Just got a Desire today, and the wifi signal seems really really dismal,in my current location, 3gs gets 3(out of 5) bars, laptop gets 5 bars(out of 5), desire gets half a bar.
Has it always been so poor?
It'll get better with Froyo.
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don't bother with bars, download speed test app from market and check speed instead...
jimlad said:
It'll get better with Froyo.
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Seems to be the standard response to everything nowadays
Whilst the signal doesn't show up as strong as it does on my laptop the WiFi still works really well on my Desire
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I get very good speeds on wi fi. No problems here.
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Don't compare it with your laptop. The laptop has better antenna then a mobile phone.
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There are a few things you can do to improve the signal. First I'd recommend custom seeing your router to optimize WiFi signal. Select a lease used channel I found that helped my speed by a lot. And its fairly obvious why, the desire has a weaker signal strength then other devices like a laptop.
If you live in a zone that has a high density WiFi coverage finding a less used chanel will help. Make sure there are no other routers close by transmitting on that channel.
There is a app in the market that can help you with this "Wifi Analizer"
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Note this was removed in lh1 and newer firmwares. Even worse is that I had mine set to 2.4ghz only and that Is what was still set after flashing to lh1 which means without thus app I could never have gotten 5ghz to work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1891970
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Thanks for this gonna make a backup and try it out
Edit: I don't know if I switch it over to 5 ghz it doesn't connect to anything at all. The wifi on this phone totally blows that's about my only gripe I just use the mobile network cause I know out won't drop!
Question: is there any possible way to actually just increase the power of the wifi? Or does that need some kind of patch or something? It would be nice to use wifi when not sitting directly in front of the router
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thatsupnow said:
Thanks for this gonna make a backup and try it out
Edit: I don't know if I switch it over to 5 ghz it doesn't connect to anything at all. The wifi on this phone totally blows that's about my only gripe I just use the mobile network cause I know out won't drop!
Question: is there any possible way to actually just increase the power of the wifi? Or does that need some kind of patch or something? It would be nice to use wifi when not sitting directly in front of the router
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Yours maybe flawed, my first s3 had trouble connecting to wifi, swapped it for another and no more trouble. I can be outside at my truck in the street and connect to my wifi in the house on the second floor
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Shi**y beans whatever I guess I'm not gonna bother grabbing a new one I'll just wait for the s4 to come out next year
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Get a better router seems like ur router is only 2.4 i have a 5ghz my s3 connects fine and alot faster
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JB calhoun said:
Get a better router seems like ur router is only 2.4 i have a 5ghz my s3 connects fine and alot faster
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yea I just checked my router settings and it is only 2.4 I think my bro might have one kicking around somewhere
Edit: I actually just flashed a different kernel, switched from faux to sammy its got updated usb and wifi drivers and the connection is a whole lot better!
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yea I just checked my router settings and it is only 2.4 I think my bro might have one kicking around somewhere
Edit: I actually just flashed a different kernel, switched from faux to sammy its got updated usb and wifi drivers and the connection is a whole lot better!
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Ktoonz newest works very well too I'm using it
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Earlier today I noticed I had no signal, now I'm at home and the signal is still nothing.
I'm on Vodafone, just wondering is it Vodafone or my HOX the reason I have no signal?
Really getting Pissed off with my HOX now, issue after issue.
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Wilks3y said:
Earlier today I noticed I had no signal, now I'm at home and the signal is still nothing.
I'm on Vodafone, just wondering is it Vodafone or my HOX the reason I have no signal?
Really getting Pissed off with my HOX now, issue after issue.
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Take it to voda
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Wilks3y said:
Earlier today I noticed I had no signal, now I'm at home and the signal is still nothing.
I'm on Vodafone, just wondering is it Vodafone or my HOX the reason I have no signal?
Really getting Pissed off with my HOX now, issue after issue.
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Most probably work going on, on your local mast , if it randomly just done it. The hox originally had its defects and problems, now they've been ironed out in the new 2.17 update, its just flawless!
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O2 mast has been pretty much none functional for the last 3 days.
Google for a service status normally they provide you with a web page you can out your post code in and see what's going on.
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Put your sim in another phone to rule yours out!
Check Vodafones website they should have a current status type thing. I'm on Voda as well and whilst in London signal is good some other places it's notorious. Was down Portsmouth last week and had major network issues down there, usually sitting on g most the day and this resulted in severe battery drain!
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Hello everyone a sudden WiFi problem occurred with my HOX.Allthough my rooter at home is not the best possible I could always connect with my HOX with no problem.Suddenly today afternoon HOX can't connect or the weak signal comes and goes plus the device is pretty hot on the back around the camera area.Any ideas?I could really use your help.
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tasos12 said:
Hello everyone a sudden WiFi problem occurred with my HOX.Allthough my rooter at home is not the best possible I could always connect with my HOX with no problem.Suddenly today afternoon HOX can't connect or the weak signal comes and goes plus the device is pretty hot on the back around the camera area.Any ideas?I could really use your help.
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are you on 3.20.401.3 base?
exocetdj said:
are you on 3.20.401.3 base?
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No I am on 3.20.401.1
The obvious thing try changing your Rom. See if theres any new interference around you. Theres free software on the net like inssider that can tell you what channels other people are using. See of changing the router to 'g' helps although that should only help if your x is old and suffers from problems.
But yeah see what's around. Try changing your router channel. Try different kernels also
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Hey guys, in hoping that someone can help as I'm pulling my hair out over this.
I just got my M8 a couple of days ago.but am experiencing problems with the Wi-Fi download speeds. I've got a 30meg connection at home which is working perfectly fine (I have tested this by running speed tests from multiple devices, including my old HTC One X and my partner's Xperia Z) and they all do the test at maximum speed. The problem is that my new M8 gets results of between 3 and 5mbps on the same speed test (By Ookla). I have not changed any of the settings and don't have any power management apps or anything that's likely to do this.
If I disconnect and reconnect to my router, the speed test results get the expected download speeds for a short while, but then return to the slow ones.
Any ideas??
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clockwork.satan said:
Hey guys, in hoping that someone can help as I'm pulling my hair out over this.
I just got my M8 a couple of days ago.but am experiencing problems with the Wi-Fi download speeds. I've got a 30meg connection at home which is working perfectly fine (I have tested this by running speed tests from multiple devices, including my old HTC One X and my partner's Xperia Z) and they all do the test at maximum speed. The problem is that my new M8 gets results of between 3 and 5mbps on the same speed test (By Ookla). I have not changed any of the settings and don't have any power management apps or anything that's likely to do this.
If I disconnect and reconnect to my router, the speed test results get the expected download speeds for a short while, but then return to the slow ones.
Any ideas??
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you have dual band router ? try diff frequency ?
I actually just tried completely rebooting the router after switching between 2.4 and 5Ghz with no effect, so fingers crossed!
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...Which made no difference. What the hell could be causing this?!
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clockwork.satan said:
...Which made no difference. What the hell could be causing this?!
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pc slow ?
Nope, I've ran speed tests from my PC's and they're working fine.
I've just tried changing the WiFi channel to see if that makes any difference... But surely it would effect all off my devices if there was a clash with someone else's router?
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So far, changing the WiFi channel seems to have fixed it... Will see if it keeps working after the phone has went to sleep...
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Ok, guys - I've rebooted my router, changed frequency and channel, deleted the connection and added it back again and disabled any apps that might be causing this, but still no luck.
Could it be a fault with my phone?
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clockwork.satan said:
Ok, guys - I've rebooted my router, changed frequency and channel, deleted the connection and added it back again and disabled any apps that might be causing this, but still no luck.
Could it be a fault with my phone?
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i doubt it, my wifi is fast where my mobile data is like 6 mbps. wifi is 30 mbps
Ok, so I completely taken my M8 back to scratch tonight and done a factory reset... And guess what? IT'S STILL DOING IT!
Surely there must be someone out there that's seen this before?
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Ok, so I completely taken my M8 back to scratch tonight and done a factory reset... And guess what? IT'S STILL DOING IT!
Surely there must be someone out there that's seen this before?
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I would try someone else's router before saying it's your phone. Also try different server on speedtest. Maybe there is something with your specific router that doesn't get along with the n_ac chip in your phone. Mine pulls 88mbit on my 105mb line. I have 2 year old airport extreme. It actually didn't work well in the past with my gs4 but a firmware update fixed it.
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Ok, so I completely taken my M8 back to scratch tonight and done a factory reset... And guess what? IT'S STILL DOING IT!
Surely there must be someone out there that's seen this before?
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Hi @clockwork.satan
I'm in the same boat as you but with a different device (Sony Xperia Z Ultra GPE)
The speed is around 30Mbps on my desktop but only 3Mbps on my device.
The thing is, that this happens at home not on other routers I tried. So my conclusion is that it's something in the router.
You should try it too, test your connection on someone else's router to exclude the device from being the problem.
same issue
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Ok, so I completely taken my M8 back to scratch tonight and done a factory reset... And guess what? IT'S STILL DOING IT!
Surely there must be someone out there that's seen this before?
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I have the exact same issue. Same issue on multiple routers. Gets up to 20 mbs then Halfway though the test rapidly drops down to 1.4 mbs. Lte is 30-40mbs consistently. Can't figure it out.
Hi Guys, any solutions on this ? I have also M8 and yestarday i ahve discovered the same issue
aazmath said:
Hi Guys, any solutions on this ? I have also M8 and yestarday i ahve discovered the same issue
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I've managed to sort this by enabling 5 GHz frequency on my router then connecting the phone to the 5 GHz frequency. I had disabled it a while ago for some reason and thought id give it a go. My WiFi speeds on the phone were 0.8 to 3 on the 2.4 GHz and are now averaging 90Mbps!! Download.
Same Issue!
Ive been having the exact same issue for months now. Swapped routers, changed channel and frequency. Tried different networks (work, home, friends, mobile hotspots) and factory reset twice. Nothing works. It is definitely the M8 with an issue but I can't pinpoint why. The only thing that works is disabling WiFi on the M8 and re-establishing a connection but this works for a whole of about 30 seconds before my speed drops again. I've resorted to sticking to 4g until a solution is found. Someone surely has to have an answer.
I'm having the same issue. Anybody else have any advice.
I thought I'd add I am having the same issue with my M8 I just got the other day. Download speeds won't break about 2Mbps!!! Upload sppeds seem unaffected (but they are slow anyways here @ 4Mbps) All my other phones/pcs would run about 32-33Mbps on wireless via my 35Mbps connection, including my old M8.
I noticed if I turn airplane mode on and then off, the download speeds return to normal for a short while, then revert to the 2Mbps downloads I have tried factory reset of both router and phone. Clearing cache on phone, etc, to no avail... I am running Android 6.0 (6.13.631.7)
I'd love to figure this out. This phone is mint that I got and this is the only issue, so would hate to get rid of it due to this...
Should I just ask here or make my own thread on this?
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It's not the phone. Download speeds shown in speedtest are just for the potential. There are still the upload speeds to deal with from where you are downloading from. 2mbps are normal.
Do this:
Go to a torrent site on you PC/laptop and download a movie that has a lot of seeders. (or download something from pretty much anywhere you feel like downloading from)
Check the download speeds. If you are getting 30mbps, then it is a miracle! Chances are it'll be around 2mbps at its peak.
It's not the phone.
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It's not the phone. Download speeds shown in speedtest are just for the potential. There are still the upload speeds to deal with from where you are downloading from. 2mbps are normal.
Do this:
Go to a torrent site on you PC/laptop and download a movie that has a lot of seeders. (or download something from pretty much anywhere you feel like downloading from)
Check the download speeds. If you are getting 30mbps, then it is a miracle! Chances are it'll be around 2mbps at its peak.
It's not the phone.
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Every phone I've owned in the past few years (including my old M8) has shown the same speeds for wifi (35/5 connection shows about 32-33/4). It's the phone.