I can't get this phone to tether for more than 2 minutes or so without it not working. The data will simply stop transmitting to the tethered device, while still working find on the phone.
An example is streaming Netflix while driving. I can do it on the phone just fine, but it freezes off and on before stopping altogether on my ASUS Transformer. If I am at home the tethering seems to continue working for hours.
The problem does not occur on the HTC Thunderbolt that my new GN is replacing. I assume this has to do with how the phone handles the transition between towers. There are lots of dead spots along the routes I drive, while delivering pizzas, but they are usually at intersections and are only an issue if I am stopped at the light for too long without sufficient buffer for the video I am streaming.
I have tried ARHD and RootzBoat. Used android-wifi-tether, the built in ICS tether, and the trial for the 10$ wifi hotspot app by SVTP(or something like that).
Please help me. This problem is so frustrating and unyielding I am ready to cry.
Well, if you are moving you will not get fast speeds nor a stable connection. When moving and requesting data you become lower priority on the tower/s not to mention youre just going to get **** for speed because of all the calculating and power necessart to get you that data. Voice is much higher priority and uses less bandwidth and power and will transition much better between towers. You should be driving anyways and not watching netflix. Worse than texting.
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Well, if you are moving you will not get fast speeds nor a stable connection. When moving and requesting data you become lower priority on the tower/s not to mention youre just going to get **** for speed because of all the calculating and power necessart to get you that data. Voice is much higher priority and uses less bandwidth and power and will transition much better between towers. You should be driving anyways and not watching netflix. Worse than texting.
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This is not true. LTE is designed specifically to work for high-speed travel without degrading throughput. And tower handoffs do not lower your service priority. Agree that if the OP is trying to watch movies while driving, he'll be in an accident in no time. REALLY really bad idea.
These conditions are were childs play for the HTC Thunderbolt. The issue I am speaking of is particular to the GN. That's why I am posting this.
For now I will put a hold on this question. The issue arose today on my home WiFi. As such I think the issue might actually lie in the ASUS Transformer Prime, as the issue isn't present in my ASUS Transformer nonprime. I'll report back within 24 hours when I have tested both devices concurrently.
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For now I will put a hold on this question. The issue arose today on my home WiFi. As such I think the issue might actually lie in the ASUS Transformer Prime, as the issue isn't present in my ASUS Transformer nonprime. I'll report back within 24 hours when I have tested both devices concurrently.
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Oh damn. Now that you mention it, transformer prime has wifi issues. Thats why there is a hold on them.
Tethering isn't stable for me either while using wifi tether. But worked just fine with the stick app. What rom are you running?
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I turned bluetooth off and was able to stream just fine while driving around town today. I didn't actually watch anything but the connection was stable for hours. I did have one random reboot though.
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I turned bluetooth off and was able to stream just fine while driving around town today. I didn't actually watch anything but the connection was stable for hours. I did have one random reboot though.
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Why on earth are you driving and watching movies? whats really insane is the fact your posting this like its normal.
Be safe man, no reason to get in a accident over a damn phone.
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Why on earth are you driving and watching movies? whats really insane is the fact your posting this like its normal.
Be safe man, no reason to get in a accident over a damn phone.
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Stay on point. I am not asking for your permission to use my devices how I see fit. I am pointing out an issue. I determined that the issue lies with the Transformer Prime, and not the Galaxy Nexus. So you can stop responding to this thread and stop preaching to me. I know what I can and can't do safely. I have no desire to get in a wreck, and as such I have never been in a wreck or anything close because of a phone or other gadget. I can also say that I never will be because I watch the road when my car is moving, simple as that.
So I made two very unprofessional videos that show the issue. It took longer than I wanted to completely kill the connections, but the evidence is there, the wifi becomes spotty and unusable after a while.
I also did a little bit of a side by side with the original transformer.
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So I made two very unprofessional videos that show the issue. It took longer than I wanted to completely kill the connections, but the evidence is there, the wifi becomes spotty and unusable after a while.
I also did a little bit of a side by side with the original transformer.
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Lol @381ms. Somebody couldve untied your shoelaces, scalped you for a haircut and then tickled you to death in any popular first person shooter. With an arrow in their knee.
My grandma beat me down and took my nexus. Sent from a jitterbug with beats audio by dre.
I am actually having the same issue except I am not driving anywhere, the phone stays in one place. I used my Thunderbolt to tether to my ipad2 to stream tv shows while at the gym doing cardio. Unless the 4G signal sucked on the Thunderbolt, it would be able to stream a 350 meg show over Airvideo on the ipad2 no problem. I just switched over to the Nexus, rooted and romed with AOKP build 21 (kernel that came with it) and using the built in wifi tether app as well as a 3rd party installation of Wifi Tether yields the same result... the data will just stop transmitting randomly but still work fine on the phone. First time it stopped after about 200megs transmitted.. then 80, then 38.... without any reason. Signal was fine. Only way to temporarily fix it is to turn off the hotspot and then back on. But then it arbitrarily cuts out again.
Could it be the kernel? Or just something different about how the Nexus treats constant transmission that sucks compared to the older LTE phones? Please someone help!! this is the #1 reason I root!! I like to stream video onto the ipad2 almost daily....
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i've posted this issue in another thread. there seems to be quite a few ppl with this problem. tether is active, device connected to genx is showing full signal, yet after a few minutes internet connection is lost while tethering is still active. What I have found works for me is setting the tether network to OPEN. internet connection stays on.
btw. i have i had the issue since aokp 14 till now Milestone 3, all running Franco's kernels and i have also tried a few other kernels. problem started when i started running aosp 4.3 base roms i believe. for now an open network will have to suffice when I need to tether. gl.
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i've posted this issue in another thread. there seems to be quite a few ppl with this problem. tether is active, device connected to genx is showing full signal, yet after a few minutes internet connection is lost while tethering is still active. What I have found works for me is setting the tether network to OPEN. internet connection stays on.
btw. i have i had the issue since aokp 14 till now Milestone 3, all running Franco's kernels and i have also tried a few other kernels. problem started when i started running aosp 4.3 base roms i believe. for now an open network will have to suffice when I need to tether. gl.
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Thanks for the tip but that isn't working for me unfortunately... tried a number of different things this morning but still the same random disconnection while tether is on... :-(
Tried turning off bluetooth... changing the LAN settings from 192.x.x.x to 10.x.x.x... force wifi driver reload.... routing fix on/off... goddamnit. I used tether almost every day almost flawlessly with my Thunderbolt.
I seem to have the issue with bluetooth tethering. The first time I tried it it seemed to work just fine, streaming a podcast for over an hour straight.
But I just tried it now to my MacBook Pro and it disconnects in about ~2 minutes after starting over and over again. I'm using all the same settings that worked before and worked on my G2 as well.
Using WiFi tethering now and it seems to be working. I prefer bluetooth though when I just need to tether to one device. Does no one have a solution to this?
I'm on a GSM version stock 4.0.2.
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For instance, clicking the new thread button in 4g took 3 minutes to open the page... MOSTLY. Click the same in 3g and the same page opened in 7 seconds.
The same thing happens when opening the Tumblr app, most forums and yelp via any browser. I tried modifications to the EPST Wimax settings and the 4g proxy settings. I even switched to a stock 2.3 rom. All to no avail.
Are there any known fixes for this issue?
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I've never seen this myself. 4G is always blazing for me compared to 3G. Have you tried this in several different 4G locations around town? Could be you're just in a bad location. A poor signal can definitely cause this behavior.
Its happening to me too. My 3g is atleast twice as fast as my "4g". I took my phone up to sprint yesterday and asked them to check it out and they said it was fine hardware/software wise. Its probably just a location thing
I bet you are getting throttled. Happened to me on Clear 4G.
My 4g is slow on some ROMs and fast on others. No idea why. Right now I am on Synergy RLS2 and the 4g is working great.
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I bet you are getting throttled. Happened to me on Clear 4G.
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Dosent sprint say they WONT throttle? I mean... right in there tv commercials they say thats what sets them apart from other providers... unlimited data, thats truly unlimited.... wouldnt that open them up to law suits for false advertisement?
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Dosent sprint say they WONT throttle? I mean... right in there tv commercials they say thats what sets them apart from other providers... unlimited data, thats truly unlimited.... wouldnt that open them up to law suits for false advertisement?
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ya it would. and wimax is just 3g also says the FCC lol. sprints on some crap but ive yet to have a single data drop so i love it
I have tried it at multiple locations and it is the same from the Santa Monica to the San Gabriel Valley to the Inland Empire in southern California. The thing is, it downloads files and such plenty quick. It's just on the types of web pages mentioned in my OP. Maybe it's a Flash issue?
CLEAR will not place you in the Account Managment program (throttle) unless your using an abusive amount of data for example either hosting a data center or running a website with high FTP/HTTP server downloads, running an online Video broadcasting channel like Shoutcast Video for 24/7 str-8, continous non-item downloads PACKET usage, like using speedtest all day, every minute. I have seen users with 250GB of monthly usage with no NVM assinged. Service degrade issues have nothing to do with restrictions, sometimes service degrades because of loss of LOS, additional new customers, tower issues, etc etc etc...
if you are capped by CLEAR your account will have a notice in your clear.com management
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For instance, clicking the new thread button in 4g took 3 minutes to open the page... MOSTLY. Click the same in 3g and the same page opened in 7 seconds.
The same thing happens when opening the Tumblr app, most forums and yelp via any browser. I tried modifications to the EPST Wimax settings and the 4g proxy settings. I even switched to a stock 2.3 rom. All to no avail.
Are there any known fixes for this issue?
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What rom are you using? Are you using any kind of ad blocking hosts?
When using Adfree app to block ad it's a known problem (very slow web surfing on 4g) to use ip 127.0.0.1. Always use custom IP of 127.0.0.0 which make surfing the web much faster while on 4g.
Might not relate to you but thought I'd ask.
I'm using Leoisrights Speedy Rom, I've also gone back to the stock 2.3 for a while.
I'm not using an adblocker.
I will try out you suggestion on the ip address.
Thanks.
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CLEAR will not place you in the Account Managment program (throttle) unless your using an abusive amount of data for example either hosting a data center or running a website with high FTP/HTTP server downloads, running an online Video broadcasting channel like Shoutcast Video for 24/7 str-8, continous non-item downloads PACKET usage, like using speedtest all day, every minute. I have seen users with 250GB of monthly usage with no NVM assinged. Service degrade issues have nothing to do with restrictions, sometimes service degrades because of loss of LOS, additional new customers, tower issues, etc etc etc...
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I did none of those and had 10 GB of usage with being throttled to slower than 3G speeds. *Shrug*
I have more trouble with 4g's reception than it's speed. My 4g speed varies greatly but it's generally faster than 3g. I love 4g until I go inside. It barely works in my house, but works fine outside. Works great in parks in downtown Nashville but hard to maintain a connection while inside a building.
Well, it's still happening. It's not a Throttling issue. It is not a speed issue, 4g is showing about 5.34mb down, 3g is 620kb The pages are hanging up when loading. It seems to only happen on a few of the sites that I frequent. Like this one, Tumblr and a few other sites. But it only happens in 4g. Using 3g on this page loaded in seconds compared to the 3 minutes that this page took to load using 4g. Sometimes it will load a pagepartially then the green bar will freeze at about 90% then it Might finish loading if it "feels like it".
I am using the stock browser and no adblocker apps. Using Opera mini seems to help a bit.
My friend that lives in the same area has the same issue, and when i was in Santa Monica and San Francisco we experienced the exact same behavior as well as another friend from San Jose.
Comparing loading the same pages on my mothers Shift yields her page loading in a fraction of the time that my device takes. This is very annoying. Anyone else having this issue? I've seen it mentioned before http://forums.androidcentral.com/htc-evo-4g/40750-anyone-having-problems-w-4g-flash-sites.html
I WISH I had this problem. I likely won't see 4g in my area until the year 2037.
heh...my condolences Braneless.
I will be making a video of this issue when i get my hands on my moms phone again.
The issue does not crop up when i am tethering 4g to my home computer. so my guess is that it is an issue with the stock browser. But other than Opera, I've had it with about 3 other browsers that i tried including Dolphin browser.
Hey Guys. Has anyone had the GPS problem on stock setup or after root and flash? I have to reboot every time in order for it to pick up the satellites. i have been using a gps check program from the market to check the status. It will only see 1 sat when the phone has been running for awhile, it won't connect at all outside with clear skys. I read some people having the issue on the sprint site but, not much about it here. Anyone?!?
Did you try Sprint Navigation? That normally gets a gps log on right away. Google isn't working proper on any phone i used. Gladfully we on sprint have free Sprint navigation from telenav whatever beats Google nav anyway. Try it you probably get a log on to gps right away.
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Download GPS Test from the android market. Then go into setting and clear the agps and it should lock in within seconds. That's what I did. I only had to do it once and my gps has been fine after that. It locks in within 10 seconds.
I had the same exact issue
To be specific I had my phone bearly 2 weeks, One day while just sitting on the counter with the screen off in what should have been idle state my phone was so hot I could bearly pick the thing up the digitizer or non of the buttons on the screen would function and it was super slow.
I had to pull the battery out to reset the phone the battery history showed it drained a near 90% + charge in under 2hrs.. to say the least I had a couple LOS after reboot everything was FOTB.
Since then my GPS worked for crap it was inermident it seemed the cooler the phone the better it did work but after a certain warm temp it would fail and anywhere around warm or less it would work intermidently at best..
Long story short after talking to someone for several houres he decided it haves a hardware issue after going to a sprint store and pulling teeth they finaly order me a replacement..
After investigating here is what I personaly found out.. The GPS is intergrated into the cpu, i dont know if it is on the T-mobile version with the snapdragon DC CPU, but what I think actually happined is my CPU overheated to the point of desoldering or lifting the chip or causing the internal GPS portion of the CPU to fail or degrade. I am asuming maybe a LOS crashed my phone to the point of causing this failure as of now I have a new phone and it did resolve the issue.
I had the most difficulty with trying to prove to the store that the GPS was bad because the store employees would try and argue that A-Tower triangulation acurate to 3000meters is good enough then after training sprint employees and technicians the difference between A-Tower & GPS I was finally able to get a replacement phone.
I've had this issue happen to me twice on the stock ROM. Google navigation could not get gps lock for several minutes in clear view of the sky. I rebooted the phone, and navigation then got an almost instant lock after going back in. I don't have another gps monitoring app, so I don't know if my phone was having an issue, or nav. I periodically had similar issues on my Droid 1, so it may not be unique to this phone.
Well like discussed in a other tread sprint navigation has no issues to log on to gps. Google nav has issues. It is almost with all Android phones that Google nav has issues to log on to gps. Sprint nav logs on basically instantly.
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Well like discussed in a other tread sprint navigation has no issues to log on to gps. Google nav has issues. It is almost with all Android phones that Google nav has issues to log on to gps. Sprint nav logs on basically instantly.
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Google maps locked up on 10 of 11 sats in less than 5 seconds the first time I tried it this morning. I've seen better accuracy (mine varied between 12-18 ft) SN ratio was great all 10 were over 20). I've had my phone since Saturday and GPS test found and used 5 sats in my basement (first time I've ever seen that) turned on my wife's epic and got the same thing.
This is what I get but I don't know if it's good. I can never get shopkick points. I love show kick.
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I've been having this issue more and more lately.
Its the same thing every time, after the phone has been up and running for days on end, the GPS will not work at all.
Reboot and its 100% fine and super fast lock & accuracy.
But its now to the point that I just reboot my phone daily just to avoid running into this.
Doesnt help that I dont even have 3g in phoenix, curious if its part of the problem.
I had a lot of problems. Bottom line is that I think some phones may have borked gps chips. After going to thru tech support online, on the phone , and finally taking the phone in, they replaced it and the new ones works great.
Hey guys, just wanted to share my findings with the GPS problem a lot of people seem to have, including me. I was having issue's connecting my GPS all the time, it would not locate the satellites unless I hard reset the phone until I found this software in the market.
It's called. GPS FIX - just search, GPS FIX - simple enough...right?
I tried using the other GPS program everyone talked about, and clearing the whatever but it never really seemed to work. This program however works FLAWLESS! You start your GPS, launch this program, it finds everything, then you launch your Nav software or whatever and it pops up instantly.
Hope this helps...
*side note - my friend has a HD2 and his has the same issue, and also another phone he uses as well. So the GPS issue seems to be something a lot of phones experience, makes me feel better it's not just isolated to this device.
I'm currently running the Starburst rom and using GPS on the road heading to South Carolina. The gps and navigation has been working perfect and accurately
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It was worse on the galaxy s, the culprit was the spring arm that makes contract with the GPS antenna on the back case. The arm would lose tension and it would then loose contract. I had my first issue with GPS this morning, wouldn't lock. Haven't tried it since my drive to work
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All I know is I run this software and mine works great. Without it I have to reboot to get it to work.
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Just enter ##gpsclrx# into your dialer then enter your msl code. Let it do its thing then reboot your phone. You should have much better GPS locks afterwards
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And what does that do exactly?
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And what does that do exactly?
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Sorry for the late response. It clears the GPS data on the phone, and forces it to resync. This has in the past on several devices resolved GPS locking issues.
Cool thanks!
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I'm currently running the Starburst rom and using GPS on the road heading to South Carolina. The gps and navigation has been working perfect and accurately
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Hey people!
So my Lg G4 (H815) arrived today I was running through the setup and noticed that it struggled to connected to my WiFi at first. I just skipped past it thinking it would fix itself once it fully installed and turned on. However it is having trouble getting the internet access. Anyone come across this issue? I have tried a factory reset with no luck. I was considering flashing a a rooted firmware to see if this resolves the issue but later read that the current ROM doesnt work well with Taiwan imports.
Note: This is the Taiwan import.
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Hey people!
So my Lg G4 (H815) arrived today I was running through the setup and noticed that it struggled to connected to my WiFi at first. I just skipped past it thinking it would fix itself once it fully installed and turned on. However it is having trouble getting the internet access. Anyone come across this issue? I have tried a factory reset with no luck. I was considering flashing a a rooted firmware to see if this resolves the issue but later read that the current ROM doesnt work well with Taiwan imports.
Note: This is the Taiwan import.
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I have an issue not connecting, but my speed. It's SOOOOOOO slow when I connect to Wifi, but blazing when on data. I have seen from other threads it's an issue with 5gHz but 2.4 should be fine. I'm going to check my router when I'm at home in a few hours to see if that fixes it.
I had same troubles with Wi-Fi to the point where I was packaging it up to return and did a factory reset. This APPEARS to have helped my Wi-Fi issues
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I am having similar issues on my AT&T variant. I've tried 5ghz and 2.4ghz. Same issues on both bands. I also tried a factory reset. Didn't help at all.
I bought the phone last Saturday. I'm considering returning it.
Same on unlocked 815 wifi just dies during transfer lg UK were none to helpful suggested reset did that then buy another router, finally after 30mins he decided it could be a hardware problem and suggested I return my handset.
Ok, so i had the LG G Flex 2 on AT&T when it first came out. And this exact issue cropped up. I thought it was maybe, well, the Flex 2 was a terrible phone anyways, so figured it was par for the course.
Next up, got the G4 H810 on AT&T, SAME ISSUE. Mind boggling. The other household device, LG G3 AT&T , never a hiccup.
So i'm figuring, maybe LG has changed something somewhere, until i realize, its only my home WiFi this issue happens. Worse thing was it's so random, Chrome works fine, FB loads terrible, Weather App can't grab GPS... So i was getting pretty frustrated.
I decided to check my router settings, and for whatever reason, i fired up the guest network and attached to that instead. BOOM, issue resolved without lifting a finger (other than changing wifi networks).
Why my guest network works, and the main does not, NO clue.
Must be a router security protocol situation. I will see what the difference is when i'm able to check the router settings again. Clearly, there is a difference somewhere, but why it affects the G4, I can only blame LG on this one.
FYI - rebooting router, nor factory resetting your G4 will fix the issue - there are other things at work here.
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Ok, so i had the LG G Flex 2 on AT&T when it first came out. And this exact issue cropped up. I thought it was maybe, well, the Flex 2 was a terrible phone anyways, so figured it was par for the course.
Next up, got the G4 H810 on AT&T, SAME ISSUE. Mind boggling. The other household device, LG G3 AT&T , never a hiccup.
So i'm figuring, maybe LG has changed something somewhere, until i realize, its only my home WiFi this issue happens. Worse thing was it's so random, Chrome works fine, FB loads terrible, Weather App can't grab GPS... So i was getting pretty frustrated.
I decided to check my router settings, and for whatever reason, i fired up the guest network and attached to that instead. BOOM, issue resolved without lifting a finger (other than changing wifi networks).
Why my guest network works, and the main does not, NO clue.
Must be a router security protocol situation. I will see what the difference is when i'm able to check the router settings again. Clearly, there is a difference somewhere, but why it affects the G4, I can only blame LG on this one.
FYI - rebooting router, nor factory resetting your G4 will fix the issue - there are other things at work here.
ALSO, my equipment is a cable modem router combo, Netgear C6300 - late 2014 model -
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Now I have something new to try! Just gotta figure out with a Google search how to make a guest network. Does a password matter or no?
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Now I have something new to try! Just gotta figure out with a Google search how to make a guest network. Does a password matter or no?
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The Guest Network ability is a feature of the router. Your router would have to have this feature.
Typically also setup with its' own SSID and password, but again, it would be within the settings of your router, if you can setup a guest network. :cyclops:
I also only consider this a current 'work around', as my phone doesn't need to share content across the LAN to any other equipment, so it just having internet access works for me. But still no clue to the technical nature of why is has the issue in the first place. I also used to believe i was alone in the matter early adopting the G Flex 2, i guess nobody bought that device, since i couldn't find anyone else online having the issue.
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I have an issue not connecting, but my speed. It's SOOOOOOO slow when I connect to Wifi, but blazing when on data. I have seen from other threads it's an issue with 5gHz but 2.4 should be fine. I'm going to check my router when I'm at home in a few hours to see if that fixes it.
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Then just use data?
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The Guest Network ability is a feature of the router. Your router would have to have this feature.
Typically also setup with its' own SSID and password, but again, it would be within the settings of your router, if you can setup a guest network. :cyclops:
I also only consider this a current 'work around', as my phone doesn't need to share content across the LAN to any other equipment, so it just having internet access works for me. But still no clue to the technical nature of why is has the issue in the first place. I also used to believe i was alone in the matter early adopting the G Flex 2, i guess nobody bought that device, since i couldn't find anyone else online having the issue.
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Ahhhh fack
davelee1054 said:
Then just use data?
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No unlimited bro
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Now I am interested too so I will be testing the guest network! I am going to probably leave it unlocked just to see if it is really not the security protocol. I usually run on the WPA2 AES could be something that the phone is unable to handle. So I will check and report back, I really do hope this fixes it because this is the issue that makes me hate my phone so far!
Hi guys!
I'm having some issues with the wi fi of my N5X.
The signal is always good and the icon on the notification bar is full.
But when I try to download something (for example from the Play Store) the speed is sometimes around 30/50 Kbps and sometimes 3 Mbps
With the 4G is going well...
I also tried to test with the speedtest app (screenshot attached); as u can see in the graphic he started with a lower speed then the last seconds.
I attach the same test done by an iPhone 6.
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If we compare the 2 results:
Ping
N5X: 458ms / iPhone: 41ms
Dowload
N5X started with low speed until he reached 26,58 Mbps. / iPhone: "flat" graphic at 28,67 Mbps.
Upload
N5X stayed at 0 Mbps until the last one second. / iPhone: not a perfect graphic but he reached 3,13 Mbps.
So: sorry for this boring thread but i need some suggestions.. What can I try?
I'm running the ROM PureNexus (1/12 Build) with the ElementalX Kernel (v0.08).
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I needed to update my router when I bought this phone. That would be my first suggestion.
NdR991 said:
Hi guys!
I'm having some issues with the wi fi of my N5X.
The signal is always good and the icon on the notification bar is full.
But when I try to download something (for example from the Play Store) the speed is sometimes around 30/50 Kbps and sometimes 3 Mbps
With the 4G is going well...
I also tried to test with the speedtest app (screenshot attached); as u can see in the graphic he started with a lower speed then the last seconds.
I attach the same test done by an iPhone 6.
If we compare the 2 results:
Ping
N5X: 458ms / iPhone: 41ms
Dowload
N5X started with low speed until he reached 26,58 Mbps. / iPhone: "flat" graphic at 28,67 Mbps.
Upload
N5X stayed at 0 Mbps until the last one second. / iPhone: not a perfect graphic but he reached 3,13 Mbps.
So: sorry for this boring thread but i need some suggestions.. What can I try?
I'm running the ROM PureNexus (1/12 Build) with the ElementalX Kernel (v0.08).
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Here's mine with a bone stock N5X
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Here's mine with a bone stock N5X
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Yeah, that's what i meant.
Your graphic is flat, so your wifi performance are in line during all the test...
Maybe I'll try with an hard reset...
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It might be the ROM you are using. It could even well be a faulty radio.
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It might be the ROM you are using. It could even well be a faulty radio.
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Yes, i'll try another one soon.
What do u mean with the radio? Have I got to flash a new radio?
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The radio could be going bad you could try and flash a different radio. Try going back to stock everything and then checking to see if the results are the same. If they are I would lean towards the radio going bad.
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I have the same problem here. It take hours to update or install applications from the playstore in wifi. I don't have any problems with nexus 7 2013 and nexus 4...
That + the yellow screen, I wonder if I made a good choice buying this device...
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Same problem here. Upload is tragic and WiFi connection is unstable.
On the other devices without problem.
I run stock rom.
Didn't anybody try if 6.0.1 solved that problem?
Any phone can have issues with any WiFi network and you need to troubleshoot. Google will not release an update that fixes your router's compatibility issues.
"WiFi works on all your other devices" only tells us that your WiFi is enabled and working. That's a great starting point, but that's all it is.
Each device is unique. Each WiFi network is unique. Unique devices can have issues with unique WiFi networks.
I'd suggest doing some searches on general WiFi issues (don't even specify 5x in the search) and troubleshoot steps to resolve them. Some basics to get you started:
- Reboot the router.
- Update the router firmware.
- Disable IPV6 on the router
- Forget the device's WiFi networks and readd them
- Set the device to use either 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz instead of Automatic
- Etc.
bblzd said:
Any phone can have issues with any WiFi network and you need to troubleshoot. Google will not release an update that fixes your router's compatibility issues.
"WiFi works on all your other devices" only tells us that your WiFi is enabled and working. That's a great starting point, but that's all it is.
Each device is unique. Each WiFi network is unique. Unique devices can have issues with unique WiFi networks.
I'd suggest doing some searches on general WiFi issues (don't even specify 5x in the search) and troubleshoot steps to resolve them. Some basics to get you started:
- Reboot the router.
- Update the router firmware.
- Disable IPV6 on the router
- Forget the device's WiFi networks and readd them
- Set the device to use either 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz instead of Automatic
- Etc.
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All thoses things, I speak for all, we already did them. It's the basic first things to try.
Thanks to refresh our memory anyway!
Personnaly, I asked for a exchange of the device, I don't want to (don't have to) search some fix, flash or tips on a 2 days fresh new device! There is clearly a bug here, we all got the same problem on a stable wifi router. So problem is in the phone.
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All thoses things, I speak for all, we already did them. It's the basic first things to try.
Thanks to refresh our memory anyway!
Personnaly, I asked for a exchange of the device, I don't want to (don't have to) search some fix, flash or tips on a 2 days fresh new device! There is clearly a bug here, we all got the same problem on a stable wifi router. So problem is in the phone.
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I would be shocked if everyone had tried even those basic steps. People assume it's a unique issue with their device but this is actually a common issue with any device and various home networks. It's not the phone manufacturer's job to ensure compatibility with every router ever made and there are thousands (millions?) of them.
Check any device in any device forum and you will find people with similar WiFi issues. You just got unlucky this time.
"Stable WiFi router" wouldn't have issues with your Nexus 5x. Unless you think your Nexus 5x is defective then by all means return it. Or perhaps you think every Nexus 5x has WiFi issues?
BTW this was the very first reply in this thread and he was right on the money:
jackdubl said:
I needed to update my router when I bought this phone. That would be my first suggestion.
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FYI, things doesn't work in the world like the USA.
Here in France we don't buy router, they are given free with our plan and are multi function: unlimited TV, Internet, phone, etc...
Updates are automatically send by the providers. I checked mine and it's up to date. And I'm downloading at 10ko/s on the nexus 5x.
It's been more than 30 minutes it's trying to get the 6.0.1 update (and it's not finished, it's at 20%...)
Yesterday I noticed for a single file, download started at 400ko/s to fall at 10ko/s, then up again to 200, down to 15, etc....really unusable. 15 minutes later, I had to cancel (little 30mo file) I got bored, so i downloaded it on the nexus 4 in 5 seconds and transfer it to the 5x. What a mess.
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Hi Guys!
As i said in my first post i still have unstable wi fi performance.
What i noticed is that the download problems are nothing in front of the upload problems.
Usually my device download like a diesel car (?): it starts at 20Kbps for 1min... Then he get better with 100/200 and sometimes 500Kbps.
But the upload!!! It starts at 100Kbps until he goes at 0Kbps for a lot of time!
For who asked if 6.0.1 solved this: nope.
I thought the same thing but now I'm running that build. Same issues.
I still don't understand if it's an hardware problem or "just" a bug.
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People that have WiFi issues, did you try to go to another public place or friend's house to try your phone there and download few things and see?
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People that have WiFi issues, did you try to go to another public place or friend's house to try your phone there and download few things and see?
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Hi Charkatak, thanks for your reply.
Yes of course:
Personally I've tried with 5 different wi-fi hot spot / routers: My home / Office / My girlfriend house ecc... In all of my tests i also used my iPhone which always gave me perfect performance.
But with the N5X I had always the same results: some times the download is a bit better... But the upload during the speed test starts from 1/2Mbps for the firsts 2 seconds and then it go at 0Mbps.
This thing is making me crazy! But I prefer to find a solution instead contact google and staying without smartphone for weeks..
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NdR991 said:
Hi Charkatak, thanks for your reply.
Yes of course:
Personally I've tried with 5 different wi-fi hot spot / routers: My home / Office / My girlfriend house ecc... In all of my tests i also used my iPhone which always gave me perfect performance.
But with the N5X I had always the same results: some times the download is a bit better... But the upload during the speed test starts from 1/2Mbps for the firsts 2 seconds and then it go at 0Mbps.
This thing is making me crazy! But I prefer to find a solution instead contact google and staying without smartphone for weeks..
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FYI - I am at work now and did speed test: Down 136 Mbps & Up 101.44, but that is just a quick test.
If that is the case, then there could be something...I doubt it is the phone, but most likely it is the OS.
I have noticed couple of times when I download something, game for example:
1) I stay on the same screen while downloading and making sure that screen doesn't sleep, then download is fast.
2) Other times, I would just press "back" button, to go to home screen or do something else, then in rare cases, the download would seem slow and when I go back to the download progress, it really is slow.
You can try step 1 and see what happens. Looks like when phone is downloading something and we leave the screen, then the process is in the background, that is probably when OS applies some battery-saving technology.
Charkatak said:
FYI - I am at work now and did speed test: Down 136 Mbps & Up 101.44, but that is just a quick test.
If that is the case, then there could be something...I doubt it is the phone, but most likely it is the OS.
I have noticed couple of times when I download something, game for example:
1) I stay on the same screen while downloading and making sure that screen doesn't sleep, then download is fast.
2) Other times, I would just press "back" button, to go to home screen or do something else, then in rare cases, the download would seem slow and when I go back to the download progress, it really is slow.
You can try step 1 and see what happens. Looks like when phone is downloading something and we leave the screen, then the process is in the background, that is probably when OS applies some battery-saving technology.
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Thanks again Charkatak.
Yes I noticed the same on my Android phones. Not only on this 5X, but also in the previous devices I had.
But that isn't the point, cuz in all of my tests my screen was always on, and the only app opened was the speed test app (or the play store).
And the bad thing is that I never had those bad performances on my speed tests with the other phones (iPhone or Android)...
That's why I'm so disappointed about this WiFi module...
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NdR991 said:
Thanks again Charkatak.
Yes I noticed the same on my Android phones. Not only on this 5X, but also in the previous devices I had.
But that isn't the point, cuz in all of my tests my screen was always on, and the only app opened was the speed test app (or the play store).
And the bad thing is that I never had those bad performances on my speed tests with the other phones (iPhone or Android)...
That's why I'm so disappointed about this WiFi module...
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Are you always trying to download something from Play Store? Have you tried to download a file using Chrome browser?
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Are you always trying to download something from Play Store? Have you tried to download a file using Chrome browser?
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Yes. Download from chrome it's "random".
Sometimes it goes at 100/300kbps (so slow anyway) and sometimes 40/50kbps....
One ore two times is happened to download from chrome at 1/2 Mbps..
That's why I'm confused: i can't understand if it's rly a SW problem or maybe it's an HW issue..
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How absolutely F**KING ANNOYING!!!
Here, in my area, I was told to reset the network every time I had an issue, the problem with that, is that I have to reestablish ALL of my network connections again (WiFi and BT mainly which is a PITA)... so... I used Airplane Mode on and then waited and then off and let it reconnect and this works about 60% of the time.
I want to try this to see if it helps, but holy hell why when you lose it after a reboot? I auto-reboot once a week and manually sometimes when I really can't get Data without restarting.
Painful.
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How absolutely F**KING ANNOYING!!!
Here, in my area, I was told to reset the network every time I had an issue, the problem with that, is that I have to reestablish ALL of my network connections again (WiFi and BT mainly which is a PITA)... so... I used Airplane Mode on and then waited and then off and let it reconnect and this works about 60% of the time.
I want to try this to see if it helps, but holy hell why when you lose it after a reboot? I auto-reboot once a week and manually sometimes when I really can't get Data without restarting.
Painful.
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Yes, you have to redo it after a reboot, but it doesn't take long to do, and I haven't tried it, but you might be able to just do the "apply" option since the asterisks are still there after the reboot. This should fix the problem you get for data, so you shouldn't have to reboot for that reason anymore.
ETA: I researched what the Block AP option was and that apparently will prevent you from having to redo this after reboot!
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I did this based on a post on Samsung Members previously (you can see that screenshot in my post in the cell reception thread here), but I haven't seen the instructions with the Block AP option in it. What does that do, do you know?
I've seen instructions with both the SA and NSA versions of the 5G selections to choose, too.
ETA: Based on my research, the Block by AP option prevents you from having to redo this after rebooting the phone.
Thanks guys! I just did this and I guess we'll see over the next few days how this works.
Yeah, one day out and I am STILL having connection issues, even after applying these settings. I am going to head to a T-Mobile store later and throw this thing (well, something else) at them and tell them to figure it out.
Nah, the guys at the store are awesome, I'll see what they have to say.
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Yeah, one day out and I am STILL having connection issues, even after applying these settings. I am going to head to a T-Mobile store later and throw this thing (well, something else) at them and tell them to figure it out.
Nah, the guys at the store are awesome, I'll see what they have to say.
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Strange. What are your connection issues? Maybe it is something different than everyone else is having. I hope the store can help you, as I've never been to a T-mobile store and only have been in a Sprint store like three times (before online phone ordering) in the 21 years I've been using their service, so I don't know how much the store people know.
The problem is the mainboard itself, I got replacement from Samsung, which has perfect connection on Android 11, I updated to 12 without any issue. I tried to downgrade the old one back to 11 and the connection issue is still there.
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Strange. What are your connection issues? Maybe it is something different than everyone else is having. I hope the store can help you, as I've never been to a T-mobile store and only have been in a Sprint store like three times (before online phone ordering) in the 21 years I've been using their service, so I don't know how much the store people know.
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This does not happen all the time, but it happens often enough to where I am worried about work (I am On-Call most of the time and need to be able to get calls).
I am on WiFi when home. Pretty normal.
I leave home and I MIGHT have data/voice
If I do not, I normally put my phone in Airplane Mode and then back out again and things are okay
If I am driving and move to a new tower, there is a 50/50 change I will need to airplane mode again to get voice/data
Resetting network connections (which is what T-Mo told me to do every time) works, but then you have to log back into WiFi and reconnect all your BT devices again, so this is definitely a NO-GO for me.
edit: Here are my settings using the instructions in the OP:
Just curious, but why do folks think this is a hardware issue ? Everyone's hardware failed after update ? I have the issue but following the procedure in the service menu seemed to take care of it for now at least .
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This does not happen all the time, but it happens often enough to where I am worried about work (I am On-Call most of the time and need to be able to get calls).
I am on WiFi when home. Pretty normal.
I leave home and I MIGHT have data/voice
If I do not, I normally put my phone in Airplane Mode and then back out again and things are okay
If I am driving and move to a new tower, there is a 50/50 change I will need to airplane mode again to get voice/data
Resetting network connections (which is what T-Mo told me to do every time) works, but then you have to log back into WiFi and reconnect all your BT devices again, so this is definitely a NO-GO for me.
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Hmm, that is a strange issue! I haven't had problems when driving around locally or two hours away (prior to this temporary fix, but I've had the issue for a while, not just since 12 came out; I haven't driven far since applying the fix, but don't think I have had an issue with it - I did have an issue with WiFi tethering not connecting to my car stereo one day, but I don't know if that was after the fix or not).
ETA: I checked my Google Maps Timelime and that tethering issue happened before the fix.
We lost internet here at work the other day, turned on tethering on the device, laptop would connect but no internet.
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We lost internet here at work the other day, turned on tethering on the device, laptop would connect but no internet.
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Do you have tethering as part of your cell plan? If not, it might not allow you to use it even if you are willing to pay for it. Tethering works well on this phone for me, although T-mobile removed Bluetooth tethering as an option for some reason, so only WiFi tethering is an option. My plan comes with 60 GB of tethering, so no issues for me.
It's part of our family plan.
So, just an update here.
When I originally made the changes, somehow it reverted and the issue still persisted.
I have the changes applied now and have done a few reboots and the settings have stuck.
I have NOT had the issues I explained above since these settings have "stuck", so take that as you like, but as of now, I have not had connectivity issues and all seems to be working well.
I did those settings yesterday afternoon and made it worse..........wouldn't pick up 5g. Finally did a chat session with T-mobile and finally got 5g again.
I did notice earlier in the week that the device kept dropping calls left and right, not sure what was causing that.
ycats said:
I did those settings yesterday afternoon and made it worse..........wouldn't pick up 5g. Finally did a chat session with T-mobile and finally got 5g again.
I did notice earlier in the week that the device kept dropping calls left and right, not sure what was causing that.
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Did T-mobile say anything about fixing these issues?
No.
So 3 weeks in after the update and still experiencing horrible data network issues. I drive a lot and this thing has become pretty much unusable on the road. Tmobile offered me to either receive a refurbished Fold 3 as a replacement or to switch to different phone altogether. As much as I love the Fold 3, I might not have any other choice. Have you guys replaced your Fold 3?
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So 3 weeks in after the update and still experiencing horrible data network issues. I drive a lot and this thing has become pretty much unusable on the road. Tmobile offered me to either receive a refurbished Fold 3 as a replacement or to switch to different phone altogether. As much as I love the Fold 3, I might not have any other choice. Have you guys replaced your Fold 3?
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I don't have the money to switch to a different phone even if I wanted to, but I love this phone. I just hope they fix it so it can roam. I have the temporary fix on it and that makes it work, but roaming will be helpful for longer driving distances, especially since I tether my Android car stereo to my phone for Google Maps while driving and other apps while sitting in a parking lot etc.
Does the temporary fix not work for you?