[Q] Still having wifi issues... - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989

Soooo,... I seem to be able to connect to the wifi everywhere but at home on my linksys 400N. Everything was ok, a couple of hiccups, then things progressively went downhill until last friday then everything went dead with the wifi. Everything says it connects with no issue, says it is connected and doesn't drop but I get no data from surfing. Went to my sister's place in NY, and had no issues with her connection, everything was fine. Things I've done:
- Froze my account.
- switched from wep to wpa to wpa2 to no protection
- currently upgrading to Jugs 4.0 for KL1 will update back *Did not work*
- switched out routers to my old wrt54g
- toggled data packets, airplane mode, turn wifi on/off, jiggled the handle,...
- power cycled everything in the house including the refrigerator,....
- tried setting up a static ip addy
- have no mac filtering
- every other wifi device in the house has no problems.
- update got new sim card and didn't expect anything, but didn't help either.
at best i get a blip of wifi then it goes dead. I'm starting to get stressed. Obviously the phone's wifi works, and i've heard the wrt400n is a little iffy, but is there anything that i have missed?

singled out the router
avoid the wrt400n router. it does not play nice with the t989. soon as i plugged back in the trusty old wrt54g and sorted everything out there were no more issues

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Hi, I got the HTC desire during the week and all going great so far except issues with connecting to my Wi-fi at home.
On initial setup i had it scan for my wireless signal but had to manually enter it, network is not hidden. 3 laptops, PS3, PSP, DS all have been able to see it and connect in the past. Anyway, connected through WPA and was able to connect to the internet and market fine.
The issue is it keeps dropping the connection, signal bar stays as if connected but all pages timeout. turning the wireless on/off does not resolve, sometimes turning the power on/off will sort it, most times not. I drove to work last night, 25km and it said i was still connected to a network untill i disabled the wireless on the phone in the carpark !!
I have trawled the net and have come across known issues with other HTC devices and wireless networks but most of the fixes i tried have drawn a blank so far, bar hard reset.
Unsure if it is settings in my router or the phone. One thing i did notice is when it was connected and i went to the settings>wireless and networks it was smooth like the usual progs on the phone, but when i cant connect and go to the settings it is serious laggy.
BB is Eircom, netopia router.
Phone is Vodafone.
Any other info needed just ask, could do with a fix for this before i pull my hair out.
edit: downloaded a wifi analyzer app and it says my signal is very weak, even sitting on the router, it is either the router sending the wrong signal or the hardware on the phone i think.
Anyone have to chage their wireless settings on the router to get the desire to connect ? If so, to what ?
Update.
powered off my phone and ran the wifi analyser again, same thing, -98db.(red, no signal)
powered off the phone again, and was hitting -40db sitting on top of the router and ~ -70 2 rooms away(green/yellow) and internet pages were flying, this is what is happening, may stay for 10 mins and go again.
Another update:
I had a good connection so changed the sleep from 1 min to 30, checked the sig strenght every 15 mins, surfed a few pages and all fine. Changed the sleep back to 1 min, let it sleep, came back 5 mins later and wifi dead again. this leads me to taking the router out of the equation and phone based issue.
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Hiya,
I had exactly the same problem with my desire. It is on Orange UK and came withall their crud on it. I spent two days playing around with the router settings and phone settings. I could connect to the router but not use the internet. In the end I followed the links on here to erase the orange crud and install a generic rom. After that the phone connected to wifi internet and telephone internet and switches between them without any problems whatsoever. I did wonder if it was a ploy by the telecom provider to get you to use more of their online data rather than over wifi.
LenMackin said:
Hiya,
I had exactly the same problem with my desire. It is on Orange UK and came withall their crud on it. I spent two days playing around with the router settings and phone settings. I could connect to the router but not use the internet. In the end I followed the links on here to erase the orange crud and install a generic rom. After that the phone connected to wifi internet and telephone internet and switches between them without any problems whatsoever. I did wonder if it was a ploy by the telecom provider to get you to use more of their online data rather than over wifi.
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Thanks for the reply Len.
It is a vodafone phone (Ireland) Non branded, no vodafone sortware as far as i can see.
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Here's the deal: my S2 keeps disabling its WiFi connection. I’ll be connected to my router for a while, sometimes for 12+ hours at time, when all the sudden my S2 will lose its WiFi connection and switch to 4G. When I go into my WiFi settings, it will say that my router is “Not in range” and show no other available networks (even though there are dozens in this area).
I can sometimes get my connection back by toggling Airplane mode or “use packet data” on/off. But nothing works %100 percent of the time. I don’t think it’s a router issue either because we had 4 smartphones in this house over Christmas and the only two that lost their WiFi connection were my and my wife’s S2s.
Anyone else encounter this?
(p.s. Phone is stock, by the way.)
If you have the Tmobile my account disable or uninstall it.I made a thread about this awhile back. It has something where it needs to stay connected to 4g or intermittently puts data on and cuts wifi off I used to have this problem before not no more after uninstalling it.
Thanks, sarni. I read your thread a couple days ago (when I was trying to figure out what was going on), but I'm not sure we're having the same issue. My WiFi and 4G icons aren't on at the same time, for instance.
The other problem is that I haven't rooted my phone, so uninstalling T-Mobile's "My Account" app isn't an option.
Yet.
Happening again now.
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[Q] WiFi connection issue Galaxy S II

I need your help everyone. My brother is using the Galaxy S II running ICS 4.0.1 that was bought along with my S III and it is acting up. GSII is running stock ICS, and still in stock configuration. Phone is not rooted or messed with in any manner. The phone connects and stays connected to the Home Network, but data transfer stops after few seconds. All the other devices at home (laptops, PC, other phones) stay connected and works fine. Home network is through Century link and wireless is through actiontec modem and wifi router - http://www.actiontec.com/products/product.php?pid=264#.UOyOPB3aI7s). He has been using this phone with no problems with the same wireless network for almost 4 months and this issue started almost a month ago. I have no idea why it went wrong all of a sudden and not had any luck in finding a solution from all my research.
Problem: When WiFi is activated, it will connect to the home wireless network and will work for few seconds. As soon as background activity that requires data stops, the WiFi stops working. If I am browsing or a video is playing on Youtube, it will stay connected, but as soon as I exit out of the application that is pulling data, it stops working. I have to turn it off and back on again for it to work, but this issue repeats. From looking at the signal bars for WiFi, its full (I was sitting next the router) upload arrow blinks once in a while but noting on the download. None of the apps are connected to the network. Browser will show loading for a while and then displays no network connection message. I tried google play, youtube, third parts apps etc. to ensure its not just the browser. When I turn off the WiFi, the phone seams to download a bunch of messages and updates that was not being pulled for a while. My GSIII connects fine with the network and it works fine even after being idle for hours. I have no idea what is going on and would really appreciate any help. I am close to calling Samsung and T-mobile, but thought I will try here first as we all know how easy it is to deal with those guys.
Things I have tried so far: I have tried all of the following based on suggestions I read from other forums I found through google search.
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2. Restart the Modem and Router: FAIL. I do not think it is modem or router related issue as my S III seams to connect and work fine.
3. Turn off the security for wireless network: FAIL. Same result as above.
4. Try different encryption: FAIL. Same result as above.
5. Forget the Network and redo: FAIL. Same result as above.
6. Change the IP address to Static in advanced settings for the network: Worked for a while and then this stopped too.
7. Change WiFi sleep policy: FAIL. Changed it to " When device sleeps", "Never" and "Always", does not make any difference.
8. Third party apps suggested by everyone: FAIL.
This is where I am at right now. I have tried to include all the information possible. Please ask me if any other information is needed.
Last resort ... try a warranty replacement.
Is the phone experiencing the same issues with other wireless networks (coffee shops, McD's)?
[Fixed]
The issue was not with the phone, but with the router/modem. This was the century link modem with wifi and router from walmart that was bought for $99. Its an actiontech router with built in modem for century link. This does not work and dont bother purchasing it. I ended up buying the NETGEAR DGND3300 RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Router with Built-in DSL Modem from Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001UHMB5O/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00) for a 30 dollars more, but it works. Only extra step was that i had to call century link for my username and password that needs to be entered during the setup procedure. The actiontech from walmart did this automatically (mainly because this was a century link branded product).

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rebooting the phone - it connected for a few minutes then dropped again
cleared my dalvik, cache, etc - it connected for a few minutes then dropped again
"forgot" all three of the networks I can connect it to - you can likely guess what happened
ran WiFi analyzer - noticed my broadcasted SSIDs had less signal than my neighbor's connections for a majority of the scan time. My connections would come up on occasion with the typical strong signal and drop again.
[during this my Google Play services ceased to work]
changed channel on WiFi, reset router
reverted to the stock ROM - nope
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Has anybody here experienced anything similar? This issue has just come up in the past 2 days and I've had the phone since January, I bought it used from a friend who takes excellent care of his devices and I try to do the same. I'm lead to believe that the WiFi chip may have overheated, but I don't excessively game or stress the components out. Nor do I fall asleep with the phone on. Obviously the phone is not under warranty so I wouldn't mind modifying it at this rate.
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At first, resetting my ATT modem/router would fix it. I was having other internet issues (speed, mostly) and had the modem/router replaced recently and that did not fix the problem. In fact, resetting it has no effect recently. I tried restarting the tablet and turning wifi on and off with no luck. When this started (with the old modem/router), I was able to connect fine at work or my parent's house. I haven't tried anywhere but home recently. However, no other devices on my home network were having this kind of issue with the old or new modem/router. When it did connect, it ran fine and I had no issues.
Today I decided to try a factory reset. As soon as it came up to connect to wifi, the same issues came back. In fact, I cannot even sign into my Google account. Either the wifi is lost, or it cannot reach the Google servers or it just says an error occurred. I've even gotten an authentication notice on my phone from Google, but it still throws an error and fails.
Any ideas on how to fix it?

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