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Not sure why cannot get connected to wifi since day 1

Hi Friends,
Hope you could help. I have a X1 and I been trying to get it connected to my DIR-655 thru wifi with no avail. Surprisingly, I have 2 wifi network at home and it could get connected to the other one. I am sure it is not a router issue as my iPhone could connect to it using same login settings. Both my wifi routers are on WPA2. This is really puzzling me.
Cheers and thanks,

I have trouble with WPA2 security as well. WEP works just fine, though.

Sfkn2 said:
I have trouble with WPA2 security as well. WEP works just fine, though.
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But the thing is it is working with WPA2 with my other router. Very strange.

I have the same issue. Can't connect to my wi-fi router at home, though have no trouble to access others. Or better to say I get connected, but internet is working either too slow and too short, or not working at all.

I did have this issue when I gott my X1,
after a few days I unplugged the router for 2 mins and plugged back in, then waited until it started up and tried to connnect and it worked.
dont know why it worked it just did so maybe it will help you?

Have you tried logging on to your router, and allowing your X1's IP address.
Thats what i had to do on my netgear.

well, I've even arranged a static ip for the mac-adress of my x1, enabled DMZ for that ip, but still doesn't help.
I've pulled the plug of the router out many times so far, doesn't seem to help.

routers are basically rather small computers
their firmware have bugs
which is why the manufactures
put out firmware updates to fix those
newer wifi devices like phone of often give issues
with older routers with older firmware
updating firmware is pretty easy and can be downloaded from the manufactures site

yesterday I tried again and I don't why, but it is working now still a bit slow and some programs don't connect (QIP, SPb Online tv etc), but at least browsing works.
p.s. forgot about router firmware, gonna try it tomorrow.

WTF!?!? Wifi won't connect to home network

I am trying to connect to home wifi which I have done in the past but it is not connecting. I am getting:
"Obtaining IP Address..." "Disconnected" and that just loops
I am on my laptop connected to the same wifi network, I got on my wife's Vibrant and connected to the wifi, what is up w/ my phone?
What suggestions do you have, this is what I tried, I was even able to connect to neighbors open network:
restart phone, turn off, "forget network", toggle wifi on/off, plug in usb,

Your lease probably expired. Did you try restarting your router?

Never had to do that in the past, but I'll try it. Guess i'll go to sleep now, maybe it fixes itself tomorrow, if not, I'll restart the router and post back the results

what type of router have you got? I have the same problem with a Zyxel router. Can't find a solution to it. Google shows lots of problems with Zyxel and HTC.
If you find a solution to your problem can you post back so I can try it out. Cheers.

MAC address filtering enabled?

Yea I also had that issue but only on cyan base roms. Sense and MIUI never had that issue. Well anyways I fixed this by flashing a new rom
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Yeah I had the same problem, I just rebooted my router and it worked perfectly after that.

Reboot your router.If also not working,change you router's sig channel(1~12).

Help with fixing Wi-Fi

I have reached my wit's end trying to resolve my problems, so I'm posting here for ideas on fixing this, any input is appreciated!
When this started I was on stock, rooted, ICS 4.0.3 and had been for months. My wife has a nexus s with the same config and hers works fine.
Last week, my daughters sidekick 4G stopped having wi-fi internet connectivity. I turned her wi-fi off, then back on and it was fine and has been ever since. Later that night, my nexus did the same thing, the same procedure resolved it. Ever since then, my wi-fi will only work for 1-5 minutes after turning the wi-fi on. This is the only thing I can think of that changed that could have caused this. This was the first night we connected her sidekick to wi-fi.
The wifi symbol is up there, it'll be blue for up to half an hour, but won't have internet connectivity for long. One thing I noticed pretty quickly was that even though the grey wi-fi symbol is there, I can't access the router settings at 192.168.1.1 from the phone. I thought the grey wifi symbol still indicated I was connected to the router still, but it's not working. Each time this happens, I can turn wi-fi off, back on immediately and it'll work for 1-5 minutes. It appears that the more I constantly use it after turning it back on, it seems to maintain connectivity longer.
Last weekend, just after these issues started, I visited my sister and my phone operated on her wi-fi all weekend just fine.
When I came back home, my problems started immediately.
Here's what I've tried in pretty much the order I tried them:
I started by uninstalling avast, facebook, and autostarts
selected "Forget network" in access points screen and reconnected
Factory reset
Wipe dalvik cache & fix permissions
see if it worked without sim card in (it didn't)
flash GB broadcom driver
Switched router channel from 6 to 1
flash stock 2.3.6 (wi-fi problems still present)
flash OTA ICS (still had problems)
flash stock 2.3.6
flash OTA ICS
re-root
Flash PixelROM 1.60 LiteTouch
factory reset router (No wifi problems on using open network and default SSID for 30 minutes!)
resetup WPA Personal security and rename SSID same as before
Worked for another 15 minutes or so after this
flashed stock 2.3.6
flashed OTA ICS
re-rooted
Restored nandroid backup - quit working after this step
Factory reset router - worked for about 15 minutes, I decided I was ok so I setup security and SSID as before, then it quit working again
flashed PixelRom 1.60 LiteTouch
flashed stock 2.3.6
Flashed OTA ICS - THIS time I did not restore my google backups from the cloud, fearing that this was somehow restoring something that was causing me problems. It did not help.
Changed SSID on my router and reconnected phone
I have spent countless hours trying to fix this. I don't believe it's the hardware because the router factory reset seems to help quite a bit, works fine on unencrypted default router settings, and it worked on my sister's wi-fi.
I have nmap and wireshark and have a basic working knowledge of them. I have adb setup and usable on my computer. I also have dd-wrt installed on my router and have for years. Is there any kind of IP or hardware logging I could perform with these tools to help figure out what's going on??? ANY help is GREATLY appreciated!!

Well i'm no expert with any of this, but it sounds more like a router issue.. If both your sidekick and nexus have the same characteristics of failing wifi, it cant be the devices..
If you've already reset your router and it does the same exact thing, maybe it is something wrong with the router itself. You said it connected fine at your sisters house, so it cant be any hardware within the phone.. The only thing I could think of is maybe try a different router in your house to see if it works? If that helps get rid of the connectivity issue, then you can just get a new router and be happy with the wifis

I don't think a *hardware* problem with the router would only affect 1 device connecting to it wirelessly. I would think that kind of issue would affect all devices on the network.
Which makes me wonder if there's a setting on the router that may be causing it somehow, or some combination of packets might somehow cause the router to block my phone.
But again, I'm open to ideas here and I appreciate your input. I think getting another router will be my next step if I don't hear anything better by the time I get my next paycheck.

nevarDeath said:
I don't think a *hardware* problem with the router would only affect 1 device connecting to it wirelessly. I would think that kind of issue would affect all devices on the network.
Which makes me wonder if there's a setting on the router that may be causing it somehow, or some combination of packets might somehow cause the router to block my phone.
But again, I'm open to ideas here and I appreciate your input. I think getting another router will be my next step if I don't hear anything better by the time I get my next paycheck.
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Ohh, I thought you had said that both the sidekick and nexus were having problems connecting. My bad.
But yeah have you changed any settings on it lately? Or messed with anything related to the router? Some setting may be kicking your device off after 5 mins, maybe some frequency setting or something dumb like that, I have no clue.
I know how it feels to have funky wifi, so I was only trying to help. good luck

Have you removed DD-WRT from your Wireless Router and back to stock OS? I had a Linksys router with DD-WRT and after about 3 years it started working so weird it became useless with any device. Had to buy a new one.
BTW, are other devices connecting fine to this router?
As swamp goblin stated, I would try with a new router.

It sounds like an issue on your router (or AP) with mixed client settings. I have had this issue with an old Netgear AP.
Try forcing "WPA2 with AES only" if all clients support it, otherwise force "WPA with TKIP only". If you have mixed B/G/N devices, force the fastest mode that all devices support. I use "G only".
Then remove and re-add the router on all your devices.
Also check for router firmware updates, and if you use DD-WRT firmware, find the Wiki page for your model and revision and use the suggested build there. The DD-WRT database they have is a mess and should not be used!

swamp goblin said:
Ohh, I thought you had said that both the sidekick and nexus were having problems connecting. My bad.
But yeah have you changed any settings on it lately? Or messed with anything related to the router? Some setting may be kicking your device off after 5 mins, maybe some frequency setting or something dumb like that, I have no clue.
I know how it feels to have funky wifi, so I was only trying to help. good luck
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I haven't changed any settings, until this problem began, which makes this even more maddening. I appreciate your input regardless
Oogway13 said:
Have you removed DD-WRT from your Wireless Router and back to stock OS? I had a Linksys router with DD-WRT and after about 3 years it started working so weird it became useless with any device. Had to buy a new one.
BTW, are other devices connecting fine to this router?
As swamp goblin stated, I would try with a new router.
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I haven't removed it. I thought I had a model that couldn't go back to stock, but I WILL be looking into this. The other devices connecting fine are Sidekick 4G, Wife's Nexus S, Acer Aspire one, HP tx2000 laptop, and my wife's HP laptop. I also have my satellite receiver connected via ethernet.
SpookyTunes said:
It sounds like an issue on your router (or AP) with mixed client settings. I have had this issue with an old Netgear AP.
Try forcing "WPA2 with AES only" if all clients support it, otherwise force "WPA with TKIP only". If you have mixed B/G/N devices, force the fastest mode that all devices support. I use "G only".
Then remove and re-add the router on all your devices.
Also check for router firmware updates, and if you use DD-WRT firmware, find the Wiki page for your model and revision and use the suggested build there. The DD-WRT database they have is a mess and should not be used!
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I will certainly try these settings. Thanks for the tip on the wiki page

I had this problem too, I solved only flash again my radio...
Try if solve...
Or if don't work try to make a reset.
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THIS FIXED IT! I tried it first since it was the simplest solution and I've been 4 days with no loss of connectivity since I changed it to AES only, which all my clients do support! Thanks so much!

[Q] VZW 4.1.2 latest build, won't connect to FIOS router

So, my wife got a Droid RAZR M. First thing we did was download the 2 updates from Verizon. Current version is 98.18.78.XT907.Verizon.en.US
I get home, and go to connect to my FIOS Actiontec MI424WR-GEN3i running the latest firmware available. (40.20.7)
Running WPA PSK, in b/g/n compatibility mode, with SSID on.
The phone refuses to connect. It will see the SSID, an even automatically identify that it's WPA PSK security. But when I go to connect, the signal drops to almost nothing, then doesn't connect. I make it forget the network and start fresh, same thing. Reboot the phone, same thing.
WPS is not active on the FIOS router firmware, so I can't try to connect via WPS.
I've got a Galaxy Nexus connected to the wifi and about 6 different wifi devices (laptops, xBox, HP Touchpad, etc). So, I know it's not the config of the router.
Anybody have any idea of what's going on with this thing? My wife doesn't want me to root it, but I'm getting close. However, please do not just suggest rooting it, because I would really like to resolve this wifi issue with the stock build.

dvsDave said:
So, my wife got a Droid RAZR M. First thing we did was download the 2 updates from Verizon. Current version is 98.18.78.XT907.Verizon.en.US
I get home, and go to connect to my FIOS Actiontec MI424WR-GEN3i running the latest firmware available. (40.20.7)
Running WPA PSK, in b/g/n compatibility mode, with SSID on.
The phone refuses to connect. It will see the SSID, an even automatically identify that it's WPA PSK security. But when I go to connect, the signal drops to almost nothing, then doesn't connect. I make it forget the network and start fresh, same thing. Reboot the phone, same thing.
WPS is not active on the FIOS router firmware, so I can't try to connect via WPS.
I've got a Galaxy Nexus connected to the wifi and about 6 different wifi devices (laptops, xBox, HP Touchpad, etc). So, I know it's not the config of the router.
Anybody have any idea of what's going on with this thing? My wife doesn't want me to root it, but I'm getting close. However, please do not just suggest rooting it, because I would really like to resolve this wifi issue with the stock build.
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I don't think rooting it will solve the issue. have you tried changing the router to WEP?

jco23 said:
I don't think rooting it will solve the issue. have you tried changing the router to WEP?
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The m works fine on WPA PSK(as I am connected to a WPA PSK network as I type this).
This sounds like some of the bugs that have been reported before.
If I were you, I'd try a factory reset, and if that doesn't work, go back to the store. Since you're not rooted, you've got a good warranty claim. Last option is to root and try WiFi connection fixer, which worked for me in the past.
Good luck...
Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk 4

sloosecannon said:
The m works fine on WPA PSK(as I am connected to a WPA PSK network as I type this).
This sounds like some of the bugs that have been reported before.
If I were you, I'd try a factory reset, and if that doesn't work, go back to the store. Since you're not rooted, you've got a good warranty claim. Last option is to root and try WiFi connection fixer, which worked for me in the past.
Good luck...
Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk 4
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Turned it in under warranty today. Turns out the speaker you use when you hold the phone to your ear didn't work (my wife normally uses the speakerphone, so she didn't discover this till last night) We'll see what happens when we get it back next week. Worst part? They gave her this old LG Vortex running 2.2 as a loaner phone..... she is going nuts trying to deal with the low-res tiny screen and going back to 2.2 after being on 4.1 for so long really sucks.

[Q] i9505 5ghz WiFi Issue

At home I have a 2.4ghz and 5ghz Wifi network setup.
My S4 is always connected to the 5ghz and has never had any problems. My partners iDevices are also connected to it.
The other day when I got home I noticed that I kept getting the error 'Your internet connection is unstable' and couldn't use the 5ghz if I wasn't directly in front of the router. No settings had changed, no updates etc. It will discover and connect to the network but it won't load webpages or anything.
There is no new firmware for my router, I have tried all the different channels, and have even reset the router, and as a temporary fix I've only been using the 2.4ghz network. My iPad still works fine on the 5ghz anywhere in the house, and my partner has had no issues.
Has anyone else had this problem, or does anyone have a solution?
I'm running the stock 4.3 on the phone as I haven't even tried flashing it.

stuffandthat said:
At home I have a 2.4ghz and 5ghz Wifi network setup.
My S4 is always connected to the 5ghz and has never had any problems. My partners iDevices are also connected to it.
The other day when I got home I noticed that I kept getting the error 'Your internet connection is unstable' and couldn't use the 5ghz if I wasn't directly in front of the router. No settings had changed, no updates etc. It will discover and connect to the network but it won't load webpages or anything.
There is no new firmware for my router, I have tried all the different channels, and have even reset the router, and as a temporary fix I've only been using the 2.4ghz network. My iPad still works fine on the 5ghz anywhere in the house, and my partner has had no issues.
Has anyone else had this problem, or does anyone have a solution?
I'm running the stock 4.3 on the phone as I haven't even tried flashing it.
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did you changed some wifi settings on your phone ??
cos if that happens you have to match the settings same both on pc{ of router } and phone
even if you are sure that you haven't changed anything just make sure and check the settings again