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Hi all, Im having a problem that is slowly driving me insane for the past 2 weeks. I surely cant be the only one. Anyway, I generally move between home and work daily, both have WIFI. When Im at home Im connected, all fine. I travel to work, WIFI isnt connected, again this is normal. I get into work and when I expect it be connected to WIFI it isnt, WIFI is off and I have to manually turn it back on to get it connected to WIFI again. Why do I have to do this? Why have all my other Android devices just worked normally and reconnect to known networks. Its soooo frustrating
Anyone have same problem or have a resolution?
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TheBishopOfSoho said:
Hi all, Im having a problem that is slowly driving me insane for the past 2 weeks. I surely cant be the only one. Anyway, I generally move between home and work daily, both have WIFI. When Im at home Im connected, all fine. I travel to work, WIFI isnt connected, again this is normal. I get into work and when I expect it be connected to WIFI it isnt, WIFI is off and I have to manually turn it back on to get it connected to WIFI again. Why do I have to do this? Why have all my other Android devices just worked normally and reconnect to known networks. Its soooo frustrating
Anyone have same problem or have a resolution?
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What rom?What settings in phone wifi?
Both Stock rom, with and without the volume fix, and Modaco MCR4. Wifi settings are set as WIFI on even during sleep.
Is there some settings Im missing somewhere other than in Settings > Wireless & Netowrks > Wifi ??
TheBishopOfSoho said:
Both Stock rom, with and without the volume fix, and Modaco MCR4. Wifi settings are set as WIFI on even during sleep.
Is there some settings Im missing somewhere other than in Settings > Wireless & Netowrks > Wifi ??
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Nope these are the settings.The strange thing for me is that your wifi turns off automatically
Try going to advanced WIFI settings and disable 'Avoid poor connections'
bongadadu said:
Try going to advanced WIFI settings and disable 'Avoid poor connections'
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Exactly.This is what i prepared to post.Give it a try
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afilopou said:
Exactly.This is what i prepared to post.Give it a try
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Yep. Try that. Only thing I can think of. My wifi was flaky with that setting on even 4 from my router. If that doesn't solve are you using any kind of task managing àpp?
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TheBishopOfSoho said:
Hi all, Im having a problem that is slowly driving me insane for the past 2 weeks. I surely cant be the only one. Anyway, I generally move between home and work daily, both have WIFI. When Im at home Im connected, all fine. I travel to work, WIFI isnt connected, again this is normal. I get into work and when I expect it be connected to WIFI it isnt, WIFI is off and I have to manually turn it back on to get it connected to WIFI again. Why do I have to do this? Why have all my other Android devices just worked normally and reconnect to known networks. Its soooo frustrating
Anyone have same problem or have a resolution?
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I have posted this in other people's threads in regards to poor wifi reception. I recently purchased a 9250 through bell canada and have the same problem.
I have turned off the 'avoid poor connections' as well. It turns on and off on its own and can't get through a download of more then 5MB on wifi.
It will also reconnect on its own if I have left wifi turned on. I would say while WIFI is turned on I may actually be connected 30% of the time. This is 90% in 2 feet away from a router.
I'm having the same issue (wifi turning itself off) - noticed it the other day and just assume I'd caught the wi-fi button (I use extended controls). Happened again this morning and also just now as I got home.
I've not modded anything on my Nexus (4.0.1) - avoid poor connections has been disabled for a while.
I may test the theory, but betweek home and work is a wifi enabled bus journey, I never use it but it always tells me there's a wifi available. I might turn wifi notification off and see it if turns itself off before I get to work in the morning...
Left home with wifi on... Got to work and wifi was off? Wtf?
Could it be extended controls?
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TheBishopOfSoho said:
Hi all, Im having a problem that is slowly driving me insane for the past 2 weeks. I surely cant be the only one. Anyway, I generally move between home and work daily, both have WIFI. When Im at home Im connected, all fine. I travel to work, WIFI isnt connected, again this is normal. I get into work and when I expect it be connected to WIFI it isnt, WIFI is off and I have to manually turn it back on to get it connected to WIFI again. Why do I have to do this? Why have all my other Android devices just worked normally and reconnect to known networks. Its soooo frustrating
Anyone have same problem or have a resolution?
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You are not the only one, it's happening to me in exactly the same scenario. Oddly enough it hasn't happened today.
i cant make out of your post thast the wifi on/off button turns of? or just the connection to the wifi adres?
i dont know about any sleep or auto turn of policy's as i didnt try it(i always turn off my wifi when travling)
but if its the last thing.
than the problem might not even be the GN.?
but the router it self.
even computer's and laptopt can have problems when the password is too long,or to different(hard characters like :';/.m,[email protected]#$%^&**(() ][ )
it might also be the MHZ setting,as the 20MHZ has wider range but can be disorted by machines like microwaves.
but the 40MHZ has lower range but wouldnt be disorted.
as there is also the channel option thats has been set wrong/or the pasword encryption. or any other router conflicting with the router you want to connect.
it might also be the router not liking your GN.(as my spica doesnt conect to my router at home,but all my other devices do.my router doesnt want to give a IP to my spica.)
It just happened to me again now, left the office whilst wifi was on and connected. Grabbed some lunch and returned (about 20 mins) and now my wifi button is set to off and I need to set it back to on.
s4vva said:
It just happened to me again now, left the office whilst wifi was on and connected. Grabbed some lunch and returned (about 20 mins) and now my wifi button is set to off and I need to set it back to on.
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Are there any policiys or settings for auto off?
you might also want to look into the power setting's,might be a power save feature.
And you are running stock? or??
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Are there any policiys or settings for auto off?
you might also want to look into the power setting's,might be a power save feature.
And you are running stock? or??
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Can't see any policy settings or any power save features. Running stock.
somehow I have fixed it. Problem is I don't know how.
Here is what I did in case anyone else needs help;
*From the 'My Vodafone' app, select wi-fi finder, in settings untick 'Enable BT Openzone'
*Settings, wi-fi, advanced, untick 'Network Notification', untick 'Avoid poor connections'
Not sure which of the above actually fixes it but my Wi-Fi has been on for about 1 1/2 days now.
Have you or when did you upgrade to 4.0.2? As the changelog mentions a wifi fixed. Only upgraded this morning so won't see if it has worked until I get home...
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So I am still having this problem since day one. I have travelled through 3 countries and multiple cities and tried to use WIFI in at least 20+ different instances and the problem is the same.
It connects right away (really quickly actually) will stay connected for a bit then eventually loses connection.
I can't download any of the big packages for the games and so I can't play them. I won't use my data connection for anything over 100mb.
I got a message for an update yesterday. Updated the phone but I see no difference in the Android version number.
Anything happening with this?
I thought the update i was downloading was 4.0.2 but i guess it wasn't.
I am familar with updating and flashing from the galaxy s. But I want to use the phone completely stock for while.
I have just returned my nexus for a replacement. Lets see how it goes.
So far I have had the power shut off once while toggling the wifi widget (never happened on my other phone). And the wifi has disconnected twice. I have just done the update (not 4.0.2) and it seems to work a little better.
Called samsung yesterday after getting the replacement phone when it had the same issue (just as a reminder I have tried it on numerous routers/ap's) and they said they hadn't heard of the issue.
I said I was just calling to provide some feedback. They told me to return the phone yet again. I obviously believe I don't have a problem with the hardware at all. I figured if store let me return it, then why not.
Anyway onto my 3rd one today and the exact same problem.
I think that even though I am turning off "Avoid Poor Connections" it isn't actually turning that 'feature' off. Every so often and only if your watching the wifi settings it will say that it disconnected the wifi connection due to low signal.
Mind you all of this is 1' from my router while sitting at my computer. My galaxy S is sitting beside me and has maintained a wireless link to the router the entire time.
I've noticed of late that my One X thinks that my home WiFi is still in range, and that it's connected, even when I am not at home. To get mobile data to work I have to turn WiFi off and back on again to make it work properly.
Anyone experiencing the same?
OliverHaslam said:
I've noticed of late that my One X thinks that my home WiFi is still in range, and that it's connected, even when I am not at home. To get mobile data to work I have to turn WiFi off and back on again to make it work properly.
Anyone experiencing the same?
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Nah, there is an option for disconnecting the wifi if there is no good connection.
also there are wifi fixing tools in the market, switching between aps etc.
also there are tools for switching to 3G if WiFi is under some threshold.
Unfortunately you must search and test. Did my fair share of that.
Also check out that option in the settings if you have it checked.
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Nah, there is an option for disconnecting the wifi if there is no good connection.
also there are wifi fixing tools in the market, switching between aps etc.
also there are tools for switching to 3G if WiFi is under some threshold.
Unfortunately you must search and test. Did my fair share of that.
Also check out that option in the settings if you have it checked.
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Regardless of that setting, it should know that the Wi-Fi it was connected to is no longer there.
OliverHaslam said:
Regardless of that setting, it should know that the Wi-Fi it was connected to is no longer there.
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Okay and? Are you completely stock. And you tried already factory reset, and this happens with every AP on the latest sw ?
Then you could try to return it for repairs?
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Since updating my N7100 to 4.4.2, it is not reliably switching between WiFi and mobile data when it should. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. Until I updated it was always !00% reliable.
I found the new setting under the WiFi tab - 'Smart Network Switch', and this is checked.
Has anyone else had this problem? Any suggestions to cure it? The phone isn't rooted and I don't want to do that.
RR-99 said:
Since updating my N7100 to 4.4.2, it is not reliably switching between WiFi and mobile data when it should. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. Until I updated it was always !00% reliable.
I found the new setting under the WiFi tab - 'Smart Network Switch', and this is checked.
Has anyone else had this problem? Any suggestions to cure it? The phone isn't rooted and I don't want to do that.
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You got to disable Smart Network Switch cause whenever mobile data is stronger than wifi signal (even, let's say for a second) it will disconnect from wifi and vice versa.
Androidwizzard said:
You got to disable Smart Network Switch cause whenever mobile data is stronger than wifi signal (even, let's say for a second) it will disconnect from wifi and vice versa.
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Thanks. I'll try that.
It seems that the Smart Switch isn't working as it should because sometimes when I get home I can hold the phone right up to the WiFi router and it still doesn't switch to WiFi.
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Thanks. I'll try that.
It seems that the Smart Switch isn't working as it should because sometimes when I get home I can hold the phone right up to the WiFi router and it still doesn't switch to WiFi.
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Normally no need for network switch, only on special occasions when needs continuous connection and wifi isn't that strong whereas mobile is.
If you untick (disable) you will see, that coming home into reach of wifi will automatically change from mobile to wifi. :good:
Androidwizzard said:
Normally no need for network switch, only on special occasions when needs continuous connection and wifi isn't that strong whereas mobile is.
If you untick (disable) you will see, that coming home into reach of wifi will automatically change from mobile to wifi. :good:
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I have it unticked now and I will see how it works. Will it be exactly like it was before I updated to 4.4.2?
If I'm home, chillan out, connected to my home WiFi, sometimes my wifi will just randomly turn itself off.. And then when I'm out (let's say I'm driving around) my WiFi will just randomly turn itself on. I don't get why the hell it does bc it never used to! I have connections optimizer deleted (using Titanium Backup) and I have "always allow scanning" OFF and "keep WiFi on during sleep" ON. What gives....?!
Lol you might have to flash to stock rom to fix this
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waoasis said:
Lol you might have to flash to stock rom to fix this
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I'm on the stock OE2 ROM... just rooted.
in my opinion the S6's software optimization is really really bad having a lot of bugs and glitches. I won't be surprised if there are weird phenomena happening in the phone if rooted
Disable the ironically named "Connections Optimizer" to prevent random dcs from wifi.
I am also experiencing these issues. It usually happens when the screen is off, and I can tell because when I turn the screen on it says at the bottom "Connected to WiFi Network <name>." I am finding this quite frustrating. I found a thread saying that you need to switch the wireless security on the router from "WPA2/WPA Mixed" to "WPA2 Personal" but it did not help my situation after doing this. I am still searching for a solution.
Saafir said:
set a static ip for your phone
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Hello, thanks for your input! How exactly do I set a static IP for my phone? I actually don't think my phone's IP is changing, but it's worth a shot. Thanks!
Mine will turn on Wifi on it's own. When im out and about as well. Connections optimizer is off. Always scanning is off. It's annoying because ill be using my hotspot and then itll turn wifi on by itself and turn off hotspot.
Saafir said:
Do you have the WiFi Roaming enabled in Developer options?
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Don't even have developer options activated
adrianr514 said:
Mine will turn on Wifi on it's own. When im out and about as well. Connections optimizer is off. Always scanning is off. It's annoying because ill be using my hotspot and then itll turn wifi on by itself and turn off hotspot.
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EXACTLY what happens to me bro. It's very freakn annoying.
Same issue here
I have enabled the hotspot hack using GTools and when I wake up screen to log in I get the message warning me that if I enable Wifi the hotspot will be turned off. I have already frozen connections optimizer so I know it's not that. Something keeps trying to turn on Wifi while I have the hotspot enabled. Have tried looking for the app or process but can't seem to get rid of it.
Me Too
Just chiming in to say that I've been having that same problem too, ever since I got the phone (which I rooted and used GTools the day I got it...LOL). Hope someone figures this out. I've tried everything I can think of and that I've read online.
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I got the same message last night using my hotspot. I guess the common denominator here is we've all used GTools?
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I have the same exact issue of the message warning me turning on wifi will disable hot spot but I did not use GTools to enable hot spot. I used that other method using my MDL, I believe.
are you using the DUN hotspot method?
Mine does the same thing and has been ever since i got it. I don't know if using DUN APN type is the cause or not but i suspect it is.
arrrsv said:
are you using the DUN hotspot method?
Mine does the same thing and has been ever since i got it. I don't know if using DUN APN type is the cause or not but i suspect it is.
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No.
I have a strange issue with the 5G NE, when I leave the house it of course disconnects from the WiFi because it's out of range. But the phone turns off WiFi al together. So when I get back home I have to manually turn on WiFi again. Then when it connects, it keeps working. Anyone else has this issue or know how to fix. Allready turned off the WiFi assistent, didn't help.
In the past there was an auto turn of WiFi in the Advanced WiFi settings, but that menu is not even in the build.
I am on the latets European build.
djcasl said:
I have a strange issue with the 5G NE, when I leave the house it of course disconnects from the WiFi because it's out of range. But the phone turns off WiFi al together. So when I get back home I have to manually turn on WiFi again. Then when it connects, it keeps working. Anyone else has this issue or know how to fix. Allready turned off the WiFi assistent, didn't help.
In the past there was an auto turn of WiFi in the Advanced WiFi settings, but that menu is not even in the build.
I am on the latets European build.
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Yeah, it is frustrating to have this issue, I had it on my old K20 pro. Reset the settings and give it a try or else reset the whole device.
Maskman_101 said:
Yeah, it is frustrating to have this issue, I had it on my old K20 pro. Reset the settings and give it a try or else reset the whole device.
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Hmm not the anwser I was hoping for, I'll give it a try.
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Hmm not the anwser I was hoping for, I'll give it a try.
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Hi, did it something or find any solution because my GF has the same problem with her phone.. and more people have the same issue but no solutions anywhere?! I never seen this problem anywhere else. should not be a hard fix....
I got an update about 2-3 days ago. I deleted the main WiFi from known networks, and I cleaned out all other old WiFi connections that were still in my google account and automatically restored. Reconnected my main WiFi again, and it has been stable ever since. So didn't need to do al full reset of network settings.
Also in the 3/4/5G settings I set WiFi as a preference over Mobile data.