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Hi Guys
We have recently had BT open up a Wifi ripoff spot. My Desire seems to like it and is willing to connect to it rather than the 3g network. The wifi spots are unsecured and direct you to the Payment page.
Is there a way to ban this wifi spot so that it will still auto connect to all my other wifi spots that I added myself?
Thanks in advance
Have you taken it off of your remembered hotspots list? If not go to setting, wireless and networks, wireless or WiFi then it should give you a list of remembered hotspots. Click on a hotbot and the option to forget should pop up
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hi mate i have seen this option but did assume it would just find it again anyway. Does the network go on some sort of hidden blacklist once you tell it to forget.
oh I am going to try it anyway btw and thanks very much for the reply.
If you connect to an open network, it will always try to reconnect to it again once you are in range. So, you need to "forget" the network - it isn't blacklisted and you can still connect to it again if you wish, but it won't try to auto-connect all the while it is "forgotten".
Regards,
Dave
Sorry for opening up this old thread, but I have a issue in the same line, altho fundamentaly diferent:
I have a number of accessible networks within my range. I have a small issue with the auto connect. Is it possible to have the phone remember the network settings for networks, but NOT auto-connect to them?
Or make an ordered list with most preferred AP on top? When I'm in my garage, signal strength make the phone conect to my neighbor (I have his network in my list too, as I often visit and then uses his AP), but want my own LAN and shared folders accessible...
Not sure you guys get my meaning. It wasn't very well written, but I hope you are able to help?
I have several more weird problems with my Tilt 2 which has been flashed with the WXW version 2.10.50212114. I just moved to Dallas and the weather on the home page shows Houston instead of Dallas. Before wherever I was at I would get that weather.
Another issue is since moving to Dallas I cannot get my personal e-mails on my phone. It just runs and runs and finally errors out. It also hangs up when disconnecting. I do not know if this is a phone issue or an AT&T mail issue. I have a Bellsouth e-mail address
One more issue is whenever my phone and the bluetooth in my truck connect the phone goes to my music on my phone. This seems like it would be a phone issue.
Any ideas?
I was able to get my e-mail working, but have not been able to resolve the other two issues.
Any ideas out there???
reubenray said:
I have several more weird problems with my Tilt 2 which has been flashed with the WXW version 2.10.50212114. I just moved to Dallas and the weather on the home page shows Houston instead of Dallas. Before wherever I was at I would get that weather.
Another issue is since moving to Dallas I cannot get my personal e-mails on my phone. It just runs and runs and finally errors out. It also hangs up when disconnecting. I do not know if this is a phone issue or an AT&T mail issue. I have a Bellsouth e-mail address
One more issue is whenever my phone and the bluetooth in my truck connect the phone goes to my music on my phone. This seems like it would be a phone issue.
Any ideas?
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For the weather problem, try updating with the 3G radio disabled in Comm Manager.
For the Bluetooth issue. all I can say is that some radios play better with different devices.
There is not a setting for the 3G radio on Comm Manager. Below is what is there.
Airplane Mode
Phone
Bluetooth
Wi-Fi
Microsoft Direct Push
Data Connection
Wifi Router
Everything is on except for Airplane Mode and WiFi Router.
reubenray said:
There is not a setting for the 3G radio on Comm Manager. Below is what is there.
Airplane Mode
Phone
Bluetooth
Wi-Fi
Microsoft Direct Push
Data Connection
Wifi Router
Everything is on except for Airplane Mode and WiFi Router.
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Well, I don't know which ROM you are using, but the setting can also be found in Start > Settings > Connections > Advanced Network. There should be a drop down box there. Set it to Disable. This will make it so the device only connects to GPRS or EDGE networks. This should allow you to update the weather location without a problem.
cajunflavoredbob said:
Well, I don't know which ROM you are using, but the setting can also be found in Start > Settings > Connections > Advanced Network. There should be a drop down box there. Set it to Disable. This will make it so the device only connects to GPRS or EDGE networks. This should allow you to update the weather location without a problem.
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I found the setting and disabled it. This disabled HSDPA/HSUPA. I then did a reset, but it is still showing Houston instead of Dallas which is where I am right now. Checking the GPRS setting it is asking if I want PAP or CHSP authentication.
reubenray said:
I found the setting and disabled it. This disabled HSDPA/HSUPA. I then did a reset, but it is still showing Houston instead of Dallas which is where I am right now. Checking the GPRS setting it is asking if I want PAP or CHSP authentication.
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If that still isn't working, then the only other things I can suggest are to ask your carrier to reset your connection to the network, or input the location manually. JVH3 made a Weather City Editor app that will add cities to the list if Sense doesn't have them by default.
Is anyone else having WiFi issues? Like my phone won't connect to public WiFi like at McDonald's or Kohl's or any place I open the WiFi settings pick their WiFi and right away it says 'failed to connect'. Even at my house it'll connect and after awhile nothing will load. Facebook, websites they just keep showing that their loading but never do. I have reboot to get it to work, and I'm on stock everything.
garcijua said:
Is anyone else having WiFi issues? Like my phone won't connect to public WiFi like at McDonald's or Kohl's or any place I open the WiFi settings pick their WiFi and right away it says 'failed to connect'. Even at my house it'll connect and after awhile nothing will load. Facebook, websites they just keep showing that their loading but never do. I have reboot to get it to work, and I'm on stock everything.
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Try to reboot router/modem at home. do already tried to do a factory resert?
garcijua said:
Even at my house it'll connect and after awhile nothing will load. Facebook, websites they just keep showing that their loading but never do. I have reboot to get it to work, and I'm on stock everything.
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I'm having this part. Every now and then, especially when I leave my home wifi range for a bit then come back, the wifi will connect, but websites. email, etc will load forever and never get anywhere. I find that I don't need to reboot the phone entirely though. I just have to disable Wifi and then reenable it again. After that, everything will work correctly, but it's still not supposed to do this.
I have tried cycling the router's power several times, and it never fixes it. It's all phone related for me. Other than this though, everything else seems to work fine except for text messages occasionally taking forever to send (another issue for another thread).
I've tried rebooting the router but it does nothing. When things won't load on my phone my sisters phone works fine. Its just this phone.
garcijua said:
I've tried rebooting the router but it does nothing. When things won't load on my phone my sisters phone works fine. Its just this phone.
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Hmm, we could try some troubleshooting steps.
1.) Go to Setings>Networks>Wi-fi>Advanced Wifi
-Make sure "Internet unavailable" setting is unchecked under notifications then under "Useful Settings", try first to set "Keep Wi-fi on during sleep" to always, and leave unchecked "wifi signal weak" as well as "Allow Wi-fi scanning"
2.) You may want to change DNS settings of the phone
-Download a DNS changer app (set DNS, And DNS changer, Override DNS, etc). Next, try setting primary DNS to 8.8.8.8 and secondary DNS to 8.8.4.4 (Those are Google's public DNS)
3.) In terms of browser usage, you may want to observe on which browser (stock, or 3rd party such as chrome), does the issue occur more frequently. Then go to that browser's settings and do some re-configuration.
4.) If the problem is more evident when you connect to your home network, you may want to access your wireless router settings and change some settings such as the wifi channel, rts threshold, etc.
5.)By the way, what phone model are you using, and is it tied up with a carrier network?
Has anyone experienced issues with Wireless?
I will be connected to a wireless network, can disconnect and reconnect just fine, everything seems to be working, but if I open an app that is trying to load data, it does nothing, as thought I have no connection. I have tried turning it off and on, forgetting the network(s) and reconnecting and the only thing that ever fixes the issue is a restart of the phone. Once I restart it will work just fine until the next "blip" in the radio.
Thanks in advance,
Zach
Yep, I have this issue but only when connected to my WiFi extender. Connecting to the main router works fine.
Just to add info, I connect to a Samsung Verizon Extender every day since owning the Note 4 and have no issues.
I also have never had any issues like the OP mentioned. I would start looking at apps you have installed.
Remove and test and so on. I did a quick search and did not find this to be any known issue.
rusty.gh said:
Just to add info, I connect to a Samsung Verizon Extender every day since owning the Note 4 and have no issues.
I also have never had any issues like the OP mentioned. I would start looking at apps you have installed.
Remove and test and so on. I did a quick search and did not find this to be any known issue.
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My issue exist on both me and my wife's note 4. Both exhibited this issue from the initial setup. It's unfortunate and annoying. If it weren't for the camera and s-pen I would've already gone back to my M8.
mlin said:
My issue exist on both me and my wife's note 4. Both exhibited this issue from the initial setup. It's unfortunate and annoying. If it weren't for the camera and s-pen I would've already gone back to my M8.
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I found this, maybe it will work, sorry you are having troubles.
Problem: Wi-Fi connection
Every time a new smartphone is released there are a lot of reports about problems with connecting to Wi-Fi networks or maintaining good Wi-Fi speeds. Here’s what to try if it happens to you:
Potential solutions:
Try turning your Note 4 and your router off for a couple of minutes. Now turn them on again and retry the connection.
Take a look in Settings > Power saving and make sure that low battery life isn’t restricting your Wi-Fi.
Try forgetting the connection, choose your router in Settings > Wi-Fi and Forget. Enter the details again.
Try the free Wi-Fi Analyzer app and see if the channel you’re using is crowded. Change to another channel if it is.
Take a look at the settings on your router. Make sure that MAC filtering isn’t on, or add your Note 4’s MAC address, which you’ll find in Wi-Fi > Settings > Advanced.
Make sure that your router firmware is fully up to date.
Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/galaxy-note-4-problems/11/#ixzz3LKnOnxM8
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None of these work. Restarting the phone always works.
rusty.gh said:
I found this, maybe it will work, sorry you are having troubles.
Problem: Wi-Fi connection
Every time a new smartphone is released there are a lot of reports about problems with connecting to Wi-Fi networks or maintaining good Wi-Fi speeds. Here’s what to try if it happens to you:
Potential solutions:
Try turning your Note 4 and your router off for a couple of minutes. Now turn them on again and retry the connection.
Take a look in Settings > Power saving and make sure that low battery life isn’t restricting your Wi-Fi.
Try forgetting the connection, choose your router in Settings > Wi-Fi and Forget. Enter the details again.
Try the free Wi-Fi Analyzer app and see if the channel you’re using is crowded. Change to another channel if it is.
Take a look at the settings on your router. Make sure that MAC filtering isn’t on, or add your Note 4’s MAC address, which you’ll find in Wi-Fi > Settings > Advanced.
Make sure that your router firmware is fully up to date.
Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/galaxy-note-4-problems/11/#ixzz3LKnOnxM8
Follow us: @digitaltrends on Twitter | digitaltrendsftw on Facebook
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Thanks. Funny you should post this, I read it right after I posted here and was planning to check out the MAC filtering when I get home. Weird thing is this: My phone connects to the main router fine, with zero issues of any kind. We have a WiFi-extender by NetGear. My phone will connect to it, but will not exchange any data. My computers, HTC One, and my wife's old S5 all connected to the extender fine. Now, neither of our N4's will properly connect to it. It certainly doesn't seem like an issue with the extender, but that's not to say it isn't possible, and I sure hope that it is and not an inherent problem with the phone. Will try some troubleshooting tonight and report back.
I've run into an issue with the wifi since getting my Note 4 last Friday. The problem I am having is it will connect to my wifi network without any issues, but after a while (it could be 2~8 hours) my note4 will lose it's connection to the wifi router and not be able re-connect until I reboot the phone. I have a dual band ASUS router with the latest firmware, when the note4 craps on itself with the wifi, the wirelessG connection will keep asking for the password and come up with "authentication error" and the wirelessN connection will come up with "unable to obtain ip address"
When the note 4 has this issue, my router log shows "Dec 9 16:54:28 kernel: eth1: received packet with own address as source address", checking further into the logs on the router, this didn't start popping up until I got the note 4. I am hoping it is a software issue, Verizon did however confirm that there is an update coming out the the next few days to address a wifi performance issue...
I have other wireless devices that use both wireless G & N and don't have any issues, i've rebooted the router a few times even though that is not the problem. I even hooked up a different router to see if that would help, but the same problem is still there.
After playing around with different settings, I have yet to find a solution to this problem. Verizon support has me running the phone in safe mode to see if it's an app causing the problem.....
Are you by any chance using 5 GHz on your router? I am having issues with 5 GHz connections and no issues with 2.5.
admiral70 said:
Are you by any chance using 5 GHz on your router? I am having issues with 5 GHz connections and no issues with 2.5.
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I've been trying both and it has the same issue with either
zmorrow80 said:
Has anyone experienced issues with Wireless?
I will be connected to a wireless network, can disconnect and reconnect just fine, everything seems to be working, but if I open an app that is trying to load data, it does nothing, as thought I have no connection. I have tried turning it off and on, forgetting the network(s) and reconnecting and the only thing that ever fixes the issue is a restart of the phone. Once I restart it will work just fine until the next "blip" in the radio.
Thanks in advance,
Zach
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Maybe the the new update fixes this issue?
http://www.verizonwireless.com/dam/support/pdf/system_update/benefits-galaxy-note-4-12-9-14.pdf
I would like to invite everyone to try if they have the same problem
For me, I have done a lot of testing, and I have found that, with any open WiFi hotspot (ones doesn't require wifi password to connect, with captive login or not), even G4 saved the network, half times it won't autoconnect.
When you go into wifi setting, the network is there, and there is an message below the nextwork saying:
"internet is unavailable, cannot autoconnect"
But if you tab it manually, it will connect and fine. I tested it with multiple hotspots and all have the same problem. I tried all different ways like delete the networks and re-add, nothing works.
Any of you have same problem please confirm below and let us know if you have found a solution, this is yet another ridiculous problem LG4 has and not fixing it, who are they to decide internet is available or not on a wifi hotspot?
my G4 is 812 10c
Any one encounter the same problem?
Yes I have this issue also. Don't know what would be causing the problem
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Thanks for confirming,
Very annoying issue and I am surprised it hasn't be raised and discussed in here.
For me it is way worse than occasional touch issue
Any solutions will be appreciated
chubbrock said:
Yes I have this issue also. Don't know what would be causing the problem
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I can confirm I have the same issue with mine. Very annoying.
Thanks for confirming, again showing it's not an isolated instance.
Is this issue only for Hotspots? Or any Wifi device? I ask, because I don't see a problem with my WiFi router at home.
raravi said:
Is this issue only for Hotspots? Or any Wifi device? I ask, because I don't see a problem with my WiFi router at home.
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For me it is only for open Wi-FI (no password required to connect), the tend to be public hotspots.
offall said:
For me, I have done a lot of testing, and I have found that, with any open WiFi hotspot, (with captive login or not), even G4 saved the network, half times it won't autoconnect.
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That underlined bit is interesting.
so it seems this only occurs with open networks ie ones that don't require a userid/pass.
otherwise you have no problems connecting when there required login is required and is saved already.
eg. your home wifi ?
some more reading led me to this post.
My G4 doesn't have any problem with the open network at my work. It connects automatically as soon as I drive in the parking lot, if I leave and come back, as soon as I'm in range it re-connects just fine.
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Have we considered this might be done on purpose as a safety thing?
You shouldn't want your phone/laptop connecting to any OPEN network automatically that you haven't vetted. This is how scammers skim passwords, etc., by offering 'free' wifi hotspots in busy areas.
waylo said:
Have we considered this might be done on purpose as a safety thing?
You shouldn't want your phone/laptop connecting to any OPEN network automatically that you haven't vetted. This is how scammers skim passwords, etc., by offering 'free' wifi hotspots in busy areas.
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Not quite, it happens on open networks that I have connected to before i.e. saved and as you put it vetted.
Connecting to saved networks that are passkey protected works fine.
Yes that's right, for me the network that requires password has no problem to auto connect
And the post you linked for refresh DHCP, I tested and it doesn't solve the problem
One Twelve said:
That underlined bit is interesting.
so it seems this only occurs with open networks ie ones that don't require a userid/pass.
otherwise you have no problems connecting when there required login is required and is saved already.
eg. your home wifi ?
some more reading led me to this post.
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Then there is no problem here is there ?
I also have this problem.
To clarify, my situation is for open wifi where the provider redirects you to a webpage where you click "ok" or "accept" to proceed.
The first time I connect, it's fine. But, when my phone tries to auto-connect the next day, it gives the error described. So, I have to manually open up wifi connections, view the list, select the wifi name, and connect.
So it works fine after some manual intervention, but there is a bug I think in how the G4 handles these types of open wifi connections, once they are saved in the phone's history and you try to connect again later. So there is a problem here, but it's somewhat nuanced and easy to miss.
KingFatty said:
I also have this problem.
To clarify, my situation is for open wifi where the provider redirects you to a webpage where you click "ok" or "accept" to proceed.
The first time I connect, it's fine. But, when my phone tries to auto-connect the next day, it gives the error described. So, I have to manually open up wifi connections, view the list, select the wifi name, and connect.
So it works fine after some manual intervention, but there is a bug I think in how the G4 handles these types of open wifi connections, once they are saved in the phone's history and you try to connect again later. So there is a problem here, but it's somewhat nuanced and easy to miss.
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Your description sums up the situation well.
Doing what you want could create a problem of another sort. read this.
http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/64380/stop-wifi-connecting-to-open-networks
No this is not the same.
i only want G4 to autoconnect to network I saved before, meaning the one i have used before and want to use it again.
The problem you are referring to is having android auto connect to random networks, which of course should not happen.
Also G4 currently does not connect to open wifi that doesnt require login either. Even it clear have good internet connection, it wont reconnect, which is clearly a bug
One Twelve said:
Doing what you want could create a problem of another sort. read this.
http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/64380/stop-wifi-connecting-to-open-networks
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offall said:
No this is not the same.
i only want G4 to autoconnect to network I saved before, meaning the one i have used before and want to use it again.
The problem you are referring to is having android auto connect to random networks, which of course should not happen.
Also G4 currently does not connect to open wifi that doesnt require login either. Even it clear have good internet connection, it wont reconnect, which is clearly a bug
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see this is where it gets tricky, that post was referring to networks set up by a telco around the city. the ssid is the same its not a random network. This is exactly what you want.
you accepted it when you were in location a, now you are at location b and want to connect. so it should connect automatically ie no different than if you were to return back to location a.
You said home wifi works, so leaving wifi on, walk out of range and then come back in range and it connects automatically. And you expect the same behaviour with an open wifi that you accepted prior.
Way i understood it is that guy is complaining about what you want with open wifi
Thanks for clarifying.
I went back to re-read the post you pointed out. OP of the thread wants to block all the open wifi hotspots with paywall. It is not because he/she used one paywall network work in location A and doesn't want to use it again in location B. OP never used the paywall network (because it charges) and doesn't want to ever connect to it again, in that case, delete it from the saved network list should solve the problem.
In fact, Op also wants to use non-paywall open wifi, which is same as what I want here with G4. We both have the same need, which is auto re-connect to known, used, and trusted network. Here is exactly G4 cannot do and clearly having a problem. As I said before, even for network that is open, no paywall, and no log in required, G4 simply cannot auto connect, and claim "internet is unavailable", which is false and need to be fixed. Furthermore, even if there is a captive login, G4 should not refuse to auto connect before informing user so. While LG clearly has no problem sending tons of notification for their bloated LG smart notices, right now there is no single notice about WiFi auto connect failure, you will only discover the problem after you open WiFI set up page.
I copied OP's own words from the other thread FYI
"here are random open wifi networks everywhere that allow my Android to connect to their network but won't give internet access because there is a paywall"
"There are a wide variety of providers like BTOpenZone. I'd like to block them all, adding exceptions if I ever find a non-paywall connection"
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see this is where it gets tricky, that post was referring to networks set up by a telco around the city. the ssid is the same its not a random network. This is exactly what you want.
you accepted it when you were in location a, now you are at location b and want to connect. so it should connect automatically ie no different than if you were to return back to location a.
You said home wifi works, so leaving wifi on, walk out of range and then come back in range and it connects automatically. And you expect the same behaviour with an open wifi that you accepted prior.
Way i understood it is that guy is complaining about what you want with open wifi
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