Hi, I'm new to my Iconia tab a500, and I usually have a pretty low wifi signal, and Ive read other people having the same issue.
Will installing a custom rom help the wifi signal strength?
I am planning to install Virtuous Galaxy v1.0.6 on TabletRoms.
Or, Do you guys know any ROM you have tried that has a better wifi signal for your iconia tab a500?
Thanks a lot!
why flash a rom that was built around a different device? and its outdated.
if you want issues just go ahead.
just stick with stockor modified acer roms and everything will work the way it should.
the wifi issueis piss poor antunna design and maybe driver implementation.
without a numeric wifi mod we cant tell what the true signal is.
given the history of these things dont judge the signal meter as proof. base it off your ability to stream content either locally or over the internet.
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v_lestat said:
given the history of these things dont judge the signal meter as proof. base it off your ability to stream content either locally or over the internet.
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Have to agree with this, my signal meeter usually ranges in the halfway mark unless I am in the same room as my router, then it will be full. But I have not had any issues streaming or downloading.
No issues with the wifi connection at all. Im running Taboonay 2.0. It looks like the wifi works pretty decent in all rooms at my house.
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that's rigth! the wifi signal in iconia is suck!
i allready change the rom into galaxy still have the same problem..
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On stock Rom under WiFi settings there's a WiFi best performance setting under advanced . Any idea of what it does other than eat away battery power?
I too am wondering this.
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On stock Rom under WiFi settings there's a WiFi best performance setting under advanced . Any idea of what it does other than eat away battery power?
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Wondering the same. Thanks for raising.
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Raised it but still no answers LOL!
The tests using Speedtest.net seem a little smoother. As far as any real speed increase it is hardly noticeable using that particular app. I am curious as to what it does to the battery. It says it may consume more juice but I don't really see that either. Is anyone noticing faster battery reduction or any real speed increases?
I believe it allows for 5GHz 802.11n rather than using 2.4GHz
Wi-Fi best performance has nothing to do with the band. It has to do with ACK packets and WMM performance. It allows a clear and direct communication path between your phone and your router. Much like QoS in VoIP mode.
Hope this helps answer your question.
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Wi-Fi best performance has nothing to do with the band. It has to do with ACK packets and WMM performance. It allows a clear and direct communication path between your phone and your router. Much like QoS in VoIP mode.
Hope this helps answer your question.
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Eh? Where did you get that information from..?
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Eh? Where did you get that information from..?
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I've owned a computer company for 18 years and been in the computer field for 20. I spent years helping people with Blackberries and UMA calling. Not to mention over a decade of networking experience.
I watch every packet on my network with a packet sniffer and its functions as well as my router logs. It's just something I know.
Take it or leave it.
The Wi-Fi stack is easy to monitor as is the IP stack.
Hello,
First of all, I want to apologise if this was already covered, but I really did use the search button, not only on this site, but also on google!
I really love the cm insanity rom and Ive been using it for a long time. You can see my post count is low because I really didnt have any problems and if I did, I usually solved it by myself. But that doesnt mean I am new here or noob
Ill try to describe my problem now.
I have the international i9000 with insanityCM021 and GlitchV11 kernel, I didnt really need HSDPA until now, because normal 3G speeds were sufficient for my mobile surfing. Now I have a new laptop which I want to use and the 3g speeds are really not doing it for me anymore.
The city I live in has really good HSDPA coverage, according to the operator webpage its 14.4mbps, altough the independent tests show speeds from 6 to 9 mbps. And all I am getting is 3G without hdspa with speeds as low as 200kbps to 400kbps. And it switches down to Edge quite often too, which is even more strange. It just never shows the H icon. And I am certain it is not coverage problem. Where I live I can see the transmission towers of my operator. Approx 250m away from my window.
I have tried various modems from this list nitr8 posted today in insanityCM thread and its still only 3g with average 300kbps download speed.
Ive tried the JV6, JV4, default JVK and JQ1
JV6 - 3G
JV5 - 3G
JV4 - H
JV3 - H
JPY - H
JPG - 3G
JQ1 - H
JVE - H
JVK - H
JPM - 3G
JP5 - H
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I also did a cleanup of my phone few days ago. Factory reset, InternalSD format, EZbase 2.0 and fresh CMinsanity.
I really dont know what to do next, thats why I am asking for your help, xda community
Sorry for the wall of text, but I didnt want to go down the "Halp my netz broken" path.
Thanks for help in advance
Come over too insanity thread and post this. I can't answer this personally, but I'm sure someone over there will help you
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Yeah, thats what I wanted to do, but I need 10 posts and I dont want to spam other threads just to get there
So, I finally managed to get the H icon for some short times, with KC1 modem.
Even the speeds were fine, but it keeps on switching back to 3g.
And one bigger problem appeared, the "Warmer" display colors from voodoo display seem to be gone and also when im scrolling through menus it tears the picture... glitch reflash didnt help...
Its funny how I am always the one who has these special problems...
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So, I finally managed to get the H icon for some short times, with KC1 modem.
Even the speeds were fine, but it keeps on switching back to 3g.
And one bigger problem appeared, the "Warmer" display colors from voodoo display seem to be gone and also when im scrolling through menus it tears the picture... glitch reflash didnt help...
Its funny how I am always the one who has these special problems...
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Well it is probably some minor installation problem, I'm sure we can sort it
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Are you using glitch kernel with uv? Did you install via ezbase 2?
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Are you using glitch kernel with uv? Did you install via ezbase 2?
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Yeah, Im using Glitch with 1400mhz overclock and significant UV, but I am pretty sure its stable. Ive sorted the colors problem, for some strange reason the gamma offset settings were reverted to default 2.3.3 values.
The HSDPA is working, but its falling back to 3g a lot, I dont know if thats normal though, because I didnt really use it that much. Even on old, non-cm insanity I had it disabled. So, if thats normal I seem to have no troubles anymore
The speeds are fine when it is working, I currently have cheaper data plan with 3.2 mbps cap and the speeds are pretty much as advertised. Though there is one thing I would like to know. My mobile operator offers unlimited data plan for mobile phones with 7,2mbps download cap and its just 15E.
Can galaxy S even reach that speed ? I couldnt find this information anywhere.
Hello!
I want to buy a used Galaxy Tab2 P3100 and I wanted to know if there are some specific problems for this device: some touchscreen issues, some display rendition issues, anything..
I'm waiting for your answers..
The only problem I have heard is that the touch screen isn't as sensitive as people would like it to be.
Personally, I have no issues with the screen and use this device constantly with almost everything I do. The size really makes it a great buy compared to a 10" tablet.
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This seems old thread .. still would put a point .. !!
GTab 2 P3100 doesn't have auto focus camera. This is a BIG turn down for me.
Rest everything works excellent .. including touchscreen .. !!
-Paresh
The wifi signal is very weak,it does not recoonect sometimes; therefore, you have to turn off and turn back on the wifi feature.
my version has good wifi signal ,the only problem i notice is when holding the tab one of the four corners is effecting the wifi signal strength ,although i've only seen a single signal drop ,so it was never a problem for me
The wifi signal is very weak,it does not reconnect sometimes; therefore, you have to turn off and turn back on the wifi feature.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1663019
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The wifi signal is very weak,it does not recoonect sometimes; therefore, you have to turn off and turn back on the wifi feature.
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This issue should be a software bug. I face this issue after updating to ICS 4.0.4 (Official).
Is this the case for you as well ?
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Hello!
I want to buy a used Galaxy Tab2 P3100 and I wanted to know if there are some specific problems for this device: some touchscreen issues, some display rendition issues, anything..
I'm waiting for your answers..
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Device is good for the price. Except i have issue with connecting to WiFi after ICS 4.0.4 update.
Mine is running 4.0.3 and I have the crappiest,poor,weak wifi signal.
I have been chatting with 3 Samsung agents tonite and no help at all,they want me to fill out a service request form.This is crazy,specially when I received the brand new tabs hours ago
Just curious, my P3100 also exhibit the same issue... when connecting to my N home router. But when I try to connect to mobile router (less power, set to 802.11 G only) it has better signal so anyone having the problem, are you using 802.11 n or b/g?
I bought the sucker and I used for two weeks with the stock ROM. It didn't bother me too much with the dead points (when I was trying to close a tab) until yesterday. So I downloaded CM9 and I put it.
Regarding to WIFI issues. The tablet is behaving exactly as the last 4 Samsung android phones that I had (I9000, 2 x I9100, N7000). Sometimes it doesn't connect until I reset the router, sometimes it never tries to connect, most of the time it's connects in a couple of seconds.
The only complaint is the screen: having only Samoled screens, the display of p3100 is a little disappointing, especially outside. Maybe I will sell this one and buy the Note2 (not too sure about this) or maybe P6800. I shall see.
Is the wifi any better with CM9?
Thanks.
No, no problems, BUT I didn't experienced problems using the stock ROM.
The only problems I have is the Netflix app is crap..no wifi issues.. and.. I think that's it ....
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watsapp
Hi paresh, can u tell me whether it supports watsapp or not? I'm asking for gt-p3100 wifi-3g with sim
Yes it supports whatsapp....
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My WiFi signal was bad with every JB ROM I ever installed so could that be a general problem with JB ROM ROMs? Or is there one with good WiFi signal?
Any other experience?
Rest0ck
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Partly, yes, but often it is just a visual bug so that the actual signal strength is not shown correctly.
That said, I've found that on jb, wifi channels above 10 work very poorly. I'm guessing you're from Germany, so have a look at which channel your wifi is on.
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have you tried flashing another modem? anw for me that problem has persisted even from stock gb rom (I tried different modems), but wifi's working fine. I guess it's just a visual bug as adytum said
Modems do not affect wifi signal strength, unfortunately.
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Thanks for your response. Tbh I have no idea what a WiFi Chanel is and how to change it. And unfortunately it's not just a virtual effect. Here by my gf (e.g.) I lose my connectivity inside the house from time to time or I have a really bad signal while my gf still get a great signal even in the last corner. She has a iPhone 3gs btw. I'm using slim ROM ATM and I love the most out of every ROM I tried .. except for the WiFi
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adytum said:
Partly, yes, but often it is just a visual bug so that the actual signal strength is not shown correctly.
That said, I've found that on jb, wifi channels above 10 work very poorly. I'm guessing you're from Germany, so have a look at which channel your wifi is on.
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Read this article, http://www.fixandsave.co.uk/index.p...00-no-signal-fix&catid=173:samsung&Itemid=254
sorry for my poor english.
JCBG
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Thanks for your response. Tbh I have no idea what a WiFi Chanel is and how to change it. And unfortunately it's not just a virtual effect. Here by my gf (e.g.) I lose my connectivity inside the house from time to time or I have a really bad signal while my gf still get a great signal even in the last corner. She has a iPhone 3gs btw. I'm using slim ROM ATM and I love the most out of every ROM I tried .. except for the WiFi
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First of all, make sure you do not have "avoid poor connections" ticked in wifi advanced settings.
The channel is easy to change, but you do this by logging in on the control panel of the modem, you'll need a username and password.
You could also try an app, wifi analyzer for instance, which shows you which channel the networks are on. For me, changing channels down to 5 from 12 made a huge impact, but others have not had any effect from it.
Usually the channels above 10 are only in use in Europe and Japan, so some isps here will set their router to high channels to avoid interference from other nets on the common channels.
@JCBG I can't see what that article has to do with wifi signal?
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First of all, make sure you do not have "avoid poor connections" ticked in wifi advanced settings.
The channel is easy to change, but you do this by logging in on the control panel of the modem, you'll need a username and password.
You could also try an app, wifi analyzer for instance, which shows you which channel the networks are on. For me, changing channels down to 5 from 12 made a huge impact, but others have not had any effect from it.
Usually the channels above 10 are only in use in Europe and Japan, so some isps here will set their router to high channels to avoid interference from other nets on the common channels.
@JCBG I can't see what that article has to do with wifi signal?
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Thank you. I will give it a try when I am at home again. Here where I am now the WiFi uses channel 4 BTW (my gf don't know their router password >.>). Which one should work good?
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Well, channel 4 should actually be in the good range.
As far as I know, nobody has come up with any alternative solutions to this issue.
I might add that for me, disabling qos, quality of service, on my router, improved the speed, but not the visual signal indication of my phone's wifi.
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Oh hm .. it's probably just jelly bean? As I mentioned earlier on my gfs phone it works properly :/
Yeah, it seems so, and there seems to be more than one cause, seeing how nets with low channel numbers fixes it for me.
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Is the WiFi signal on ICS also bad? I don't remember.
No, never had problems with it before jb. And I've at least tried 5 different jb roms, with no difference.
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Guess I have to switch back to ICS then :/
have you factually measured a difference in traffic bandwidth?
or are you switching back just because the wifi visual indicator doesnt show full reception anymore?
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have you factually measured a difference in traffic bandwidth?
or are you switching back just because the wifi visual indicator doesnt show full reception anymore?
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Hell no it is not just visual. I lose the connectivity and it is slow as hell. And it was not like that before.
no problems here..
same bad experience here.After update to JB my wifi connection is very poor, not just visual.I hope it will a solution later.
On ics cm9 my wifi was good, now im on jb mackay rom and its really bad. I get a weak signal, but i think the driver of wifi are bad made of the developer. My bro has the same phone and uses helly bean and his connection is always better. His wifi is good like cm9 was.
Wifi works great for me on CM10
So I recently got this tablet, rooted it, and installed the 4.3 nightlys (this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2413878)
I've been bringing it to work so I can just get things done faster reading e-mail and news without distracting during my breaks. At some point, I started to noticed how incredibly slow things loaded up such as trying to load articles from feedly as well as its videos. I later noticed that my wifi was only 2 bars. I figured it was enough but apparently it isn't as things just load up so bloody slow.
I decided to to download the app, Speed Test, into the tablet and found out I've been downloading at crappy speeds of 900-1100 kbps while my Samsung Galaxy S4, in the same area I'm testing the speed, is running at ridiculous speeds of 26-30 >mbps<.
I actually restore the tablet back to original stock and tested again and same deal. Has anyone got this problem? I'm leading to believe its old hardware which would be incredibly disappointing if that's the case... but maybe there's an update or fix for this terrible wifi?
Check your Advanced WiFi settings - disable 'WiFi optimisation' and see how that goes. Apparently it slows things down!
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Check your Advanced WiFi settings - disable 'WiFi optimisation' and see how that goes. Apparently it slows things down!
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I turned off and used it for a few days; same issue. Is there any other possibilities? Any patches or fixes for this? Because if it's really because of old tech, I'm going to sell this and try out Swappa to avoid eBay fees for such a disappointment.
Maybe you got a bad tablet mine off n router is way faster then that. Loads almost instantly
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the router/modem combo that Time Warner gave me is junk, don't know what the hell is wrong with it
but other routers at my friends houses seem to do fine
so i'm guessing it's a hardware issue
im going to hook my d-link router up to the modem/router combo (if i can ever figure it out)
oh yeah, if anyone know how to do that (router to router) message me or something