At home I'm connected to my wifi no problem. Took the kids out to some playland that advertised open wifi and my a500 wouldn't connect. It said 'optaining IP address' and that's it, no go. Kept stopping it, telling it to forget it, and on the try again I would get the same thing.
Since my phone connected to the wifi no problem, thought I would piggyback off of it via wireless tether. My a500 recognized it and connected no problem, said the signal was excellent. However if I actually tried to do anything on the a500 nothing would happen. Web browser couldn't pull anything up and apps kept saying there was no network connection.
Any ideas on what I was screwing up?
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After connecting to 3 different wireless connections and none of then working, I'm concluded that my wifi isn't working.
I go to settings and check wifi on, it finds the network, connects, but I lose my entire data connection for the duration wifi is turned on!
Is anyone else having this problem?
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I'm having the same issues with the wifi. I downloaded wifi analyzer to make sure I was on a good channel. Set it to the best channel and my signal strength is 100%. I will be able to connect for a little bit but for some reason it goes in and out, connection unsuccessful, yada yada yada. I messed with all the troubleshooting solutions for my router (dgl-4300) but nothing works. If anyone can reply with a fix or point me in the right direction, that would be greatly appreciated.
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Any help is greatly appreciated. Data working fine when on 3G but Wifi = no data. Connection is fine, IP is fine.
UPDATE: It's working again on my home WIFI. Will have to see if it's just an "at work" issue. Hopefully IT can assist.
Same problem with Verizon MiFi
I have had ZERO problems connecting to the Linksys access points we have setup at my home and my office, but recently my work provided me with a Verizon MiFi (as well as an iPad - don't hate ) and I've had MANY issues trying to get my Vibrant to consistently connect to the MiFi.
My iPad, Motorola Droid, and Laptop have no issues connecting to the MiFi.
On my Vibrant I'm running the 2.1 stock ROM with root & the latest ClockWork recovery.
It will "connect" to the MiFi (I use quotes because I can't really tell - it AT LEAST receives an IP). But I'm unable to send and receive data. I can't even browse to the MiFi's internal configuration page .
To FINALLY get it to connect consistently I have to do some kind of random combo toggling the wifi off and back on and then turning the MiFi off and back on and it will EVENTUALLY connect and stay connected with data flowing freely.
I've customized my configuration a little bit on the MiFi so I'm going to reset it back to factory and not change the config to see if it makes a difference - because at lunch I was able to connect to my boss' MiFi with no problem. I'm thinking it may either be the phone or the mifi...
I've connected to about 10 different wireless networks with NO issues, at all. The connectivity is actually much better than my G1/Nexus.
HOWEVER, last night at a bar I was connected to their wifi, strong signal, but I was not able to use Data. I was in a very poor reception area for T-Mobile... don't think that could be an issue, bit the other places I use wi-fi that is not the case.
I just chalked it up as a fluke and moved on. Not sure what was wrong.
I had this happen to me today. I just rebooted and it went away. Toggling wifi didn't help, but I only tried it once. The phone reboots so quick I figured I'd give it a try.
I have set the phone up manually with static ip. Seems like its a problem with the dhcp.
robnil said:
I have set the phone up manually with static ip. Seems like its a problem with the dhcp.
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I'm gonna try this.
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My Epic will connect to my network and act as though everything's connected, and it can stay connected as long as I keep WiFi on, but it isn't loading anything over WiFi -- on the browser, it seems to attempt to load a page for about a minute before giving me a "Web page not available" error (on websites that I know are up), and any apps that use data simply give me a connection error. 3G works fine, and I can't comment on 4G as I'm not in a 4G area.
I haven't been able to test it on another WiFi network, though other WiFi devices connect to the network just fine; I'm typing this very post on another device connected to the laptop.
Has anyone else been experiencing this issue, and has a resolution been found? I've tried everything I can think of, from factory resetting, to completely reflashing the phone back to stock settings, and nothing has seemed to work. The WiFi did work at one point, but has stopped for whatever reason today.
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I actually have had the same issue here in Philadelphia and we have 4G coverage. This is what I have figured out so far. I have an app called "gas buddy" if I have 4G enabled it tells me there is no internet connection available. The minute I turn it off it works fine. I have seen similar issues with a couple of apps. Once i disable the 4G the apps in question work fine. I also noticed that I have to turn off the wifi radio button. I think the issue may be related to the app not having 4g settings yet. Make sure you disable the wifi and 4g settings and try that app again.
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Well my first post was for a different thread but i may be able to help here. Sometimes the router or modem is to blame. The device is able to connect with the router but either the router is not allowing the device to actually get through to the internet, or the router is not. either way resetting the modem or router or both generally fixes this. sometimes when modems and routers (such as my current router) start to go bad it needs done quite a bit. Just unplug the power cord from the modem and router and wait about 5-10seconds to make sure the capacitors have drained. Then plug the modem in and wait for the lights to stabilize (stop flashing and stay lit) then plug the router back in and wait for you device (smartphone) to pick up the signal. If that is the problem, you should be back in business! hope this helps!
May be this might be a silly q'n. Anyway, i will go ahead.
When you are in IE in WP7, try entering a bad url that is invalid or just try entering contacts.exe (just an example) and hit go. Does yours result default to dlinksearch result? Am i the only one seeing this or everyone else. The reason iam asking this is because, i use dlink for the wireless in my house. I know this happens in my PC, but find it strange to happen on the WP7 when i have wifi turned off. Or may be TMO uses dlink routers.
F*** ****, guess what i found out.
It is infact my local dlink router search.
With wifi turned off, i am able to access my home router admin page from the IE. Does it mean that wifi isn't really turned off?
Edit: Only works when connect to PC with Zune running.
More findings posted here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=921106
If your device is connected to your PC, it's not using 3G or Wifi, it's running through the computer's connection. The computer is on your DLink network, so the phone is on that network, and that's why you see it.
Hey guys, I have a problem and I feel like I've tried all I can think of to try and fix it. I got both my wife and I 2 kyocera rises. We activated them and all that and got them setup on our home wifi.
Well, I noticed that my rise will work fine and surf the net fine but at random times I won't be able to access the internet (Or any internet apps) even though it says i'm connected to the network. It will work if I use that connection widget to turn off the wifi and turn it back on but then it does the same thing, says i'm connected but i'm unable to use browsers/apps. The things I have tried was: Restart the phone, Reset the modem and router, factory reset the phone (Thinking it might be an app conflict), change the router channels, and I've even setup the phone for static IP.
Nothing is working and i'm at a stand still. The weird thing though is I believe my wives phone doesnt have this problem. She doesn't surf the web as much as I do but she occasionally goes onto the phone and never complains. If it helps, the router I am using is the Netgear WNR3500L. Does anybody have any ideas I can try out?
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Hey guys, I have a problem and I feel like I've tried all I can think of to try and fix it. I got both my wife and I 2 kyocera rises. We activated them and all that and got them setup on our home wifi.
Well, I noticed that my rise will work fine and surf the net fine but at random times I won't be able to access the internet (Or any internet apps) even though it says i'm connected to the network. It will work if I use that connection widget to turn off the wifi and turn it back on but then it does the same thing, says i'm connected but i'm unable to use browsers/apps. The things I have tried was: Restart the phone, Reset the modem and router, factory reset the phone (Thinking it might be an app conflict), change the router channels, and I've even setup the phone for static IP.
Nothing is working and i'm at a stand still. The weird thing though is I believe my wives phone doesnt have this problem. She doesn't surf the web as much as I do but she occasionally goes onto the phone and never complains. If it helps, the router I am using is the Netgear WNR3500L. Does anybody have any ideas I can try out?
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DNS?
MrObvious said:
DNS?
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Nope, it won't even connect to a domains ip addresses.
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Manually set IP information on your phone and set the DNS to 8.8.8.8 (Google). Otherwise I'd recommend checking for the latest update on the Wireless router.
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Manually set IP information on your phone and set the DNS to 8.8.8.8 (Google). Otherwise I'd recommend checking for the latest update on the Wireless router.
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I will try that and see how it is. My friend that used to work for sprint told me to disable connections optimizer as well as it has problems.
UPDATE: I thought it was working but it isn't I decided to grab my wifes phone to see if the same was happening to hers at the same time as mine and it does. Well, so it must be something wrong with my network but I'm not sure what. There's no new firmware updates either. The weird thing is, I tried my nexus 7 and my t.v.'s wifi and they both work so something is making the androids not want to stay connected or something.
Androids have this weirdness with Wi-Fi. Try disabling security.
Factory reset the router and set it back up.
I found the problem. It was intact the firmware but there was no firmware updates from net gear but then I remembered my router is open source. So I decided to try flashing tomato onto my router and now my phones aren't dropping the connection. Thanks for the help guys!
This issue started today when I tried using wifi on Southwest Airlines. Then got to my hotel and can't connect to their open wifi either. Actually, it connects but it says I may not have internet. The obvious problem is that the banner page which you usually have to accept terms and conditions for the WiFi no longer pops up.
I tried using my iPhone and the wifi on the plane and at the hotel work fine after you accept the terms.
Anyone know why it doesn't automatically pop up the acceptance window for these unsecured WiFi?? I've tried changing all the settings and nothing works.
I also uninstalled AdHell 2 thinking that maybe it was blocking legitimate stuff like the WiFi terms page but that didn't work. Frustrating.
Anyone else having the same issue??