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Hi all
I have just received an HTC Desire HD and when I try to connect to my home wifi network (which was using 801.11n) and the SSID wasn't shown in the list of available networks. I tried adding the network manually but it then just said that the network was "out of range, remembered". After that, I changed the settings on my wireless router to 801.11g and, lo-and-behold, it appeared on the phone.
I then updated the OS to Android 2.3.3 but, when I switched the router back to 801.11n it again couldn't find the wifi network. I don't want to be stuck with 801.11g (too much interference in my block of flats) and the phone is supposed to support 801.11n. I was wondering if there were any known issues with it (unsupported channels etc). I tried searching the forums for the last 10 mins with no luck.
I'm just using the standard ROM that came with the phone (not had a chance to play yet . Software version is 2.36.405.8
Thanks in advance
Vassago
Update
Ok - so googling around, I realised that I may have a bit of a fundamental misunderstanding of wifi.
On my router settings, I am given the option of choosing between 2.4GHz and 5GHz. I thought this was the difference between 801.11g and 801.11n... but apparently, 801.11n can also operate on the 2.4GHz band.
The interference I suffer from my neighbours is when I'm using the 2.4GHz band so I would prefer to use the 5GHz one. Are there any limitations on the device restricting the frequency bands it can use?
Thanks
Unfortunately, you can only use 2.4GHz N with the DHD.
Ouch
I wonder if I can cancel my contract still...
Oh well - thanks anyway.
Try to use another channel between 1-13 and stick to 2.4ghz band
I'm having a really strange issue with my wifi which doesn't seem to be touched on here through searching.
Along with dropouts on the 5GHz band, I seem to only get about 10Mbps download and 30Mbps upload (either 2.4 or 5). I tried 2.4 on another router and the same result with slow download. I have a 80/30Mbps connection an no other devices are having issues with either router (Cisco E4200 and Actiontec Fibre). The ping is also really high when doing a speedtest. I tried all the router settings I could think of and even re-flashed a different Tomato firmware on the E4200.
Any ideas? I'm thinking of re-flashing a stock image to see if it might a bad wifi driver or something?
I'm just running unrooted 4.3 JSS15Q updated automatically.
Thanks.
WiFi signal strength poor.
hectomb said:
I'm having a really strange issue with my wifi which doesn't seem to be touched on here through searching.
Along with dropouts on the 5GHz band, I seem to only get about 10Mbps download and 30Mbps upload (either 2.4 or 5). I tried 2.4 on another router and the same result with slow download. I have a 80/30Mbps connection an no other devices are having issues with either router (Cisco E4200 and Actiontec Fibre). The ping is also really high when doing a speedtest. I tried all the router settings I could think of and even re-flashed a different Tomato firmware on the E4200.
Any ideas? I'm thinking of re-flashing a stock image to see if it might a bad wifi driver or something?
I'm just running unrooted 4.3 JSS15Q updated automatically.
Thanks.
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I have a "stock" Nexus 7 2013 and have been testing for the past week. WiFi in short sucks on my device. I used inSSIDer to test and to compare with my Nexus 4 and laptop. I can not get more than 10 feet from a router before it is in the dirt. I will try to attach my test results, get the app and see what you get..
There definitely something wrong with the Wi-Fi, it's as though the system is throttling it
Hi,
first of all i am on MIUI 8 (8.1.5 Global Stable) and my Wifi seems to be really slow. Sometimes i got only 1 MBps with a speedtest although i'm on a 75MBit internet connection behind the wifi router. Most of the time i reach about 8MBit and sometimes 35MBit.
The problem occured on 8.1.3 the first time and i flashed 8.1.5 via TWRP and started from scratch (wiped) but it remains the same. Maybe it's a hardware defect.
Anyway - Could you do a speedtest and tell me which connection you have and which max bandwidth you can achieve with the Mi Max?
Also i considered flashing just a new radio, because TWRP update doesn't flash radio.
So could you tell me what version is the current baseband (radio)? Just check in Phone Information. I would really appreciate to know if there is a newer radio and how to flash it safely (phone is officially unlocked).
Thank you
Dacoco said:
Hi,
first of all i am on MIUI 8 (8.1.5 Global Stable) and my Wifi seems to be really slow. Sometimes i got only 1 MBps with a speedtest although i'm on a 75MBit internet connection behind the wifi router. Most of the time i reach about 8MBit and sometimes 35MBit.
So could you tell me what version is the current baseband (radio)? Just check in Phone Information. I would really appreciate to know if there is a newer radio and how to flash it safely (phone is officially unlocked).
Thank you
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To begin, I advise you to test your wi-fi on several different devices. If only Mi Max will have a bad rate, then it is necessary to look for the problem and if all devices have the same speed of the Internet, the problem is in the router.
5ghz or 2.4ghz is your router using?
I also has this issue. and i found out that it happens only with specific routers (like i have in my home).
I think that i found a workaround for my home - i use Xiaomi mi adapter as a repeater and connect to it and it works much faster..
Other phones on the same network don't have the problem.
avicho said:
I also has this issue. and i found out that it happens only with specific routers (like i have in my home).
I think that i found a workaround for my home - i use Xiaomi mi adapter as a repeater and connect to it and it works much faster..
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Do you mean the Mi Router for 30 USD?
What is the current radio and can i flash just the radio?
Dacoco said:
Other phones on the same network don't have the problem.
Do you mean the Mi Router for 30 USD?
What is the current radio and can I flash just the radio?
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Nope,
I meant Xiaomi WIFI Repeater Amplifier: 7-8$
http://xiaomi-mi.com/mi-wifi/xiaomi-mi-wifi-amplifier/
yes correct i am using that mi wifi extender it works great but need to configure it under mi home app
My version is 8.2.5.0 and my WiFi is slow!! It takes time to play even 144p videos in youtube .
Why it is slow ?? And what is the solution ??
I have the same problem. But I have slow DL rates at any wifi router, and also LTE. Changed many ROMs and the problem persist.
i think im having same problem.. im getting 2.8MB/s on a 100Mb network.
Speed in 4g data mode is working fine.. the problem is on wifi only.
The Wi-Fi does seem slower than other phones. I'm on MIUI 10 8.8.9 eu ROM and the maximum I can get connected to an Asus AC68 router is ~150Mb, whereas my Galaxy Note 4 does ~250Mb over the same 5Ghz 400Mb connection.
Wam7 said:
The Wi-Fi does seem slower than other phones. I'm on MIUI 10 8.8.9 eu ROM and the maximum I can get connected to an Asus AC68 router is ~150Mb, whereas my Galaxy Note 4 does ~250Mb over the same 5Ghz 400Mb connection.
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I have this same problem did you ever find a solution? Did you get a new router, cause that is were am at right now.
Yes, fixed when I did official ROM update via OTA to MIUI10 and now MIUI11. With the same router I got 300Mbps.
I have recently upgraded the router to the Asus AC86U but only for better 5Ghz range for all my devices. The slow issue was definitely the phoned software.
I have just bought a new moto Z2 play, everything is great but the wi-fi disconnects and reconnects too much when i am in the next room. I had moto z play earlier and it gave me no problems at all.
I have reset the networks, forget wifi and started fresh, restarted phone in safe mode, restarted router and still facing the issue.
Any perfect fix/solution please?!
What network ? 2.4 ? 5 GHz ?
For me 5GHz is much faster at least, they are both stable but 5GHz is noticeably better.
What AP are you using ?
Last time when I had frequent disconnects on Android device, it was due to incorrectly set security parameters on the WiFi AP.
IM facing the same issue
I have the same problem on latest version. The connection to my 5 GHz network at home is just bad. It's not great on 2.4 GHz too, but 5 GHz is just a desaster. It's slow, often can't transport anything and very often just disconnects and then it takes an eternity to reconnect. Most of the time it won't even show up in WiFi list, but very often it at least still shows up when checking with WiFi connection manager. Then it's still there at about -70 to -60 dB which should be more than enough for a stable connection.
And like the op I can confirm I had absolutely no problems on the first gen Moto Z play.
My router is a "Fritz!Box 6490" by AVM (Not known much outside but everyone that understands a thing about routers they will recommend that company since they make the best non-business routers you can get here) and I don't think there can be any problem with it since the Z2 play is the only device having any problem.
I can't use 2.4 GHz at home which I can understand since that frequency band is just too crowded, but I put my 5 GHz network in the highest band possible, the next WiFi signal is about 7 bands lower. The only signal using the same band is the guest WiFi of the router but there is no traffic at all on it.
The router UI seems to confirm that there are problems. It shows my phone's connection with a signal strength of about -90 dB while the phone itself reports about -65 dB. And while the router UI shows a momentary data speed in the hundreds of Mbit/s for my laptop (which also maxes out at 802.11n, so no ac), it mostly shows one under 10 for my phone, that only changes when I'm doing a speedtest, but not much
It's there any hidden WiFi setting for Android that could be altered or anything to make the connection as robust as it's supposed to be?
I just got this phone yesterday and so far I just cannot get it to stay connected to my network. No other devices are having this problem. It basically just seems to constantly connect and disconnect from the wifi and also seems to constantly search for other connections as well. I've tried factory reset, cache clearing(which never works as it just red triangle error's me), reset the router, tried to change settings in phone itself but nothing seems to fix it and it's making it impossible to use at home. Anyone have any suggestions?
Same thing here. I went in and turned off all the wifi in battery power saving exclusions. Ain't been home long enough to try though.
I'm having this same issue! My prior daily (S9+) didn't have this issue, and my Pixel 2XL doesn't have this issue. I could be right next to the router and it still does this. Doesn't seem to matter if I'm at home, work, parents house, or a cafe, it still randomly loses connection. Same with my Gear S3. Just randomly loses connection. It's pretty annoying, and I hope they offer a software fix. Yes, I factory reset the phone and it still occurs.
I noticed this only with the 5 GHz band... I will contact LG about it today...
Yeah, I'm having the same issue. My router broadcasts both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz on the same SSID. Last I'd heard, Android wouldn't connect to 5 GHz in that circumstance, and my G7 appears to continue that trend.
But it still disconnects from the network all the time.
Sadly I have the same issue. I have different SSID for 2.4 and 5Ghz band, and as devil_tear says it's fails only with the 5ghz band. I did a factory reset but issue stills there.
Did you found a fix for this issue?
Had the same problem. Solved by enabling wifi on the battery saving power exclusions in the battery menu.
mprovi_15 said:
Had the same problem. Solved by enabling wifi on the battery saving power exclusions in the battery menu.
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Thanks a lot for this tip.
Had the same problem, was burning through my 4G data at a rate much faster than on my Google Pixel.
So far, adding wifi to the power saving exclusion has seemed to fix the issue. Thank you!
PS: Does any else find the wifi signal on this phone is weak?
mprovi_15 said:
Had the same problem. Solved by enabling wifi on the battery saving power exclusions in the battery menu.
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Great suggestion
Tried the suggestion here for adding WiFi to exclusion. WiFi on 5ghz still disconnects and reconnects every few seconds. Only way to keep it connected is putting it on 2.4ghz.
Tried the suggestion with reboots, factory reset, adding WiFi to exclusion and then connecting to the network. My g7 will just not work with it.
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involuntaryqool said:
Tried the suggestion here for adding WiFi to exclusion. WiFi on 5ghz still disconnects and reconnects every few seconds. Only way to keep it connected is putting it on 2.4ghz.
Tried the suggestion with reboots, factory reset, adding WiFi to exclusion and then connecting to the network. My g7 will just not work with it.
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Have seen this also, in my case it happens when I am a bit far from the router, it may be the router not having a strong stable connection so the phone see it doesn't have internet. In the points I experience that I have a 5Ghz connection of 0-2Mb but I have maybe 2 bars of connection. Share your opinions to try to understand the problems.
mprovi_15 said:
Have seen this also, in my case it happens when I am a bit far from the router, it may be the router not having a strong stable connection so the phone see it doesn't have internet. In the points I experience that I have a 5Ghz connection of 0-2Mb but I have maybe 2 bars of connection. Share your opinions to try to understand the problems.
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For me I would say it happens more if I have 2-3 bars but nonetheless it happens even 3ft away from the router eventually. what's odd is my note 5 stays connected, my computer, and other phone stay connected on the 5ghz band. All these devices are in the same location so I'm pretty dumbfounded especially considering this is a newer phone than the note 5 lol. I hope it can be fixed with an ota update
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I have the same issues. I sent back the first phone for a replacement thinking it was the issue. When the second phone arrived it was working perfectly and then it happened again.
I noticed this happened after I took whatever software update was offered. I went as far to switch providers with different equipment (fibe to cable) but same result.
Made specific 2.4ghz SSID for LG G7 and no issues.
I've never seen this happen. And my laptop and LG are using the same 5 ghz signal.
I think I remember the G6 doing this though
Falkentyne said:
I've never seen this happen. And my laptop and LG are using the same 5 ghz signal.
I think I remember the G6 doing this though
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Just came back from my dad's house and I know it's a short test, however he has an Archer a7 connected after his dedicated provided box. I wonder if that can fix the issue?
I have the same issue.
it connects to 2.4Ghz networks fine but the range is very limited when I move to another room wifi reception decreases a lot. However my wife`s S9+ and my oneplus 6 works fine.
Main problem is when I connect to 5Ghz network it starts disconnecting and reception is even worse than 2.4Ghz. S9 and Oneplus connection is still fine at 5Ghz
I tried to change the 5ghz channels on the router but no luck and I exclude the WIFI from battery saving apps still didn`t work.
I have to use 2.4Ghz and the reception is not as good as other phones
Wifi seems stable for me, except wifi calling. That would crash at connection or even mid-call sometimes. I'd have to reboot to make or receive another call. Some sort of server error. Turned off wifi calling and no issues yet. Didn't notice Ed it anyway since 4g is really strong here.
After the newest update on my phone, taken today Oct 4th, 2018/my random WiFi disconnects haven't been happening at all on 5ghz. Also, the signal is about 3 bars larger now in the same location it used to be dropping out constantly. Hopefully it stays this way.
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involuntaryqool said:
After the newest update on my phone, taken today Oct 4th, 2018/my random WiFi disconnects haven't been happening at all on 5ghz. Also, the signal is about 3 bars larger now in the same location it used to be dropping out constantly. Hopefully it stays this way.
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I was coming in to report something similar. I've got the US T-Mo version and just got the G710TM10K update yesterday.
WiFi stability has massively improved. Disconnects are almost completely nonexistent now. I haven't noticed that the signal bar is behaving any differently, but that doesn't mean a whole lot. The update was fairly large (over 400 MB), so I could see new firmware playing a role.
Could anyone still on G710TM10G post their data from Software Info to check if the baseband has been updated? Here's mine from 10K:
Android Version: 8.0.0
Android Security Patch Level: September 1, 2018
Baseband Version: MPSS.AT.4.0.c2.9-00045-SDM845_GEN_PACK-1.160685.1.163435.1
Kernel Version: 4.9.65
Build Number: OPR1.170623.032
Configuration Version: 2.350001
Software Version: G710TM10k
Security Software Version: MDF v3.1 Release 3