As much as I love this phone I'm really starting to hate it. When I first got the phone I had problems with the wi-fi dropping and when you wake the phone it would come back on along with the awful multi-tasking recent apps. After the OTA it doesn't seem to do that anymore.
Now what it does it will show my wi-fi is connected full strength but I go to use the browser, an app, play store whatever and nothing. Just sits there forever no internet connection. I have to toggle wi-fi on and off for it to work again. I use wi-fi all day at work & while I'm home obviously so this issue affects me a lot. The router is a WRT54GL running Tomato which I have been running for years it's been ROCK SOLID on all my devices (including evo3D, original evo, laptop, etc) I just recently rooted and am running Stock With Goodies part of my reason for rooting I thought the wi-fi would maybe have been fixed but same issue on this rom as well.
It's so frustrating to pick up your phone to do something and have zero connectivity so you have to restart your app your trying to use cause it gets errors. I have tried everything I can think of, setting it to 2.4 only, high performance, changing channels on the router (again other devices work perfect). I don't know what to do about it anymore, I could bring it in to Sprint which I will absolutely not bring to them unless absolute less resort usually I know more then them anyway. They are just gonna tell me it works fine and give the phone back so I came here looking for some advice. Not really sure where to go from here but I can't stand having the phone like this. Does anyone have the same issue as me or is it possible my radio is bad? Speed are signal levels are just fine when it's working. Also it seems the longer the phone sits in sleep the more likely it is to happen.
Try going to WiFi settings. Then menu that and click "Best WiFi performance" that solved it for me. Running viper 4g and had a consistent problem with the WiFi dropping and reconnecting or not connecting at all.
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FSJETS12KB said:
Try going to WiFi settings. Then menu that and click "Best WiFi performance" that solved it for me. Running viper 4g and had a consistent problem with the WiFi dropping and reconnecting or not connecting at all.
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How does this affect your battery? I'm trying to figure out what is even causing this issue if it's just the router, my phone only or what.
Best wifi performance will seriously impact your battery. It prevents your phone from sleeping properly. I found that I got an extra 10 hrs of life when I disabled best performance when I was still running stock.
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As much as I love this phone I'm really starting to hate it. When I first got the phone I had problems with the wi-fi dropping and when you wake the phone it would come back on along with the awful multi-tasking recent apps. After the OTA it doesn't seem to do that anymore.
Now what it does it will show my wi-fi is connected full strength but I go to use the browser, an app, play store whatever and nothing. Just sits there forever no internet connection. I have to toggle wi-fi on and off for it to work again. I use wi-fi all day at work & while I'm home obviously so this issue affects me a lot. The router is a WRT54GL running Tomato which I have been running for years it's been ROCK SOLID on all my devices (including evo3D, original evo, laptop, etc) I just recently rooted and am running Stock With Goodies part of my reason for rooting I thought the wi-fi would maybe have been fixed but same issue on this rom as well.
It's so frustrating to pick up your phone to do something and have zero connectivity so you have to restart your app your trying to use cause it gets errors. I have tried everything I can think of, setting it to 2.4 only, high performance, changing channels on the router (again other devices work perfect). I don't know what to do about it anymore, I could bring it in to Sprint which I will absolutely not bring to them unless absolute less resort usually I know more then them anyway. They are just gonna tell me it works fine and give the phone back so I came here looking for some advice. Not really sure where to go from here but I can't stand having the phone like this. Does anyone have the same issue as me or is it possible my radio is bad? Speed are signal levels are just fine when it's working. Also it seems the longer the phone sits in sleep the more likely it is to happen.
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Are you rooted and running a custom rom?
aliwho said:
Best wifi performance will seriously impact your battery. It prevents your phone from sleeping properly. I found that I got an extra 10 hrs of life when I disabled best performance when I was still running stock.
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Even with best performance checked I've still been able to get pretty amazing battery life running viper 4g
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aliwho said:
Best wifi performance will seriously impact your battery. It prevents your phone from sleeping properly. I found that I got an extra 10 hrs of life when I disabled best performance when I was still running stock.
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hell yea best wifi juice's the sh*t out of ya battery!!!
I feel your pain. The wifi issue plus the constant 3G dropouts are really starting to get to me. I've been rooted & S-Off and have tried every ROM & every fix and the problem still persists. Starting to think its a hardware failure.
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Silly question...but are you guys having these issues on the latest firmware?
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Are you rooted and running a custom rom?
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yea part of my reason for rooting was I thought it might cure some issues but it didn't. I am rooted and running latest stock with goodies. I had this exact same issue before I rooted.
klbjr said:
I feel your pain. The wifi issue plus the constant 3G dropouts are really starting to get to me. I've been rooted & S-Off and have tried every ROM & every fix and the problem still persists. Starting to think its a hardware failure.
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Yea I'm starting to think so as well, I don't have 3G problems actually the 3G radio I think is pretty good. I don't have the drop out problems anymore just after the phone being idle on wi-fi for a while I have to toggle it on and off for it to actually work. My signal levels and speeds are totally find when it's connected it's just letting it sit sleeping for a while is when I have the trouble. It's super annoying I pick my phone up to do something and it doesn't work.
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Silly question...but are you guys having these issues on the latest firmware?
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Yes latest firmware for me.
I just really don't know if it's an issue with the hardware or software. I have no issues what so every with the wi-fi hot spots at my work and home with any other devices and all my old phones never had issues.
klbjr said:
I feel your pain. The wifi issue plus the constant 3G dropouts are really starting to get to me. I've been rooted & S-Off and have tried every ROM & every fix and the problem still persists. Starting to think its a hardware failure.
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I think it is, I had the same issue and finally took it in for a replacement and all is well...
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caseyweed said:
I think it is, I had the same issue and finally took it in for a replacement and all is well...
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Yeah. I don't remember having those issues with my first LTE but then again I didn't have it that long before I took it back to BB for a borked NFC chip. Wondering how their return policy is on a phone past the initial 30 day purchase..
yea my wifi just randomly drops and reconnect all the time and some time my data to it guess anoying after awhile when your usein the browser at work
Think this has been discussed before. The latest ota was supposed to fix the WiFi dropping, so if you have that and still experience problems then it's hardware related.
My first LTE dropped WiFi for 3g constantly. No matter what I did it kept happening. Finally took it back after I messed w gwallet too many times and got secure element error. New one doesn't drop WiFi at all. Also haven't updated to newest ota.
Ask me about my ability to annoy complete strangers!
I have newest OTA I don't get the disconnection issues any more since then but rather it staying connecting but not being able to get online after the phone sits idle. I have another person that has the exact same issue with me having to cycle wi-fi to get it working. I'm starting to think maybe it's something to do with Tomato but I have never had issues with it on any other device.
Every tomato Rom I used before was awesome and never had issues either.
Noticed that when I wake my phone it doesn't want to connect on WiFi. 3g disconnects a lot on bad signal too.
WiFi isn't as bad when I use juice defender. Mainly because it reconnects all radios when awakened though.
Ask me about my ability to annoy complete strangers!
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After installing wifi calling I noticed a serious decline in my battery life. As in, unplug phone at 8am, battery dead by 2pm. Used system panel to find out wifi calling uses 30% of the cpu even if you've neve opened it! !
I used titanium backup to freeze the app and that fixed my battery life.
Problem is, now I see rom builders including the app in their roms. I installed Team Whiskey's froyo rom and there it is, wifi calling taking all my battery life. Problem this time is I can't freeze the app! Can't even kill it. If you are a rom maintainer, please please please stop including this app! It is only marginly interesting, and it destroys our batteries
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i use system panel and i also noticed it was constantly in the foreground n no way to end it
Since my phone has been unplugged on obsidian froyo, I haven't sent a text or call, wifi calling is connected, not a percent of the battery was used by this app according to the system battery use...
On my mytouch 4g the wifi calling is what gave me such better battery life...
Not sure what's wrong with yours but its not inherently a bad app at all
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I haven't had it long enough to do any testing, but if you think about it wifi calling disables the cell radios altogether so wouldn't that help the battery life?
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I haven't had it long enough to do any testing, but if you think about it wifi calling disables the cell radios altogether so wouldn't that help the battery life?
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WiFi uses more battery than cell radios.
It is the #1 power drainer on my Macnut install. I froze it in Titanium Backup to "fix" the issue.
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WiFi uses more battery than cell radios.
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False. Using a strong Wi-Fi signal when available will save you tons of battery over the regular cell. The probably with the Wi-Fi app is that it is always running and uses TONS of CPU. I'm talking upwards of 30% at a time.
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False. Using a strong Wi-Fi signal when available will save you tons of battery over the regular cell. The probably with the Wi-Fi app is that it is always running and uses TONS of CPU. I'm talking upwards of 30% at a time.
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I'm not referring to using the wifi calling. I do not have it enabled - wifi is turned off altogether, but wifi calling app is chewing through the cpu, killing the battery.
I'm not having this problem using Obsidian. It's likely not the app itself - may depend on the ROM you're using.
I noticed it taking up 30% of my CPU even when I wasn't using it. There doesn't seem to be a way to disable it either. So, I uninstalled it for now.
I am not having battery problem either, in fact I believe it is helping to get better battery life. Although, I am thinking the wifi calling is not very mature yet. I tried it out few times, and I had problem of people not hearing me well on the other side while they sounded great on my side. Is anybody else having this problem?
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I'm not having this problem using Obsidian. It's likely not the app itself - may depend on the ROM you're using.
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I started off with Obsidian and noticed it was the top power drainer then too.
I don't mean to hijack, but does wifi calling use minutes...if so what's the point unless you have poor coverage at home?
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I don't mean to hijack, but does wifi calling use minutes...if so what's the point unless you have poor coverage at home?
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it does use minutes. point is if you dont have cell coverage, you can use wifi for calls instead.
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I am not having battery problem either, in fact I believe it is helping to get better battery life. Although, I am thinking the wifi calling is not very mature yet. I tried it out few times, and I had problem of people not hearing me well on the other side while they sounded great on my side. Is anybody else having this problem?
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Same here, people can not hear everything I say... It seems you need to be closer to Mic and speak loud for this to work well.
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it does use minutes. point is if you dont have cell coverage, you can use wifi for calls instead.
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+1
At work I have little to no coverage in our labs. Wifi calling is a savior.
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I'm not having this problem using Obsidian. It's likely not the app itself - may depend on the ROM you're using.
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As I said in my original post, I am using obsidian. Have you actually checked using system panel that the app is no chewing cpu cycles ?
If you want to remove it then remove it. I dont think anyone is stopping you. If you dont know how, read the sticky in general.
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Wifi calling might also mean free calling back home internationally. At least thats how uma was on my bb8900. Im on obsidian and battery life is fine.
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OP you are not crazy..here is my post about the issue in another 2.2 rom:
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Anyway remember that Wifi calling issue I mention last night? Well I monitored my phone through the day and notice it was using around 1-3% cpu on and off at varying lengths.. Now listen this at a fresh boot, wifi OFF and wifi calling OFF with out me opening the app:
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I think this may be the cause for some battery drain issue some people here are experiencing. This means when your phone is suppose to be "sleeping" It's not. Here is more of a detail graph view of the Wifi Calling app through the day:
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Guys the problem is that Wifi calling is using CPU when it's disabled and wifi is OFF.. Not while using the thing. Thats something different from what we are talking about.
Sometimes a reboot fixes it but it acts up again after a few mins and use even more cpu.
Router: Netgear Wndr3400
ROM: vipermod
The image below is of a scan I did in WiFi analyzer. Scan frequency of 1 second.
As you can see its very frustrating. And its not like I have a poor signal.
I have searched everywhere and tried many things. (Turning WiFi performance on, messing with the channels)
No dice.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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wifi settings>menu>advanced.wifi sleep policy>never.
It has always been on never. First thing I checked.
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It has always been on never. First thing I checked.
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Sorry, you didn't list that in your OP. Sounds like a trip to Sprint repair is in order. You've already done the only other fix I've heard of, changing channels.
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Sorry, you didn't list that in your OP. Sounds like a trip to Sprint repair is in order. You've already done the only other fix I've heard of, changing channels.
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It's cool. I will keep trying. See if I can diagnose the problem. I have read about others with similar problems with the 3d and my router but no conclusive answer.
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It's cool. I will keep trying. See if I can diagnose the problem. I have read about others with similar problems with the 3d and my router but no conclusive answer.
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Good luck, and let us know what you find.
No, no this has to deal with the roms we download. I was on Cm7 and it constantly dropped when i was on my phone surfing the web. Switched to nightley 150+ #build and it did not drop on me. I recently Switched to MIUI and it has started to drop on me, this is frustrating when you need to download a rom.
My only guess is it has to deal with the roms we download. Before anyone says anything no, my wifi is on a NO SLEEP policy, it not likes to drop the wifi while im surfing the web.
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It's not the rom. I had the same problem with my EVO3d before and after rooting and trying multiple roms. I tried a different router and haven't had a single problem. It is clearly and issue between the router and the phone. Now I just need to figure out why they don't get along. Ive heard about switching channels but haven't had a chance yet.
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It's not the rom. I had the same problem with my EVO3d before and after rooting and trying multiple roms. I tried a different router and haven't had a single problem. It is clearly and issue between the router and the phone. Now I just need to figure out why they don't get along. Ive heard about switching channels but haven't had a chance yet.
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Ya, your right its not the rom. I tried switching channels from auto to the one i needed but it didn't help and then i went back to auto and it worked well for a bit. Now it isn't working well.
Notes + im on a HTC Increíble. My router cost me 139$, ive never had a problem vía wifi nor on ethernet. This is strictly something on these roms, trust me ive looked into this alot. The only conclusion is that..
If you think about, did your signal drop with your stock rom? Not mine.. Until i Switched to Cm7 i randomly have connection issues? Lol
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Notes + im on a HTC Increíble. My router cost me 139$, ive never had a problem vía wifi nor on ethernet. This is strictly something on these roms, trust me ive looked into this alot. The only conclusion is that..
If you think about, did your signal drop with your stock rom? Not mine.. Until i Switched to Cm7 i randomly have connection issues? Lol
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You keep mentioning cm7. I'm assuming u do not have an evo3d correct? And my stock phone straight out of the box and after rooting and flashing a custom rom had the same problem with one of my routers. It works just fine with other routers. Also the signal doesnt fade or drop like with my og EVO, it simply disconnects then reconnects 30 seconds later.
Edit: just realized you said u have an incredible. Also no other phone or device, including my old EVO, has had this problem. There must be a setting within my router that isn't playing nice because it is the only router my EVO3d has a problem with.
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On my OG evo the only time i had problem with wifi was on cm7 but that was just weak signal. Nothing like this. If you like at my pic in the first post it is scanning every second. so its not like its disconnecting for 30 seconds. Which is weird because it says im connected the whole time.
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You keep mentioning cm7. I'm assuming u do not have an evo3d correct? And my stock phone straight out of the box and after rooting and flashing a custom rom had the same problem with one of my routers. It works just fine with other routers. Also the signal doesnt fade or drop like with my og EVO, it simply disconnects then reconnects 30 seconds later.
Edit: just realized you said u have an incredible. Also no other phone or device, including my old EVO, has had this problem. There must be a setting within my router that isn't playing nice because it is the only router my EVO3d has a problem with.
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Hmm, that's odd I am having the same problem but only its not my router.
But yeah, I'm usually on for 30 minutes to an hour and it drops for 20-30 seconds. Disrupting my downloads, I have heard there is a program for I think what you need axe. You said it's refreshing every second? If I'm right I remember seeing you could change your refresh rate somewhere to save battery life too.
So we have the same problem but different issues.
Hmm...
Edit------ My old router was terrible and did not want to cooperate with any of these devices I use. So I bought a 139$ Router and works perfect.
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Hmm, that's odd I am having the same problem but only its not my router.
But yeah, I'm usually on for 30 minutes to an hour and it drops for 20–30 seconds. Disrupting my downloads, I have heard there is a program for I think what you need axe. You said it's refreshing every second? If I'm right I remember seeing you could change your refresh rate somewhere to save battery life too.
So we have the same problem but different issues.
Hmm...
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naw the refresh rate i was talking about was just how frequent it scanned the signal strength in wifi analyzer.
Ahh, lol sorry then. I just wish we could find a root to this problem.
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ya.
Just some more info on my problem.
When i run a speed test the ping is very quick (~50ms)
But once the download test starts it just dies. It freezes on a number then goes to "network communication issues"
Hmm, yeah it might be a router problem for you guys.
When I do that it finishes, I'm just having wifi issues.
Mine occur only in certain roms as stated above, with miui and cm7. Nightley though worked, I didn't have any drops. I'm thinking about switching to a sense 3.0 here soon to see how it stands up.
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I've had similar issues with stock and custom ROM's on my old Hero. I started having similar problems with my 3VO, so the first thing I did was reset the wireless settings on my router to default and then redo the SSID, change the channel and power setting, and of course - change the password.
I haven't had a problem ever since.
I had the problem on my Stock ROM. Actually it only showed up when connecting to my N router, but did not happen when connecting to my G router. However my issue I had to turn off the radio and then back on before it would reconnect. I downloaded something called WiFi fixer. This fixed my issues completely. Hmmm, might have to play with some different kernels and turn off the fixer and see what happens.
Check router firmware netgear.com/support. They have WiFi issues on 3700 maybe yours too
I just got my S3 today and it has been great so far save for one issue. I seem to be experiencing really bad WiFi performance. I ran a speed test using the speedtest.net app on my iPhone 4 and got around 8 megabits per second down. However, when I ran the same test on my S3, I got about 1 megabit per second down consistently between numerous tests.
I don't have this issue while using LTE, which makes me think that it is a problem with the WiFi antenna. Is anyone else experiencing this issue?
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Mine runs perfect on both 2.4ghz and 5ghz bands through wifi.
Getting 30Mbits down and 22Mbits up.
does this happen on when connected to any wifi? or just particular one?
Make sure your phone is not on Power Save mode.
caveman999 said:
I just got my S3 today and it has been great so far save for one issue. I seem to be experiencing really bad WiFi performance. I ran a speed test using the speedtest.net app on my iPhone 4 and got around 8 megabits per second down. However, when I ran the same test on my S3, I got about 1 megabit per second down consistently between numerous tests.
I don't have this issue while using LTE, which makes me think that it is a problem with the WiFi antenna. Is anyone else experiencing this issue?
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Try forcing the WIFI to 2.4GHZ and see if that improves things
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Mine runs perfect on both 2.4ghz and 5ghz bands through wifi.
Getting 30Mbits down and 22Mbits up.
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Well, I have tested and yes you can get great speeds via the wifi, however something is quite wrong with it too, see my bug post in this subforum.
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I have my wifi forced to 5GHz and just now at work I got 49ms ping 33449kbps down and 38990kbps up to a server that is ~200 miles away. Seems to be working fine to me
I have the same issue. It's not as fast as my s2 on WiFi.also sometimes it loses signal and the WiFi turns off by itself and then on. It's really weird
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Thanks for all the suggestions. It might have just been a temporary thing because I wiped the cache on my phone using the default recovery, rebooted the phone a few times and now its fine.
I'll keep testing it to check if this issue comes back, but ad of now I'm just glad that it is working now.
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Make sure your phone is not on Power Save mode.
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That made a HUGE difference for me. From 5mbit/s to 50mbit/s downstream. THANK YOU.
I've had issues also with it "re-initiating wifi" after waking, even though set to keep wifi always... feel like this is truly a bug. Dropping wifi frequently...
Same issue with wifi. I also notice a difference every time as well if I single handly hold the phone back case mid section or higher. Bars go from 4 to 2 or 1. Then back to 4 if I move my hand and palm below the buttons.
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That made a HUGE difference for me. From 5mbit/s to 50mbit/s downstream. THANK YOU.
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I take that back, now I'm getting 10mbit/s down when my laptop does 50mbit/s down shortly after. Tried a few more times, same results. Something is not right with WiFi on this device. It lost 5gHz signal when i stepped outside, not more than 10m from the base station.
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I take that back, now I'm getting 10mbit/s down when my laptop does 50mbit/s down shortly after. Tried a few more times, same results. Something is not right with WiFi on this device. It lost 5gHz signal when i stepped outside, not more than 10m from the base station.
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Yeah, I have continued to test the wifi on the phone and I am getting inconsistent performance. I hope this can be fixed in a software update and isn't a hardware defect.
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we had a few galaxy nexus phones in our office that had horrible wifi performance/signal. i believe that device used the BCM4330 chipset.. which is odd, because my 4s has that same chip (i believe) and the wifi performance/range is great - can anyone confirm what the S3 uses?
Mines keep disconnecting and reconnecting
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I posted this in another wifi complaint thread. I don't know if anyone has tried.
I had this problem on my Captivate. It was not very obvious, because the disconnects were so brief. I discovered while working with some Tasker WiFi settings.
The fix was to set my phone to use static addresses. You can use WiFi Static in order to achieve static addresses only where you want. I am using this on my S3, so I don't know if I would have problems without it.
I'd be curious to know if this helps anyone.
My wifi keeps disconnecting and it's driving me crazy anyone have a solution?
Not at all. In fact, when I ran tests against my iPhone 4S my Galaxy S3 on WiFi got faster data speeds every time.
Wifi problem went away for me. Although I know for a fact it's not as fast as it should be.. I'm going to double check my router to make sure
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Bought my galaxy s3 last monday with the anticipation of lte. I live in Decatur right outside of Atlanta, and I work in Buckhead, northern Atlanta. My galaxy wont connect to lte unless i reboot it, therefore im taking it back to best buy and hoping to find one still running 4.0.3. ive had nothing but issues since updating to 4.0.4. I know i could root the device, but when i purchase a new phone, i prefer it to work as expected, without having to hack it. I expected lte issues as ATT and Verizon both had theirs, but everytime i call Sprint they give me the run around and wont fess up to having lte issues. Hoping the 4.0.3 software didnt have the connection issues that 4.0.4 does along with the terrible battery drain.
If you guys have some ideas of what else to do to suffice for the time being i would greatly appreciate it. I did find a few posts about the lte issue with sprint, and im glad im not alone, but how is everyone coping with the battery drain and the connection issue without having to root?
All s3s come with 4.0.4 standard.
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Yeah the sgs3 was launched with 4.04 there was no 4.03. Unless you're taking about a small OTA update ? Best thing you can try is a factory wipe as that solves things usually. Give it a shot although you'll have to reinstall all your apps. But since you may be returning it you'll have to do that anyway.
I say factory wipe it and before installing everything see if connection issues resolve.
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Did wipe twice with no luck. I swear mine came with 4.0.3. I remember seeing it the day I got it. But had an update 2 hours later.
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The ota update DID NOT TOUCH THE MODEM. therefore the update did not cause this
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I dont think the update caused the connection issue but I do know that it made my battery life even worse. I swapped it out for a new device today and come to find out I was wrong it does come with 4.0 .4. I apologize for my lack of knowledge I know everybody on this forum is smarter about android and I am just looking for some answers to help solve the issues at hand. hoping that this device will connect to lte without the issues that the last one had.
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mooney1184 said:
I dont think the update caused the connection issue but I do know that it made my battery life even worse. I swapped it out for a new device today and come to find out I was wrong it does come with 4.0 .4. I apologize for my lack of knowledge I know everybody on this forum is smarter about android and I am just looking for some answers to help solve the issues at hand. hoping that this device will connect to lte without the issues that the last one had.
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So take it back like you title states and just get the iPhone then, I'm sure you'll be happy. First you state the update is causing connectivity problems now its battery? My S3's connectivity is perfect as where my S2 sucked, don't know what to tell you, maybe you are in an area where LTE signal is hit or miss, seems to be an issue not only with ATT, but also Verizon.
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So take it back like you title states and just get the iPhone then, I'm sure you'll be happy.
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Why would the OP even get an iPhone, that doesn't even get LTE! I'm on Sprint too, and I don't have the connection issues that you seem to be having. I've heard that the LG2 radio update was causing some problems for people though.
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Why would the OP even get an iPhone, that doesn't even get LTE! I'm on Sprint too, and I don't have the connection issues that you seem to be having. I've heard that the LG2 radio update was causing some problems for people though.
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Most iPhone users probably think they have LTE
IRIE4IPIER said:
Most iPhone users probably think they have LTE
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Nah, I know a lot of people don't even know what LTE is.
I used to have an iPhone. I prefer Google phones. Had a g1, evo, photon, one the galaxy. Swapped out for a new galaxy and it connects to lte but now I have a new problem. Battery life is worse than before and the bottom of the phone stays hot. Updated software, updated prl and profile. Any ideas? I doubt mean warm, this thing flat out gets hot. And one it takes forever to charge. Bern on the charger since 10:30 this morning and now I'm at 81% and it's 3:40 pm???!!!
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I live in Atlanta have zero issues...maybe its the user?
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Any real ideas as to what might be going on?
Going to wipe this one as well if the battery is still hot then I'll swap it out again
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Perhaps it's the phone itself...
I'm on my second phone so far and this one perform much better then the first one. Granted I didn't mess with this one at all, other then did root and restored most apps from TiBackup, but the battery is at least twice better, no heat issues.
I'd would swap it to a new one first to see if it's any better.
Yeah I'm definitely going to have to take this one back. Took it off the charger with 75% and it crashed down to 0% in less than 2 hours with no accounts syncing except google, and this was after a fresh wipe. Also getting overheating warnings on the screen after it charges for a while and the phone gets super hot. Even the screen on the front side gets hot now. All this came after I updated it this morning. Next Galaxy I swap it out for tomorrow, I'm thinking about holding off on the updates until I can find a good changelog, and known issues that come with them. This is my first samsung, and I hate that its off to such a rocky start. I know I could root and possbily fix these issues myself, but this is the whole reason I bought insurance. That and stock ics offers me everything I currently ask of android.
Hey guys I have a WiFi issue with all 4.2.2 roms that maybe someone can help me with.. It seems as if my WiFi will work fine for a lil bit than it seems to timeout or something if i stop using the phone for whatever period of time... If I turn it off, and on, it will work again and the process will continue as I just mentioned.. I've checked my WiFi settings and its not set to turn off dring sleep either... My router is a Belkin F5D-9230 Mimo G Router, and all my other devices work fine on WiFi or Ethernet.. Any help would be appreciated..
I'm s-off btw..
ummm
Mine does the same with any jb rom.
I use evervolv 4.2 works perfectly.
I also use mean bean ics works perfect also.
I have DLINK, tons of posts about wifi problems with DLINK
and THIS phone.
That and the off and on problem where when making a call the person on the other
end can't hear me, arrgh.
Next phone will not be an HTC.
trsix said:
Mine does the same with any jb rom.
I use evervolv 4.2 works perfectly.
I also use mean bean ics works perfect also.
I have DLINK, tons of posts about wifi problems with DLINK
and THIS phone.
That and the off and on problem where when making a call the person on the other
end can't hear me, arrgh.
Next phone will not be an HTC.
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So do the evervolv and mean bean give u those problems as well, or did u mean they work perfectly except with this wifi issue..?? Thanks for the response as well, maybe someone could help figure this out..
Maybe try using komodo. Also in settings you can set WiFi to 2.4 ghz only. There'salso some other settings I can't seem to recall now .
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jdmsohc22 said:
So do the evervolv and mean bean give u those problems as well, or did u mean they work perfectly except with this wifi issue..?? Thanks for the response as well, maybe someone could help figure this out..
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wifi great on both. i use wifi and bluetooth hours a day.
if you read mikeys opening post (ICS) he did a fix in that rom for the wifi issue.
Mines a 2wire doesn't work on AOSP at all.
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Go to the wireless setting in your 2wire change the channel and increase the power... Is it a 2701-HG?
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I'm still having this issue, ahhhh..!! It sucks cuz I like a lot of aosp roms but i also like wifi because LTE isn't fully launched here yet..!! =(
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I'm still having this issue, ahhhh..!! It sucks cuz I like a lot of aosp roms but i also like wifi because LTE isn't fully launched here yet..!! =(
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What kind of router do you have? I have had all the at&t routers and I don't have issues connecting my phone to any of those, if it's the white 2wire increase the power output and change to a lower channel like 1-4, if it's a black one (pace or netgear) change from wpa to wep, you're gonna loose the wireless n and the router will broadcast in b/g...
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What kind of router do you have? I have had all the at&t routers and I don't have issues connecting my phone to any of those, if it's the white 2wire increase the power output and change to a lower channel like 1-4, if it's a black one (pace or netgear) change from wpa to wep, you're gonna loose the wireless n and the router will broadcast in b/g...
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mines a belkin, and it works fine on 4.1 roms only quirky on 4.2, as well as my data.. I'll lose data and go into 1x quite frequently on 4.2 roms.. I was certain I wasn't the only one experiencing these issues.. I'm S-OFF, full wipes before flashing, downloads all check out fine, etc...
Are you using wpa or wep? B, G or N? 2.5 or 5 GHz? Is channel on auto?
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WPA, auto channel 11, its a belkin mimo b/g router..
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I suggest to leave on g then change the channel to 1, leave it manual not on auto, try channels 1-5, and increase power if possible, I'm not familiar with belkin routers, but that's what I do with routers most of the time when I see an issue like yours...
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Did you ever figure out the issue? I have the same one and have tried everything.
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Did you ever figure out the issue? I have the same one and have tried everything.
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nope, still happens... =/
Same here, I thought it would be fixed in the newer roms. Hopefully it will get fixed eventually. Thank for writing back though.
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First time poster here.
I've tinkered quite a bit to figure out the wifi issue. I'm currently running stock with goodies.
On the router side my 2.4ghz and 5ghz settings are similar and look like this
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On the phone side I use a home screen widget called Wifi status widget to monitor my throughput. I get about 65 megs a second on 100% signal. On 80% I can get as low as 13 megs a second.
Limit your band to to 2.4 ghz or 5ghz.
Select best wifi performance.
Use rim toolbox as a build.prop editor. Make a backup of your current build prop and add this line to the end.
net.tcp.buffersize.wifi = 4096,87380,256960,4096,16384,256960
It increases the tcp stack memory which helps throughput from what I can tell.
Good luck.