Hi, I just got my A7. I got it to connect to my wifi router. WEP etc, but connected fine. Problem is that it disconnects within a minute or 2. I have to go to settings and turn the wifi back on, then back to app to get online or whatever. Sometimes it shuts off before I get back to app and get online again. Tried to download angry birds, but it shut off before finished. The router is a Netgear WNR1000 B/G/N with B/G/N all turned on. It is in the room right under me, about 5 or 6 feet away through the floor. I get wifi on laptop great, even out in the yard or out in the street (in car). Kids and wife laptop use G everywhere in the house with no prob,
Any help? I tried the Elocity hotline, but only open 9-5 M-F. I just got it and it is 7pm on friday night.
Thanks.
mrpete2u said:
Hi, I just got my A7. I got it to connect to my wifi router. WEP etc, but connected fine. Problem is that it disconnects within a minute or 2. I have to go to settings and turn the wifi back on, then back to app to get online or whatever. Sometimes it shuts off before I get back to app and get online again. Tried to download angry birds, but it shut off before finished. The router is a Netgear WNR1000 B/G/N with B/G/N all turned on. It is in the room right under me, about 5 or 6 feet away through the floor. I get wifi on laptop great, even out in the yard or out in the street (in car). Kids and wife laptop use G everywhere in the house with no prob,
Any help? I tried the Elocity hotline, but only open 9-5 M-F. I just got it and it is 7pm on friday night.
Thanks.
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64 bit or 128 bit WEP?
I am using 64bit WEP with no issue. But I have heard of people having problems with Android+WEP and I suspect it is a 128 bit key problem.
I use my A7 with my router with the WPA2 encryption. Some routers have flaky firmware so I updated my router with ddwrt firmware.
Also sometimes make sure the wireless channel on your router is not crowded by other routers in the proximity. So download the WiFi Analyzer to see which channels are less crowded. When the channel is crowded sometimes I lose the connection due to the interference from other routers.
Giany
Got it working.
Ok, I fiddled with it for several hours. powered off and back on several times, and after pushing the reset button on the back for the 3rd reset, it just suddenly started to work.
I did get Dexters mod 1.41 installed along with a large # of apps. Wifi is somewhat slow and week, may have to try the antenna swap I saw in another thread.
Thanks for the help.
grab a little app from the market called 'Keep WiFi' and put a wifi switch widget on your home screen. This should be a big help. I had the same problem after flashing the new dexter patch, but this app keeps it on I have to throw the switch off and back on after restarting my A7
theres a nice stock widget called powercontrol w a wifi toggle on it. i prefer it on a7 and x10.
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I have always had an issue with the wifi on my N1 when trying to connect to my router at home. Getting a connection use to be hit or miss, I would often try connecting over and over again with no success. Even when I did connect it would drop out as soon as the phone when into standby.
Well to my surprised after downloading/installing GB I went to attempt to get on wifi and it connected right away. I was shocked to say the least. I turned it off and tried it again and it connected again. Then I put the phone in stand by and it still stayed connected. Then I had to run to the store and left wifi on, when I got back to my apartment it connected again, no issues. This is completely awesome!
Froyo 2.2.1 fixed my major wifi issue (wifi going dead while the phone was asleep), but not the smaller issue where my connections would randomly disable themselves occasionally. I haven't seen that happen since Gingerbread though, so that's a good sign so far.
My only remaining issue with wifi is that the DNS cache still doesn't get flushed when switching to/from wifi to/from 3G/EDGE. This causes me frustration with our Exchange server which has a different IP on our LAN than it does on the public internet...
Congrats. I used to have problems, but I got a new router and it has been fine since. I used to get the "disabled" once in a while, but then I started using Auto Wifi Toggle, and never had another problem.
I know how you feel, it's nice when things work.
I've found these wifi connection issues to be Mostly Harmless
phazerorg said:
Froyo 2.2.1 fixed my major wifi issue (wifi going dead while the phone was asleep), but not the smaller issue where my connections would randomly disable themselves occasionally. I haven't seen that happen since Gingerbread though, so that's a good sign so far.
My only remaining issue with wifi is that the DNS cache still doesn't get flushed when switching to/from wifi to/from 3G/EDGE. This causes me frustration with our Exchange server which has a different IP on our LAN than it does on the public internet...
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Really?! How come the same issue wasn't solved for me until gingerbread?
Now wifi is working just perfect Connects fast, sleeps when it should and transfers are awesome and rock solid
I had an issue with my home router and N1 where the N1 would connect, but after a bit of idle time, lose connection. It would re-try connecting only when I turned the screen back on and waited a good 10sec.
I was on 2.2, then 2.2.1, then 2.2.2
Now with 2.3.3 ...... my WIFI stays connected at home and at work... no hiccups at all.
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I had an issue with my home router and N1 where the N1 would connect, but after a bit of idle time, lose connection. It would re-try connecting only when I turned the screen back on and waited a good 10sec.
I was on 2.2, then 2.2.1, then 2.2.2
Now with 2.3.3 ...... my WIFI stays connected at home and at work... no hiccups at all.
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I had exactly the same issue with my N1. Oddly, it got worse when I upgraded to a newer router (New D-Link with -n, compared to a 6yo Netgear with -g only) No idea why, but it did.
I finally got the OTA last night for Gingerbread and only now does it automatically connect and stay connected to WiFi like it should have.
My N1 is plain vanilla - no mods. For the 6+ months I've had the phone, it would constantly lose connection. I'd hit the WiFi button on the Power widget to turn off and on just to force it to reconnect to WiFi. 5 minutes later, I'd check my phone... back on 3G. I knew it was the phone, because I have plenty of other portable WiFi gadgets that stay connected just fine.
Whatever it is, I'm glad they fixed it.
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.
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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
Hey guys, I got my nexus 7 on Friday and spent the weekend playing with it. At home, the wifi strength on the tablet was fine but last night I brought it to my residence and noticed that I barely got any bars. It is a bunch of us sharing the network and the router is about 8 or 9 rooms down. Because of the distance to the router I get a maximum of 2-3 bars on my laptop (anywhere in the room) but I barely get any on my tablet (I only get maybe 1 bar near the window which keeps going on and off). I tried the following apps: Network signal booster, Network signal speed booster and Wifi booster easy connect. None of these seemed to work. I am new to android and I only tried these apps after researching. Is there any other app that would really help or anyone knows how I can fix this? Thanks
youngballer said:
Hey guys, I got my nexus 7 on Friday and spent the weekend playing with it. At home, the wifi strength on the tablet was fine but last night I brought it to my residence and noticed that I barely got any bars. It is a bunch of us sharing the network and the router is about 8 or 9 rooms down. Because of the distance to the router I get a maximum of 2-3 bars on my laptop (anywhere in the room) but I barely get any on my tablet (I only get maybe 1 bar near the window which keeps going on and off). I tried the following apps: Network signal booster, Network signal speed booster and Wifi booster easy connect. None of these seemed to work. I am new to android and I only tried these apps after researching. Is there any other app that would really help or anyone knows how I can fix this? Thanks
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Try turning off wifi and turning it on again. I always get full bars on my laptop and full bars on my nexus and just out of random sometimes it cuts out and goes blank. I just turn it off then back on then boom back to normal
CooLoserTech said:
Try turning off wifi and turning it on again. I always get full bars on my laptop and full bars on my nexus and just out of random sometimes it cuts out and goes blank. I just turn it off then back on then boom back to normal
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I noticed that the wifi signal would go blank after it has been on charge for couple of hours.
Do you have any other wifi devices that work? It may just be that your laptop can pick up the signal because it has more antennas/a more powerful wireless card than the nexus, in which case you're out of luck without a repeater.
Can I do anything on my laptop? or make it a hotspot somehow?
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Can I do anything on my laptop? or make it a hotspot somehow?
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Try connectify (http://www.connectify.me). It'll make your laptop act like a wifi repeater, so as long as your laptop gets signal you'll be fine.
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Try connectify (http://www.connectify.me). It'll make your laptop act like a wifi repeater, so as long as your laptop gets signal you'll be fine.
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Thanks I will give it a try
youngballer said:
I noticed that the wifi signal would go blank after it has been on charge for couple of hours.
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As for your Wi-Fi going to sleep while inactive/on charge, try this
Settings > WI-FI > (now click the 3 dots once you are in the WI-FI section) Click Advanced > Change "Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep" to Only When Plugged in (if that's what you want).
One problem solved, hopefully.
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If you have an old android phone you may use fqrouter2 for rooted Android devices and you have a perfectly working WiFi Repeater (available free in Google Play Store)
Hi I've got problem with my N7 and maybe anyone else experienced it and have some solutions to this ?
After not using my N7 for little longer when I try to wake it up it doesn't connect to wi-fi automatically. I mean the wi-fi icon is there and wi-fi is ON but the icon is grey. I have to turn the wi-fi off and on in settings then icon in right upper corner of the screen gets blue again and I can browse internet etc.
It's not really a big deal but it can be frustrating sometimes, especially when you wait ages for page to load and then you realize that wi-fi is dead again.
I've got my N7 only two days but this already happened like 5 times.
Got other devices that connect to the same router and they are all working fine. HTC HD7, Nitendo 3DS, Acer Laptop, PS3.
Using D-Link router with WPA-Personal WPA-2 Only security settings.
Any idea how to fix this ?
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Hi I've got problem with my N7 and maybe anyone else experienced it and have some solutions to this ?
After not using my N7 for little longer when I try to wake it up it doesn't connect to wi-fi automatically. I mean the wi-fi icon is there and wi-fi is ON but the icon is grey. I have to turn the wi-fi off and on in settings then icon in right upper corner of the screen gets blue again and I can browse internet etc.
It's not really a big deal but it can be frustrating sometimes, especially when you wait ages for page to load and then you realize that wi-fi is dead again.
I've got my N7 only two days but this already happened like 5 times.
Got other devices that connect to the same router and they are all working fine. HTC HD7, Nitendo 3DS, Acer Laptop, PS3.
Using D-Link router with WPA-Personal WPA-2 Only security settings.
Any idea how to fix this ?
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Mine is grey as well after waking, but I can browse just fine with the Grey icon... No idea why.
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No problem here with Linksys WRT54GS running OpenWRT firmware and also my phone's hotspot. It's probably the crappy firmware in your Dlink access point router. Try a newer version from Dlink or try an alternative from OpenWRT, Tomato, etc.
I've got latest firmware on my router.
Tried to change settings in my N7 with static IP but that didn't helped either.
same issue here
I have the same problem on my N7. It's the same whether I'm using it on my Airport Extreme or wrt54g.
Wake from sleep, see WiFi status icon all gray, no internet access. Turn WiFi off then on, reconnects and I'm on my way. Very annoying after the 50th+ time.
Mine wakes up in airplane mode and I have to press the power button to turn airplane mode off.
When the wifi icon is grey, it just mean that you´re not connected to Google Servers, but you can still use the internet.
When it connect to google servers the icon turns blue.
And i think that when the screen goes off it disconnect from google servers, and then it try to connect again when the device is waked up.
I did not know that. I learned something new today!
Bit ot, what about the bluetooth icon? Most of the time it is gray connected with tablet talk. Sometimes blue? Really thought the icons just did not refresh right away.
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Hello everyone,
I checked the forums and I haven't seen anything like this, but I'm hope my situation isn't unique.
So I got the Nexus 4 and I love it. I have it linked to my wi-fi at home and the campus wi-fi. Every time I got to the college campus it links just fine. However, when I get to the home wi-fi, it sometimes takes a while for the phone to connect to the wi-fi, or say that the wi-fi is out of range.... even when standing next to the router.
I've tried rebooting the router, rebooting the phone. When it connects it's awesome. Sometimes I have to turn off the wi-fi on the N4 then back on again for it to connect.
Does anyone know what this may be? Anything would be great help.
P.S. - everything else works on my wi-fi just fine. A couple Rokus, a notebook, and etc.
Thank you
nexuscanvmx said:
Hello everyone,
I checked the forums and I haven't seen anything like this, but I'm hope my situation isn't unique.
So I got the Nexus 4 and I love it. I have it linked to my wi-fi at home and the campus wi-fi. Every time I got to the college campus it links just fine. However, when I get to the home wi-fi, it sometimes takes a while for the phone to connect to the wi-fi, or say that the wi-fi is out of range.... even when standing next to the router.
I've tried rebooting the router, rebooting the phone. When it connects it's awesome. Sometimes I have to turn off the wi-fi on the N4 then back on again for it to connect.
Does anyone know what this may be? Anything would be great help.
P.S. - everything else works on my wi-fi just fine. A couple Rokus, a notebook, and etc.
Thank you
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Nexus 4 has several flaky wifi issues. When I first got mine I could not get it to connect to my home router at all. Then it just started and has been working fine ever since. You may try changing your frequency settings on the router or using a different security protocol. In my case it seems once it got connected the situation was resolved. Good luck!
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Nexus 4 has several flaky wifi issues. When I first got mine I could not get it to connect to my home router at all. Then it just started and has been working fine ever since. You may try changing your frequency settings on the router or using a different security protocol. In my case it seems once it got connected the situation was resolved. Good luck!
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I tried changing the frequency, seeing that my neighbor was on the band as me. I'm not sure if that did the trick, but now my N4 seems to be picking up the signal a little more quickly.
Thank you for your suggestion.
nexuscanvmx said:
Hello everyone,
I checked the forums and I haven't seen anything like this, but I'm hope my situation isn't unique.
So I got the Nexus 4 and I love it. I have it linked to my wi-fi at home and the campus wi-fi. Every time I got to the college campus it links just fine. However, when I get to the home wi-fi, it sometimes takes a while for the phone to connect to the wi-fi, or say that the wi-fi is out of range.... even when standing next to the router.
I've tried rebooting the router, rebooting the phone. When it connects it's awesome. Sometimes I have to turn off the wi-fi on the N4 then back on again for it to connect.
Does anyone know what this may be? Anything would be great help.
P.S. - everything else works on my wi-fi just fine. A couple Rokus, a notebook, and etc.
Thank you
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Same issue here. Sometimes I'm connected to campus wifi, I drive all the way home and look at my phone, it's still trying to connect to campus wifi. I have to turn wifi off then back on for it to disconnect and auto connect to my home wifi.