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One solution to Android Wifi "Error" or "Turning on..."

Hello everyone,
I found the solution on another forum (GalaxyTDM's post) and I wanted to share it over here because it's a PITA.
Symptoms:
1. None of the wifi toggle buttons work to turn on wifi.
2. When examining the wifi settings, the status will show either "Error" or "Turning on..."
3. If it sits on "Turning on..." for any longer that 2 minutes, it will probably stay in that state.
4. If it changes to status of "Error," it may work after several times attempting to turn it back on from the settings screen.
Apparent cause:
1. Memory is low on the device. Examining the RAM Manager, one can see less than about 45MB free of memory. This apparently is preventing the wifi from starting. Either that, or there is some other program or setting that has crept in and needs to be killed.
I found this to be the case on my device, memory was hovering at about 40MB free and wifi was sitting on status "Turning on..."
Solution:
1. Go into the RAM Manager and do a level 1 clear of the memory. If that doesn't do it, do a level 2 clear.
After I did a level 2 clear, about 80MB of memory was freed and wifi immediately connected and I saw the icon on the status bar.
Hope this helps.
Android 2.2.1
Galaxy S
Best,
Christopher

Thanks Dude...
had same problem in my xperia x10 mini pro... running custom cm7 v16... nw okie..

Same issue, but i have 370mb of internal mem avail.
(Sprint Htc Evo) I have tried the revolutionary meth. followed steps, manually flashed, due to boot loader stating that S-On, i have superuser app, retried with same problems, but anyways that's another problem I am working on solving.
I have had the WiFi Error problem since I first tried to root a few days ago, I am going to attempt to download and install ram manager via usb. But like i stated i have 370 mb of internal memory available. Any other ideas or solutions?

Not Working
Non of it working . Everytime i need to restart my phone if i want to turn on the wifi back.

had a similar issue....always wondered what the problem was

Yes!
I have a Galaxy S (T-Mobile Vibrant) running 2.2 and it worked for me. Memory was at 45 MB. I cleaned up about 20 MB and tried again. It worked. Thanks!

I solved my wi-fi error problem by flashing EZGINGERBREAD ROM.
Old G1 dream
EASY !

Same problem GS2
dirtyrob said:
(Sprint Htc Evo) I have tried the revolutionary meth. followed steps, manually flashed, due to boot loader stating that S-On, i have superuser app, retried with same problems, but anyways that's another problem I am working on solving.
I have had the WiFi Error problem since I first tried to root a few days ago, I am going to attempt to download and install ram manager via usb. But like i stated i have 370 mb of internal memory available. Any other ideas or solutions?
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Same issue, 700mb free on Galaxy S2. Have tried multiple ROM's incl. CM7 [2.3?],Slim [4.0.4],MIUI [4.0.3], all with the same problem. WIFI continuously says "Turning on....".
The only other 'USEFUL' piece of info I've found on this is a changing a mac address on a blade phone thread saying "data/misc/wifi folder you have a file called athSavedEeprom.bin" I have no such folder or file which may be a problem.

tks
thanks. useful info.

Hi guys.
Ik don't own a SII, so IDK if this works for you also.
Open your dialer and type *#*#526#*#*
Your phone will go into Engineering Mode and reload the driver.
Apologies if this is old news, but it does the trick for me !

coby kyros mid 7010 wiFi network connection problem
Dear All,
I'm new here. please advice me. i needed your help. i got coby kyros mid 7010, which was gifted to me by my brother. it is working fine. but the only problem is wifi connection. when i try connecting to a working wireless network connection, it keep on tying and then disconnecting. but the same connection is working with my laptop. please help me what to do....
Thanks in advance

I usually click wifi off, wait for a couple of seconds and try again and that solves the problem.

Is there any other way to fix WiFi error issues? I have a Vodafone Smart Tab 7 / ZTE 71A.
It was working fine with CM10 port, but then I tried to flash Paranoid Android Jellybean which failed to boot; so I rolled back to CM10 however it appears WiFi has stopped working.
It gets stuck on "turning on...", and would crash/reboot the tablet sometimes, or just give the "Error" message...
I have tried recovering back to standard and also flashing back to stock ROM however still no luck!

It normally gives that when it can't see the wireless card, first check if blue tooth works, the wireless and bluetooth are normally bundled together.
If it does work thenstart from fresh, wipe everything apart from the sd card and installed a recommended rom, fingers crossed that'll sort out any software issues.
I had this exact problem on my old DHD, the problem was I dropped it and the wifi antennas popped off.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

thnkx
Sent from my GT-I9100G

Thanks Cristobalmiguelo, I had this problem on my old phone. Sometimes after long use of the phone I couldn't connect to wifi and as you wrote, it stayed forever on "Connecting". Restart always helped and in fact, that phone had only 256MB RAM and I always had hust around 30MB free.

also have wifi error
i have the same problem on an att samsung rugby smart since i installed updated kernel and when i go into wlan test it says noset driver loaded and everything fails on the status i wish i could redo my phone to out of box state

thanks For Share :good:

i have the same problem with my samsung s2, it's showing error when access portable wifi hotspot, i have just wipe dalvik cache and wipe cache partition but it doesn't work, any idea please ? :crying:

Kernel Issue?
I believe this can be a kernel issue as well. I just came across this issue after flashing a new kernel. Flashed old kernel. All seems fine.

Wifi Turning on Stuck

UPDATE - Problem sorted via philos64 thread at the top...
Should've tried that 1st, but posted here hoping someone would confirm that was the route to take, as it wasn't actually bricked... Never mind, all done..
Why??? Was out earlier so I turned my wi-fi off and my mobile on and everything was working fine..
When I got home, I turned the mobile off and tried to turn wifi back on, but it is hanging on 'Turning wifi On.'
Tried rebooted the tablet a few times and rebooting the router, (BT HomeHub 3), but still the same problem.
This N7 is rooted and running 4.2.2.
When I look at the Advanced Wifi the MAC and IP address are unavailable.
When I go into Wifi Analyzer it says the wifi needs to be turned on and tries but gets same hang and retries...
On the left of the analyzer it shows my Wifi ID with a mac address underneath with a yellow triangle and 'No Signal!' in red.
The wifi from the router is working as my phone is connected via wifi.
Any ideas please people ???
:crying:

going for the post with the most views and zero replies is not on my bucket list... So I'm going to reply to myself..
An Update....
The problem is still there, so I went into bootloader - recovery mode....Then I went into Android system Recovery.
I selected cache then wipe dta/factory reset.. Reboot then starts tablet as new with the unlocked symbol, then goes through the initial setup. Select language, then it does Select wifi and displays 'Turning on wifi'.. Hung...
Would flashing it via Nexus root toolkit sort out then problem... If so, any clues what flash and how...
If it wouldn't fix it... Is the tablet now bricked??
Please answer someone if you know..
Cheers

There have been several posts about wi-fi problems if the outer shell of the N7 is separated and not fully locked in. A loose or separated shell can cause a disconnect in the wi-fi antenna. Check for any separation and maybe squeeze the front and back together all the way around the outer edge.

I did read them and a lot of other threads but they were mainly to do with wi-fi looping and not connecting.... I couldn't find any other post regarding just 'turning it on'.... And seeing as it's sorted with just a flash of the stock rom, I can safely assume this problem had nothing to do with hardware...
Hence why I was surprised I was the only 1 with this 'type' of prob.... (but I didn't read every post so I may have missed one).

Same problem too
filking said:
I did read them and a lot of other threads but they were mainly to do with wi-fi looping and not connecting.... I couldn't find any other post regarding just 'turning it on'.... And seeing as it's sorted with just a flash of the stock rom, I can safely assume this problem had nothing to do with hardware...
Hence why I was surprised I was the only 1 with this 'type' of prob.... (but I didn't read every post so I may have missed one).
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im experiencing the same thing. im using Samsung galaxy S4 i9505 LTE and on android 4.3/ rooted Baseband i9505XXUEMJ5. it happened when i was trying to erase all the bloatware on my phone using Trulyclean by schoolsux. after i flashed the script i started having this problem.so far ive tried to do a factory reset by using custom recovery, tried to download the modem fix and flashed it through odin and do the advanced settings on wifi and uncheck the auto network switch. The problem that i have is yes it say "connecting" for 2-3 minutes then it gives you a list of possible wifi connections and then you connect. another 2-3 minutes then it wont connect. repeat the steps and now i can connect, then if you turn off the wifi you will have to go through the whole process again. it doesnt save any wifi connections you have connected before. there are 2 other ways i havnt tried yet and that is to flash a different kernel. a custom kernel and reflashing my phone again with the android 4.3 then root:laugh: for the nth time already:fingers-crossed:

hammerthumbs said:
im experiencing the same thing. im using Samsung galaxy S4 i9505 LTE and on android 4.3/ rooted Baseband i9505XXUEMJ5. it happened when i was trying to erase all the bloatware on my phone using Trulyclean by schoolsux. after i flashed the script i started having this problem.so far ive tried to do a factory reset by using custom recovery, tried to download the modem fix and flashed it through odin and do the advanced settings on wifi and uncheck the auto network switch. The problem that i have is yes it say "connecting" for 2-3 minutes then it gives you a list of possible wifi connections and then you connect. another 2-3 minutes then it wont connect. repeat the steps and now i can connect, then if you turn off the wifi you will have to go through the whole process again. it doesnt save any wifi connections you have connected before. there are 2 other ways i havnt tried yet and that is to flash a different kernel. a custom kernel and reflashing my phone again with the android 4.3 then root:laugh: for the nth time already:fingers-crossed:
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i have same issue with htc one x, my wifi doesn't wan't to turn on. it stuck on "turning on...", i tried to flash different roms, etc, now i think about flashing kernel, did you do that? did it help?

Same problem on N4
Have had the exact same problem not once but twice. One day it works perfectly fine. Next day, it just stops at turning on process.
On my N4 the 4.2 was working fine. Along comes the 4.3 OTA update and the wifi stops working. Does not startup or show the mac addr either.
Did factory reset, wipe cache and even reflash binary from google stock images. No relief.
One day, the wife using gmaps started the gps location service and pop the wifi started,
Now after the 4.4 OTA all seemed to work well till yesterday and pop the wifi breaks down. the earlier trick of gmaps does not seem to work. I think one of the google apps update is breaking this.
After rebooting also, the device seems to remember the wifi state and tries to read the previous history and restore for the startup. And that is killing.
Any idea how to debug this or to wipe the wifi logs or to manually start the wifi/bluetooth radio.. ya athe bluetooth is also stuck.
Thanks guys in advance

Where is the fix?
filking said:
UPDATE - Problem sorted via philos64 thread at the top...
Should've tried that 1st, but posted here hoping someone would confirm that was the route to take, as it wasn't actually bricked... Never mind, all done..
Why??? Was out earlier so I turned my wi-fi off and my mobile on and everything was working fine..
When I got home, I turned the mobile off and tried to turn wifi back on, but it is hanging on 'Turning wifi On.'
Tried rebooted the tablet a few times and rebooting the router, (BT HomeHub 3), but still the same problem.
This N7 is rooted and running 4.2.2.
When I look at the Advanced Wifi the MAC and IP address are unavailable.
When I go into Wifi Analyzer it says the wifi needs to be turned on and tries but gets same hang and retries...
On the left of the analyzer it shows my Wifi ID with a mac address underneath with a yellow triangle and 'No Signal!' in red.
The wifi from the router is working as my phone is connected via wifi.
Any ideas please people ???
:crying:
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Hi Can you please send a link for the solution? i am still stuck with "wifi turning on" screen and cant seem to bypass it. No matter what Stock image i flash through Wug Toolkit.

i have got the same wifi errorrigictsi vanished
initially i had loaded my explorer with fly rom and everything waas working except the internal memory. i'm not even able to download at least an app and then i tried bulletsense rom for increasing the internal memory of my explorer. it's successful, and the memory increased. From there onwards, the problem started. the wifi first said error... but after reboot, it's all the time saying "turning on"..
by typing "ifconfing twlan0" it said no devices found... so i thought it might be some driver error. coueld any one port some other drivers to the below rom so that i can have both internal memory and wifi...
link to bulletsense rom ///d-h.st/xFr//// ( add https before /xxxx/)
here is a screenshot of it...///bit.ly/MMSeam///
any one please help me on this and give me a chance to raise your thanks meter...
sorry that i'm newbie and not allowed to post links.

Hey guys.. I faced similar issue in my AMOI 820 based Indian local device Micromax (rooted + custom kernal)
I fixed this stuck wifi problem by uninstalling Google apps in system by removing them using Titanium back up + and again installing them from playstore if needed.. Hangouts(in my case) if it's a system app after getting updated is the culprit .. Try removing it and reboot and test it yourself..

guess it working now!!
I was going crazy about this stuck wifi issue!!
I tried everything!! I found on the advance panel on the wifi
That the MAC address and the IP address is unavailble.
After many tries i think i fixed it!! Using:
Busybox and MacMan
MacMan changed my MAC address and now the wifi is no longer stuck!!!! Hope it will help you too. Peace

yurashi# said:
I was going crazy about this stuck wifi issue!!
I tried everything!! I found on the advance panel on the wifi
That the MAC address and the IP address is unavailble.
After many tries i think i fixed it!! Using:
Busybox and MacMan
MacMan changed my MAC address and now the wifi is no longer stuck!!!! Hope it will help you too. Peace
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I have same problem on my nexus 5,
But macman is not working.
Any other solutions

wifi turning on problem
i have a xperia sola mobile ..
wifi is does not work ..please help
when touch the wifi option then it does not turning on ..

Wi-Fi doesn't work till reboot, not able to route

I am having this issue and really need help. I am running Paranoid Android 2.16 on my nexus 7.
The device is connected to wi-fi network, and I am routing fine. Yet, all of a sudden, I am not able to route with any browser.
I reboot the device, and after that wi-fi works perfectly and I am able to route.
This happens with any wi-fi network that I have tried.
The reboot solves this issue, yet i an tired of constantly rebooting.
Please help me solve this issue.

Upgrade to Paranoid Android 3.6 would be the first step I would perform to troubleshoot this problem.

[Q] Error when turning on portable Wi-Fi hotspot

Why does there always keep being an error when I try to turn the portable hotspot on? It just says Error when I turn it on and stays off. It works again when I restart the phone. It's really annoying when I keep having to restart the phone every time I want to turn the portable WiFi hotspot on. What's causing this error and is it possible to fix without having to restart the phone?

vpwrf said:
Why does there always keep being an error when I try to turn the portable hotspot on? It just says Error when I turn it on and stays off. It works again when I restart the phone. It's really annoying when I keep having to restart the phone every time I want to turn the portable WiFi hotspot on. What's causing this error and is it possible to fix without having to restart the phone?
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Is this a carrier branded phone? I have the I9505G on AT&T and I can turn on and off the WiFi Hotspot without a problem (Even though I'm not paying for the plan, it must be skipping the entitlement check.)

My phone is a SIM free UK phone on 3's The One Plan that allows tethering. It just immediately disables the hotspot when I enable it and says Error when I go into the hotspot settings. Video: https://i.site647.com/SCR_20131005_161447.mp4

Did you managed to fix this?

vpwrf said:
Why does there always keep being an error when I try to turn the portable hotspot on? It just says Error when I turn it on and stays off. It works again when I restart the phone. It's really annoying when I keep having to restart the phone every time I want to turn the portable WiFi hotspot on. What's causing this error and is it possible to fix without having to restart the phone?
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Can you turn on WiFi only ? My Hotspot behaved exactly the same/
I could not do so either on a modified TW, but it turned out to be I flashed wrong kernel version. Flashed correct KT kernel and WiFi and hotspot came back.

SVLAN said:
Did you managed to fix this?
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No. I don't know whether or not it's an app I have or what that causes it to stop working until I restart the phone.
gaww said:
Can you turn on WiFi only ? My Hotspot behaved exactly the same/
I could not do so either on a modified TW, but it turned out to be I flashed wrong kernel version. Flashed correct KT kernel and WiFi and hotspot came back.
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I don't have any problems with normal WiFi. It's just the hotspot that I have problems with. I am using rooted stock ROM and kernel. Android 4.2.2 and firmware build number JDQ39.I9505XXUBMGA

vpwrf said:
No. I don't know whether or not it's an app I have or what that causes it to stop working until I restart the phone.
I don't have any problems with normal WiFi. It's just the hotspot that I have problems with. I am using rooted stock ROM and kernel. Android 4.2.2 and firmware build number JDQ39.I9505XXUBMGA
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Maybe try wiping \system and reflashing the ROM. Only take a few minutes and may clear it up.

Very easy. You just have to turn on your mobile data before turning on the HotSpot, idk why does that happen, but I was really annoyed by that consequence before. I found a way and I hope it works for everyone too.

The solution that worked for me was
1. Turn on HotSPot
2. And then turn on Mobile Data
If mobile data is already on and then you try to turn on hotspot is when the error occurs.

I also have this problem on ASUS Zenfone Max Pro M1 non-root and non-modified. I have logcat reader installed on so I have so many logcat on this hotspot error (and hundred thousand of lines). I boot my phone on safe mode and the problem does not suffice so I made a conclusion that third party is the culprit and while also that may be the case, pie update might also the cause of it since I found bunch of system error on recovery mode.
Edit: The cause was on ASUS, they broke their root integrity with Pie update.

i need help wifi in my MIA1 weird !!

i dont have idea for wifi in my device cause is weird .
when i connect to wifi suddenly speed decreased can not even open youtube, all connected to wifi cant access anything. and when I turn off wifi on my smartphone all connections run smoothly again.
I feel weird all the things I have done flash full rom and root again only lasted 1 day. what causes it from root? my mia1 is already rooted and installed subtratum and there is both adaway and fontfix .
downgrade upgrade is not work when i root again its happen again .

sipers_ said:
i dont have idea for wifi in my device cause is weird .
when i connect to wifi suddenly speed decreased can not even open youtube, all connected to wifi cant access anything. and when I turn off wifi on my smartphone all connections run smoothly again.
I feel weird all the things I have done flash full rom and root again only lasted 1 day. what causes it from root? my mia1 is already rooted and installed subtratum and there is both adaway and fontfix .
downgrade upgrade is not work when i root again its happen again .
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Don't remember the thread where they were talking about this, but you should try the root process with disabled wifi.
After rooting you can turn it back on and it should work normally.

coremania said:
Don't remember the thread where they were talking about this, but you should try the root process with disabled wifi.
After rooting you can turn it back on and it should work normally.
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root with disabled wifi ? im root with twrp .
so before rooted first disabled wifi or turn off wifi .
and than rooted again ?
like this ?

I would do a clean install, setup the phone, turn wifi off, flash TWRP and magisk, turn back on wifi.

coremania said:
I would do a clean install, setup the phone, turn wifi off, flash TWRP and magisk, turn back on wifi.
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is work ? ok i try to flash again and disable wifi befor root . thanks for sharing