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Wifi problems...

My note always receive low wifi singals n low speed while other devices like ipad n sensation have full signals...can someone help me with that...
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The wifi signal icon sucks.
Its mean nothing...
If you wanna see the real strength of your wifi, check with "wifi analyzer" or similar from market...
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Bt even the download is slower thn other devices

hey dude from th photo the note has 3 lines full which is same with i-pad
just joking hahahaha

I agree about the Wifi. In areas where Wifi is weaker, my iPod Touch performs far better than the Note in connecting

Same issue with me from past two days of usage.
Which version of OS are you using as mine is DDLA1(Unrooted) and I am facing the same issue, I can say this because I have used older firmware version(DDKL1) earlier that was rooted and wifi was excellent.

Never had this problem with all the version I went through. Now I'm on stock rooted LB1
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I agree completely. The Notes wifi is quite weak. Can a new modem improve this?
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the wifi signal is comapriably slower than my old hd2, side by side they are both connected via n signal to the router, note is showing 52mb and the hd2 running android is showing 58mb

I get much better connection on the other side of my house than any previous phone or tablet. I must say that even a couple of metres from the router I can get only a couple of 'bars', but download is still very fast.

jeromepearce said:
I get much better connection on the other side of my house than any previous phone or tablet. I must say that even a couple of metres from the router I can get only a couple of 'bars', but download is still very fast.
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Ok, what modem are you running as my Note has a much slower download than my other devices.
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wifi much slower
Even i have been experiencing the same problem and with that my wifi also loses its network some times. ....also its slower my other phones

Modem does not control wifi.
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I am on basebans lb1 and build lb2

In my case I experience the same low bar and slow speeds. But worst of all, I can't connect to my wireless N router (only G) , the Note doesn't even see it!
I'm on ICS MidNote 2.0
Any ideas?
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Rayan said:
In my case I experience the same low bar and slow speeds. But worst of all, I can't connect to my wireless N router (only G) , the Note doesn't even see it!
I'm on ICS MidNote 2.0
Any ideas?
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Do a search (not being mean/rude, just not at a computer to find it for you) about WiFi on the Note in either this or the Q&A section. I read about a month ago that there's a text file that contains the authorized WiFi bands for your country, and since there's no US ROM the bands listed are incorrect. Of course you have to be rooted to change it (which you are), but I'm not so just living with G.
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Wifi Improved...!
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I am on basebans lb1 and build lb2
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I rooted my device yesterday and flashed AbyssNote Kernel 4.2 and Wifi seems to work fine.

i also got this wifi problems, the htc desire hd got a much better signal

This is a big issue with my Note too. Sometimes signal will be showing aa strong, but then I get message....cannot connect to the server. Compared it to my s2, and the s2 had no problems making a connection.
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I don't have this problem anymore after get to change the motherboard..
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Anyone else experiencing slow download speeds?

So me and both of my friend had trouble loading a YouTube video, it was so slow and kept pausing. We both have the Nexus 4 and were on wifi by the way. So we tried using another friends S III and it loaded the video fine. When I ran a side by side speed test he got a 19 mbs download and I could only pull 2. Is this happening to anyone else?
Edit: we were on the same wifi
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Did you try turning off Wi-Fi optimization in settings?
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Did you try turning off Wi-Fi optimization in settings?
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No I kept it on but earlier in the day I was getting perfectly good speeds. Like sometimes my speed is fine and then sometimes it's slow.
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Ngo93 said:
So me and both of my friend had trouble loading a YouTube video, it was so slow and kept pausing. We both have the Nexus 4 and were on wifi by the way. So we tried using another friends S III and it loaded the video fine. When I ran a side by side speed test he got a 19 mbs download and I could only pull 2. Is this happening to anyone else?
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Me too I just switched from vzw iPhone 5 and I have T-Mobile now.... I cant even download my apps from the market and I have to get hot spot from my girls i5
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It obviously shouldn't be that way. Since this is wifi, try a mix of different networks. Lord knows, this wouldn't be the first phone with wifi issues with certain network security types right out of the gate (or wifi problems in general).
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Ajfink said:
It obviously shouldn't be that way. Since this is wifi, try a mix of different networks. Lord knows, this wouldn't be the first phone with wifi issues with certain network security types right out of the gate (or wifi problems in general).
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Yeah I switched to another network and it went fast again. Was just wondering if anyone knew the cause of the sudden slowdowns though.
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On T Mo, I have had it flip from H+ to 3G but all in all in my speed test without changing anything APN wise I consistently get around 16mbps down. You tube and such flies (HQ) and even on wifi on Xfinitys basic package on a G band router I have no issues at all with wifi and YouTube in HD. Sorry, I'm no help but I haven't had an issue.

Oh my bad, I forgot to mentioned that we were on the same WiFi.
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Yeah I have that problem on my WiFi as wells slow speeds. Have to switch to hspa to download apps, rediculous
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I've also had this on WIFI, thought it was my router, may have to play with router settings a bit to see what's happening.
Its only really noticeable when I try to play a youtube video, although had it other times too.
Also switching to mobile data for youtube as its faster!

phil001 said:
I've also had this on WIFI, thought it was my router, may have to play with router settings a bit to see what's happening.
Its only really noticeable when I try to play a youtube video, although had it other times too.
Update!!! I figured it out its googles servers they are overloaded this is what makes me think that. Play store loads slow as well as YouTube! Not our phones!
Also switching to mobile data for youtube as its faster!
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I think something is wrong with our WiFi radios. Might need an update. Its happening to a lot of us.
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I'm seeing this issue as well and it's occurring on 2 completely different wireless networks: at home and in the office. I've tried tweaking wifi settings on both my Nexus 4 and on my router at home but nothing has fixed the slow wifi speeds. And none of my other Android devices are experiencing this issue (Nexus 7, Galaxy Nexus, Motorola Xoom).
I called Google Play support just now and they didn't have any info to offer on whether or not this is a known issue, they just asked if I'd tried restarting my phone and/or done a factory reset. After I verified that I'd already done both things and neither action resolved the issue they said I could exchange the phone, so that's what I decided to do.
If this problem is indeed being caused by faulty hardware in the phone, hopefully the replacement phone will be in a better state and work properly. <crosses fingers>

It's the router that needs to be updated, not the phones. Obviously if you're is broken though that is irrelevant.
Can't say why that is, but I read a thread awhile back detailing it, I will try and locate it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34260682&postcount=25

Seemonsters said:
It's the router that needs to be updated, not the phones. Obviously if you're is broken though that is irrelevant.
Can't say why that is, but I read a thread awhile back detailing it, I will try and locate it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34260682&postcount=25
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That makes no sense seeing as everything else works fine on my Wi-Fi
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i did the same thing. as it was mentioned, turned on and off "data" " data roaming" and "2g" after that Kaboom! went from 3-7mpbs to 12-15mpbs

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i did the same thing. as it was mentioned, turned on and off "data" " data roaming" and "2g" after that Kaboom! went from 3-7mpbs to 12-15mpbs
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So you just unchecked and checked?
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remydlc said:
i did the same thing. as it was mentioned, turned on and off "data" " data roaming" and "2g" after that Kaboom! went from 3-7mpbs to 12-15mpbs
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horr1blek1tten said:
So you just unchecked and checked?
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I think remydlc is referring to download speed over a cellular data connection, and not WiFi (which is what this thread's topic is really about). At least that's the way I read it...

Is this related... I have noticed compared to my old S2 and iPad my nexus has fewer bars and the signal can drop if held in the left hand. The connection speed can be much less too.
Not good.

could it possibly be trying multiple networks? I have a dual band 5 and 2.4 but they have different ssids - my initial set up was to the 5 ghz but when the google restore happened it populated my 2.4 ssid and pw. I found I had to "forget" all my configured access points and just set up my 5 ghz one and everything was smoking

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could it possibly be trying multiple networks? I have a dual band 5 and 2.4 but they have different ssids - my initial set up was to the 5 ghz but when the google restore happened it populated my 2.4 ssid and pw. I found I had to "forget" all my configured access points and just set up my 5 ghz one and everything was smoking
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I don't think this is causing the issue (at least for my phone). I've had the slow WiFi speeds on 2 completely different networks, with one being the campus network of the university I work at. Also, I've tried using my Nexus 4 on 2 different routers at home, one of which can do both 2.4/5.0 ghz and when I tried manually setting the phone to just use either the 2.4 ghz or the 5.0 ghz network it made no difference; the phone's WiFi speed was still very slow.
I'm feeling pretty convinced at this point that it's something faulty with the phone. I pretty much tore down and rebuilt my home network yesterday and tried all different types of settings to test the result on my Nexus 4 and nothing made the WiFi speed any better on the phone.

5 ghz preferred WiFi on Nexus 4

Hi,
I use my Nexus 4 quite a bit at home and at school. My school has a very slow over populated 2.4ghz, the 5ghz band though is very quick. I've noticed the Nexus 4 jumps on the 2.4 automatically, to get on the 5ghz I have to turn on 5ghz only. However when I get back home, my wireless router only runs at 2.4, so I have to turn Wi-Fi back to auto. This gets annoying having to do this 5 days a week. My question is simple, is there a way to set 5ghz as the preferred band for Wi-Fi when both are present? I should mention my phone is fully rooted.
any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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zazierx said:
Hi,
I use my Nexus 4 quite a bit at home and at school. My school has a very slow over populated 2.4ghz, the 5ghz band though is very quick. I've noticed the Nexus 4 jumps on the 2.4 automatically, to get on the 5ghz I have to turn on 5ghz only. However when I get back home, my wireless router only runs at 2.4, so I have to turn Wi-Fi back to auto. This gets annoying having to do this 5 days a week. My question is simple, is there a way to set 5ghz as the preferred band for Wi-Fi when both are present? I should mention my phone is fully rooted.
any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Can you forget the 2.4Ghz Wi-Fi network? That way it won't connect to it. Some ROMS have where you can prioritize the networks too so if both are in range and you have connected to both it will prefer whichever one you set at higher priority. If you don't have a ROM like that just install an app that can do this for you. Here is one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.za.flash.wifiprioritizer&hl=en

M3drvr said:
Can you forget the 2.4Ghz Wi-Fi network? That way it won't connect to it. Some ROMS have where you can prioritize the networks too so if both are in range and you have connected to both it will prefer whichever one you set at higher priority. If you don't have a ROM like that just install an app that can do this for you. Here is one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.za.flash.wifiprioritizer&hl=en
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Unfortunately the 2.4 and the 5ghz networks have the same name, I don't see a way to distinguish the two just with the stock OS.

Try go on just 2.4 then forget the one it connects to while on 2.4 only.
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M3drvr said:
Try go on just 2.4 then forget the one it connects to while on 2.4 only.
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When a router has 2.4 and 5 GHz on one SSID, it doesn't appear as 2 separate access points, just one. Maybe you could make some sort of tasker profile that forces the phone to 5 GHz while your at school, and 2.4 anywhere else if that's possible.

Good point, I forgot about that. I named mine differently. Yeah try tasker, if you can figure it out.
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I don't think switching between 2.4/5 GHz is currently possible in tasker.
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Wifi issues with 4.3

After upgrading to 4.3, I have lost my Wifi performance to my normal router. Now, while still able to scan available routers, I'm no longer able to connect.
Anyone know of a solution, short of an RMA?
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Wat kind of router are you using and what frequency? 5Ghz or 2.4?
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One is a linksys, the other is unknown as it's at the doctors office. As for frequency, one of each.
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Change wifi channel at router and try again.
With other wifi networks works fine?
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No. I have no connectivity. Wi-Fi performance has slowly diminished since I did the upgrade.
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ph37rd said:
No. I have no connectivity. Wi-Fi performance has slowly diminished since I did the upgrade.
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Setting a static IP has fixed it for me. Setting it on the phone that is. Happens far less now than when i didn't have a static IP.

How did you upgrade at 4.3?
Through official OTA?
if you could check it, reflash only radio.Img from factory Rom.
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My issue is not that bad.. the only issue i have since the update is the wifi signal drops completely, and the router next to me on my desk. The signal comes and goes for a couple of minutes then goes back to normal

RASTAVIPER said:
How did you upgrade at 4.3?
Through official OTA?
if you could check it, reflash only radio.Img from factory Rom.
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The upgrade was done via a full wipe (was rooted at the time) and flashed the image from Google. Phone has been stock since. After the upgrade, I noticed the Wi-Fi signal went from four bars in the living room to three. Before losing connectivity completely, then two. One to none happened pretty quick.

D801 Slow wifi

Hi
So lets get straight to it. Im rooted using IO , freegeed w/twrp, running stock rooted 10g rom. I have tried several roms and none of them on a speed test show me able to get over 3.8 mbps yet I get 8 mbps upload. I checked my pc, 30+ mbps download on there. Checked my gf's (completely untouched by me lol) g2 and she has the same problem its like it capped at 3.8 mbps on the wifi. 4g im getting 30 mbps. I am using comcasts phone/modem/router pos and when i checked i saw its 2.4ghz so i selected 2.4ghz on the phone along with turned wifi battery saver off. I have pretty much tried all I can think of. So now i need your help! I switched over from my lg og to the g2 and the og worked fine on this router.

Maybe try changing the channel on your router to 11?

thanks for the reply, but did not work.

Is it an old router?Try your phone with another router.

I'm guessing since its Comcast crap and only 2.4 ghz no 5 option that it is old. Lol. Just not sure why my og worked fine with this router, my brothers og pro is fine. But not our g2's
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I don't need to go anywhere today and its cold out I don't want to just go to see atm. I'm wondering if I use my gfs g2 as a hotspot if I could see if wifi works that way. To bad she's at work lol
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Cool, gf came home, turned on mobile hot spot, 30 mbps. So it is this pos Comcast router. I wonder if I call them if they will give me a newer router. But is there a special feature needed by a router for these phones? I'm confused lol. Why only g2's on this router?
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@ripbabey Turn to WPA TKIP only. The G2 hates the Technicolor AES+TKIP combo. Fixed mine. Weird thing is, works fine in AES on my SB6141 and the Arris. No further idea about it. Something just isn't getting along between the two. I'm not technical enough to dig deeper.

I'll check that out thanks
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You're welcome. It will work. I about returned the Technicolor because of this.

That actually improved some speed Mr not technical enough lol. I'm getting 12-15 mbps now which is matching my computer. So now when my speed picks back up from Comcast I'll see if I get any higher. Thank you so much!
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I was getting over 20, which matches, winter weather is hindering my connection. How I miss underground wiring.

Lol. So far so good, was about to just go get a router. Now it looks like I don't need to.
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