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[Q] No internet through WiFi after few minutes, still connected

Hi guys,
I've searched the whole forum but I couldn't find any other thread about my problem.
When I connect my HOX to WiIF (Sitecom WL-370 - 300N Gigabit Dualband Router) everything works fine at first, but after a few minutes (5, or sometimes 15 minutes) I've got no Internet anymore but I'm still connected. Also WiFI Analyzer still detects the network. I've this problem both on 2.4 GHz as on 5 GHz. I've also tried switching channels.
The strange thing is, I can still receive a WhatsApp message but I can't send any, also I can't browse on the Internet or things like that.
After turning my WiFi off and on it works fine again for the few minutes..
Best Wi-Fi performance is turned on and the other devices at home haven't got this problem.
Anyone having the same problem or knows a solution?

I've got the same problem and it seems to be totally random. What i noticed is that my Google Play Store always stops working (no connection) shortly after i turned on the phone (~10 minutes). Switching Wifi off and on again doesn't seem to change it, i need to restart my HOX to get it working again while other apps connect just fine after turning Wifi off and on again.
Edit: Stock Vodafone ROM (1.28.161.9)

I have the exact same issue and i went through every setting in my router trying to fix this.
I would turn on my WIFI, connect to my home network, and start downloading. After a few minutes it'll either stop (the dl percentage not change) and then if i reload the market/youtube/browser or any app that users the net, it'll say no connection.
The weird thing about this is that it LOOKS like i am connected to wifi (in the notification bar).
This may be a separate issue, but i tried to turn it off and then on again to get around the issue. This time around i would try to connect to my home wifi and it'll just say 'Saved' and then the network would go out of range.
I am running Leedroids rom.

I might have found a solution:
Under Settings -> Wifi -> Menu -> Extended there is an option for Wifi Power Saving. After unchecking it all my connectivity problems are gone.

May be worth trying a static IP configuration, if you know enough about ip4 to do it. I've seen problems with android Wi-Fi since version 2.2 - if your router issues an indefinite dhcp lease, it can show exactly the symptoms you describe. Only a possibility but worth a try.
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I have the exact same issue - the wireless shows connected yet you cannot browse the Internet etc. I have also tried every setting on the Wireless AP without any success. Even tried static IP and that does not fix it either. Whilst other devices in the house are ok...
The weirdest thing is though it does not happen everywhere i.e. at other places like work (where at least the same type of AP is in use) or at my brothers' house (where he has a Linksys). This is pretty much the only thing that bugs me with the HTC - the only workaround I have found is to make sure that WiFi is kept on only at times when plugged in - this doesn't actually fix the issue but it does mean that the phone will disconnect the WiFi and get a new connection next time it wakes up - this way I find I get the problem much less than when I have it set to Always.

I might have found a solution:
Under Settings -> Wifi -> Menu -> Extended there is an option for Wifi Power Saving. After unchecking it all my connectivity problems are gone.
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I already unchecked it but it didn't solved my problem
May be worth trying a static IP configuration, if you know enough about ip4 to do it. I've seen problems with android Wi-Fi since version 2.2 - if your router issues an indefinite dhcp lease, it can show exactly the symptoms you describe. Only a possibility but worth a try.
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA
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Also no success
I have the exact same issue - the wireless shows connected yet you cannot browse the Internet etc. I have also tried every setting on the Wireless AP without any success. Even tried static IP and that does not fix it either. Whilst other devices in the house are ok...
The weirdest thing is though it does not happen everywhere i.e. at other places like work (where at least the same type of AP is in use) or at my brothers' house (where he has a Linksys). This is pretty much the only thing that bugs me with the HTC - the only workaround I have found is to make sure that WiFi is kept on only at times when plugged in - this doesn't actually fix the issue but it does mean that the phone will disconnect the WiFi and get a new connection next time it wakes up - this way I find I get the problem much less than when I have it set to Always.
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Yeah, exactly, I've got the same problem. At school I've got no problems with the WiFi. I already send a message to HTC and I'm waiting on there answer.

I have kinda the same issue.
Using a HOX and at work I'm connected to Wifi and I can browse. At my house I can connect to the wifi, my IP is right that I'm getting from DHCP (I even tried putting in a static IP) but I can't browse
I also have a HTC Sensation, same setup and it works. The sensation can browse at work and at my house.
Why would this be?

Tried all sorts of solutions, but the only one that works is disabling the N-band and only leave B and G. This means that your laptop won't connect with the faster N, but at least the HOX works (what's more important )

Well I tried broadcasting a separate SSID on the b/g interface only for the exclusive use for the hox but that hasn't made any difference...my workaround is to have tunein radio in the background streaming whilst surfing...if I get bored of that solution my next workaround will be to trade the hox for an s3 as much as I despise TW...
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I tried all the bands "B, G, N" and nothing works. So tired of this crap. Think I might just get a S3

RenVilo said:
I tried all the bands "B, G, N" and nothing works. So tired of this crap. Think I might just get a S3
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I was thinking to do the same but there is no chance in hell of me doing that after I compared my HOX with a display model at the phone shop. Pentile screen vs LCD on the HOX? HOX = Sharper and better whites - the white on the S3 is bluish and so obvious. Another thing also I noticed is that the aggressive auto brightness on the S3 is too much - you won't tolerate it and you will likely be forced to manually adjust all the time. That plus reading that the S3 goes through the battery like no mans business when on standby unless you turn off all the features and put it in power save mode (might as well buy a Nokia then) at least the HOX uses the Ninja core and actually does save your battery in standby mode.
Anyway - the reason I replied is that I found a workaround (note, workaround does not mean a fix) - I put in a wifi extender in an area where I tend to spent most of my time with the HOX - this has not fixed the problem per se but rather seems to have elevated it somewhat. Basically now if the HOX drops from the main offending AP it automatically gets hooked up on to the extender and carries on working! I say this because (and I saw this only twice so far) I realised that when the phones Internet connection stops and you load a new page it timed out and get page cannot be found but when I hit refresh it works again you do notice a 3-4 second lag (this never happened before the extender came into play). Not sure if anyone else has tried this but I got a Linksys/Cisco extender for £69 and so far at least it has given me a workaround. Of course your mileage may vary...so don't splash out on an extender and come and blame me if it doesn't work for anyone here...

I am also having this issue with my HOX has anyone found a fix for this?
i have tried everything listed and nothing works.
its weird though because i have NO issues on my home network, but my network in my apartment here and at work network i get this issue

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bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbuuuuuummp any fixes??? this sucks !!!!

What versions of android you guys have? Stock, sense, vanilla android, ics, jelly bean? Because I didn't encounter this problem when running stock or ics custom roms. After I updated hboot to 1.31 and tried different jelly bean sense roms it appeared. I also tried some stock android roms (ice cold jelly and liquid smooth) and wifi seemed to work fine. So is this sense problem only?

Ot1s said:
What versions of android you guys have? Stock, sense, vanilla android, ics, jelly bean? Because I didn't encounter this problem when running stock or ics custom roms. After I updated hboot to 1.31 and tried different jelly bean sense roms it appeared. I also tried some stock android roms (ice cold jelly and liquid smooth) and wifi seemed to work fine. So is this sense problem only?
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The only change for me is update to HBOOT 1.31 and then things started happening. Otherwise runnin 4.0.4.
No workaround so far, at least i have not founf a way.

Weird wifi problem with lupusV10

i installed lupusv10 yesterday and keep having weird wifi problems with uhd rom!!!
I also installed the wifi module.
When i turn on my wifi all my connections in the area keeps switching,
also when i try to connect to my home network it won't let me.
I also tried to reset via terminal but no succes.
Same problem happend when on stock ICS .587 generic.
Hope someone had the same problem before (i really want wifi on my Phone)
Thx for help...

lizzardking2004 said:
When i turn on my wifi all my connections in the area keeps switching,
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Translate, what does that mean?
Sent from LT18i with custom firmware by myself.

2nd in the list switches to the 3nd , then 4th goes to 2nd.... (keeps on going) verry weird, maby i should make a vid of it.

If you mean the list of networks keeps changing, it is because the signal strength might be changing and Android does list them by showing the stronger ones first.

Note 3 wifi drops connection

Note3 drops connection not stable . How can I fix this its very frustrating . Every thing else is connecting to router(wifi)fine and staying connected just this note 3 is having trouble staying connected . Have rebooted router works for bit. rescan wifi reentered wps code many time. Any ideas
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Seems like an issue for some, I have had zero issues with wifi calling. Maybe see if there is a different radio you can flash? Also, maybe use/try Google Voice.

JUNEBUG-1 said:
Note3 drops connection not stable . How can I fix this its very frustrating . Every thing else is connecting to router(wifi)fine and staying connected just this note 3 is having trouble staying connected . Have rebooted router works for bit. rescan wifi reentered wps code many time. Any ideas
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There is a setting to auto switch to your data connection if the wi-fi signal is not strong / reliable that you can turn off. Try that.

this is a pretty serious issue that doesnt seem to be happening to many people.. its killing me right now it just dissconnects with no warning.. and it seems not many people are actually experiencing this.. im calling tmobile tomorrow to get a replacement to try and see if it is ok or not but im pretty pissed to get a refurbished unit for a phone i just a montha go

I have 3 of them bran new and they all have same problem
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i wonder if this is a samsung thing or a T-Mobile thing? We've had Galaxy S3, S4, SII, Note 1. the only one that is "rock solid" is the Note 1 [Tmo version running mod'd stock rom, not JB].
We were able to get the S3 "much improved" but still has a relatively weak ability to maintain signal across multiple AP's or especially with Bridged WIFI AP's [it will "hunt" between physical devices and fail to deliver].
I would suggest you lookup any one of MANY threads on the topic with the S3 especially as there were people that worked hard at it on that one - lots of those deployed in the wild and a huge number had that issue.
turn off scanning.
turn off power management for the WIFI radio.
i wish there was a mod to turn off the network but that would probably kill the "calling" feature altogether. if it has a strong signal on the cell network it ain't going to do wifi calling period.
Data connection has nothing to do with WIFI calling. I use the note 1 a lot and rarely turn 'on' data. its happy on wifi no matter what.

JUNEBUG-1 said:
I have 3 of them bran new and they all have same problem
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Open up the dialer and dial *#0011#, then hit the hard menu button on the phone, choose wifi, turn off wifi power saving mode. This has been the fix for many of us for the time being.

Quickvic30 said:
Open up the dialer and dial *#0011#, then hit the hard menu button on the phone, choose wifi, turn off wifi power saving mode. This has been the fix for many of us for the time being.
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I have set the power saver mode to off a few days ago...works but still drops connection here and their hope an update will fix problem with wifi
sent from far far away !

JUNEBUG-1 said:
I have set the power saver mode to off a few days ago...works but still drops connection here and their hope an update will fix problem with wifi
sent from far far away !
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Ya know I think it could be rom related, it seems like with all the international roms the wifi is great and I don't even have to turn off the power saving mode and never drop the wifi connection. With all the MI7 built roms it seems to drop wifi and have troubles. IDK maybe its just a fluke :fingers-crossed:

FWIW I had the same issue until I updated the firmware on my router.

xManMythLegend said:
FWIW I had the same issue until I updated the firmware on my router.
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That shouldn't have anything to do with this issue, it's the device. But seemingly coincidentally this worked for you.
JUNEBUG-1 said:
I have set the power saver mode to off a few days ago...works but still drops connection here and their hope an update will fix problem with wifi
sent from far far away !
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You tried both options?
First
1. Navigate to System Settings
2. Connections > WiFi
3. Menu > Advanced
4. Uncheck "Allows Allow Scanning" and "Auto Network Switch"
Second
1. Dial *#0011#
2, Menu > WiFi
3. Power Saving Off
(Kudos to QuickVic30, I hadn't seen this before)
After doing both, you're still getting the problem?

if you have adblock plus definitely this is the problem, i had it for a while and noticed affecting my wifi. uninstalled issues gone! replaced it with adaway

I also had huge problems making WiFi calls, my router had auto update off, once I updated the router I have ZERO issues, so updating router firmware absolutely works for some people and it's relatively easy to do at least with home router. On the other hand when I switched WiFi power saving to OFF as suggested in other posts, it did absolutely nothing, except increased drain on my battery. I had 20% battery drain overnight (about 7 hrs) and my phone would go dead in less than 1.5 days even without being used. After I changed that setting back, now my battery drains 3% over night and lasts me 2 days with moderate use and has still 60% power left. I do realize different people may have different issues and therefore different fixes, but updating firmware of your router does work in many cases, no question about it and the old firmware didn't affect at all my 2 laptops, couple tablets and 2 Galaxy S3, only Note3 had the issue, so it is hard to believe, but it WORKS. And the power drain that I suspect switching "wifi power save" to off created for me, is beyond reasonable, so maybe people should be aware of it as well.

galaxy note 3 sm-n900T wifi insane off.
pete4k said:
I also had huge problems making WiFi calls, my router had auto update off, once I updated the router I have ZERO issues, so updating router firmware absolutely works for some people and it's relatively easy to do at least with home router. On the other hand when I switched WiFi power saving to OFF as suggested in other posts, it did absolutely nothing, except increased drain on my battery. I had 20% battery drain overnight (about 7 hrs) and my phone would go dead in less than 1.5 days even without being used. After I changed that setting back, now my battery drains 3% over night and lasts me 2 days with moderate use and has still 60% power left. I do realize different people may have different issues and therefore different fixes, but updating firmware of your router does work in many cases, no question about it and the old firmware didn't affect at all my 2 laptops, couple tablets and 2 Galaxy S3, only Note3 had the issue, so it is hard to believe, but it WORKS. And the power drain that I suspect switching "wifi power save" to off created for me, is beyond reasonable, so maybe people should be aware of it as well.
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sir please let me know if you know anything about the wifi or modem file for galaxy note 3 sm-n900T
i m having this WIFI INSANLY POWERED OFF SINCE MANY MONTS AND CANT FIND ANY POSSIBLE SOLUTION FOR THAT. the problem arised when i did root it with the CF AUTOROOT . ever since i m facing the stupidly wifi going turned off and after somedays it is completely turned off ... even when i try to turn it on it remains off like a stubborn.
i m not very good @ clockworkmod or cynogen n installing custom recovery....
plus i cant even find the proper files for my device like for cynogen or clockworkmod. not even the omega roms do have any rom for my model no. sm-n900t .
plz help me with my wifi issue.
i

Note 3 wifi drop
Quickvic30 said:
Open up the dialer and dial *#0011#, then hit the hard menu button on the phone, choose wifi, turn off wifi power saving mode. This has been the fix for many of us for the time being.
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My Verizon note 3 that I switched over to t-mobile over a year ago, suddenly started to drop all wifi connections. After a brief connection it rescans then drops. I read your thread and when I dial *#0011# , im assuming you mean "call" there is no menu for wifi. What is the dialer? The phone keypad? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Z1C WiFi Issues? Speed/Stability

Hi all,
Not been around for a long time so its great to be back
Recently got the Z1C on Contact, frankly its the biggest regret I've had with a mobile device.
Is anyone else having WiFi speeds slower than dial up?
My download speed is < 250 KB's
Any1 else had this? If so does any1 know a fix?
Thanks

I don't have that, neither on 2,4GHz nor on 5GHz. You could try the unofficial DooMLord kernel, it mentions "custom built wifi wlan modules", dunno if that helps.

Iruwen said:
I don't have that, neither on 2,4GHz nor on 5GHz. You could try the unofficial DooMLord kernel, it mentions "custom built wifi wlan modules", dunno if that helps.
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I'm not currently looking to Root/Unlock/Flash anything.
I'd just like my Stock Z1C to actually work with WiFi.
Its not exactly difficult, its seriously annoying me now, why is it so slow?

.. sorry just saw my solution doesn't help you and I don't know how to delete a reply...
but anyway, have you tried to close all apps on your phone?

Swaddy said:
.. sorry just saw my solution doesn't help you and I don't know how to delete a reply...
but anyway, have you tried to close all apps on your phone?
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Yes I have tried all this
It was working great the other day, then I retried today and bam back to like 256 KB's download.

Wilks3y said:
Yes I have tried all this
It was working great the other day, then I retried today and bam back to like 256 KB's download.
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my wifi works great too .. what rom do you use? latest .757 ? download .761 or 757 FTF and try to flash via flashtool .. No need to unlock bootloader or root, but you will lose some data if you don`t make any backup
you have a software problem there ..

sony and wifi is a nightmare.....check if your bluetooth is on?for me i get no connections on 2.4g with bt on

Lasantha said:
sony and wifi is a nightmare.....check if your bluetooth is on?for me i get no connections on 2.4g with bt on
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I'll check it out when I get home but I never have Bluetooth on so I'd be surprised if it was that.
I have a gaming router which is extremely powerful and all other devices/phones work perfectly so I know that the Z1C is the bottleneck.
Any other ideas if its not the bluetooth?
Thanks

I've not had any issues with WiFi or BT, which is always on on my phone. I do use 5GHz for WiFi.

Wilks3y said:
Yes I have tried all this
It was working great the other day, then I retried today and bam back to like 256 KB's download.
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Have you tried restarting your router?
Does it go slow with every wifi? can you test it on different wifi and see if the problem is with one type of router?
Don't think I've seen anyone ekse with this problem, although flashing the .757 update messed up my bluetooth (then .761 fixed it).

Didgesteve said:
Have you tried restarting your router?
Does it go slow with every wifi? can you test it on different wifi and see if the problem is with one type of router?
Don't think I've seen anyone ekse with this problem, although flashing the .757 update messed up my bluetooth (then .761 fixed it).
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Thanks for getting back to me
I have tested it on my work WiFi, I don't know whether it is coincedence, sod's law or normal but the WiFi on my Z1C at my work is absolutely rapid!!
I've just updated an app to test it, and it was at around 5MB's which is brilliant for me !
However, work WiFi is a 100MB's connection speed, where as at home I believe its around the 12MB's mark (geographic limitations in place here >.<).
From this I see only a couple of conclusions:
1 - Z1C and my home router just don't get along.
2 - As the WiFi speed is so much higher at work, so is the Z1C
or that theres no relation between the WiFi speed and my device but there is an issue with the Z1C WiFi itself?
I'm presuming its the first?
Thanks again!

Didgesteve said:
Have you tried restarting your router?
Does it go slow with every wifi? can you test it on different wifi and see if the problem is with one type of router?
Don't think I've seen anyone ekse with this problem, although flashing the .757 update messed up my bluetooth (then .761 fixed it).
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Hi there,
I'm still on totally stock ROM.
I've done some testing and I believe it is on every router/internet but is very inconsistent. Sometimes its very speedy, others it will drop to almost unusable speeds.
I think I'ma just get rid of this terrible device, very disappointed in Sony. Here are some of my issues:
Phantom Touches
Unresponsive Touch Screen
Constant Crashes
Phone CONSTANTLY answers in Loudspeaker
Screen will not wake up
WiFi Speeds Totally Unusable

Wilks3y said:
Hi there,
I'm still on totally stock ROM.
I've done some testing and I believe it is on every router/internet but is very inconsistent. Sometimes its very speedy, others it will drop to almost unusable speeds.
I think I'ma just get rid of this terrible device, very disappointed in Sony. Here are some of my issues:
Phantom Touches
Unresponsive Touch Screen
Constant Crashes
Phone CONSTANTLY answers in Loudspeaker
Screen will not wake up
WiFi Speeds Totally Unusable
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Try the .108 firmware, I thik you'll find a lot of the problems gone.

Wilks3y said:
Phantom Touches
Unresponsive Touch Screen
Constant Crashes
Phone CONSTANTLY answers in Loudspeaker
Screen will not wake up
WiFi Speeds Totally Unusable
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Just update to 14.4.A.0.108. It's also stock, official. You do not loose data while updating and it takes merely 10 minutes of "sitting back and relaxing"
As for wifi issue, did you try disabling wifi optimization fetaure found in advanced settings?

peca89 said:
Just update to 14.4.A.0.108. It's also stock, official. You do not loose data while updating and it takes merely 10 minutes of "sitting back and relaxing"
As for wifi issue, did you try disabling wifi optimization fetaure found in advanced settings?
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Have to be honest,
I got that fedup with all the issues on the phone, I sold it and bought an iPhone.
(Waits to be shot).
However I must say, iPhones feel very nice nowadays, nice and snappy etc.
But yeah, I'll still be hanging around these forums helping people out etc,
Wilks3y.

Wilks3y said:
Hi there,
I'm still on totally stock ROM.
I've done some testing and I believe it is on every router/internet but is very inconsistent. Sometimes its very speedy, others it will drop to almost unusable speeds.
I think I'ma just get rid of this terrible device, very disappointed in Sony. Here are some of my issues:
Phantom Touches
Unresponsive Touch Screen
Constant Crashes
Phone CONSTANTLY answers in Loudspeaker
Screen will not wake up
WiFi Speeds Totally Unusable
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Hey that's a new phone just so you know because this is not acceptable.
Not sure about reclaims in your country but it should be valid in most?
Mine did about the same as my PC/PS4 = 60-95MBps, that is until yesterday
Both bluetooth and wifi are stone cold dead so I though I should reflash my ROM(Aur) and rushed it when I realized whilst doing the same 'ol start guide for the hundreds time I forgot to flash recovery :victory::fingers-crossed:

[SIC] said:
Hey that's a new phone just so you know because this is not acceptable.
Not sure about reclaims in your country but it should be valid in most?
Mine did about the same as my PC/PS4 = 60-95MBps, that is until yesterday
Both bluetooth and wifi are stone cold dead so I though I should reflash my ROM(Aur) and rushed it when I realized whilst doing the same 'ol start guide for the hundreds time I forgot to flash recovery :victory::fingers-crossed:
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Happens to the best of us
Got rid of my Z1C, and got an iPhone (SHOOT ME NOW).
I just couldn't get past the myriad of issues.

LG G3 Wifi keeps disconnecting

I have a new LG G3 I bought last month from Woot.
Its my first time using FreedomPop as a provider coming from my Boost G3
Not used phone much but every time i do it keeps getting disconnected for my WiFi whaich had no problems with my Boost setup.
After reading some other thread I found I tried all those fixes to no avail.
I really need to get this phone to stay connected to my WiFi as FreedomPop relies on it greatly as in I cant use the free plan as I been eating up too much of the 500mb of data allowed.
Those are added reasons for me to use my WiFi connection as much as possible.
One thing I notice is when WiFi is working is it looks like a ! added to my wifi icon and assuming that showing a problem but no clue what it is.
So after 5 or 10 mins wifi icon gone I go to settings wifi it shows wifi disconnected. I re enable it wash rise repeat. Any help be great TIA!
Heres a google with some of the fixes I tried which did not help....
https://www.google.com/search?q=lg+...s&q=lg+g3+phone+keeps+disconnecting+from+wifi

Did you try "Developer options -> Use legacy DHCP client" option?

cile1977 said:
Did you try "Developer options -> Use legacy DHCP client" option?
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I did what setting there might help?
I did seemingly fix the problem at least for now as this problem seems to come and go as I dont use phone that often and only then I see problem is there.
I had to reset my phone which I am not sure if this method works for other carriers than FreedomPop but I think it does.
Heres the link............
https://support.freedompop.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2062/kw/72786

techmanc said:
I did what setting there might help?
I did seemingly fix the problem at least for now as this problem seems to come and go as I dont use phone that often and only then I see problem is there.
I had to reset my phone which I am not sure if this method works for other carriers than FreedomPop but I think it does.
Heres the link............
https://support.freedompop.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2062/kw/72786
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The problem is back phone will disconnects after a few mins after connecting and watching phone disconnect.
What different this time around is I wanted to turn off my data connection as I kept getting huge data downloads that I been trying to avoid so I can see if I can use the FreedomPop free services which consist of 500mb of data and 500 messages and 200 minutes of talk time.
My old Boost phone never used much data at all so know it was working fine with that setup as I am alaways connected to my own WiFi and only time I would need to use data is when I go to Drs office once a month.
I should be able to make this all work fine for my situation if I can stay hooked up to my WiFi but its pretty annoying and wasting my data when it wont stay connected .