So what I'm finding is that if my tab sits on the charger for a long time without using it, when I go to use it the wifi icon is gone. When I go into wifi settings, it says my network is not in range. To fix it, I have to toggle wifi off and then back on, and then it gets on my network just fine.
Anyone else have this problem?
Have you tried changing the wifi sleep setting? Worked for me, I believe it is under settings-asus customizedsettings- wifi sleep settings
bronzwarlock1225 said:
Have you tried changing the wifi sleep setting? Worked for me, I believe it is under settings-asus customizedsettings- wifi sleep settings
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Yeah already checked and it's set to never.
EvoXOhio said:
Yeah already checked and it's set to never.
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really odd. Outta ideas already lol. Good luck!
I had this issue with my TF101 after not having the issue for 2.5/3rds of the time I owned the TF101. Initially I thought it was the TF101 but I narrowed it down to the router.
A) I had implemented a policy on my router to restrict the number of IP addresses it can "assign" to connections. In this case it was set to then and there were more than ten devices connected to the router making it impossible to assign an IP address to the TF101.
B) It could have just been something with the router I wasn't aware of as resetting the router always fixed the issue. Though this could be explained by saying resetting the router resets all of the connections and opens up a spot for the TF.
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EvoXOhio said:
So what I'm finding is that if my tab sits on the charger for a long time without using it, when I go to use it the wifi icon is gone.
When I go into wifi settings, it says my network is not in range. To fix it, I have to toggle wifi off and then back on, and then it gets on my network just fine.
Anyone else have this problem?
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I have noticed that when my 300 is sleeping for a while, my email will not push/ sync. When I wake my tab up, Ive noticed the wifi icon is gone, but will come back in a second or two. Ive never had to toggle the wifi however.
And yes, Ive made sure the Battery Saving setting is unchecked to not suspend network connection while sleeping.
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Hi,
on my x10 with 2.1 nordic I have strange problem with wifi.
When i turn it on it find and connect to my wifi network but after a while (when i'm not using the phone) it just brake the connection and cant connect again until i do it manually.
Any ideas? Its really annoying me that my phone is using 3G instead of wifi after some timeout.
Mine does this as well. When I have WiFi enabled it doesn't use it unless I disable it and re-enable it.
Same here
Also it does another strange thing.
When I have connected to my Home Wifi and entered my password everything is fine. When I turn my WIFI off and back on. The saved connection to my home network is shown + again my home network without the PW. Very strange.
I am on the global generic 2.1.
I got round this by setting the wifi sleep policy to "never".. uses a bit more juice but I'm still getting a full day out of it.
Play a little bit with battery saver app. It will help
Gunawan-GN Multimedia-X10i
im_iceman said:
I got round this by setting the wifi sleep policy to "never".. uses a bit more juice but I'm still getting a full day out of it.
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yeah go turn that to never sleep and you guys will be fine
(settings->wireless networks->wifi settings->menu button -> advanced settings -> wifi sleep policy)
gunawan-1 said:
Play a little bit with battery saver app. It will help
Gunawan-GN Multimedia-X10i
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I don't like them.. I've tried a few but they all caused other problems, and never really saved me much juice either.
zhoustanley said:
yeah go turn that to never sleep and you guys will be fine
(settings->wireless networks->wifi settings->menu button -> advanced settings -> wifi sleep policy)
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Thx. I've tried this but it is not working I still lose wifi connections.
I have the same issue with 2.1 upgrade and Wifi + WPA2 router protection!!
Wep protection works fine! but for me is not ok it is a weak wifi protection I need WPA2!
please help
I read that wifi fixer may work however I cannot test it untill I reset my modem or switch to Wep....
can some one test wifi fixer? thanks.
reference : talk.sonyericsson.com/message/35204
wififixer.wordpress.com
Hey guys great news on our own section! Do any of you notice wireless dropouts? I have the wifi on whenever I'm at home and it will drop out quite regularly probably once per hour. I also notice that the gsm meter will go to 0 bars when I turn the wifi on our off and on other occasions. does anyone else see this kind of behavior?
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Wifi Drop-outs
Yep, I also notice dropouts. Usually it's not a problem for web browsing but it is annoying when it stops youtube playback (which often happens).
From looking around I know that there are some others that also have this problem.
I thought there was something in "settings" to switch off wi-fi sleep, or am I thinking of my Xperia X8? Certainly my Ideos X5 shuts off its wifi after a few minutes, and yes, it is annoying.
Try installing a battery power manager app from market, there might be a "wi-fi stay on" in that ... maybe THAT's what I did to cure similar behavior on the Xperia.
some people (in chinese forum) mentioned it could be due the router's (i presume u r using one) incompatibility with the wifi module..
try changing to another router may help, if possible..
others hinted that flashing the malaysian 136 rom solved this problem..
u may try at ur own risk..
Wifi Sleep Policy/Static IP - possible solution??
I had this problem while at home on the network and this worked for me:
In the advanced settings Menu of Wireless/NW is WiFi Sleep Policy in which there are 3 options:
When screen turned off, Never when plugged in and Never. Mine was set to the first one so I chose Never.
Next, Use a Static Ip - enter settings and reboot
IP settings are also on this screen along with the MAC address.
This has solved the problem for me and have certainly noticed an improvement on battery usage, an added bonus for sure.
I don't use mobile data (or try not to!!) so not sure in what way a static IP would affect that.
Great to have a forum for the X5, many thanks XDA
I've noticed that if the GSM signal drops out it can lock up both the Wifi and Bluetooth as well.
advanced settings for wifi -> never sleep works like a charm
dibb_nz said:
I had this problem while at home on the network and this worked for me:
In the advanced settings Menu of Wireless/NW is WiFi Sleep Policy in which there are 3 options:
When screen turned off, Never when plugged in and Never. Mine was set to the first one so I chose Never.
Next, Use a Static Ip - enter settings and reboot
IP settings are also on this screen along with the MAC address.
This has solved the problem for me and have certainly noticed an improvement on battery usage, an added bonus for sure.
I don't use mobile data (or try not to!!) so not sure in what way a static IP would affect that.
Great to have a forum for the X5, many thanks XDA
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Yep the static ip fix worked for me, thanks for that. I had done the Never sleep selection but did not notice an improvement. As @trk pointed out on Whirlpool, the static ip Fix is of limited use if you use several wifi access points regularly. I only use mine at home so it's great.
Did the OP get a result with this?
Now to tweak it so that annoying warning stops popping up about causing traffic etc.
GolfCranK said:
Yep the static ip fix worked for me, thanks for that. I had done the Never sleep selection but did not notice an improvement. As @trk pointed out on Whirlpool, the static ip Fix is of limited use if you use several wifi access points regularly. I only use mine at home so it's great.
Did the OP get a result with this?
Now to tweak it so that annoying warning stops popping up about causing traffic etc.
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Take a look here to disable the annoying warning:
[MOD]How to get rid of the data usage reminder when Wifi is disabled
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045855
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Don't know about wifi, cause I don't use it but 3G is doing it. It just can't connect to any network, even there is very good network available. When trying manually search it doesn't find any networks. Sometimes even rebooting doesn't help.
My two friends have same phone and they says that their units are also dropping connection. They have solved it by forcing device to 2G, but I live in area where is only 3G 900MHz available.
Hope this will be solved in future updates or by coocked rom.
I don't know if it's only since my update to 3.1, but the Wifi Disconnect Policy doesn't seem to work.
I set it to Disconnect on Screen Off - but the pad is still tinkling away receiving email -- and still pingable across the WLAN.
Is anyone else finding this?
-Craig
Yes I'm pretty sure I see the same. It is hard to be 100% sure as the battery use data seems broken, but I've seen wireless activity almost constantly from the asus to my router when the screen is off.
I also have issues at time with connecting to a network, it loops trying to get an IP address, turning the wifi off then on solves that problem, but it is a pain to have to do that....
I use JuiceDefender to disable WiFi when screen is off. I had already bought it for my phone where I want my data to be off at night while I'm asleep, so it didn't cost me anything to use it on my Tablet also. There is a free version you can try with few settings/controls. The paid versions add additional settings/customizations.
Wi-Fi will disconnect from AP after screen off 15 mins when Wi-Fi disconnect policy is set to "When screen turns off".
It's Android behavior.
Aha! Having done more tests (and being more patient ) It does indeed turn off after 15mins..
Cool.
(Would have been better if the setting description wasn't misleading...)
Hi,
yes after further testing it does indeed seem to turn off eventually. However once it is off it seems to have problems re-connecting when you turn the device back on again. I typically have to disable/enable WiFi to get it to work. Anyone else seeing this?
gloomyandy said:
Hi,
yes after further testing it does indeed seem to turn off eventually. However once it is off it seems to have problems re-connecting when you turn the device back on again. I typically have to disable/enable WiFi to get it to work. Anyone else seeing this?
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Yup - on occasion. About 10% of the time. Seems to be when I move between two different SSIDs (i.e. when I get to the office, or when I return home)
Would be happy to investigate, if someone could point me at any log/debug info that's accessible...?
gloomyandy said:
Hi,
yes after further testing it does indeed seem to turn off eventually. However once it is off it seems to have problems re-connecting when you turn the device back on again. I typically have to disable/enable WiFi to get it to work. Anyone else seeing this?
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I get that too
I now have a widget to turn off wifi. I turn it off when the screen goes off so that it actually turns wifi off (doesn't seem to disconnect for me either), and to turn it back on when I start using it again because it never reconnects properly :S
I have the same problem too. It keeps saying trying to get an IP address. Even I have DHCP running on the router, I changed the setting of home wifi on TF to be static IP address. Now, it connects all the time when waking up from sleep.
Hope that helps (at least when you are home).
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I get that too
I now have a widget to turn off wifi. I turn it off when the screen goes off so that it actually turns wifi off (doesn't seem to disconnect for me either), and to turn it back on when I start using it again because it never reconnects properly :S
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aiboxda said:
I have the same problem too. It keeps saying trying to get an IP address. Even I have DHCP running on the router, I changed the setting of home wifi on TF to be static IP address. Now, it connects all the time when waking up from sleep.
Hope that helps (at least when you are home).
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same here. its been happening since I got my TF (launch date) Where on the TF do I set static IP address on the TF?
Go to Wifi setup screen. Press and hold on the wifi network you want to change. Then select "Modify Network".
dazz87 said:
same here. its been happening since I got my TF (launch date) Where on the TF do I set static IP address on the TF?
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aiboxda said:
Go to Wifi setup screen. Press and hold on the wifi network you want to change. Then select "Modify Network".
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Cool thanks.
Latley, the past two days, when I use wifi everything seams to be working fine. When I lock the screen and wait a couple of minutes the internet connection is lost. Wifi still connected but no internet running even though the net works fone on my pc.
Every app I've installed latley I deleted and I made no changes on the setting.
Does anyone has any idea how to solve that ?
Thanks
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Check your Wi-fi sleep policy settings...make sure it is on "Never"
Settings -> Wireless and network -> Wi-fi settings -> Advanced (press settings button) -> Wi-fi sleep policy
yeah you need to change your wifi sleep policy to NEVER. which by the way is better for battery life compared to letting wifi sleep and switching back over to 3g for data.
I have exactly the same issue and my wifi sleep policy IS set to "Never".It didn't help at all.If anyone knows something,I'll be interested.For the time being,I don't really mind turning wifi off and then on again but anyway.
tolis626 said:
I have exactly the same issue and my wifi sleep policy IS set to "Never".
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I have that problem on my Asus Transformer, which happens only, when it sleeps several minutes. One or two minutes are not enough to loose connection. Several other Honeycomb users are affected too.
I think, it's a problem with the Android Broadcom WiFi drivers, though I'm astonished, that my SGS2 didn't show this problem so far.
Both devices have a Broadcom WiFi card and it seems, that it helps to use a static IP ... it doesn't solve it completely, but it happens more seldom as it seems.
My galaxy S4 connects to any network flawlessly and I can browse the web, etc. but when I press the power button to lock the phone or if the phone goes to sleep by itself, when I unlock the phone, I'm still connected to the wireless network, but I can't browse the web or do anything. I have to disconnect and reconnect for it to do anything (and sometimes it takes 5 mins. to find the network. it says it's not in range 90% of the time). I've set wi-fi to "always on" during sleep and I've also turned wi-fi power saving mode off in the hidden menu but it still doesn't work. Like I said, it doesn't disconnect but the orange down arrow flashes and I can't browse the web, etc. I actually wiped the phone and the problem went away for a few days but cropped back up yesterday which leads me to believe there must be some bug causing it but I have no idea what triggers it. Does anyone have any ideas on what to do?
Are you running stock rom?
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My galaxy S4 connects to any network flawlessly and I can browse the web, etc. but when I press the power button to lock the phone or if the phone goes to sleep by itself, when I unlock the phone, I'm still connected to the wireless network, but I can't browse the web or do anything. I have to disconnect and reconnect for it to do anything (and sometimes it takes 5 mins. to find the network. it says it's not in range 90% of the time). I've set wi-fi to "always on" during sleep and I've also turned wi-fi power saving mode off in the hidden menu but it still doesn't work. Like I said, it doesn't disconnect but the orange down arrow flashes and I can't browse the web, etc. I actually wiped the phone and the problem went away for a few days but cropped back up yesterday which leads me to believe there must be some bug causing it but I have no idea what triggers it. Does anyone have any ideas on what to do?
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Sounds like what I'm experiencing as well!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303379
Hey guys,
Just noticed something odd this last few days. The statusbar WiFi icon is dimmed; but I'm connected on WiFi just fine. I can browse, and the WiFi settings is showing all is OK. As in, I'm still connected to my SSID.
Anyone experienced this? What's the best way for me to pull logs? I'm a bit of an Android n00b.
The particular SSID is on a 5GHz AC channel (pretty sure it's on AC, or at the very least N), on TKIP+AES. I've read that the S4 had problems with D-Link routers on TKIP+AES, but I've got an ASUS running DD-WRT. I don't have any other problem with the other devices in the house on WiFi.
Running WanamLite ROM, with FauxKernel 3.
Thanks!
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I should probably note, sometimes I'd have trouble connecting to the internet as well!
C13v3r0n3 said:
Are you running stock rom?
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Yeah I am. I'm not rooted either.
hidea said:
Sounds like what I'm experiencing as well!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303379
I should probably note, sometimes I'd have trouble connecting to the internet as well!
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I'm connected but I don't have internet so my problem is different.
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I'm connected but I don't have internet so my problem is different.
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I should clarify,
I'm connected to my router/SSID; but I can't connect to the internet.
But I'm trying out this new solution people have been suggesting.
I created a guest SSID on my router (ASUS RT-AC66U, on ASUS-Merlin firmware), and I pretty much disabled Intranet access on the guest account, and dropped TKIP.
Let's see if the problem will go away.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...axy-s4-d-link-routers-wifi-issues-solved.html
hidea said:
I should clarify,
I'm connected to my router/SSID; but I can't connect to the internet.
But I'm trying out this new solution people have been suggesting.
I created a guest SSID on my router (ASUS RT-AC66U, on ASUS-Merlin firmware), and I pretty much disabled Intranet access on the guest account, and dropped TKIP.
Let's see if the problem will go away.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...axy-s4-d-link-routers-wifi-issues-solved.html
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Does it only happen when you lock your phone?
theloneranger08 said:
Does it only happen when you lock your phone?
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yep. Locked and after sleep. I'll continue observing the problem, with the new solution I posted. I'll report back as soon as I know more (if the problem persists)
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hidea said:
yep. Locked and after sleep. I'll continue observing the problem, with the new solution I posted. I'll report back as soon as I know more (if the problem persists)
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Unfortunately there's no option for me to create a guest SSID on my netgear router...
i believe this was/is a bug for the SIII. a quick search should bring you to a thread i was flipping through earlier for my girlfriends S3. I noticed it the first day I had my S4 but havent seen it happen since.
Go to your Wi-Fi, press the menu button and click advanced settings, there should be a option to "Keep Wi-Fi on during Sleep" if you want it on select always
LeKtRiCzzz said:
Go to your Wi-Fi, press the menu button and click advanced settings, there should be a option to "Keep Wi-Fi on during Sleep" if you want it on select always
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I've already tried that. Also by default it's set to always on.
simbill said:
i believe this was/is a bug for the SIII. a quick search should bring you to a thread i was flipping through earlier for my girlfriends S3. I noticed it the first day I had my S4 but havent seen it happen since.
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The two solutions provided for that bug are to set Wi-Fi to always on during sleep and to turn off the wireless power saving mode in the hidden menu (which can only be accessed by dialing a certain number). Neither of those solutions work.
No go, problem is still very much there for me.
So far I've:
1) Created a guest SSID, with only AES. Problem is still there
2) Loaded a different kernel (albeit a 9505 kernel). Problem is still there.
I'm rooted, running a different kernel and ROM than stock. I'm on Virgin Mobile i337M (Canadian S4). I've unlocked my phone through the Service Menu, I've also enabled my AWS bands, using the QTPS patch. Though I think this is all irrelevant, because theloneranger08 is running an unrooted phone.
So something must've cause the WiFi sleep issue.
EDIT:
What's the best way to go about logging the issue here? I'm a total Logcat newbie. I managed to set it up on my Mac; but not sure what sort of logging I should be doing. Cheers!
hidea said:
No go, problem is still very much there for me.
So far I've:
1) Created a guest SSID, with only AES. Problem is still there
2) Loaded a different kernel (albeit a 9505 kernel). Problem is still there.
I'm rooted, running a different kernel and ROM than stock. I'm on Virgin Mobile i337M (Canadian S4). I've unlocked my phone through the Service Menu, I've also enabled my AWS bands, using the QTPS patch. Though I think this is all irrelevant, because theloneranger08 is running an unrooted phone.
So something must've cause the WiFi sleep issue.
EDIT:
What's the best way to go about logging the issue here? I'm a total Logcat newbie. I managed to set it up on my Mac; but not sure what sort of logging I should be doing. Cheers!
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Yeah I can't seem to get it fixed. I actually decided to call AT&T and they are sending me a new phone along with the necessary supplies to send my current one back. Hopefully it's a hardware issue and the new phone is fine. Although the fact that it worked for two weeks with no problems and wiping it got rid of the problem for a couple days leads me to believe it must be some bug in the software. Granted, I haven't come across hardly anyone (besides the people on this thread) with this issue so hopefully it is hardware related. I'll be so ticked if the new phone does the same thing...
I got a new phone and I didn't have any issues for a few days but now it's back. Anyone have any ideas?
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I got a new phone and I didn't have any issues for a few days but now it's back. Anyone have any ideas?
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Kinda impossible for two phones to have the same exact issue. Which lead me to believe this is a software bug.
Can you verify if you have "Check for Internet service" enabled, on Advance WiFi settings (Settings > WiFi > (tap menu) > Advance).
I restored my phone a few days ago, wiped it clean. I decided not to use this feature (it's off by default; but I had it on when I first encountered this issue), and I have yet to see the problem we had. I spoke to a friend who's a network engineer, it could be due to timeouts to the cell towers, whilst checking internet connection periodically, etc. etc.
hidea said:
Kinda impossible for two phones to have the same exact issue. Which lead me to believe this is a software bug.
Can you verify if you have "Check for Internet service" enabled, on Advance WiFi settings (Settings > WiFi > (tap menu) > Advance).
I restored my phone a few days ago, wiped it clean. I decided not to use this feature (it's off by default; but I had it on when I first encountered this issue), and I have yet to see the problem we had. I spoke to a friend who's a network engineer, it could be due to timeouts to the cell towers, whilst checking internet connection periodically, etc. etc.
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No it's turned off. I've tried everything but I just can't find a fix. Is there anyway to somehow log the phone and see what runs when I put the phone to sleep? Is it possible that it's an app doing it?
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No it's turned off. I've tried everything but I just can't find a fix. Is there anyway to somehow log the phone and see what runs when I put the phone to sleep? Is it possible that it's an app doing it?
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If you're still having this issue, can you check into your Accounts setting? See if there's any sync error.
I had no problem for a few weeks after restoring my phone to factory setting. Then two days ago, the issue re-appear. The last thing I did was adding a new Google account (secondary account, for work). That's when the WiFi problem started appearing again. Then I noticed the sync issue on the newly added account, I had to uncheck certain options, and check them back again. Since then, the issue hasn't re-appear *crossing my fingers*
Way back in the day, I remember that WiFi indicators would look different if you have WiFi with internet access, but not connected to Google accounts (or have issues).
I know this is different than what we initially talked about; but I guess we're eliminating possibilities.
hidea said:
If you're still having this issue, can you check into your Accounts setting? See if there's any sync error.
I had no problem for a few weeks after restoring my phone to factory setting. Then two days ago, the issue re-appear. The last thing I did was adding a new Google account (secondary account, for work). That's when the WiFi problem started appearing again. Then I noticed the sync issue on the newly added account, I had to uncheck certain options, and check them back again. Since then, the issue hasn't re-appear *crossing my fingers*
Way back in the day, I remember that WiFi indicators would look different if you have WiFi with internet access, but not connected to Google accounts (or have issues).
I know this is different than what we initially talked about; but I guess we're eliminating possibilities.
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Update: My phone works fine on 5.1 ghz bands but not 2.4 bands. Very weird...