I don't know if this has been posted already, but I was struggling trying to find solutions so I thought I would post what worked for me.
After updating to froyo rooted deodexed stock rom, my wifi tether became very unstable. It would say it was connected, but my computer would lose internet access and would only reconnect after I stopped and restarted wireless tether.
The day it started to behave again I did the following:
- Turned "Find My Location" off in Shopsavvy
(this did not make a noticeable difference, but I left it like that anyway, just in case)
- Upgraded wireless tether to 2.0.5-pre8
- Installed Wifinder to make sure I was using a clear channel in wireless tether
(The default channel I was on was clear from what I could tell, but I went ahead and changed it to 1 in the wireless tether settings anyway)
- On my computer, I right clicked on the wireless tether connection, selected properties, connection, and put a checkbox in "connect even if the network is not broadcasting its name (SSID)", then ok.
(I believe I read some people saying that the phone was stopping broadcasting the SSID when the internet was dropping, which is why I did this)
After those changes, I was able to stay connected for hours versus minutes, but after restarting the phone I have been able to stay connected until I disconnect.
The only time it has disconnected without me physically turning off wifi tether since then was a couple of times trying to test my upload speed, but not every time. I think there must be something they are doing to shut down the connection when large or aggressive uploads are detected or something.
I was actually having this same problem on the old Fresh .02 ROM I was using. Thanks for the info I will give what you said a try!
I was having the same problems as well...it seemed like every 10 minutes it would just stop but still said I was connected when clearly I wasn't. I will have to test this tonight when I get home...thanks so much!
Can anyone confirm this works? I'm having major issues with all data connection dropping after a few minutes of being online. What I've noticed is that the 3G indicator in the notification bar will actually disappear momentarily, then reappear, but once it reappears...I'm not able to connect further until I restart the tether app.
moonrequiem said:
Can anyone confirm this works? I'm having major issues with all data connection dropping after a few minutes of being online. What I've noticed is that the 3G indicator in the notification bar will actually disappear momentarily, then reappear, but once it reappears...I'm not able to connect further until I restart the tether app.
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I would change your version of wireless tether first. Which one are you using? I am using 7 now, but I believe 8 was best for me.
lehalter said:
I would change your version of wireless tether first. Which one are you using? I am using 7 now, but I believe 8 was best for me.
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Using "Wireless Tether for Root Users 2.0.5-pre11" now...haven't tried it with this version however I was using pre9 and that version was causing the 3G problems that I described in my last post.
I had this same issue. When I went into the wireless tether application and changed it to use channel one everything started working perfectly.
ChristopherBurg said:
I had this same issue. When I went into the wireless tether application and changed it to use channel one everything started working perfectly.
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I'll try that and report my results...really annoying problem, ya know?
I think the "aggressive download" portion is accurate. I can stay connected for hours with a little web browsing going on; however, start up a torrent or connect to my PS3 and it disconnects in 5-10 minutes. I'll try the SSID broadcast later tonight though and test it under heavy load.
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I think the "aggressive download" portion is accurate. I can stay connected for hours with a little web browsing going on; however, start up a torrent or connect to my PS3 and it disconnects in 5-10 minutes. I'll try the SSID broadcast later tonight though and test it under heavy load.
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My issue isn't "aggressive downloads" - a PS3 connection doesn't require a lot of bandwidth, just a low latency connection - which is probably the reason you are disconnected. I use my wireless tether for playing online games from my computer. When it is actually working and playing well, its running 8-12 kbit/sec, which is very low bandwidth. It's only when the 3G indicator disappears that my whole connection is lost and I have to restart my game and restart Wireless Tether as well. FWIW my latency while playing is roughly 400-500ms - high, but the game tolerates it.
Hi
I've had a weird issue crop up this morning. When I woke up I checked my phone like I usually do and I had data connection on 3G but when I opened the web browser its showing 'Web page not available' like it does when I have no connection.
Everything was working fine last night. I though maybe it was the cell tower as I had an issue a few weeks ago of terrible connection so waited till I got to work to try again. Same thing. Web pages not coming up. Now my apps seem to have limited access to the data and are half loading things up. I know data is being accessed somewhere as I have 3G Watchdog and I can see the amount of data used increasing yet cant get any of my web browsers to work.
This isn't only limited to 3G as I've just connected to the wifi at work and still have the same issue.
Anyone got any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Oh and phone is rooted too if that makes any difference and I've not downloaded any new apps in the last couple days or updated any of them either :/
Noticed this a few days ago and it's continued to be a problem. When I am connected to 4G LTE, initially the speed is great! But if I leave the phone unattended for a while, eventually I lose the data connection. It still shows 4G at the top, but I can't do much online. For example if I run a speedtest, I get a ping from a server that is normal (40-70ms), but the transfer starts at around 200kb/s and then freezes and errors out. Airplane mode sometimes fixes this, but usually I have to reboot the phone. Anybody else notice this problem? I searched and found a few things relevant to the LTEvo but nothing for us. FWIW I am rooted.
whats up everyone. i was using the iphone 6 for a couple months and used the little cast button at the top of youtube and stuff to shoot the video to the tv and it was always there and always worked. i just traded it for a note 4 the other day and i can't figure out why the little symbol is only present about maybe 40% of the time. i have not changed anything on my home network or cable/tivo setup. i see it there sometimes and more often than not i don't see it. is this a common issue?
Whenever I had that issue it was because my phone was switching networks: 2.5 ghz wifi --> 5 ghz wifi --> mobile data. Possibly turning off the connection optimizer setting would keep it from randomly switching.
i will give it a shot thanks
I have the same problem and my phone is always connected to one wireless network. So I think the problem is something else.
Rate this thread to express how you think the Google Pixel's Wifi performs. A higher rating indicates that it has excellent range, throughput, and signal strength. Like when you're taking a dump in the bedroom upstairs, do your videos have to buffer or do they come through without interruption?
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
Haven't done any real speed tests of the wifi on my Pixel, but I came here to ask who dumps in their bedroom? Not judging...just eww...
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Haven't done any real speed tests of the wifi on my Pixel, but I came here to ask who dumps in their bedroom? Not judging...just eww...
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I'm with you there. Mine hasn't even arrived. But I don't dump in my bedroom with my 5X.... Why would I dump in there cause I have a pixel? Lol!
No issues with WiFi range that I've found.
By far the worst WiFi experience I've had on any smartphone to date. Be it at home, work, friend's house, or any other place with WiFi, my Google Pixel phone's internet connection keeps going dead even though the phone says it's still connected. This problem manifests itself in downloads that never finish and get stuck indefinitely until I have to manually turn off WiFi, let the download happen over LTE. This happens with video downloads (In web browser, on Youtube app, Facebook app, etc.), with app downloads/updates from the Play Store, and other downloads.
It's a frustrating frequently recurring problem that happens on a daily basis, and I haven't found a solution to it yet.
hamzehn said:
By far the worst WiFi experience I've had on any smartphone to date. Be it at home, work, friend's house, or any other place with WiFi, my Google Pixel phone's internet connection keeps going dead even though the phone says it's still connected. This problem manifests itself in downloads that never finish and get stuck indefinitely until I have to manually turn off WiFi, let the download happen over LTE. This happens with video downloads (In web browser, on Youtube app, Facebook app, etc.), with app downloads/updates from the Play Store, and other downloads.
It's a frustrating frequently recurring problem that happens on a daily basis, and I haven't found a solution to it yet.
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Try to turn of LTE data while using WiFi , that fixed it for me, I noticed the issue early days I got the pixel since then I just turn of LTE data and it works normally.
Alaadragonfire said:
Try to turn of LTE data while using WiFi , that fixed it for me, I noticed the issue early days I got the pixel since then I just turn of LTE data and it works normally.
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Thanks, will try that and see how it works, though it's a bummer as I'm actually getting real good speeds on just LTE and I'm contemplating just using that and keeping WiFi off.
Alaadragonfire said:
Try to turn of LTE data while using WiFi , that fixed it for me, I noticed the issue early days I got the pixel since then I just turn of LTE data and it works normally.
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Isn't LTE turned off automatically when connected to WIFI? How do you switch it off?
What I see on my Pixel WIFI is that it always needs a second or two to start receiving data. Where my Laptop immediately starts downloading data when clicking on a e.g. link, my Pixel always needs a short time.
Wrapp said:
Isn't LTE turned off automatically when connected to WIFI? How do you switch it off?
What I see on my Pixel WIFI is that it always needs a second or two to start receiving data. Where my Laptop immediately starts downloading data when clicking on a e.g. link, my Pixel always needs a short time.
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It should be, but what I actually noticed is once WiFi gets weak signal it switches to LTE for better connection, that's my experience with so now I just keep LTE turned off while using WiFi and the other way around when using LTE
No problems here. You guys might have a problem on your hands. Defective units?
I have excellent throughout and signal strength on my Pixel with my 802.11 AC router. Absolutely no problems in all areas in and around outside near my house.
Is there a way to speed up wifi polling? Say I turn off wifi and then turn it back on. The time it takes to find and reconnect to my wifi network takes a while. Is there a way to speed that up?
Wifi range is pretty bad compared my 2 year old OP2
My wife's pixel started ignoring or 5ghz wifi and then the bluetooth crapped out and then the 2.4ghz wifi started dropping at about 10 ft from the router... I just did a RMA with Verizon and got a Google version as a referb... other than that signals are on par with any other phone I have besides motorola, they have the best connection in my opinion
wifi sucks on this phone compared to my v20.
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Meeeh I see I'm not the only one who has problems with wifi >.<
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Wifi range is pretty bad compared my 2 year old OP2
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Do you guys talking about the connectivity issues think it's due to the build materials? I notice WiFi on my 5x seems to hold signal better , though I can get ac on my pixel(wifi speed is greatly different but only because of ability to connect to a. Signal on 5x seems to hold longer and farther.)