Hey all. I'm temporarily using a galaxy nexus (man, I missed this device) but I've noticed some real flaky WiFi behavior. It constantly disconnects and reconnects. Not to mention the range ain't that great. Don't get me wrong--i know what a special device this is, I'm just wondering if b/c maybe its a few years old this is simply as good as it gets with the WiFi radio it has. I've been using the galaxy s4 for a bit but I just sold it and am waiting for the note 3. This nexus is my "back up" device.
Thanks.
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I just ran a speed test on WiFi and I downloaded at 22mps....
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pathtologos said:
Hey all. I'm temporarily using a galaxy nexus (man, I missed this device) but I've noticed some real flaky WiFi behavior. It constantly disconnects and reconnects. Not to mention the range ain't that great. Don't get me wrong--i know what a special device this is, I'm just wondering if b/c maybe its a few years old this is simply as good as it gets with the WiFi radio it has. I've been using the galaxy s4 for a bit but I just sold it and am waiting for the note 3. This nexus is my "back up" device.
Thanks.
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WiFi isn't related to the radio. Its controlled by the kernel. And for the record my WiFi works fine.
PS- I am also looking forward to buying the note 3 :beer:
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I'm running paranoid android on 4.2.2. Can u recommend a good kernel for better WiFi performance? After a bit more testing yesterday I realize that the range is really the issue. If I'm close enough to my router I have no problems. But with my other phones I don't have this issue anywhere in my house. On this nexus tho, if I'm in my spare bedroom the WiFi goes in and out constantly.
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pathtologos said:
I'm running paranoid android on 4.2.2. Can u recommend a good kernel for better WiFi performance? After a bit more testing yesterday I realize that the range is really the issue. If I'm close enough to my router I have no problems. But with my other phones I don't have this issue anywhere in my house. On this nexus tho, if I'm in my spare bedroom the WiFi goes in and out constantly.
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Try fancy
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are you using 5ghz oder 2.4ghz wifi?
the range on 5ghz is really bad, but on 2.4ghz it has a average range compared to other phones.
derlachendehans said:
are you using 5ghz oder 2.4ghz wifi?
the range on 5ghz is really bad, but on 2.4ghz it has a average range compared to other phones.
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I have it set to auto. Should I switch to 2.4?
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give it a try, check if your router uses the 5ghz band.
my router is capable of 2.4 and 5ghz using the same ssid for both.
always had the problem that my phone connected to the 5ghz and lost connection to wifi through 2 walls.
after setting it to 2.4ghz only it got better.
derlachendehans said:
give it a try, check if your router uses the 5ghz band.
my router is capable of 2.4 and 5ghz using the same ssid for both.
always had the problem that my phone connected to the 5ghz and lost connection to wifi through 2 walls.
after setting it to 2.4ghz only it got better.
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Thanks man. I'll give it a shot. I'm also gonna try that fancy kernel. Any other good kernels you've tried?
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big fan of stock image with stock kernel, especially since the 4.3 update.
i did not expierience a increase of wifi range with custom kernels, maybe a little bit more throughput.
but if you want to try a custom kernel its up to franco-kernel.
derlachendehans said:
big fan of stock image with stock kernel, especially since the 4.3 update.
i did not expierience a increase of wifi range with custom kernels, maybe a little bit more throughput.
but if you want to try a custom kernel its up to franco-kernel.
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Are there any bugs on 4.3?
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Franco kernels are slid as well
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pathtologos said:
Hey all. I'm temporarily using a galaxy nexus (man, I missed this device) but I've noticed some real flaky WiFi behavior. It constantly disconnects and reconnects. Not to mention the range ain't that great. Don't get me wrong--i know what a special device this is, I'm just wondering if b/c maybe its a few years old this is simply as good as it gets with the WiFi radio it has. I've been using the galaxy s4 for a bit but I just sold it and am waiting for the note 3. This nexus is my "back up" device.
Thanks.
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Go to your wifi settings and go to advanced. If avoid poor connections is checked then uncheck it
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Are there any bugs on 4.3?
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No release is bug free for me it fixed some anoying bugs like the data drops without bringing new ones.
And i have the impression it gave the gnex an other speed bump.
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Google screwed android beam, i was super excited to learn android beam had been updated to share pictures and even videos on jellybean, but guess what? android beam just activates bluetooth! and you send pictures and videos using bluetooth they take ages to transfer , how come the galaxy s iii use wifidirect ( with their marketing name "s-beam" ) ? so silly
Isnt there a way to force android beam to use wifi direct instead of bluetooth?
WiFi direct is in there along with Android beam
Samsungs S3 brings all three
WiFi direct
Android beam
S Beam
-Google
My friend has a galaxy s3 and i have the gnex and we shared pics no problem, especially speed..
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My friend has a galaxy s3 and i have the gnex and we shared pics no problem, especially speed..
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Is your friend's S3 running jelly bean?? I thought picture sharing was only available with Jelly Bean if you're using GNex's beam feature. I understand the S3 has S Beam but that won't work if you try to pair with a GNex, right?
Yep he is. You guys really should do research before creating forum topics.. Android beam uses NFC not Bluetooth. S-beam while yes using WiFi direct, the s3 also has the ability to share content through NFC.
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Where is the Wifi Direct setting in JB? I don't see it.
Nvm...found it in the Wifi settings.
I have to agree Android Beam is stupid slow. It took almost a full minute to transfer a 2mb image from one GNex to another.
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Chad_Petree said:
Google screwed android beam, i was super excited to learn android beam had been updated to share pictures and even videos on jellybean, but guess what? android beam just activates bluetooth! and you send pictures and videos using bluetooth they take ages to transfer , how come the galaxy s iii use wifidirect ( with their marketing name "s-beam" ) ? so silly
Isnt there a way to force android beam to use wifi direct instead of bluetooth?
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is your NFC even turned on? How about try going to settings>more>(check) NFC and you can see Andriod Bean via NFC
It is a chip stored in a battery do you expect it to take 2 seconds to transfer?
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Maybe not 2... but less than 10. 1 MB/s isn't unreasonable though so yeah, he probably does expect that.
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It is a chip stored in a battery do you expect it to take 2 seconds to transfer?
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That's just the antenna isn't it?
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DerAmi said:
Yep he is. You guys really should do research before creating forum topics.. Android beam uses NFC not Bluetooth. S-beam while yes using WiFi direct, the s3 also has the ability to share content through NFC.
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Maybe you should do some research as well.
In Jellybean:
Android Beam uses NFC as a matchmaker and transfer for basic things like URLs. For images, it is a matchmaker for BT.
NFC initiates connection and BT transfers.
NFC is too slow to transfer images. Are you really going to hold your devices together while you transfer a ~3+mb image for that long?
Max speed for NFC (standardized) 424Kbps. Slowest is 106. I have no idea which speed the Gnex uses, but its probably NOT the top end speed.
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It is a chip stored in a battery do you expect it to take 2 seconds to transfer?
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NFC antenna is in the battery. Not the NFC hardware itself.
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Maybe not 2... but less than 10. 1 MB/s isn't unreasonable though so yeah, he probably does expect that.
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I've transferred several mb images in a few seconds from my Gnex to N7. However it is wonky. The matchmaking process has issues. It took me 4 tries to get it to work to my N7, and Gnex to Gnex, it hasn't worked at all.
And your point? A radio needs an antenna does it not? It's supposed to be used to share light files not megabits of files. It may not be much, but again were talking about something slower than Bluetooth.
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DerAmi said:
And your point? A radio needs an antenna does it not? It's supposed to be used to share light files not megabits of files. It may not be much, but again were talking about something slower than Bluetooth.
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Maybe you missed the features of Jellybean.
http://mashable.com/2012/06/29/jelly-bean-android-beam/
My point is, IT IS for transferring pictures but the transmission medium is not NFC like you said.
It uses Bluetooth.
Also, my point about the antenna being in the battery, not the NFC chip, is to correct your mostly wrong information in this thread. You can't be going and telling people to research while you post incorrect information yourself.
The SGSIII uses Android Beam with Wifi Direct and calls it S-Beam....so there has to be a way to do the same with the GNEX!
Btw when I tried transferring an image to a SGSIII, it popped up with an error about not supporting such a big file or something. But it transferred fine GNEX to GNEX.
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Elisha said:
The SGSIII uses Android Beam with Wifi Direct and calls it S-Beam....so there has to be a way to do the same with the GNEX!
Btw when I tried transferring an image to a SGSIII, it popped up with an error about not supporting such a big file or something. But it transferred fine GNEX to GNEX.
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Not without surgery. S-Beam uses wifi-direct as the matchmaker, Android Beam uses BT. It would likely take changes to the source code to fix it, and I don't believe Android Beam is completely open source.
Dear OP
You don' t say something sucks unless that item/services trully really sucks. In this case your GN since it's you that seems to have issues with it.
As far as Android Beam is concern everthing works fine. Perhaps it's time to get yours check?
Would like to take a sec to thank adrynalyne for clearing up misinformation all over these forums posted by people who have no clue what there talking about.
That is all.
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Would like to take a sec to thank adrynalyne for clearing up misinformation all over these forums posted by people who have no clue what there talking about.
That is all.
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Yes! thank you adrylyne, perhaps people should make their own research before they say my nexus is broken lol , or that android beam doesnt use bluetooth to transfer files
Hey guys im reposting this here, original thread can be found here
Since the Galaxy Nexus has the same wlan chipset as the Nexus S and Galaxy S2 we should be able to get this working as well, would love to see kernel dev's implement this functionality to all kernels!
shoote said:
Greetings,
We are a group of 3 researchers and in the last few weeks we have successfully added "monitor mode" support to the common broadcom wifi chipsets: BCM4329 and BCM4330. We have a working PoC on Galaxy S 2 and Nexus One.
We opened a new blog with all of the details at:
http://bcmon.blogspot.com
For the lazy ones the current status is:
bcm4329 - Fully working monitor mode on our Nexus One
bcm4330 - successful PoC - monitor mode on Galaxy S II
We havent tested it yet, but if you have a phone with one of those chipsets (and you most probably have one), it should also work on your phone too.
We would appreciate any comments on the forum or to our mail "contact dot bcmon at gmail dot com"
Its been a long day (with little sleep) so good night/morning and enjoy
Ruby, Yuval and Omri
UPDATE: if you had wireless-tools errors with airodump-ng try the new utils.zip version.
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Can't wait to start auditing wifi networks with my Gnex
What does this do?
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The Gingerbread Man said:
What does this do?
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Making our wifi chipset turn into monitor mode from AP (access point) mode, most of it for hacking, just like in linux by using a program called kismet.
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this would definately be nice. at least for dumping.
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Wow, can't wait to try it out.
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Interested for sure!
#Galaxy Nexus HSPA+
Any updates on this?
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Any News ??
I cant imagine even after capturing enough ivs that decrypting the key would be very fast. WEP could work but WPA shouldn't even be tried. Except most WPA passwords now are just 10 numeric characters which are default on most gateways today. I've noticed that most people in my area aren't configuring their routers on their own. Even not being wep, default WPA is just as vulnerable if you can get a handshake.
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Just switched phone from S2 to Nexus. The nexus came with stock 4.1.1 and noticed it has considerable worse WiFi and mobile signals compared to Galaxy S2. So I updated to CM10 M2 and the issue is the same.
Is there a fix for that or does it just have crappier WiFi and mobile chips compared to S2?
ashrack0 said:
Just switched phone from S2 to Nexus. The nexus came with stock 4.1.1 and noticed it has considerable worse WiFi and mobile signals compared to Galaxy S2. So I updated to CM10 M2 and the issue is the same.
Is there a fix for that or does it just have crappier WiFi and mobile chips compared to S2?
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Same switch as me lol. But sorry to say the galaxy nexus has a worse Wi-Fi chip than the s2. . Now the LG nexus 4 is looking tempting lol
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Try flashing a different radio
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What about folks complaining that Jelly Bean made WiFi much worse:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=34942
Is there any salt to this?
ashrack0 said:
What about folks complaining that Jelly Bean made WiFi much worse:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=34942
Is there any salt to this?
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U can always try and flash an ICS ROM and see if that helps.
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I have the WiFi only variant and under networking options in settings, I am given the option to tether. I tried it out, and it created a hotspot which I recognized with my phone.
What is the purpose of this? To share WiFi that other devices have access to already? Maybe as a network repeater?
Would really like to know the answer.
Thank you!
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I have the WiFi only variant and under networking options in settings, I am given the option to tether. I tried it out, and it created a hotspot which I recognized with my phone.
What is the purpose of this? To share WiFi that other devices have access to already? Maybe as a network repeater?
Would really like to know the answer.
Thank you!
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INNNNteresting... the Nexus 7 2012 has that feature removed on the 3G model - much to everyone's annoyance. I wonder if this means I'll be put back in on the 2013 model...
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INNNNteresting... the Nexus 7 2012 has that feature removed on the 3G model - much to everyone's annoyance. I wonder if this means I'll be put back in on the 2013 model...
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If the Wi-Fi only model has it, I don't see why not.
Still want to figure out the purpose of this though.
I have actually been looking for something that would allow me to tether from a wireless connection.
Not that I say that stealing WiFi is good, when I go to hotels, I can often spoof my mac address to gain connectivity to the network. Wondering if I can spoof address on my nexus, then tether to my laptop, even though this could just as easily be done on my laptop.
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It extends the WiFi signal like a repeater
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It extends the WiFi signal like a repeater
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No. It doesn't.
I really don't know what purpose it would serve on a n7 WiFi. I use it in reverse, I will create a hotspot on my LTE phone so the n7 can piggyback on that when I don't have WiFi available.
you can use it to create a LAN and transfer files between devices...at very fast speeds...
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you can use it to create a LAN and transfer files between devices...at very fast speeds...
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I already use superbeam, which does a great job already. Not sure what other uses it could have.
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It s for the nexus 7 coming out...
Or maybe connect a TV and transfer movies from the nexus to your TV.
swisstourist said:
It s for the nexus 7 coming out...
Or maybe connect a TV and transfer movies from the nexus to your TV.
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LOL. This is turning into a 'what I would like for the hotspot function to do' thread
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Mine worked two days not now
MeS117 said:
I have the WiFi only variant and under networking options in settings, I am given the option to tether. I tried it out, and it created a hotspot which I recognized with my phone.
What is the purpose of this? To share WiFi that other devices have access to already? Maybe as a network repeater?
Would really like to know the answer.
Thank you!
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My hotspot worked this way two days ago but now when started then original wifi connection is lost by the nexus?
Any ideas what I may have changed?
negroplasty said:
No. It doesn't.
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It could be for remote wireless charging, via your Qi. A little known feature called Wi-Qi.
jk LOL
chrisjmart said:
My hotspot worked this way two days ago but now when started then original wifi connection is lost by the nexus?
Any ideas what I may have changed?
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I have noticed this too. I remember it would maintain WiFi connection with tether enabled, now it doesn't. Not sure if its due to the JSS15Q update or that I recently flashed Bulletproof kernel.
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Does anyone have a solution to being able to do this? It doesn't connect saying it can't get an ip address.
People say that it's because of the drivers put in on 4.2 (they are right it seems, I can get it to connect on a4.0 and 4.1 rom.)
Any sort of workaround other than downgrading. I'm tired of bridging it through my laptop
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WiFi tethering should work.
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I do it all the time and works good. Check your internet setting on the Xbox. I just have them set to auto. The NAT might not be open but it isn't strict either.
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WiFi tethering should work.
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leyvatron said:
I do it all the time and works good. Check your internet setting on the Xbox. I just have them set to auto. The NAT might not be open but it isn't strict either.
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You're both using the galaxy nexus and the slim Xbox?
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Garridon said:
You're both using the galaxy nexus and the slim Xbox?
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Slim xbox, old old Xbox, roku, nexus 10, and computer. All those I use with hotspot.
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leyvatron said:
Slim xbox, old old Xbox, roku, nexus 10, and computer. All those I use with hotspot.
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That's weird. Could I ask what rom you're running?
I can tether to everything but my Xbox. I have everything set to automatic on it.
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Garridon said:
That's weird. Could I ask what rom you're running?
I can tether to everything but my Xbox. I have everything set to automatic on it.
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AOKP milestone 2. you can find it on their website. It is kinda old but very stable.
4.2 rom
I haven't been able to get a tether with my nexus on any jelly bean 4.2 or higher I've just decided to stay on 4.1.2 forever since this issue doesn't seem to be a focus of the devs
Yeah, I asked one Dev and he said that if its a problem with the drivers there is nothing they can do
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Tethering also doesn't work for my Xbox slim , the last it worked was on ics
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