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Is anyone else having issues with the WiFi stalling and having to reset it, even though signal strength shows as excellent?
It's not a channel interference issue as I know what channels are in use, plus its doing the same on 3 different networks where other devices work fine, I'm using WiFi fixer to reconnect but its still problematic.
What have others found to be the best solution?
Samme issue here. Wifi keeps on disconnecting/loosing the connection and is most of the time unable to reconnect. Have to either turn wifi off/on or choose "forget" and reconfigure the AP my Hero in order to get it to work again.
It´s a Linksys WRT54GX running WPA/WPA2 + TKIP.
Have used an iPhone 3G on the same router for a year now without ´any´ problems.
I'm using WiFi quite often but I don't have this problem with my Hero.
Are you absolutely sure that there isn't any interference? It might be that the Hero is just a bit more sensitive than your iphone.
Today I found G-mon at Market which scans around for WiFi-networks. Perhaps you'll find out that there is a network that's interfering constantly. I've had that a few years ago and then found out that the bus-company uses WiFi on their busses which uses the same channel as I did with my WiFi-network.
Thx for the tip. Checked and no interference.
Also having this problem with a Linksys WRT54G. No WPA though.
I don't trust this router at all; using WPA and connecting a Dell Axim X51v to it in the past used to knock out WLAN on router, needing a hard reset.
same problem here. Wifi is disconnecting randomly within a few meters from the Airport extreme. It also reconnects again...most of the time....without me doing anything.
i'm also having problems with wifi - using a linksys befw11s4 with wep. i've got everythign else turned off - have followed all the instructions i can find here in the forums, and not had any success :/
If you press the Menu button in the Wifi settings you can select Advanced. There's an option there that defines when Wifi is disconnected. If you set this to Never than the Wifi connection will be stable. (At least in my case it is).
Again, thx for the tip but this is not really considered a "solution" but rather a workaround.
I don't like the idea of having it on "allways on". A real battery drainer and it shouldn't be necessary.
I had similar issues with my wifi (Linksys WRT160NL) until I installed "Wifi Fixer" from the market on my hero. Since then wifi runs without problems!
I had similar problem, Linksys WRT54G v1.0 running fairly old (but latest available) Linksys firmware, with WPA/PSK.
Yesterday, re-flashed router to Tomato (based on HyperWRT), setup for WPA2/PSK(AES) and now all is working perfectly, no problems at all.
So looks like some incompatibility between the Hero and the Linksys firmware, for WPA.
Well, I'm running the latest firmware for my router but have now done some other configuration changes and it seem somewhat consistent with your findings.
Previously it was running in a "WPA, WPA2 + TKIP" mode but it has now been working flawlessly since I change it to "WPA2 + AES". Hence:
- WPA2
- AES
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- WPA, WPA2
- TKIP
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Info, update on the router: I'm having a WRT54GX, not WRT54G.
interesting; I had no choice but to upgrade, as the newest firmware for the v1.0 WRT54G doesn't - I believe - support WPA2.
Since I had many other wireless clients working fine with WPA (not WPA2), but not the Hero, one wonders if there are some WPA bugs on the Hero that get tickled by older routers, or just that the Hero is being less lenient than other clients.
glad yours is better too, anyway
I found that wifi performance and stability on the hero improved a lot when I changed my AP from dynamic 802.11 b/g/n operation to 802.11g only. I've seen other boxes with linux having similar issues with this AP (D-Link DIR-655), which points towards a driver issue. Wifi works better on Linux kernel 2.6.30 and later on notebooks so things should improve once HTC produce a build that include a more recent kernel. Wifi was quite a headache on notebooks too with the drivers in kernel 2.6.27.x that is included in the current hero firmware.
I have same problem - frequent line drops whne full strenght signal shows
I also have a Linksys WRT54G - never had any problems before.
tried wep and wpa -no difference.
Also tried some "always On" utility from the market place, it only helped reset it quicker.
As stated above, mine got more stable when fixing router to WPA2+AES but I now realize that I still do experience connectivity issues, although less frequently then before...
i don't think this has anyting to do with the router. I got a router from HUAWEI,forgot its brand, but not linksys for sure. I've tried the university wifi as well. they all have the same issue.
Mine is working great with a Belkin.
Looks like a problem with the Linksys firmware.
Anyone tried a firmware upgrade on the router?
Uqbar said:
Mine is working great with a Belkin.
Looks like a problem with the Linksys firmware.
Anyone tried a firmware upgrade on the router?
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Indeed, if you read up just a few posts, you'll find that question answered
that said, although things seemed initially to get better, I'm still seeing regular drop-outs with the upgraded router, and now still with the Hero upgraded to the HTC 2.0 ROM.
I do note that it seems to drop most when I'm sitting quite close to a different strong wireless client, e.g. a laptop. Perhaps the Hero just isn't a strong enough signal, and gets swamped?
Anyone else notice a correlation between dropouts, and proximity to other clients?
Upon initial unboxing of my G-tablet I could not securely connect to my router, but could if I disabled WEP. The first update I recieved from Viewsonic patched this and all was fine until I installed the TnT lite 2.2 mod.
Last night I installed the 2.4 mod (which I assume includes this patch) and WEP once again worked. After modding I performed the recommended data wipe and WEP was once again dead. (It tries, but can't aquire a DHCP address.)
Hoping this would be solved in the Vegan mod I installed that only to find out it an issue here as well. No WEP here either.
Is this a known bug in the kernal, or a problem with my tablet? Any patches out there someone can point my to to fix. (also completely unrelated, but I'd love to get sound working for AVIs - my g-tab would be perfect with this and WEP.)
Thanks for any help.
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Upon initial unboxing of my G-tablet I could not securely connect to my router, but could if I disabled WEP. The first update I recieved from Viewsonic patched this and all was fine until I installed the TnT lite 2.2 mod.
Last night I installed the 2.4 mod (which I assume includes this patch) and WEP once again worked. After modding I performed the recommended data wipe and WEP was once again dead. (It tries, but can't aquire a DHCP address.)
Hoping this would be solved in the Vegan mod I installed that only to find out it an issue here as well. No WEP here either.
Is this a known bug in the kernal, or a problem with my tablet? Any patches out there someone can point my to to fix. (also completely unrelated, but I'd love to get sound working for AVIs - my g-tab would be perfect with this and WEP.)
Thanks for any help.
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Hmmm ... sound like the issue is at your wireless router.
My GTab with TnT-Lite V2.XX connect fine at 5 different routers (home, work, friends', in-laws).
What's your router brand and model?
I have never had issues with WEP (attempted on two different routers, during testing). It's probably the device being picky.
Bigger issue, however -- WEP is useless, from a security standpoint. It was cracked many years ago and it literally takes minutes to bypass from anyone with the tools to do so (which are readily accessible). If you cannot use WPA/WPA2, you might be better off just using nothing at all and then locking down access by MAC address. This is also pretty useless as Mac addresses can be spoofed, but probably a little better than just using WEP.
rickyt63 said:
Hmmm ... sound like the issue is at your wireless router.
My GTab with TnT-Lite V2.XX connect fine at 5 different routers (home, work, friends', in-laws).
What's your router brand and model?
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Its a Verizon MI424WR
Thanks
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Its a Verizon MI424WR
Thanks
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A fellow FIOS user! I have the same router, but I only use the Wireless portion for testing purposes. It has WPA, but no WPA2 which is more secure.
WEP definitely works with the device + TnT Lite and VEGAn builds. WPA might have issues, but I don't usually use it so I'm not certain.
Thanks everyone. I'll try a different router and definately make the change from WEP to WPA. Router came this way by default and I was lazy. I should know better, I'm in the business
Not this thread, but anyone know what the deal is with no sound on 720 AVIs?
tdegenaro said:
Thanks everyone. I'll try a different router and definately make the change from WEP to WPA. Router came this way by default and I was lazy. I should know better, I'm in the business
Not this thread, but anyone know what the deal is with no sound on 720 AVIs?
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I have no issue with sound using rockplayer, mplayer, and even with stock player.
tdegenaro said:
Thanks everyone. I'll try a different router and definately make the change from WEP to WPA. Router came this way by default and I was lazy. I should know better, I'm in the business
Not this thread, but anyone know what the deal is with no sound on 720 AVIs?
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I assume you're using the vanilla player? Try something like Rockplayer, in the market. Xvid AVI's seem to work fine (I assume it's MP3 or AC3 audio, for your AVI's?). I usually use the vanilla player only for MP4 files.
Since it seems there is no consensus on how to fix the well documented wifi problems on a stock DX as far as I can find, will rooting and installing a different ROM fix the problem?
Thanks in advance.
Droid X, totally stock
Its worth a shot. I never use wifi so I wouldn't know, but I have found that custom roms improve a lot of things
I only tried the Fission ROM, but my WiFi didn't really improve until I swapped out my WAP. Upgrading to GB does seem to have helped a little too.
I assume you mean Wireless Access Point (router) and not Wireless Application Protocol? I have a Linksys WRT54GL right now. Your saying it's a compatibility issue with the router?
I tried using a WRT54G stock and with DD-WRT with dismal performance. DX wouldn't stay connected more than 30 seconds. Performance greatly improved with a WNDR3700 and now an AEBS.
I don't use wifi much, but I'm on liberty 2.0.1 and have never had any issues using wifi.
I use lots of different access points, I have no issues with my WiFi stock or rooted...currently running the .595 leaked ROM....which has been very stable (more stable for me than stock) and everything works (surprise)....haha, including my wifi and Netflix.
I purchased a blue dot NC recently and repartitioned it successfully to the custom partition prior to loading 7.1RC1 and gapps 6132011 using CWR 3.0.2.8. I got CM7 installed without any issues . I did notice that I could only overclock to 925, not 950 as stated in a install guide. My real trouble start when I tried to d/l apps from the market. I logged in with my google account and when I went to d/l various apps I was getting a network error. I then discovered, via checking the browser, that despite having a wifi connection (checked both wifi settings for an IP address and the signal strength indicator at the bottom of the screen) I couldn't get online. By cycling the wifi on and off I could get intermittent wifi connectivity but it wasn't stable. The NC had good connectivity in stock form as do my other devices generally. I then tried to use CWR 3.2 with both 7.1RC1 and 7.0.3 and gapps 6132011 and 20110307 I had the same issues with wifi.
I've reloaded back to B&N stock 1.2 (with the old NC partitioning, I thought the custom might be causing an issue) while I try to work this out.
Are there any known issues with 7.1RC1 and wifi access? My router (netgear WNR1000) is secured via WPA2 but even when I run it open I still have connectivity issues so I'm not sure if it's the culprit or not. My wife's iPad drops on and off the router occasionally so it's possible I do have an issue there. Am considering replacing it for a WNDR3700 anyways so if the router is the issue it will hasten my purchase.
Any advice would be appreciated as I really liked the little of CM7 I got to play with last night.
I am having issues with Wifi too with RC1. It seemed to be fine yesterday but now it's stuck on Obtaining IP address. I've rebooted several times without any luck. I have other working android devices connected to the router so I know it's not that. I was about to try out a newer nightly to see if that helps.
I'm running the dalingrin-OC-emmc-063011 kernel but I'm not sure if it's related.
edit - still no luck after a complete wipe, the #125 nightly with the stock kernel.
I have reached my wit's end trying to resolve my problems, so I'm posting here for ideas on fixing this, any input is appreciated!
When this started I was on stock, rooted, ICS 4.0.3 and had been for months. My wife has a nexus s with the same config and hers works fine.
Last week, my daughters sidekick 4G stopped having wi-fi internet connectivity. I turned her wi-fi off, then back on and it was fine and has been ever since. Later that night, my nexus did the same thing, the same procedure resolved it. Ever since then, my wi-fi will only work for 1-5 minutes after turning the wi-fi on. This is the only thing I can think of that changed that could have caused this. This was the first night we connected her sidekick to wi-fi.
The wifi symbol is up there, it'll be blue for up to half an hour, but won't have internet connectivity for long. One thing I noticed pretty quickly was that even though the grey wi-fi symbol is there, I can't access the router settings at 192.168.1.1 from the phone. I thought the grey wifi symbol still indicated I was connected to the router still, but it's not working. Each time this happens, I can turn wi-fi off, back on immediately and it'll work for 1-5 minutes. It appears that the more I constantly use it after turning it back on, it seems to maintain connectivity longer.
Last weekend, just after these issues started, I visited my sister and my phone operated on her wi-fi all weekend just fine.
When I came back home, my problems started immediately.
Here's what I've tried in pretty much the order I tried them:
I started by uninstalling avast, facebook, and autostarts
selected "Forget network" in access points screen and reconnected
Factory reset
Wipe dalvik cache & fix permissions
see if it worked without sim card in (it didn't)
flash GB broadcom driver
Switched router channel from 6 to 1
flash stock 2.3.6 (wi-fi problems still present)
flash OTA ICS (still had problems)
flash stock 2.3.6
flash OTA ICS
re-root
Flash PixelROM 1.60 LiteTouch
factory reset router (No wifi problems on using open network and default SSID for 30 minutes!)
resetup WPA Personal security and rename SSID same as before
Worked for another 15 minutes or so after this
flashed stock 2.3.6
flashed OTA ICS
re-rooted
Restored nandroid backup - quit working after this step
Factory reset router - worked for about 15 minutes, I decided I was ok so I setup security and SSID as before, then it quit working again
flashed PixelRom 1.60 LiteTouch
flashed stock 2.3.6
Flashed OTA ICS - THIS time I did not restore my google backups from the cloud, fearing that this was somehow restoring something that was causing me problems. It did not help.
Changed SSID on my router and reconnected phone
I have spent countless hours trying to fix this. I don't believe it's the hardware because the router factory reset seems to help quite a bit, works fine on unencrypted default router settings, and it worked on my sister's wi-fi.
I have nmap and wireshark and have a basic working knowledge of them. I have adb setup and usable on my computer. I also have dd-wrt installed on my router and have for years. Is there any kind of IP or hardware logging I could perform with these tools to help figure out what's going on??? ANY help is GREATLY appreciated!!
Well i'm no expert with any of this, but it sounds more like a router issue.. If both your sidekick and nexus have the same characteristics of failing wifi, it cant be the devices..
If you've already reset your router and it does the same exact thing, maybe it is something wrong with the router itself. You said it connected fine at your sisters house, so it cant be any hardware within the phone.. The only thing I could think of is maybe try a different router in your house to see if it works? If that helps get rid of the connectivity issue, then you can just get a new router and be happy with the wifis
I don't think a *hardware* problem with the router would only affect 1 device connecting to it wirelessly. I would think that kind of issue would affect all devices on the network.
Which makes me wonder if there's a setting on the router that may be causing it somehow, or some combination of packets might somehow cause the router to block my phone.
But again, I'm open to ideas here and I appreciate your input. I think getting another router will be my next step if I don't hear anything better by the time I get my next paycheck.
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I don't think a *hardware* problem with the router would only affect 1 device connecting to it wirelessly. I would think that kind of issue would affect all devices on the network.
Which makes me wonder if there's a setting on the router that may be causing it somehow, or some combination of packets might somehow cause the router to block my phone.
But again, I'm open to ideas here and I appreciate your input. I think getting another router will be my next step if I don't hear anything better by the time I get my next paycheck.
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Ohh, I thought you had said that both the sidekick and nexus were having problems connecting. My bad.
But yeah have you changed any settings on it lately? Or messed with anything related to the router? Some setting may be kicking your device off after 5 mins, maybe some frequency setting or something dumb like that, I have no clue.
I know how it feels to have funky wifi, so I was only trying to help. good luck
Have you removed DD-WRT from your Wireless Router and back to stock OS? I had a Linksys router with DD-WRT and after about 3 years it started working so weird it became useless with any device. Had to buy a new one.
BTW, are other devices connecting fine to this router?
As swamp goblin stated, I would try with a new router.
It sounds like an issue on your router (or AP) with mixed client settings. I have had this issue with an old Netgear AP.
Try forcing "WPA2 with AES only" if all clients support it, otherwise force "WPA with TKIP only". If you have mixed B/G/N devices, force the fastest mode that all devices support. I use "G only".
Then remove and re-add the router on all your devices.
Also check for router firmware updates, and if you use DD-WRT firmware, find the Wiki page for your model and revision and use the suggested build there. The DD-WRT database they have is a mess and should not be used!
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Ohh, I thought you had said that both the sidekick and nexus were having problems connecting. My bad.
But yeah have you changed any settings on it lately? Or messed with anything related to the router? Some setting may be kicking your device off after 5 mins, maybe some frequency setting or something dumb like that, I have no clue.
I know how it feels to have funky wifi, so I was only trying to help. good luck
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I haven't changed any settings, until this problem began, which makes this even more maddening. I appreciate your input regardless
Oogway13 said:
Have you removed DD-WRT from your Wireless Router and back to stock OS? I had a Linksys router with DD-WRT and after about 3 years it started working so weird it became useless with any device. Had to buy a new one.
BTW, are other devices connecting fine to this router?
As swamp goblin stated, I would try with a new router.
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I haven't removed it. I thought I had a model that couldn't go back to stock, but I WILL be looking into this. The other devices connecting fine are Sidekick 4G, Wife's Nexus S, Acer Aspire one, HP tx2000 laptop, and my wife's HP laptop. I also have my satellite receiver connected via ethernet.
SpookyTunes said:
It sounds like an issue on your router (or AP) with mixed client settings. I have had this issue with an old Netgear AP.
Try forcing "WPA2 with AES only" if all clients support it, otherwise force "WPA with TKIP only". If you have mixed B/G/N devices, force the fastest mode that all devices support. I use "G only".
Then remove and re-add the router on all your devices.
Also check for router firmware updates, and if you use DD-WRT firmware, find the Wiki page for your model and revision and use the suggested build there. The DD-WRT database they have is a mess and should not be used!
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I will certainly try these settings. Thanks for the tip on the wiki page
I had this problem too, I solved only flash again my radio...
Try if solve...
Or if don't work try to make a reset.
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THIS FIXED IT! I tried it first since it was the simplest solution and I've been 4 days with no loss of connectivity since I changed it to AES only, which all my clients do support! Thanks so much!