Just wanted to know as I can use 5GHz on my Xoom and they are made by the same company. Do any phones allow for Dual Band (Wireless N 2.4 & 5 GHz)? Just wondering. Would love to use me Netgear 4000 (N750) on my Photon in 5GHz mode Thanks
No. The photon does not have the radio for it. 2.4 ghz only.
Very few mobile devices have 5ghz n support. I know a few tablets that support it, but know of no smartphones that support it.
I have been trying this also for a long time. I believe there is a hardware difference too, I have an hp envy with the dual band and a hp dv6t that will not see the 5ghz network, I switched the wifi cards arrond to see if I was able to get the dv6t on the 5ghz and I got a "hardware not supported" (speficicating it was the wifi card) and the computer will not even start. So I do not think is just about antenas...
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I bought a dual band 5ghz router last night and I cant seem to connect my prime to it, it doesn't appear in the list of wireless networks so my question is does the prime support dual band? my galaxy nexus had no problems doing so
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Prime can't connect to 5ghz band. Need to be on 2.4.
Is it hardware or software? Can any roms do so. This really sucks that it cannot
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Is it hardware or software? Can any roms do so. This really sucks that it cannot
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Of all the reading i've done on the subject the hardware is apparently definitely 2.4 only, even if the software may have an area which looks like you can enable it the hardware cannot do it.
Yea its hardware related. The wireless chip can't receive 5ghz radio signals. As far as I know that's pretty common for all phones and tablets.
there are only a couple tablets that can do 5ghz. most do not and use the standard, as standard range is alot more than 5ghz range.
Does your router not support 2.4ghz and 5ghz simultaneously? If not why not stay on 2.4ghz?
Why do you need to be pushing 5ghz though your walls?
My name is Optimus Prime and I send this message..
If i could i would be running ONLY 5ghz, faster, less range means less crowdedness on the different bands, whats not to like?
problem with 5ghz on prime is the prime already has a shoddy wifi as it is, 5ghz would jsut cripple it. And from what i read the chip supports 5ghz but there is no antenna for it or something i forget exactly.
Basically, no 5ghz on the prime but i think thats by design. Wish it had it tho, would love to see a GPS dongle repurposed for wifi. Wishfull thinking tho methinks.
Hi, I have a problem which I cannot make hotspot by using 5ghz band. I found that my second phone which is LG G3 have an option to choose 5ghz band as hotspot. Is there anyway to make it happen?
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Hi, I have a problem which I cannot make hotspot by using 5ghz band. I found that my second phone which is LG G3 have an option to choose 5ghz band as hotspot. Is there anyway to make it happen?
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This exceed hardware limitation lol...
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This exceed hardware limitation lol...
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I dont think so hardware limitation because I can access wifi that use 5ghz band in xperia z2
lg G5 H860 dualsim variant cant see 5 Ghz network. all other devices are fine and can see the 5Ghz network.
Router is Linksys EA6350
@atifsh Perhaps update your G5 if one's available, or try to transfer the wifi network login via NFC. The phone supports Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, so it shouldn't be an issue.
Perhaps if you're bored you can look at logcats if you have experience with them, but I guess it won't even mention it?If it can't see the network despite you standing next to it then I really have no clue.
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@atifsh Perhaps update your G5 if one's available, or try to transfer the wifi network login via NFC. The phone supports Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, so it shouldn't be an issue.
Perhaps if you're bored you can look at logcats if you have experience with them, but I guess it won't even mention it?If it can't see the network despite you standing next to it then I really have no clue.
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already updated, im beginning to think this variant doesn't have same hardware as others.... seen couple of ppl complains same for h860.
I've got this same issue. I have H850 and phone can't discovery any 5GHz networks.. I'm on Fulmics but on Stock 7.0 it was this same..
Good day, everyone!
I recently attempted, but failed, to utilize my mobile hotspot to connect a friend's phone to the internet through the 5.0 GHz AP Band. The hotspot shuts off after around 7 or 8 seconds when the AP band is set to "5.0 GHz". For my hotspot to not automatically switch off after about 7 or 8 seconds, I had to resort to utilizing the "2.4 GHz" AP frequency.
I really want to utilize the "5.0 GHz" AP band on my mobile hotspot without having to worry about it shutting down every 7 or 8 seconds, since, although I realize that I will be limiting the bandwave to a smaller region, I will be getting better speeds for my mobile hotspot connections in return.
I read a potential fix posted on this oneplus thread (https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/wifi-hotspot-5ghz-not-working.959323/) that sadly didn't work, and provided you have ADB, the major steps outlined were as follows:
1. Connect ADB to your phone
2. Run adb shell settings get global tether_dun_required
- Take note of the value you get (I believe I got "null" the first time around)
3. Run adb shell settings put global tether_dun_required 0 - restart your phone to get 5.0GHz tethering
If it's important to know, I'm running build 11.0.1.12.DE18CB (OxygenOS) on a T-Mobile variation (DE2118) that has been rooted using Magisk.
If anybody is having this difficulty, or if anyone knows how to repair the problem, it would be much appreciated if you could respond to this thread.
Thank you very much.
Hotspot being all ****ed up and barely working is a long standing "feature" of OnePlus even on qualcomm, and Nord has definitely got the worst of it.
On my device (DN2103_11_A.20), the 5Ghz setting is ignored entirely, it always opens 2.4Ghz hotspot.
Weirdly enough, it does that even while being connected to 5Ghz AP at the same time which I didn't think was even possible. On most mediatek phones, if you use wifi connection, hotspot will insist on sharing its band - ie hotspot band is forced to the channel of the AP the phone is connected to and relaying internet from.
The 2.4Ghz hotspot on Nord2 runs very flaky (only ~5mbits to LTE connection running at 50mbits for the phone itself). Moreover, when not using LTE, but phone is connected to wifi (regardless of whether 2.4Ghz or 5GHz) that is relayed to "forced 2.4Ghz" hotspot, that wifi uplink will become flaky too: 500Mbit/s -> 5mbit/s on 5Ghz, 50Mbit/s->5mbit/s on 2.4Ghz AP. Meaning if you use your phone as range extender, internet will be severely slowed down on the phone itself, and become almost as sucky as it is for hotspot clients.
To top it all off, the issue of "disconnecting after 5-8 secs" occurs randomly for me even on 2.4Ghz, typically in AP relaying situation on same band as explained above. The hotspot toggle is not switching itself off in the UI though - the hotspot AP SSID disappears from the air, as if wisi baseband were repeatedly crashing or something.
The only workaround I know of is to disconnect from wifi, disable hotspot, enable LTE, enable hotspot, let people connect and *then* finally connect to wifi (which "reroutes" hotspot clients from LTE to my wifi uplink).
I don't see how DUN could be related at all here.
tl;dr: Don't bother with 5Ghz hotspot, since the wifi driver is so utterly broken for hotspot it doesn't matter which band you use.
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Hotspot being all ****ed up and barely working is a long standing "feature" of OnePlus even on qualcomm, and Nord has definitely got the worst of it.
On my device (DN2103_11_A.20), the 5Ghz setting is ignored entirely, it always opens 2.4Ghz hotspot.
Weirdly enough, it does that even while being connected to 5Ghz AP at the same time which I didn't think was even possible. On most mediatek phones, if you use wifi connection, hotspot will insist on sharing its band - ie hotspot band is forced to the channel of the AP the phone is connected to and relaying internet from.
The 2.4Ghz hotspot on Nord2 runs very flaky (only ~5mbits to LTE connection running at 50mbits for the phone itself). Moreover, when not using LTE, but phone is connected to wifi (regardless of whether 2.4Ghz or 5GHz) that is relayed to "forced 2.4Ghz" hotspot, that wifi uplink will become flaky too: 500Mbit/s -> 5mbit/s on 5Ghz, 50Mbit/s->5mbit/s on 2.4Ghz AP. Meaning if you use your phone as range extender, internet will be severely slowed down on the phone itself, and become almost as sucky as it is for hotspot clients.
To top it all off, the issue of "disconnecting after 5-8 secs" occurs randomly for me even on 2.4Ghz, typically in AP relaying situation on same band as explained above. The hotspot toggle is not switching itself off in the UI though - the hotspot AP SSID disappears from the air, as if wisi baseband were repeatedly crashing or something.
The only workaround I know of is to disconnect from wifi, disable hotspot, enable LTE, enable hotspot, let people connect and *then* finally connect to wifi (which "reroutes" hotspot clients from LTE to my wifi uplink).
I don't see how DUN could be related at all here.
tl;dr: Don't bother with 5Ghz hotspot, since the wifi driver is so utterly broken for hotspot it doesn't matter which band you use.
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Thank you for your reply ezdiy.
It is terrible to realize that OnePlus has a persistent problem with this, but considering the number of discussions I noticed about this issue (5.0 GHz hotspot not functioning), all on diverse OnePlus devices, I am not surprised. In addition, I wonder why "Nord" may have suffered the worst of such a condition.
The problem you suffer from is unusual. I wish I could assist you, but sadly, I am no expert in these things.
It is interesting, since, it appears that there are some circumstances in which my 5.0 GHz hotspot performs well (Doesn't switch off automatically after 7/8 seconds) and other instances in which it doesn't. Does anything like this happen to you regarding the phone hotspot, where it works better in some circumstances than others?
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In addition, I wonder why "Nord" may have suffered the worst of such a condition.
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My apologies for confusion, as I missed your device is N200 (Snapdragon chip, on those hotspot doesn't suck as badly).
My device is Nord 2 5G 12G/256G (Mediatek Dimensity 1200). It's still interesting to compare notes about the hotspot bugs across diverse array of chipsets, though.
This at least hints its something wrong going on in OxygenOS itself.
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My apologies for confusion, as I missed your device is N200 (Snapdragon chip, on those hotspot doesn't suck as badly).
My device is Nord 2 5G 12G/256G (Mediatek Dimensity 1200). It's still interesting to compare notes about the hotspot bugs across diverse array of chipsets, though.
This at least hints its something wrong going on in OxygenOS itself.
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I could tell where you were coming from, ezdiy, so don't worry.
At a first glance, I noticed that the OnePlus 6 and, as you mentioned, the OnePlus Nord 2 5G are both affected by the 5.0 GHz Band issue. However, there appears to be a general Mobile Hotspot issue among OnePlus devices, as evidenced by the OnePlus forums (From the OnePlus 5, to the OnePlus 8 Pro, OnePlus 9, and OnePlus 10 Pro 5G, among many others) and the OnePlus Reddit (Ex: OnePlus 7).
I'm genuinely curious as to what the issue is. It could very well be OxygenOS, as you suggested. Regardless of the issue, I'm curious as to how long it will take for OnePlus to truly resolve such widespread problems.