WiFi password problem - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Short story, I just took my GS4 GPE back to stock and did a factory reset. Now when I try to connect to a WiFi network it wants an 8 character password. The router only has 6 character password and was set up by the service provider so I am unable to change it. This was not a problem last week on stock rom.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Ron
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RonSimon said:
Short story, I just took my GS4 GPE back to stock and did a factory reset. Now when I try to connect to a WiFi network it wants an 8 character password. The router only has 6 character password and was set up by the service provider so I am unable to change it. This was not a problem last week on stock rom.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Ron
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Option 1: your network provider sold you the crap router which supports ANCIENT WEP encryption standard. You can just set it as the security standard in Advanced properties of the WiFi.
Option 2: log in to the router (if it is supporting WEP, hacking it would take some 5-10 minutes, including the time needed to learn it here), and change the WEP to WPA/WPA2.
Option 3: Call your net provider, kindly asking them to supply you with something what is slightly younger than the tyrannosaurus' bones...
Keeping the router as WEP is pure invitation for all of your neighbours to join and use the internet at your cost

Ok, turns out I was using the wrong cheat sheet. It does have an 8 digit password. I am stupid.
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[Q] WPA2 Personal Problem

Hey,
I'm having major problems with wifi on my x10. Yesterday, the phone suddenly couldn't access the internet over my home wifi network, which has a WPA2 personal passphrase. The phone still showed up as connected to the network, but could not get online. I reflashed my x10 with SEUS twice, reformatted my memory card, triple checked my router settings, but no matter what I do, I cannot get WPA2 personal keys to work. WEP keys work perfectly. Does anyone have the same problem? Can anyone help me out?
Baseband .54
Stock Android 2.1
Thanks!
Try resetting modem.
agentJBM said:
Try resetting modem.
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Tried. Doesn't work thanks anyway. Does anyone else have ideas?
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Use some kind of another WPA2 security. There are diffrent ones. Are you also sure that you've typed the correct password without typos?
PlayGunsta said:
Use some kind of another WPA2 security. There are diffrent ones. Are you also sure that you've typed the correct password without typos?
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I'll try a different security when I get home. Meanwhile, I'm 100% certain that I typed thy password correctly.
I'm still curious as to why it juststoppud working out of the blue...
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(Try also adding your x10 its MAC-adress to the whitelist of your router and not the blacklist, that can also help)
My router has no MAC address policy active, whitelist or blacklist
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Wifi issues

Hi those on xda. I've stumbled upon some issues lately on my defy. My phone only connects to open wifi networks. And when I'm at work. Its password protected. Ill enter the password. And it will say obtaining IP address. Then quit and say remembered. It even does this on my home wifi. Its kinda frustrating since I need since i use it so much. Any help? I tried clearing the caches. No luck.
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It forgets passwords? Or what.....:screwy:
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You may want to try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22765367&postcount=6
Hope it'll work.
Giuseppe

[Q] HELP!!! N7 3G wifi tether IP address conflict HELP!!!

So, I'm deployed right now and I got the N7 3G specifically so I could tether to my computer and phone. After getting the device and realizing that it did not have native tether I rooted it and flashed it with the image(?) I found here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1995737
Everything went smoothly and I thought I was good 2 go. When I attempt to log on with my devices I get a IP address conflict. My computer (WIN7) is smart enough to manually assign itself an IP and connect to the internet but nothing else will. It's driving me nuts. Obviously, I can only imagine that it is something to do with the DHCP. I would have posed this question on that thread but based on not having posted before I did not have the permissions. Thank anyone ahead of time for any help.
Still no luck. I've reapplied everything multiple times and nothing. I've also flashed the monoco(?) rom hoping that their tether would work but nothing. Only thing I haven't done is factory restore and start from scratch. This is really sucking. I'm looking for any suggestions. I'm sure 90% are more experienced then I am with this. I have absolutely no programing knowledge.
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Hmmm. Yea its DHCP from your Nexus handing out IPs. I'm not sure what your DHCP RANGE is but it should be a pool of about 10 IPs. If your Range is only set to 1, then it will only hand out one.
Oddly there aren't any options on my Galaxy Nexus (I don't have a 3G N7).
What I would do is take your other devices and tap and hold on your tethered WiFi network and select forget. Disconnect everything completely and forget all settings. Change your WiFi Tethered name.
Try to connect one at a time before moving to the next. The devices keep the connection settings in memory and will try to use the old IP address they used before.
This could also be a bug with the tether section also. Most roms share the same development features.
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No luck
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Help Connecting android to wep secured router

No one at work with an android phone/tablet can connect to the WiFi. IPhone/pad Windows p8 and laptops. Connect fine. It gets stuck at authentication error or can't authenticate at least on my phones/tablets. I don't know if there is an firewall issue but I find it hard to believe as other devices can. Is it an android issue? We have like 10 or so access points or extenders all under the same name. I don't know if maybe I need to find the main router and try connecting to that... any ideas?
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Are you sure it's WEP? It sounds like you're using a flavor of 802.1x WPA like EAP-FAST which isn't really supported on Androids.
It shows up as WEP secured.
From what I've gathered. Some android phones used to work but there was a lot of people that couldn't connect. So they called our IT guy and he called our network guy and they got it opened up so everyone was able to connect. Then a short time later android stopped connecting
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Long time ago but still an issue. Anyone know the issue?
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First of all, WEP is highly insecure, but I don't know why you would have problems. I would upgrade the security to WPA/WPA2 to prevent people from "stealing" your internet.
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Usually it's an issue with the router/AP, not the phone. No idea why either.
Normally the security protocol is WEP ,its ok..the problem is not with your phone maybe they adopted for MAC filtering..you should try to check with the network admin..or try connecting a laptop and see if it works with the same protocol..or try to check with the network admin to move on to wpa or wpa2..maybe things can sort out

[Q] wifi and firewall

hi, I just got a Galaxy note 4, I can connect to wifi everwhere but not at work. I get error that password is incorrect, I have the same password so I know my password. My stepson has a galaxy s5 and has no problem connection. I actually just returned my first phone after trying 5 days to get it connect at work. Both Comcast box and firewall have been reset. So I am not sure where to go stepson suggest change to developer operating system. I have tried safe mode, soft reset and factory reset to no luck.
This is last resort - before I return and get a different brand/model phone
if you can connect everywhere except work its your work problem. some workplaces use cisco and proprietary protocols to login to wifi after connection. if your workplace does that you will not be able to connect. no phone will. ask your work wifi to use WPA2 with AES instead of some proprietary protocol for wifi. if your son has installed some non standard rom to get his s5 to connect you will need to buy an s5 and do the same.
snowmmk said:
hi, I just got a Galaxy note 4, I can connect to wifi everwhere but not at work. I get error that password is incorrect, I have the same password so I know my password. My stepson has a galaxy s5 and has no problem connection. I actually just returned my first phone after trying 5 days to get it connect at work. Both Comcast box and firewall have been reset. So I am not sure where to go stepson suggest change to developer operating system. I have tried safe mode, soft reset and factory reset to no luck.
This is last resort - before I return and get a different brand/model phone
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It is very likely that your work uses wifi protected setup. You need access to router or access point to finish setup. Ask your IT guys to help you. It needs to be done once only.
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darekz said:
It is very likely that your work uses wifi protected setup. You need access to router or access point to finish setup. Ask your IT guys to help you. It needs to be done once only.
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Response from my IT guys - -they are very helpful since this is a personal phone and not company issued.
I don't have a good reason for this one device to have a problem connecting to this one network. I believe we have eliminated common errors such as mistyped or incorrect password, since you have personally been able to connect other devices without issue. This also eliminates the possibility of a 1-time setup or authorization requirement, as you did not need that for the other devices. I will need to look into whether there could be a technological incompatibility between the two devices.
We will look into this further and have to get back to you.
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zurkx said:
if you can connect everywhere except work its your work problem. some workplaces use cisco and proprietary protocols to login to wifi after connection. if your workplace does that you will not be able to connect. no phone will. ask your work wifi to use WPA2 with AES instead of some proprietary protocol for wifi. if your son has installed some non standard rom to get his s5 to connect you will need to buy an s5 and do the same.
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We have a WPA2. We have people come visit all the time and have them connect.
I am just wondering in there is something in this phone operating system that is more technological updated than the systems we are using and could be the problem
I still would try to use Wifi Protected Setup. It is software depended and Note 4 is capable of using WPS while many others not. It is possible that software in Note 4 sensing that access point has that feature and requesting it. Im not network specialist but I setup few laptops for my friends. They were using Dell Vostro laptops and by default they required using WPS to connect to home network. Once that feature was disabled they connected with no problem using user password.
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Maybe that be any help for you.
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/faq/FAQ00057286/74370/SM-N900VZKEVZW
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snowmmk said:
We have a WPA2. We have people come visit all the time and have them connect.
I am just wondering in there is something in this phone operating system that is more technological updated than the systems we are using and could be the problem
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not possible since i have connected to both WPA2-PSK AES and WPA2-EAP AES systems. EAP requires a username/password instead of just a password.
the only system i have not been able to connect to is a WPA-CKIP and WPA2-CKIP which is a cisco proprietary protocol.
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darekz said:
I still would try to use Wifi Protected Setup. It is software depended and Note 4 is capable of using WPS while many others not. It is possible that software in Note 4 sensing that access point has that feature and requesting it. Im not network specialist but I setup few laptops for my friends. They were using Dell Vostro laptops and by default they required using WPS to connect to home network. Once that feature was disabled they connected with no problem using user password.
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Hi all,
My Phone has connected to the company wifi. I was searching for an infinity hot spot since I am an infinity customer and was scanning and then I am connected to the company wifi. Then it began to do all these updates and I did nothing to prompt this. (weird since it can connect at home and this did not happen) I have been in contact with Samsung and have been explaining my issue - part of their process is you need to enter model and serial number- is it possible for them to track my phone - I am wondering as when I have called HP for service they can find my laptop. Very weird, but I am happy, Hopefully it will continue to work like this and I can begin to use this phone to its full potential.
yes samsung and google can both track your phone.

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