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With 4.2.2 I had no issues with wifi and can still go back to that version and have no issues, but with version 4.3 and 4.4 I have had and still have the following problem.
I have a list of known wifi connection points as well as available access points. Everything appears as it should, but the wifi will not automatically connect to any wifi (protected or unprotected/known or previously unknown) without first turning the wifi off and back on. Additionally, this only works if the persistent background wifi option is toggled off. If I do toggle the wifi on and off and connect to an available access point everything is fine so long as I remain in range and stay connected. If I go out of range and lose the connection, when I next reenter the range and the access point shows up on the list it will not connect unless wifi is cycled on and off. This happens every single day at work and home, although there is a workaround, it is quite annoying to have to cycle the wifi off and on. The networks will show as available and if I click on them and try to force it to connect, it still won't work unless I cycle on and off.
I have seen prior threads with this issue on 4.3 and there was a topic in the official Google issues page and was frankly hoping desperately that 4.4 would fix it, but alas, it has not. I know it is not the device itself since reverting back to 4.2.2 solves the problem.
Does anyone know of a permanent fix to this wifi issue that doesn't involve reverting to an older version of android or some kludged together solution?
Ya.. I have also been facing this problem since i have installed KitKat 4.4 on my i9300
Are you stock? Maybe try another ROM? I had the exact same problem, but my problem was my wifi AP.
1- My router was setup for a/b/g/n, I set it to only what I really had using the Wifi AP, which was g/n
2- I had a weird cable modem to router to Wifi AP setup. The router was handing out IPs, not the Wifi AP. I removed the router and only let the Wifi AP give IP addresses (DHCP). It seemed like the "further hops" away that the DHCP addresses were, the more issues i had with my Android connection.
No other devices on my network had these issues, but doing the above made a world of difference.
All that made my connections lightening quick, no issues at all since then.
odd Wifi behaviour
I got a refurbished delivered N10 last evening, came with 4.2.2, played with it a little, did a network benchmark test (FTP off a LAN NAS) and was getting comparable peformance to my other fastest system (a Thinkpad Ubuntu laptop). It seemed stable but I only used it for like an hour as 4.2.2. I was getting FTP of max 4MB/s over a N-router.
I then let it OTA to 4.3 and then played with it for some hours. Issue I found was the Wifi would work and then have "authentication problem" I had to turn Wifi off then on to make it connect to router. I've had that issue with other devices at times. I was thinking of staying on 4.3 to allow 4.4 to have another bugfix (its not been long out on N10) but I had a key issue for me (PPP Widget didn't work) so I did a stock 4.4. flash upgrade.
On 4.4. the Wifi speed is still fast, but periodically it just stops working, a glitch.
One key thing that stands out is the N10 is connecting at much higher Mbit speeds than any other of my devices, it is showing 130Mbits vs say 20-65Mbits on other devices. I'm wondering if my N10 is "too good" for my router an old low-spec refurbished model (Cisco E1200 v2, which I flashed to latest DD-WRT) ?
I'm not so far disappointed with network performance, just network stability, but I can't tell for sure if its the N10's fault or my router's fault. I'll play with settings a while til I find something stable.
When I first got my N10 I had a lot of trouble with wifi connection. Mostly authentication issues, or it would authenticate but not have internet access. It was frustrating, and Google's support was clueless.
I then tried using wireless tether from my N4 and it worked as it should. The issue ended up being the Arris router that Time Warner uses. I bought a Linksys router and have had 0 issues since. So if you're using an Arris router, or it shares the same chipset, that might be the issue.
The router is the Arris DG860.
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When I first got my N10 I had a lot of trouble with wifi connection. Mostly authentication issues, or it would authenticate but not have internet access. It was frustrating, and Google's support was clueless.
I then tried using wireless tether from my N4 and it worked as it should. The issue ended up being the Arris router that Time Warner uses. I bought a Linksys router and have had 0 issues since. So if you're using an Arris router, or it shares the same chipset, that might be the issue.
The router is the Arris DG860.
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Good anecdote.
Well in our house, the proliferation of gadgets has changed progressively to a large number, I make it 14 devices from an initial 2 devices 5 years ago. I count 4 wired and my 4 devices, my son's 2 and my daughter's 3 and my wife's 1. They all compete for router bandwidth, Wifi spectrum, router CPU / cache.
What I might do with this high-performance (capability and demand N10) is segment my network using an old G router I hard fix to non-overlapping channels from N-router, and connect the low-spec devices to the G and high-spec to the N. That will involve no $ and naturally reduce congestion. I run a NAS and download media to it and then stream to gadgets off NAS so I'm Wifi-limited often more than Internet-limited, and even tweaking I get 2MB-4MByte (16Mbit~32Mbit) off a NAS is making my typical LAN speed the same as the Internet bandwidth I buy (16Mbit).
My NEtbook (EEE 1015PN) if it ever felt a Wifi hiccup it would lock-out that frequency and so not see the router til I powered off netbook and remove battery.
I do wonder if some of the N10 Wifi complaints are really just generic or bad combinations with router or "straw that broke the camel's back".
I'm having wifi issues with my N10 as well. I had a few wifi issues at work, but not at home while using 4.3. Now with 4.4 I'm having serious wifi connection issues both at work and at home. In fact my N5 running 4.4.1 is having issues connecting to wifi both at work and at home. Not as often as my N10, but it still happens. I'm running stock on both and have no problem connecting to either network with my laptop.
I've installed wifi fixer, but so far it doesn't seem to be helping much. Does anyone have any suggestions on what might be done to fix this that doesn't involve rooting either device?
I'm now running 4.4.2, and I'm experiencing better wifi connectivity, but it still drops out more than it did on version 4.3. Is anyone else having this issue?
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I'm now running 4.4.2, and I'm experiencing better wifi connectivity, but it still drops out more than it did on version 4.3. Is anyone else having this issue?
Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk 4
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I'm in the same boat, more drops in 4.4.2 than on 4.3 and I'm running stock
same here...waiting for a fix
experiment with the router
metzner said:
same here...waiting for a fix
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Some of your problems might be just coincidence, something changed in your area around the same time as you upgraded. Some of these are just the wrinkles of firmware of device vs firmware of router, some combinations work bad and isn't really "fault" of Android in that you can't test every combination. You could wait for a fix from Android... or just try to avoid the wrinkle by changing settings on the router. A common thing is to move the router from auto to fixed channel and fix to 20mhz narrow. Go the place you mostly are with the N10 and use a Wifi analyser to find the least-congested channel and then set the router to that. What that does is reduce channel-hopping and gives less opportunity for firmware issues on both router and the Android device.
I also had a problem with my N7 when I moved house. The answer was to flash DD-WRT on my router and the problems went away.
So either wait+complain or go look at your router now.
Right now I have DD-WRT on an old refurbished Cisco E1200 and I set it to channel 3 with 20mhz and I got very good Wifi performance. With the stock Cisco firmware I was getting Android Wifi drops and poor performance. Yes, that's partly Android's fault but I fixed it myself quicker flashing firmware on the router.
I also took opportunity in DD-WRT to setup IPTABLES for a transparent proxy so all the devices in my LAN now share a large harddrive as http cache so e.g. any downloads from Play store for say my N4.... is cached to my N10 so I only ever download anything once.
If you have issues still with the N10, then what I find solves a lot of problem is do a stock flash of 4.4.2, on setup untick all the backup+restore from Google, then manually install and configure yourself to make it "vanilla". That often fixes accumulated wrinkles unique to your history of your device and places to more mainstream with less likely of having a unique problem. I do that on all my Android devices now (N4, N7, N10).
Similar wifi problems here
I've had similar issues with my N10.
I will have fast internet speeds (30+ Mbps) and it will just freeze. I'll be watching youtube and it will start buffering. Doing a speed test on my phone shows the speeds as normal. It makes no difference whether connected to 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz wifi.
I just resolved my WiFi issue this past weekend. Connectivity is rock solid
Here is what I did I.
Purchased my own cable modem/router. New router had updated firmware. time warner cable modem did not.
Change beacon interval from 100 to 20 on router and repeater.
Made sure router was on a less congested channel.
All is rock solid
YMMV
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I just resolved my WiFi issue this past weekend. Connectivity is rock solid
Here is what I did I.
Purchased my own cable modem/router. New router had updated firmware. time warner cable modem did not.
Change beacon interval from 100 to 20 on router and repeater.
Made sure router was on a less congested channel.
All is rock solid
YMMV
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Great! Often just tweaking settings can do wonders. I flashed DD-WRT on mine and it solved a lot of issues on an old low-spec router.
Hey Guys,
I posted this in General section but saw this so I will add this info:
I just want to share what and why I did it. First off I did not have problems with my wifi on 4.2.2 with the Nexus10. the second that I went to Slim Kat and Vanir 4.4.2 I had weak wifi signal at work and at home when my nexus 7 slim kat and my galaxy note 2 Vanir did not. I noticed that RAM was also weird on the nexus 10. Even though it showed 2gb of ram on the specs it was only showing 1099 on 4.4.2 when I show that I have 1647 ram available with 4.2.2.
Concerning the OS using Ram. Google said that they would make Kit Kat more RAM friendly but I was using 535mb of RAM for 4.4.2 and right now I am showing only 357.3 mb for 4.2.2. I am using the same apps launchers and screen savers
I just flashed back to 4.2.2 this morning so I will update later, I do see an improvement in the wifi though.
I just want to say that I love Slim Kat and that is why I am on the 4.2.2 I just think Google somehow hosed up the wifi on the Nexus 10.
B][/B] Ok so I am at work and have went back and forth between 4.4.2 and 4.2.2. the 4.4.2 connects and disconnects back and forth. When it does connect to router but it says poor connection and it is only 24mbps. "It drops way more than connected" I am 45 ft from router in an open environment.
The 4.2.2 Slim Kat has a fair connection with 78 Mbps and has not dropped once. So I don't know what the difference is with Kit Kat compared to Jelly Bean but for my nexus 10 my wifi is great now with Jelly Bean. I wish I could figure out why and fix but I do not know programming.
I also installed on both 4.4.2 and 4.2.2 a app called WiFi Connection Fixer *Root* by ZEXTR. It did not help 4.4.2 but it did help with 4.2.2. this app helps connect to poor connections or when Android says avoided poor connection.
I don't know why the Nexus 10 is having issues with wifi with KitKat but I wish I could fix it. So I will be on 4.2.2 until a new version comes out and I will test it to see if it fixed it.
update; I have used 4.2.2 all day with the wifi connection fixer and I have not dropped wifi once and the download speed is fast. It is much faster than what 4.4.2 was, at least on my tablet.
Joe
Nexus 10 4.4.3 WiFi Bottleneck Problem
Hello there everyone,
I just wanted to confirm that I personally found a fix on my end for my Nexus 10 WiFi bandwidth problem that was definitely evident for many people that upgraded from 4.4.2. First off, I'm totally stock. I will most likely root & ROM this thing in this near future. I was having a bottleneck on my Nexus 10 around ~2 mbps when I tested using the speedtest.net application (may not be the best measurement application but it works). I ended up fixing the problem by changing my router settings in the WiFi section of my browser based software to N/G Mixed instead of just Mixed (which allows 802.11a/b as well as 802.11g/n to run on the router's WiFi signal). I use DD-WRT on my router as well so that may have played a factor in it but I did NOT see an increase in bandwidth until making the N/G Mixed change in the settings. I found this suggestion earlier in the thread and wanted to give it some credit. Thanks everyone!
Compared to my Samsung devices it seems my nvidia shield TV has very weak WiFi. Even compared to my shield tablet. I keep getting disconnected to WiFi and sometimes it won't even connect. When it does connect I get about 1 to 2 bars showing on the grid. Anyone else have the same experience? I have requested an exchange on amazon so hopefully it's just my unit and this is not wide spread. My shield tablet has weak WiFi also but at least it doesn't disconnect.
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Compared to my Samsung devices it seems my nvidia shield TV has very weak WiFi. Even compared to my shield tablet. I keep getting disconnected to WiFi and sometimes it won't even connect. When it does connect I get about 1 to 2 bars showing on the grid. Anyone else have the same experience? I have requested an exchange on amazon so hopefully it's just my unit and this is not wide spread. My shield tablet has weak WiFi also but at least it doesn't disconnect.
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do you have a dual band router? i learned earlier today that my shield can barely see/cannot see my 5g network on certain channels. grab a wifi analyzer app on your phone, and change the channel of your wifi to something less congested in the router configuration, could help with a 2.4g network as well.
Yes I do have a dual band. Might give that a go and see what happens. Thanks for the advice.
And if you're using 2.4, you're usually best off using channel 1, 6 or 11
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And if you're using 2.4, you're usually best off using channel 1, 6 or 11
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Forgot to add that you should consider the placement of the shield vs your Samsung products. If its placed too close to other devices emitting rf or blocking the signal, you'll have problems.
I haven't gotten a chance to mess with the channels yet since it started working again, although have not tested speed yet. Been reading some reviews on Amazon that also mentions connection issues.
Started acting up again. Changing channel did not help. I just got my replacement so I will try this out for a few days to see how it goes.
Dear all,
I own an Shield TV (first generation 500gb).
Starting the console today I'm wondering as there's no wifi connection.
Checking the network settings I notice that wifi seems to be disabled. I have no idea why resp. how this could happen.
I did nothing that could be the reason for that.
Now I am wondering how I can enable wifi as it is - also bluetooth - disabled.
I read about ES File Manager to be able to enable Wifi/BT but did not manage to do so.
Additionally I tested the app "Smart Quick Settings" but after enabling wifi it directly is disabled again (automatically).
Anyone here who can help me on that issue ?
Thx in advance & kind regards,
Markus
I have the exact same issue on my shield TV as of today, so far the wifi appears to be completely broken.
Very unhappy.
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houseaddict said:
I have the exact same issue on my shield TV as of today, so far the wifi appears to be completely broken.
Very unhappy.
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My controllers work ok though, so surely the BT is ok?
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I deleted my network, couldn't get it to detect a new one. Rebooted, still same. Walked away for an hour.
Came back, wifi is there...
Sorry if that's no help.
Check date and time. Sometimes if the router is set with wrong time, the shield will get it and won't let you connect to internet.
Hey all. I am having the same issue and I see what is causing the problem. The shield is broadcasting the WIFI Direct SSID used for the controllers on the same channel my wireless router is using and it is causing a massive amount of interference. I do not think this(the poor signal quality) was intended by Nvidia as I have read articles about WIFI direct that suggest it should not interfere with the wireless AP but the fact of the matter is it does. I have searched their forums looking for a solution and I have not found one nor seen any effort by Nvidia to correct the issue. Just to get the normal response troubleshooting out of the way, I will list what I found in testing.
Here is what I have done so far to test this:
I am using 5Ghz currently. I have changed the channel to every channel my router supports. The WIFI direct signal follows.
I have tested by switching my shield over to 2.4ghz. The WIFI direct signal follows.
From this I know the system is programmed to use whatever WIFI signal the shield is also connected to for internet. It will always overlap.
I used WIFI analyzer on a tablet to watch this behavior. It is very easy to see the signal quality of whatever channel you are on degrade when the shield is turned on. When I turn the shield off, the signal quality of my WIFI network is fine. The app uses a 10 star rating when evaluating signal quality and my channel drops to 4 stars when the shield is on and is a 10 while it is off.
The problem I am looking for help with is the fact that the shield is unusable on the WIFI for anything that needs the network. Gamestream is one of its main selling points and it unusable while on WIFI. It constantly pops up a message stating high packet loss and games hiccup/freeze often. Streaming video is the same. In other forums I have found viable workarounds like network power adapters or using a wired controller instead of the Shield controllers but I am wondering if there is a way to just force the WIFI direct on the shield to use a different channel. Is there an app or secret setting in Android that would allow me to control this feature? Putting it on a totally different channel would in my mind be the easiest way to solve this problem and it baffles me that Nvidia has not already built a setting into the Shield's OS to do it with all of the complaints online about the wireless on this device. Maybe it is just not possible. Let me know if you find something. I will be looking as well.
Seeing similar behaviour - My Shield is showing a "DIRECT-" SSID and whenever this is visible my WiFi drops to unusable state.
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Hey all. I am having the same issue and I see what is causing the problem. The shield is broadcasting the WIFI Direct SSID used for the controllers on the same channel my wireless router is using and it is causing a massive amount of interference. I do not think this(the poor signal quality) was intended by Nvidia as I have read articles about WIFI direct that suggest it should not interfere with the wireless AP but the fact of the matter is it does. I have searched their forums looking for a solution and I have not found one nor seen any effort by Nvidia to correct the issue. Just to get the normal response troubleshooting out of the way, I will list what I found in testing.
Here is what I have done so far to test this:
I am using 5Ghz currently. I have changed the channel to every channel my router supports. The WIFI direct signal follows.
I have tested by switching my shield over to 2.4ghz. The WIFI direct signal follows.
From this I know the system is programmed to use whatever WIFI signal the shield is also connected to for internet. It will always overlap.
I used WIFI analyzer on a tablet to watch this behavior. It is very easy to see the signal quality of whatever channel you are on degrade when the shield is turned on. When I turn the shield off, the signal quality of my WIFI network is fine. The app uses a 10 star rating when evaluating signal quality and my channel drops to 4 stars when the shield is on and is a 10 while it is off.
The problem I am looking for help with is the fact that the shield is unusable on the WIFI for anything that needs the network. Gamestream is one of its main selling points and it unusable while on WIFI. It constantly pops up a message stating high packet loss and games hiccup/freeze often. Streaming video is the same. In other forums I have found viable workarounds like network power adapters or using a wired controller instead of the Shield controllers but I am wondering if there is a way to just force the WIFI direct on the shield to use a different channel. Is there an app or secret setting in Android that would allow me to control this feature? Putting it on a totally different channel would in my mind be the easiest way to solve this problem and it baffles me that Nvidia has not already built a setting into the Shield's OS to do it with all of the complaints online about the wireless on this device. Maybe it is just not possible. Let me know if you find something. I will be looking as well.
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Same problem, ShieldTV uses the same 5g channel as my home router. I want to know how to turn off wifi on the Shield TV.
My power went out today, and now it has no wifi options at all. I can't believe no one has figured this out here after a year!
And after almost three years, I'm still struggling with this problem.
Whenever the Wifi direct SSID comes up, I can't properly stream video content anymore from my Nas.
Is there no solution / workaround for this?
Use macrodroid app ti disable WiFi and bluetooth on startup
sbardy said:
Use macrodroid app ti disable WiFi and bluetooth on startup
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That's not an option. I'm streaming media through the WiFi signal from my Nas to the Shield. I only want to get rid of that interfering WiFi direct signal the Shield is emitting.
sbardy said:
Use macrodroid app ti disable WiFi and bluetooth on startup
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Have you tried this or just assumed? It did not work for me. Do you need to root it? Please share your settings. Thanks
Android O has created wifi drop issues with the Nexus player
Really? How?
All of a sudden mine does not see my 5Ghz channel.
On both of mine with the so called 'stable' final release of oreo they are now paperweights... wifi is flakey and regularly drops mainly when connected to my asus (funny considering its a asus product) router.
Also when that's happening it half crashes the wifi on the router until both units are unplugged... have tried wiping both players and the router and it persists.
If this isn't fixed in a update (that ill have to sideload) i got paperweights unless i use otg eithernet adapters.
Not exactly the QC I had hoped to get from google
Edit: Confirmed that it works perfectly via the old usb2 apple eithernet adapter
FYI here are network adapters that i can confirm work.. Apple® USB Ethernet Adapter (MC704LL/A) and D-Link DUB-E100
Even in beta and stable the same problem. After reboot it loses wifi and I have to insert password again
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Even in beta and stable the same problem. After reboot it loses wifi and I have to insert password again
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I just upgraded to Oreo and i am having the same issue. My 5ghz APs are no longer visible to the Nexus Player.
I rebooted the routers and factory reset the NP, but it will no longer work with 5ghz. The 2.4ghz works, but the speeds are slower and it buffers with some videos.
Anyone figure this out? The version 8.0.0.
Hoping for a fix so i don't have to rollback.
hmmm...didnt think that buffering problem is because of wifi ...same thing here..
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On both of mine with the so called 'stable' final release of oreo they are now paperweights... wifi is flakey and regularly drops mainly when connected to my asus (funny considering its a asus product) router.
Also when that's happening it half crashes the wifi on the router until both units are unplugged... have tried wiping both players and the router and it persists.
If this isn't fixed in a update (that ill have to sideload) i got paperweights unless i use otg eithernet adapters.
Not exactly the QC I had hoped to get from google
Edit: Confirmed that it works perfectly via the old usb2 apple eithernet adapter
FYI here are network adapters that i can confirm work.. Apple® USB Ethernet Adapter (MC704LL/A) and D-Link DUB-E100
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hello
internet is better with adapter?can you post some speedtest ss?
one of these will do the job?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1pc-Micro-...720236?hash=item3d23ce2fac:g:ulsAAOSwaB5XvqrH
I actually experienced the exactly same thing recently right after my nexus player updated itself to 8.0. Nexus drop WiFi and can’t find 5ghz. I read many posts related and many solutions. I tried to clear cliche data, stop wps option in my modem/router, because it would randomly assigned new passwords. I change Lan to ipv4 only then enabled ipv6 back since I noticed it was not the reason....still WiFi dropped now and then. I have to restart my modem painfully and irritated. Till today I read something about frequency of 5ghz may relate to this. I found my 5ghz is fixed channel then I changed it to “auto” as 2.4ghz. After rebooting the modem, Wala, everything works. The voice search function works too with high speed internet.
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I actually experienced the exactly same thing recently right after my nexus player updated itself to 8.0. Nexus drop WiFi and can’t find 5ghz. I read many posts related and many solutions. I tried to clear cliche data, stop wps option in my modem/router, because it would randomly assigned new passwords. I change Lan to ipv4 only then enabled ipv6 back since I noticed it was not the reason....still WiFi dropped now and then. I have to restart my modem painfully and irritated. Till today I read something about frequency of 5ghz may relate to this. I found my 5ghz is fixed channel then I changed it to “auto” as 2.4ghz. After rebooting the modem, Wala, everything works. The voice search function works too with high speed internet.
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I don't think you understand. The problem is the 5ghz wifi no longer works. Your "solution" was already mentioned above. That isn't a solution, the 5ghz wifi still doesn't work after the upgrade.
I am considering downgrading since they aren't any help. The video buffering because i am using 2.4ghz wifi isn't acceptable.
I have the same problem as the original post. After Oreo update, Player can see 5GHz Wifi, but it will drop out once in a while, randomly. Usually it seems to re-connect in a few seconds, but it is already too late and the playback is paused (very annoying). My router is running DD-WRT.
Is there a known fix or work-around for this problem yet, other than side-loading a lower version?
Thx
I am suffering this same issue and the remote is laggy. It started after the Oreo update. I also saw 500 Mbps bouncing around my LAN. At points my AC access points were shutting down. That all had quit, but the wifi issues remain. I do see 5ghz and 2.4, but often get, "WiFi has no internet connection" and streaming quits.
I contacted Google this afternoon, was transferred, no freaking joke, 7 times. They then just referred me to Asus, and refused any further support.
Google has fallen a long way in a very short amount of time. Their support is now abysmal, and all off shore.
Came here looking for this, it can see and connect to 5ghz but both are in and out and video is stuttering. Anyone have a recommended lower version? Or can someone suggest another box that has good bluetooth audio output?
So I may have come across something that may help someone else out as well...
Recently (as in less than 15 days) purchased a oneplus 8 pro from oneplus.com. When I first got it it was on android 10 and I was not able to connect to either my 2.4ghz wifi or my 5ghz wifi using WPA2. I had a oneplus 7 pro previously that still connects without issue. I had read elsewhere that the open beta was better so I tried that and it indeed was better but sometimes though I was connected to the wifi, no traffic would travel over the network and it would stall to the point that the only way I could do anything internet or network related was to go to my cellular data. I did the 'device mac' as opposed to random mac and that helped for a brief time however that even cause the same stall/lack of response issues.
Since I don't have much for 5g cellular where I am, I changed it to only look for 4g....still no improvement. On a whim, I disabled any and all security on my 5ghz wifi and low and behold I could connect. I wasn't about to leave either of my wifi networks wide open but also remembered the network I connect at work is also not wpa or any sort of protection so theres a hint as to how to 'fix' these issues. I then read someone about the possibility of having special characters in your wifi password can cause issues. I removed the ! in my old wifi password so it is now alpha numeric and have had no issues with my 5ghz wifi network. I have been able to stay connected with my 5ghz wifi WHILE bluetooth has also been abled and the speeds are roughly normal.
Try at your own risk but in summary:
1. upgrade to the open beta 2
2. disable 5g cellular connections
3. connect to your 5g wifi and make sure the password has no special characters in it as well as use device mac NOT randomized mac
4. perhaps success
With all the above being said, I do still intend on sending this phone back in hopes that I got a dud unit but I'll admit seeing these results makes me feel like its more of a software issue and certain incompatibilities with certain routers.
Just dropping what info I have discovered in hopes it helps someone out there...I would not normally endorse using NO password on wifi or a weak password, but for this phone it may be a requirement at least until the updates can come into play.
Thanks,
E|
I am backing everything up to go to Android 11 tonight, and I switched to a new WPA2/WPA3 router here, but my password has no special characters.
On Android 10, complete nogo, as using WiFi calling with a BT headset on 5ghz slows the network down so much, the other person can't hear you (no upload bandwidth).
I'll let you know how Android 11, OB2 works out for me.
If there are issues, I am going back to the OnePlus 7 Pro and selling the OP8 Pro.
Since I have not been using WiFi, I blew through 55Gb of data this month already so am subject to throttling, thanks OP8 Pro
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I am backing everything up to go to Android 11 tonight, and I switched to a new WPA2/WPA3 router here, but my password has no special characters.
On Android 10, complete nogo, as using WiFi calling with a BT headset on 5ghz slows the network down so much, the other person can't hear you (no upload bandwidth).
I'll let you know how Android 11, OB2 works out for me.
If there are issues, I am going back to the OnePlus 7 Pro and selling the OP8 Pro.
Since I have not been using WiFi, I blew through 55Gb of data this month already so am subject to throttling, thanks OP8 Pro
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You could try om a different router of someone else to pin point out if it's your router yes or no.
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I did upgrade to OB2 a few days ago and wifi is generally better. But VOWiFi never works with a bluetooth headset - the other person can never hear me.
Also when streaming over WiFi the connection drops or stalls and causes rebuffering. I have confirmed these behaviors with 3 different routers.
Can anyone on TMobile (USA) confirm working VOWiFi while using a bluetooth headset?
Also 4G and 5G speeds slow down when on a call using bluetooth.
Maybe this is all due to qualcomm 865 chipset issues as the galaxy S20 users are having similar issues?
I had faced lots of stability and speed issues on the 5gz band. Received the OS11 update today and my issues seem to be resolved. So far the 5gz connection has been very stable, lightening fast speeds.