Ok, this is a HUGE issue. And if I can't fix it I will have to return the phone.
My Mobile Hotspot only works with the screen on. Every time the screen turns off I lose my connection. The hotspot doesn't turn off it just stops functioning. It works fine as soon as I turn the screen back on.
This is REALLY annoying as I use my hotspot all the time. I'm on Verizon and blow thru over 20gigs of data per month.
Can anyone please help me fix this? Is it happening to anyone else?
Thnx!
StormCell said:
Ok, this is a HUGE issue. And if I can't fix it I will have to return the phone.
My Mobile Hotspot only works with the screen on. Every time the screen turns off I lose my connection. The hotspot doesn't turn off it just stops functioning. It works fine as soon as I turn the screen back on.
This is REALLY annoying as I use my hotspot all the time. I'm on Verizon and blow thru over 20gigs of data per month.
Can anyone please help me fix this? Is it happening to anyone else?
Thnx!
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A shot in the dark and I do not have an M8 right now to confirm, but did you try enabling the "Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep" option in Wifi->Advanced menu?
AnDruid said:
A shot in the dark and I do not have an M8 right now to confirm, but did you try enabling the "Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep" option in Wifi->Advanced menu?
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If you are using power saver that has option "Data connection - Put to sleep when screen is off"
WiFi is turned off when the hotspot is active so. Not sure how that would help.
I don't have Power Save on my Verizon M8.
Is no one else experiencing this?
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Does anyone elses wifi stay stuck on cm7 when they turn it off? Mine will sit with the dim green bar on the power widget but it will never go away and then when i go into settings>wireless and networks the enable/disable box is greyed out with a check in it. I have to reboot the phone in order to fix it. Anyone else have this issue and is it a known bug? Thanks!
pettigrew95 said:
Does anyone elses wifi stay stuck on cm7 when they turn it off? Mine will sit with the dim green bar on the power widget but it will never go away and then when i go into settings>wireless and networks the enable/disable box is greyed out with a check in it. I have to reboot the phone in order to fix it. Anyone else have this issue and is it a known bug? Thanks!
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I had this issue on RC1, I'm on RC2 now but I haven't tested WiFi. What are you using?
SefEXE said:
I had this issue on RC1, I'm on RC2 now but I haven't tested WiFi. What are you using?
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Nightly 14
So usually my wifi keeps turning off or on and its set toggled on and idk what's wrong... I fixed permissions already but its still doing it
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seems like this could own the battery. anyone else's doing this?
camf3xu said:
seems like this could own the battery. anyone else's doing this?
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Yes, i have noticed this on mine at work. Will see if it does the same thing at home.
interesting problem can more people confirm?
maybe this is related to this other case? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313800
My guess is it needs to toggle so you can recieve calls. When we get Wi Fi calling then it will be fixed.
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yup, mine does this as well. just got it a few days ago. seems like when the screen turns off, the wifi turns off with it. every time I unlock the phone, I see the wifi icon come on and connect automatically. and YES, I have checked the wifi sleep options. wifi is set to NEVER turn off.
Also it sometimes completely disconnects from my router and I have to turn wifi off and on again to reconnect.
hopefully this gets resolved with the next update.
concering the issue if you look in your wifi settings and you see it scanning every 2-3 seconds, would this fix it? i remember a developer had made this adjustment to the buildprop when i owned an optimus V.
Changed wifi supplicant scan interval to 60
I know I had a problem with WIFI dropping every few minutes and disconnecting/reconnecting all the time. Causing streaming issues, internet issues and freeze issues if on lockscreen. Well, I have fixed this for myself and wanted to share.
To insure this doesn't happen, just follow these steps:
1. Dial *#0011#
2. Hit the left menu softkey to bring up the menu, and select 'Wifi'
3. Turn OFF the 'Wifi Power Saving'
4. Exit, and Reboot.
Ever since then, I haven't had issues. I am on AT&T GS3. If you are having this issue, please report back here with your model and if this fix worked.
Just trying to help. Good day all!
I'm not entirely certain this was happening, but had noticed some oddities. Not as bad as your experience, however.
But I did make the change to see how it would affect battery life. I am on the Sprint network.
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Optimizer said:
I know I had a problem with WIFI dropping every few minutes and disconnecting/reconnecting all the time. Causing streaming issues, internet issues and freeze issues if on lockscreen. Well, I have fixed this for myself and wanted to share.
To insure this doesn't happen, just follow these steps:
1. Dial *#0011#
2. Hit the left menu softkey to bring up the menu, and select 'Wifi'
3. Turn OFF the 'Wifi Power Saving'
4. Exit, and Reboot.
Ever since then, I haven't had issues. I am on AT&T GS3. If you are having this issue, please report back here with your model and if this fix worked.
Just trying to help. Good day all!
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Didnt notice a difference and after a reboot it turns back on.
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I don't have issues at home but I do with the WiFi at work so I'll try it tomorrow and let you know how it works out. It disconnects and reconnects every 5 seconds and I'm not exaggerating either.
I think the WAP may be a little wonky but my HTC Desire HD had no problem with it.
Mine turned back on after reboot as well.
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I am working through logcats as well. I reverted the setting to mimic the problem, and I am going to look at logcats.
If I can see what is exactly triggering it, I will make a flashable fix.
In the meantime, I have another S3 here that I have the power save off on and I still haven't seen a drop yet. So preliminary, I think this is a temporary fix until I can find out root problem.
Hope you find a fix
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I am working through logcats as well. I reverted the setting to mimic the problem, and I am going to look at logcats.
If I can see what is exactly triggering it, I will make a flashable fix.
In the meantime, I have another S3 here that I have the power save off on and I still haven't seen a drop yet. So preliminary, I think this is a temporary fix until I can find out root problem.
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I have a similar problem. Mine doesn't disconnect per-se, however I did notice while browsing through Flipboard that I wasn't getting any signal sometimes when trying to access a page with a lot of content. Page loading came to a stop. Backed out several times and retried until I finally gave up. This was on my home wifi. I'll try your work-around for a few days. T-Mobile version.
EDIT: This may be just a FlipBoard quirk.
I will try this when I get home. I have a problem on my Sprint SGS3 where it stays connected to wifi but the internet won't actually work (can't browse internet, use play store or youtube, etc). Wifi never sleeps, it's always on. It never disconnects from the network, it just stops receiving and sending data. So we'll see if this does anything for it.
you guys dont have an issue where the display doesnt timeout after turning off the power save?
display won't time out from turning off the wifi power save. Totally unrelated. I am trying to mimic the problem right now.
If anyone is having the issues of the reconnnecting every few seconds and can logcat it for me, PM me please. I can't seem to mimic the problem since the fix.
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display won't time out from turning off the wifi power save. Totally unrelated. I am trying to mimic the problem right now.
If anyone is having the issues of the reconnnecting every few seconds and can logcat it for me, PM me please. I can't seem to mimic the problem since the fix.
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It happens randomly and especially after the phone goes into deep sleep with wifi on
nubbert said:
I don't have issues at home but I do with the WiFi at work so I'll try it tomorrow and let you know how it works out. It disconnects and reconnects every 5 seconds and I'm not exaggerating either.
I think the WAP may be a little wonky but my HTC Desire HD had no problem with it.
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Turning off power save does indeed fix the WiFi issue at work. As posted before, restarting the phone turns power save back on and the problem is back.
Optimizer said:
display won't time out from turning off the wifi power save. Totally unrelated. I am trying to mimic the problem right now.
If anyone is having the issues of the reconnnecting every few seconds and can logcat it for me, PM me please. I can't seem to mimic the problem since the fix.
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PM sent.
Going through multiple logcats now.
I am seeing even with power saving on though, the problem is still there. It is still disconnecting from WIFI and going back to the data network.
I am sifting through ALOT of code, as some of these log cats are extremely long.
Give me til tonight and I should have a reason at least to why it's doing it by comparing on vs off on powersave.
I have a request, anyone WITHOUT this issue, can you send me a logcat with your WIFI turned on?
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Going through multiple logcats now.
I am seeing even with power saving on though, the problem is still there. It is still disconnecting from WIFI and going back to the data network.
I am sifting through ALOT of code, as some of these log cats are extremely long.
Give me til tonight and I should have a reason at least to why it's doing it by comparing on vs off on powersave.
I have a request, anyone WITHOUT this issue, can you send me a logcat with your WIFI turned on?
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How do i get a logcat?
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Search the forum for logcat help. I am on the phone at work or I'd link you
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Thanks for this. I was about to return the phone because I kept losing ability to connect to any WAPs after sleep mode kicked in. Mine is a Verizon S3.
I've seen this as well. Almost always after deep sleep. Most of the time I have to cycle Wifi to get it connected again every so once in awhile it will connect again on its own. Regardless of the settings that I put in "advanced" under wifi it will do this. Even if I have it set to keep alive never, always or plugged in it doesn't matter.
I still need a logcat from someone NOT having these issues.
Right now from looking through over 10 logcats, I am seeing that it's usually happening on routers that are encrypted with WEP and WPA, unfortunately the 2 most popular forms of wireless security.
That being said, users that are on 'open' networks do not seem to be losing access.
2 things.
1. Can someone PM me a logcat of them successfully connecting to wifi and NOT having drops. I don't care how long the logcat is.
2. When you post about your problems, please tell me what carrier and what type of encryption is being used on the router (if any)
I have been comparing and in each instance, WIFI is going into sleep, turning on data, and then having a problem turning back on.
I think it's an attempt to save power, but only it is not because switching from WIFI to data back to WIFI so much is a real drainer.
Still working on maybe disabling the power save by using a init.d script, to prevent power save mode from coming back on when rebooted, because I know alot of users are saying after disabling it, it is just reapplying on reboot.
BACK TO LOGCATS FOR ME. :/
solehjeff said:
How do i get a logcat?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1616059
A restart fixes this but for 2 days I have woken up to a mobile data connection without being able to turn on wifi without restarting the phone...
Thanks
stu5797 said:
A restart fixes this but for 2 days I have woken up to a mobile data connection without being able to turn on wifi without restarting the phone...
Thanks
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This question should have been posted in the Q&A section - I've moved it there. Please post in the correct sections - thank you.
I just got my phone replaced for some other issues and this one did this exact thing this morning. I really hope this isn't another defective device.
I am waiting for best buy to get in my replacement phone. My WiFi issue and random reboots are horrible. Why did you exchange your phone? What were the other issues?
stu5797 said:
I am waiting for best buy to get in my replacement phone. My WiFi issue and random reboots are horrible. Why did you exchange your phone? What were the other issues?
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Defect in the glass it had a cloud area under the screen
stu5797 said:
A restart fixes this but for 2 days I have woken up to a mobile data connection without being able to turn on wifi without restarting the phone...
Thanks
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So does this happen to you every day or every other day?
Multiple times per day. Can't wait for best buy to get them in again for my replacement
stu5797 said:
Multiple times per day. Can't wait for best buy to get them in again for my replacement
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Ah okay mine only did this once this morning. I'll see how it goes I guess.
If this happens to you again tonight you will need to replace it cause it has gotten worse over time for me.make sure you go to bed with WiFi on to test. Good luck
Besides the probable issue with your phone, try turning off/unchecking smart wifi option under advanced settings for wifi. Sometimes it's not that smart
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That was off day 1.lol
Nizda1 said:
Besides the probable issue with your phone, try turning off/unchecking smart wifi option under advanced settings for wifi. Sometimes it's not that smart
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It was weird. The toggle showed it was on but it wouldn't show any wireless networks where as I normally see about 10-12 networks. I doubt all my neighbors routers all died at the same time lol I blame it on sun spots
That's exactly how mine reacts every day.
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That's exactly how mine reacts every day.
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Do you have att smart WiFi turned off or frozen? That's one think that was different from my other phone. I didn't have it frozen last time. I reactivated that app tonight to see.
I have it turned off. How do you freeze it if we are not rooted?
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I have it turned off. How do you freeze it if we are not rooted?
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I was using the terms interchangeablely and prob shouldn't have lol .. It does kinda do the same as turning it off so. Oh well. I ment turn the app off.
I reactivated it too. I will report back tomorrow.I turned the app on but didn't go through all the steps to activate it
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I reactivated it too. I will report back tomorrow.I turned the app on but didn't go through all the steps to activate it
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I didn't activate the app last time either but I never stopped it either. I just left it be. I hope this works
Does not work for me. Just woke up with my same issue. Can't wait to exchange when best buy gets my new on in stock
stu5797 said:
Does not work for me. Just woke up with my same issue. Can't wait to exchange when best buy gets my new on in stock
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Mine is operating fine this morning. I have att smart wifi app on but not set up, smart network switch on, network notifications off, pass point off, keep wifi on always, always scanning is on, auto connect to att wifi spots off.
I recently got my Fold3 and I'm loving it except for one really annoying issue: my wifi keeps turning off, 90% of the time I turn on my phone the wifi is turned off.
I have already tried disabling turn on wifi automatically and the wifi power savin mode, I have also reset the network settings and it still does it.
A couple of times today while I was trying to fix the issue I would go, turn on the wifi, then start looking at the menus just to realize that the wifi turned itself off within 10-20 seconds of me turning it on.
I have searched but apparently there is no previous threads about this.
Thanks
Vinny
This problem is very similar to the "bluetooth issue" that some users are having
Have you tried to keep your phone closed and see if wifi goes off too ?
Or is this only happening when you unfold it ?
Does it happen when you're on every Wi-Fi network or only your home network?
pvillasuso said:
This problem is very similar to the "bluetooth issue" that some users are having
Have you tried to keep your phone closed and see if wifi goes off too ?
Or is this only happening when you unfold it ?
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I just checked my Fold3 which has been in my pocket for a couple of hours folded, and the wifi is off
ButterflyFlutterflyMyOhMy said:
Does it happen when you're on every Wi-Fi network or only your home network?
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Yes it happens basically everywhere, not only in my home network
jvloyola said:
I just checked my Fold3 which has been in my pocket for a couple of hours folded, and the wifi is off
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Maybe you should consider doing a factory reset .
Not ideal , as you will have to set it up all again , but... best way to know if its a hardware or software issue
use Nice Catch to see what is changing the settings on your phone.
do you have any bixby routines running?
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Yes it happens basically everywhere, not only in my home network
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That rules out a network issue then.