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Very big problem with my Desire and Wifi Connection

Hey guys,
im running a Desire with the newest Leedroid Rom. Everythings working perfect,
except the wifi network connection.
My Problem:
After i updated from branded 2.1 to 2.2 with OVA Update, i cant connect to any
encrypted wifi. I dont get an error or something, it just tries to get a ip adress
and then it says Connecting... and then it starts again from trying to get an
ip-adress and so on and so on...
The only thing thats working is to connect to an open wifi hotspot.
Things i tryed:
- Other Router, other settings, other decryption, other keys,and so on
It has to be a problem in updating process, cause with 2.1 it works and after i
update to 2.2 i cant connect to any wifi anymore.
I really need help cause i think this cant be a hardware problem, cause everything else is working.
Sry for my english, tried my best
nge89

Do a full wipe and flash leedroid again.

I have done full wipes like 100 times, also im always testing new roms,
so i was on modaco,leedroid,cyanogen and installed them many times.
So that cant be the problem
nge89

First how do you do a full wipe?
Second what is a OVA update? is it the same as OTA? And what does the update have to do with your wifi not working on leedorid? Did you OTA update form a rooted 2.1 rom?
Has wifi ever worked on 2.2? What radio are you using?

I do a full wipe with all 4 wipe options, dont know the exactly names.
Yeah sry,with OVA i mean the OTA.
No, i did a OTA Update from a branded unrooted 2.1 Desire to the branded 2.2 Froyo version. And wifi NEVER worked on any 2.2 version.
I just rooted my phone when i was on branded 2.2 version, cause i wanted to
try some of the nice roms.
In this time i never used wifi, only mobile network connection, cause i was long
time not at home and couldnt use any wifi, now im back here and trying to solve
my wifi problem.
Just checking my Radio version and i have 32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2, but i dont
know why, thought i had installed a newer
Should i try the 32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27?
nge89

nge89 said:
I do a full wipe with all 4 wipe options, dont know the exactly names.
Yeah sry,with OVA i mean the OTA.
No, i did a OTA Update from a branded unrooted 2.1 Desire to the branded 2.2 Froyo version. And wifi NEVER worked on any 2.2 version.
I just rooted my phone when i was on branded 2.2 version, cause i wanted to
try some of the nice roms.
In this time i never used wifi, only mobile network connection, cause i was long
time not at home and couldnt use any wifi, now im back here and trying to solve
my wifi problem.
Just checking my Radio version and i have 32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2, but i dont
know why, thought i had installed a newer
Should i try the 32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27?
nge89
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Yes looks like 2.1 radio, try the newer but do not pull the battery during the update it will reboot twice and don't touch anything during the process. I take no responsibility for what happens and I suggest you do some searching on the radio flashing process. Also don't forget to check the md5 of the download.
Might sound a bit scary but if you follow the procedures and don't do anything stupid it should go well.

i encountered the same problem only i'm on 2.1 after downgrading from 2.2 and rom jumping. did a wipe and even tried to nand restore my original stock rom. is this a radio error?
the phone was working fine. this issue happened to me while i was trying to fix a battery drain problem, i did a dalvik + cache wipe and the battery was fixed but the wifi started doing this. my phone could still be on the 2.2 radio

ByteFalcon said:
i encountered the same problem only i'm on 2.1 after downgrading from 2.2 and rom jumping. did a wipe and even tried to nand restore my original stock rom. is this a radio error?
the phone was working fine. this issue happened to me while i was trying to fix a battery drain problem, i did a dalvik + cache wipe and the battery was fixed but the wifi started doing this. my phone could still be on the 2.2 radio
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Would be nice if you would post the radio version

was about to edit my post with the info, you beat me to it
Radio: 5.11.05.27
HBoot: 0.93.0001

Im now also on 32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27. Still the same Problem.
That u can imagine how it looks like:
1. Wlan -> power on
2. Select my Wlan Acess Point
3. Type in my Wlan Key
4. Its says Wlan -> " The Connection is now being established"
5. Wlan -> "Authentication with "Wlan Accespoint name" "
6. Wlan -> " Not Connected"
7. Wlan -> "Scan..."
After this steps it repeats from step 4-7 again and again and nothing is happening.
nge89

Also tried with another keyboard, in another thread someone said it worked for him
with another keyboard. But not for me, still the same problem.
nge89

ok i fixed the problem and now Wifi works perfectly!
I downloaded the same version radio and flashed it again from AmonRA recovery and now the Wifi and mobile network work just fine.
I got the radio from this thread and it has the instructions on how to flash the radio.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=687464

I just flashed the radio with clockworkmod and with install zip from sdcard. Is that wrong?
You had the same problem like me?
Nge89
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

no its not wrong, thats what i did only with AmonRA. yeah from your description i had the same problem. The wifi would detect my wireless network but would refuse to connect and kept giving me "unsuccessful" errors.

The problem is, that i dont get any error.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Some one any idea?

flashing the radio again didn't fix it?

Did you try to disable any protection (wep, wpa, wpa2) on your router and then connect? Also try to disable dhcp on your router and assign static IP adress to your HTC device. I had problems connecting to wifi but after I assign static IP everything is ok.

Yeah, i can connect with disabled security. With static ip and crypted wifi it
doesnt work, i cant connect.
nge89

Then your problem most probably lies in "shaking" between HTC and router. Did you try with basic 64 bit or 128 bit wep? In many cases shaking troubles occur when one device doesn't support encryption of another. For example I had troubles connecting my windows 7 because of ****ty drivers off my wireless card. I could only use wep. Also can you check that portable wi-fi hotspot in wi-fi hotspots is disabled? And try to add your wireless manually so when you enable wi fi it should connect you automaticly without having you to enter your password.

HTC Desire can't connect to mobile operator.

Hi guys, I have rooted my htc desire and flashed with it with Oxygen.
However I have a problem - my phone will not connect to my mobile operator?
When I select "about phone > status > signal strength" that shows -93db and 10asu - So does that mean there is signal?
The desire was branded and locked to Orange. At first I thought it was a simlock issue, but I have a unlock code. Every time I restart the device it asks me to input the code, however it still does not allow me to connect to my operator (O2 uk).
After going through a few threads I am stumped so I am seeking advice! I have tried different radio versions to no avail, different ROMs also so can anyone offer some suggestions as to the solution please?
Anyhelp would greatly be appreciated, thanks!

phone does not alow access to mobile networks
same problem I think
this is not my phone but a friends who was warned
phone was working but locked to t-mobile uk
phone: htc desire/bravo uk so gsm
followed the cyanogen mod wiki
rooted using unrevoked - worked
gained s-off using alpha rev 1.8 - worked
removed sim lock (with help from an indian guy in a phone shop) - works with three network
updated radio (5.11.05.27) - worked
replaced stock rom with cyanogen v7 rc2 from sd using clockwork mod recovery - worked but no google apps
using rom manager and mobi network installed v7 rc2 clear data and cashe + google apps - worked but!
now phone does not alow access to mobile networks but detects networks. does not ask for unlock code.
tried re-flashing and checking everything.
please help
ps love cyanogen mod. works perfect on my phone
i'm still looking for a solution if i find one ill make sure i post it

Does any know the default radio version for a black orange htc desire?

Mine came with 32.48.00.32U_5.10.05.30
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

1. Reset/restore your APN
settings - wireless & network - mobile networks - access points
You should see your provider and a check box. Press the menu button, select reset to standard and wait till it's done (or add manually).
The path was translated from german, so please look for the appropriate setting on your phone.
2. If your sd card doesn't mount or usb doesn't connect, search for usb brick fix here in the forum.
3. If 1 or 2 doesn't help, wipe everything (not your sd card!) and reflash your rom. After rebooting flash again the latest radio.

thanks for the responses, I have tried resetting apn but that did not work for me. I have however managed to solve this problem by restoring stock RUU and unrooting. I then reflashed oxygen and all is working fine.
My radio version is running on 32.41.00.32U_4.08.00.09 currently, however I will update this to the latest version 5 radio and see if my connection or simlock occurs. Do you guys think that a radio update is necessary or that I should keep the one that I have now?
Thanks

any chance you could post how you restored stock ruu

Signal strenght problem!!! :@

I use Runny ROM v7.0.2 and week ago I changed SIM cards in my Desire, I put another provider. And after that I have serious problems with singal
When phone is in standby it doesn't have any bar of signal and nobody can get me. After 2-3 seconds when it's wake, I get 3 of 5 bars. In RCMix3D Tweaks under "phone information" I use GSM auto (PRL), I tried WCDMA preferred but it's not better. In wireless & networks, under mobile network I tried GSM/WCDMA and GSM only and get the same issue. I also made new APNs.
Radio is 32.56.00.32U-5.17.05.23., also I flashed 3 different ROMs (Runnymede AIO, RunnyROM & Alex-V 1.8 Sense) = nothing helped.
Last what I would try is to flash official RUU (make unroot etc.) to see if it will work normally again.
Can somebody help me with problem, I think it is hardware issue but I have some hope that is software so I can or you can fix it??
Thank you

It seems that on official RUU everything is OK I'll try root it again and flash another custom ROM.
edit: using stock gingerbread ROM, rooted with radio 5.17.05.08. For now seems ok

problem is still here, it seems when I enable always on mobile data that I have the signal when in sleep mode but today again I had issues
Now I flashed 5.17.05.23 radio to see if it will help
I really think it is hardware problem, I will send it to repair to see what they say

[Q] {10-25-2012}{Rom}{ICS} Official Global CM9

* Unfortunately, I'm having the same problems with this ROM on HSDPA that I was having on aeroevan's ROM. GSM is found immediately on boot, however, HSDPA is very flakey. It will succeed in connecting every now and again, but then randomly drops the signal and won't reconnect. I thought maybe I just had a weak 3G signal where I was testing, but I have a BB Bold for work as well and that can easily maintain a 3G connection on the same network. I also had no problem way back in the day with CM7.2, but that ship has sailed .
Also, when the phone is in WCDMA preferred mode, after a while the phone will lose all connections (usually after a reboot but not always), including to GSM and when I go to reselect my network operator I get the message "Error while searching for networks". No matter how many times I reboot the phone or switch to "GSM Only" or "GSM/WCDMA auto" it never lets me again select my network provider.
As I said, I ran into the same problems with aero's port, so its not specific to this ROM.
* Situation are me after uproom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1932573), spent two days lost wave, down to the original room (fullwipe finished down about 2.3.4). So lose the 3G network always in global mode (global), 3G users they will never be, but 2G ok (you spend vina sim and have installed APV vina). The physician who has experience helping hand factories. Thank a lot.

I don't known?
I do not understand.Specific guidance for me? please!

nabin229 said:
I do not understand.Specific guidance for me? please!
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Aeroevan's rom? CM9, CM10? Is your radio outdated? What carrier are you on? More info = more help.
nabin229 said:
Situation are me after uproom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1932573), spent two days lost wave, down to the original room (fullwipe finished down about 2.3.4). So lose the 3G network always in global mode (global), 3G users they will never be, but 2G ok (you spend vina sim and have installed APV vina). The physician who has experience helping hand factories. Thank a lot.
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BTW, I don't understand this part.
I would suggest reading through the entire thread of Aeroevan's rom that you were describing as well as the Global CM9 thread. During your reading you may find and answer in there. I have found more answers that way than waiting on someone to direct me there anyway. That is all the advice I can provide with my limited knowledge.

Help me
ThePhantom97 said:
Aeroevan's rom? CM9, CM10? Is your radio outdated? What carrier are you on? More info = more help.
BTW, I don't understand this part.
I would suggest reading through the entire thread of Aeroevan's rom that you were describing as well as the Global CM9 thread. During your reading you may find and answer in there. I have found more answers that way than waiting on someone to direct me there anyway. That is all the advice I can provide with my limited knowledge.
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I installed your room ( {Rom}{ICS} Official Global CM9), after 2 days my phone is not network. I reinstall the original room 2.3.4 but only use 2G when I used dataroaming; completely unusable 3G & network global mode always (I fullwipe data before reinstalling room 2.3.4 & APN properly installed).I then set your room again, but as I said above condition.Please help me how to be able to use 3G
because my phone is example:
Unfortunately, I'm having the same problems with this ROM on HSDPA that I was having on aeroevan's ROM. GSM is found immediately on boot, however, HSDPA is very flakey. It will succeed in connecting every now and again, but then randomly drops the signal and won't reconnect. I thought maybe I just had a weak 3G signal where I was testing, but I have a BB Bold for work as well and that can easily maintain a 3G connection on the same network. I also had no problem way back in the day with CM7.2, but that ship has sailed .
Also, when the phone is in WCDMA preferred mode, after a while the phone will lose all connections (usually after a reboot but not always), including to GSM and when I go to reselect my network operator I get the message "Error while searching for networks". No matter how many times I reboot the phone or switch to "GSM Only" or "GSM/WCDMA auto" it never lets me again select my network provider.

Ok, I don't know if anyone else is having the same problem as you. I hope I don't offend you but I am going to take a guess and say that english is not your first language as some of that is difficult for me to read and completely understand. From what I am gathering is you can connect to your carriers network but only on a temporary basis. Here are the steps I followed to connect to Verizon's network using {10-25-2012}{Rom}{ICS} Official Global CM9 - After a full wipe and clean install and after initial setup I went to (doing this from memory as I don't have it installed at the moment) Settings --> More --> Mobile Networks --> chose CDMA w/EVDO --> Exit out of settings and rebooted. When the phone booted up it recognized the Verizon network and all service and data was all working, I didn't have to change the APN settings at all. If you are still having trouble staying connected I suggest you check the version of radio you are using and consider updating it. Here is the radio thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134451 I don't think I am the best person to assist you but just telling you what I would do if I were in your situation.

3G disconnect, only use 2G (GSM). Help me!
ThePhantom97 said:
Ok, I don't know if anyone else is having the same problem as you. I hope I don't offend you but I am going to take a guess and say that english is not your first language as some of that is difficult for me to read and completely understand. From what I am gathering is you can connect to your carriers network but only on a temporary basis. Here are the steps I followed to connect to Verizon's network using {10-25-2012}{Rom}{ICS} Official Global CM9 - After a full wipe and clean install and after initial setup I went to (doing this from memory as I don't have it installed at the moment) Settings --> More --> Mobile Networks --> chose CDMA w/EVDO --> Exit out of settings and rebooted. When the phone booted up it recognized the Verizon network and all service and data was all working, I didn't have to change the APN settings at all. If you are still having trouble staying connected I suggest you check the version of radio you are using and consider updating it. Here is the radio thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134451 I don't think I am the best person to assist you but just telling you what I would do if I were in your situation.
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my phone 3G is disconnect, only use 2G (GSM) , rom 2.3.4 Verizon, radio 1.09.01.0312. *I'm from Vietnam, I speak English not good, sorry.

nabin229 said:
my phone 3G is disconnect, only use 2G (GSM) , rom 2.3.4 Verizon, radio 1.09.01.0312. *I'm from Vietnam, I speak English not good, sorry.
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No need to apologize m8. Hopefully someone more advanced than myself can assist you with your issue. I am sorry that I couldn't be of more assistance.

Trouble with wifi/3G
ThePhantom97 said:
Ok, I don't know if anyone else is having the same problem as you. I hope I don't offend you but I am going to take a guess and say that english is not your first language as some of that is difficult for me to read and completely understand. From what I am gathering is you can connect to your carriers network but only on a temporary basis. Here are the steps I followed to connect to Verizon's network using {10-25-2012}{Rom}{ICS} Official Global CM9 - After a full wipe and clean install and after initial setup I went to (doing this from memory as I don't have it installed at the moment) Settings --> More --> Mobile Networks --> chose CDMA w/EVDO --> Exit out of settings and rebooted. When the phone booted up it recognized the Verizon network and all service and data was all working, I didn't have to change the APN settings at all. If you are still having trouble staying connected I suggest you check the version of radio you are using and consider updating it. Here is the radio thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134451 I don't think I am the best person to assist you but just telling you what I would do if I were in your situation.
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I have been having the same problem. Flashed CM10 after full wipe, mobile network (for verizon) is CDMA w/EVDO, tried rebooting and switching and wiping and re-flashing but I have no wifi and bad 3G. When I revert to stock everything is fine. How can I fine the latest radio for CM10, I didn't see any JB in the thread link.

SS823 said:
I have been having the same problem. Flashed CM10 after full wipe, mobile network (for verizon) is CDMA w/EVDO, tried rebooting and switching and wiping and re-flashing but I have no wifi and bad 3G. When I revert to stock everything is fine. How can I fine the latest radio for CM10, I didn't see any JB in the thread link.
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The latest is the ICS radio .320 it will work on JB roms as well.

Have you guys flashed the new ics firmware?
I'm so fresh you can suck my nits...

[Q] WIFI "connects" but no internet access on Oxygen 2.3.2. Help, please!

Running Oxygen 2.3.2 on a rooted and S-OFF HTC Desire (stock HBOOT), which I flashed tonight.
The WIFI appears to connect to my home network but the phone does not actually receive any internet access.
Prior to rooting I was using the WIFI without issues, and nothing has changed in the network since I rooted - my laptop is currently successsfully connected to the internet.
Security is WPA/WPA2, which I changed from WEP ages ago when a buggy tablet wouldn't connect and I was checking it wasn't the encryption that was causing the problem. the phone was connecting to the WPA/WPA2 succesfully. No proxy.
I've searched and haven't found anyone with this exact issue, so I'm not sure how to go about troublshooting.
- I didn't think flashing the Oxygen HBOOT listed on the alphadev site would solve this problem, so I haven't done that yet.

What's your radio version?

rudiik said:
What's your radio version?
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5.09.05.30_2 (stock radio).
Although I haven't checked since I flashed either cyanogen or Oxygen (WIFI wasn't working on cyanogen and I didn't like the ROM a whole lot anyways), but I don't think custom ROMs touch the radio - unless I'm mistaken?

You should definitively upgrade your radio version to the latest one - 5.17.05.23. You can find download link here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=687464 The latest radio is highly recommended when using custom ROM, because they are usually tested with latest radio.

rudiik said:
You should definitively upgrade your radio version to the latest one - 5.17.05.23. You can find download link here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=687464 The latest radio is highly recommended when using custom ROM, because they are usually tested with latest radio.
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Okay, cheers, will do.
EDIT: Nevermind, after scrolling from 2010 to 2012 posts and across two forums, I found the answer (simplest response is on here for anyone interested -- essentially, the method listed is apparently a very old one, pre-recovery days. Just use recovery to flash the radio like you would with a ROM. No wipe needed, apparently.)
I'm assuming you've done this already?
If so, could you explain step 6 - where do I get the .bat script / modaco r5 root pack... Do I even need it since my phone is rooted and has recovery etc?
(I've read several people saying you "just flash it like you would flash a ROM", so I'm guessing that means loading the radio's .zip file onto my SD card and flashing from recovery like I would with a ROM?)
1. Turn your desire off
2. Hold the back button and turn your desire on
3. When you are at the white screen, make sure BOOTLOADER is selected and press the power button
4. Wait a few seconds then press volume down to select RECOVERY and press the power button again
5. When you are at the screen with the red triangle and the phone, plug in the usb cable
6. Run the recovery-windows.bat script from modaco r5 root pack
7. When the recovery menu appears select 'Flash zip from sdcard'
8. Select the radio zip file and press the trackerball to confirm
9. Press the trackerball over 'Reboot system now'
10. When the radio image has finished being written unplug the usb cable
11. The phone will reboot a couple of times and then return to a normal state with your new radio
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The steps you found are probably outdated. It's really simple. Download latest radio and put it to the root of your SD card. Then you have to reboot to recovery (directly from running ROM or with volume down button pressed when powering up the device). Once you're in recovery, select update from zip (I don't know if you're using Clockworkmod or 4Ext) and choose zip file you downloaded before. Device should reboot and reflash the radio. That's all...

Does upgrading the radio influence the WIFI though?
I've been reading the radio-related post that lists the newest radios and there's a lot of talk about GPS and signal strength improving / worsening with radio changes, but haven't yet found anything relating to WIFI.

salxtai said:
Does upgrading the radio influence the WIFI though?
I've been reading the radio-related post that lists the newest radios and there's a lot of talk about GPS and signal strength improving / worsening with radio changes, but haven't yet found anything relating to WIFI.
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Yes it's related with WIFI too.
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda premium

Ah crap
Just flashed the latest radio (5.17 etc) as I would with a ROM - yes I did a nand backup using Amon Ra.
Anyways, flashed it - told me it was doing its thing, asked me to restart system to allow it to finish etc, so I did.
It flashed to the HTC boot screen, then returned to Amon Ra recovery
Its now been about 5-10minutes and there's a msg saying:
Build: RA-desire-v2.0.1
Formatting CACHE:...
And that's it. Hasn't moved a bit since that screen and msg came back.
What can I do now? I can navigate the Amon Ra recovery menu, but I'm scared to reboot the system in case I brick my phone.... help please!

salxtai said:
Just flashed the latest radio (5.17 etc) as I would with a ROM - yes I did a nand backup using Amon Ra.
Anyways, flashed it - told me it was doing its thing, asked me to restart system to allow it to finish etc, so I did.
It flashed to the HTC boot screen, then returned to Amon Ra recovery
Its now been about 5-10minutes and there's a msg saying:
Build: RA-desire-v2.0.1
Formatting CACHE:...
And that's it. Hasn't moved a bit since that screen and msg came back.
What can I do now? I can navigate the Amon Ra recovery menu, but I'm scared to reboot the system in case I brick my phone.... help please!
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So I accidentally solved the problem when I accidentally hit hte trackball and confirmed the "reboot system now" option from the main menu.
Radio is upgraded successfully by the looks of it.
Unfortunately though, WIFI still doesn't work

You've gone through all the trouble of changing your radio. Did you ever bother to try other roms first?
You say that nothing has changed with your wifi connection but you are using a secured connection. Did you even tried a connection with your wifi unsecured and try to establish a connection with the phone?

stankyou said:
You've gone through all the trouble of changing your radio. Did you ever bother to try other roms first?
You say that nothing has changed with your wifi connection but you are using a secured connection. Did you even tried a connection with your wifi unsecured and try to establish a connection with the phone?
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If you're going to just get narky, then I'm not sure why you're posting, tbh.
Yes, I had used cyanogen 7 prior to oxygen and had the same problem.
And I only flashed oxygen on Monday night, so I don't have the luxury of running around finding unsecured wifi during my work days.
Having said that, a neighbour leaves unsecure wifi on late at night, and I can pick it up and managed to briefly connect to the net before the signal strength died., so yes I'm assuming I can connect to at least one unsecured network.
Which I guess means something's been changed in the scripts running in custom roms vs stock, which isn't helpful.

Well, could you confirm you have the latest radio now? I mean was the upgrade successful? Did you try to do nandroid backup, wipe device and test from scratch with fresh install?

salxtai said:
If you're going to just get narky, then I'm not sure why you're posting, tbh.
Yes, I had used cyanogen 7 prior to oxygen and had the same problem.
And I only flashed oxygen on Monday night, so I don't have the luxury of running around finding unsecured wifi during my work days.
Having said that, a neighbour leaves unsecure wifi on late at night, and I can pick it up and managed to briefly connect to the net before the signal strength died., so yes I'm assuming I can connect to at least one unsecured network.
Which I guess means something's been changed in the scripts running in custom roms vs stock, which isn't helpful.
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I'm just suggesting things that ya'll may have overlooked. I've used CM and Oxygen and never had any issues with wifi may it be what type of security being implemented.

Well after playing around with my router's settings for ages, I finally made it work by changing the mode from "b/g/n mixed" to "b/g mixed". I was able to keep my WPA2 security on.
- Yep, radio was succesfully upgraded, even though it didn't appear to be.
I guess these custom ROMs do something to the WIFI component of the Desire because I was able to connect to the network with the b/g/n mixed mode in use before I flashed the custom ROMs.
This is annoying because it means I'll likely not be able to use any public WIFI hotspots that are set as b/g/n mixed...

Just to illustrate how tricky this can be. I had the same symptoms on my HTC Desire: Wifi connected OK to a b/g/n router but would not transfer any data through browsers, email, PlayStore, anything really.
Initially running Miui 2.4.9 and Wifi was OK.
Upgraded to Miui 2.4.13 but the ugrade did not complete successfully. The phone worked except that Wifi connected but didn't work.
Restored the phone with an earlier backup of MildWild CM-8.0 ROM which used to have working Wifi. Wifi still no good.
Flashed latest Radio 5.17.05.23. Wifi still no good.
Flashed earlier Radio 5.09.05.30. Wifi still no good.
Flashed full GB Miui 2.4.13 ROM. Wifi still no good.
Re-flashed latest Radio 5.17.05.23. Wifi works!!!! WTF?