Constant Wifi Disconnects - Will a Custom ROM Fix This? - Nextbit Robin

My Robin was working just fine until a little over a week ago when these random but frequent wifi disconnects started happening. It seems to be a common issue with the phone. I'm not seeing any threads on here regarding the issue, however, so I'm wondering if a custom ROM will fix it. I've no experience with this sort of thing, so forgive me if it's a silly question.

I've never been on stock before, so I can't report on that. But as far as I can tell AOSPA is the only ROM I've had minor WIFI issues with. So assuming the stock rom has WIFI disconnection issues, yes a custom rom should fix it.

WiFi
Im using HEBF Optimizer apk It seems to be helping me a little
Running my vpn apk helps too...

Thank you for the replies. I suppose I'll just have to try it and see.

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WiFi not working correctly after custom recovery flash

Is anyone else experiencing this? This has happened to me with a couple of different roms; sfhub's rooted FF18, datajosh's FF18 rooted deodexed rom, and PhantomHacker's ICS FF18 Blazer rom. After I flash a custom recovery like agat's or chris41g's my wifi start not working properly. It will connect fine and work for a little while. I haven't quite pinpointed when it stops working, but after sometime the wifi will just stop bringing down data. This may be happening when the phone goes to sleep. Regardless, it will be connected to the router, but no data is flowing. I need to turn off and then turn the WiFi back on to get it working again. I've tried changing the wifi to disconnect when the phone is asleep, that sort of fixes things, but I'd rather have my phone always connected.
So, do other experience this? Is this a common problem I just have to deal with? Is there a thread somewhere that I'm missing that will help me fix this?
Right now, I'm running an the AOKP milestone 6 rom that came with the TWRP custom recovery and wifi is working properly, but I'm thinking I want to go back to a TW rom but want to figure out this WiFi issue. Any help would be awesome. Thanks!
I'm having the same problem, but only on my home network as far as I can tell. I found a thread elsewhere that proposed it was a problem with using WPA PSK encryption on 802.11g networks and a bug with ICS. The suggested solution was to change your encryption to WPA2 PSK. I did this and thought it fixed the problem, but it has returned a day later.
This doesn't happen when I'm at work, so I think it is some setting on my home network that ICS doesn't like.
I also experience this problem. I'll try messing around with my router tonight. I feel like I also don't have problems at school. So its worth a shot. I'll let you know how it goes.
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ehwilli said:
I'm having the same problem, but only on my home network as far as I can tell. I found a thread elsewhere that proposed it was a problem with using WPA PSK encryption on 802.11g networks and a bug with ICS. The suggested solution was to change your encryption to WPA2 PSK. I did this and thought it fixed the problem, but it has returned a day later.
This doesn't happen when I'm at work, so I think it is some setting on my home network that ICS doesn't like.
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So, I actually wasn't able to mess around with my router last night. But I'm wondering if this could be a router issue and not a security issue. Out of curiosity, what kind of router are you using? I'm using an old WRT54GL that I really like and suits my needs fine. I just can't believe out of everyone on XDA with an E4GT that most everybody isn't running WPA security of their routers. Similar to you, when I'm at school I'm not experiencing this issue. I'm wondering if I should buy a router from Walmart or something and see if it fixes the issue, return it if it doesn't. Thoughts?
dISCO iNFILTRATOR said:
Is anyone else experiencing this? This has happened to me with a couple of different roms; sfhub's rooted FF18, datajosh's FF18 rooted deodexed rom, and PhantomHacker's ICS FF18 Blazer rom. After I flash a custom recovery like agat's or chris41g's my wifi start not working properly. It will connect fine and work for a little while. I haven't quite pinpointed when it stops working, but after sometime the wifi will just stop bringing down data. This may be happening when the phone goes to sleep. Regardless, it will be connected to the router, but no data is flowing. I need to turn off and then turn the WiFi back on to get it working again. I've tried changing the wifi to disconnect when the phone is asleep, that sort of fixes things, but I'd rather have my phone always connected.
So, do other experience this? Is this a common problem I just have to deal with? Is there a thread somewhere that I'm missing that will help me fix this?
Right now, I'm running an the AOKP milestone 6 rom that came with the TWRP custom recovery and wifi is working properly, but I'm thinking I want to go back to a TW rom but want to figure out this WiFi issue. Any help would be awesome. Thanks!
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I'm experiencing the exact same issue after loading the FF18 OTA update from stock recovery. Factory reset after update did not correct the issue, Sprint support has not been overly helpful- and went as far to say that correcting the issue may require replacement of the phone, and that I shouldn't accept the ICS update on the new phone if I go that route (not doing that).
Possible Solution
Okay, today I swapped out my wireless router with a dual band wireless N router from netgear. I've had it installed for a couple of ours and so far my WiFi on my phone is working as it should. I've made no changes to my phone. So, this may be a router issue. I don't know anything about hardware, or why this would be happening, but this may be a solution. I'll post an update if the WiFi ever acts up again.
WRT54GL
brooksbarnard said:
So, I actually wasn't able to mess around with my router last night. But I'm wondering if this could be a router issue and not a security issue. Out of curiosity, what kind of router are you using? I'm using an old WRT54GL that I really like and suits my needs fine. I just can't believe out of everyone on XDA with an E4GT that most everybody isn't running WPA security of their routers. Similar to you, when I'm at school I'm not experiencing this issue. I'm wondering if I should buy a router from Walmart or something and see if it fixes the issue, return it if it doesn't. Thoughts?
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I apologize for resurrecting this thread but, for posterity, i'm also running a WRT54GL v1.1 and have the same problem on two different E4GTs running FF18. I have tried the 4.30.15 cisco firmware after factory reset along with tomato 1.28 (with different SSIDs), both had the same issue (i.e. wifi seems to 'hang' after a few hours. the notification bar shows the wifi signal strength, as well as being connected, but unable to do anything online. this issue only appears to happen when using this router.), which suggests a possible hardware incompatibility. the current fix is to diable/reenable wi-fi, which will work again for a few hours. The router works perfectly will all other devices.
I will poke around a bit tonight and post results if I find anything
UPDATE: I apologize for the wait, but may have a workaround. The phones have since been updated to FH13 and both still had the same problem.
I'm currently using Linksys/Cisco firmware Ver.4.30.15 for my WRT54GL v1.1. In the wireless security section of the web interface, I have changed the security type from WPA2 Personal to just WPA Personal. No other settings were changed. Just to rule out a DHCP issue, I set an IP statically on the phone but this may not be necessary. Since the change I have not had the "connected but not really" problem as described above.
I have had a limited time to test the change, but if the problem persists at least it's an improvement. I will keep the thread updated with what I find.
Yes please keep us posted if you find anything with the settings on the router. i have the same router as you ther WRT54GL and I am experencing the same wifi connected yet disconnected bug. Have to turn it off then back on to make it work right.
I have the same issue. Not sure what the issue is but I never had any problems on Gingerbread.
tenaciousj said:
I have the same issue. Not sure what the issue is but I never had any problems on Gingerbread.
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+1 I too never had any issues with GB 2.3.6. The wifi problem started with ICS FF18 and now too with FH13

Help with WiFi Disconnect

I need some assistance trying to narrow down what is causing my issue. I posted this in the LiquidSmooth thread but I wanted to post here to get more exposure and perhaps someone more knowledgeable can chime in. I believed this to be a JB kernel issue but I also tried CM9 on my phone and the problem persists.
Yes, for some reason my phone will randomly disconnect from my WiFi connection. the actual WiFi service will remain on; I can see available networks but it will not reconnect to my saved AP unless I toggle WiFi off/on, and even then it will randomly disconnect again. The same thing happens with CM, and ALL CM-based roms. I have tried Faux, Imoseyon, Trinity, stock, and Ktoonsez kernels and none seemed to fix this issue.
Stock TW roms, both ICS and JB, keep my connection just fine. I also used the same CM nightly build on my GS3 and my Galaxy Nexus for testing purposes. The GS3 will lose connection while the GNex does not, so I figured it had something to do with the kernel since those are usually phone-specific.
As for the WiFi signal, I don't have any issues neither at work nor at home with TW-based roms. This only happens on AOSP. Any insight you guys have regarding this issue is appreciated. Thanks!
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I ran a logcat but to be honest, I do not know what to make of it. would anyone happen to understand where my issue is?

[Q][Worked-around] Wifi not scanning on AOSP Roms

When I'm running an AOSP Rom, my Wifi only scans for networks after a fresh boot. Once it has connected to a network, no more scanning happens, no matter how often I tell it to. It's quite an annoyance when I have to reboot my phone every time I leave home and want to connect to a coffeeshop Wifi outside.
Once it is connected, there are not further issues - signal is good, no random disconnects or anything. Just no scanning.
Everything works fine on stock, and I've successfully tried ViperX with Sense 5, but all AOSP Roms I've been trying recently had this behavior - I have no idea what's causing it. Maybe it's an issue with the CM kernel (most Roms use some form or other of it)?
I really have no idea. Thought I'll post a question here while I go do some more troubleshooting of my own.
I also just grabbed a snippet of what I hope is the relevant part of the logs: https://paste.xinu.at/WO9zZ/
On second thought, maybe it's not AOSP based, but rather 4.3. I haven't spent much time on 4.2 with this phone, so I don't remember if the problem existed back then. If I don't find a solution, I will downgrade later to make sure.
Solved Somewhat... Not really. Worked-around maybe.
I rolled back to CM 10.1.2, and the problem went away. Seems like it wasn't AOSP causing the problem, but the new always-on feature in 4.3, which allows scanning for networks even though Wifi is switched off. I've done some searching, and other people on all kinds of devices have had problems with Wifi since this change was implemented.
Once I disabled this feature and toggled Wifi off/on once, the problem seems to be gone on CM 10.2. Not quite a proper solution, but I guess I can live with that for now, I don't really have the time, energy or experience to look into this further. Maybe somebody more enlightened than I has a proper solution.

[Q] SlimKat GPS bug

Hi,
I`m not allowed to comment on the dev thread so I`m doing it here...
I love slimroms and I`ve been using it since SlimBean is out there, thanks for everyone doing the hard work!
Since I updated to SlimKat, my GPS doesn`t work, no satellites reception at all. I tried to look for errors over adb and saw that the error is No XTRA servers available...
Just to confirm, I flushed few other CM roms and GPS is working perfectly in these, so the problem is in SlimKat only.
I saw few references in the dev thread but nobody said anything about possible solution.
Would be happy to go back to SlimKat once this problem solved.
Does anybody else have this problem? Any solution?
Thanks.
Any answers? Solution? Anyone?
Can anyone take a working GPS code from any of the other CM roms?
Still doesn't work on new build 2.4
see attached logs.
yeah, this is broken for me too. if i have data and wifi on i can still get a location fix though in the city, but not outside of the city.
GPS Location not working SGH T989 Slimkat
I am having the same issue on my T989, and am looking for a possible solution. I've enabled high accuracy and even enabled the wifi and what not. However, I still cannot get a location. I'm gonna have to switch to another ROM until the issue is resolved, but I don't really want to So if anyone from anywhere can help me fix this issue, It'd help out a lot...
i am having the same issue, can't patch agps too having status 0. it doesn't work when i try copying that files in /etc myself
GPS + Camera issue
Other than the GPS issue, what about camera? The camera does not work for me in Hangouts or Skype (SlimKat).
No camera and no GPS. Try carbon Rom 4.4.2 if you want those to work. Just as smooth.
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Yeah there really is no point in these posts because even the developer has established that SlimKat has issues with T989 thus the reason there have been no further builds since 2/3. If people are still going to use it anyway then they accept the consequences of doing so. Not ripping anybody but these questions keep popping up all the time. Use another ROM if you want GPS & camera, there are no ifs, ands or buts about that.

[Q] Wifi problem with Touchwiz

Hi,
I've meaning to ask this a while ago but never had a chance to. I also tried looking for threads related to wifi problem with the note 3, but they all dont seem to be the same problem as the one i'm having.
Whenever I use touchwiz roms: Darthvader, Jedi, Hyperdrive. My wifi connects but would stop working after a while of not using my phone. The wifi icon says it's connected but nothing would load, I always have to turn wifi off and on to fix this problem, then when phone idle for a while then the problem would come back.
However when I use AOSP roms, the wifi is working great. Always connected like it should be. Anyone else have this problem? Is there any fix that I haven't heard?
P.S Sorry if what I said is confusing, English isn't my first language.

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