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I recently encountered a weird bug when SGSII would establish wireless "g" connection at 54mbps (instead of regular "n" at 65mbps) when doing 3G to wifi tether on my Lenovo Laptop.
My other 2 laptops work fine as expected, however after doing some troubleshooting, its concluded that the wifi router IP forms a "black hole" hope because of which the external communication to Internet dies after 4 or 5 hops (internal to the ISP). While doing a Trace route, the first hop (the IP of the phone's wireless router - 192.168.43.1) doesn't respond to the trace route ICMP requests and fails, however it does work for the next 4 hops before eventually dying after that.
This proves that wifi connectivity between the phone and laptop remains good despite it being downgraded as "g" network when my laptop is capable of "n" at upto 300mbps.
Never had this issue before KG5 or higher builds and it seems all the custom kernels and ROMs based on these newer kernels are affected.
As this issue is affecting only my Lenovo Laptop, not sure if it was ever reported.
Fortunately I am able to flash kernels based on earlier than KG5 build like Ninphetamine-2.0.x (till 2.0.5).
All Ninphetamine-2.1.x builds and kernels like "RAGEmod v1-T30" are also affected.
I am currently on "TOUCH X-treme KH3 2.0 'PERFORMANCE'" ROM and fortunately it seems to be working fine on Ninphetamine-2.0.5 as per my preliminary testing.
I have 2 more laptops which seems to be working fine otherwise on any latest kernels.
I would appreciate if someone could shed some light on the reason behind this bug as I am still investigating the cause and on a fix other than older kernel versions.
My primary usage of this phone is completely impacted by this bug and I hope Samsung would be able to resolve this bug before their next official release of 2.3.4 or higher version builds.
Hmm like the battery drain while charging bug on SGS1 I seems to be the only person shaken up by this bug which makes my SGS2 completely useless when using the latest kernels/ROMs.
My laptop has Intel WiFi Link 5100 AGN. Can someone having same/similar Wifi adapter report their experience?
Not surprised that Wifi tether is not used by most of us and hence such bugs go unnoticed and I paid a HUGE price of crashing my laptop which trying to fix the issue as I never thought it is the phone doing something weird which is preventing my laptop to get proper wifi connectivity.
Unfortunately no resolution till date. All the latest kernels and ROMs are affected. Not sure what is the issue as it defies logic why only one series of Wifi adapters are affected by this bug.
No resolution till date. All the recent kernels are still affected except the one on CM7 ROM.
Seems I need to wait for this update to become official in India before raising with Samsung here.
Ahhh.. Finally a respite after several MONTHS! The latest Siyah v2.5 kernel (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1263838) with new Wifi Driver has restored Internet access through Wireless Tether though the speed is still limited to g instead of regular n at 65mbps. But atleast I can now switch from the good old Ninphetamine-2.0.5 kernel to this latest kernel I always wanted to keep. Such a RELIEF!
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Ahhh.. Finally a respite after several MONTHS! The latest Siyah v2.5 kernel (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1263838) with new Wifi Driver has restored Internet access through Wireless Tether though the speed is still limited to g instead of regular n at 65mbps. But atleast I can now switch from the good old Ninphetamine-2.0.5 kernel to this latest kernel I always wanted to keep. Such a RELIEF!
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I still get a no internet access notice on my laptop... Any tips?
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leondb said:
I still get a no internet access notice on my laptop... Any tips?
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Downloaded the newest beta from their website and installed. Then chose my device, and I am happy to report it is now working
leondb said:
Downloaded the newest beta from their website and installed. Then chose my device, and I am happy to report it is now working
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I have faced the similar problem. But how my problem was solved is give below:
Update you windows OS using windows update
Then manually switch off the radios and switch on
That's all and now I can use wifi tethering as normal. First check with second option, if doesn't work, then try updating the PC OS too.
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I have faced the similar problem. But how my problem was solved is give below:
Update you windows OS using windows update
Then manually switch off the radios and switch on
That's all and now I can use wifi tethering as normal. First check with second option, if doesn't work, then try updating the PC OS too.
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Latest Siyah 2.6.x kernels have AGAIN brought back the bug on my face!
None of the other options you suggested worked. I have spent hours trying to figure it out and this is what I get when I am affected:
Tracing route to 8.8.8.8 over a maximum of 30 hops
1 * * * Request timed out.
2 164 ms 123 ms 127 ms 218.248.84.5
3 228 ms 68 ms 81 ms 10.42.43.101
4 79 ms 79 ms 80 ms 10.42.43.28
5 * * * Request timed out.
Doesn't make ANY sense on how the first hop is getting blackholed when it otherwise respond to ping requests. I am able to reach till the last hop of ISP before dropping off.
Can any network gurus out here explain this phenomenon? I am unable to locate any logic behind it.
Hope Siyah team fixes it soon for me to enjoy a glimpse of Voodoo Sound on my SGS2.
I have a Lenovo T520 and am using the KK2 stock firmware/rom with no problem whatsoever in tethering...using it at this very moment
It actually seems to be affecting only Intel 5100 adapters like on my R400. I have 3 other laptops and a mobile phone which are working fine otherwise
As I said, it defies logic why only this adapter has compatibility issue when even older Intel 39xx based adapters work perfectly fine otherwise.
Fixed in Siyah 2.6.2 kernel again
Finally got it fixed on Siyah 2.6.2 kernel (to be released shortly) while working directly with the dev "gokhanmoral" in the past few days. All seems to be working now like it was in 2.5.x builds for me.
I sincerely thank gokhanmoral for taking the pain of looking at this isolated bug by Samsung which has fortunately been resolved on the latest drivers (to an extend, still no n mode access).
Flashed 3-669-SuperScaryStable on top of nightly cm7 212. Subsequently, WiFi could not maintain a lock. The phone would find the wifi network get a lock for a moment and immediately lose the lock. Get a lock, lose the lock. . . . Settings I tried were Scary and smartass governors 245mhz - 1.2ghz
Anyway, flashed nightly 220 (back to regular cm7 kernel)-- back to wifi working fine.
Maybe I looked too quickly but all I saw in the development thread pertained to Super Scary not working with sense roms.
Hmmmm.
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Flashed 3-669-SuperScaryStable on top of nightly cm7 212. Subsequently, WiFi could not maintain a lock. The phone would find the wifi network get a lock for a moment and immediately lose the lock. Get a lock, lose the lock. . . . Settings I tried were Scary and smartass governors 245mhz - 1.2ghz
Anyway, flashed nightly 220 (back to regular cm7 kernel)-- back to wifi working fine.
Maybe I looked too quickly but all I saw in the development thread pertained to Super Scary not working with sense roms.
Hmmmm.
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Download wifi analyzer from market and figure out what is conflicting with your wireless router.
toastcfh's stock kernel is considered the most stable kernel because it's been tested and proven to work with everything time and time again.
However, I have no problems with wifi on Scary's kernel. Again, I'm not saying there are no issues because when I'm at work I do have issues but I have wifi issues on my laptop with the wifi here as well, they have way too many APs broadcasting on the same channel (4-5 APs for channel 3, 4-5 APs for channel 7, 4-5 APs for channel 11) so I seriously doubt it's a problem with the kernel but more a problem with your local wifi router configuration.
Run wifi analyzer and it will answer this question.
Am I right to assume that I should run the test you recommend after flashing Scary and recreating the problem - cause on Toastcfh's kernel there is no problem connecting to that router whatsoever?
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Am I right to assume that I should run the test you recommend after flashing Scary and recreating the problem - cause on Toastcfh's kernel there is no problem connecting to that router whatsoever?
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You can run the same test on toast's kernel.
Well, you know, maybe it's just all about the goofy phone itself after all.
Trying to do the test (following a reboot) I'm just about sitting on top of the router (that I've confirmed is working) with wifi enabled on the shift and all I'm getting is "not in range." Can't get the wifi icon to even display at the moment.
Thanks for the help.
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Well, you know, maybe it's just all about the goofy phone itself after all.
Trying to do the test (following a reboot) I'm just about sitting on top of the router (that I've confirmed is working) with wifi enabled on the shift and all I'm getting is "not in range." Can't get the wifi icon to even display at the moment.
Thanks for the help.
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Open ROM manager and run fix permissions and reboot again, then turn on wifi and open wifi analyzer again.
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Open ROM manager and run fix permissions and reboot again, then turn on wifi and open wifi analyzer again.
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Did it. But seems that I've got the same problem. Connects for a little bit and then disconnects. It just can't maintain the wifi link. Doesn't stay up long enough to even get a screen shot of wifi analyzer.
Maybe I should try another nightly, stable cm7 or sense?
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Did it. But seems that I've got the same problem. Connects for a little bit and then disconnects. It just can't maintain the wifi link. Doesn't stay up long enough to even get a screen shot of wifi analyzer.
Maybe I should try another nightly, stable cm7 or sense?
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You can't take screenshots on wifi analyzer. Just analyze it yourself. How many APs are broadcasting on the same channel as you? More than 1? Change the channel.
There are two and they don't overlap. One is centered over channel 6, the other (weaker one) centered over channel 11. But the problem is that the parabolas that show the signal strength disappear pretty quickly and the wifi indicator at the top of the phone just disappears. What do you think about the possibility that I should switch to a different nightly or sense?
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There are two and they don't overlap. One is centered over channel 6, the other (weaker one) centered over channel 11. But the problem is that the parabolas that show the signal strength disappear pretty quickly and the wifi indicator at the top of the phone just disappears. What do you think about the possibility that I should switch to a different nightly or sense?
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Ignore the APs disappearing. It sounds like your router is either a piece of junk or misconfigured.
Try configuring the wireless radio on channel 1.
Shouldn't be a piece of junk. wasn't that cheap ;-)
Works fine with my computer anyway.
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Shouldn't be a piece of junk. wasn't that cheap ;-)
Works fine with my computer anyway.
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That means nothing.
What kind of router is it? Manufacturer / Model number?
Also please remove ScaryKernel from the title of this thread since we have proven this problem happens on toastcfh's kernel as well.
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That means nothing.
What kind of router is it? Manufacturer / Model number?
Also please remove ScaryKernel from the title of this thread since we have proven this problem happens on toastcfh's kernel as well.
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Netgear N600 WNDR3400
Why's it meaningless that I have no trouble with WIFI on laptop?
sdk234 said:
Netgear N600 WNDR3400
Why's it meaningless that I have no trouble with WIFI on laptop?
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Netgear sucks. Do yourself a favor and go buy a Linksys WRT610N or one of the new models.
Other than that all I can tell you is switch your wireless channel.
It's not a problem with the phone or the kernel, it's the router.
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Netgear sucks. Do yourself a favor and go buy a Linksys WRT610N or one of the new models.
Other than that all I can tell you is switch your wireless channel.
It's not a problem with the phone or the kernel, it's the router.
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Ok - I'll try switching the channel first ;-)
Also - going to find some other routers to test the phone against
Thanks for all the time spent troubleshooting here
Ok - Vic - here's the end of the story, since you've been good enough to work with me on this - -
Installed and ran an app called "FXR WiFi fix and rescue" from the market. Didn't appear to help.
So, restored nandroid of Mik 1.6 and WIFI WORKS PERFECTLY once again. Strong, stable, consistent lock on the Netgear signal (and another close-by router as well.) Problem solved for me.
Not going to make any rash accusations about what the culprit may be which caused wifi to fail for me on cm7.
I'm happy I've confirmed it's not the phone.
Maybe my shift just likes MikRoms and Supreme Sense and was punishing me for experimenting!!
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Ok - Vic - here's the end of the story, since you've been good enough to work with me on this - -
Installed and ran an app called "FXR WiFi fix and rescue" from the market. Didn't appear to help.
So, restored nandroid of Mik 1.6 and WIFI WORKS PERFECTLY once again. Strong, stable, consistent lock on the Netgear signal (and another close-by router as well.) Problem solved for me.
Not going to make any rash accusations about what the culprit may be which caused wifi to fail for me on cm7.
I'm happy I've confirmed it's not the phone.
Maybe my shift just likes MikRoms and Supreme Sense and was punishing me for experimenting!!
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Glad to hear it but I'm still wondering.. did you even TRY changing the channel?
I get 20+Mbps over Wifi on 2.4ghz.
I was planning to try changing the channel, but you know what -- just happened to restore Mik 1.6 first.
And the result was dramatic. On the nightly CM7 the graphs displayed on wifi analyzer weren't stable at all. Even when the parabola's appeared for a few moments, their height was shifting up and down. It was like the signal strength was fluctuating.
On Mik's rom the height of the parabolas is higher than I saw before and just stays put.
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I was planning to try changing the channel, but you know what -- just happened to restore Mik 1.6 first.
And the result was dramatic. On the nightly CM7 the graphs displayed on wifi analyzer weren't stable at all. Even when the parabola's appeared for a few moments, their height was shifting up and down. It was like the signal strength was fluctuating.
On Mik's rom the height of the parabolas is higher than I saw before and just stays put.
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Did you do a wipe data/factory reset when flashing CM7? Did you wipe dalvik? Did you wipe cache? Did you wipe battery stats? Did you flash the latest CM7 nightly and then right after that did you flash google apps 828 and new talk?
Not wiping properly before flashing a new rom could cause weird issues like that.
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Did you do a wipe data/factory reset when flashing CM7? Did you wipe dalvik? Did you wipe cache? Did you wipe battery stats? Did you flash the latest CM7 nightly and then right after that did you flash google apps 828 and new talk?
Not wiping properly before flashing a new rom could cause weird issues like that.
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Yes-wiped that & more - prboy trained me well
After wiping according to steps on mik's forum (& battery stats) , flashed cm7 and google apps and talk just as you instructed
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I've read other threads regarding poor wifi connection on 2.4, but that's assuming it was before the update that improved wifi performance.
That's why I found it weird that I never got above 10 mbps down from my excellent wifi signal on the Auto setting.
I remembered that this was an issue on my old nexus 5 with certain routers so I decided to try out using the 2.4 GHz only setting since that worked before and voila!
I'm averaging 26 mbps!
Not sure why that was the case, but at least my wifi speed is up to par
Test my kernel that i created months ago and check if it improves wifi?
Shaky156 said:
Test my kernel that i created months ago and check if it improves wifi?
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Hmm, I didn't realize there was a kernel that fixed that. I'll stick to stock rooted for the time being.
I have a custom kernel but still stock ROM, what's the setting exactly to change bands from auto to 2.4? I really need this kind of fix.
EDIT: Found it
Settings -> Wi-Fi -> Advanced -> something regarding frequencies, click 2.4GHz instead of Auto.
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I have a custom kernel but still stock ROM, what's the setting exactly to change bands from auto to 2.4? I really need this kind of fix.
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Actually its right in the advanced WiFi settings under WiFi frequency bands
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Actually its right in the advanced WiFi settings under WiFi frequency bands
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Yeah, if you check my post above yours I edited it soon after...discovered the settings myself
Thanks;
After just posting about WiFi in another thread, I saw this thread and tried it.
The Tablet is sitting in a keyboard stand, so it did not move. Nothing around it moved, and I went from 3 bars to full signal after turning 5.8 off.
Obviously, that is not a particularly thorough or scientific test, but it seems to indicate something.
I'll have to see if I get any better throughput.
Even if with new 4.5.3 build, wifi problem persists.
And I think I've understood now what's happening.
On auto mode (both bands), when near from router, everything works correctly. When far from router, wifi doesn't work .
The solution? Choose only 2.4ghz or 5ghz, not automatic, as someone already said.
I'm starting to think that this is an hardware problem... Not software... And I'm scared. If near to the 14 days return policy (I think) it isn't solved, I'm returning my device probably. I'm scared it could be an hardware problem (yes, OnePlus always have some hardware problem, on screen, or something.. this case maybe it's WiFi).
What do you guys think?
I never had any issue with Wi-Fi. Automatic, and it's 2,4GHz. After i tap the WiFi icon, it's tuning on automatically. I recommend you to send hack the device if the problem persist.
It is connected always to the network, 2.4g or 5g, but doesn't open anything. Any page, any speed test, nothing.
Are you mixing your n/ac bands? If your have an n router and the phone is constantly try to connect to ac? I don't know but anything is worth checking. Like force your router to one of the other
I had this problem when I had data saver turned on in Chrome. I turned it off, and it worked like normal.
It may specific to your device. RMA soon.
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Is anyone using pi-hole as DNS and find it not connecting to internet or in some application that internet is not available but apps like browser still connect to internet and work ? Never had problem with WIFI when using pi-hole as DNS. this must be WiFi related bug
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Nope... Nothing works. Buts only on 5ghz. On my OnePlus 3 everything works fine.
I have the same problem, you are not alone lol
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I have the same problem, you are not alone lol
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And do you think it is software or hardware fault?
My wifi works fine..zero issues.
same here
Z51 said:
My wifi works fine..zero issues.
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On 5Ghz?
djeyreaper said:
same here
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Also problems?
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Also problems?
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Nu actually i have 0 issues with my oneplus. I have a ipv6 rooter with both bands 5 and 2.4. Both work flawless. U really shoud test it on other rooters with different configuration(ac+n;ac only; n only; b+g) and see if the problem persists. My recomandation is 2 check the interferance level and scan for possible problems comming from u're neighbours that use same band as u (i had issues with my lg g3 because my wifi had the same band as my neighbours and had huge interference).
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Nu actually i have 0 issues with my oneplus. I have a ipv6 rooter with both bands 5 and 2.4. Both work flawless. U really shoud test it on other rooters with different configuration(ac+n;ac only; n only; b+g) and see if the problem persists. My recomandation is 2 check the interferance level and scan for possible problems comming from u're neighbours that use same band as u (i had issues with my lg g3 because my wifi had the same band as my neighbours and had huge interference).
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If other phones works ok with that router configuration, why should I change router settings to match OP5 needs?
Also, OP5 doesn't work on my work's 5Ghz network, so... It can not be router related.
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If other phones works ok with that router configuration, why should I change router settings to match OP5 needs?
Also, OP5 doesn't work on my work's 5Ghz network, so... It can not be router related.
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Diferent phones diferent receivers/parts . It may be a compatibility problem i dunno ( i cand only suggest some workarounds) i didnt work at the building of 1+5 so... it is your decision if u want 2 investigate the problem or just move forward and maybe select another phone that fits your rooter.
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Diferent phones diferent receivers/parts . It may be a compatibility problem i dunno ( i cand only suggest some workarounds) i didnt work at the building of 1+5 so... it is your decision if u want 2 investigate the problem or just move forward and maybe select another phone that fits your rooter.
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No, I like this phone, so I'm trying to staying with it. I guess this is a software problem on the phone... I hope.
There was another thread on this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-5/help/wi-fi-connection-dropping-ipv6-t3627933
I was having problems yesterday morning right after updating to 4.5.3. It was only acting up on 5GHz.
That said, I've had PingTools set up to check every 15 minutes and I haven't seen any drops in the last 20 hours. The only thing I'd done to the phone was remove the tempered glass screen protector, but I have trouble believing that was the cause(!)
My OP5 arrived today and everything works perfectly. After reading the forums thoroughly for a week I knew what to look out for.
If the problem persists I would RMA, it'll be annoying to have the delay to use the phone, but better to have one that works in perfect order.
Hi Guys,
I just got my Prime Day Essential set up and after updating to the latest Android 8.1.0 build with the July patches I'm one of the lucky ones with the 5ghz Wi-Fi issue, where when I connect to a 5ghz Wi-Fi, the connection and speed starts throttling down to no bandwidth at all. My workaround has been using the slower 2.4ghz SSID. I also have the issue where the Play Store download sometimes waits forever to download in the queue.
What do you guys do with this issue? Flash to Android P? Something else with you router?
I really don't think it's my router because obviously all other devices in the house are working flawlessly... Appreciate ANY help... Thank you!
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Hi Guys,
I just got my Prime Day Essential set up and after updating to the latest Android 8.1.0 build with the July patches I'm one of the lucky ones with the 5ghz Wi-Fi issue, where when I connect to a 5ghz Wi-Fi, the connection and speed starts throttling down to no bandwidth at all. My workaround has been using the slower 2.4ghz SSID. I also have the issue where the Play Store download sometimes waits forever to download in the queue.
What do you guys do with this issue? Flash to Android P? Something else with you router?
I really don't think it's my router because obviously all other devices in the house are working flawlessly... Appreciate ANY help... Thank you!
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Welcome to the "club"... :silly:
I've been searching for a solution to this issue since I got the PH-1 about 3 weeks ago. Here I read your post, and I just did a test to disappoint myself once again with the issue... but... it doesn't seem to be happening anymore?!??
I am running AOSiP (8.1 w/ July security patch) with the latest Neutrino Fornax kernel (important because it has the latest Android P WLAN drivers, same as the Essential P B3 066 stock release). I am going to see if I can determine what might have fixed it, but I've been running this setup for a week and it originally had the problem.
What I would suggest:
- Don't spend much time diagnosing your router, all the changes suggested in these forums didn't change anything for me at least (YMMV). As you said, all other devices in your home are working fine (same here).
- Don't install P to resolve this issue. I clean flashed the Essential P Beta Release, and the problem was still there. In fact it seems to have been worse, with PS download stopping completely with a message "Waiting for WiFi".
- Try a different kernel. Try the latest ElementalX kernel (3.0.6). I believe it has the updated WLAN drivers as well since it supports Android P. I don't believe the Neutrino kernel works on stock.
- Check your PlayStore version, I think mine was updated recently (11.0.50-all[0] [PR] 206665793)
I am going to look into this more, and if I find a definitive "this is what fixed it" I will post it here. Good luck...
This is issue is not present for me on 9.0 further the speed difference between 2.4 and 5 isn't really world eg being on 2.4 is still faster than most broadband connections. This is seems to be a google security patch issue on 8.1 and likely will be fixed in the next patch. When the latest 9.0 beta came out it seemed to go away. So it seems they know how to fix it.
I have no problem either, latest android P, rooted with rey darkroom kernel
Edit, can u guys connect to any wifi? There seems to be an issue, after flashing various ota's, stock images, or treble gsi's that disable wifi and Bluetooth and the only way i have found to fix them, isfor android P at least) to flash a july 8.1 images (flashall. Bat) then flash android P to fix wifi and Bluetooth issues.
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Welcome to the "club"... :silly:
I've been searching for a solution to this issue since I got the PH-1 about 3 weeks ago. Here I read your post, and I just did a test to disappoint myself once again with the issue... but... it doesn't seem to be happening anymore?!??
I am running AOSiP (8.1 w/ July security patch) with the latest Neutrino Fornax kernel (important because it has the latest Android P WLAN drivers, same as the Essential P B3 066 stock release). I am going to see if I can determine what might have fixed it, but I've been running this setup for a week and it originally had the problem.
What I would suggest:
- Don't spend much time diagnosing your router, all the changes suggested in these forums didn't change anything for me at least (YMMV). As you said, all other devices in your home are working fine (same here).
- Don't install P to resolve this issue. I clean flashed the Essential P Beta Release, and the problem was still there. In fact it seems to have been worse, with PS download stopping completely with a message "Waiting for WiFi".
- Try a different kernel. Try the latest ElementalX kernel (3.0.6). I believe it has the updated WLAN drivers as well since it supports Android P. I don't believe the Neutrino kernel works on stock.
- Check your PlayStore version, I think mine was updated recently (11.0.50-all[0] [PR] 206665793)
I am going to look into this more, and if I find a definitive "this is what fixed it" I will post it here. Good luck...
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Thanks for the warm welcome, my friend and even more so, thank you so much for your very detailed post and what you've done to remedy.
I assume messing with the kernel and etc will require Bootloader unlocking and rooting, right? I haven't rooted a phone since the V20, just been opting out of that life for secure payment methods, stable battery and just general ease of moving from phone to phone like I do ?.
What I did last night... Could be a fluke, could be placebo, however, changing the channels on my 5ghz network, rebooting the router, I've been connected to the 5ghz network with my Essential for about 12 hours now with no throttling. I'm not sure if it was in fact the channel change or rebooting the router that cleared things up? Albeit, the signal strength on this network on this phone is the lowest I have seen between the Note 8, HTC U12+, iPhone 7 Plus...
Please keep the research up, I will too, this problem really has no documented solution yet.
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This is issue is not present for me on 9.0 further the speed difference between 2.4 and 5 isn't really world eg being on 2.4 is still faster than most broadband connections. This is seems to be a google security patch issue on 8.1 and likely will be fixed in the next patch. When the latest 9.0 beta came out it seemed to go away. So it seems they know how to fix it.
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Thank you bud, good to hear you're not seeing the issue... But honestly, it does exist for some of us. I really hope it's the issue with the July patch, that'll make things so much easier! Although, I disagree 5ghz is much faster for me than my 2.4ghz network...
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I have no problem either, latest android P, rooted with rey darkroom kernel
Edit, can u guys connect to any wifi? There seems to be an issue, after flashing various ota's, stock images, or treble gsi's that disable wifi and Bluetooth and the only way i have found to fix them, isfor android P at least) to flash a july 8.1 images (flashall. Bat) then flash android P to fix wifi and Bluetooth issues.
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Thanks for reporting, good Sir. Yes, I can connect to any network, just low signal strength and the choking issue I had before my router change. Bluetooth seems stable with my smart watch, though the watch seems to be draining the battery faster on this phone... Who knows man ??
You might have noticed I am on the P beta. Also have you run actual wifi speed tests or are we taking seat of the pants feelings?
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You might have noticed I am on the P beta. Also have you run actual wifi speed tests or are we taking seat of the pants feelings?
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Hey bud, yes good to see promising reports from P beta... Hoping the bad WiFi is resolved for the ones who get it.
And yes, speed tested, repeatedly. Sadly, Essential's top speeds are way worse than the Note 8, HTC U12+, iPhone 7 Plus... I'm talking almost 100mbps less ?...
For whatever reason though, the choking of the bandwidth down to unusual issue has gone away. Not sure if rebooting the Router did that? WiFi signal is also the worst I have seen on this phone out of all the others mentioned...
I appreciate you sharing your experience.
ProFragger said:
Hey bud, yes good to see promising reports from P beta... Hoping the bad WiFi is resolved for the ones who get it.
And yes, speed tested, repeatedly. Sadly, Essential's top speeds are way worse than the Note 8, HTC U12+, iPhone 7 Plus... I'm talking almost 100mbps less ...
For whatever reason though, the choking of the bandwidth down to unusual issue has gone away. Not sure if rebooting the Router did that? WiFi signal is also the worst I have seen on this phone out of all the others mentioned...
I appreciate you sharing your experience.
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So your downloads are not as fast as your other devices but you no longer see the downloads slow to a crawl (~100KB/s)? My downloads are not slowing to a crawl either any longer. Something must have been updated from a Google perspective because nothing I changed could explain the issue just going away... :fingers-crossed...
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So your downloads are not as fast as your other devices but you no longer see the downloads slow to a crawl (~100KB/s)? My downloads are not slowing to a crawl either any longer. Something must have been updated from a Google perspective because nothing I changed could explain the issue just going away... :fingers-crossed...
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Haha well my good luck didn't last too long, I fried my data, playing with Substratum, on a rooted system :'(... but here's to hoping the 5ghz good luck continues! Don't you love it when "magic" is the answer !?
All jokes aside, my WiFi signal and radio is still the weakest hardware I have EVER seen on ANY device!
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Haha well my good luck didn't last too long, I fried my data, playing with Substratum, on a rooted system :'(... but here's to hoping the 5ghz good luck continues! Don't you love it when "magic" is the answer !?
All jokes aside, my WiFi signal and radio is still the weakest hardware I have EVER seen on ANY device!
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I just had a issue with Substratum as well... what do you mean "fried my data"? I was able to recover my system using the Substratum rescue, copied to the cache/ partition and flash in TWRP. Did you already re-flash everything?
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I just had a issue with Substratum as well... what do you mean "fried my data"? I was able to recover my system using the Substratum rescue, copied to the cache/ partition and flash in TWRP. Did you already re-flash everything?
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Hey bud, yeah, I was playing with Substratum on a NON-rooted, bootloader locked device with Andromeda. So when I had the bootloop, I had no custom recovery in place to flash the rescue zip. :'(
So I "fried" my data, beyond retrievable, I mean. I was surprised that the Essential stock recovery didn't even have a way to install update.zip? That way us non-rooted folks can always save our rescue zips on our computers and see if there was a way to sideload the zip through the stock recovery... Oh well, either there is a way, or I didn't know and couldn't get enough help in time in the middle of the night. I needed my phone working in the AM...
I have had 7.01 when I got the phone yesterday. Went to 9 same day and I can't watch a video. Speed test shows 1.2 M down 2.3 up. I checked other devices and they are showing 70 down and 10 up
My Essential didn't even see my 5Ghz network on 8.1, but I just updated to 9, and now everything is good. Getting 72mbit on a 75mbit connection, too.
On 9.0 rooted with ex kernel on 5ghz ac 866mbit no issues at all... I get 40 megabytes a sec on my wifi.. I have 65 megabytes a sec with my current isp. I why straight to 9.0 phone was on 7.1.2 when I got it a few days ago.
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I just did the see 5th security patch update while already on P. My ph1 has never been able to connect to my Xfinity 5ghz channel. Actually, it will sometimes connect, but says 'connected (no internet)' then drips connection. So it's ALWys had trouble with that. My HTC 10 does not, my V30 does not, my M7 does not.
Since the 9/5 update, even my 2.4ghz channel is crazy slow. I get about 3mbps down with my case on. Took off case and get 15mbps. Verified thru multiple tests. My V30 gets 63mbps on same 2.4 channel.
Anyone have this situation? I can't seem to find any further settings in wifi settings to try to see if a setting is wrong.
Does the ph1 just have the worst wifi radio ever? Or is there somewhere in setting that I can change something that I just haven't found? Much thanks.
Stock. Not rooted, no custom kernel,etc. I've been hesitant to root this device because of the A/B slots confusing me a little and just don't have the time currently to really dig into it.
I've the same problem with 5GHz wifi... Connection is very poor. Automatically reconnect to 2,4GHz network. My iPhone 6s didn't problem with this. I don't know, how fix it.
Xfinity routers suck. That said my PH1 connects just fine to my Linksys 5ghz AC channel. Works all over my house and only switched to the 2.4 GHz when I go outside.
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Xfinity routers suck. That said my PH1 connects just fine to my Linksys 5ghz AC channel. Works all over my house and only switched to the 2.4 GHz when I go outside.
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What are you guys using to confirm throughput? I'll be testing my replacement (recording audio issue with the one I purchased) when it gets in.
I do file transfers from my PC to my phone and back again and measure the time vs size of file. Over the local network obviously.
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Xfinity routers suck. That said my PH1 connects just fine to my Linksys 5ghz AC channel. Works all over my house and only switched to the 2.4 GHz when I go outside.
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I've Tp-Link Archer C1200 with 5GHz and wifi AC. Other devices like a MacBook Air, iPhone 6s and ZTE Axon 7 works perfect with this router on 5GHz and AC speed. I think, that problem is with my Essential Phone.