So my wife's phone has an issue with it constantly dropping wifi. We are using apples airport exteme router as well.
Ive read workarounds for dlink routers, but nothing with airports.
She is on mf3 with root.
Any help would be appreciated.
Frank
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I use an airport extreme basestation but have not had problems with wifi cutting out. Is your network hidden? Are you using the dual band setting? More info about your setup will make it easier to help you. Also, I presume that her phone only has trouble with the airport, no other networks.
Network is visible, using psk2 security with dual band. It also seems to be on all wifi networks.
Frank
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Is the phone updated to 4.3?
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Is the phone updated to 4.3?
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No, update always crashes from att. I havent been able to get it installed.
Frank
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Neither me nor my son have issues on the Extreme. Using WPA/WPA2. DHCP.
I am rooted he is not.
Did it do it before root? You have no other kernel options afaik.
Since it drops, hence has some connection, you obviously have entered the phones mac address into the router.
Can you try another router?
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Neither me nor my son have issues on the Extreme. Using WPA/WPA2. DHCP.
I am rooted he is not.
Did it do it before root? You have no other kernel options afaik.
Since it drops, hence has some connection, you obviously have entered the phones mac address into the router.
Can you try another router?
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The problem does happen on other routers as well. I also have the note 3 and have no issues.
Wondering if I should try a custom rom or return the phone for a new one.
Frank
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ultravorx said:
The problem does happen on other routers as well. I also have the note 3 and have no issues.
Wondering if I should try a custom rom or return the phone for a new one.
Frank
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I would try another phone.
You have to stay on the stock kernel with mf3 afaik. And if the update fails, may be a phone problem. I thought one would get the update if only rooted, unless they deleted/froze some of the OTA apps.
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Network is visible, using psk2 security with dual band. It also seems to be on all wifi networks.
Frank
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Okay. When you say PSK2, do you mean WPA2 Enterprise? I don't see a PSK2 option on my airport (and it's not that old!). Anyway, if the problem is on all wifi networks, and supposing this is not a hardware issue, have you made any modifications to the phone? Is the AT&T wifi Smart Wifi app in use (that app screws up wifi connections like it was built for it)? Does she have the battery saving option enabled? I would recommend disabling Smart Wifi and battery saving if they're enabled. Also, if she uses an alternative messaging app, she should disable its MMS capabilities. Sliding Messaging MMS tends to mess up wifi connections on my phone, for example.
By the way, if she has root, the update will crash. It will also fail to install if any stock apps have been removed. You should see threads here about how to install the update. Sideloading is also an option. You still need to have a full stock rom installed though. There is a safe root method for MK2 too.
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Been using my Google provided wifi hotspot feature since the n1 including up until about an hour ago when I got the pleasant message on my laptop screen that in order to use my phone as a hotspots I need to pay T-Mobile $15 per month. Anyone else have this happen and are there any known workarounds? Running bugless beast pixel edition.
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How long were you using your hot spot? I quickly browsed a bit on my tablet to see if I'd get a message but didn't. I'm running CM9 on my phone.
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Been using my Google provided wifi hotspot feature since the n1 including up until about an hour ago when I got the pleasant message on my laptop screen that in order to use my phone as a hotspots I need to pay T-Mobile $15 per month. Anyone else have this happen and are there any known workarounds? Running bugless beast pixel edition.
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2404429,00.asp
From reading the article, I wasn't sure if it would affect all users or just HTC Amaze 4G owners.
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There is a similar post in the HTC One S forum with a fix. Just added a new APN with nothing but epc.tmobile.com in the config and it seems to have fixed the problem......for now anyway.
Just got throttled again with the new apn settings. Looks like it may be time for a clear card.
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Change the name of your wifi hotspot and it should fix it. Worked for me when I got that message.
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Change the name of your wifi hotspot and it should fix it. Worked for me when I got that message.
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damn a day late. Called Tmobile and after talking with customer loyalty just ended up paying for it. They did however give it to me for $10 instead of $15 and didn't make me extend my contract. I will probably end up getting a clear card for internet now and calling them back to cancel the hotspot feature. Good to know about your fix though.
happened to me too, running stock rom, i'll try the name change method later
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Change the name of your wifi hotspot and it should fix it. Worked for me when I got that message.
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I did this:
1) settings
2) Wireless & Networks
3)Portable Wi-fi hotspot settings
4) Where is says Router name (SSID): I change the original name.
I did not work.
Is that what you meant when you say Change the name of your wifi h.s.? If not I could use a little help. Thanks
Well its now happened to me.
I'm running Mark V ICS ROM with CM9 and used Barnacle... was tethering my laptop then all the sudden I got the txt from T-Mo about adding or be blocked... so I scrambled and try to find device manager to freeze it...buy can't find it anywhere. Now I got a message saying my tethering is blocked.
Does anyone know what system app or process is reporting? Like I said...I froze device manager in other phones and it worked...just can't find it on this one
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changing your settings won't help to work around throttling.
apparently you need to stop using chrome as your browser.
I read somewhere also, that tmobile can't tell you are tethering if you are on a mac.
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{Seems that it is false that tmobile can tell if you are on a mac, but it does appear to be true that tmobile can tell when you tether if you use the wrong browser in the device you are tethering to. So it doesn't matter if you change your settings or you get a different tethering app - just use a safe browser}
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26683698#post26683698
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26242661#post26242661
Still no work around? Its not about the throttling... its about using the hotspots feature and the data we already pay for and something built in ad a feature of the phone.
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it seems that T-Mobile has blocked the use of wifi hotspot
try another app here (via USB)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5rb3VzaGlrZHV0dGEudGV0aGVyIl0.
I just got the tethering block after I installed Google Chrome on my laptop which was weird so I went back to using internet explorer and I'm not blocked. I gave the Galaxy Nexus running stock 4.0.4.
I'm using AOKP ROM Build 37. I just tethered Wifi Hotspot to my A100 tablet, it's accessing the internet just fine using Boat Browser. Other apps connecting to the internet just fine too. Wonder if only the stock "T-Mobile" ROMs that have the tethering blocked.
I personally think it's unethical for carriers/providers to charge extra for mobile hotspot. After all I'm paying the 2GB or 3GB or 5GB so I should be able to use it.. Hope for a class action suit against the carriers for such unethical practice to gouch more money from the consumers..
Edited: I use ROM Toolbox and change the DNS on the tablet to Google DNS for it to work. The default DNS did not work.
Use Safari in Mac
I am using Nexis One for more than two years and yesterday I go the t-mobile hotspot message. I initially thought maybe I am over 1GB and they are doing this. After reading this thread, I changed the SSID and tried with Chrome on MAC and I still had the error. I tried with Safari on MAC and I can use the hotspot. I am writing this using Nexus one hotspot with Safari on Mac.
I was pretty pissed when I noticed that they did this yesterday with my G2. C'mon T-Mobile, this is an old phone that isn't going to get the bells and whistles of ICS. At least you can let us have this! I'm running stock but am now considering moving to CM7. Does anyone know if WiFi hotspot works, with chrome, using CM7 on t-mobile?
I'm also wondering if it has anything to do with the browser agent. In remember being able to change a browser agent with desktop chrome and Firefox through an addon. Does anyone know how to do that with tablet chrome? I only know how to switch between mobile and desktop but that doesn't appear to make a difference
Well..I got hit about a week ago and was blocked..funny thing...I flashed a new ROM and when I tried it again..I used internet explorer...was blocked....then I tried FireFox and boom. I'm back on
Running a week now on new ROM and using hotspots tethering for my laptop and my wife's iphone. Kids iPod and daughters iphone and still running strong
Odd isn't it?
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Well..I got hit about a week ago and was blocked..funny thing...I flashed a new ROM and when I tried it again..I used internet explorer...was blocked....then I tried FireFox and boom. I'm back on
Running a week now on new ROM and using hotspots tethering for my laptop and my wife's iphone. Kids iPod and daughters iphone and still running strong
Odd isn't it?
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Every browser except chrome are working for me on stock. Have you been able to run ICS on something connected to your t-mobile phone, via WiFi hotspot, and use chrome to browse the web? I'm trying to see if a custom ROM restores this capability
I run ICS..but I don't use Chrome
On a side note..I was also running another ICS custom ROM with different kernel when I initially got blocked.
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Whenever I am somewhere with a new network, my Tab is slow to recognize it. Sometimes the network will show up in the list of available networks for a brief moment, and then disappear before I can establish a connection. Other times I can connect by manually adding the SSID. Sent Sometimes turning the wifi off and then back on, or rebooting the Tab, works, but not always.
Most recently, I was in a place for almost an hour before it recognized the local network, even manually adding the SSID didn't help. The weird thing is, once it saw this network, it also saw several others in the neighborhood that previously were not shown on the list of available networks.
Once you I finally establish a connection, reconnecting to that network usually works without a problem.
Any thoughts?
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Try a factory reset or if you are in any custom rom, try reflashing other rom.
Factoryreset willerase all your data so watch out.
Tried a factory reset... Didn't fix it. Here's the strangest thing: if I bring another network into the picture, all of a sudden it recognizes all the nearby networks. For example, right now I am in a place with 5 or 6 networks. Couldn't see any of them, until I fired up my cell phone's teather app, at which point it recognized not only the cell phone teather network but all of the others as well. It's almost as if it needs a new network to come along and wake it up. Other times though, it is my cell phone teather network that it won't see!
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you need to mention if you have stock or non-stock, rooted or not, etc.
my best guess is that you are rooted and running a non-stock ROM. in this case, you should try another kernel. the wifi modules are the ones causing most of the problem, whatever the device. make sure you flash the proper wifi modules after the kernel!
otherwise... I would suggest to root. I heard all kind of crazy stories about our beloved Tab, so... don't fear trying different solutions until you get the one working for you.
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Stock, not rooted. That's what makes this so frustrating - I haven't messed with anything, and it still doesn't work right! I'm running the most current Samsung android distribution for the Tab 10.1.
I've been avoiding rooting the Tab because one of the apps I use does a root check and won't run on a rooted device, but I think there is a workaround to that so rooting is definitely a possibility.
Rooting the device won't be sufficient in itself to solve this problem - I'd need to root and then install a different kernel, right? Or are there wifi modules I can install on top of the stock kernel (once I root the device)?
Any ideas on why this is happening and how I might fix it, short of rooting and installing a non-stock version of Android? My temporary fix is that I fire up FoxFi on my cell phone, and once the Tab sees the FoxFi network, it all of a sudden "sees" the other networks as well. But I've had several situations where I have my tablet but not my cell phone, and in those instances I can't get the Tab to recognize the new networks, even if I reboot the Tab or try messing around with the various networking settings. Note that a factory reset didn't fix this either.
Never mind - broke down and installed CM10.1.
I was having a similar issue on stock. I rooted and have since installed a few roms. I am a Much bigger fan of my tab now. I used infamous for a while and am now on the paranoid android 3.50 build which is awesome!
CM10.1 solved the shy network problem for me... And my tab is much more reliable now too.
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I am on tmobile and i don't have a tethering option plan. I have always been able to WIFI tether my phone by changing the user agent on my laptop browser or by connecting to a VPN. I have tried just about all KIT KAT versions out there and with all of them i get the tmobile proxy page asking e to sign up for tethering. I tried connecting my other phone to the wifi and surf so it looks like and android phone surfing and it gets the same proxy page. Is anyone else seeing this as i use my phone to tether my tablet and laptop when traveling?
What T-mobile plan doesn't have tethering?
doesn't work on mine either. even if i connect to vpn.
just also found out that on kitkat, phones will use the ipv6 tmobile network so if your vpn is ipv4 only it wont connect.
you'll have to change apn to work on ipv4 to make it work.
anyway, my vpn is ipv4 only so i changed apn to connect. on my phone i can connect but on my laptop i cant.
tmobile page always pops up.
anybody got a work around?
I tried with stock, cm and aokp and they don't work. Guess carriers worked with Google to patch that up. But I have multirom so I can boot into 4.3 and tether if I need. I thought T-Mobile enabled 200mb of free tether for prepaid accounts.
Maybe you can try with this app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.kernelxp.freetether
It requires root access, btw..
There's this too. Apparently Nexus 5 users have a whole thread for this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2512674&page=7
Last response is the fix. Needs root though because you have to edit a system file. I guarantee it works because I've done it.
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I'm on t mobile and don't have issues tethering without a plan. There is a root hack in the nexus 5 forums about this. I've applied it and it works.
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There's this too. Apparently Nexus 5 users have a whole thread for this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2512674&page=7
Last response is the fix. Needs root though because you have to edit a system file. I guarantee it works because I've done it.
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Thanks this worked great now I can use Kit Kat.
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Thanks this worked great now I can use Kit Kat.
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Could T-Mobile be blocking browser traffic coming from my nexus 2013? I did the fix on my nexus 4 and I was able to use it fully, now I am only able to use email.
Ok i fixed it in. in case anyone else runs into the same problem, change your APN info to ipv4: go to settings, more, mobile networks, access point names, click on the access point and change ipv6 to ipv4
The database edit works, but I can't get it to work without it. I should have 2.5 GB of tethering, so that's not the issue. Shouldn't it just "work"?
Anyone have 4.4 16S on Tmo US tethering completely stock without root yet?
I'm pretty angry that I lost my ability to tether with this update and really don't want to root!
Tethering works just cine for me with edit posted above. Just did it and tested.
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mike102871 said:
Tethering works just cine for me with edit posted above. Just did it and tested.
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Which provider do you have? Are you rooted or unlocked?
Yes I am rooted. I'm on Tmobile unlimited data.
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korockinout13 said:
The database edit works, but I can't get it to work without it. I should have 2.5 GB of tethering, so that's not the issue. Shouldn't it just "work"?
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Tethering with LTE, I'm assuming?
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Ok i fixed it in. in case anyone else runs into the same problem, change your APN info to ipv4: go to settings, more, mobile networks, access point names, click on the access point and change ipv6 to ipv4
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Doesn't work with my N4 (mako, KRT16S), set the APN and Roaming APNs in T-Mobile GPRS (fast.t-mobile.com) to IPv4. Still get the popup on my iPod Touch, which worked before under 4.3. Just for giggles, going to try usb tethering with my Chromebook -- ethernet tethering via microusb cable works fine.
I thought I'd read that Google incorporated code that told the carrier if hotspot tethering was enabled. Looking for that again... This really stinks, I'm philosophically opposed to paying my carrier a surcharge to tether when I'm already paying for data. Maybe flashing back to 4.3 is a good thing....
This worked...!
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Anyone have 4.4 16S on Tmo US tethering completely stock without root yet?
I'm pretty angry that I lost my ability to tether with this update and really don't want to root!
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I am not rooted on Tmobile US and I get to tether to my Note10.1 2014 tablet no problem. Regular hotspot setup does not work as pointed out after KitKat but I am using Open Garden and I can tether again without the need to root.
dralways said:
Anyone have 4.4 16S on Tmo US tethering completely stock without root yet?
I'm pretty angry that I lost my ability to tether with this update and really don't want to root!
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I noticed an (unverified) suggestion of how to do this without root on the Nexus 5 thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48332853&postcount=299
Seems worth trying. You'd probably also need to do the the change from change ipv6 to ipv4 mentioned earlier.
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Does the same trick to enable tethering work on 4.4.2 on the Nexus 4?
I'm now being teased by an OTA update. Unfortunately I'm root and modified things because of the tethering problem, so I can't get the update OTA (I believe).
Problem - Certain WIFI connections are not appearing on my phone, for example at work. Phone says that there are "wireless networks available" but nothing new shows up. But WIFI connections at home work. Since I have discovered this problem, I cant make "new" connections" basically. The connection at home works because i connected to it before i discovered this problem or I have deleted something along the way.
Usually I am the type that we go thru and uninstall useless programs / services off of my phone. I typically install custom ROMS that take care of this but I havent do so with the Moto X. I like the active display feature and want to keep it. I even go thru with App Op and disallow certain permissions thru out the system (mostly location services).
Can someone please help me. I feel like I could run a backup and reinstall 4.4 and I feel like it would go away but I was looking for a simpler way of fixing this.
Of course I can provide more details if needed.
Currently my phone is 4.4 Stock with root access.
thanks in advance
If you use WiFi analyzer do the signals show up in the app?
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CMNDR said:
If you use WiFi analyzer do the signals show up in the app?
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Installed the app. I'm currently at home, so i can't truly test it, but my home network and surrounding networks do show up.
Thanks for the quick response btw.
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Installed the app. I'm currently at home, so i can't truly test it, but my home network and surrounding networks do show up.
Thanks for the quick response btw.
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No worries!
That would seem to say that there's an issue with the settings program on the phone and not actually the hardware. Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong though...
Edit: have you tried wiping the cache?
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No worries!
That would seem to say that there's an issue with the settings program on the phone and not actually the hardware. Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong though...
Edit: have you tried wiping the cache?
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i havent wiped the cache yet. can i achieve this within 4.4 or thru a custom recovery. The only time i have in the past, was with SafeStrap or BMM. which i havent installed neither on Moto X
Never seen an option to wipe cache inside the os, that would be something you'd have to do externally. Perhaps someone with a bit more insight can provide a more concrete solution.
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On Oreo beta2 I can no longer connect to the SIP server when the phone is on any WiFi connection. App works fine on mobile data but not on WiFi, no matter where the WiFi originates. This happens on Zoiper, CSipSimple or any Voip App. Was working on 7.1. Seems there is something blocking the connection to the server. Any thoughts?
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On Oreo beta2 I can no longer connect to the SIP server when the phone is on any WiFi connection. App works fine on mobile data but not on WiFi, no matter where the WiFi originates. This happens on Zoiper, CSipSimple or any Voip App. Was working on 7.1. Seems there is something blocking the connection to the server. Any thoughts?
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Ditch the apps. SIP functionality is built into the standard phone app. I am using it with VoIP.ms.
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Ditch the apps. SIP functionality is built into the standard phone app. I am using it with VoIP.ms.
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Thanks for the tip. I didn't know that was available but the same problems exists with the native dialer. Account will register on mobile data but not WiFi. Something is blocking it. Very frustrating and i don't know what else to do to troubleshoot this.
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Thanks for the tip. I didn't know that was available but the same problems exists with the native dialer. Account will register on mobile data but not WiFi. Something is blocking it. Very frustrating and i don't know what else to do to troubleshoot this.
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Just tested this myself with Oreo beta 2 using the internal dialer and it worked fine.
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Thanks for the tip. I didn't know that was available but the same problems exists with the native dialer. Account will register on mobile data but not WiFi. Something is blocking it. Very frustrating and i don't know what else to do to troubleshoot this.
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Perhaps your router (or service provider) is blocking a necessary port. I would start with researching which ports need to be open for SIP/ your VoIP service functionality. Then checking your network and router, with some app or other, if it is open or closed. Then creating a port forwarding rule to your device if necessary. Note this advice is just theoretical as I have not had to do this. Perhaps someone with some similar experience could further advise...
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Perhaps your router (or service provider) is blocking a necessary port. I would start with researching which ports need to be open for SIP/ your VoIP service functionality. Then checking your network and router, with some app or other, if it is open or closed. Then creating a port forwarding rule to your device if necessary. Note this advice is just theoretical as I have not had to do this. Perhaps someone with some similar experience could further advise...
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I have thought about this as well but that would not explain as why it happens on my home wifi, my work wifi, my friends wifi... All with different routers and service providers. It must be the phone or rom issue or possibly some app doing this. Googling this brings me to others mainly with a Pixel phone with the same problem.
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Sprint OMA-DM cause?
OK so i was digging into the phone to try to solve this problem and found something interesting. There was a n APP called "Spring OMA-DM" that i found was using data on my phone. I use T-Mobile so i didn't think i needed anything Sprint on my phone. Since i am rooted i decided to remove any APP on the device that had a Sprint name. There were three i removed. Once i deleted these APPs my WiFi connection for my SIP starting working. I wonder what Sprint is trying to do. I bought this phone on Amazon but it was from a private seller and he obviously got it from Sprint but it was unlocked and i never had any problems. I think everyone might want to beware of this.
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OK so i was digging into the phone to try to solve this problem and found something interesting. There was a n APP called "Spring OMA-DM" that i found was using data on my phone. I use T-Mobile so i didn't think i needed anything Sprint on my phone. Since i am rooted i decided to remove any APP on the device that had a Sprint name. There were three i removed. Once i deleted these APPs my WiFi connection for my SIP starting working. I wonder what Sprint is trying to do. I bought this phone on Amazon but it was from a private seller and he obviously got it from Sprint but it was unlocked and i never had any problems. I think everyone might want to beware of this.
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Interesting. Glad you got it sorted.
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