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[Q] Nook Color - Wi-Fi connected but can't add google account or browse web.

I just loaded phiremod 6.3 onto my Nook Color. When I attempt to add my google acount, I get "Can't establish a reliable data connection to the server." When I click on the market app, I get "Could not launch the requested activity." When I open the internet browser, I get "Web page not available."
I have a strong wi-fi signal that my computer, cell phone, and another Nook Color are able to use without problems. The tablet says that I am connected, the signal is strong, and I'm not in airplane mode. I can't seem to find any posts that address the problem of not being able to add a google account AND not being able to browse the web with a solid wi-fi connection.
This is my first post so let me know if I put this in the right category and if I need to add any additional information.
Thanks in advance.

I thought this might be a problem with the newly released phiremod 6.3 because my device was working just fine on 6.2. However, I just flashed back to 6.2 and experienced the same problems. I can't make sense of this especially since the device is successfully connecting to the wi-fi.

Have you verified that if you reboot a PC on the same wireless network it works properly? Could your router have run out of available IP addresses? Possibly not handing out DHCP properly? Maybe your DNS servers you have listed in the Router were down temporarily and your computer was using cached information previously. Several scenarios that could be valid here. I'd like to find out first if a PC on the same wireless, connected wirelessly, is working.
Also do you have MAC address filtering on the network? So you're connecting w/ no issues but not able to surf because it's blocked.
If you go to the admin GUI of the router do you see the NC in the DHCP client table after you are successfully connected to the WiFi network?
Good Luck, I'll try to think of any other things.
DB

Thanks for your reply Deltabear.
I share a wireless connection with my apartment landlord so I don't have access to the actual router. However, I can tell you that his computer is the only other one that uses it, and only for a few hours during the day. I rebooted my pc, and it's having no problems with the wireless connection. I rebooted my other Nook Color, and it too has no problem with the wireless connection.
I just remembered that when I loaded phiremod 6.2 it connected to the wi-fi. Then I experienced a boot loop when I tried to flash 6.3. I still have no idea what went wrong when I flashed 6.3, but everything went downhill from there. I ended up trying to revert back to stock, but instead of a bootloop at "Touch the future of reading" I got stuck in a bootloop at the N. I performed the 8x method and received an OTA update, but remained in the bootloop. At this point I decided to just go back to trying to flash phiremod 6.3, and this time it worked...except for the wacky wi-fi problem.

When you go into settings>Wi-Fi settings Is the router listed with connected underneath it? Or does it keep saying 'connecting'?
If it says connected press the router name and it should bring up a box in the middle of the screen with
Status
Security
Signal Strength
Link speed
IP address
What does it say under each?

Well the problem seems to be resolved but I don't know how or why. I turned the Nook's wi-fi off, and when I turned it back on I was able to add my google account, browse the web, and open the market. I know turned the wi-fi off and on several times yesterday so I am still perplexed as to why it seems to be working now.
To answer your question DreamingWolf, the router always said it was connected. I don't remember what the info was for it when I was having the problem, but I know I looked at it a few times and nothing seemed unusual there...I am however a noob.

A100 and PDANET workaround...

Just found out how to do step #8 on the Acer Iconia A100.
Once you get connected. Press your Task Switcher button ( To right of the Home button lower left )
Select your Proxy settings screen and clear / Save. Now the Browser will connect.
I am using this to connect to my MoPho...
Mods, On a side note can we please get an Acer Iconia A100 forum?
"Special thanks to Vdpluijm and Bob Smith at acus Tranformer forum for this tip.
Version/Droid method
Quote:
(1) When i connect my TF bluetooth to the Droid X bluetooth, the phone says: "Connected to panu" and the tablet just says "Connected"
(2) On phone, enable PDA server, allow discover. On tablet discover new phones, click on phone to connect.
(3) Tablet says "Connected!!!", Bytes: 0/0, Activities: 2/2
(4) Phone pops dialog: "Internet sharing request" title, Allow <tablet> to access internet sharing service? ([ ] always) Yes or No.
(5) Select Yes on phone. Immediately the tablet pops dialog: PdaNet Message: "bad receive". OK
(6) On phone, bluetooth settings, phone now says: "Connected to phone modem".
(7) Tablet fails to connect to internet.
Further attempts to #2..#4 result in tablet dialog: PdaNet Message title, "Fail to connect to Bluetooth server (java.io.IOException: Device or resource busy).
here is a new version, update both phone and tablet to v1.0.5.
But, the new version does *not* work (unless sneaky hack below to make it work):
With version v1.0.5 PdaNet Tablet, after my #5 step above there is no error message on the tablet. But, the browser does not work (yet) so you need a workaround.
The workaround is to add a step #8. Go to the PdaNet Tablet, on the tablet, click Set Network Proxy, and click Clear button, and Save button. What!!!?!!! Yes. That is what I said. You clear the proxy, AFTER you have already connected and followed all the steps. You HAVE to have the proxy set to connect first.
THEN it works fine. I can browse via bluetooth, check email, and importantly use Google Maps."

wifi connect stuck in 'obtaining ip' loop

the Mrs. got her gs4 on Saturday. not rooted, stock. (I actually haven't even looked to see if there's a root for it yet, not that she'd let me yet)
All is well except I can't get it to connect to home home router's wifi. stuck in an 'obtaining ip address' loop until it gives up. router is a:
Linksys WRT54G, Wireless-G
All other phone's in the house have no trouble. I triple and quadruple checked her settings.
I turned "wireless hotspot" on on my 3vo and she was able to connect to it no problem. (this is actually how she was able to get through the initial setup, as it required a wifi connection).
today we'll try some other hotspots.
any idears?
Thanks!

Take a look:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2254568

fwiw, the saga concluded itself this way:
after making sure there wasn't any mac filtering, that there was plenty of ip address availability, and that there we're any other usage restrictions, being the culprit, the fix was to update my router's firmware. its previous version was from 2005 and the latest version available it from feb 2012.
(before you do this, make sure you take note of all of the router settings. i snapped a quick pic of all of the pages that looked too complicated for me to remember)
per linksys's website's instructions I:
updated firmware.
reset the router.
power cycled it, w/ 10secs off.
confirmed settings setup back to the way they were (which oddly enough they were already set(?). i thought that holding in the reset button in the back until to the power button flashed would've reset to factory defaults, but it didn't..)
by the time I picked up the gs4 to see what was up, it was already connected.

reset yogabook, but cant setup again as im in china

so here i am in china, did a factory reset , pressed the setup in English and connected to the internet. now i cant get past that as china don't allow google to come in ha, so I'm stuck as what to do? any ideas on how to get round this would be good, i'd even put another operating stysem on it, but not that geeked up on how to do it. so i'd need a step by step process, i have a cable and pc . my sd card don't seem to work in it either , it worked at one point, but now it does not recognise. thanks for any suggestions

In order for someone to assist you get a working device (if that's even possible, I for one do not live or have any experience in China), you need to supply more information about your problem. Are you stuck in the installation process? Have you set up your device, but you can't download apps? Can you not boot your device, or any ROM you've tried?
The more detail you give, the quicker we'll be able to do what we can to help. Good luck =D

basically i did factory reset, i get to go to the first screen, (language set up) then the next screen which is internet connection (it wont let you continue without this as you have to verify the last google email address) then i just get a then i just get the 'checking info,,,' screen which just does not continue from, not even to put my email address in. it just stays on this screen until the battery dies. china bans anything do with google or facebook. so this is why it will not continue from there. i need a google free rom and how to install it please, sorry about late reply, the only time the image verification works is if i connect to a vpn, china is so rubbish for anything to do with the internet, slow speeds and even the captcha thing don't work unless you vpn first.

jarvis1975 said:
basically i did factory reset, i get to go to the first screen, (language set up) then the next screen which is internet connection (it wont let you continue without this as you have to verify the last google email address) then i just get a then i just get the 'checking info,,,' screen which just does not continue from, not even to put my email address in. it just stays on this screen until the battery dies. china bans anything do with google or facebook. so this is why it will not continue from there. i need a google free rom and how to install it please, sorry about late reply, the only time the image verification works is if i connect to a vpn, china is so rubbish for anything to do with the internet, slow speeds and even the captcha thing don't work unless you vpn first.
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From memory, I'm pretty sure when you first begin the installation setup thingo, there's a "skip" button down the bottom. Just double check, it may be further in the installation process, but it's worth a shot. That should bypass the need for a Google account.
Is it possible for you to use a VPN on a computer, and set up network sharing so that when you connect the tablet to your computer, it'll use that internet connection? I'm fairly certain it's possible.

nan0s7 said:
From memory, I'm pretty sure when you first begin the installation setup thingo, there's a "skip" button down the bottom. Just double check, it may be further in the installation process, but it's worth a shot. That should bypass the need for a Google account.
Is it possible for you to use a VPN on a computer, and set up network sharing so that when you connect the tablet to your computer, it'll use that internet connection? I'm fairly certain it's possible.
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yes you cant skip that bit, it is at the start, because you not allowed to skip the google log in bit as it was factory reset and had a previous account, will try the other method though, thankyou

jarvis1975 said:
yes you cant skip that bit, it is at the start, because you not allowed to skip the google log in bit as it was factory reset and had a previous account, will try the other method though, thankyou
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No problem. If you need help with anything else, feel free to ask.

Did you try not connect your Wifi in the first step on your yoga book? I had the same experience when initialing my Samsung S6 and did skip the google logging process by not giving the device the internet connection.

You have to be connected to Internet, won't let you proceed without doing so due to verifying your Gmail account,. What a nightmare ha

I imagine there are ways around the great firewall. Can you use a cellphone's data via a hotspot? Assuming you have service that isn't also blocked. Maybe you can configure your router to use a proxy. I have limited experience with Tor, but in your situation I'd be trying to configure an access point to route all traffic through Tor.

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I imagine there are ways around the great firewall. Can you use a cellphone's data via a hotspot? Assuming you have service that isn't also blocked. Maybe you can configure your router to use a proxy. I have limited experience with Tor, but in your situation I'd be trying to configure an access point to route all traffic through Tor.
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I'm no tech pro by a long shot, but know how to sidestep a few problems, all this networking confuses me, my router is in Chinese so understand that even less than anything. i will try and connect to my mobile phone through the vpn that is on it. . maybe i'm gonna have to admit defeat and take it to the tech pro's in the next town hahaha

Give your cellphone with a vpn a shot. Depending on your vpn's access to google, and if your phone routes hotspot data through the vpn. Short of that... Have you contacted google? Maybe they have a solution for customers in your situation. You'd think there would be easy work arounds. Tor would absolutely be the best avenue - if you could navigate your yoga books connection through it.

I'm in China. Here's what you can try if you haven't found anything else that works.
1. Download and install Lantern VPN (getlantern.org) on your PC.
2. Determine what your PC's IP address is by going to the command prompt and entering ipconfig /all. This works best if your PC has a static IP address as it therefore won't change if the PC restarts.
3. Right click on the Lantern shortcut and add -addr=IPADDRESS:8787 (where IPADDRESS is the IP address you found in step 2) to the shortcut target.
4. Run Lantern on your PC.
5. Connect your Yoga Book to the same wireless network as the PC, then in the Advanced settings section of the Wireless network settings enter in your PC's IP address as your proxy and 8787 as the port.
This should allow your Yoga Book to share the Lantern VPN connection with your PC and therefore get over the Great Firewall. If you get it set up correctly it will work - this is exactly what I used on my Yoga Book when starting it up and it worked just fine.

Kindle Fire HD 7 2nd generation.

When attempting to register the Kindle after de-registering it I continuously get an Unable to connect to Amazon error or information entered does not match error. Yet My phone receives a one time passcode message. It says its connected to wifi no matter which type I use. The wifi used and proximity to it does not seem to affect errors in any way. Is there any way I could possibly get it to work properly?

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When attempting to register the Kindle after de-registering it I continuously get an Unable to connect to Amazon error or information entered does not match error. Yet My phone receives a one time passcode message. It says its connected to wifi no matter which type I use. The wifi used and proximity to it does not seem to affect errors in any way. Is there any way I could possibly get it to work properly?
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Note: It can use the web and connect to bing and google, even amazon forum doesn't like to work for some reason though. So it has internet and can send a code but something isnt working and i dont know what.
Also went through amazon support, nothing they suggested worked so that's also a dead end.

I know I’m very late to this, but you need to enter your email address and then password, it’ll send your OTP.
Then you sign in with email and OTP - you don't put password in the 2nd time, only OTP