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Anyone else having bad battery drain while connected wifi? I tried changing modems still the same.
Try going into Advanced wifi settings, click on Wi-Fi frequency band and select 2.4 GHz only.
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Anyone else having bad battery drain while connected wifi? I tried changing modems still the same.
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Not sure what rom you're one but Settings/Wifi/Menu (hard key bottom left), Advanced, Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep, Never.
This will turn wifi off if the phone is asleep. An established way to keep wifi on all the time but save a little juice at the same time.
also dont forget the farther you are from the base station, the harder your phone has to work for the signal. so if you have poor reception, that could be part of the issue
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also dont forget the farther you are from the base station, the harder your phone has to work for the signal. so if you have poor reception, that could be part of the issue
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Same applies to a low cell signal, it will suck the battery dry in no time .
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Got mine yesterday. Biggest complaint is the wireless receiver is pretty weak. I had the OUYA upstairs where my phone, laptop, and ATV2 all got a strong wifi connection. However, the OUYA kept dropping the connection every few minutes. I had to move it downstairs, in the same room as the router.
Has anyone found any solutions for increasing the OUYA's wifi range?
noticed the same thing about weak wifi signal...wonder if it's a hardware design issue or a driver issue.
Yeah, I've noticed the same thing. I actually have to AP's - a netgear router in my outside office where my cable comes in and then a WRT-54g setup as a repeater to serve my house. My TV, Living room PC, Wii, tablet, and phones all get a great signal off the WRT and the Ouya even reports it as a good signal - but refuses to connect sometimes and drops the connection all the time. Oddly enough the Ouya has an easier time connecting to my netgear router even though it shows a "fair" signal at best. So I'm thinking maybe the Ouya is just kind of picky about what it likes to connect to. But I also usually see at least 6 AP's in my living room and the Ouya only picks up my 2 - so it does seem to have weak reception.
Thinking I'm going to reconfigure my network this weekend. I've been working from my official office more lately and don't use my outside office much at all anymore so I'm probably going to reverse things and put the router in the living room so the devices in there can be hardwired and the office will run off of WiFi now instead. Been thinking about doing it for awhile the Ouya is just the final straw.
One thing I've considered doing is using the Ouya out of it's case to see if that improves it's reception any, it's really easy to remove from the case (4 hex screws on top then the board just pulls out with a gentle tug - but be careful not to get the grounding clip caught on the lip the lid fits into) and with the case being aluminum it could potentially be attenuating the signal. Since they released design files for the case if running it out of the case helps it wouldn't be that hard to get a plastic case made for it...but I'd hate to have to go that route just on principal.
For whatever reason I did have better luck getting the Wifi to connect when I went into Mange->Settings->Advanced->Wifi and used the unskinned android settings menu to setup my wifi. using the Ouya's menus I was never able to get it to connect to my WRT repeater. But using the stock settings I was. Not sure why that should matter but there it is.
I think it is a driver issue. Install speed test and seer what results you get. I get higher upload speeds than download speeds and using Ethernet it ifs no where near where it should be. Not enough off an improvement to make connecting it worthwhile.
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Someone else posted somewhere, that they turned off ethernet once they had wifi connected, then hard reset the Ouya, and it sped up the wifi connection. I can confirm this for myself as I tested a file transfer through ES File Explorer and it jumped from 3 kbps to 45 kbps. Still a lot slower than my other wifi devices in the same room, but at least it became usable.
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tetchystar said:
Someone else posted somewhere, that they turned off ethernet once they had wifi connected, then hard reset the Ouya, and it sped up the wifi connection. I can confirm this for myself as I tested a file transfer through ES File Explorer and it jumped from 3 kbps to 45 kbps. Still a lot slower than my other wifi devices in the same room, but at least it became usable.
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Hard reset as in simply pressing the power button, or by disconnecting power?
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Hard reset as in simply pressing the power button, or by disconnecting power?
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Try just rebooting (hold power for a second and select power off). It's never a good idea to just pull the plug.
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Hard reset as in simply pressing the power button, or by disconnecting power?
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mybook4 said:
Try just rebooting (hold power for a second and select power off). It's never a good idea to just pull the plug.
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Yep this.
Didn't really have enough difference for me. Range and speed are still flaky if I'm more than 20 feet from the router.
I'm still waiting for OUYA to recognize this as a problem, and hopefully put a stronger wifi chip in for retail. OUYA support has told me that weak wifi on the OUYA is not a widespread issue, so seems like they just want to deny the problem.
They either need to:
Increase the power to the wifi chip
Use a better wifi chip
Use a wifi chip that can utilize a wire antenna for better range
Build in drivers for some external wifi adapters
Sucks that I'll have to get an wifi repeater, wifi bridge, or something else to get the OUYA working in a room where my laptop, ATV2, phone, and tablets all work fine.
Mine dropped out completely when I tried to login for the first time after updating, had to turn the Wi-Fi on/off a few times to get it to work... and it's sitting 20cm from the router!
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Yes, mine is extremely flaky still as well. So far I'm pretty frustrated with the problems that are arising with Ouya, which is too bad, because I actually really really like it should far. I honestly wish I'd waited until retail now, because I would have had a better/more finished product for less money and hassle.
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Didn't really have enough difference for me. Range and speed are still flaky if I'm more than 20 feet from the router.
I'm still waiting for OUYA to recognize this as a problem, and hopefully put a stronger wifi chip in for retail. OUYA support has told me that weak wifi on the OUYA is not a widespread issue, so seems like they just want to deny the problem.
They either need to:
Increase the power to the wifi chip
Use a better wifi chip
Use a wifi chip that can utilize a wire antenna for better range
Build in drivers for some external wifi adapters
Sucks that I'll have to get an wifi repeater, wifi bridge, or something else to get the OUYA working in a room where my laptop, ATV2, phone, and tablets all work fine.
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Is anyone still experiencing Wifi problems? I just got mine hooked up today and had a ton of problems until I updated the software and reset, have not had a single connection issue since.
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Is anyone still experiencing Wifi problems? I just got mine hooked up today and had a ton of problems until I updated the software and reset, have not had a single connection issue since.
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No. Mine worked out of box. I have an Ouya1-b
I have experienced zero issues, but I have an enterprise class dedicated wireless access point (a Ubiquiti Networks Unifi AP if you're curious), so I get full bars everywhere in my apartment and coverage like 20 feet out into the parking lot outside my apartment.
Since I also have a gigbit network everywhere in my apartment, I have generally just been disabling the WiFi.
One sort of issue I have noticed with the networking on the Ouya is that Android was built to allow for multiple network interfaces, which is only natural given that pretty much every smartphone has WiFi and also some sort of "mobile" data as well. Turning off the WiFi doesn't seem to always "stick" for whatever reason, so I may end up just "forgetting" my normal WiFi network in the network settings to prevent the WiFi from being used.
I have been toying with the idea of taking the Ouya mobo out of the aluminum casing, as its trivial to do and many people have speculated that the case is causing BlueTooth and WiFi signal issues. I HAVE experienced some weak connectivity to the controllers, and wanted to isolate the issue to either the controller or the console.
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I have been toying with the idea of taking the Ouya mobo out of the aluminum casing, as its trivial to do and many people have speculated that the case is causing BlueTooth and WiFi signal issues. I HAVE experienced some weak connectivity to the controllers, and wanted to isolate the issue to either the controller or the console.
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I tried taking it out of its case, and it didn't have any noticeable impact on my WiFi.
what about Bluetooth? Thats the thing that would effect the controllers, which are the element which is having a reception problem...
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I tried taking it out of its case, and it didn't have any noticeable impact on my WiFi.
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I didn't know the case was aluminum. Seems kind of odd choice of material. The Ouya isn't handled much, so there's no tactile advantage to using aluminum. The Ouya has a cooling fan, so heat dispersion isn't a huge issue if they chose plastic instead of aluminum.
What's the wired network speeds like? Can anyone test it?
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What's the wired network speeds like? Can anyone test it?
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Since switching to Ethernet (and turning off WiFi) things go much faster. Streams 1080p movies without an issue, and game downloads are pretty fast. Thumbnail loading on the OUYA menus still could be faster, but I think that's more of a firmware issue with the way those are handled, rather than internet speed.
i think the worst part is that they refuse to fix anything or acknowledge the issue. This topic is covered on several other websites, even their own support website. Ouya seems to keep saying this isn't a global issues. so does that mean in the future if we are having other issues they have to be global in order to be fixed or updated?
This seems crazy. i have 4 devices right next to the ouya and my ouya download speeds are less than 107 kbs, but all my other devices are between 5-10 mbs.
i tried to erase everything, reboot it, and now i cant even connect and maintain a wifi connection and get past the ouya upgrade page on set up. It says im connected, then timesout and says i have no wifi.
and to make matters worse im not really close to a ethernet connection, my router is upstairs and my tv is downstairs.
This just seems crazy that a company could releases a product in such an alpha stage and not take the people who helped make them successful seriously.
I've seen speeds of nearly 2-3mbps on my Ouya, which is consistent with my Nexus 10, laptop, and others (no way to install steam to see if Ic an get Steam's stupid 7mbps...)
My bluetooth range on the 360 is pretty amazing to me. My phone is downstairs in my room and I receive notifications upstairs in my kitchen. That is about 40ft in a straight line with the floor and one wall in between. Anyone else with amazing range?
Ps. I have the pebble steel band on mine.
On a side note: I broke the back on one of mine. Not sure what to do. Should I call moto to see if they will fix it?
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My bluetooth range on the 360 is pretty amazing to me. My phone is downstairs in my room and I receive notifications upstairs in my kitchen. That is about 40ft in a straight line with the floor and one wall in between. Anyone else with amazing range?
Ps. I have the pebble steel band on mine.
On a side note: I broke the back on one of mine. Not sure what to do. Should I call moto to see if they will fix it?
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And it works in the inverse! With my phone upstairs in my room, I receive notifications downstairs in my kitchen!
I noticed that too. The bluetooth range is excellent. Also, I love how it warns you that you may have forgotten your phone when you do get out of range. That has spared me at least 2 missed calls this week...
Huh, weird....mine ends up disconnecting when I leave my phone in the room and I go into my office or vice versa. It's a one-story house, so mabye 30 feet away? But I've noticed that it tends to disconnect from my phone at times even though on the Android Wear app on my phone it still says connected. But I end up not getting any notifications or can't use the "OK Google" feature. I have to either reconnect it or reset the device.
I've noticed range is better on the nexus 5 than the lg l90. Much better.
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I've noticed range is better on the nexus 5 than the lg l90. Much better.
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I have a Nexus 5 as well...I wonder if it's because I'm running Cyanogenmod. The only reason I did that is because my battery runs a lot better than with the stock Android for some reason. Usually it'd be down to about 30% by mid day with bluetooth on and I tend to have 15 hour days at work.
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I've noticed range is better on the nexus 5 than the lg l90. Much better.
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Do you notice if the watch takes longer to recognize your speech with the L90 than the N5? Does it mess up more often with the L90?
I believe mine does. I just sold my n5 in preparation for the next one. Seemed to also run better on android L.
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yeah the range is very good.
Seems great so far. I'll be about 40 feet away and I'll still be able to reply to text messages. So far, in fact, that I'm wondering how far it takes for me to get a notification that I may have forgotten my phone.
Should i get in contact with Motorola? Today mine's disconnect twice while my phone was in my pocket. I was thinking of contacting them either way since I've found about 4 dead pixels.
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I noticed that too. The bluetooth range is excellent. Also, I love how it warns you that you may have forgotten your phone when you do get out of range. That has spared me at least 2 missed calls this week...
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Wait, it warns you that your phone is out of range? Are you talking about the little cloud icon, or an actual warning? I never got a warning, so I downloaded Wear Aware, but if the 360 will do that out of the box, I must have missed something.
As for the thread topic, I noticed the excellent range on my first night. I can leave my Nexus 5 in my bedroom on the charger, and I can use my watch from practically my entire house. I don't live in a mansion or anything, but it's still a rather large 2-story home. At first, I thought Wear Aware wasn't working, but I tested some voice searches, and sure enough, I was still connected. I really didn't expect that kind of range! Heck my wi-fi barely covers my entire house! (Although, I still do get the 3-4 random disconnects per day, where Wear Aware will show an alert when I'm literally within arm reach of my phone.)
I also would like to know if the watch does this without a 3rd party app.
I had to install an app to alert me when it is disconnected.
I was at a subway with my friend and we were testing out the Pear app. I told him to keep walking away until bluetooth went out. He went all the away into the bathroom and it still didn't go out. I'm guessing 20-30 feet range.
Rate this thread to express how you think the OnePlus 3's Wifi performs. A higher rating indicates that it has excellent range, throughput, and signal strength. Like when you're taking a dump in the bedroom upstairs, do your videos have to buffer or do they come through without interruption?
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wifi is bad. check wifi anlyzer put hand between router and phone camera and watch how it gets lower and lower as time passes. really sad
As i can see in YouTube wifi speed can't reach any further than 70MB/s. Why? Software? Or wifi chip sucks?
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Using 5ghz I'm getting nearly 200Mbps download on my OP3. Haven't tested 2.4ghz yet.
Here are the WiFi Analyser screenshots with and without hands over back cam. I was sitting very close to the router (~1m).
came across this on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQW1SaUzecQ
Can anyone confirm this? Thanks.
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came across this on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQW1SaUzecQ
Can anyone confirm this? Thanks.
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I just tried it out, the WiFi signal was getting worse but not as worse as in his video. Still somehow ****ty.
Didn't the iPhone have a similar problem? People's hands were shorting out the antennas causing dropped calls, etc.
A simple case should fix the problem (really, why wouldn't you use a case anyways?). And if you don't want the bulk or whatever you can try one of those full body screen protectors, should solve the problem of shorting the antennas AND provide scuff protection.
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Using 5ghz I'm getting nearly 200Mbps download on my OP3. Haven't tested 2.4ghz yet.
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Wich oxygen version?
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Wich oxygen version?
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3.1.3.
Here's a test I just ran...Netflix is streaming on two screens right now, so it's a touch lower than usual.
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My router is downstairs and I am upstairs. OOS 3.1.3. 5ghz.
Absolutely terrible...Always drops out
Wifi is doing pretty okay here on 5Ghz, its dropping sometimes though.
On my previous Nexus 5X I've had much better Wi-Fi reception.
OP3 gets about -8 or -10 more on Wifi Analyzer compared to my OPO when held side by side, definitely a bit worse.
Yeah. I noticed that OP3 under wifi doesn't work really well. Infact with just 1 wall in middle of me and router the signals drops from 20mbps to 6mbps.
Bad, really bad!
Nowhere near as good as my OnePlus One, disappointingly
Yes, if one wants to point out THE one weak point of the phone, it's not the display, it's not video recording - it's clearly the weak WiFi.
Honestly I feel as if my wifi speeds have been stronger than my note 4. 5ghz is nice and speedy
My OnePlus 3 is also giving the signal strength problem, sometimes it shows only 1 bar within 2-5 meteres from the router.
Rate this thread to express how you think the Maze Alpha's Wifi performs. A higher rating indicates that it has excellent range, throughput, and signal strength. Like when you're taking a dump in the bedroom upstairs, do your videos have to buffer or do they come through without interruption?
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wiFi very weak
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Rate this thread to express how you think the Maze Alpha's Wifi performs. A higher rating indicates that it has excellent range, throughput, and signal strength. Like when you're taking a dump in the bedroom upstairs, do your videos have to buffer or do they come through without interruption?
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It's the worst wiFi I've ever seen on a cell phone. I have a good router (at least I think). A tp-link Archer C20, which covers my entire home. With the Maze Alpha you disconnect a distance of 5 meters onwards. In the 5GHz band it just does not stay connected.
Bad bad Wi-Fi! It remains connected, but frequently Internet is not available: so I disable/enable the Wi-Fi button, and Internet came back.
It sounds like it always lose the DNS.
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Bad bad Wi-Fi! It remains connected, but frequently Internet is not available: so I disable/enable the Wi-Fi button, and Internet came back.
It sounds like it always lose the DNS.
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Have you applied update version 07?
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Have you applied update version 07?
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It's really bad. Disappointing...
Not very good wifi range indeed. I hope the next update will fix it ! (if it's not material of course)
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Have you applied update version 07?
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Yes, my firmware is:
MAZE_Alpha_V07_20171016_20171017-1809
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Yes, my firmware is:
MAZE_Alpha_V07_20171016_20171017-1809
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Mine works very well to over a range of 10 meters.
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Mine works very well to over a range of 10 meters.
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Same here. Got mine yesterday and I am wondering the bad comments. Wifi is not top top, but I have seen some other expensive devices that have much worse wifi.
My pc and phone are both same distance from the router and my phone has a better connection than my wifi dongle. Also, when I visit the regular haunts where I would fight for wifi on some phones, this phone is exceptionally better. I'm not sure why others are having problems but in my experience of different phones over the years, this phone is pretty good for me.
Currently, it's making its way up stairs, round a corner and through a corridor to my room which is connected ok, not 100% stable but until I moved my pc (netgear) wifi adaptor closer with a usb extension, it was a stronger connection, my phone if probably 5ft further away from the dongle and showing half signal while my dongle is now showing full. If I put my phone there, it goes full.
Don't forget there are other issues that mess with signals, other signals mostly.
I would suggest starting right next to whatever is broadcasting and then take a walk in varying directions and ascertaining what other signals could be messing with it.
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My pc and phone are both same distance from the router and my phone has a better connection than my wifi dongle. Also, when I visit the regular haunts where I would fight for wifi on some phones, this phone is exceptionally better. I'm not sure why others are having problems but in my experience of different phones over the years, this phone is pretty good for me.
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I would suggest starting right next to whatever is broadcasting and then take a walk in varying directions and ascertaining what other signals could be messing with it.
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Correct, I'm going to make a general post with my experience after day 2. I have enough technical background and experience.
Solved!
Hi,
I solved the issue! I've noticed that in office, with ad old access point, my Maze Alpha works well. And, I read that some of you have no problem with Wi-Fi. So, I thought... maybe the problem is the 5GHz?
So, I disabled it, and now the Wi-Fi works well.
Before, I had many problems standing 1 meter from access point, and in another room the Wi-Fi was unusable.
How did you turn off
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Hi,
I solved the issue! I've noticed that in office, with ad old access point, my Maze Alpha works well. And, I read that some of you have no problem with Wi-Fi. So, I thought... maybe the problem is the 5GHz?
So, I disabled it, and now the Wi-Fi works well.
Before, I had many problems standing 1 meter from access point, and in another room the Wi-Fi was unusable.
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How did you turn off 5GHz?
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How did you turn off 5GHz?
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I've turned off it on my access point. On the Maze Alpha I didn't find how to turn off.
Thanks.