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I remember why I sold my original Optimus 7 now, I bought a new one yesterday as it was on offer, but for the life of me I can't get location services to work, my iPhone instantly find me, this phone just sits searching and gives and error it can't find me. It seems to be using GPS which when in doors isn't going to find me, it doesn't seem to use WiFi or Cell Towers. Outside its hit and miss if it finds me. I'd say it was a dodgy phone if the original phone I had didn't have the same problems.
Anyone any ideas? Its not that the location is off a bit, it just simply can't find me via wifi or cell
Vodafone's Optimus 7 firmware is broken - I worked out this works:
In MFG, navigate to Engineer Menu / Device Test / Sensor Test / GPS Test / GPS Setting
In User Setting, use following values:
Operation Mode: MS-Based
Accuracy: 100
Aiding Data: Hot Start
Auto Answer: Disable
Interval: 1
Number of Fixes: 9999999
Intermediate Data: On
In System Setting:
URL: supl.google.com:7276
Posnode: 255
2G: Loc Estimate
3G: Loc Estimate
Use Security: Use Security
MO Method: User Plane
PLEASE sign up on the Vodafone e-forum to add your voice to the request to get this fixed on this thread:
http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/t5/Othe.../GPS-Fails-after-WP7-Mango-Update/td-p/872141
Thanks
Thanks for this, Going to flash a generic European ROM and see what happens
Not working for me.
LG E900 Vodafone
I flashed the unbranded European ROM and they still don't work. I am thinking it a bug with all E900 phones.
Tried Nokia maps and it found me instantly in the house, The Weather Channel also found me instantly, so I think it all comes down to the app.
Anyone having issues connecting to wi-fi networks on channels 12/13? On my device I'm unable to see SSIDs in these channels most of the time. Sometimes I can see networks in channel 13.
Am engaging with Google tech support, so will keep you posted.
What country are you in?
UK
I seem to be the only person on my street that knows channel 13 exists. No issues for me connecting. Although I run my phone to my 5Ghz connection normally, I can connect to my 2.4Ghz if needs be.
TheReverend210 said:
I seem to be the only person on my street that knows channel 13 exists. No issues for me connecting. Although I run my phone to my 5Ghz connection normally, I can connect to my 2.4Ghz if needs be.
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Good good.
I'm wondering whether it's down to me not activating the SIM in the phone as yet? Like a double check that the phone should be allowed to use 12&13 (rather than just selecting English UK as the language).
TheReverend210 said:
I seem to be the only person on my street that knows channel 13 exists. No issues for me connecting. Although I run my phone to my 5Ghz connection normally, I can connect to my 2.4Ghz if needs be.
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There's really no difference in using that over channel 11 in your case with the co-channel interference.
YES!
It's not just me then. Home router (2.4Ghz) is on ch.13 and when i return home the device will not auto-connect until i toggle wifi off and back on again. Wifi works fine until i leave again. connects fine to my wifi network at work but that is different channel and on 5Ghz too.
RMA'd my device and the new one was bad. Wouldn't see my network at all, but wouldn't register my Sim card either so I have just returned this replacement device. Replacement number 2 is on the way.
I switched to ch.12 and the same thing happens at home. Didn't try any other channels as they are too noisy. So I wonder if this is a software issue? I'm in the UK and the router is made by technicolor for Plusnet.
j3di said:
YES!
It's not just me then. Home router (2.4Ghz) is on ch.13 and when i return home the device will not auto-connect until i toggle wifi off and back on again. Wifi works fine until i leave again. connects fine to my wifi network at work but that is different channel and on 5Ghz too.
RMA'd my device and the new one was bad. Wouldn't see my network at all, but wouldn't register my Sim card either so I have just returned this replacement device. Replacement number 2 is on the way.
I switched to ch.12 and the same thing happens at home. Didn't try any other channels as they are too noisy. So I wonder if this is a software issue? I'm in the UK and the router is made by technicolor for Plusnet.
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If channel 11 is noisy, then so is 12 and 13.
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TheReverend210 said:
I seem to be the only person on my street that knows channel 13 exists. No issues for me connecting. Although I run my phone to my 5Ghz connection normally, I can connect to my 2.4Ghz if needs be.
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You might want to change to channel 11. With the current setup you are not only killing your own data rates, but also the rates of everyone on channel 11. These channels are not supposed to overlap, because that creates interference. Switch to channel 11.
This is my WiFi situation. I'm normally on CH.13, but switched to 12 as a test.
My 2nd unit arrived last week, and unfortunately it's the same issue as before - no channels 12 or 13, not even visible. I'll be back in touch with Google today.
Hopefully this is a software issue rather than Google/Huawei spec'ing a duff wifi chipset.
Google spoken to and basically it's a case of tough-titty - some devices aren't going to work with channels 12 & 13.
For anyone else reading this, I had this problem and 'solved' it.
If you find that you can't see channels 12 and 13 then it's almost definitely caused by the Wifi country code restrictions.
I got my Nexus 6P here in Korea and initially tried it out with no sim card. Even though the location is set in settings, without a sim card it doesn't get the wifi country code set, and I couldn't see those channels. As soon as I inserted a Korean sim card, I was able to see them.
If you are in the UK or elsewhere, using a local sim card and you can't see those channels then chances are either your country doesn't allow it or the code is already set. Either way, your options are just accept it or try one of the 'not officially supported' ways to getting around it. That's likely why Google said you were out of luck. It's possible but involves rooting etc. I think. Just search for 'change wifi country code android'. Good luck.
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For anyone else reading this, I had this problem and 'solved' it.
If you find that you can't see channels 12 and 13 then it's almost definitely caused by the Wifi country code restrictions.
I got my Nexus 6P here in Korea and initially tried it out with no sim card. Even though the location is set in settings, without a sim card it doesn't get the wifi country code set, and I couldn't see those channels. As soon as I inserted a Korean sim card, I was able to see them.
If you are in the UK or elsewhere, using a local sim card and you can't see those channels then chances are either your country doesn't allow it or the code is already set. Either way, your options are just accept it or try one of the 'not officially supported' ways to getting around it. That's likely why Google said you were out of luck. It's possible but involves rooting etc. I think. Just search for 'change wifi country code android'. Good luck.
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I am afraid that the issue is not as simple. I also have problems with channels 12 and 13, however my phone can connect to those channels, but only for a while. I quote the report I filed in the AOSP bug tracker (not yet assigned, though):
Before I continue, I am based in Switzerland, use a Swiss mobile provider (Swisscom), and I bought my phone through Google in Switzerland. This is relevant because in Europe 802.11b/g/n channels 12 & 13 are allowed, while in the North America they are allowed only under "low power conditions" with the effect that, AFAIK, many devices simply do not support them. My Nexus 6P however should (and shall) support those two channels.
Now, the problem.
I have two access points at home, both in the 2.4 GHz band: one on channels 4+6 and the other (normally) on channels 12+13. What I noticed is that my Nexus 6P would initially connect to the strongest signal independently from the channel, as expected, but then after a while (a couple of hours, maybe) would just stop seeing the signal on channels 12 & 13. Not just my own WLAN, but also neighborhood WLANs on the same channels. This means that the phone can be sitting a couple of meters from the AP in my office (channels 12+13) and be connected to the AP at the opposite corner of the building (the one on channels 4+6). I checked with "WiFi Analyzer" and the phone really does not see any signal above channel 11.
Disabling and re-enabling WiFi will make the phone see channels 12 & 13 once again. However after a while the problem appears again.
At home this is just an inconvenience: I moved the frequency of the second AP to a different channel and that "solved" the problem. On the other hand this might be a much more serious problem when I am in an environment where I can't change the WiFi settings. Maybe I want to connect to a public hotspot broadcasting on the "wrong" channels or I am at the office in an area covered by APs on channels 12 & 13. Tough luck.
Incidentally, I saw at least one report of someone who had exactly the same issue: he had to disable WiFi and enable it again to get the phone to connect to his WLAN (on channel 12 or 13, I can't remember). I also have to say that in our household we have a few other Android devices (2 x Nexus 7, 1 x Nexus 9, 2 x Nexus 4, 1 x Moto X Play) running either 6.0.1 or 5.1.1 and a few other devices (iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, laptop, 2 x Kindle) and none exhibits this behavior. It seems to be specific to the 6P.
I suspect that after a while the WiFi driver simply reverts to its default regulatory domain ("US", I assume) and stops listening to channels 12 and 13. Why it might do so is anyone's guess. Maybe doze interferes with the driver.
Same problem here. The only way to reconnect to WiFi channel 12 or 13 is to manually switch WiFi off and on again on the 6p.
I'm in Hungary.
Guys, there is a thread in the Nexus Help Forum and I reported the issue in the AOSP Bug Tracker. Add your contributions to those threads and star them. Let's try to bring this to Google's attention, otherwise we will never get any action on this topic.
Edit: For some reason I can't add links to the post. Please search issue 197106 ("WiFi 2.4 GHz channels 12 & 13 not working properly on Nexus 6P running 6.0.1") in the AOSP Bug Tracker and the post "My Nexus 6P can't connect to Channel 12 or 13 WIFI's" in the Google Product Forums.
Roberto
I have been trying for a week to extract some information from Google and Huawei, but I must say that their support just doesn't know anything about this issue. It's even difficult to get someone to understand what the problem is: one Google support guy thought I was talkng about LTE channel 12, for example. Huawei support started talking about options in the WiFi settings that are not there, then they wanted to guide me through adding a new WLAN, and finally started clutching at straws, giving more and more fantastic explanations of why it might be so.
Bottom line is: nobody I talked to ever heard about this issue.
I would really like to understand if it could be a hardware issue (which I honestly doubt) because my RMA window is closing soon and I don't honestly know what to do: apart from this WiFi issue my 6P is absolutely flawless and I do not want to risk getting a new telephone only to find out that WiFi still does not work as expected and it's also got other issues. (And, yes, something like this already happened to me.)
robertototaro said:
I have been trying for a week to extract some information from Google and Huawei, but I must say that their support just doesn't know anything about this issue. It's even difficult to get someone to understand what the problem is: one Google support guy thought I was talkng about LTE channel 12, for example. Huawei support started talking about options in the WiFi settings that are not there, then they wanted to guide me through adding a new WLAN, and finally started clutching at straws, giving more and more fantastic explanations of why it might be so.
Bottom line is: nobody I talked to ever heard about this issue.
I would really like to understand if it could be a hardware issue (which I honestly doubt) because my RMA window is closing soon and I don't honestly know what to do: apart from this WiFi issue my 6P is absolutely flawless and I do not want to risk getting a new telephone only to find out that WiFi still does not work as expected and it's also got other issues. (And, yes, something like this already happened to me.)
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Hello, I also have the same problem. As I can report it to Google? I have not found a way.
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Hello, I also have the same problem. As I can report it to Google? I have not found a way.
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Did you call the Google Store Support? I hope that if they hear the same reports repeatedly they will take notice.
If your telephone is unlocked (and if you are on XDA chances are it is), flash Franco's kernel. I did it today and now my problems with WiFi are gone. Plus Franco's is known to be very battery efficient. It's a win-win situation.
Hello everyone !
I am French, I apologize in advance for my English
I have a Moto X Play (update, Android 6, stock rom) and I have a "problem" WiFi lately :
The phone works fine, except that I feel that WiFi is crippled, but only through time ! When I make a speed test, I was about 1/3 of the available bandwidth (2-3 Mbps on the 11 available).
The problem is even trickier because the Play Store updates are no longer (continuous progress bar), and all the more strange that I am the only one to have this problem : Motorola Moto G2 x2, LG Fino and computers portable display normal results and no problems.
I tried to change settings of the box, without result (having graduated in Networks, I know about networking, but I may have missed a few things ).
Here are the "tests" that I made, and that did not work :
factory reset
Using Wifi N (20 or 40 Mhz)
Connecting to a WiFi repeater
Enabling / disabling IPV6
Using Conectify to create an access point
Test on another box
I therefore appeal for your help. If you have ideas (without root the phone, I want to keep the Motorola warranty), let me know !
Sacha0501 said:
Hello everyone !
I am French, I apologize in advance for my English
I have a Moto X Play (update, Android 6, stock rom) and I have a "problem" WiFi lately :
The phone works fine, except that I feel that WiFi is crippled, but only through time ! When I make a speed test, I was about 1/3 of the available bandwidth (2-3 Mbps on the 11 available).
The problem is even trickier because the Play Store updates are no longer (continuous progress bar), and all the more strange that I am the only one to have this problem : Motorola Moto G2 x2, LG Fino and computers portable display normal results and no problems.
I tried to change settings of the box, without result (having graduated in Networks, I know about networking, but I may have missed a few things ).
Here are the "tests" that I made, and that did not work :
factory reset
Using Wifi N (20 or 40 Mhz)
Connecting to a WiFi repeater
Enabling / disabling IPV6
Using Conectify to create an access point
Test on another box
I therefore appeal for your help. If you have ideas (without root the phone, I want to keep the Motorola warranty), let me know !
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i am on RR ROM abd i have the "not continous progress bar" in play store too. but i can live with it. maybe its a feature not an issue.
Hello, the problem of the playstore is rather a consequence of the WiFi problem. I think contact Motorola monday.
Hey, so I have been using channel 13 on Wifi for a long time and everything was working fine but today I can't use channel 13 anymore :/ On the other phones (mum's and sister's) is the channel alright and everything works fine however I can't use channel 12 / 13 on P8 Lite anymore. I live in Europe so I think using channels 12 / 13 are ok. My wifi just doesn't appear when I change it to channel 12 / 13.
I also recently (1 day ago) rooted my mobile, (which I think isn't because of root).
I also chose region Czech Republic (it's located in Europe)
I also take a screenshot for a look - can you recommend me the best channel I could use?
Thank you so much!
EDIT: My wifi's SSID is Internet24
Hello,
I have a TicWatch Pro 3 LTE Ultra and I got an e-SIM from my operator (Orange France). It works ok with one minor detail : it seems that the LTE connection only gets established if I turn flight mode on and then off...
E.g. test situation : watch is connected via BT. I turn off BT and Wifi on the watch, and the LTE connection does not start.
I turn on and off flight mode and voilà, LTE connection is established.
Other test situation : I left home for a footing and after a while realized the watch had not connected to LTE. Turned flight mode on and off, and voilà, LTE connection is ok.
Is it normal behavior? Do I miss a config parameter somewhere? If it is normal, the least I can say is that it is not seamless...
Thanks for any help,
thefa said:
Hello,
I have a TicWatch Pro 3 LTE Ultra and I got an e-SIM from my operator (Orange France). It works ok with one minor detail : it seems that the LTE connection only gets established if I turn flight mode on and then off...
E.g. test situation : watch is connected via BT. I turn off BT and Wifi on the watch, and the LTE connection does not start.
I turn on and off flight mode and voilà, LTE connection is established.
Other test situation : I left home for a footing and after a while realized the watch had not connected to LTE. Turned flight mode on and off, and voilà, LTE connection is ok.
Is it normal behavior? Do I miss a config parameter somewhere? If it is normal, the least I can say is that it is not seamless...
Thanks for any help,
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Hey, I faced the same situation as you and after some investigation, I figured out what was the cause in my case - maybe it will help you too. I use two SIMs in my phone - the main one is from T-Mobile, the second one is from Orange. It turned out that if my Orange SIM card isn't set as default FOR THE PHONE CALLS, the watch does not switch to LTE automatically (at the same time in the Wear OS app the option of the watch LTE connection disappears). Interestignly, the options of default SIM card for SMS and for mobile internet don't play the key role here. Let's check if this helps in your case, if not, maybe do a factory reset.
Also I found out that it may behave differently on a different ROMs - when I switched ROM to the other one, LTE on my watch enables automatically irrespective of which SIM card is set as default.
Thanks a lot for answering so fast ! I knew there should be someone out there with an opinion ;-)
I do have 2 SIMs on my phone. One is Orange (e-SIM on the phone as well, BTW) and the other is Bouygues.
I tried to configure Orange as default for calls, ran the same test but did not see an improvement.
I'll test more and see if after restarting everything, it gets better.
Thanks again for the answer, I'll report back right here after more tests.
Also, what ROMs are you talking about, please? ROM for the watch? Which ROM do you use? I have the standard one...
Update from the morning, I had a notification on my watch saying that the e-Sim was activated" (which it was already), and now it seems that the LTE connection establishes itself when and as it should !!
Thanks a lot @Lord Sithek !
thefa said:
Update from the morning, I had a notification on my watch saying that the e-Sim was activated" (which it was already), and now it seems that the LTE connection establishes itself when and as it should !!
Thanks a lot @Lord Sithek !
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Oh wow, I was just writing an answer to you Im glad you got it working. By the way, I was talking about the custom ROM on my phone (Xiaomi Mi Note 10). It's strange, but since I switched to the other one (namely, OcatviOS) the issue is gone, even though I set T-Mobile SIM as the default for everything. I didn't find a key to this mystery yet, but good that it works now
One thing that I observed when I was facing your issue is that when the Orange SIM card wasn't set as default for phone calls, the option in the WearOS app that I marked in the screenshot attached disappeared. Whenever Orange was set as default, it was appearing again. Maybe that will be some kind of clue for you and other users in the future.
Cheers
Thanks! I have to say that the the various effects config parameters _on the phone_ have on the watch are less than clear to me... everything but intuitive...