[Q] WiFi Connection Notification Normal? - Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Quick question, hope it's not too stupid. I just got a GTab 8.0 (perfect screen size!) and it's great but one thing is mildly annoying. I keep getting a "now connected to "my Wifi network name" notification often. I'm not noticing any drop in connection or anything to indicate my WiFi connection is unstable, and it's rock solid with all my other devices too. Is this just a normal thing with the GTab?

BretonGirl said:
Quick question, hope it's not too stupid. I just got a GTab 8.0 (perfect screen size!) and it's great but one thing is mildly annoying. I keep getting a "now connected to "my Wifi network name" notification often. I'm not noticing any drop in connection or anything to indicate my WiFi connection is unstable, and it's rock solid with all my other devices too. Is this just a normal thing with the GTab?
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I came here looking to see if there are any wifi issues after the latest update (Tab 3 7.0). I am seeing the same thing but wifi is disconecting upon sleep for me. What i see is a connection notification when I first wake the screen. If I catch it quickly, I can see that wifi was not connected.
Also, I tripled checked the wifi sleep policy and it is set to Always. This just started after the latest update. I am rooted so I reverted to older firmware and everything is back to normal.
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I have experienced this as well on the 7.0, I also started receiving error messages from Gmail (via Aquamail) regarding "too many simultaneous connections" while this was happening. Anyways I have the 3G version and don't require Wifi use often, so I haven't thought much about this, but I'd call this normal.

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[Q] Ready to throw my GN against the wall. Wifi wont stay on!

Hi all, Im having a problem that is slowly driving me insane for the past 2 weeks. I surely cant be the only one. Anyway, I generally move between home and work daily, both have WIFI. When Im at home Im connected, all fine. I travel to work, WIFI isnt connected, again this is normal. I get into work and when I expect it be connected to WIFI it isnt, WIFI is off and I have to manually turn it back on to get it connected to WIFI again. Why do I have to do this? Why have all my other Android devices just worked normally and reconnect to known networks. Its soooo frustrating
Anyone have same problem or have a resolution?
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TheBishopOfSoho said:
Hi all, Im having a problem that is slowly driving me insane for the past 2 weeks. I surely cant be the only one. Anyway, I generally move between home and work daily, both have WIFI. When Im at home Im connected, all fine. I travel to work, WIFI isnt connected, again this is normal. I get into work and when I expect it be connected to WIFI it isnt, WIFI is off and I have to manually turn it back on to get it connected to WIFI again. Why do I have to do this? Why have all my other Android devices just worked normally and reconnect to known networks. Its soooo frustrating
Anyone have same problem or have a resolution?
S
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What rom?What settings in phone wifi?
Both Stock rom, with and without the volume fix, and Modaco MCR4. Wifi settings are set as WIFI on even during sleep.
Is there some settings Im missing somewhere other than in Settings > Wireless & Netowrks > Wifi ??
TheBishopOfSoho said:
Both Stock rom, with and without the volume fix, and Modaco MCR4. Wifi settings are set as WIFI on even during sleep.
Is there some settings Im missing somewhere other than in Settings > Wireless & Netowrks > Wifi ??
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Nope these are the settings.The strange thing for me is that your wifi turns off automatically
Try going to advanced WIFI settings and disable 'Avoid poor connections'
bongadadu said:
Try going to advanced WIFI settings and disable 'Avoid poor connections'
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Exactly.This is what i prepared to post.Give it a try
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afilopou said:
Exactly.This is what i prepared to post.Give it a try
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Yep. Try that. Only thing I can think of. My wifi was flaky with that setting on even 4 from my router. If that doesn't solve are you using any kind of task managing àpp?
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TheBishopOfSoho said:
Hi all, Im having a problem that is slowly driving me insane for the past 2 weeks. I surely cant be the only one. Anyway, I generally move between home and work daily, both have WIFI. When Im at home Im connected, all fine. I travel to work, WIFI isnt connected, again this is normal. I get into work and when I expect it be connected to WIFI it isnt, WIFI is off and I have to manually turn it back on to get it connected to WIFI again. Why do I have to do this? Why have all my other Android devices just worked normally and reconnect to known networks. Its soooo frustrating
Anyone have same problem or have a resolution?
S
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I have posted this in other people's threads in regards to poor wifi reception. I recently purchased a 9250 through bell canada and have the same problem.
I have turned off the 'avoid poor connections' as well. It turns on and off on its own and can't get through a download of more then 5MB on wifi.
It will also reconnect on its own if I have left wifi turned on. I would say while WIFI is turned on I may actually be connected 30% of the time. This is 90% in 2 feet away from a router.
I'm having the same issue (wifi turning itself off) - noticed it the other day and just assume I'd caught the wi-fi button (I use extended controls). Happened again this morning and also just now as I got home.
I've not modded anything on my Nexus (4.0.1) - avoid poor connections has been disabled for a while.
I may test the theory, but betweek home and work is a wifi enabled bus journey, I never use it but it always tells me there's a wifi available. I might turn wifi notification off and see it if turns itself off before I get to work in the morning...
Left home with wifi on... Got to work and wifi was off? Wtf?
Could it be extended controls?
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TheBishopOfSoho said:
Hi all, Im having a problem that is slowly driving me insane for the past 2 weeks. I surely cant be the only one. Anyway, I generally move between home and work daily, both have WIFI. When Im at home Im connected, all fine. I travel to work, WIFI isnt connected, again this is normal. I get into work and when I expect it be connected to WIFI it isnt, WIFI is off and I have to manually turn it back on to get it connected to WIFI again. Why do I have to do this? Why have all my other Android devices just worked normally and reconnect to known networks. Its soooo frustrating
Anyone have same problem or have a resolution?
S
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You are not the only one, it's happening to me in exactly the same scenario. Oddly enough it hasn't happened today.
i cant make out of your post thast the wifi on/off button turns of? or just the connection to the wifi adres?
i dont know about any sleep or auto turn of policy's as i didnt try it(i always turn off my wifi when travling)
but if its the last thing.
than the problem might not even be the GN.?
but the router it self.
even computer's and laptopt can have problems when the password is too long,or to different(hard characters like :';/.m,[email protected]#$%^&**(() ][ )
it might also be the MHZ setting,as the 20MHZ has wider range but can be disorted by machines like microwaves.
but the 40MHZ has lower range but wouldnt be disorted.
as there is also the channel option thats has been set wrong/or the pasword encryption. or any other router conflicting with the router you want to connect.
it might also be the router not liking your GN.(as my spica doesnt conect to my router at home,but all my other devices do.my router doesnt want to give a IP to my spica.)
It just happened to me again now, left the office whilst wifi was on and connected. Grabbed some lunch and returned (about 20 mins) and now my wifi button is set to off and I need to set it back to on.
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It just happened to me again now, left the office whilst wifi was on and connected. Grabbed some lunch and returned (about 20 mins) and now my wifi button is set to off and I need to set it back to on.
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Are there any policiys or settings for auto off?
you might also want to look into the power setting's,might be a power save feature.
And you are running stock? or??
ghost010 said:
Are there any policiys or settings for auto off?
you might also want to look into the power setting's,might be a power save feature.
And you are running stock? or??
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Can't see any policy settings or any power save features. Running stock.
somehow I have fixed it. Problem is I don't know how.
Here is what I did in case anyone else needs help;
*From the 'My Vodafone' app, select wi-fi finder, in settings untick 'Enable BT Openzone'
*Settings, wi-fi, advanced, untick 'Network Notification', untick 'Avoid poor connections'
Not sure which of the above actually fixes it but my Wi-Fi has been on for about 1 1/2 days now.
Have you or when did you upgrade to 4.0.2? As the changelog mentions a wifi fixed. Only upgraded this morning so won't see if it has worked until I get home...
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So I am still having this problem since day one. I have travelled through 3 countries and multiple cities and tried to use WIFI in at least 20+ different instances and the problem is the same.
It connects right away (really quickly actually) will stay connected for a bit then eventually loses connection.
I can't download any of the big packages for the games and so I can't play them. I won't use my data connection for anything over 100mb.
I got a message for an update yesterday. Updated the phone but I see no difference in the Android version number.
Anything happening with this?
I thought the update i was downloading was 4.0.2 but i guess it wasn't.
I am familar with updating and flashing from the galaxy s. But I want to use the phone completely stock for while.
I have just returned my nexus for a replacement. Lets see how it goes.
So far I have had the power shut off once while toggling the wifi widget (never happened on my other phone). And the wifi has disconnected twice. I have just done the update (not 4.0.2) and it seems to work a little better.
Called samsung yesterday after getting the replacement phone when it had the same issue (just as a reminder I have tried it on numerous routers/ap's) and they said they hadn't heard of the issue.
I said I was just calling to provide some feedback. They told me to return the phone yet again. I obviously believe I don't have a problem with the hardware at all. I figured if store let me return it, then why not.
Anyway onto my 3rd one today and the exact same problem.
I think that even though I am turning off "Avoid Poor Connections" it isn't actually turning that 'feature' off. Every so often and only if your watching the wifi settings it will say that it disconnected the wifi connection due to low signal.
Mind you all of this is 1' from my router while sitting at my computer. My galaxy S is sitting beside me and has maintained a wireless link to the router the entire time.

Network loss

Ok guys, having a real problem here. Often when I am connected to either 3g or wifi my phone will stop picking up signal suddenly. AIt's almost every time and I will have to disconnect from the network manually and reconnect and it will instantly pick up signal again for a while then it'll repeat. When it suddenly stops it doesn't show on the status bar that I have lost any signal. With 3g its kinda just at a stand still not receiving or uploading and with wifi it just stays the same but I'm still not picking up a signal because by web pages won't load neither will other apps that require network load until I manully disconnect and reconnect. Is anyone else having a problem like this? I don't think it was like this when I firs got my phone a month ago. I'm at a loss. Any help is much appreciated. Oh I'm completely stock btw haven't rooted........(yet) lol
microdave said:
Ok guys, having a real problem here. Often when I am connected to either 3g or wifi my phone will stop picking up signal suddenly. AIt's almost every time and I will have to disconnect from the network manually and reconnect and it will instantly pick up signal again for a while then it'll repeat. When it suddenly stops it doesn't show on the status bar that I have lost any signal. With 3g its kinda just at a stand still not receiving or uploading and with wifi it just stays the same but I'm still not picking up a signal because by web pages won't load neither will other apps that require network load until I manully disconnect and reconnect. Is anyone else having a problem like this? I don't think it was like this when I firs got my phone a month ago. I'm at a loss. Any help is much appreciated. Oh I'm completely stock btw haven't rooted........(yet) lol
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It has happened to me a couple times that I have noticed. I will be streaming music and walking and all of a sudden, nothing.
Even a soft reboot does not help. It will require a full reboot generally to solve the issue. I have not been able to identify the issue specifically. I suspect it might be related to LTE testing in my area.
What's the LTE status in your area?
No lte yet but as I stated earlier it happens on wifi too. It'll still show that the signal is connected but my pages want load at all after it happens and when I try to refresh it'll say that the webpage could not load because there is no network. Only until I manually shut off 3g or wifi in the settings and turn it back on will it pick up signal again but only for about 5 minutes. This has happened in various locations on 3g and wifi and will even happen at home wifi.
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This has happened to me as well... A lot . Stock.. on various roms.. No lte as well.. But it's in the works
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I've had this problem too. Sprint replaced my phone and it never happened again.
I think reactivating hands free actually fixed my problem...for now anyway. It's not losing network like it was before. All I did was enter on the phone dial pad ##72786# that'll reactivate. Hope this helps

4.3 Wi-Fi bug?

Anyone else notice Wi-Fi randomly deciding to turn off/not connect to automatic networks, like your home or office?
I notice that sometimes I'll pick up my phone and go to use the VPN and it will say I can't connect because I'm not connected to the Internet. Or I'll get an email in Gmail while using my laptop and wonder why my phone didn't beep just then and notify me. I then look in the to corner and see it isn't connected to my network, nor making an attempt to. The Wi-Fi signal symbol just isn't there. The Wi-Fi quick settings button is highlighted meaning Wi-Fi is in fact enabled, but it isn't connected to it for some reason. The second I go look at the network list -- and it does see all the networks so I know for sure it is enabled and scanning -- it instantly tries to connect and does so perfectly fine.
I thought it was just a bad signal once or a router issue, but it has happened several times now since updating to 4.3. This has never happened before.
It's just like it randomly decides not to try and connect to the network unless I open up the network list. It's random as far as I can tell. It's usually fine, but it has happened on more than one occasion now since upgrading to 4.3.
Any ideas? I haven't changed any settings since 4.3. I thought it might be battery/idle related, but once I get it to connect again, it stays connected no matter what the status of the battery or how long it's idle. This makes me think it's probably a bug.

Wifi Drops

Had this tab for about a month and since day 1 ive been having wifi drops.
I thought it might be my mobile hotspot or home network, but compared to other devices i know its not.
This is the only device i won out of 30 that does this.
ill be on the network and all of a sudden i lose connection and then it starts up again.
i tried changing the channel on the network and still a no go.
i thought of rooting it but really wanted to just keep it stock.
If anyone knows of a rom that would fix the wifi drops 100% then id consider rooting.
please help
FingerBlastJ said:
Had this tab for about a month and since day 1 ive been having wifi drops.
I thought it might be my mobile hotspot or home network, but compared to other devices i know its not.
This is the only device i won out of 30 that does this.
ill be on the network and all of a sudden i lose connection and then it starts up again.
i tried changing the channel on the network and still a no go.
i thought of rooting it but really wanted to just keep it stock.
If anyone knows of a rom that would fix the wifi drops 100% then id consider rooting.
please help
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I have the same experience.
I have a T320 (8.4" WiFi) which I had rooted using the Towelroot method, and I kept getting the "Now connected to... [router]" reconnects even when I was sitting right in front of my router.
I found that by keeping "WiFi Always On" (which I believe was the default?) during sleep instead of "only when plugged in" or "never", those wifi drops are less frequent, but still an annoyance.
xdakewie said:
I have the same experience.
I have a T320 (8.4" WiFi) which I had rooted using the Towelroot method, and I kept getting the "Now connected to... [router]" reconnects even when I was sitting right in front of my router.
I found that by keeping "WiFi Always On" (which I believe was the default?) during sleep instead of "only when plugged in" or "never", those wifi drops are less frequent, but still an annoyance.
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You might want to check this thread for wifi issues on Tab Pro 8.4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2656183

WiFi keeps disconnecting and reconnecting.

Title explains most of my issue but whenever I want to do anything on my phone the WiFi always keeps randomly disconnecting and reconnecting on my G4, when i go to my WiFi settings while its disconnected it just says the network is saved and then when i connect to it, it instantly disconnects. If anybody has any solutions its would be gladly appreciated.
I have the same issue. One additional info I have is if I look at wifi immediately when it disconnects, it shows something like "Avoided poor internet connection....." even though signal strength is Excellent. It feels as though LG reduced the threshold of developer options' "Aggressive Wi-Fi to Cellular handover". I have that option OFF.
I recently got a replacement Verizon G4 Hardware rev1 because of the constant horrible Qi Charging meltdowns. My new G4 seems to have a faulty Wifi module or something because my wifi will suddenly just stop working (even though still connected). I also get weird toast messages that is is disconnected/connected, when I am sitting a few feet away from my router.
My router is a newer AC router. The wifi analysis shows me on a good channel. None of my other devices (or previous G4s) have an issue.
I have 2.4 and 5ghz enabled so perhaps it is disconnecting and reconnecting to change bands. I haven't gave it much thought because honestlt I do this crap for work and been lazy. I think there is an option to use 2.4ghz only. That may prevent it bouncing occasionally.
I get the same thing. Very annoying
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I just noticed this thread. My WiFi seems to get into a state where it does this too. What I've found is
1) it only does it when connected to 2.4Ghz WiFi. If I use my router's 5Ghz network it stays connected. Unfortunately the range of 5Ghz is not good enough for me to use this all the time.
2) it only happens when Bluetooth is enabled. If I disable Bluetooth then my WiFi stays connected. This is annoying to have to do and more of a workaround than a fix.
3) WiFi works perfectly in Safe Mode
I'd be interested to hear if this is the same for others who have this issue too.
Like I said, my phone seems to go through phases when this occurs, then (seemingly randomly) it fixes itself and works for a few days/weeks, but then it happens again. The state change seems to be triggered by installing/uninstalling apps but I can't make this happen at will.
Same issue here, very annoying. All other devices stay connected to WiFi just fine but this LG G4 keeps disconnecting and reconnecting. I have an Asus AC router. The phone is connected to the 2.4 Ghz band. Not sure what to do...the phone just got an update (marshmallow)...the router is updated and working fine with all other devices.
Me too. Even when signal is great. This is terrible.
I know this is a pretty old thread, but I was just having the same issue on my g6. I found that it was because I disabled some of what I thought was just bloatware. By enabling both the LG "SmartWorld" app and the at&t " Smart Limits" app I was able to get my wifi working properly again.
I am not sure which one was the culprit, but I hope this helps anyone else digging back for a solution.

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