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WiFi problem, dissconects all the time...

Hi!
Bought a Tattoo for my kid and now we got a huge bill because the wifi seems to dissconects itself all the time and she is not that good checking the wifi state.
Is this a known problem or what can i do about it?
Using a Netgear N router and WEP (must use WEP because of my stupid XBox that can't handle any other security).
Please let me know how to fix this so she can use the phone!

I have this problem too, and as I found it's a known problem on net.
I'm using wifi fixer, which running as a service and reconnect everytime the connection drops. It's not a solution, but make things better.
http://uk.androlib.com/android.application.org-wahtod-wififixer-qwn.aspx
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dancer_69 said:
I have this problem too, and as I found it's a known problem on net.
I'm using wifi fixer, which running as a service and reconnect everytime the connection drops. It's not a solution, but make things better.
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Hi!
Thanks for the info, is that an app i can find on the Android's app place?
he he he.... did not notice your link Sorry!
Looks to me that HTC is screwing things up even with Android devices...

This phone realy sucks!
Me again!
I've struggled with this phone a couple of hours now but i can't get the wifi to work now.
I press connect to my network, i have entered the wep password but a couple of secs later it says disconnected...
What can i do about this?

I have the same problem - Is it best to configure the Wi Fi settings like IP address etc ? And if so whats the best settings for it?

I've managed to get it to connect now, removed an app that kept track of wifi traffic. But it seems to me that Tattoo does not use wifi when i use YouTube for example. Checked my providers homepage for traffic that we pay for and they had traffic for today. And the phone has not been used all day until my test this evening.
Is there a way to tell the phone to use just the wifi connection when using youtube app or explorer...?

ToddeSwe said:
I've managed to get it to connect now, removed an app that kept track of wifi traffic. But it seems to me that Tattoo does not use wifi when i use YouTube for example. Checked my providers homepage for traffic that we pay for and they had traffic for today. And the phone has not been used all day until my test this evening.
Is there a way to tell the phone to use just the wifi connection when using youtube app or explorer...?
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install apn on-off when you use wifi, just disable APN connection.
then if you need umts/gprs is 1click enabled

francians said:
install apn on-off when you use wifi, just disable APN connection.
then if you need umts/gprs is 1click enabled
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Thanks, this sounds easy enough for my kid to handle when she wants to use the wifi and to be sure that it uses the wifi and not the expensive data from our phone company.
Thanks again! Will try this!

Wifi Possibly broken

HI
last night i rooted my phone using the exploid x10 root apk, at first it worked fine and so i left is plugged in over night to transfer all my music onto my new sd card
but this morning it seems the wifi has broken
it connects to the network but will not send or receive data, so the browser says no connection, so does the market etc
i have reflashed its software 3 times even downgraded back to the R1, still no luck, its not even rooted and its broken
any1 had the same issue? i have searched the forum but the ppl with the sam issue have not been helped. please i dont want to spend $$ to get it fixed i have no job

Hi.
No problem with the wifi so far.This is strange.
Do you have warranty?
Sound stupid but did you try to reset your router?
If nothing is working you should go to the service.

yea i messed around with wifi router, nothing, i can browse the net on 3g wich is odd, but 3g is expensive so that cnt be the solution. bluetooth and 3g work obv but the wifi cannot connect itl connect to the wirelss just NO datac exchange?

There is someone with the same kind of problem but on an EVO 4g, but i really do not understand what they reply's mean. Maybe you do?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=800910
tried to search on google and came across a LOT of people having this same issue, on laptops, iphones, ipads, which lead to the conclusion that it may not be a wifi failure?

well it cant be a complete wifi failure kuz i used the dev menu and it says wlam enabled and scanning just no connection

thanks
berbecverde said:
There is someone with the same kind of problem but on an EVO 4g, but i really do not understand what they reply's mean. Maybe you do?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=800910
tried to search on google and came across a LOT of people having this same issue, on laptops, iphones, ipads, which lead to the conclusion that it may not be a wifi failure?
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+1 and so much more for all your help man
i managed to fix it, it wasnt my device as such it was my router, too so i fiddled around with both mainly giving my x10 a static ip and bam it worked, cheers!!

I too have a wifi problem, but it is quiet a different one and i have no idea how to solve it.
when I connect to wifi at home my router reboots, but there is no such problem when i connect to my office.
I tried reseting the router at home and still no use, once it got connected and when i started a download from the market the router again rebooted.
How can i solve this????

xarchitect said:
I too have a wifi problem, but it is quiet a different one and i have no idea how to solve it.
when I connect to wifi at home my router reboots, but there is no such problem when i connect to my office.
I tried reseting the router at home and still no use, once it got connected and when i started a download from the market the router again rebooted.
How can i solve this????
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Tried diffrent encryptions? like WPA2 or WEP?
Maybe switch from G to N standard (or vise versa, if availible?)

marice22 said:
Tried diffrent encryptions? like WPA2 or WEP?
Maybe switch from G to N standard (or vise versa, if availible?)
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Sorry for my ignorance what is G to N standard ?
and i will try doing wep and wpa2 once i reach home !!

xarchitect said:
Sorry for my ignorance what is G to N standard ?
and i will try doing wep and wpa2 once i reach home !!
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see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11#802.11g

The X10 doesn't support 802.11n

no one said that it did..
My router uses N and i still connect fine

Seansmit17 said:
no one said that it did..
My router uses N and i still connect fine
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Somebody told him to try to switch the router from b/g to n. That was the point of my post.
And your router obviously operates all 3 standards at once

Cannot Connect to Wifi

I never use this phone but its my cousin's X2. She said she can connect to wifi connection but she cant browse, or do anything with it. The page wont load.
What is the problem here?
Thanks!

LuffyPSP said:
I never use this phone but its my cousin's X2. She said she can connect to wifi connection but she cant browse, or do anything with it. The page wont load.
What is the problem here?
Thanks!
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Problem with WiFi router.
Some WiFi routers let you connect but not actually use it:
they require password or are not for public use.

Shouldnt be that is the problem. cuz she did connect to my wifi router a couple of weeks ago.
Well i did a soft reset(though i dont know if it is really resetted), and it worked again. But i still hope someone can answer why is this happening.
Thanks!

Tell her to temporarily open up her WiFi connection and disable encription.
Try to connect.
This worked for me on my dads router, a 2WIRE modem/router combination that he got from AT&T, (terrible device).
When done just re-enable the encryption.
If she wants to keep the encryption then you need to go into the WiFi settinngs and locate her WiFi signal.
Click Connect.
Then try each encrypted setting until it works(TPK, SHARED, TPK-PSK, etc. . . ). This is what I had to do at my office and at home. It took a bit of time but I finally found the correct type of encryption.

Worth trying. Will try telling her these when she comes by again today. Thanks mate!

[HELP] Cm7.0.2 don´t see wifi network

I have have updated cm7 to 7.0.2 and my gps is now working well... but now i´m facing a new issue.
I use a coffe shop wireless connection to do many things to the phone. but now it cant find the signal from that connection.
Before the update, and in cm6.1 i could connect to the wireless, now it dont show up on the wireless connections screen.
can anyone help me in here?

ICavalera said:
I have have updated cm7 to 7.0.2 and my gps is now working well... but now i´m facing a new issue.
I use a coffe shop wireless connection to do many things to the phone. but now it cant find the signal from that connection.
Before the update, and in cm6.1 i could connect to the wireless, now it dont show up on the wireless connections screen.
can anyone help me in here?
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I had the same problem. I think it's being caused by the wifi trying to autoconnect to a remembered AP in range. I just had my phone "Forget" the network I knew it was trying to connect to (my home network) and it worked.

santisolinho said:
I had the same problem. I think it's being caused by the wifi trying to autoconnect to a remembered AP in range. I just had my phone "Forget" the network I knew it was trying to connect to (my home network) and it worked.
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but every one sees the wifi network and i dont see...
really i am almost to downgrade to cm6.1 were there i have no trouble to wif and gps.
Today i saw the network and try to connect and fail... and then i connect and in the middle of using ebuddy disappear. then could not connect anymore.

Hi,
Cm7 is quiet weak with wifi. Meaning the signal strentgh in cm7 is less like e.g. on b 0.8.4 maybe flashing another radio helps.
Sent from my Legend using XDA App

I flash another radio and didn't work. Clear data, cache and dalvik. Nothing. Só i give a trie on nightly #58. Did a clean install and it worked. Went to the coffee shop and detect the wifi and could connect with a good signal. Tomorrow i'm going to my brother's house where i had the same problem. Then i will report if it's ok or not.
Thanks.
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I went to the coffee shop and again... i dont see the wifi. Yesterday worked... today cant find again. I love cm7, but like this is not very good. Well, im going to downgrade. I cant find any real solution.
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have you tried changing channels on wifi settings-->advanced-->regulatory domain? just a shot though. it worked for me on the nightlies. on latest cm7 stable though, i haven't need to change it...

did you use any other wifi tool than the cm7 internal one? Wifi analyser or similar apps may watch out for more ssid than CM7 itself
maybe the wifi channel is out of range, meaning cannel 11 or higher. Then change the channel settings in android settings

alexkno said:
did you use any other wifi tool than the cm7 internal one? Wifi analyser or similar apps may watch out for more ssid than CM7 itself
maybe the wifi channel is out of range, meaning cannel 11 or higher. Then change the channel settings in android settings
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thanks... im trying!

No internet through Wifi after 2.3.3 update

So I just updated my Desire HD with the new 2.3.3 update. I downloaded the update OTA using the wifi connection here at home. The download of the update and the installation itself went fine. When my phone rebooted after the update I was glad to see all my settings and apps were still there.
However, there is no connection to the internet anymore through wifi. It does connect to my wifi as I am able to use the Unified Remote app to control my computer. None of the apps however can use the wifi connection to connect to the internet any more.
I already deleted my wifi settings in my Desire HD and re-added them, but that didn't do anything. A simple reboot didn't solve my problem either. My mobile network connection works fine, although much slower than wifi used to be of course.
Does anyone know what I can do to hopefully get my internet connection working again?

Wekko306 said:
So I just updated my Desire HD with the new 2.3.3 update. I downloaded the update OTA using the wifi connection here at home. The download of the update and the installation itself went fine. When my phone rebooted after the update I was glad to see all my settings and apps were still there.
However, there is no connection to the internet anymore through wifi. It does connect to my wifi as I am able to use the Unified Remote app to control my computer. None of the apps however can use the wifi connection to connect to the internet any more.
I already deleted my wifi settings in my Desire HD and re-added them, but that didn't do anything. A simple reboot didn't solve my problem either. My mobile network connection works fine, although much slower than wifi used to be of course.
Does anyone know what I can do to hopefully get my internet connection working again?
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This is a known problem...HTC gotta fix this with a new OTA ...

Btw, i can connect to my wifi, and also browse market and web with the standard browser..
Ps:Whit new 2.3.3 Ota..

Chefs have found the WiFi problem. It's not really a big problem. But HTC implemented a minimum WiFi signal strength, which is set high.
So if the signal isn't strong enough, the WiFi will be turned off.

Infact, here on my desk the signal is on the max, and i havent any problem..

I am getting problems too with wifi after update.
For some reason at home wifi is ok here i only reach internal network ...
Very Strange problem...

****head said:
Chefs have found the WiFi problem. It's not really a big problem. But HTC implemented a minimum WiFi signal strength, which is set high.
So if the signal isn't strong enough, the WiFi will be turned off.
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I doubt that's the problem. When I look in the Testing menu (using *#*#4636*#*#) and go to Wi-Fi Status it says the RSSI is between -51 and -76 which should definitely be strong enough I suppose.

Wekko306 said:
I doubt that's the problem. When I look in the Testing menu (using *#*#4636*#*#) and go to Wi-Fi Status it says the RSSI is between -51 and -76 which should definitely be strong enough I suppose.
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You're correct
HTC has set the minimum WiFi strength to -88, which is imo too high :-/
That's why people will experience dropped wifi

So what is the solution?

kwira said:
So what is the solution?
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Whoops. i don't know why I pressed the "Thank you"-button xD
For casual users: Nothing, wait until HTC releases a new update.
Chef gtg465x has provided a fix in "ROM Development"-section, but you need to root your phone and use CWM etc. If you're not familiar with these things, you better don't try to fix it.

kwira said:
So what is the solution?
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Check this thread out-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1058450

abhishekagrawal said:
Check this thread out-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1058450
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I suppose that only helps when you have the problem of your phone dropping wifi signal when it is below -88? Then I don't think this will solve my problem, as my signal strength is ~-60 and the wifi connection itself works fine but just doesn't connect to the internet after the update.
EDIT:
My problem has been solved
It appears that my phone does not get the right information about the Default Gateway when using DHCP as it was set to 0.0.0.0. After setting the phone to use a static IP I could change the Default Gateway and solve the problem.
Now the question is, why doesn't my phone get the right Default Gateway from my server after updating the phone to 2.3.3?

iep thats my prob ...

Where can i find the signal strength of wifi in DHD ??
When i'm near my router, activating wifi on phone, it only tells "excellent" but there are no values.
Thanks for your advice

Bodyworks said:
Where can i find the signal strength of wifi in DHD ??
When i'm near my router it only tells "excellent" but no values.
Thanks for your advice
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1. Open the Phone app
2. Enter *#*#4636#*#*
3. You should now be in the Testing menu
4. Click Wifi information
5. Click Wi-Fi Status
6. Look at the number behind RSSI

Wekko306 said:
1. Open the Phone app
2. Enter *#*#4636#*#*
3. You should now be in the Testing menu
4. Click Wifi information
5. Click Wi-Fi Status
6. Look at the number behind RSSI
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Wow, thats the reason, why i love this forum. Thank you very much. Your answer came blazing fast.
The value tells -57 to -60 (pressing on 'Refresh Stats') sitting directly near the antenna of my router
I can't evaluate, if these values are good or bad.
Would be nice to know, which range is good and which range might result in connection problems.
Thank you
bodyworks

Bodyworks said:
Wow, thats the reason, why i love this forum. Thank you very much. Your answer came blazing fast.
The value tells -57 to -60 (pressing on 'Refresh Stats') sitting directly near the antenna of my router
I can't evaluate, if these values are good or bad.
Would be nice to know, which range is good and which range might result in connection problems.
Thank you
bodyworks
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Those are pretty good numbers I believe. I am usually getting between -52 and -70 when sitting in my room, which is about 6m away from my router (and through 2 walls). Apparently, anything lower than -88 is bad with the new 2.3.3 update as the phone loses wifi connection at that value.

Wekko306 said:
Those are pretty good numbers I believe. I am usually getting between -52 and -70 when sitting in my room, which is about 6m away from my router (and through 2 walls). Apparently, anything lower than -88 is bad with the new 2.3.3 update as the phone loses wifi connection at that value.
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Ahh i understand. So lower values are better than higher ones.
I heard, that it depends on the radio. I flashed 12.54.60.25U_26.09.04.11_M2 used with 2.3.3 (MDJs VivoSense 2.1) and it works very good. (no wifi drops at all).
GPS is fast as well. After some seconds i get about 8-10 satellites.
Regards,
bodyworks

This is pretty annoying problem, why did HTC changed it when it worked good and making it worse?

try wifi fixer from market.its pretty good.write here pls if u have ay probl.