wifi tether stopping randomly - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

my wifi tether app often just stops working. more times than not, I have to turn wifi tether off and back on in order for it to continue functioning..i've tried many versions of the wifi tether app, many kernels and roms. always the same deal.
is there a solve or workaround for this issue?

What version are you using?

The current version. i've used them all, including the newest. same issues with all versions that i've tried.

talktojer said:
The current version. i've used them all, including the newest. same issues with all versions that i've tried.
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have 205 pre9 currently.

Just for you: http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/1...-disconnecting-try-these-solutions-to-fix-it/

Archon810 said:
Just for you: http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/1...-disconnecting-try-these-solutions-to-fix-it/
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Neat idea. I'll give your suggestion a try and see if it helps.
You mentioned 3 problems but only 2 solutions....is the 3rd still an issue?

Archon810 said:
Just for you: http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/1...-disconnecting-try-these-solutions-to-fix-it/
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so far switching to channel 1 has fixed my issue, it quit working many times until I switched. Not one issue since.
I hope I'm not causing a problem with the existing wireless deployment at work using channel 1.

talktojer said:
so far switching to channel 1 has fixed my issue, it quit working many times until I switched. Not one issue since.
I hope I'm not causing a problem with the existing wireless deployment at work using channel 1.
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You're welcome I'm the article author btw.

Mine does the exact same thing.
I have 4G coverage at home so I often set it on the charger and leave tethering on for my laptop/xbox use but after a while I have to turn tethering off and back on, because it stops working.
Hopefully this fixes it!

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[Q] Cannot get internet via Wifi tether anymore

I hope I'm in the correct forum...
I have rooted and flashed VirusROM on my HTC EVO 4G. I used to be able to use Sprint's Hotspot app to tether Wifi to my carputer. I was using it Thursday on the way to my in-law's place for Thanksgiving. I left and then could not get it to work again. The computer connects and the signal is at full strength but all browsers say "Page cannot be displayed" and my weather updates down load anymore. I tried using other computers/devices and all connect but none show an internet connection. I can use Google Maps, send/receive pics and videos, and use the internet on my EVO but I cannot share it. Did Sprint cut me off? Is there a setting I mistakenly changed?? I was under the impression that I can tether for free when its rooted. I even download to different tether apps and got the same results. Anybody have any suggestions? Any and all help would be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks in advance...
-Greg
Although I am not using wifi tether, I am using the built in wireless tether through Miui. It is working flawlessly on my Mac. I suggest you change your SSID and maybe your password. If no success delete your network settings and try again.
casual864 said:
Although I am not using wifi tether, I am using the built in wireless tether through Miui. It is working flawlessly on my Mac. I suggest you change your SSID and maybe your password. If no success delete your network settings and try again.
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I've never heard of Miui. I'll try that next. I already tried changing the SSID, the passwords, and even the encryption type and nothing worked...I'm gonna go back and try it all again. Thanks for the input, dude!!
Didn't know Miui was a ROM...I like the way I have everything set on Virus so I was hoping to not have to change ROM's. Thanks again though! Please keep suggestions coming, guys!
greg.dassing said:
I hope I'm in the correct forum...
I have rooted and flashed VirusROM on my HTC EVO 4G. I used to be able to use Sprint's Hotspot app to tether Wifi to my carputer. I was using it Thursday on the way to my in-law's place for Thanksgiving. I left and then could not get it to work again. The computer connects and the signal is at full strength but all browsers say "Page cannot be displayed" and my weather updates down load anymore. I tried using other computers/devices and all connect but none show an internet connection. I can use Google Maps, send/receive pics and videos, and use the internet on my EVO but I cannot share it. Did Sprint cut me off? Is there a setting I mistakenly changed?? I was under the impression that I can tether for free when its rooted. I even download to different tether apps and got the same results. Anybody have any suggestions? Any and all help would be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks in advance...
-Greg
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Try this link, not sure which one will work for you but the pre-14 works for me. Just try each one untill you find one that works on your ROM, sorry I can't point you to ont that I know will work on that rom. I know the link says Nexus one but they will work on the Evo just fine. Most of these act just linke a router, not an ad-hoc.
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list?can=2&q=NexusOne
That was one of the other tether apps I tried...that and barnacle...I downloaded and tried it again and it still didn't work...thanks for the info!
greg.dassing said:
That was one of the other tether apps I tried...that and barnacle...I downloaded and tried it again and it still didn't work...thanks for the info!
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Did you try several of the releases, I had to try several before I found one that worked. Sorry couldn't help.
ifly4vamerica said:
Did you try several of the releases, I had to try several before I found one that worked. Sorry couldn't help.
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I tried the top 3 but none worked...I don't think thats the problem though because tethering worked up until Thursday and then it stopped for all apps. I had that app working before...thanks again
greg.dassing said:
I tried the top 3 but none worked...I don't think thats the problem though because tethering worked up until Thursday and then it stopped for all apps. I had that app working before...thanks again
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One last ditch effort, try changing the channel to channel one in one of the wireless tether app, just saw a post where this fixed the problem for some people. Good luck
ifly4vamerica said:
One last ditch effort, try changing the channel to channel one in one of the wireless tether app, just saw a post where this fixed the problem for some people. Good luck
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Sprint's HotSpot and Wifi Tether don't give the option and Barnacle was already set on Channel 1 :/ Thanks though
Wireless tether is what I was talking about I use pre 14, just open the app and menu/settings, its the 4th option down.
I don't know how I missed that option. I went in and changed it to Channel 1 but no change...my roommate came home and sparked up his Incredible's hotspot and it worked perfectly of the bat...something has got to be wrong with my EVO
does your evo say that a device connected and does it show that anything downloaded under the wireless tether app mine used to get stuck at just over 1kb of data then i modded my framework_res.apk and somehow i can tether again
It does seem to stay on a very low KB like 1.1...although it does show the devices that are connected...
Mine did the exact same thing although im not entirely sure what I did that fixed this I edited the xml code for the notification bar and edited the notification bar which somehow caused my tethering to work
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chadm424 said:
Mine did the exact same thing although im not entirely sure what I did that fixed this I edited the xml code for the notification bar and edited the notification bar which somehow caused my tethering to work
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Thats the kinda luck I don't have! Hahaha!
I have the same exact problem you are having
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I have the same exact problem you are having
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Sorry to hear that...its so damn frustrating!
Yea it is, i'm about to work on some homework, any chance if you get it working, you think you can pm me how you fixed it ? thanks in advance
Any other thoughts?? Is there a way to test to see if the actual hardware failed?

After OTA 4.1.2 Update, having wifi issues/problem

I was using MrRobinson's stock rooted rom. When OTA 4.1.2 came out, I unrooted, installed patch, ran CF-Autoroot then I'm back to rooted again. However I did notice, every now and then, my wifi stays connected but connection dies. Internet connection is simply dead. So I don't get any email notifications if ever I get new emails. To fix this I have to turn wifi off/on and internet is ok again. I thought maybe I did something wrong so I wipe cache/factory reset, odin back to full stock non-rooted, installed OTA then use Exynos Abuse/Exploit to root. I am still experiencing the same issue. Att Smart Wifi is disabled. Wifi is always on under sleep policy. I have scorched the net and I can't find any solutions Any help would be much appreciated.
Mine is on the oem update no root even, and my wifi sucks now. The signal and connection will be good but it can't up or download anything. Wifi speed and cellular data speeds are all sub 1mbps also. ATT wifi is disabled also.
The only thing that helps me is to just pair to another wifi source, and go back if needed. Annoying! I'd love to find some solution also, I don't mind rooting if need be for it also.
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Had the same issue. I swapped it out for a new one and it is working fine now with the update
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thephoneguyusa said:
Had the same issue. I swapped it out for a new one and it is working fine now with the update
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Already have the phone more than a month, don't think I can swap it out
EDIT: Btw, no issues on custom roms, only having issues when using stock rom
ukic said:
Already have the phone more than a month, don't think I can swap it out
EDIT: Btw, no issues on custom roms, only having issues when using stock rom
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You can still do warranty to get a new one just call att and tell them your situation with it. This would be my best recommendation to you. Or just root and keep running roms. This is one phone that I havent had the urge to customize with a rom or anything yet
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thephoneguyusa said:
You can still do warranty to get a new one just call att and tell them your situation with it. This would be my best recommendation to you. Or just root and keep running roms. This is one phone that I havent had the urge to customize with a rom or anything yet
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Thanks for the recommendation but I also felt the same before. I thought the phone was fast enough that I didn't need to try custom roms. After trying Scott's ATT CleanRom SE, that idea was simply change. If you haven't, you should try running custom roms. Although, I would still want to know if there is a solution to this problem when running stock rom.
ukic said:
Thanks for the recommendation but I also felt the same before. I thought the phone was fast enough that I didn't need to try custom roms. After trying Scott's ATT CleanRom SE, that idea was simply change. If you haven't, you should try running custom roms. Although, I would still want to know if there is a solution to this problem when running stock rom.
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I've had similar issues since OTA upgrade to 4.1.2... Wireless auto connects to my wireless when i walk in the house, shows connected, but cannot actually download/upload/browse/etc unless i manually turn off wireless and then turn it back on, it reconnects, and works fine. Seems an issue the phone is having transitioning from celluar network to wireless...
willzilla said:
I've had similar issues since OTA upgrade to 4.1.2... Wireless auto connects to my wireless when i walk in the house, shows connected, but cannot actually download/upload/browse/etc unless i manually turn off wireless and then turn it back on, it reconnects, and works fine. Seems an issue the phone is having transitioning from celluar network to wireless...
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Thought the question remains, why when using custom rom, you don't get this kind of problem...
ukic said:
Thought the question remains, why when using custom rom, you don't get this kind of problem...
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Perhaps it's a minor bug somewhere and the custom ROMs happen to pull that wireless code piece from something other than official 4.1.2 where the bug (if it is one) is located.
willzilla said:
Perhaps it's a minor bug somewhere and the custom ROMs happen to pull that wireless code piece from something other than official 4.1.2 where the bug (if it is one) is located.
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Yeah but hopefully it will get fixed soon. As I was looking for solutions, some people think it's their wifi routers that are having issues.
ukic said:
Yeah but hopefully it will get fixed soon. As I was looking for solutions, some people think it's their wifi routers that are having issues.
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Perhaps it's an issue depending on what broadcast freq is being used by the router.
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Perhaps it's an issue depending on what broadcast freq is being used by the router.
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True, but 4.1.1 didn't have this issue. They must have changed something.
I don't know if it is related to the issue in this thread, but I had a problem with the phone since I got it of the WIFI constantly connecting, then disconnecting, then connecting again. I solved it by changing the security model of the router from WPA/WPA2 to WEP128.
serpent2005 said:
I don't know if it is related to the issue in this thread, but I had a problem with the phone since I got it of the WIFI constantly connecting, then disconnecting, then connecting again. I solved it by changing the security model of the router from WPA/WPA2 to WEP128.
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Yeah saw that thread somewhere but this is a whole different issue. Wifi stays connected but no connection to the internet. You get connection timeout.
Yeah mine just quits. A note 1, a note 10.1, 2 ipads, 2 iphone 4's, and xperia ion and three separate computers have had zero issues on any of the wifi networks here. In fact, if I leave it be, it will not work on the phone, and it now seems to block all the rest from access! If I turn the wifi off on this, perfect immediately afterward. Strange.
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did you try just simply reset your router?
I had all the problems in this thread after 4.1.2 A factory reset fixed it.
I'm using the international ROM (custom but fairly stock) and started experiencing the same issue when I switched ROMs.
Toggling the wifi always fixes the problem, but it's not a permanent solution. The problem seems to happen when the device goes into sleep mode for me.
Corvida said:
I'm using the international ROM (custom but fairly stock) and started experiencing the same issue when I switched ROMs.
Toggling the wifi always fixes the problem, but it's not a permanent solution. The problem seems to happen when the device goes into sleep mode for me.
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Yep, when the phone goes deep sleep...
bobmay said:
I had all the problems in this thread after 4.1.2 A factory reset fixed it.
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+1

Wifi unstable

It appears that my wifi is very unstable. After transfering around 250mb, my connection stops working. Usually the connection requires me to cycle wifi in order to get it working once more.
I initialy thought that the issue could be fixed in the tmobile software update, but that was not the case. The issue persists after the update that took place last night.
Are any of you experiancing this? Any thoughts on how to resolve? I have setup a warranty replacement but id rather just send that back and keep my already setup device.
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Same issues here on AT&T.
TheChefSLC said:
It appears that my wifi is very unstable. After transfering around 250mb, my connection stops working. Usually the connection requires me to cycle wifi in order to get it working once more.
I initialy thought that the issue could be fixed in the tmobile software update, but that was not the case. The issue persists after the update that took place last night.
Are any of you experiancing this? Any thoughts on how to resolve? I have setup a warranty replacement but id rather just send that back and keep my already setup device.
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Please search before posting. There's like 10 threads talking about Wi-Fi.
Dennisg34 said:
Please search before posting. There's like 10 threads talking about Wi-Fi.
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well i guess my search skills are lacking compared to yours. There is 1 post that is in the troubleshooting section that is titled with a [fix] tag. but that is not really a fix. it is simply a workaround by not using the 5ghz band. this makes it so that i cannot use my ac connection.
but since you are so much more in the know and your search skills are far better than mine. can you please point me to the threads about this issue?
TheChefSLC said:
well i guess my search skills are lacking compared to yours. There is 1 post that is in the troubleshooting section that is titled with a [fix] tag. but that is not really a fix. it is simply a workaround by not using the 5ghz band. this makes it so that i cannot use my ac connection.
but since you are so much more in the know and your search skills are far better than mine. can you please point me to the threads about this issue?
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I don't need to do your searching for you. You maybe saw one Thread on the FIRST page, but there's pages and pages between General and Questions about this.
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Dennisg34 said:
I don't need to do your searching for you. You maybe saw one Thread on the FIRST page, but there's pages and pages between General and Questions about this.
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i suggest you stop assuming anything and search yourself. Also stop being a ****, its unnecessary. But i am sure it helps you feel so much more knowledgeable and better to post a "lrn 2 search" reply.
my guess is that you seen wifi blah blah blah and were like "this is the same as wifi calling not working or wifi turning off after the screen turns off" or some other basic issue.
but hey you know, here is a great search http://bfy.tw/J57
TheChefSLC said:
i suggest you stop assuming anything and search yourself. Also stop being a ****, its unnecessary. But i am sure it helps you feel so much more knowledgeable and better to post a "lrn 2 search" reply.
my guess is that you seen wifi blah blah blah and were like "this is the same as wifi calling not working or wifi turning off after the screen turns off" or some other basic issue.
but hey you know, here is a great search http://bfy.tw/J57
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I don't need to search myself, I'm not creating the thread.
Doesn't make me feel good at all. It's rule number ONE in the forum rules. GUESS what rule 2.1 is? Language.
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I've been having the same issue. It seems to be primarily in the 5ghz band. One suggestion I saw that seems to have helped is doing a factory reset.
Nasty64 said:
I've been having the same issue. It seems to be primarily in the 5ghz band. One suggestion I saw that seems to have helped is doing a factory reset.
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Another thread mentioned FRs don't fix some issues and I have issues on 2.4 so it seems different for all.
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I don't see how this thread is redundant, there's no need to police the forums.
OP's issue is something I've had - a factory reset, TheClefSLC, seemed to do something productive, though I still get drops when data is being transferred on a moderately large scale. As of now I think we'll have to either wait for a software/firmware update or, once the device is unlocked, experiment with ROM modifications...
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I'm returning mine tomorrow.. this is unacceptable. Wifi just stops working.
I have 5ghz off on my router, so it is doing it on 2.4 too.
Try changing the channel on the router. I had about 8-10 instances over 24 hours where the phone just stopped transmitting data with the router. I had to toggle Wi-Fi to fix it. I changed the channel on my router and haven't had an issue in 48 hours or so now. Seems to have worked.
Yes... I noticed this since day one and everyone thought I was crazy... I did make a post b4 about this but it was chalked up to i need to reset my router but my nexus 5 works awesome on the same network
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tourbound129 said:
Try changing the channel on the router. I had about 8-10 instances over 24 hours where the phone just stopped transmitting data with the router. I had to toggle Wi-Fi to fix it. I changed the channel on my router and haven't had an issue in 48 hours or so now. Seems to have worked.
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I think that this may just be the fix to our WiFi problems. I put my 2.4Ghz on channel 6 and my 5Ghz on 40. Seems to have done the trick, and my speeds seem faster on the 5Ghz on channel 40. well see how it goes over the next few days.
uly609 said:
I think that this may just be the fix to our WiFi problems. I put my 2.4Ghz on channel 6 and my 5Ghz on 40. Seems to have done the trick, and my speeds seem faster on the 5Ghz on channel 40. well see how it goes over the next few days.
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The problem is when you try to access networks you don't own. [emoji29] but hopefully there'll be a solution!
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androidxen said:
The problem is when you try to access networks you don't own. [emoji29] but hopefully there'll be a solution!
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True that.. Hopefully we get a patch soon or root and a custom ROM that fixes this!!
tourbound129 said:
Try changing the channel on the router. I had about 8-10 instances over 24 hours where the phone just stopped transmitting data with the router. I had to toggle Wi-Fi to fix it. I changed the channel on my router and haven't had an issue in 48 hours or so now. Seems to have worked.
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YES! Just changed to channel 6 (what someone else said) and it's been much better for me!
Dennisg34 said:
YES! Just changed to channel 6 (what someone else said) and it's been much better for me!
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Well, it seems to put a band aid on the problem. It works fine for a little while, maybe a few hours. But after that the problems return. At least they did for me
I just tried the 2.4:6/5:40 setting with my Asus RT-AC68U. 2.4 ran a bit faster according to the Speedtest app, but 5 ran at pretty much the same speed (both were set to auto channel select beforehand). I am going to tinker around with it some more and see if I can improve upon it.
I have noticed the same issue on both 2.5 and 5ghz. I stream music thru chromecast and frequently experience lost connections. Very annoying. I hope this is an issue that is addressed soon in an update.

[Q] Issue with Wifi

I have been using ZF2 4gb 2.3 ver for around 10 days now and didn't have any issues yet.
But since morning it has been dropping Wifi and only connects back when I unlock it. Anyone else facing this issue?
Happens to me from time to time. but not very often
Hunikel said:
Happens to me from time to time. but not very often
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On second thought, I updated all the apps yesterday (for first time since I got the phone, even though I installed system updates as soon as I booted it) and last night was the first time i noticed that it had dropped Wifi signal. I am hazarding a wild guess but it's due to some system app bug that was introduced in some recent update. Hopefully it'll soon be rectified.
devilz666 said:
I have been using ZF2 4gb 2.3 ver for around 10 days now and didn't have any issues yet.
But since morning it has been dropping Wifi and only connects back when I unlock it. Anyone else facing this issue?
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Make sure that WiFi is allowed to be on during sleep in the WiFi settings.
Also recommend using ASUS ZenUI app called ASUS Support. There are several helpful tips with basic troubleshooting techniques for your device which includes WiFi troubleshooting.
If still not resolved, recommend performing a hardware reset including wipe cache partition. For hardware reset/wipe cache partition instructions please see the following: http://www.asus.com/us/support/FAQ/1011956/
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Make sure that WiFi is allowed to be on during sleep in the WiFi settings.
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Oh well, never had to do that ever before. Should have thought of that with me being techie and all. Thanks for help, no I'll go and find a corner to hide in shame.
For me text wont come in when your on wifi after reboot. You must use data to send text then you can reconnect wifi. I was not getting any text and found out this.
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Question Wi-Fi going off and on. Happening to several Pixel 6's

I know there were a bunch of topics on this earlier in the year but I have yet to find a solution and here's the weird thing...
I have a P6 Pro (Android 12.1) coworker has a P6 (Android 13) and both of us when at home (different homes lol) will have the Wi-Fi turn off, and a few seconds later turn back on again.
The problem for both of us started about a month ago. This is way too coincidental. Neither of us had this problem before and since we are on two separate but similar phones running two different versions of Android could this be a Google connectivity related app that is causing this problem? Maybe a bad update to something?
Btw I've tried all the fixes mentioned in previous posts. Everything but a factory reset and nothing has worked. It only happens once or two a day but it's annoying
I noticed that as well during the last couple of weeks. This wasn't happening before for sure. Still no idea what's causing it.
arvylas said:
I noticed that as well during the last couple of weeks. This wasn't happening before for sure. Still no idea what's causing it.
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Thank you. The Google Connectivity Service app that helps manage Wi-Fi was updated about a month ago.
Since we all have different versions I'm thinking this has to be app related. Nothing else makes sense
I had the same issue back on 12.1 on my P4a...and oh man did it annoy the sht outta me! I too assumed it was prolly app related. I spent ages trying to chase it down. Then google offered me $300 trade-in plus a pair of Pixel Buds for a P6a...suddenly I just stopped looking.
Hand76 said:
Thank you. The Google Connectivity Service app that helps manage Wi-Fi was updated about a month ago.
Since we all have different versions I'm thinking this has to be app related. Nothing else makes sense
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Did you try disabling the Google connectivity from app info?
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Did you try disabling the Google connectivity from app info?
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Not yet but may that later tonight
For now I tried rolling back to v53 of Google connectivity service to check if that's the culprit.
arvylas said:
For now I tried rolling back to v53 of Google connectivity service to check if that's the culprit.
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Since it also happens with GrapheneOS which doesn't have that, its not the culprit.
I'm using the modem from qpr beta. Is anyone else with the problem using this one?
arvylas said:
I'm using the modem from qpr beta. Is anyone else with the problem using this one?
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Modem firmware isn't relevant to wifi.
I don't want to jinx it but after happening to me every day for a few weeks it stopped. Been a week now with no changes made on my end.
This had to be a Google app. They are always getting updated and not always for the better

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