I've got a HTC Desire with Starburst Lite 1.3.0, which is based on 2.29.405.5, and I've flashed RADIO 32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27. I use the Wi-Fi which is secured by WPA/WPA2 PSK in my classrom. I've noticed that sometimes when I can't access to the Internet with my HTC Desire, my iPod touch has no problem browsing the Internet with the same network. I wonder, what's the problem?
I've noticed the problem since I first got this phone. When I was using an official RUU based on 2.13.707.2 with a older RADIO and hadn't yet rooted, the same problem also occured. Before that I used another Desire for like 2 weeks or so, and that phone also had the same problem. Both phones were manufactured in Taiwan.
That leads me to think if there is a problem with the hard ware or with the Android system. What should I do to solve this problem?
Many thanks!
I have noticed that I had issues with the 5.11.05.27 radio and ever since I've upgraded to 5.14.05.17 everything has been fine. It might be worth a try but I doubt it will fix it. I also found out that WPA/WPA2 doesn't work too well but WEP does. It is a funny one you know. It could even be the channel that the wireless device is using. I have also found this an issue. You could also try settings you wireless to never. Frankly, it could be a number of issues.
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Hello mates
I try to surf by WiFi most of the time when I am at home but unfortunately my Desire deactivates WiFi ramdomly after ~ 1.5 minutes. The connection is not lost, WiFi is really deactivated! If I re-enable WiFi afterwards, the same occurs again
WiFi-Standby-Policy is on "Never" and I currently don't use any other WiFi-managing apps.
The problem is really pi**ing me off as I cannot simply browse that way :[
Here is a short Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2IBU-C6_XA See 0:13
Anyone else having this issue?
What firmware and radio are you running?
Have you tried changing your Router to connect to a different Wi-Fi frequency channel, could be something to do with interference maybe?
FW 2.1-update1
Radio 32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2
Can't imagine that a wrong channel in my router forces my Desire to switch off WiFi... I'm forced to use channel 13 as I would have interferences otherwise
edit: changed it from 13 to 10, didn't change anything.
Could a hardreset solve the problem?
Yes, i was going to suggest you try a hard reset to get rid of any software bugs and set your device back to factory condition.
If that does not work, and if not already done so, then you could try rooting and flashing to a different rom. You could also try a different radio version too as this can improve signal strength of Wi-Fi.
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Did a hardreset but problem still persists
I am still having this annoying bug In the meantime I did a hardreset 3 times and also bought another router -.-
Please help me!
I've seen a lot of people complaining about one problem or another on here, and it puzzles me greatly why more respondents don't say the bleeding obvious.. if you phone doesn't work, take it back! That's what warranties are for people!
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After upgrade to Froyo ROM I have repeated WiFi disconnections both at home and public networks.
After such disconnect, the settings page shows that the networks are not in range and the only to way to force a reconnect is to switch it off and on again.
Sometimes the connection is maintained for a very short time (few minutes) and sometimes for longer periods. It also happens without going into sleep mode.
Tried updating to the latest radio -> no change.
Any ideas?
HTC Desire, Rooted, HebRom_1.4, 32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2
Someone just posted in my thread that changing the channel to a lower number on the router sorted them out...I take it you've only had these issues on the new radio?
I'm having this problem in public networks as well so I guess it's not a router channel issue.
It started after upgrading to froyo, in the previous radio and in the new one.
Got the same problem here...
Since i flashed leedroid on mine and there after nextsense ive got wifi issues.
Havent found whats the problem yet, using Delite rom now
I cant connect to certain routers, its very strange...
I thought it had something to do with wifi-N in certain roms (i know its backwards compatible)
but that wasnt the problem.
have you tried flashing
32.42.00.32U_5.09.00.08 radio ?
Any reason for flashing that particular radio?
Clean Desire HD, no root. Received FOTA 2.3 one month ago. Wifi is not working since then. HTC service UK returned device as "repaired" but it still does not work.
WIFI does not work mean that I can connect to router, but no traffic flow.
(I did reset router many times)
some facts:
1) I have a Bebox wireless router at home (thomson 585). I have just tested 5 laptops: sony, 2 lenovo, hp and fujitsu. Every single one works with the wifi. PSP, nokia n97 and walkman - all work with wifi as well. The only device in the house which does not is Desire HD.
2) I have also tried setting up wifi spot on nokia n97. ALL laptops managed to connect and access internet. Desire HD does not even see this wifi hot spot, the hotspot does not show up after repeated scans.
3) I have also tried setting up ad-hoc networks on two laptops, thinkpad and vaio. HTC desire HD does not even see these networks, while other devices are able to connect.
HTC has tried to repair this wifi problem over the phone and email (silly stuff like resetting, disabling settings backup, removing sim etc).
HTC has tried to repair it in the service centre and failed (and lost battery in process).
Before I send it back for another round of torture at HTC service centre, I want ask you guys for a help. Any ideas?
Is there any way to reflash the phone with official firmware without voiding the warranty?
try redownloading the new rom and reinstall it.
Yep, just tried - no luck. But!
I have just downgraded to 1.32 - wifi is working perfect again! i did not even have to reboot the home router. Now testing the rest of functions.
So, 2.3 update has clearly serious issues. And HTC is clearly clueless how to fix it.
2.3 has wifi drop issues, which can fixed via patch if rooted. Other then that no issues.
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2.3 has wifi drop issues, which can fixed via patch if rooted. Other then that no issues.
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do you have a link to the patch ?
Hi,
seen similar behavior on another android device. Connection to the Router was o.k. but no data flow. After entering a IP adress etc manually everything went fine.
bye
Sven
I had problems with my wifi router (a Belkin Double N+) and GB Sense ROMs - it would connect, but take several attempts to do so. It would get as far as authenticating with the router, then fail, try again, and eventually connect.
I tried various custom ROMs and even the stock ROM without any luck, and it had been fine on Froyo. Tried altering all kinds of router settings as well.
What finally worked for me was switching the router's wifi security from WPA2 to WPA. I imagine the GB wifi drivers didn't get on well with my router's chipset. Might be worth a try, if you haven't already.
Hi,
obviously I am new to this forum (yes, I admit it, I had an iPhone 4 until recently ). I read a lot of threads here and managed to root two HTC Desire Z phones thanks to the many helpful infos here! I even had to debrand the 2nd Desire Z, because it was a Vodafone branded phone, using a Goldcard, which worked like a charm.
Now everything seems to be fine so far, except some little occasional hickups:
One is, that my battery seems to drain pretty fast when I am downloading something over my Home-WiFi. It can go down over 40% within two hours.
The second is, that every now and then, the phones do not find my WiFi broadcast automatically. I have to go into settings, access points and then manually select the WiFi and hit confirm on the next screen popup showing the MAC-address amongst other things. Most of the times all I need to do is switch my phone on to get the connection. But sometimes it just doesn't...
Both phones are running the Virtuous v2.0.0 (Vision), which is based on the latest 2.42.405.2 release from HTC.
In addition I manually flashed the radio to 12.56.60.25U_26.10.04.03_M using the image from this thread, since it still had the really old radio (26.03.02.26_M) from the downgrade process to the 1.34 firmware installed and this radio seemed to be the one officially released by HTC in connection with the latest 2.42.405.2 firmware.
So now I am wondering if this was the right choice.
I've run across threads claiming the .30 radio (and probably another radio starting with 26.08 or so ?) would be a good combination with the Virtuous v2.0.0. But I am wondering why one should use an older radio. And I don't want to try out many different radios for the next days, so I am hoping, that maybe somebody here has already gone through that process or can at least elaborate on their experiences with the radio they are using.
Maybe someone can also shed some light onto the question, if I should also align my RIL as discussed in this thread.
Thanx in advance!!!
Tronar
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Android-Version: 2.3.3
HTC Sense Version: 2.1
Baseband-Version: 12.56.60.25U_26.10.04.03_M
Kernel-Version: 2.6.35.13-virtuous-sense-v3.1.0+
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Sat Jun 18 00:45:48 PDT 2011
Build-Nummer: 2.42.405.2 CL84109 release-keys
Software-Nummer: Virtuous v2.0.0 (Vision)
Browser-Version: WebKit/533.1
Really? Noone? No recommendations from the experts or opinions from happy or disappointed ROM and Radio user?
The radio depends on your location. Best to ask someone from your country about the better radio to use.
as for me, i do not like the new radio, as the data connection is sluggish, as compared to the older ones.
The best radio to use would be the one that was RELEASED with the rom. The one that ends in .03.
The data connection is definitely different with the .03, because before my phone usually showed 3G on a regular basis and switched to H only when I caused some data transfer (e.g. browsing or requesting data through a Widget). Now my phone constantly displays an H (unless I am in a G only region of course).
Question: did they just change the way the connection is displayed or did they also change the switching between regular 3G and HSDPA? I think I read somewhere that the switching preserved battery in the long run, because maintaining an H connection requires more power than a simpler 3G connection. Does anyone know something about that?
Hi,
first of all: I am also using Virtuous v2.0.0 (Vision) in combination with the latest radio (26.10.04.03) on my DZ.
Tronar said:
The second is, that every now and then, the phones do not find my WiFi broadcast automatically. I have to go into settings, access points and then manually select the WiFi and hit confirm on the next screen popup showing the MAC-address amongst other things. Most of the times all I need to do is switch my phone on to get the connection. But sometimes it just doesn't...
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I also have to manually disable/enable my wifi to connect to any network, but only after a reboot. Since I do not reboot frequently I do not care.
In general the 26.10.04.03 radio works best for me (in Germany) - I have good coverage and a stable 3G connection. My battery is also fine with this radio. But as it was said previously YMMV.
Are you using any software which could interfere with the wifi state? For example I am using "UnlockAtHome" which for some reason tries to put the Wifi to sleep when you are not connected to a whitelisted network and the screen is turned off - something like this could cause wifi connection drops.
Hello xda,
Firstly I wanted to say thank you all for existing, Ive had much fun customising my HTC Desire and now my One X because of your articles. Even using google, all roads led to XDA.
Now to the problem...
Yesterday the official Jelly bean update for my One X, and since then Ive had a bunch of Wifi problems:
As soon as I connect to Wifi, I get about 10 seconds of internet, then nothing will connect until I turn Wifi off/on again, when this repeats, of course. This happens on both the 2.4ghz and 5ghz networks at my home.
If I use a network that have other users on it, it will disconnect for everyone.
The Wifi works on my phone properly when I change the router to 802.11b mode, but signal strength is poor.
I cleared the cache in recovery and when that didnt work I performed a factory rest, also didnt solve the problem.
I have read up about the problem and tried all solutions but I was thinking about going back to having my phone unlocked and rooted etc as this was what I had originally until I relocked it to get the official update (which has come back to bite me in the butt)
I guess this biggest question would be: Would getting a custom ROM fix this problem? Im asking this instead of going ahead with it like I normally do because I dont really want to make it worse if I can help it.
If anyone else knows enough about this problem, or the cause of it, that would be swell. Is it because of the fact that its been relocked/unrooted? Others who have stock standard phones have had the same problem but I want to be sure.
Some info:
HTC One X - unbranded CID HTC_023
Software #: 3.17.728.1
Android: 4.1.1
Stock Kernal
Stock Recovery
S-ON
HBOOT: 1.39.0000
Relocked Bootloader
Network 2Degrees New Zealand
WIFI Router:
TP-LINK TL-WDR3600
ISP: Telstraclear NZ
Its probably not super brief, but I want to make sure I have everything you need.
Thanks!
This sounds like the problem that existed on early JB hboots prior to 1.36, if I recall. Don't know why you have the problem, it's very odd.
My advice : make a nandroid of the stock rom and flash a different rom ! The bootloader has already been unlocked so the state of warranty will not change if unlock it again. Worth the try ..... going back to the reseller is always an option after this !
I don't have this problem and i've updated to JB for some time now.I am not an expert on anything,but a friend of mine had similar problems with the wifi that you have,except that his wifi would randomly turn off and on from time to time in addition to your problems.After going to the HTC repair center they replaced his Wifi antena because it was faulty,and after that he didn't had any problems.The strangest thing is that he was using a custom rom(ARHD if i recall right) and HTC accepted to repair his phone,that simply amazed me because i tought that once you unlock your bootloader and install a custom rom,you're guarantee will be voided.Anyway,sorry for the long post and stories,but you can call or sent an email to HTC regarding this issue,you might have a faulty antena.
Yeah I thought it might be the faulty antennae halabaloo that people talked about for most One X phones, but the Wifi was fine before the JB update and I haven't dropped it around the same time (though almost threw it at the wall)
Also it looks like Ill have to wait a bit for a custom rom, as the stock kernal is the only one that plays nice with the new HBOOT. Touchscreen is not working in rom or recovery.
A bunch of other people with HTC_023 had this same problem.
I'm on _023 and Touch does not work with CWM (not really that big a deal), but works fine with the stock ROM. No issues with wifi, just an odd issue with the voice->text that seems to affect only my phone. Do yourself a favour and make a nandroid backup and store it on your computer so you don't have to poke around for one later.
I'm also on HTC__023 with JB update and have found since the update that it dosen't like 5ghz wifi yet 2.4ghz is fine
I am on the same ota and my wifi does not work at all. Hopefully HTC figures this out. This is my 2nd HOX the first one had the bad antenna.
don't let the cat lick the butter
Ok I think I fixed it, if youve got wifi problems on a 5ghz network, youll have to change the mode to 802.11a and channel to 36 on the router (at least, thats what I did) and it works again!
If I use a network that have other users on it, it will disconnect for everyone.
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Isn't it an AP problem? With the new wireless module in JB the phone WiFi may talk a bit differently to the AP. I would suggest to check with different APs and to upgrade router/AP firmware.