree. It doesn't matter which method that I activate wifi, it still hangs and says there is a connection error. I've used the widget, through the android settings menu and by the dropdown. No luck. I'm shocked that Sprint would not post a fix for this if enough people are having this issue. Maybe its a Samsung issue. It never happened with Android 2.1.
I too have the same error, I'm running bonsai 4.01
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Logcat dump us so we can see what's happening with the OS and it's systems when this happens.
Put it over at pastebin.com
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It does not matter which method is used (Pull down, widget or directly through settings menu). Results are the same.
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Do you have ultimate juicedefender running by chance?
I had the same problem for a while, but only when I was experimenting with battery saver tools like SuperPower and UltimateJuice, even when it was the tool that was trying to turn on the WiFi. Once I stopped using those tools I have not seen the issue at all and I can manually toggle the WiFi as often as I like.
P.S. I stopped using SP and UJ because with Bonsai I get fairly good battery life and I don't really need them anymore.
i've had this problem with stock eb13 and ec05, and with syndicate rom. only way to fix it for me is to reboot
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I had the same problem for a while, but only when I was experimenting with battery saver tools like SuperPower and UltimateJuice, even when it was the tool that was trying to turn on the WiFi. Once I stopped using those tools I have not seen the issue at all and I can manually toggle the WiFi as often as I like.
P.S. I stopped using SP and UJ because with Bonsai I get fairly good battery life and I don't really need them anymore.
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i have the problem with no battery saving tools.
only way anyone can get to the bottom of it is someone with the problem is gonna have to provide some data.. might be too much info for a pastebin.. but if its not then put it up... if it is then attach the file here...
This happens all the time on stock EC05. It doesnt matter how I turn it on, or what steps I take, and sorry can't get a log for anyone.
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No JD for me and no root, so I can't run the log, unless there is some other way of obtaining it.
Ever since I got Cyanogenmod 7 working on my phone, I've had a lot of trouble getting my 3g to toggle back on after turning my screen on. I'm using JD for the toggle so is it a Juice Defender problem or a modem problem?
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I have the same problem, I just switch to airplane mode and back and it fixes it. It only happens periodically, it works as it should more often then not. I attribute it to CM7 awesomeness. At least JD works, Green Power won't even try to manage the data connection.
Ah I wouldn't have thought to try that. Yeah I love this rom compared to stock so I'm more than willing to put up with a few gripes.
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Ever since I got Cyanogenmod 7 working on my phone, I've had a lot of trouble getting my 3g to toggle back on after turning my screen on. I'm using JD for the toggle so is it a Juice Defender problem or a modem problem?
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I have this same problem and run JD but it's not a JD problem. I would say it happens to me once or twice a day(usually when the phone is powered on for more than 6 hours without a reboot). A lot of people have this and toggling back and forth between airplane mode fixed the problem pretty damn easily.
If you want a quick way to do this go to
settings
cyanogenmod settings
interface
notification power widget
widget buttons
select airplane mode
Now you have airplane mode in your pull down bar and you can quickly enable it and disable it when this happens.
I have two problems relating to this. My 3g wont turn on automatically when someone sends me an MMS. Usually my stock ROM would turn the 3g on and download the MMS, but now I just receive a text message from a number rather than the name of the contact, and I need to press a Download button to download the picture/MMS. Then I have to turn on my 3G manually, then I have to press the Download button, and only then do I receive the picture/MMS.
Also, It has been happening quite often now. My 3G does not turn on, even when I turn it on manually so I have to reboot my phone an only then will it turn on.
Im using CM7 nightly, latest one up to date on HTC Desire HD.
Hope someone fixes this!
I had CM11 on my Nexus 4 and did a full wipe, then flashed the official Lollipop image (using flash-all.sh script). The process went smooth, without any problems.
Now, I am having WiFi issues. When I turn on WiFi from quick settings it changes the icon, but doesn't connect to the network yet. If I try to access WiFi settings it opens them up, but I can see only the actionbar and a blank white screen. No networks shown. Sometimes I even get "The app is not responding dialog". It sits like this for about 30-60 seconds and after that it connects to the network and I am able to access WiFi settings.
Sometimes I can't turn WiFi on at all. Quick settings don't change the WiFi icon to the ON state. If I try to turn it on from the Settings, the switch does literally nothing - not even "Turning WiFi on..." shows up.
I tried to reflash the system - still get these issues. Tried reflashing just the radio module - didn't fix it. No idea what to do. KitKat worked just fine.
Does anyone else have similar problems?
Same issues, but on a Nexus 10.
I have exactly the same issues as you, but on a Nexus 10. Running LRX21P 5.0 Lollipop.
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I used Wugfresh 1.9.6
Downloaded and installed LRX21T
Did a complete wipe (cache and factory reset)
Did a selective restore of ~75 apps from Google backup
Played with the machine for hours.
Rebooted, now got no wifi
Anyone suggest a workaround?
EDIT: I came across this post in the Nexus 5 Thread , where he suggests changing your router's channel to something below 12. I changed mine from 13 to 8 and now wifi seems to be working.
EDIT2: Sadly the above was a red herring. The problem seems more complex. Hopefully Google will release a fix soon
fangthorn said:
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I used Wugfresh 1.9.6
Downloaded and installed LRX21T
Did a complete wipe (cache and factory reset)
Did a selective restore of ~75 apps from Google backup
Played with the machine for hours.
Rebooted, now got no wifi
Anyone suggest a workaround?
EDIT: I came across this post in the Nexus 5 Thread , where he suggests changing your router's channel to something below 12. I changed mine from 13 to 8 and now wifi seems to be working.
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I don't think my problem depends on the available WiFi networks. But thanks for the response.
I have the exact same issues, Wifi doesn't turn on at all. It doesn't matter if I press the quick settings button or the button in the menu. It says Wifi on, but nothing happens. After the screen goes dark, Wifi turned itself off again.
Any suggestions? Thank you!
the.best77 said:
I have the exact same issues, Wifi doesn't turn on at all. It doesn't matter if I press the quick settings button or the button in the menu. It says Wifi on, but nothing happens. After the screen goes dark, Wifi turned itself off again.
Any suggestions? Thank you!
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I'm having the exact same issue. Wiped with ADB and flashed LRX21T factory image from Google's website. No error codes during flash.
Wifi is great - if you leave it on all the time. As soon as it turns off, it will NOT turn on. I get no error message, no timeout like it usually does when Wifi isn't working properly, no crash report. Nothing. Just a stalled Wifi acting like it's turning on. If I exit Wifi settings page, and come back, it shows as being off. Turn it on, and it just hangs the same way.
So frustrating.
It's for sure not the network I'm on, as it also doesn't turn on when I'm not near Wifi, or when I'm at a friend's house. Rebooting the phones makes the Wifi work again...until it turns off for ANY reason. Then we're back at square 1.
I'm having this same issue...
My WiFi seems to turn itself off. Then there is no way I can get it to turn back on unless I reboot the phone.
Very frustrating.
I have the same issue.I sideloaded the OTA and everything went great,no errors during the installation.I was on stock 4.4.4.
When I turn on the Wifi it takes around 30 sec to connect to a network.If i click on the Wifi menu in the setting it usually freezes or I get a black screen.After that Wifi works fine,but another thing I noticed it doesn't remember new networks.I don't know if a factory reset would help...
Anyone find a solution yet? Did a factory reset eliminate the problem for somebody?
I got the same thing. Currently, I'm using Power Toggles to do the on/off setting.
NathanGong said:
I got the same thing. Currently, I'm using Power Toggles to do the on/off setting.
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Are you saying that Power Toggles fix the problem?
I'm facing a different issue. Whether I have WiFi on or off, it always appears active in the battery usage stats ('scanning always available' is off)
WiFi was off when the screen was off from about 3 am to 2 pm.
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I am having the same issue. very frustrating. it was working perfectly last night on my home network, but now it wont connect to my work network. it has the same issues as everyone else. the wifi toggle will turn on, but it will not show any networks. then after a couple of seconds it will turn itself off.
^^i am having that issue as well. the battery usage stat page is showing wifi as on even though it is off.
Have the same issue. After some standby time, turning Wifi on again, it showed me networks where I am not close to anymore and didn't show me the actual networks where I am right now. This seems to be a serious bug that needs fixing. I don't want to reboot my phone to fix it. Didn't Google delayed the Lollipop-Update because of some Wifi issues?
I have all the symptoms listed in this thread. I filed a bug report too: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=80028&q=LRX21T
Found this thread when this problem popped up for me after flashing the factory images one by one. Might try to find a source-built ROM using a later version to see if it got fixed.
quarara said:
I have all the symptoms listed in this thread. I filed a bug report too: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=80028&q=LRX21T
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Thanks for making the bug report. I've added some details to it.
Ibrahim.Rahman said:
I'm facing a different issue. Whether I have WiFi on or off, it always appears active in the battery usage stats ('scanning always available' is off)
WiFi was off when the screen was off from about 3 am to 2 pm.
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I have this problem too, in battery status wifi always show on even I turn on or off. It not happen with Kitkat.
anezarati said:
^^i am having that issue as well. the battery usage stat page is showing wifi as on even though it is off.
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dinhvandinhtu said:
I have this problem too, in battery status wifi always show on even I turn on or off. It not happen with Kitkat.
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Nice to know I'm not alone in this. Hope it gets fixed soon
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For the past few days, my BT setting keeps turning itself off every few hours. Once it happens, it then continues to turn itself off immediately each time I re-enable it. After an hour or so, it recovers and lets me turn it back on (until the next time a few hours later).
The phone is completely stock (APK1), never rooted, no 3rd-party power-saving, task-managing, or security apps ever installed, no power-saving modes turned on. It does not help to clear the system cache or the Bluetooth Share cache. Closing all open apps does not help. Rebooting sometimes helps temporarily, sometimes not even temporarily. I haven't seen the problem when I reboot in Safe Mode, so either it's caused by an app (I have hundreds), or else I just didn't leave it in Safe Mode for long enough for the problem to reappear. I have not recently installed any apps or made any settings changes. I've searched online and come across many suggestions but none are applicable and successful here.
Is there a system log somewhere that would tell me what is turning off the BT setting?
Gary02468 said:
For the past few days, by BT setting keeps turning itself off every few hours. Once it happens, it then continues to turn itself off immediately each time I re-enable it. After an hour or so, it recovers and lets me turn it back on (until the next time a few hours later).
The phone is completely stock (APK1), never rooted, no 3rd-party power-saving, task-managing, or security apps ever installed, no power-saving modes turned on. It does not help to clear the system cache or the Bluetooth Share cache. Closing all open apps does not help. Rebooting sometimes helps temporarily, sometimes not even temporarily. I haven't seen the problem when I reboot in Safe Mode, so either it's caused by an app (I have hundreds), or else I just didn't leave it in Safe Mode for long enough for the problem to reappear. I have not recently installed any apps or made any settings changes. I've searched online and come across many suggestions but none are applicable and successful here.
Is there a system log somewhere that would tell me what is turning off the BT setting?
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Try this my help.
Settings-> connections->more connection setting -> reset networks
Clicking from Edge of Galaxy.
norbarb said:
Try this my help.
Settings-> connections->more connection setting -> reset networks
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Wouldn't that delete all my WiFi passwords? I find several online mentions of people who unsuccessfully tried Reset Networks to solve BT problems, and no mentions of it being successful.
Gary02468 said:
Wouldn't that delete all my WiFi passwords? I find several online mentions of people who unsuccessfully tried Reset Networks to solve BT problems, and no mentions of it being successful.
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Yes, it will delete all your passwords. It help eith problem on my wife's s7 edge bluetooth.
Clicking from Edge of Galaxy.
norbarb said:
Yes, it will delete all your passwords. It help eith problem on my wife's s7 edge bluetooth.
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Thanks, that's good to know. I'll consider it next.
UPDATE: Didn't help (but thanks for the suggestion).
Gary02468 said:
Thanks, that's good to know. I'll consider it next.
UPDATE: Didn't help (but thanks for the suggestion).
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Try one more thing : Settings-> Applications-> in right top corner you have 3 dots, press and choose Show System Apps
scroll to Bluetooth share , click on it then click on Storage and Clear Data. go back and do same with Bluetooth Test.
Thanks, but that didn't help either. I found the culprit, though: the Walgreens app. When I force-stop it and then turn on BT, BT stays on. As soon as I start the app again, BT turns off. And I now see many other user reports of this problem, going back a couple of months.
It's annoying that without the user's knowledge or consent, Android gives an app unnecessary permission to turn BT off. What's worse is that there's no easy way to identify who turned it off.
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Thanks, but that didn't help either. I found the culprit, though: the Walgreens app. When I force-stop it and then turn on BT, BT stays on. As soon as I start the app again, BT turns off. And I now see many other user reports of this problem, going back a couple of months.
It's annoying that without the user's knowledge or consent, Android gives an app unnecessary permission to turn BT off. What's worse is that there's no easy way to identify who turned it off.
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Very interesting info.
Gary02468 said:
Thanks, but that didn't help either. I found the culprit, though: the Walgreens app. When I force-stop it and then turn on BT, BT stays on. As soon as I start the app again, BT turns off. And I now see many other user reports of this problem, going back a couple of months.
It's annoying that without the user's knowledge or consent, Android gives an app unnecessary permission to turn BT off. What's worse is that there's no easy way to identify who turned it off.
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There is an app in the store called App Brain Ad Detector.
After you install it you can scan all your installed apps and it will break down all permissions given to each app, show which ad network, etc. It is very useful!
Also after it is installed when you install a new app it will report if it does things not normal.. IE it would probably have caught that BT permission!