I purchased my S4 2 days ago, so far I'm loving it. However, for some reason the wifi keeps turning on even when I have the setting turned off (I get a decent 4G signal where I live & would prefer to use that when possible). Any ideas? I'm rooted with the stock ROM.
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Do you have the "smart wifi" setting turned off? It is the first option on the wifi screen, tap it then turn it off and you should be good to go. If you have already done that then I'm not sure.
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Do you have the "smart wifi" setting turned off? It is the first option on the wifi screen, tap it then turn it off and you should be good to go. If you have already done that then I'm not sure.
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Thanks, that was it! Maybe I should read the manual lol.
Ha don't read the manual that just wouldn't be cool! Glad I could help.
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my phone is S3 LTE.
The wifi policy is configured as never turn off in sleep mode.
However I found that when I turn on my phone (ie screen on) I will see a [my_ap_name] wifi connection is connected.
Which that's mean wifi is turned off in standby.
It's your phone the GT-I9305 or a US variant?
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Oomahey said:
It's your phone the GT-I9305 or a US variant?
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International. Stock 4.1.1. Un-rooted
I enabled power saving mode. Isn't the reason of wifi turning off ?
adrianmak said:
International. Stock 4.1.1. Un-rooted
I enabled power saving mode. Isn't the reason of wifi turning off ?
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Might be the reason. Did you check after disabling the power saving mode?
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adrianmak said:
International. Stock 4.1.1. Un-rooted
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Isn't the LTE galaxy s3 US variant?
unitnerd said:
Isn't the LTE galaxy s3 US variant?
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just go to settings > wifi > more button turn off wifi at sleep.... goes off
adrianmak said:
my phone is S3 LTE.
The wifi policy is configured as never turn off in sleep mode.
However I found that when I turn on my phone (ie screen on) I will see a [my_ap_name] wifi connection is connected.
Which that's mean wifi is turned off in standby.
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First of all, wrong section. Ask mod to move it to A&Q i9305 section.
Which ROM are you using? Last few days I've noticed similar issue. My WiFi keeps dropping and reconnecting few times a day. Annoying and unusual. I think it have something to do with ROM/kernel (stock 3.0.31 from 18 Jan ). First time using pre-rooted Stock based on XXBMA6. Before never had problems with WiFi, custom ROMs only..... I'm going to go back to Pandoriam v6.6 and see how it goes.
so, today, i needed to look up driving directions and my phone would not lock in. i thought it was kinda strange, so when i got home i did some research. attached are the gps test results. I know that it's the phone, because when i checked it on my nexus 10, it locks in right away. i tested both of them next to each other. i tried using the gmps status app to clear A-gps data and doing resets with the gps status apps, but it did not help. it's no driving me crazy since most people are happy with their gps in the nexus 4 and seem to be able to lock in within seconds. i've left maps on for minutes with no success. i've already checked both google settings in the accounts and location to be on.
i recently started charging my phone with the lg wireless orb. do you think that's the issue? how can i fix this? it's driving me crazy.
It seems to see the satellites, but can't lock in.
You've tried rebooting, right?
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You've tried rebooting, right?
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What he said.
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Kinda hoping to avoid that unless there's no other option. Don't really want to go through the hassle of setting everything up again
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Kinda hoping to avoid that unless there's no other option. Don't really want to go through the hassle of setting everything up again
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No, I mean turn it off.
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oh, yeah. like 10 times by now. i actually did factory reset today. that didn't help. only created a bigger pain in the ass since now i have to set everything up again. yay
so I cant get the wifi to stay turned off, I turn it off and after about 1 hour its back on again, I dont understant this how can it be turning on by it self
and how do I make it stay off?
Go to your Wi-Fi settings and click on smart mode and turn it off.
I love the 90s. Good times.
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Go to your Wi-Fi settings and click on smart mode and turn it off.
I love the 90s. Good times.
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What spidey said
It's just like the connections optimizer in the sgs3
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yep that worked! thanks - more like stupid mode not smart mode
I searched google for this and only came up with the SGS3 having this problem but it was over a year old so I didnt read the post - I even called Sprint and was told it must be a software problem and I should do a factory reset, I am glad I didnt listen to them
thanks for the help
Hi there!
I'm having a really bad problem at the moment on my s4 (i9505). Recently I upgraded from stock (MDE) to pre-rooted (MF8). Since then, my WiFi has stopped working, and it seems to be the only thing that has gone wrong. When I toggle WiFi on, it immediately toggles off (both in the quick settings, and through the settings panel). When I mean immediately, I mean within 1/10 of a second.
I flashed another ROM over it (OMEGA V7) and nothing changed.
I feel as though I've missed something vital, and would rather work on a fix for it rather than flash stock through Odin and start from scratch. Any help is very much appreciated.
Check settings in WiFi. There is an option for using cell or WiFi based on which one is faster, disable it.
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Check settings in WiFi. There is an option for using cell or WiFi based on which one is faster, disable it.
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Thanks for the quick reply.
I already had that off (selected off by default).
Also check if your wifi timer is on.
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Also check if your wifi timer is on.
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No WiFi timer is also off.
This is very strange, I've searched google for hours and absolutely nothing like the issue I'm having.
Flash correct kernel
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No WiFi timer is also off.
This is very strange, I've searched google for hours and absolutely nothing like the issue I'm having.
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Ive had this issue before when my kernel and modem are mismatched but also when a weird setting is enabled... and I cant remember what it is.
Try a factory reset but do not restore your phone settings from google... only your contacts
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Ive had this issue before when my kernel and modem are mismatched but also when a weird setting is enabled... and I cant remember what it is.
Try a factory reset but do not restore your phone settings from google... only your contacts
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Yeah just flashed stock through odin and did a factory reset.
Still not working. Really lost, and rather worried right now.
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Yeah just flashed stock through odin and did a factory reset.
Still not working. Really lost, and rather worried right now.
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So wifi will not turn on no mattrr what ?
And your not in airplane mode ?
This is beyond me then... I hope your hardware wasnt messed up.
Does your wifi still have a mac address ?
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Gillion said:
So wifi will not turn on no mattrr what ?
And your not in airplane mode ?
This is beyond me then... I hope your hardware wasnt messed up.
Does your wifi still have a mac address ?
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Not in Airplane mode.
I still have a mac adress.
No idea what's wrong. I literally JUST flashed a ROM. I've been doing this for almost 3 years and never have I seen an issue like this.
Might take the phone back.
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Not in Airplane mode.
I still have a mac adress.
No idea what's wrong. I literally JUST flashed a ROM. I've been doing this for almost 3 years and never have I seen an issue like this.
Might take the phone back.
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Something got messed up.
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Something got messed up.
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I can't really say why this happens but a lot of times with this phone it seems that the MAC address to the wifi is somehow lost and by removing the /data/.cid.info file you can somehow reset something that makes things work again. I assume it's somehow tight to different wifi network chip drivers in different kernels but I'm not sure. On some ROM's I have tried I have to do this on every boot...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357471
Im having trouble staying connected to wifi at home, it stays connected as long as im in the living room close to the router but when i go into the bed room which is about 20ft away it disconnects and then reconnets several times. The router connection is 5ghz and only me and my wife use it.
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Check out the service mode thread.
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Check out the service mode thread.
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Gotcha
mwebb34 said:
Im having trouble staying connected to wifi at home, it stays connected as long as im in the living room close to the router but when i go into the bed room which is about 20ft away it disconnects and then reconnets several times. The router connection is 5ghz and only me and my wife use it.
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First, make sure you've turned off "Auto Network Switch" in the advanced section of Wi-Fi settings (go to Wi-Fi settings and press the menu key and select advanced).
Second, turn off WiFi Power Save mode in the ServiceMenu. Go here for directions.
I done what you said i entered the codes you said to enter on my dial pad and it didnt bring up anything no services menus...nothing. but i did go to wifi and then advance and unchecked the box you said to uncheck and waited to see if it would kick me off and it did it still kicks me off wifi while im in my bed room.
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I done what you said i entered the codes you said to enter on my dial pad and it didnt bring up anything no services menus...nothing. but i did go to wifi and then advance and unchecked the box you said to uncheck and waited to see if it would kick me off and it did it still kicks me off wifi while im in my bed room.
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If you're rooted, you'll need to go to /efs/carrier/HiddenMenu....
Open the HiddenMenu file in a text editor and change OFF to ON
Maintaining capitalization of the word ON
Save file.
Then reboot. Try those dialpad codes again.
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If you're rooted, you'll need to go to /efs/carrier/HiddenMenu....
Open the HiddenMenu file in a text editor and change OFF to ON
Maintaining capitalization of the word ON
Save file.
Then reboot. Try those dialpad codes again.
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Dial pad codes worked like a charm went in and changed the band to B4Enabled*. Now im gonna hang out in my room for awhile and see if i get kicked off my wifi. Thanks a bunch for you help i just hope this works oh and yes i went to text editor and then carrier and deleted OFF and replaced it with ON then restarted my device then went back into carrier to make sure it saved and all is good. Just hop it fixes my problem. Thanks again.
Now i need to tryn figure out how to make my call signal better....lots and lots of fun this phone is
When it kicked me off before it took awahile before it would connect back. While in the process of typing i got kicked off but connected back veryfast. Strange because im only about 15ft or so away from the router. I have noticed a big difference though, before my bars would fluxuwait from 1 bar to 5b now it usually stays at 5.
Anyother suggestions i can try
Go into your router settings and check/change the frequency(2.4-5) and the broadcast channel to match what the phone is using
Turns off the power save mode worked for me. Thanks. Now I don't want to flash to a custom to anymore. Thanks.
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Go into your router settings and check/change the frequency(2.4-5) and the broadcast channel to match what the phone is using
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Thank you....All set now
I just upgraded my wifi from 3megs up to 12 megs. Im still having trouble downloading files that are 1g and up. I downloaded speed test.net and checked my down & up down reads 10.92m and up reads 2.23m but when im downloading a file say its 1.25g it slows waaaay down to like .94m is it supposed to do do that? Im the only one connected to my wifi at the moment.
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mwebb34 said:
I just upgraded my wifi from 3megs up to 12 megs. Im still having trouble downloading files that are 1g and up. I downloaded speed test.net and checked my down & up down reads 10.92m and up reads 2.23m but when im downloading a file say its 1.25g it slows waaaay down to like .94m is it supposed to do do that? Im the only one connected to my wifi at the moment.
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12mb/s is a pretty slow speed. It's going to take a long time to download it. When you're downloading a file the speed you see is Mb/s not mb/s. Megabytes and megabits are a lot different.
AT&T service person came out today and upgraded my internet, from 3megs to 12megs. I asked the tech how fast it would download a 2g movie his answer was, " it should take about 15 mins at the most". Wireless is just a f#@$in scam the co$k [email protected]$!ers will tell you anything so they can get ypur money! The highest they offer in my area is 12megs funny thing about 15 miles from where i live they offer 50megs. Its just a rip off!! Im feed up EVERYTHING IN THIS WORLD IS A MONEY RACKET...MONEY MONEY MONEY......IM SOOO PISSED
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If i hadnt gotten this damn phone on vzw edge i would sell it and go back to the basic simple phone were all i need is talk. Att and vzw can kiss my white AS! IM REALLY THINKING ABOUT raising the bounty on the bootloader unlock. I wish i would have waited and gotten a different phone.....Really sorry about all my ranting and ravin, im just really aggrevated.
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mwebb34 said:
If i hadnt gotten this damn phone on vzw edge i would sell it and go back to the basic simple phone were all i need is talk. Att and vzw can kiss my white AS! IM REALLY THINKING ABOUT raising the bounty on the bootloader unlock. I wish i would have waited and gotten a different phone.....Really sorry about all my ranting and ravin, im just really aggrevated.
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Have you updated the routers firmware? Helped me out tremendously!
Done even better i upgraded from 3megs to 12megs and it still does it guess im stuck with this phone. Only other thing i have noticed is when im in the bed room i dont get any signal bars ever now and then i will get like 1 bar and manage to stay on wifi while i have service bars.
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