[Solved] Iconia looses WiFi after upgrade to 3.2 - Acer Iconia A500

Hi All,
I am not in the habit of creating new threads. But after searching and reading a lot of other posts I concluded I had to create one.
After upgrading to 3.2 my WiFi connection is lost after a few minutes. I have reset my router after the upgrade but that did not help.
This is what happens: I "cold- boot" my Iconia and after a few tries it finds my Router and establishes a connection. After a few minutes though, the connection gets "lost". It happens to me when I leave my Iconia on. If I leave the Iconia on it tells me after a few minutes that there is no Internet connection. It keeps searching, connecting and disconnecting untill I power of the Iconia. After restart the same occurs after a few minutes. If I shut down the Iconia and start it again, the same thing happens (after a few minutes).
I am using a TP-Link router WR1043ND with firmware 3.13.4 Build 110429 Rel.36959n
Anyone have similar issues? Is there any way to fix this apart from contacting Acer or downgrading to 3.1?
BTW My Iconia has build number Acer_A500_7.006.01_com_Gen1 and has not been rooted or otherwise altered.
Any help greatly appreciated....
Greetz,
S.J. Onnie

S.J.Onnie said:
Hi All,
I am not in the habit of creating new threads. But after searching and reading a lot of other posts I concluded I had to create one.
After upgrading to 3.2 my WiFi connection is lost after a few minutes. I have reset my router after the upgrade but that did not help.
This is what happens: I "cold- boot" my Iconia and after a few tries it finds my Router and establishes a connection. After a few minutes though, the connection gets "lost". It happens to me when I leave my Iconia on. If I leave the Iconia on it tells me after a few minutes that there is no Internet connection. It keeps searching, connecting and disconnecting untill I power of the Iconia. After restart the same occurs after a few minutes. If I shut down the Iconia and start it again, the same thing happens (after a few minutes).
I am using a TP-Link router WR1043ND with firmware 3.13.4 Build 110429 Rel.36959n
Anyone have similar issues? Is there any way to fix this apart from contacting Acer or downgrading to 3.1?
BTW My Iconia has build number Acer_A500_7.006.01_com_Gen1 and has not been rooted or otherwise altered.
Any help greatly appreciated....
Greetz,
S.J. Onnie
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Ton's of post about this. just google wifi drop out.
Some have fixed by changing in the router the lease time from forever to maybe a week or day. And that may not be your issue but worth a shot. Some have also fixed by using static ip for the tab. Their are others.

Hi Shaun298,
Will give your suggestion a try. Will let you know! Tx!!
Greetz,
S.J. Onnie

S.J.Onnie said:
Hi Shaun298,
Will give your suggestion a try. Will let you know! Tx!!
Greetz,
S.J. Onnie
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There's a fix if you were rooted but since your not this post doesn't help you ha sorry.
Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk

Neither of the tip's require root, one change is in the router, and the other on the tab, root or no root.

shaun298 said:
Neither of the tip's require root, one change is in the router, and the other on the tab, root or no root.
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The fix im referring to is applying a smali patch which i think requires root. Changing the router isnt always possible if its not your router and you dont have the user name and password and i dont know how well switching from dhcp to static works but the couple times i tried i still experienced dropouts
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk

Did not think about campus routers and such. I had the wifi drop out with several roms. With security on the router open, I did not get the drop outs, but who wants to run like that. My fix was back to stock 3.1.

Hi All,
Thanks for your support and your suggestions.
Found a solution that seems to work over here: http://www.transformerforums.com/fo...neycomb-3-2-update-problems-tf.html#post34828 (Thanks, Shaun298)
Not sure how long WiFi stays on but I am hoping it sticks.
Weirdest thing: I did not even know you could reboot the Iconia like that :-S
Greetz,
S.J. Onnie

still not working
After I upgraded my A500 to Taboonay 2.2 (which is GEN_1 of Android 3.2) I started experiencing this issue.
Wifi connection keeps dropping every other 5-10 minutes. After reading this thread I was unpatient to figure out if the proposed solution works for me.
Unfortunately wifi still keeps dropping after I booted with power button adn "-" volume bottom pressed and then rebooted.
I also tried deleting the existing connection manually after that and repeated the same procedure. Even after that when I added wifi network from the scratch it still keeps dropping like it was previously

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[Q] Serious Acer Iconia Wifi issues

First off let me say I love this tablet and have pleasantly surprised by its build quality and over stability. Secondly let me say I am typing this thread from a $299 Acer laptop from Newegg with 5 bars of wifi strength and has never lost connectivity......ever. The frustration I feel from the iconia every 2 minutes saying I have lost internet connectivity is becoming unbearable. I am sitting about 15ft from my Fios Router and I am not quite sure why this continues to happen. I have run the wifi analyzer app and it is all over the place. Is this something that might be fixed with a future Acer update? Does it possibly have a bad wifi radio? I see a number of people with the same issues, however it does not seem widespread. I did have a xoom for a week or so with no wifi problems whatsoever. Should I return it? I am 4 days into my 14 day return window with Best Buy. I feel bad because the xoom I had before this had a bad screen and now I will be returning this for wifi issues. I just want to be sure before I go through the trouble. Thanks for the help in advance! This is the only forums I trust that have educated Devs.
olson0827 said:
First off let me say I love this tablet and have pleasantly surprised by its build quality and over stability. Secondly let me say I am typing this thread from a $299 Acer laptop from Newegg with 5 bars of wifi strength and has never lost connectivity......ever. The frustration I feel from the iconia every 2 minutes saying I have lost internet connectivity is becoming unbearable.
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Try a different wireless acess point. Pick up a $35 d-link or similar that is just an AP, and turn off the wireless in your router. I had that problem with a Speedstream modem/wireless/router when I got my Wii, only everything would lose connection with the Wii on. Some routers just suck.
You might try checking to see if your router has a firmware update first.
And just for giggles try turning 'n' off on your router.
Hi
Not related to the Acer A500 but I have the same problem with a Dell N5010 notebook.
At home with a Zyxel WIFI router everything is OK. At work with a D-Link 7000 wifi router it gives me every few minutes no internet access. Everything else (phone, other notebooks) work ok. So maybe it's the router a problem.
Hi there matey!
Dunno if it will help but i had many troubles with different routers over the years. One common thing i did notice was that not all devices gel too well with different encryption protocols. eg...TKIP, AES WPA2.
So have a try changing your wireless security settings or briefly leave it as an open network till you diagnose the problem.
Fingers crossed for ya matey!
TheWatchers said:
Hi there matey!
Dunno if it will help but i had many troubles with different routers over the years. One common thing i did notice was that not all devices gel too well with different encryption protocols. eg...TKIP, AES WPA2.
So have a try changing your wireless security settings or briefly leave it as an open network till you diagnose the problem.
Fingers crossed for ya matey!
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+1. I had a problem with one of my Android devices not connecting that was solved by changing encription from WPA2 to AES. Try this first.
You're better off returning it than futzing around with it. You're well within your return date and if it not working, it's not going to work.
I have a FiOS router as well and have no issues.
Solution to Iconia Wifi connect/disconnect issue
Greetings members.
I am not a dev, I'm just I guy who loves his Android devices and now can't function without his Iconia.
I began experiencing the Iconia Wifi connect/disconnect issue this afternoon. After several reboots, I googled and found this thread. A lot of good tips but the issue has nothing to do with routers or WPA, and for the love of all that is holy, don't futz around with factory resets or replacing it. The issue is with the hardware and the Wifi drivers in the 3.1 update.
Thankfully, Acer has heard our pleas and has produced a patch and an update.
Looks like the link was blocked by admins (I have to post 7 more...), so just go to acer.com and navigate to the drivers and downloads section, navigate to the tablet/iconia tab/a500 section, go to Patch and download.
Extract and copy the zip file to the root of a microSD. There is actually a pdf with full instructions in the zip.
Bottom line, follow the instructions in the PDF and it WILL restore your Iconia Wifi.
Once the Wifi is back up, check for updates and there is another update to 3.1.
Apparently the 3.1 COM_GEN2 updates for most all countries had this flaw and these two updates are intended to fix the issues.
Just read through the PDF and then follow the steps and you'll be surfing again.
Thanks everyone for this site. Love the help and the insights. And, enjoy your A500's once again.
There are postings from some Xoom users who also had WiFi issues with the 3.1 update. Since the WiFi problems mainly started with the HC 3.1 update, I think it's safe to say most of the problems have been related to the O/S.
I'm using DD-WRT on my linksys wrt600n router at home and it's worked fairly well.
Rob
@OP +1
@Slaught3r - thanks, I've tried all the different roms and was beginning to think it was mine only.
I also get wifi connectivity problems, even after the pqtch.:'( I only got it yesterday, so it may be going back.
Could the issue instead be related to your routers? Maybe the channel you've got them configured on is crowded?
I'm just wondering because, well, I have not had any kinds of WIFI-issues at all on any of the ROMs I've tried except only where the channel has already been really crowded by several routers on the same channel.
Doubt it. I'm not using a custom rom on my A500 yet. Still the stock Acer rom. I have it configured to automatically connect me at home, work, and even at church of all places. Until yesterday, everything worked, then...weirdness. Without making changes to my routers, the patch (and subsequent OTA update) seems to have fixed the issue nicely.
Be sure to follow the instructions contained in the zip download from Acer. If you are on a custom Rom and are having this problem, most likely the dev will need to release a patch based on the Acer patch.
Thanks to Slaught3r for the info about the patch. It is important to follow the directions re: the buttons in the PDF exactly. The directions on the Acer support web site differ about when to release the power button versus the volume button, and those directions do NOT work.
Before you do this you may want to disable your router's wireless security, at least until you get the update installed.
@Slaught3r:
Acer doc suggests the problem was fixed in A500_4.010.10_COM_GEN2.
I am experiencing frequent but short Wifi disconnects with Build A500_4.010.11_COM_GEN2.
Can you tell me what build you applied your patch to and what you are now running? I am trying to decide if applying this patch is appropriate, considering I already have a later build.
Any further info from anyone reading this would be appreciated.
Slaught3r said:
Greetings members.
I am not a dev, I'm just I guy who loves his Android devices and now can't function without his Iconia.
I began experiencing the Iconia Wifi connect/disconnect issue this afternoon. After several reboots, I googled and found this thread. A lot of good tips but the issue has nothing to do with routers or WPA, and for the love of all that is holy, don't futz around with factory resets or replacing it. The issue is with the hardware and the Wifi drivers in the 3.1 update.
Thankfully, Acer has heard our pleas and has produced a patch and an update.
Looks like the link was blocked by admins (I have to post 7 more...), so just go to acer.com and navigate to the drivers and downloads section, navigate to the tablet/iconia tab/a500 section, go to Patch and download.
Extract and copy the zip file to the root of a microSD. There is actually a pdf with full instructions in the zip.
Bottom line, follow the instructions in the PDF and it WILL restore your Iconia Wifi.
Once the Wifi is back up, check for updates and there is another update to 3.1.
Apparently the 3.1 COM_GEN2 updates for most all countries had this flaw and these two updates are intended to fix the issues.
Just read through the PDF and then follow the steps and you'll be surfing again.
Thanks everyone for this site. Love the help and the insights. And, enjoy your A500's once again.
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I had the same issue after the update to .11. However I solved my issue without the patch.
On the Acer website, I searched on wifi and came upon this link: "What can I do if I am unable to connect via WiFi after completing an Iconia Tab A500 system update?"
I tried the first suggestion of turning the wifi on and off with a restart. It didn't work. The second suggestion is to do a hardware reset with using a paper clip to the hardware switch. That worked; keep in mind that you need to perform that reset twice. The instructions are pretty clear cut.
pbaker99 said:
@Slaught3r:
Acer doc suggests the problem was fixed in A500_4.010.10_COM_GEN2.
I am experiencing frequent but short Wifi disconnects with Build A500_4.010.11_COM_GEN2.
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@pbaker99
I was on Acer_A500_4.010.09_COM_GEN2 (pre patch where Wifi was acting up)
After the recent OTA, I'm on 4.010.10_COM_GEN2
My system shows "Up to date" so there is no .11 for me (at least not yet).
It has been a couple days since the patch and subsequent update from .09 to .10 and everything has been fine for my model. Sorry you are having the issues you are.
Many times the wifi problem is caused by incompatible router software. While you would think Acer would take care of this via software upgrade, they do so only for limited routers, apparently.
I just spoke to Dlink, the manufacturer of my router, downloaded updated firmware, works perfectly for two days.
The_Monkey_King said:
On the Acer website, I searched on wifi and came upon this link: What can I do if I am unable to connect via WiFi after completing an Iconia Tab A500 system update?"
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Thanks for posting this. Luckily I have fixed my WIFI problems with the first step.
At some point my router had a problem that somehow stuffed up Iconia's WIFI. Just rebooting didn't help as it still couldn't connect to any network. Switching wifi off and rebooting did the trick for me.

3.1 Update - Wifi Broken

Hi all,
Since my wife updated her a500 to 3.1 she is no longer able to connect to any wifi networks.
There's a few threads around talking about replacing the wpa_supplicant file, but this tab is NOT rooted, and is completely stock. It's only a couple of weeks old. I don't particularly want to root it unless I have to, because I don't have the time/cbf. I've tried rebooting everything, clearing cache, all the obvious things, but it just loops through the connection process.
Is there any way to fix it? I guess a factory reset is the next thing to try, but only want to do that if it's likely to work.
Thanks in advance.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
Rooting is less work than a factory reset. And if you swap WPA_Supplicant files, you can connect to ad-hoc networks, like one broadcast by a smartphone. I did it myself last night in about 4 minutes.
Hardicus said:
Hi all,
Since my wife updated her a500 to 3.1 she is no longer able to connect to any wifi networks.
There's a few threads around talking about replacing the wpa_supplicant file, but this tab is NOT rooted, and is completely stock. It's only a couple of weeks old. I don't particularly want to root it unless I have to, because I don't have the time/cbf. I've tried rebooting everything, clearing cache, all the obvious things, but it just loops through the connection process.
Is there any way to fix it? I guess a factory reset is the next thing to try, but only want to do that if it's likely to work.
Thanks in advance.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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Remove the connection from your device.
Reboot your wifi router.
Set up the connection in the A500 again.
Good Luck.
Neoprimal said:
Remove the connection from your device.
Reboot your wifi router.
Set up the connection in the A500 again.
Good Luck.
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If only it were that easy. Thanks though.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
simonsgray said:
Rooting is less work than a factory reset. And if you swap WPA_Supplicant files, you can connect to ad-hoc networks, like one broadcast by a smartphone. I did it myself last night in about 4 minutes.
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Pretty sure it could wireless tether before the update. I'll look at rooting I guess...have to do it to 2 devices though and support them long term...so not overly keen...had hoped acer would take care of it all.
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Hardicus said:
Pretty sure it could wireless tether before the update. I'll look at rooting I guess...have to do it to 2 devices though and support them long term...so not overly keen...had hoped acer would take care of it all.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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I'm confused. If you're worried about someone running amok with root, just unroot once you've got it fixed. What's the support concern?
Hardicus said:
Hi all,
Since my wife updated her a500 to 3.1 she is no longer able to connect to any wifi networks.
There's a few threads around talking about replacing the wpa_supplicant file, but this tab is NOT rooted, and is completely stock. It's only a couple of weeks old. I don't particularly want to root it unless I have to, because I don't have the time/cbf. I've tried rebooting everything, clearing cache, all the obvious things, but it just loops through the connection process.
Is there any way to fix it? I guess a factory reset is the next thing to try, but only want to do that if it's likely to work.
Thanks in advance.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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Hi I don't know whether will this help in your situation; I had similar problems when after 3.1 update, the wifi connection fails. I go to setting-networks-wifi-settings. next i will "forget network" the connection that fails, and then I add them manually in the "add wifi network".
after that the wifi is back in working condition for me. Hope this helps.
simonsgray said:
I'm confused. If you're worried about someone running amok with root, just unroot once you've got it fixed. What's the support concern?
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That's not a bad idea actually. Thanks.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
Got onto Acer today. They barely asked me any questions, and advised a factory reset, and they will contact me when a fix is available. I guess they are aware of the issue. They also advised that rooting won't void warranty unless it damages the hardware. So probably going to go that method.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
This just happened to me today out of the blue sense day 1 ota of 3.1 and factory reset did fix the problem. Im very tech savay and did everything I could before doing a drastic last ditch effort of resetting and this seemed to be the only quick solution.
Sent from my A500 using XDA Premium App
This happens with non-final 3.1 and it is a known glitch. Just update to final 3.1 and problem solved. Otherwise you just have to erase a file in the dhcp folder.
Best regards.
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk
Want to help us out and tell us what file needs to be deleted?
gabrielbcn said:
This happens with non-final 3.1 and it is a known glitch. Just update to final 3.1 and problem solved. Otherwise you just have to erase a file in the dhcp folder.
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Yes, you can fix this by deleting a file, but no, it's not a problem with just non-final updates. I had not updated anythinh unofficial, and this happened to me. I got the offial OTA 3.1 update and have been fighting this issue ever since. Very annoying, basically requires everybody to root their device until this is fixed. See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138905&page=7
I rooted my acer so I could replace the wpa_supplicant file to update it. then when I unrooted it, my wifi wont work either. It just says error and I tried that factory reset and it didnt help either. now I dont know wut to do
Hi guys! Im new here and I just wanted to share my experience with my Acer Iconia after updating to Honeycomb 3.1
After updating to Honeycomb, it did seem to run faster and better but after how many hours, i wasnt able to connect to any wifi network. That pissed me off... :l
I tried numerous ways to try and fix it, I even tried manually using static ip and reserving an ip address for my tablet and it worked, it did connect but there was no internet.
So I tried resetting my tablet by pressing the reset button beside the usb port. the first reset, no luck, still won't connect but on the second time i reset my device i was able to connect
I suggest before you do a factory reset on your device, try resetting your device first 2 times and make sure to forget the wifi networks as well and try reconnecting again.
I hope this helps! So far I've connected to three different wifi networks and experienced no problem at all.
mulawingalang said:
Hi guys! Im new here and I just wanted to share my experience with my Acer Iconia after updating to Honeycomb 3.1
After updating to Honeycomb, it did seem to run faster and better but after how many hours, i wasnt able to connect to any wifi network. That pissed me off... :l
I tried numerous ways to try and fix it, I even tried manually using static ip and reserving an ip address for my tablet and it worked, it did connect but there was no internet.
So I tried resetting my tablet by pressing the reset button beside the usb port. the first reset, no luck, still won't connect but on the second time i reset my device i was able to connect
I suggest before you do a factory reset on your device, try resetting your device first 2 times and make sure to forget the wifi networks as well and try reconnecting again.
I hope this helps! So far I've connected to three different wifi networks and experienced no problem at all.
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Dude this actually worked, Thanks.
Yeah, thanks for that.
Mine was fine for a while after 3.1 update and suddenly lost wi-fi.
The guy above is correct.
I deleted the wifi details (ie long click, forget).
Reset Once. Still broken.
Reset second time. Enter password.
Working.
Weird. (my tablet is unrooted, standard OTA 3.1 update).
delete this to fix
dhcpd-wlan0.lease
/data/misc/wifi/
Using rooted filemanager with press long, then delete.
Good luck...
mulawingalang said:
Hi guys! Im new here and I just wanted to share my experience with my Acer Iconia after updating to Honeycomb 3.1
After updating to Honeycomb, it did seem to run faster and better but after how many hours, i wasnt able to connect to any wifi network. That pissed me off... :l
I tried numerous ways to try and fix it, I even tried manually using static ip and reserving an ip address for my tablet and it worked, it did connect but there was no internet.
So I tried resetting my tablet by pressing the reset button beside the usb port. the first reset, no luck, still won't connect but on the second time i reset my device i was able to connect
I suggest before you do a factory reset on your device, try resetting your device first 2 times and make sure to forget the wifi networks as well and try reconnecting again.
I hope this helps! So far I've connected to three different wifi networks and experienced no problem at all.
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Dude I so hope this works I'll go try it now.
Report back in a few...
Edit/update:
...after a few...
Thank you soo much I rebooted 2x and it worked, back on WiFi again.
NB wait for a full restart be for hitting the restart button again.
1: I reset n saw the Acer splash screen and then punched the button again = didn't work
2: reset on waited till i saw the lock screen then hit reset again = Wifi working again
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dhcpd-wlan0.lease
/data/misc/wifi/
Using rooted filemanager with press long, then delete.
Good luck...
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Should be this folder:
/data/misc/dhcp/

Problem with wify connection on 3.2 stock

Hi ppl, I'm having some serious problem with my wify connection getting lost every time since the 3.2 update the wify icon! Goes gray and blue each moment, it's like it lost the inernet from the router. Because of this gtalk doesn't keep connected. Hope y can help me here
Xoom wifi us stock 3.2
Hope ur xoom is not configured to get static IP from the router if yes remove the static IP or u can configure the static IP on the xoom itself hope it helps
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Yep, same issue here. I think there is a bug with the update...
Its no bug
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I had the same issue it use to dissconnect and get stuck at obtaining IP address when I removed the static IP I configured from the router i for xoom a day earlier when I got the update
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I have no problem getting an ip, and it's not static. And how do you know for sure this is not a bug? Are you and Android developer?
2 of us have the same issue afte updating. I bet there will be more as it rolls out.
I won't say anything here was just trying to help I faced a similar problem so I thought it might help you as we'll have fun figuring it out
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The router its configured to assign an static ip to my xoom. Until the update was perfect now doesn't keep the connection. Have to add that the xoom get its ip with no problem, but had I say keep disconnecting
ahmed007 said:
Hope ur xoom is not configured to get static IP from the router if yes remove the static IP or u can configure the static IP on the xoom itself hope it helps
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Wow this actually worked like a charm, it's weird that this be a problem with the xoom now, it should be totally transparent to it. Well I guess that later will come out some sort of explanation to this. Thx!.
Ur welcome
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I don't have such problems, but i want to point out that gray wifi icon doesn't mean there is no internet connectivity. If you disable sync the icon will turn gray, but you still have internet.
i have the exact same problem with losing connection to the Google server and the wifi icon switching from blue to grey constantly. When this happens my internet cennections also times out for a split second causing downloads in progress to end. I do also believe that it is a bug associated with 3.2. I've tried everything that I can think of to resolve it with no luck too. First I went through all of my router settings and did a wipe of the xoom. It didn't work so I went through the hassel of unrooting, relocking, and starting from scratch on 3.0, and I still have the same problem now that I'm back to 3.2. The xoom did not experience this issue on 3.0 or 3.1 and my Asus transformer is not having any problems running on the same connection, so the only thing left to blame my issues on is the 3.2 update itself.
droidx1978z4 said:
i have the exact same problem with losing connection to the Google server and the wifi icon switching from blue to grey constantly. When this happens my internet cennections also times out for a split second causing downloads in progress to end. I do also believe that it is a bug associated with 3.2. I've tried everything that I can think of to resolve it with no luck too. First I went through all of my router settings and did a wipe of the xoom. It didn't work so I went through the hassel of unrooting, relocking, and starting from scratch on 3.0, and I still have the same problem now that I'm back to 3.2. The xoom did not experience this issue on 3.0 or 3.1 and my Asus transformer is not having any problems running on the same connection, so the only thing left to blame my issues on is the 3.2 update itself.
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I agree, my wifi turns off when the screen is off even though I have it set to always on!
I am also seeing some strange WiFi connectivity issues that I did not have on 3.1. The indication goes from blue to grey constantly and does cause a interuption of any downloads. Nothing has changed on my router or Xoom settings and both are set to dynamically assign the IP address. While I can still surf when it is grey, something is just not right. I have tried resetting both the router and my Xoom, nothing seems to solve this issue. This definately seems like a bug to me.
Can anyone confirm this is not an issue with the latest Tiamat kernel? I am currently 100% stock and this would give be one more reason to root.
HuckFinn said:
Can anyone confirm this is not an issue with the latest Tiamat kernel? I am currently 100% stock and this would give be one more reason to root.
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I just finished reunlocking the bootloader, rerooting, and reinstalling cwm. I am in the process of downloading the deodexed 3.2/tiamat 2.0.0 rom to see if this has any effect on the wifi problems that I have been experiencing on 3.2. If this does not work then I am going back to 3.1 until another update comes out. I'll report back to tell you whether I still have these wifi issues tomorrow.
Unfortunately the deodexed 3.2/tiamat 2.0.0 rom did not help with my wifi issues. I flashed the tiamat 1.1 rom, which is based on 3.1 and now everything is working great. I don't know what my problem was with 3.2 or why so few people seem to be suffering with the same problem, but I'm sticking with this rom for awhile.
Was having similar wifi issues... connection retry messages in Market, failed to load web pages, etc. Additionally, network indicator remained primarily "gray". Removed DCHP reservation from router as recommended in earlier post and problem seems to have disappeared. Network indicator remains "blue" and retry messages have completely vanished. Thanks for suggestion
I think I have solved my issues. On the networks I manage (home and portable hotspot) I set the profile on the Xoom to use a static IP. What is strange is that on networks that I do not have control over (work and public hotspots) I left it as DHCP and I am not having any issues. I was having issues before I changed the OTHER profiles to static. Very strange.
I have opened issue 18648 at google code for this:
http://code.google.com/p/android/is...CP&colspec=ID Type Status Owner Summary Stars
DHCP seems to renew my IP address every 2-3 mins according to the adb debug log. Please star the issue if you are still getting it.
Just chiming in...I have a (new to me) XOOM with 3.2, 100% stock, no root, no funny business -- and I have the exact same problem.
There is a constant shift from blue to grey WiFi connection status icon, and issues with playing games online (server disconnections) and downloading apps.
I watched the log and do not see DHCP re-attempts as a new comment suggested, however.
I will attempt to set a static IP when I am home tonight and see if that fixes my issues there...

[Q] Help! My acer A500 no longer accesses the Internet

Guys a week ago I bought my acer a500 Iconia yesterday I updated it to version 3.1, it was fast hands, much improved, I turned on my wifi connected it more often when I was browsing it does not access the Internet more and more strange I I can even access my router. Then I saw in that topic if you give it a reset back 2x the wifi to work properly. The more I did it and did not work, so I found the website of acer patch to fix the problem, I used more problem remained, so I downloaded another update.zip to update it to version 3.2, more el is still with the same problem does anyone know how to solve this?
First thing I'd do is try a hard reset the device..see where that takes you. Have you tried other routers, or tried connecting a different device to your router (to make sure it's not a router issue...)? If not, try restarting your router and modem first.
I take it you're running stock/not rooted?
I use the stock 3.2 ROM, I think the problem is the router, I used a program to use my laptop as a router and it worked, but not yet tested on a real router, but I think it's IP.
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I had this when I bought my tablet (back when it had 3.1).
as fast as I got home and tried it the first time all networks around me could be found except for the one in our house.
I did a factory-reset on the tablet but it didn't work.
then i did a factory-reset on my router (since I lost the admin password). this seemed to work and after reïnstalling the ISP's things it functioned completely again.
I would suggest you change the channel of your wifi, the protection and retype the SSID.
also clear the logs and the firewall blocks.
If you retried connecting with these instructions leave a message here with your results
i try make what you says, but dont workink , my probleme is my router...
thanks!

[Q] wifi issues - will not hold connection

after the latest updates from asus my transformer will not hold a wifi connection for more than 2 seconds - it keeps trying to obtain an ip address but will never stay connected. i just tried a hard reset and the problem still persists. i can't believe i'm the only one having these issues, but i don't see a specific thread here that talks about it.
is there any way to load a new ICS update or a different rom, given that i cannot connect to wifi?
any help would be greatly appreciated - thank you!
harryzwd said:
after the latest updates from asus my transformer will not hold a wifi connection for more than 2 seconds - it keeps trying to obtain an ip address but will never stay connected. i just tried a hard reset and the problem still persists. i can't believe i'm the only one having these issues, but i don't see a specific thread here that talks about it.
is there any way to load a new ICS update or a different rom, given that i cannot connect to wifi?
any help would be greatly appreciated - thank you!
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this happens suddenly for me ... this wasn't happen 1 or 2 days ago ... maybe an updated app .... :|
for the hell out of it i was going to reboot my home wireless router and noticed that there was an updated firmware out for it - so i installed the new firmware, rebooted, and my transformer hopped right on. anyone having issues might try sinply rebooting their router. that (and maybe the new firmware?) worked for me...
I was suddenly having connection issues myself. Turned out my neighbor moved the channels of his router onto the channels I use. This is of course after I checked what other routers near me were using and selecting free channels when I did my initial router setup. Perhaps you also have an inconsiderate or stupid neighbor. The free app Wifi Analyzer will show this sort of situation.
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