Galaxy nexus reporting wrong location on Wi-Fi (since jelly bean) - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Ok guys so I need some help here.
Ever since I upgraded from AOKP ICS, to AOKP JB build 1 my location using Wi-Fi is completely wrong, saying that I'm in: "Edmonds Community College: Human Resources, Lynnwood, WA 98036, USA"
But I'm actually in Toronto, Canada.
This problem only happens when I'm on Wi-Fi. But if I have GPS satellite reception and/or hspa+ I don't have the problem.
Anybody encountered this? Any solutions?
It's very annoying because many apps required accurate location reporting to function correctly.
*I know and have searched, and read, that this is to do with the Router Location Caching with Google, however please understand that this problem only started when I updated to AOKP Jellybean from AOKP ICS. Prior to this, I never experienced this problem. So nothing has changed with my modem/router, and if my modem/router was reporting wrong location then surely other devices would show that too? (which they don't)

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BUMP changed router to rule out Router Mac Address... problem still exists.
My device is reporting location in Lynwood, USA, which is absolutely incorrect. Note: this only happens on WIFI

Try pinging your external IP and see what gets reported back. I suspect it's your ISP...

danger-rat said:
Try pinging your external IP and see what gets reported back. I suspect it's your ISP...
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checking my external IP addess location reporting is accurate and to my exact town and city in Canada. Both on the computer and on my phone using whatismyipaddress.com
yet google maps on my gnex still reports wrong location..

I'm sure this doesn't help at all, but I just flashed JRO03O on Verizon GNex and am having the same problem. I'm in Chicago and with WiFi on, it says I'm in Lynnwood, WA. Specifically in the Edmonds Community College Library... With Wifi off it still takes alot longer than it used to in order to zero in on my location. I may try wipe and try reflashing since it doesn't sound like anyone else is having this problem.

Pkolb79 said:
I'm sure this doesn't help at all, but I just flashed JRO03O on Verizon GNex and am having the same problem. I'm in Chicago and with WiFi on, it says I'm in Lynnwood, WA. Specifically in the Edmonds Community College Library... With Wifi off it still takes alot longer than it used to in order to zero in on my location. I may try wipe and try reflashing since it doesn't sound like anyone else is having this problem.
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Same here.

UKROB86 said:
Ok guys so I need some help here.
Ever since I upgraded from AOKP ICS, to AOKP JB build 1 my location using Wi-Fi is completely wrong, saying that I'm in: "Edmonds Community College: Human Resources, Lynnwood, WA 98036, USA"
But I'm actually in Toronto, Canada.
This problem only happens when I'm on Wi-Fi. But if I have GPS satellite reception and/or hspa+ I don't have the problem.
Anybody encountered this? Any solutions?
It's very annoying because many apps required accurate location reporting to function correctly.
*I know and have searched, and read, that this is to do with the Router Location Caching with Google, however please understand that this problem only started when I updated to AOKP Jellybean from AOKP ICS. Prior to this, I never experienced this problem. So nothing has changed with my modem/router, and if my modem/router was reporting wrong location then surely other devices would show that too? (which they don't)
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Try clearing the Maps cache and data and then restarting your phone.

This happened to me once when we setup some Linksys routers with DD-WRT in school.
I remember it showing me the weather of Lynnwood in Google Now. Maybe there is a Wi-Fi from a router with stock DD-WRT settings near you.
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Tasker Locations Not Updating

Does anyone else have any issues with Tasker locations not working. I can't seem to get it to fire when using the cell phone polling when changing locations. I have also tried Llama as well and I have the same issue. I worked fine on my EVO and EVO3D but not the Samsung Epic 4G.
When I go and create a new state based on Cell Towers it will locate them but it will never update when I leave the area. I have also tried using network option but that doesn't work either.
I would like to know if anyone has these options working.
Thanks.
I have used location. but it was based on GPS. only issue I have had so far with this phone and tasker is the proximity sensor triggers but never turns off.
I've noticed that locations in general don't properly work with this phone unless you have GPS enabled. The phone is supposed to be able to get a location based off whatever cell tower it's connected to, however it doesn't update this information unless you do a reboot. For instance, my phone still thinks it's connected to the tower nearby where I live despite being 14 miles away in a different city where I work. Google Maps, Open Signal maps, ANY application will tell me the same thing. It's an annoying bug that's been around since the phone came out.
For me, GPS and network location services seem to die after being in deep sleep for a while. Opening Terminal Emulator and restarting the GPS Daemon by typing "gpsd" gets GPS going for me again, haven't got network location restarted yet.
I also don't know if this has been an ongoing issue or not, just started really noticing it on the recent EL leaks. I'm hoping Samsung gets it fixed soon.
That's pretty much the same problem I've been having. I have gone back and forth with the developer for Llama and he said that it's a OS issue that's the cause.
steelersmb said:
That's pretty much the same problem I've been having. I have gone back and forth with the developer for Llama and he said that it's a OS issue that's the cause.
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What i did to resolve this problem is i did a full stock restore back to eg30 everything. i backed up the Network location apk and the gps.conf file. I then rooted again and flashed the latest Calkulin's v.2.8 ROM and restored the stock files into the custom ROM. GPS lock is instant and updating to current location is a snap. this kind of surgery is not very scientific but it works every and all the time. Im working on a .xml that will take care of this instead of me cutting and pasting with from ROM to ROM.
Hello, I just purchased an Epic Touch and have had the same problem, where coarse network-based location does not work correctly. It also seems as if it's an OS-related issue since coarse location does not update in google maps, either.
The only temporary resolution I've found is to release and renew the aGPS state using a 3rd part app, such as GPS fix or GPS test. However, this is useless when trying to use tasker to switch between different location-based states...
Has anyone found any resolution since the OP?

Where is the WIMAX!!!??

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

Wi-Fi unreliable

Recently I've been having problems with Wi-Fi. My phone and nexus 7. They both stay on blue bars all the time claiming they're connected to Google servers. And it'll work good for about 20 seconds and then I'll have no connection for about a minute. Bars will stay blue like its connected and WiFi show that it's fill signal but pages won't load, apps will timeout and YouTube videos won't stream. Makes it impossible to download any Roms or apps at times. This just recently started happening. Videos will stream good for maybe 2 minutes tops. Then pause, after a minute Wi-Fi will stay streaming and going again by itself and stream. I haven't changed my router or is settings. I have static ip's assigned too. All other computers work just fine for internet. Never a problem.
I've tried changing kernels, Roms, complete wipes and reinstalls. Rebooted the router. Nothing fixes it. I'm getting really frustrated. I'm at the point where I'm going trio go buy a new router just cause I want to use 5ghz. Anyways, any suggestions to solve this?
There may be an error in aosp code that can cause wifi instability: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35146886&postcount=5128
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There may be an error in aosp code that can cause wifi instability: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35146886&postcount=5128
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Weird how it affects just my device in an entire thread with a ton of people using the rom and same kernel.
I went and picked up a new router. I'll see if that fixes it. Thanks for the input though. I appreciate it.
Didn't help with new router. My WiFi still cutting out like crazy on Franco kernel. Almost as soon as I turn off screen. But its not turning WiFi off. Just goes into some sort of state where nothing comes through. When screen on everything is fine though now.
In Wifi settings, you could try unchecking "Avoid Poor Connections" and see if that helps.
Also do you have any other devices at home on the same wifi network - do they experience the same issues, I know where I am if we get a lot of rain, it causes intermittent internet slowdowns, I had similar issues and after testing other devices found this to be my problem not my Wifi.
Also, have you got any cordless phones in the house that might run on the same frequency?
I still have an issue keeping wifi at 100% d/l when the phone is asleep, even though the setting is for always on. It must be a hardware thing for me because every rom I've tried from ICS to the latest JB exhibit the same issue. If I am in a desperate need to d/l a large file on my phone, I just temporarily change the screen display off timer to 10 minutes of so so the wifi will stay at max d/l speed.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ratcash.wifiperf
Could try this I use on my gnex for voip
Edit I am on a galaxy nexus forum
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Ya avoid poor connections is unchecked. And wifi optimization is unchecked. I've tried putting my router on full auto, tried setting static ip addresses for everything. Changing from wireless n to wireless g. Changing security to off as well. Using the 5ghz band instead of 2.4. The nexus 7 is working perfectly fine with the new router. But my galaxy nexus is totally unreliable. Weird is that it just started happening within past couple weeks. And actually, it was good for the first day or so after new router. I can confirm all other wifi devices jn the house work just fine without any hiccups. I've never had a problem with other devices. No dropouts or anything. It's really puzzling me!
One thing I found weird, if I disable wmm on my router, my nexus 7 and galaxy nexus will not connect. Anyone else get this?
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I hope you also have your router firmware completely up to date.
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Ya my router auto updates itself. Its a Cisco EA6500 in case your wondering and is helpful.
I use my wifi at work and it's very unreliable. At times going into an endless disconnect/reconnect loop. Sometimes restarting the wifi helps or putting it in and out of airplane mode. Other times nothing helps except a reboot of my phone. Some apps may make the issue worse. I don't think there is a fix and waiting for google to fix the flaw a user pointed out earlier.
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I use my wifi at work and it's very unreliable. At times going into an endless disconnect/reconnect loop. Sometimes restarting the wifi helps or putting it in and out of airplane mode. Other times nothing helps except a reboot of my phone. Some apps may make the issue worse. I don't think there is a fix and waiting for google to fix the flaw a user pointed out earlier.
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Possibly a 4.2 issue. But its not affecting everyone it seems. But i see that there is a huge thread about this at the google site. Not an isolated case
When you say you set a static ip, you set one from the router, have you tried setting a static ip on the phones wifi advanced options as well?
Have you tried different radios?
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Yup has happened to me mine connects to the net but has grey bars and doesn't open any websites and apps dont connect to the net a reboot solves the problem
chrisinsocalif said:
When you say you set a static ip, you set one from the router, have you tried setting a static ip on the phones wifi advanced options as well?
Have you tried different radios?
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I set static on both router and the phone. I've tried all the north american radios. None of the euro ones. no effect. Sticking to the latest North American radio for now. I've managed to make it work sorta with CM10.1 with stock kernel on completely fresh install. It works, but the down arrow on the Wi-Fi icon stays lit almost 100% of the time. no idea why, only other device that was on all yesterday was the nexus 7, and that was on the 2.4ghz and phone the 5ghz. Huge wlan_rx_wake!
It's likely this:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40065&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Owner%20Summary%20Stars&start=1000
See if that sounds about right and if so, you'll just have to wait for a Google Patch.
whitedragonz83 said:
It's likely this:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40065&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Owner%20Summary%20Stars&start=1000
See if that sounds about right and if so, you'll just have to wait for a Google Patch.
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Yeah. Just don't understand how so few here experience this. And only my phone, not my nexus 7 gets this.
M3drvr said:
Yeah. Just don't understand how so few here experience this. And only my phone, not my nexus 7 gets this.
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When i first updated to 4.2, I was getting crazy dropouts. After unchecking the Wi-fi optimization, it was more consistent but still drops out frequently while at work. There is a known bug with the wifi driver that hasn't been addressed for years, but still trying to find the original articles describing the problems.
It seems you are having tons of issues, worse than most.
If you are having a problems suggested on this site, maybe this can help.
http://goo.gl/voSxF
It affects me as well. Completely random. Everything appears fine except that instead of blue, the icons are grey. Turning off wifi and turning it back on fixes it.
In the link above, there is a comment where you can submit more info for Google to help solving the problem:
http://support.google.com/nexus/bin/request.py?contact_type=bugreport&src=7679593
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When i first updated to 4.2, I was getting crazy dropouts. After unchecking the Wi-fi optimization, it was more consistent but still drops out frequently while at work. There is a known bug with the wifi driver that hasn't been addressed for years, but still trying to find the original articles describing the problems.
It seems you are having tons of issues, worse than most.
If you are having a problems suggested on this site, maybe this can help.
http://goo.gl/voSxF
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the weird thing is, it just started happening about 2 weeks ago. It was perfectly fine up until then. Never had an issue with Wi-Fi. If this don't work i might try doing an entire wipe right back to stock and locking bootloader.

[Q] losing wifi connectivity- full bars but all gray

so, I've read around here on the XDA forum about problems with wifi connectivity where we have full bars for wifi but they are gray and you are not getting out. many describe my situation but I've not seen any real solutions...
my problem is that I can connect to my wifi router without issue but then a random amount of time later, sometimes fairly quickly and sometimes it's hours later, I will pick up the phone and see full bars but they are gray and I'm not getting out. I can try opening a terminal window and pinging the gateway/dns servers and can't even reach the gateway.
things I have tried:
- turned off MAC filtering on the wifi AP
- switched from a 5 GHZ wifi on the AP to 2.4 GHZ net on the AP and vice versa
- manually set the phone wifi preference to one or the other (5 or 2.4)
- battery pull on the phone
- delete network settings for my AP and reconfigure
I have not yet tried a static IP config on the phone but I can easily try that... {edited to add} well, I tried static config and that didn't help at all...
one other tidbit of info, I have a work Blackberry with wifi and it never loses wifi connectivity so this is a problem unique to my Nexus.
I'm running Cyanogen 10.0.0-toro and no, I haven't tried a full wipe and reload yet.
thoughts or suggestions?
I'm not trying to threadjack here, but I just wanted to share my experiences.
I've been have the exact same thing happen to my phone (Nexus maguro). I've tried every JB rom I could find, several different kernels and my wifi eventually always goes grey on me. All network activities stop. I'm back on stock everything right now and it still happens.
It happens on my home wifi as well as work wifi.
I'm about to puttstock ICS on my phone and try that out for a couple days.
Anyway, good luck with your problems, i'm going to follow this thread in hopes you'll get a solution that may help me.
If I do figure anything out i'll post back.
jrmacarthur said:
I'm not trying to threadjack here, but I just wanted to share my experiences.
I've been have the exact same thing happen to my phone (Nexus maguro). I've tried every JB rom I could find, several different kernels and my wifi eventually always goes grey on me. All network activities stop. I'm back on stock everything right now and it still happens.
It happens on my home wifi as well as work wifi.
I'm about to puttstock ICS on my phone and try that out for a couple days.
Anyway, good luck with your problems, i'm going to follow this thread in hopes you'll get a solution that may help me.
If I do figure anything out i'll post back.
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seems that this is a topic that has been posted on a bit over time with no real single culprit or fix. I'll post back if I figure anything out... I know in the Cyanogen thread, I saw info that stated that the MAC address of the phone was changing and I'm going to try and determine if that is happening to mine.
I have the same issue. Sometimes even when i pick up the phone, if i look fast enough i see that the Wi-Fi bars weren't even there! Thats only 1 out of 5 times though. The other time its usually just grey bars. Sometimes it actually will click back and they'll flash to blue and grey 2-3 times and then go solid blue. Then sometimes like you, they'll stay grey. I've tried everything too...reverting to stock, Different kernels, ROMs, routers, static IP, 2.4 or 5ghz, full auto mode. The only fix that makes it a little more reliable, is using Wi-Fi PM Fast. But even that, is not reliable. I'd say its about 50% reliable then, for a huge sacrfice in battery life. For me i've noticed this started to happen with 4.2. Before that i never had a problem. All other devices though no problem. My Nexus 7 is just fine. But the galaxy nexus, no matter what router or where i am, the Wi-Fi is totally unreliable. For me, it happens within 2 minutes that it will disconnect most times. Then 1 in 10 times it'll be fine for 10 hours.
In all honesty, i've given up. Just come to deal with it. Use mobile networks when i'm not needing to download. I can download files and stream music just fine too. If there is traffic going through, it never disconnects. But when its just sitting there without traffic, it disconnects, or, loses connection to google servers i should say.
well that's not good to hear...
I installed stock 4.0.4 a couple days ago and have not had my wifi go grey on me yet.
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jrmacarthur said:
I installed stock 4.0.4 a couple days ago and have not had my wifi go grey on me yet.
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yeah, I love Cyanogen so not willing to go back to stock... waiting for them to finish 10.1 and I guess I'll see how it behaves then.
Hi all,
Just to say that I have the same problem. I have been upgraded from ICS to 4.2 and nothing had happened but I had to downgrade to 4.1.1 (AOKP Build 4) due to other issues and after that I started notice the WiFi problem.
At first I thought it was when the screen went off, but I has happened with screen on too. I have to turn WiFi off and the back on to connect properly again, very annoying.
As I said I started noticing this after I downgraded, but then again, I had used AOKP 4.1.1 before without this issue. I think that it is time to change my phone :/
tgeery said:
so, I've read around here on the XDA forum about problems with wifi connectivity where we have full bars for wifi but they are gray and you are not getting out. many describe my situation but I've not seen any real solutions...
my problem is that I can connect to my wifi router without issue but then a random amount of time later, sometimes fairly quickly and sometimes it's hours later, I will pick up the phone and see full bars but they are gray and I'm not getting out. I can try opening a terminal window and pinging the gateway/dns servers and can't even reach the gateway.
things I have tried:
- turned off MAC filtering on the wifi AP
- switched from a 5 GHZ wifi on the AP to 2.4 GHZ net on the AP and vice versa
- manually set the phone wifi preference to one or the other (5 or 2.4)
- battery pull on the phone
- delete network settings for my AP and reconfigure
I have not yet tried a static IP config on the phone but I can easily try that... {edited to add} well, I tried static config and that didn't help at all...
one other tidbit of info, I have a work Blackberry with wifi and it never loses wifi connectivity so this is a problem unique to my Nexus.
I'm running Cyanogen 10.0.0-toro and no, I haven't tried a full wipe and reload yet.
thoughts or suggestions?
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I'm on Muzzy 4.2.2 and I'm currently having the same problem. It's not a new problem since I remember having it months ago (disabled my phone's WiFi because I kept missing emails and other notifications - grew tired of dealing with it). I thought it was my router, so I swapped it with a newer one recently, but it carried forward (old router was TRENDnet Draft N and the new one is ASUS RT-N66U).
I would like to know how to properly troubleshoot this problem.
I'm glad I didnt have to create a thread for this. I have been facing this problem quite a lot. I can confirm that WiFi works absolutely fine until 4.1.2, whether it is stock or CM10 (I havent tried the other ROMs yet). I have faced this problem only from 4.2. It still exists on 4.2.2. Happens on all the ROMs I have tried till now including CM10.1 nightly as well as the stock factory image.
When the phone is sleeping, it seems to lose WiFi connectivity and when woken up, the WiFi bars is grey though it is full. If I am very lucky, it will turn blue automatically. Most of the times, I have to switch WiFi off and back on for it to connect properly.
Anyone knows the root cause for this? In case this has been discussed in any other thread?
subhramani said:
I'm glad I didnt have to create a thread for this. I have been facing this problem quite a lot. I can confirm that WiFi works absolutely fine until 4.1.2, whether it is stock or CM10 (I havent tried the other ROMs yet). I have faced this problem only from 4.2. It still exists on 4.2.2. Happens on all the ROMs I have tried till now including CM10.1 nightly as well as the stock factory image.
When the phone is sleeping, it seems to lose WiFi connectivity and when woken up, the WiFi bars is grey though it is full. If I am very lucky, it will turn blue automatically. Most of the times, I have to switch WiFi off and back on for it to connect properly.
Anyone knows the root cause for this? In case this has been discussed in any other thread?
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have you posted this information over in any of the threads where the developers are working such as Cyanogen in an effort to bring this issue to the forefront for more visibility?
I have had those wifi problems with every android version and rom I had on my GNex as far as I can remember.
Sometimes it will be able to reconnect but sometimes I have to disable and re-enable wifi to get it back.
I too thought that it might have been my crappy router as I have had multiple problems with it over the years (some Linksys router).
This is really annoying because it won't receive any e-mails until I randomly decide to have a look at my phone. :/
Fabur87 said:
I have had those wifi problems with every android version and rom I had on my GNex as far as I can remember.
Sometimes it will be able to reconnect but sometimes I have to disable and re-enable wifi to get it back.
I too thought that it might have been my crappy router as I have had multiple problems with it over the years (some Linksys router).
This is really annoying because it won't receive any e-mails until I randomly decide to have a look at my phone. :/
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trust me, I understand your frustration... some days, I can go almost all day without loosing wifi data throughput and other days it won't last 10 minutes without going to gray bars.
unfortunately, no one is sharing any fixes which tells me that no one has a good handle on the problem.
Same issue for me on stock Android 4.2.2. Leave WiFi on overnight and when I wake up its connected to WiFi but gray bars...
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The update to 4.2.2 drivers have fixed all WiFi issues for me. For the first time since 4.1 I can now use WiFi optimization now. And WiFi is fully reliable.
tgeery said:
so, I've read around here on the XDA forum about problems with wifi connectivity where we have full bars for wifi but they are gray and you are not getting out. many describe my situation but I've not seen any real solutions...
my problem is that I can connect to my wifi router without issue but then a random amount of time later, sometimes fairly quickly and sometimes it's hours later, I will pick up the phone and see full bars but they are gray and I'm not getting out. I can try opening a terminal window and pinging the gateway/dns servers and can't even reach the gateway.
things I have tried:
- turned off MAC filtering on the wifi AP
- switched from a 5 GHZ wifi on the AP to 2.4 GHZ net on the AP and vice versa
- manually set the phone wifi preference to one or the other (5 or 2.4)
- battery pull on the phone
- delete network settings for my AP and reconfigure
I have not yet tried a static IP config on the phone but I can easily try that... {edited to add} well, I tried static config and that didn't help at all...
one other tidbit of info, I have a work Blackberry with wifi and it never loses wifi connectivity so this is a problem unique to my Nexus.
I'm running Cyanogen 10.0.0-toro and no, I haven't tried a full wipe and reload yet.
thoughts or suggestions?
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same thing happened to me on toroplus sourcery 5.1, after trying everything i could think of and talking to one of the devs, i finally did a fresh download of rom and gapps. wiped cache,wiped dalvik, factory reset, wipe system, deleted android folder off of storage then installed the fresh download of rom and gapps and its been working great for me since. hope this helps.
M3drvr said:
The update to 4.2.2 drivers have fixed all WiFi issues for me. For the first time since 4.1 I can now use WiFi optimization now. And WiFi is fully reliable.
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Can you elaborate on this? I've flashed 5 different modems and still get this problem... it happens to my cell service bars, as well. Would love to know what the cause is.
aqcon said:
Can you elaborate on this? I've flashed 5 different modems and still get this problem... it happens to my cell service bars, as well. Would love to know what the cause is.
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i just know ever since moving to a 4.2.2 kernel that has the 4.2.2 drivers my wifi has been stable. I know there was a post in the anarkia thread with the ak kernel that had the drivers. but i believe most any 4.2.2 kernel would have them implemented. i do have the newest bootloader and radio too. but i know as soon add i got the 4.2.2 drivers all issues were resolved wifi wise. of course i think if you have a 4.2.2 kennel you'll have them.
M3drvr said:
The update to 4.2.2 drivers have fixed all WiFi issues for me. For the first time since 4.1 I can now use WiFi optimization now. And WiFi is fully reliable.
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I'm looking forward to that update - I've been watching the Cyanogen threads for when I think the 10.1 has matured enough to become my daily driver... good to know you've had positive results!
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me facing same issues , Solution would be to use an app called wifi fixer by zanish-g1 from the play store ...
it worked for me !! :good:

Data and WiFi Constantly Dropping

Both my data and WiFi have been acting very strange the past week. Both services will show me as connected but I will only get the upload arrow showing on each indicator and then sometimes the icons just go gray. It has been happening very often and I have changed both my ROM and kernel on clean installs and I still have the same issue. Any help would be appreciated.
Bump. Still have the problem.
Flashing back to stock should work
Posting your basics usually gets you better answers
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czonin said:
Both my data and WiFi have been acting very strange the past week. Both services will show me as connected but I will only get the upload arrow showing on each indicator and then sometimes the icons just go gray. It has been happening very often and I have changed both my ROM and kernel on clean installs and I still have the same issue. Any help would be appreciated.
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I started a thread here on a topic where my wifi and signal bars turn gray and the phone doesn't have data connectivity any more. sometimes this happens a dozen or more times a day and sometimes once or twice.
one response in that thread indicated that 4.2.2 made a positive impact on the problem.
I've been searching for a definite fix for this data/WiFi issue to no avail. I'm not entirely sure of when this issue began to occur but my phone (Toroplus) constantly loses WiFi signal. By losing signal I mean WiFi will turn off and on all by itself. And yes, WiFi sleep policy is set to stay on always. This issue alone made me go back to stock only to find the WiFi issue is present there too. I've also ruled out my router as the culprit. Im suspecting this is a Google issue. By the way, I talked to a sprint store employee who owned a galaxy nexus and after a few minutes of playing with his phone, which was completely stock and never rooted, I noticed his WiFi connection would turn off and on all by itself too. Any insight from anyone with knowledge to this would be appreciated.
Wi-Fi optimization off. If that does not fix it, I dunno.
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Soldier 2.0 said:
Wi-Fi optimization off. If that does not fix it, I dunno.
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Thanks for the suggestion but that doesn't fix it. Are you not having this issue? What's your setup? What ROM do you use? I've basically used all of them and it never goes away. I'm thinking of going to the HTC One when it's released just in case it's a Samsung issue.
I have also experienced this problem, especially at work where the network uses some WPA Enterprise variant. I've digged through logcats and can't find the problem either. A few Google Code forum posts talk about a possible bug introduced by network adapter manufacturers, or wpa_supplicant configuration issues. Haven't found a workaround yet, so I had to go back to 4.1.2, which seems to be stable.
More info here:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=34212
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40023
The more I read on this subject the more I come to realize this is not specific to a certain device. The only common denominator that jumps out at me is jellybean. Seems like the issue is with Google, not hardware. Sucks that such a basic feature is not reliable out of the box. At least now I can understand why my buddy calls Android "buggy". Hopefully this is fixed sometime in the near future.

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