[Q] Some "Null" Wifi puts phone into loop reboots - Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Had no issue with my S6 edge for the last few weeks i have it, except the common RAM problem.
Suddenly, Since today only ( i didn't do any fw updates as i'm pingpong rooted and thus have no OTA).
Problem :
Whenever my Wifi doesn't see any known Wifi around (=wifi i previously connected to), it will show me a notification saying "Sign in to Wi-Fi network" : Tap here to sign in to null
very few seconds later... the phone restart by itself, and same problem happens again and again with infinite rebooting (unless by luck i manage to quickly deactivate the Wifi early just before it reboots again, or it detects a known wifi and connect to it.)
In other words : infinite reboots trying to connect to a non existent Wifi null that would require a sign in...
Any help appreciated to know what suddenly caused it and how to solve it ?
THANKS
note :
- it happens anywhere, at different locations (so there is no strange wifi around me).
- last thing i did with my phone is going to developer options and put the "limit background processes" to 4 iso the standard limit. (trying to fix the famous RAM issues). But when going there now, it's back to the defaults "standard limit" anyway, so i don't think it's related.
- i'm pingpong rooted, have Tasker, Secure Settings, etc...

-Edit: message erased -
I thought I v found a fix but I was wrong.
Anyone else encounters this bug??

For ppl in the same case, here is a fix:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=60349787
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I have noticed in the last few days that my new HTC One is not waking from sleep with WIFI functionality. When it wakes, the WIFI symbol in the notifications tray is gone. When I go to settings, And look at the WIFI option, It says that it is disconnected. When I touch to configure the WIFI settings, the settings app hangs on a black screen. I have to reboot my phone to get the WIFI back. Is anyone else having this issue?
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I am now testing in the 2.4ghz frequency and will report back my findings.
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[Update 3]
I previously thought that JB 4.3 update has rectified the wifi crash issue for good. After over a week with 4.3, wifi crash happened today.
The wifi option page was not grey-out, but it would not connect to any network, When I toggled it from "on" to "off" state, it failed to respond. At the end, only a phone reboot could fix it.
Frustrating to say the least.
[Update 4]
I can now reproduce the wifi problem when leaving the phone running on battery overnight. During the first week after 4.3 update, I left my phone plugged-in to power most of the time, and perhaps as a result, the wifi crash did not happen.
Basically, the wifi crash I am experiencing after 4.3 update is more or less the same issue reported by others on their HTC Ones (including One, One X, One S), where the wifi failed to connect after long period of inactivity.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/htc-one/284746-wifi-dropping-after-sleep.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40258131
http://www.htconeforum.com/forum/ht...fi-but-no-internet-connection-2.html#post8337
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http://android.stackexchange.com/qu...en-scanning-for-wifi-since-jb-update-on-one-x
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[Q] WiFi locks turning on, cell signal lost (sometimes comes back, or needs reboot)

Hello, folks!
I have a rooted I9100 (Android 4.0.3 stock from Vivo, baseband I9100VILP3, kernel 3.0.15-I9100VJLP7-CL371396 [email protected] #3, compilation IML74K.VJLP7, CSC I9100UVILP3).
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(Edit: screen/phone language is Brazilian Portuguese)
I've downloaded another modem driver but never had time to test it.
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Mine started doing this just a day or two ago. Exact same issue. I can kind of operate on the EDGE network but 4G fails, only WiFi seems to work. T-mobile doesn't seem to have a fix for it.
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I have this problem with every ROM I can think of. It's been a long time since I used a stock ROM, so I don't know if this only happens on Custom-ROMs.
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EDIT:
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Tl;dr: my phone gets stuck in deep-sleep (SoD) if I leave wifi on when my screen turns off. no problem with mobile on or both data connections off. Halp?
@xhoster try to clean flash a rom and try it without all those apps you are using and then you can see or its app related or rom related. If it's rom related then I think some people already posted before there.
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Try these things, I can't help you further then this atm.
Also mybe logcat the issue so you can read where it goes wrong.
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