I am having problems with my Nexus 4 not automatically connecting to Wi-Fi. This is particularly annoying as I only live a few minutes from Uni so I spend the day cycling between my home network, uni network and 3G and set tasker to do things based on where I am. However, I look at my phone it tells me I have plenty of wifi signal yet it hasn't connected. This means I either have to switch the wi-fi off and on (which seems to take longer than it should to switch back on) or reboot the phone. After this it will connect fine. Is this a software issue? Or something that is just wrong with my phone?
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I too have wifi connection problems with my Nexus 4. I can get it to connect, but it won't reconnect. Not only does it not reconnect, it doesn't even detect that the network it was just configured to connect to is sitting right in front of it.
I've tried using Wifi Analyser, and it will show all the wifi signals in my area including those of my neighbours across the street, but it simply doesn't even show my wifi signal. Oddly in Settings, sometimes my wifi signal is not listed at all (reflecting Wifi Analyser's view), and sometimes it is listed but shown as 'Not in range'. It is very frustrating, and the only reason I have not yet RMA back to Google is I have a slight hope that the next update (4.2.2) will fix it.
Needless to say, I have a number of other devices at home (Lenovo and HP laptops, iOS tablets and phone, Windows RT tablet, Windows Phone, and Nexus 7) all of which connect to my home network OK. It is clearly a bug in the Nexus 4.
I had the same problem as you guys, i flashed Franco Kernal and it works a treat now.
Not forgetting the extra battery life the kernel provides.
I suggest trying it out.
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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.
Same Issues
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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Hi every one
My ideos was working fine but for some time i am getting wifi issue
Before i was getting good wifi reception and no signal bar up or down
But now its very bad wifi signal
In landscape mode i always drop a bar in signal bar even i sit next to my router.
Or when ever i cover the phone from top or insert handsfree i also loose a signal in signal bar
Anyone having this issue
Please give me advice to solve this problem
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I have the Ideos X5 too. The wifi drops out or at least the signal becomes worse when i cover the top side of my phone (for example when i'm typing and i want bigger letters) It is also not very good at finding wifi connections. My laptop always finds internet upstairs (3rd floor) but the phone does not... it drops out from time to time and does not recover. When i open the door and walk to the stairs (not even going down) it finds it again an the problem is solved, but still it's irritating, especially because searching for wifi eats my battery...
don't know how to solve it though... Doubt you can solve it.
What rom are you guys running?
B135 for me
I have to say though, if i'm on the second floor (modem is on the first floor) i don't have any problems. Although of cours the signal becomes less when i cover the top side, but i'll still have a connection. So it's more of a distance problem for me.
I m running oxygen r3 with franco latest
But it happens with every rom i tested
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Possible Solution to WiFi Issues
Erratic wifi reliability, frequent drop outs and wifi spontaneously disabling itself (usually in the middle of app downloads) has been a "feature" of my X5 ever since I've owned it, about six months now. Rooted or unrooted makes no difference. I always use my home wifi and no other device I own has any issues with it - Dell and Apple laptops (running a mix of Mac OS X, Win 7, Ubuntu Linux and Win XP) and an iMac desktop, plus an iPad and iPod touch, they're all rock solid with my router.
Then the other day I was at my sister's place and attempted to connect to her wifi router. I got a message that I'd not seen before when connecting my X5 at home - it complained that the SSID was hidden and that "Android is unreliable" (or words to that effect) with hidden SSIDs, it recommended using an exposed SSID for the router instead with a "secure" password. I'm not sure if this was an Android message or from WFi Manager which I use, but it sure came as a surprise to me. Of course my SSID at home is hidden too.
I've changed my SSID at home to exposed and so far things seem better, a couple of app downloads and no wifi dropouts so far. I can't be sure yet but this may be the solution to my months of wifi frustration!
Of course why Android can't reliably handle a basic security feature of a long-established tech like wifi is another matter...
Hidden ssid isnt a security fearure... the ssid is still broadcasted with every data package, so one only have to wait for one of your devices to connect (also there more ways but not that easy)
Have a bit the same problem. Most of the time all is working fine.
Sometimes when the phone is locked and unlocked Wifi is not working.
Policiy for Wifi Sleep is allways on.
Sometime Wifi icon disapears wil working with it.
When is stop WiFi and start it all is fine.
My HTC Desire is working fine so it's a problem with the phone.
use with Android Stock not yet flash a mod.
My Nexus 7 had no problem with wifi connections since I bought in right after they were first released. Last week, I bought a Virgin Broadband Mobile Hotspot to use while doing some traveling. (In some areas, it works a lot better than I expected.) The problem is that fairly frequently, the connection drops and I can't reconnect. When reselecting the device (or any other network) in the list of available wifi networks, I get an error message that reads "failed to connect to network." My only recourse is to reboot. A fast reboot is good enough, but I've done plenty of those and complete reboots.
Then, I can reconnect. That new connection may last ten minutes or many hours. But at some point, the connection will drop and I'll have to reboot to get another one.
I figured this must be related to the Virgin hardware, but when I got home yesterday, I discovered that this happened again with my router. In the 5 months I've had the Nexus 7, I've never had a problem connecting to my home router. So I "forgot" my remembered wifi networks and reestablished them. There are only two, my home router and the Virgin device. Didn't help. Right now, I don't have the Virgin device turned on, so maybe this will temporarily solve the problem. I'm not sure, yet.
One thing that seemed to help was that when driving and using the Google Navigation app, this seemed to be less of an issue. It's even possible that we never dropped a connection while navigation was active. When nav is active, the device doesn't sleep. So there may be some relation there. But plenty of connections were dropped while nav was off and the device was awake. In fact, most drops occur when I'm stationary, i.e., not in a moving car or walking around.
Another piece of info — our other Nexus 7, which also came along on the trip, doesn't seem to have this problem, but it didn't get used that much, so it may be that it would be there, we just didn't have the opportunity to see it happen.
Anyone seen anything like this and/or have any ideas about what to do about it? Why would I need to reboot to renew a connection?
I had a similar issue,it would see connections not connect automaticly and when trying to manually connect it would disappear.I shut off the autoscan for networks off and it works much better.
Hope this helps
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Thanks. I'll play with that and see what happens.
The nexus 7 that I purchased for my wife last week is experiencing the similar issue. I can see many network in range but any connect I try to connect will return a message "failed to connect to network".
I found some submitted issues on the Android project thread, but none of them offered any solution.
http://code.google.com/p/android/is...c=ID Type Status Owner Summary Stars&id=40437
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40065
I'll try this at some other places to make sure the problem persists and will probably return it.
As the title says, when I leave the house and come back it doesn't automatically connect to WiFi, anyone else have this problem?
I've changed the 2.4 and 5ghz to manual with no joy, its back to auto now.
Any other ideas?
Same problem here... :/ Using a Nexus 6p as well, when I get home it never connects, need to turn wifi off, and then back on to be able to connect...
No problem here with my work and home WiFi, both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz.
I had that problem and fixed it by changing channels and going down from 40mhz to 20mhz. Not sure which made the difference but my 6p connects right away now whilst before I had to toggle the WiFi.
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here is the video of my problem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjznyoEnip0
I also have an issue connecting my Nexus 6P to my corporate Wifi network - I am seeking the specific details, but all I know so far is that it's a CISCO Access Point. The Nexus 6 had no problems at all. A colleague did briefly get his 6P connected, but then it appeared to break (he's not sure, but suspects it was after the November security update). It continually tried to connect and then eventually says Authentication problem (despite trying all sensible options for Forgetting, rebooting, changing password, confirming it still works for Nexus 6 w/ new password etc etc)
I am seeing this same issue with all of the 5GHz networks i use. It connects just fine but i need to choose it in the pulldown settings...does not automatically connect anymore.
This is something that started happening out of nowhere. it was fine after the latest update at the beginning of november but now has this issue.
Maybe reflash the system and clear the cache may do the trick but need to try.
Wondering why this is not an issue being spoken about more here. I'm sure its more widespread than it would seem here...
This is happening to my Nexus 6p too. when the phone switches to data network it doesnt connect back to wifi, i have to manually toggle the wifi on phone to connect to my wifi.
I have tried this at my friends home too and it doesnt look like an issue with the router, my nexus 6 connects compeletly fine without any issues.
Also I have noticed wifi disconnect when the screen is closed intermittently?
Is this an hardware issue?
Here is another person having the same problems. I changed my phone but I'm having the same issue on the new phone. It doesn't matter which location my phone is. It happens on every location.
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I also have an issue connecting my Nexus 6P to my corporate Wifi network - I am seeking the specific details, but all I know so far is that it's a CISCO Access Point. The Nexus 6 had no problems at all. A colleague did briefly get his 6P connected, but then it appeared to break (he's not sure, but suspects it was after the November security update). It continually tried to connect and then eventually says Authentication problem (despite trying all sensible options for Forgetting, rebooting, changing password, confirming it still works for Nexus 6 w/ new password etc etc)
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Had the same thing. Connected just fine until something suddenly changed and it wasn't working anymore. It worked on other access points of the same WLAN as well as my home WLAN. Yesterday I changed the DNS Hostname of my Nexus (because "android-[insert random number here]" makes no sense) and suddenly it works again. Could be a coincidence though...
I've seen this issue on 5ghz networks on an HTC one m7, a Samsung galaxy s6 , this device and my Samsung Galaxy tab 4. It would seem to me it's an android issue.
Count me as another one with the automatic connectivity not working. Running stock 6.0.1 on Nexus 6P
What are some particulars why my G3 is suddenly getting intermittent wifi at a certain range when it's been in the same room for years and never had an issue? It was working fine before and now it cannot sustain wifi connection despite "showing" an initial max/good signal, especially when it starts initiating such as loading a video on YouTube. However, it works fine when in close range to the router which makes it confusing if it's the WiFi antenna hardware already or some sort of new interference.
tl;dr
1. Works fine when near the router. No connection loses. WiFi signal in my room is good/excellent regardless.
2. WiFi SSIDs show up, then remains SAVED, the says no internet, then randomly connects and works.
3. Connection drops the moment I open a YouTube video, load an app, etc. basically when there is loading involved.
4. Phone has been in my room for years so the range is good and consistent.
5. Other devices can see the WiFi connection just fine, it is just this phone recently that showed a problem suddenly. WiFi signal at good/excellent for every other device.
6. There are other WiFi SSIDs of neighbors but only around 3 or so and they've existed for a while already. We are also in the appropriate channel away from theirs via WiFi Analyzer.
7. The router signal strength is able to reach even up to the house beside ours in the garden.
What I tried:
1. Reset network settings via Backup and Restore.
2. Changed ROM.
3. Removed Blokada / VPN. Private VPN is off.
4. Turned on Airplane mode, then turned on WiFi.
5. Channel WiFi channel, router Mhz, connected to 5 Ghz.
6. Removed Bluetooth devices in the area, Bluetooth toggle at off.
7. Went near the router to connect, it's sustained, then walked over to the room, connection drops. Other devices sustain it.
I understand the phone is showing its years but curious what could be possible reasons for this new issue to appear.