[Q] How to use wifi no contract ? - Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I switched to my older phone so that I could save ten a month for the time being. Though wifi isn't working. Anyone knows what gives or could be done so that wifi could be used ? -Thanks Nolon

Gonna need more info to be able to help you.
ROM, Modem, etc.

I'm using midNIGHT rom v.3.3. dk28 that's modem right ?
It shows that it connects to my home network but it looks like it kicks it off and says it is disabled.

Update the Modem to EB13 for starters.

I was thinking about calling Sprint too perhaps.

Nolonolon said:
I was thinking about calling Sprint too perhaps.
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They're not going to be much help to you since you're running a custom Rom, they will recommend you go to a Sprint repair center and they're just going to ODIN your phone back to stock.

Will do. Just won't be able to atm. Do you think it's a Sprint issue or ? As it wasn't an issue until I killed the contract. I'll message back possibly tomorrow or the next day ? Busy with the kids.

It isn't within Sprints control to disable wifi from your phone, it's most likely some kind of modem issue.

Ah well it's been running for 75 hours. I'll reboot and post back tomorrow or tonight. Thanks for the info.

I figured it out. I noticed I was able to connect to open connections but not my secured connection regardless if I knew the password. I'm unsure what the issue was but I can only assume it's something to do with if you choose to severe your contract with Sprint or change phones that for whatever reason secured wifi connections won't work..But how did I fix it ? I changed my SSID and my password to my router. It's now running full speed. I'm still using version 3.3 midNIGHT. I need to change that out after figuring out if the video and camera will work better these days. It's been awhile since I've been on here or tinkered with my phone though. Just rearranged my computer today. Still need to blow it out though. :/ Anyways just for reference. Hope this helps if anyone has a similar issue at anytime.

Sprint has absolutely no control over your phone being able to connect to wif. It was most likely a problem with your network and I would guess a reset of your router would have solved the problem.
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Perhaps I didn't write that properly. Thee incident occurred the day that I released my Epic from my contract with Sprint. Not that it happened because of Sprint. Unsure why it occurred. What I do know is resetting my router fixed the error and that if anyone else were to run into this problem. I hope they find this thread. My wifi connection is still running strong since I had reset the router also.

Did you try rebooting your router and modem? sounds like an IP conflict.
Do you BONSAI?

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No wifi after 2.2 upgrade

So I have done the official 2.2 upgrade but now my wifi isn't working. I have gone into software updates and updated the profile, prl, and checked for new software and firmware.
Wifi keeps saying "obtaining ip address". It's my home wifi and before the update it was working flawlessly.
Appreciate the help.
Do I have this posted in the wrong section, or has this question been answered? I've searched high and low.
Try reflashing newest radio and wimax. Flash one at a time. This has happen to me before with wifi and 4g but on 1. 47. If that does not work flash calklins v1. 02 rom. I am using that on wifi typing thos response. Good luck
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from the sound of it he flashed the official OTA so probably isnt rooted.
Have you tried it with any other routers to see if it connects?
try unplugging yor router and re plugging it back in to reset it and try connecting if that doesnt work sounds like your radio is messed up and you may have to take ti to a sprint store so they can reflash it if you arent rooted.
omegasun18 said:
from the sound of it he flashed the official OTA so probably isnt rooted.
Have you tried it with any other routers to see if it connects?
try unplugging yor router and re plugging it back in to reset it and try connecting if that doesnt work sounds like your radio is messed up and you may have to take ti to a sprint store so they can reflash it if you arent rooted.
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I am using the router for my laptop right now so I dont think the router is the problem.
I had the unofficial .3 update which is when my wifi stopped working, then I upgraded with the fix to .6 last night, still no wifi. I am not root, just bone stock .6 froyo...
Take it to sprint service center. Or delete the wifi settings in the phone and reconnect.
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chris17house said:
I am using the router for my laptop right now so I dont think the router is the problem.
I had the unofficial .3 update which is when my wifi stopped working, then I upgraded with the fix to .6 last night, still no wifi. I am not root, just bone stock .6 froyo...
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The reason i suggest resetting the router is because they often store information about a MAC address, When the information changes sometimes routers have connection issues. you dont see it a lot and since most of the time the information doesnt change (you dont update much on your pcs that would cause this). When it does change (ie a radio from a phone) it can sometimes cause issues. that's why i suggested you restart the router. I have had it happen several times when changing radios on my phones over the years.
Just because 1 thing connects to a router does not mean it cant contribute to another thing not connecting to it. I also wouldnt bet my life that it would fix it or anything.i was just giving a suggestion that HAS worked for me in the past when similar issues happened.IT was a good place to start. It would also help verify the problem is in deed with the phone from an actual tech point stand instead of an assumption.
anyway best of luck with getting this fixed
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The reason i suggest resetting the router is because they often store information about a MAC address, When the information changes sometimes routers have connection issues. you dont see it a lot and since most of the time the information doesnt change (you dont update much on your pcs that would cause this). When it does change (ie a radio from a phone) it can sometimes cause issues. that's why i suggested you restart the router. I have had it happen several times when changing radios on my phones over the years.
Just because 1 thing connects to a router does not mean it cant contribute to another thing not connecting to it. I also wouldnt bet my life that it would fix it or anything.i was just giving a suggestion that HAS worked for me in the past when similar issues happened.IT was a good place to start. It would also help verify the problem is in deed with the phone from an actual tech point stand instead of an assumption.
anyway best of luck with getting this fixed
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Gave it a shot, but still no luck. Keeps on trying to obtain IP address. Won't connect at my friends house anymore either.
omegasun18 said:
The reason i suggest resetting the router is because they often store information about a MAC address, When the information changes sometimes routers have connection issues. you dont see it a lot and since most of the time the information doesnt change (you dont update much on your pcs that would cause this). When it does change (ie a radio from a phone) it can sometimes cause issues. that's why i suggested you restart the router. I have had it happen several times when changing radios on my phones over the years.
Just because 1 thing connects to a router does not mean it cant contribute to another thing not connecting to it. I also wouldnt bet my life that it would fix it or anything.i was just giving a suggestion that HAS worked for me in the past when similar issues happened.IT was a good place to start. It would also help verify the problem is in deed with the phone from an actual tech point stand instead of an assumption.
anyway best of luck with getting this fixed
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Gave it a shot, but still no luck. Keeps on trying to obtain IP address. Won't connect at my friends house anymore either.
it is definatly the phone then. It sounds like thw Wimax radio didnt flash right. With out Root i think your best bet is to drop by a sprint store they should be able to reflash it for you.
@chris17house
I have the same issue on my EVO that is still on 1.47.
The first time I connected my router gives my phone a lease for a ip address (lets say 192.168.0.010) and associates it with the mac address of my phone.
When I try to reconnect at a later time, the lease for my phone on the router has not expired, but the router gives my phone a new ip address (let say 192.168.0.020), which causes a conflict with the same mac address, but two different ip address. Once I reset my router and my phone the problem is fixed, because the router releases the lease and my phone does a dns flush.
Do you think flashing the wimax or radio instead of reflashing the entire rom would be worth a try? And if so, where is that file located please.
Ok, so wifi connects everywhere except my home. I have unplugged the router and modem for an hour and reconnected them. I still am unable to connect to my home wifi. Is there something more i need to be doing?
I was having the same problem with work and home, but all I did was forget both locatations and discover them again.
kingsamo said:
I was having the same problem with work and home, but all I did was forget both locatations and discover them again.
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Thats not the problem.

[Q] How do you spell headache? DI18 EB13 EC05

Odin a refurbished phone to ReRFS Format Stock ROM EC05.
The wifi will connect to my router but I get no data.
Sprint says to return the phone.
Could it be that I didn't consider if I was coming from DI18 or EB13 or if it was even EC05.
Maybe the modem just needs to be updated.
I really need advice, because I do NOT want to send the phone back unless the hardware is truly defective. What should I do?
jameskever said:
Odin a refurbished phone to ReRFS Format Stock ROM EC05.
The wifi will connect to my router but I get no data.
Sprint says to return the phone.
Could it be that I didn't consider if I was coming from DI18 or EB13 or if it was even EC05.
Maybe the modem just needs to be updated.
I really need advice, because I do NOT want to send the phone back unless the hardware is truly defective. What should I do?
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Odin the DI18 stock, it will immediately start downloading the EC05 OTA. WHile it is downloading check your wifi in DI18. If it works there, then install the EC05 when it is done and check it again. If it don't work in DI18 it probably won't in EC05 and may be defective. Check it with a public wifi like McDonald's to make sure it is not an IP address conflict or something.
Okay...
Okay. Just did that.
Same problem.
3g is busy downloading what I presume is the ota update.
I did go to a sprint sales point (in the mall... not a full blown sprint store) where I was able to connect to wifi and get data.
I do connect to my isp with a static ip configuration.
Is this my problem? If so, how do I fix it?
jameskever said:
Okay. Just did that.
Same problem.
3g is busy downloading what I presume is the ota update.
I did go to a sprint sales point (in the mall... not a full blown sprint store) where I was able to connect to wifi and get data.
I do connect to my isp with a static ip configuration.
Is this my problem? If so, how do I fix it?
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Uncheck the static ip box and rescan. Reboot your modem and router and the phone should connect. If you need to use a static IP also put in the DNS server address. You should be able to get that info by running ipconfig on your computer in a command prompt box.
Do you BONSAI?
Try ipconfig/all
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:^(
Sprint said to send it back to Asurion.
Asurion sent replacement.
Exact same issue.
Epic will hand shake with the router and establish a connection, but it wont give me any data.
Sprint says there's been a nationwide outage for the Airrave 2 which explains why that isn't connecting.
2 phones, exact same issue??? Something smells fishy.
All devices connected to the router work fine except the Epic.
How can I trouble shoot this?
jameskever said:
Sprint said to send it back to Asurion.
Asurion sent replacement.
Exact same issue.
Epic will hand shake with the router and establish a connection, but it wont give me any data.
Sprint says there's been a nationwide outage for the Airrave 2 which explains why that isn't connecting.
2 phones, exact same issue??? Something smells fishy.
All devices connected to the router work fine except the Epic.
How can I trouble shoot this?
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Did you run IPconfig and get the necessary data to manually enter in your phone? Is there some security settings in your router preventing you from getting on the net such as guest settings? Do you have the correct security type set such as WEP or WPA? Is the password correct. Have you powered down your router and modem before trying to connect with the phone?
I was only able to connect by powering down the modem and router, then after it came back up my phone would connect but not after a few days so I manually entered the settings in my phone and never have a problem. DNS server settings are important. You should be able to use most IP settings from 192.168.100.1XX.
If all else fails try contacting the customer servce for your router.
I guess while we are on the wifi connection stuff.. i got a question..
Ok here is my dilema almost everyday when i get off work my router will not connect to my epic it registers it and just hangs on obtaining ip address and just hangs forever.
However if i reboot the modem and router it connects instantly and works fine..
ive tried starting from scratch on setting up my router and still is an issue.
this issue also occurs using my wifi on my xbox as well as my ipod touch?
but for some reason it connects to my computers just fine??
Any thoughts, one thing i saw for a suggestion was update the router firmware which i havent had a chance to do yet..
anything i can do to fix this so i dont have to unplug and plug back in my modem and router almost everyday?
thanks
Did you run IPconfig and get the necessary data to manually enter in your phone? Is there some security settings in your router preventing you from getting on the net such as guest settings? Do you have the correct security type set such as WEP or WPA? Is the password correct. Have you powered down your router and modem before trying to connect with the phone?
I was only able to connect by powering down the modem and router, then after it came back up my phone would connect but not after a few days so I manually entered the settings in my phone and never have a problem. DNS server settings are important. You should be able to use most IP settings from 192.168.100.1XX.
If all else fails try contacting the customer servce for your router.
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Did I run IPconfig? No, I'm a mac guy. But I did see the ip addresss inside my router, under the mac address filtering and a quick look at connected devices. I put that in as its static ip. I also consulted my router for all the other information except netmask. I've tried it with the subnet mask listed in the router and the phone scans, connects and super quickly I see something about an ip address, then it disconnects. So I just leave out the netmask and I'm able to connect, but still no data.
As I said, I'm able to handshake with the router. I connect by manually going to the ssid which is not being broadcast. I enter the correct password and establish a connection. But the browser on the phone says unable to display page.
The DNS are directly from Comcast and work in my router.
I spent about two hours yesterday talking with Linksys and they trouble shot everything and told me the problem was with the phone. They said I have multiple devices connected to the router and everything works fine. The problem is in the phone.
Any thoughts, one thing i saw for a suggestion was update the router firmware which i havent had a chance to do yet..
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This suggestion has proved useful to me once very recently when trying to connect a PC laptop running xp. I didn't think it would help. I was wrong.
jameskever said:
This suggestion has proved useful to me once very recently when trying to connect a PC laptop running xp. I didn't think it would help. I was wrong.
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thanks i will be sure to tackle this tomorrow while my gf isnt home *****ing she cant get online to watch cute animals and read makeup and gossip
ugh, hopefully it works.
You can enter the DNS server numbers on your phone.
Do you BONSAI?
I just updated my firmware on my router, it was like 4 or 5 firmwares old lol
Ill let you know this week if that fixed my problem
And the problem isnt in the phone where as my xbox and sometimes my laptops disconnect after a day or so, i think it had to do with my firmware being old as a dinosaur lol
ill let you guys know this week if that solved my issues
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I just updated my firmware on my router, it was like 4 or 5 firmwares old lol
Ill let you know this week if that fixed my problem
And the problem isnt in the phone where as my xbox and sometimes my laptops disconnect after a day or so, i think it had to do with my firmware being old as a dinosaur lol
ill let you guys know this week if that solved my issues
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Hope that does the trick. My phone has been much better since 2.2 but I ran a wire to my PS3 because of that very reason.
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Figured it out
I know exactly what was wrong.
I had two dhcp servers running. The wrong one was killing my femcell and my cellphone.
I'm an idiot. I admit it.
jameskever said:
I know exactly what was wrong.
I had two dhcp servers running. The wrong one was killing my femcell and my cellphone.
I'm an idiot. I admit it.
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Just glad you got it worked out.
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Where is the WIMAX!!!??

So im having an issue with my 4G Connection when i choose to use it, keep in mind im a typical flashaholic and ive through a lot of rom's, my phone shows that it connects to WIMAX but there is no data coming through browser doesnt run, play store, facebook you name it and sometimes a i have full bars, has anyone encountered the same issue
qubanaso said:
So im having an issue with my 4G Connection when i choose to use it, keep in mind im a typical flashaholic and ive through a lot of rom's, my phone shows that it connects to WIMAX but there is no data coming through browser doesnt run, play store, facebook you name it and sometimes a i have full bars, has anyone encountered the same issue
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Have you tried toggling airplane mode, or a reboot?
yea many times its very frustrating, i am currently in CM9 Alpha 3 and it happened this morning while i was omw to work
I haven't met this kind of case.are you sure that you are right?
yea dont take it wrong but im not a noob when it comes to this its just weird, its been happening for a while now in what ever custom rom i flash
So call Sprint tech support and have them try some steps of their own.
Dont mean to be an ass but what do you think they would solve over the phone, a Factory Reset, update my Profile and PRL, Airplane mode, ive tried all of that
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Dont mean to be an ass but what do you think they would solve over the phone, a Factory Reset, update my Profile and PRL, Airplane mode, ive tried all of that
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I would flash a modem again, as this did fix my problem when I flashed CM9 and lost data and calls. You won't lose nothing by trying, good luck
Maybe the tower is down? Maybe they will refresh the data from their end? Customer care CAN do some nice things in trouble shooting. Use ODIN to go back to a 100% stock tar and see if it works then!
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The issue you are experiencing happen over in the Boston area probably about 4 months ago give or take. So don't panic like I did. I had given up back then, unrooted, and took the phone back into the store telling them my wimax stop working only to find out that all of their phones are going thru the same issue. I would check with the sprint store or ask some one in your area if they are experiencing the same issue.
Me too..
im0rtalz said:
The issue you are experiencing happen over in the Boston area probably about 4 months ago give or take. So don't panic like I did. I had given up back then, unrooted, and took the phone back into the store telling them my wimax stop working only to find out that all of their phones are going thru the same issue. I would check with the sprint store or ask some one in your area if they are experiencing the same issue.
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I know this is an old thread but I just got the phone (used) and am having the same problem. It's *stock* JB GB27 (rooted or not) and I have not been able to get any data over 4g even if Wimax says its connected, with an IP address, Gateway, DNS address and says it's active on Sprint. And in a strong WIMAX coverage location. Ping says "host unreachable".
As soon as I turn off 4G, 3G takes over and all is good. To the OP, did you ever discover the cause?
Thanks in Advance.
the13thstraycat said:
I know this is an old thread but I just got the phone (used) and am having the same problem. It's *stock* JB GB27 (rooted or not) and I have not been able to get any data over 4g even if Wimax says its connected, with an IP address, Gateway, DNS address and says it's active on Sprint. And in a strong WIMAX coverage location. Ping says "host unreachable".
As soon as I turn off 4G, 3G takes over and all is good. To the OP, did you ever discover the cause?
Thanks in Advance.
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Wimax sucks even when it is working. Sprint really isnt supporting wimax any longer. What is out there is all you are going to get. If you get it, great good for you. If not, oh well...
the13thstraycat said:
I know this is an old thread but I just got the phone (used) and am having the same problem. It's *stock* JB GB27 (rooted or not) and I have not been able to get any data over 4g even if Wimax says its connected, with an IP address, Gateway, DNS address and says it's active on Sprint. And in a strong WIMAX coverage location. Ping says "host unreachable".
As soon as I turn off 4G, 3G takes over and all is good. To the OP, did you ever discover the cause?
Thanks in Advance.
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Are you using the correct modem for your carrier and Touchwiz JB 4.1.2?
byrdcfmma said:
Wimax sucks even when it is working. Sprint really isnt supporting wimax any longer. What is out there is all you are going to get. If you get it, great good for you. If not, oh well...
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That's kinda how I look at it too but I might take up the challenge to try to resolve it or play around with some custom roms now that I am rooted. Maybe go back to Gingerbread and see what happens. I actually liked Gingerbread's app drawer better.
tdunham said:
Are you using the correct modem for your carrier and Touchwiz JB 4.1.2?
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I'm pretty sure it's all stock GB27.. Android 4.1.2 Baseband S710.10 S.GB27 Build# (JZ054K.SPH-D710.GB27).
Thanks guys...
qubanaso said:
So im having an issue with my 4G Connection when i choose to use it, keep in mind im a typical flashaholic and ive through a lot of rom's, my phone shows that it connects to WIMAX but there is no data coming through browser doesnt run, play store, facebook you name it and sometimes a i have full bars, has anyone encountered the same issue
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You can try running a more updated rom, such as cm10.1 or gb27. Stay away from any 4.3 rom though, since 4g isn't supported.:good:
Thanks for the responses, so I found something odd when this happens,
I wrote down the stats the phone gave me about my connection, IP,
Gateway and DNS server. Everything checks out as belonging to sprint,
EXCEPT my IP 6.6.2.142. Well, that IP just happens to belong to the
pool of IPs allocated to the US Department of Defense Network!
(checked on a whois server)
NetRange: 6.0.0.0 - 6.255.255.255
CIDR: 6.0.0.0/8
OriginAS:
NetName: CONUS-YPG-NET
NetHandle: NET-6-0-0-0-1
Parent:
NetType: Direct Allocation
RegDate: 1994-02-01
Updated: 2011-02-24
OrgName: Headquarters, USAISC
OrgId: HEADQU-3
Address: NETC-ANC CONUS TNOSC
City: Fort Huachuca
StateProv: AZ
PostalCode: 85613
Country: US
Is Sprint/Clear's servers possibly mis-assigning IPs???? This is from 2
totally different Wimax areas but I'm pretty sure that the same IP was
assigned to my phone both times.

WiFi not working correctly after custom recovery flash

Is anyone else experiencing this? This has happened to me with a couple of different roms; sfhub's rooted FF18, datajosh's FF18 rooted deodexed rom, and PhantomHacker's ICS FF18 Blazer rom. After I flash a custom recovery like agat's or chris41g's my wifi start not working properly. It will connect fine and work for a little while. I haven't quite pinpointed when it stops working, but after sometime the wifi will just stop bringing down data. This may be happening when the phone goes to sleep. Regardless, it will be connected to the router, but no data is flowing. I need to turn off and then turn the WiFi back on to get it working again. I've tried changing the wifi to disconnect when the phone is asleep, that sort of fixes things, but I'd rather have my phone always connected.
So, do other experience this? Is this a common problem I just have to deal with? Is there a thread somewhere that I'm missing that will help me fix this?
Right now, I'm running an the AOKP milestone 6 rom that came with the TWRP custom recovery and wifi is working properly, but I'm thinking I want to go back to a TW rom but want to figure out this WiFi issue. Any help would be awesome. Thanks!
I'm having the same problem, but only on my home network as far as I can tell. I found a thread elsewhere that proposed it was a problem with using WPA PSK encryption on 802.11g networks and a bug with ICS. The suggested solution was to change your encryption to WPA2 PSK. I did this and thought it fixed the problem, but it has returned a day later.
This doesn't happen when I'm at work, so I think it is some setting on my home network that ICS doesn't like.
I also experience this problem. I'll try messing around with my router tonight. I feel like I also don't have problems at school. So its worth a shot. I'll let you know how it goes.
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ehwilli said:
I'm having the same problem, but only on my home network as far as I can tell. I found a thread elsewhere that proposed it was a problem with using WPA PSK encryption on 802.11g networks and a bug with ICS. The suggested solution was to change your encryption to WPA2 PSK. I did this and thought it fixed the problem, but it has returned a day later.
This doesn't happen when I'm at work, so I think it is some setting on my home network that ICS doesn't like.
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So, I actually wasn't able to mess around with my router last night. But I'm wondering if this could be a router issue and not a security issue. Out of curiosity, what kind of router are you using? I'm using an old WRT54GL that I really like and suits my needs fine. I just can't believe out of everyone on XDA with an E4GT that most everybody isn't running WPA security of their routers. Similar to you, when I'm at school I'm not experiencing this issue. I'm wondering if I should buy a router from Walmart or something and see if it fixes the issue, return it if it doesn't. Thoughts?
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Is anyone else experiencing this? This has happened to me with a couple of different roms; sfhub's rooted FF18, datajosh's FF18 rooted deodexed rom, and PhantomHacker's ICS FF18 Blazer rom. After I flash a custom recovery like agat's or chris41g's my wifi start not working properly. It will connect fine and work for a little while. I haven't quite pinpointed when it stops working, but after sometime the wifi will just stop bringing down data. This may be happening when the phone goes to sleep. Regardless, it will be connected to the router, but no data is flowing. I need to turn off and then turn the WiFi back on to get it working again. I've tried changing the wifi to disconnect when the phone is asleep, that sort of fixes things, but I'd rather have my phone always connected.
So, do other experience this? Is this a common problem I just have to deal with? Is there a thread somewhere that I'm missing that will help me fix this?
Right now, I'm running an the AOKP milestone 6 rom that came with the TWRP custom recovery and wifi is working properly, but I'm thinking I want to go back to a TW rom but want to figure out this WiFi issue. Any help would be awesome. Thanks!
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I'm experiencing the exact same issue after loading the FF18 OTA update from stock recovery. Factory reset after update did not correct the issue, Sprint support has not been overly helpful- and went as far to say that correcting the issue may require replacement of the phone, and that I shouldn't accept the ICS update on the new phone if I go that route (not doing that).
Possible Solution
Okay, today I swapped out my wireless router with a dual band wireless N router from netgear. I've had it installed for a couple of ours and so far my WiFi on my phone is working as it should. I've made no changes to my phone. So, this may be a router issue. I don't know anything about hardware, or why this would be happening, but this may be a solution. I'll post an update if the WiFi ever acts up again.
WRT54GL
brooksbarnard said:
So, I actually wasn't able to mess around with my router last night. But I'm wondering if this could be a router issue and not a security issue. Out of curiosity, what kind of router are you using? I'm using an old WRT54GL that I really like and suits my needs fine. I just can't believe out of everyone on XDA with an E4GT that most everybody isn't running WPA security of their routers. Similar to you, when I'm at school I'm not experiencing this issue. I'm wondering if I should buy a router from Walmart or something and see if it fixes the issue, return it if it doesn't. Thoughts?
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I apologize for resurrecting this thread but, for posterity, i'm also running a WRT54GL v1.1 and have the same problem on two different E4GTs running FF18. I have tried the 4.30.15 cisco firmware after factory reset along with tomato 1.28 (with different SSIDs), both had the same issue (i.e. wifi seems to 'hang' after a few hours. the notification bar shows the wifi signal strength, as well as being connected, but unable to do anything online. this issue only appears to happen when using this router.), which suggests a possible hardware incompatibility. the current fix is to diable/reenable wi-fi, which will work again for a few hours. The router works perfectly will all other devices.
I will poke around a bit tonight and post results if I find anything
UPDATE: I apologize for the wait, but may have a workaround. The phones have since been updated to FH13 and both still had the same problem.
I'm currently using Linksys/Cisco firmware Ver.4.30.15 for my WRT54GL v1.1. In the wireless security section of the web interface, I have changed the security type from WPA2 Personal to just WPA Personal. No other settings were changed. Just to rule out a DHCP issue, I set an IP statically on the phone but this may not be necessary. Since the change I have not had the "connected but not really" problem as described above.
I have had a limited time to test the change, but if the problem persists at least it's an improvement. I will keep the thread updated with what I find.
Yes please keep us posted if you find anything with the settings on the router. i have the same router as you ther WRT54GL and I am experencing the same wifi connected yet disconnected bug. Have to turn it off then back on to make it work right.
I have the same issue. Not sure what the issue is but I never had any problems on Gingerbread.
tenaciousj said:
I have the same issue. Not sure what the issue is but I never had any problems on Gingerbread.
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+1 I too never had any issues with GB 2.3.6. The wifi problem started with ICS FF18 and now too with FH13

[Q] Major WiFi issue out of nowhere?

Hey all. I need some advice. This morning my G3 (D850) dropped WiFi connection for no reason. It says the signal is good but the network info says saved, secured. It will attempt to connect over and over again and if it does connect the signal is weak as can be and it drops the connection within 2 seconds. My coworker has a G3 also and is connected to the same work network I am. His connection says excellent where as mine said good. His device connects just fine with full bars. I'm baffled. I've already tried manually selecting 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz instead of auto select and that didn't help at all. I've tried manually turning off WiFi and turning it back on. I've tried turning airplane mode on and then off to refresh the connection and that didn't help. I've done a battery pull as someone in one of the android authority forums suggested that (apparently I am not the only one having this issue.), didn't work. I've unchecked WiFi optimization - no dice. There was another post on a different forum here on XDA that said turning off WiFi and then deleting the WiFi config folder located in data/etc/wifi and then rebooting fixed the issue for them so I tried that. After reboot when I tried to turn on WiFi my G3 rebooted itself. Does it everytime. SO, I had to restore to a nandroid backup (btw I'm on rooted stock 10f) to get the phone to stop hating my WiFi toggle attempts. Last ditch effort I did a factory reset hoping for an easy fix... Nope. I don't know what else to try. It was fine yesterday all day. This morning it was perfectly fine and then randomly started having this issue. I haven't altered any system files whatsoever. I really don't want to send my device to LG for warranty replacement so I'm hoping someone can help me out that may have had this issue and resolved it. The only difference between my device and my coworkers device is he is still on 10d and I am on 10f. That could be the issue I guess but that doesn't really explain why my device has been perfectly fine until this morning and I've been on rooted 10f for weeks. I am planning on flashing back to straight bone factory stock 10d when I get home here in a few hours from work but Idk if that will help or not. Judging from the amount of google search results of "LG G3 WiFi connection problems" this seems to be an issue for several people. I won't know if it's on the software side or hardware side until I get home but in the meantime has anyone had these issues at all? People have had success in changing to Static IP but I would have to do that for every connection I attempt to connect to and that's a pain in the a$$. Also, that does nothing to identify the root cause of the issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated. =)
BreakingVZW said:
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try deleting /data/misc/wifi then reboot, it that doesn't work try an other kernel(rin kernel is good)
suljo94 said:
try deleting /data/misc/wifi then reboot, it that doesn't work try an other kernel(rin kernel is good)
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Thanks for the reply. So it turned out my phone just randomly decided it doesn't like my work network anymore. Idk why lol. I got home and it hooked right into WiFi. Gf's WiFi and open networks as well. I call shenanigans. I went ahead and flashed back to 10d anyway though.
BreakingVZW said:
Thanks for the reply. So it turned out my phone just randomly decided it doesn't like my work network anymore. Idk why lol. I got home and it hooked right into WiFi. Gf's WiFi and open networks as well. I call shenanigans. I went ahead and flashed back to 10d anyway though.
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I am having the same issue! But it is happening in other networks too...sometimes I get the phone to connect but it only works for a while and when I check the networks it only says Saved, even if I try to connect again
Having the same issue, whether at work or home, my wifi has become near useless. I've even gone as far as trying a different ROM. Didn't work.
Same thing here
I also have tried factory reset, installed a new ROM, changed settings in my router... but the problem remains I don't know what to do anymore, I use wifi a lot!! I searched through other topics but no one seem to know how to solve it. Unfortunately my warranty already expired, I took my phone to some technicians but honestly it didn't help at all...they all said it was a software bug and I should wait for an update but if it was just that a new ROM would fix it,right?
I am not very familiar with phone hardware but I assume that if it was a hardware problem I wouldn't be able to turn it on or connect to any network, right?? (any experts here???)
Any solution is welcomed.
anyone please?? :crying:
P.S : I tried a new baseband, new kernel and new ROMs. So far, nothing changed.
I can connect sometimes but get kicked out within minutes. At other times I only get the saved,secured message.
This is happening in every network

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