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wifi issues

hello all.
im having issues with my wifi. im getting realy poor reception even when standing next to the router. i did lots of reading about the matter but could not conclude whether it was a software or a hardware issue. im running stock rom.
i got the phone from google the tmobile version and im currently using it in Oman.
when i got it, i turned the phone on, it asked me if i wanted to update i said, all went perfect.
at first i didnt notice, then couple of hours later i noticed that the wifi bars will not go more than 1 bar if im 20 feets away from the router. if i put the phone on top of the router i still got one bar short than full.
last week i ordered another phone for myfather inlaw. i asked him to cancel and not update his phone to ere27, the same update i performed.
i compared his phone and mine at his house, my phone wouldnt even see the network when we were one floor down when his phone showed 2 bars.
im totaly confused, i dont want to root nor unlock the bootloader. however, i tried to manually flash the update ere27 again using sd card, thinking maybe there was some error last time. still the same.
on the other side i have a jawbone 2 headset. the reception is so bad if i take the phone more than 15cm for my headset, same with the dock. the dock being bluetooth capable, the phone doesnt have to be sitting at the dock in order for it to play music.
while i was doing my readings, it seemed that the bluetooth and wifi are the same chip, thus im wondring it might be a chip issue.
so now im back to zero, radio software issue or chip hardware issue.
some other facts:
i have no problems staying connected to my wifi with my low signal. i have no voice issues nor 3g issues. (3g still under observation and testing to see whether it works fine for me.
this week im getting another nexus one for my brother and dont know whether i ask him not to perform the ere27 update and wait till google sends another ota that might update the radio.
correct if im worng, i was thinking to flash only the radio. i currently have the 4.03, locked and unrooted and was thinking to flash the 4.04 radio but from what i understood that to flash radio u need to be rooted and unlocked?
if yes, then i will have to wait for googles ota.
if no, then point where to find the tutorials and radio file.
any feedback is much appreciated

Try the app wifi fixer... it helped me alot with keeping a good signal

i tried that also but that software helps u maintain a connection. i have no issues staying connected but i have issues with the strength of the wifi signal.

any more inputs

you should WiFi fix app because it shows you what channels are too crowded in your area and which ones are free. it sounds like your channel is so crowded that even next to the router the phone can't get a good signal.

hello
thank u for ur input. today i asked my father inlaw to update his nexus one to update1. i have asked him to refrain from it before thinking it might be a software issue on mine. after his update, his signals got even better when mine struggled to maintain a signal. mind u both phone where next to each other.
i also had blurtooth issues using my jawbone. at first i thought it was my bluetooth but today i tried his headset. the headset would start staticing if the phone is below my shoulder. after doing some readings, i learnt that the nexus one shares the same chip for bluetooth and wifi.
now im certain its a hardware issue.
since im in oman, i emailed htc and told them about the problem and my location. i offered them the option of me sending the phone to my company in san diego or directly to them. lets see what they say.
in the meantime, i decided to purchase another n1 (loaner) till i send mine and have it back after repair. after which i will sell the loaner ; )
cheers

Legend wifi issues

Hi,
I am wondering if anybody has similar problems with wifi - 3g/data connection works perfectly, but when I am connected over wifi, after sometime the connection dies and I have to disable wifi and enable it again, in order to restore network access. I hoped that froyo would fix that, but as there is no froyo on the horizon I decided to ask.
The phone firmware is 2.1 update1
Software number 2.05.405.2
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Yes I get this too. The connection is still active but many apps suddenly decide to notify me that I need a WiFi/3G connection before I can use them. Turning WiFi off and back on fixes it. This also happens on my branded Desire running 2.1, which may imply it is related to the router settings. I will have to test on other routers. My WLAN is configured to 802.11g only, WPA2-PSK only (WPA-PSK and 802.11b not allowed) on channel 13.

actually great to know that i'm not the only one. i get this all the time, and i even emailed htc about this and response was retarded. they told me how to connect to my router. i tried pretty much everything on this issue. connect and reconnect, change channel from 13 to 11 or 14, nothing seems to be working. hopefully 2.2 will change all this.

evank418 said:
actually great to know that i'm not the only one. i get this all the time, and i even emailed htc about this and response was retarded. they told me how to connect to my router. i tried pretty much everything on this issue. connect and reconnect, change channel from 13 to 11 or 14, nothing seems to be working. hopefully 2.2 will change all this.
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i think the htc legend has the worst wifi reception for all phones of 300 $
havent noticed a single improvement with every update

I had this problem with my first legend. The touch screen malfunctioned so I brought it back and got a replacement. The new one is much better. I am very happy with it.
For instance, in my home office I could never connect with my first legend, it would say association failed when trying to associate with the AP. On my new one it works and I've had it sitting on the desk now for about 4 hours and I picked it up and unlocked it and the wifi worked immediately.

I very occasionally had this until I switched the wifi sleep policy to never after reading somewhere that it would actually increase battery life and haven't had this problem since. Not noticed any difference with battery life though I only switch wifi on when I need it and off when I'm finished.
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For what it's worth, I have the same problem and I'm sure it's related to my phone, not the routers.
I hade no problems with this before my last OTA update...
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i dont want to hijack the thread but is the wifi antenna like **** for everyone or is just me?
im thinking that it might be the aluminium case that shield the antenna because reception is unbeliavable bad
im curious to know if desire/nexus mount the same wifi antenna as legend

if you put static ip it works perferct for me

shuikit said:
I very occasionally had this until I switched the wifi sleep policy to never after reading somewhere that it would actually increase battery life and haven't had this problem since.
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where is this setting?

never had this problem...keeping an eye on this thread though just in case!

mtrax said:
where is this setting?
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In wifi settings, press menu and then select advanced.
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I only have a problem very occasionally with wifi, maybe once per month, and I think this has more to do with my crappy router than anything else.

I have the same problem with WiFi cutting out afters while even when the phone hasn't been moved and when its situated inches from the router
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Generally it is not good idea to have router and client too close together. That way radio noise increases and that's not good.

Thanks for the tip. but it does it downstairs too when Im watching TV the phone is well away from all electrical appliances, after toggling wifi bOFF/ON I get full signal strength.

Same here. After a few minutes normal browsing on Wifi, pages seem get so far then refuse to load. Only solution is to turn WiFi off then re-connect. The WiFi permission is set to never sleep. I'm not rooted and running stock wwe 2.3 ruu.
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gazman69 said:
Same here. After a few minutes normal browsing on Wifi, pages seem get so far then refuse to load. Only solution is to turn WiFi off then re-connect. The WiFi permission is set to never sleep. I'm not rooted and running stock wwe 2.3 ruu.
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Same here!

Anybody have any ideas how to resolve this issue? It's really frustrating having to re-connect wifi every 5 mins. Possibly to do with debranding to stock wwe 2.3 ruu from Vodafone?
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having the same issue, despite having wifi on never sleep
looking forward to getting rid of this phone once I get my htc desire z, HTC doesn't seem to care about it since the only recent OTA they released made it worse

Mobile data disconnects

Hi all,
I have noticed that my DHD seems to disconnect the data connection on a regular basis and I find myself having to go into settings, manually disconnect Mobile Internet and then reconnect and it works OK again... I am in a coverage area so not sure why this happens...
Any ideas?
Thanks.

Yh have the same problem here on t-mobile

Yeah noticed that on three uk
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I experience this Problem since today or yesterday as well. Thought it has a reason in my tasked configuration (that worked fine for 4 weeks) but after reading that thread there may be another reason.

Hmm this happened to me today a few times on O2 never had problem before. Data connection just switched itself off even though plenty of juice in battery.
Sent from my HTC HD so may contain typos, bugs and, if the battery lasts, pearls of....(battery 0%)

I have had the same issue today, stopped the data. First thought it was a problem with provider vodafone. But after restart it was working again. Strange problem.
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I'm just going to bump this....
And note that it seems to be data connection as well.
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Hi. I have been facing the same problem. Has there been any resolution yet. I have come accross multiple threads with the same problem but no resolution yet..

Same problem i am with orange (UK) - only got the phone tuesday and the problem is intermittent. If phone has been in standby ro say 30 min then i turn on generally no data connection though the 'h' icon is present and the up arrow high lighted but down not. generally a restart helps, bt not always now sometime after fatory reset there is a problem with it dropping signal while in use. Have phoned orange first guy got me to set up a orange gprs wap APN that did nothing. lady i spoke with today very strongly suggested that as i am with 7 days of purchase to return it and void contract - she did not suggest getting replacement handset - this to me suggest that there is a general problem with handsets maybe be a bad batch (mine is chocolate) so i think i might take her advice and wait for the experia arc

The problem only seems to happen with hspda is ok with 3g areas
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I had the same issue; connection would look active, 'upload' arrow lit but not 'download', had to manually disconnect Mobile Internet and reconnect to regain connection. This was happening on a daily basis (maybe every other day if I was lucky). No idea what the problem was, but I haven't noticed it again since flashing ARHD & new radio so I'm hoping that's solved it.

I was thinking flashing new radio might help - but given I still have the 7 day return option I am minded to return my phone and hold out for a xperia arc
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Wifi Signal Strength Issues

I've been looking everywhere for solutions to the weak Wifi on the Nexus 10, but didn't find any solutions yet.
The network also has an added wifi repeated connected via LAN, but still the Nexus keeps 1-3 bars of wifi.
I have another 5 or so Wifi devices, Galaxy S2, Lumia 920, iPhone, 2 laptops. None of these have any issues and are always on 4-5 bars, usually max all the time.
I've tested both on 2.4ghz and 5ghz, both to my Asus AC66U and also to an old RT-10, one Huawei, etc.
It's very clear that no matter the band or router settings, the Nexus 10 really has a weak signal reception in comparison.
Since the Nexus is new for me, it's on 4.3 and I don't know how it performed earlier.
Are there any other modem drivers or similar that can be flashed?
Any other experiences with custom ROM's?

Wifi strength has been a little weak since release honestly. Has been mentioned alot here and around the web for a while.
Now my problem since the latest update has been wifi drops where I lose wifi transfer completely even though the wifi icon shows a good connection.
I think this is something new (i know it is for me at least) and have been looking to see if anyone else has seen this issue in the latest software release.
If I toggle wifi off/on it works after but it is a huge pita.
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tgrgrd00 said:
Wifi strength has been a little weak since release honestly. Has been mentioned alot here and around the web for a while. Now my problem since the latest update has been wifi drops where I lose wifi transfer completely even though the wifi icon shows a good connection. I think this is something new (i know it is for me at least) and have been looking to see if anyone else has seen this issue in the latest software release. If I toggle wifi off/on it works after but it is a huge pita.
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This problem (wifi icon gray and no internet connection) started with 4.3 for me without question. Previously wifi connectivity was rock solid and I never gave a second thought to it. Nothing changed but the android version. I hope it is fixed in 4.4.

Ken401 said:
This problem (wifi icon gray and no internet connection) started with 4.3 for me without question. Previously wifi connectivity was rock solid and I never gave a second thought to it. Nothing changed but the android version. I hope it is fixed in 4.4.
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Yeah, another guy at work told me his is doing the same after 4.3. Surprised we aren't seeing it mentioned more around here.
Anyone else seeing wifi drops?
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tgrgrd00 said:
Yeah, another guy at work told me his is doing the same after 4.3. Surprised we aren't seeing it mentioned more around here.
Anyone else seeing wifi drops?
Sent from my HTC EVO LTE using Tapatalk 4
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mine was doing the same thing. i tried clearing the cache, uninstalling apps that i thought might interfere and then a full factory reset. still had the same problem. i rooted and then did a factory reset from recovery and it hung up reinstalling apps so i did another factory reset still in and out. i did another factory reset and logged into my wifi and left for a few hours to work on something else. when i got back the signal showed full and about half of the apps installed. i reinstalled all of the apps that hadn't installed and it's working fine now. not sure why i had to wipe it 4 times but it's working fine now and streaming movies without a hiccup. i guess something kept getting corrupted during the setup or reinstall of apps. anyway it's been working fine for a few hours which is the best it's done in the last month.

Terrible wifi connection on note 3!

Has anyone else been experiencing this. I am connected with BT home hub and it's awful. Connection drops literally every few seconds. It was fine with note 2. Any soloutions? I really like the phone but these small glitches are making me angry now. First it was stock browser which I have stopped using in favour of boat, then the biggest selling feature S pen it's sensivity was really bad I fixed it by adjusting the potentiometer and now the wifi signal. I really hope there is a fix for it.
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I also use a BT home hub but have had no problems with Wifi at all. Connects quickly and doesn't miss a beat.
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No problems for mi.

Had some problems with Fritzbox, especially on the first two days. The connection was not stable, although I had no problems with Note 1, and I have no problems with any other devices. But after the first days this problem with Note 3 was gone by itself. Maybe you should wait...
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From Note 2 it might not be so good .. im not completely sure yet but I do keep getting the annoying warning message on my status bar.
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i got mine this morning.. i have a bt modem as well and it keeps dropping all the time.. think im gonna give it a day then if it continues ill just take it and get it exchanged..

Works fine on a Netgear router...
Some routers have issues with newer phones. (and some with older ones, as well.). Have you tried updating your router Firmware? Reset your router?
Also, set the connection type to Static, not DHCP.

i was thinking it was the modem but my s4 works fine.. already called EE about a replacement..

mine works fine.. better then my old device!
my Netgear router is located on the first floor at the front of my house (in the office). in the master bedroom ensuite i got like 1 bar on my old device..
now i get full bars..
I live in a newer development area and i am on the boarder of LTE coverage.. on any other device i get 4G in my house.. now i get 2 bars of LTE..
pretty satisfied..
now speaking of software jitters and such.. that's a different story

Mine works great
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the wifi issue is the only problem i have.. smh.. EE says they out of stock of the note 3.. so i gotta wait til they have to send replacement

WiFi access points don't get better with age. The hardware is upgraded constantly and even firmware updates can't change the hardware. An old WiFi access point of 2-3 years will not work as well as the newer ones do.

WLAN connectivity and speed is real bad on a fritzbox 6360 cable (fritzos v05.50). Sometimes full speed with ~4+ mb/s, a bit later resends and timeouts all the time. foldersync is a pain over wlan. today i needed 1h+ to download my apps from playstore after flashing omega rom. Cabel connection speed 100 mbit! 2.4 ghz or 5 ghz, static ip - no changes hope there will be a modem update for the note3 or a fritzos update that fix it.

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buell47 said:
After updating firmware today to xxUBMJ1 (Germany) the wireless problem is solved!
and the "automatic switching" can be activated again.
For me, everything works fine again. NO more message for unstable wireless connection!
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what was the problem you had before the update?

Went into a coffee shop. Where there is free wifi if you buy something. It was me and a friend. My s4 had full signal. And my new note 3 struggling to get connection it kept saying checking quality which is really annoying. Anywhere my s4 gets connection the note 3 checks quality and drops. Im right next to the router at home and this note 3 wants to check quality of the connection. Never had a problem with the s4.

demzzy said:
what was the problem you had before the update?
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automatic disconnected WiFi connection.
Message "unstable Connection" and switched back to mobile Data (2G,3G...)
but the Problem is not complete solved.....Fritz!Box Routers have the problem further

buell47 said:
automatic disconnected WiFi connection.
Message "unstable Connection" and switched back to mobile Data (2G,3G...)
but the Problem is not complete solved.....Fritz!Box Routers have the problem further
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Yes I'm getting a less favourable experience with wifi on my N3
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buell47 said:
automatic disconnected WiFi connection.
Message "unstable Connection" and switched back to mobile Data (2G,3G...)
but the Problem is not complete solved.....Fritz!Box Routers have the problem further
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get your device exchanged.. thats what im doing