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[robot1000]

My wifi won't stay connect automatically to my router. It says under WiFi seetings 'connection unsuccessful'. I keep having to turn off WiFi and reconnect that way.

I already have the connection to be 'always on' so I don't see why the disconnections happen

Anyone else experiencing this issue and if so, can it be fixed?

I've created a petition (1st ever one), I would appreciate it, if people would sign it

http://www.petitions...itions/orangesf

EDIT

It's been mentioned in this thread and verified by myself as well that using the following software fixes the WiFi sleep issue

http://code.google.c.../...mp;can=2&q=

Edited by robot1000, 10 October 2010 - 03:05 PM.

[metachi]

my home router works fine with the phone, but not working on work's wifi..

[scoobdriver]

Mine seems to have started this flakey disconnecting, and not re-connecting automatically also

[metachi]

only having problem if the router is wep protected. without is working fine.

[Matt Thompson]

I also get similar with WPA2 protection on my WiFi network.

[flash2004]

Yes. the connection is a bit flaky on my phone as well...
I am going to the orange shop today

[fluxcapacitor]

I don't think It's the hardware, it's the software at fault not auto reconnecting when a known wifi is available.

Turning wifi off/on via the widget makes it connect straight away again

[mannybianco]

There are apps that will keep the wifi alive. I'm not sure they will help you in your particular case, probably not, but it's worth a try I guess. I used to use an app called Reconnect Wifi when I had issues with disconnecting wifi that would not reconnect.

Edited by mannybianco, 29 September 2010 - 11:10 AM.

[n00kie bear]

Matt Thompson, on Sep 29 2010, 10:37, said:

I also get similar with WPA2 protection on my WiFi network.

I'm also having the same wifi issues with WPA2. I read on another forum earlier that giving the phone a static ip address resolves the issue. Not 100% convinced but will give it a try later.

[norwici]

n00kie bear, on Sep 29 2010, 13:08, said:

I'm also having the same wifi issues with WPA2. I read on another forum earlier that giving the phone a static ip address resolves the issue. Not 100% convinced but will give it a try later.

I have the same issue with wifi but on an open network with MAC filtering.  Using MCR r2.

It is annoying more than anything.

[flibblesan]

Oddly I have this issue with my Pulse, but not having the problem with the San Fran.

[n00kie bear]

n00kie bear, on Sep 29 2010, 12:08, said:

I'm also having the same wifi issues with WPA2. I read on another forum earlier that giving the phone a static ip address resolves the issue. Not 100% convinced but will give it a try later.

Tried making the ip address static on the phone and the router but that didn't improve things. Still dropping connection and not auto reconnecting. Toggle the wifi off/on and its reconnects straight away.

Anyone had any joy either after getting the handset replaced or tweaking something?

[ancientyne]

robot1000, on Sep 29 2010, 10:21, said:

My wifi won't stay connect automatically to my router. It says under WiFi seetings 'connection unsuccessful'. I keep having to turn off WiFi and reconnect that way.

I already have the connection to be 'always on' so I don't see why the disconnections happen

Anyone else experiencing this issue and if so, can it be fixed?

SOLUTION TO WIFI PROBLEMS :

ive seen this many times with iphones and many other devices, mild incompatiblitys in wifi protocol cause these issues, what worked for me was setting the security to WEP for WIFI routers you have control over, and i seem to get no disconnects with this either, I doubt taking it back to orange will change it being comfortable on certain WPA connection, obviously when you out and about and the trying to hotspot WPA wifi this may prove troublesome, but from my experience it wont be all WPA just some of them depending on the version and negotiation protocal involved. But WEP on home WIFI should solve your problem.

Edited by ancientyne, 30 September 2010 - 02:55 PM.

[PaulOBrien]

Setting your routers to WEP is a very bad idea.

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[Dyason]

I have this problem too. It worked in MCR3 but since the new ones it loses connection until found manually or until turned on and off. Strangely it's only at home on my DD-WRT router, not at work on the Cisco stuff or my girlfriends Netgear.

WEP isn't just a bad idea, if you want fast 802.11n speeds a requirement is WPA2/AES. Funnily I think my home router is the only 802.11n device my phone connects to. What routers and wireless network setups are the other people having problems on?

[southpaw1]

newbie here , thanks for the heads up on the blade , my 1st droid device , and great site here too ,
i am struggling with this wifi
"wi-fi" tab status switches between scanning connecting and disconnected , still cant get it to connect to home network , tried various methods of encryption and still same

[ancientyne]

southpaw1, on Sep 30 2010, 16:15, said:

newbie here , thanks for the heads up on the blade , my 1st droid device , and great site here too ,
i am struggling with this wifi
"wi-fi" tab status switches between scanning connecting and disconnected , still cant get it to connect to home network , tried various methods of encryption and still same

Agreed WEP is not my favourite security to use either ……… encryption slows things down and thats compounded over range, but what im saying is …… my san fran refused to connect on WPA, and connected and stayed connected with WEP perfectly, and my suggestion should help those who quickly want to get wifi access stable, if theyre then worried about wep security then it can be determined which part of WPA the sanfran is having trouble with , possibly a default hex password issue ? it might be worth setting the WPA password manually on your router. ( I could experiment and see what kind of WPA issue it is, its probably a variation in WPA protocol. WIFI is not as solid a standard as people perceive, I do Tech supp for a living and often see WIFI devices that refuse to connect with each other on certain security protocols.

To be honest you can avoid the whole wifi security profile issue, by setting your router, to use MAC address control and putting in the mac address of the devices that use the router and using no wifi password at all, obviously its a pain for guests ? where a password scenario is more convenient, rather than entering guests MAC addresses into the router.

And yes I understand that MAC address's can be spoofed, but nearly all WIFI security protocols can be hacked if someone is determined, and WPA2 is more secure than most, but even this could be hacked, as such security is more about making it secure enough, that a hacker will pick an easier target.

802.11n will benefit those who are serving files back and forth between their device and wifi router connected NAS storage or computers and such, but unless your 54g ie 54Mbps wifi performance is horrible reception wise (ie 20Mbps and lower performance) it is unlikely to be outstripped by the average 8-20mbps broadband speeds most people get. as such 802.11n mainly benefits people doing HD streaming and very large file transfers and such OR people who have many/multiple WIFI devices hooked to their router concurrently, is this device capable of 720p playback.

Edited by ancientyne, 30 September 2010 - 05:27 PM.

[ancientyne]

OK SECOND ATTEMPT TO HELP THOSE HAVING DIFFICULTY AND WHO WANT WPA2

I found i could connect with WPA when I changed the password away from the short default hex one my router was using to a 13 digit alphnumeric WPA2 password.
Also im pretty confident that unlike when wep is used for me, the WPA2 has a little lag in reconnecting to wifi when coming out of sleep and sometimes brings up a message saying

"Attention"
a network error has occured
Retry or cancel and return to the prevous screen"

this definitely also seemed to dissapear to negligible when connected via the charger, so i guess this something related to energy saving, which can proabably be tweaked in energy saving preferences though I havent found them yet.

but it soon reconnects with WPA without having to go to wifi settings etc if you just tap "retry" (for me anyway)

UPDATE : 18:53 : this doesnt always occur I think it depends on how deep it has powered down and turned off the wifi ? because actually it seems to have speeded up reconnecting and i can see the wifi symbol flash back and its connected almost instantly, but I cant seem to determine what the difference is in causing dialog or dialog ? certainly it seemed to occur on an android marketplace page, which i hadnt previously looked at if i clicked on the fresh uncached link almost immediately after waking the device with the power button ?

this does not happen when using wep for me ?

when I at first couldn't connect at all with WPA before an I decided to set the router to wep, it was set to "WPA+WPA2" but wierdly I just successfuly reconnected using WPA+WPA2 the only thing ive change since earlier in the day when it refused to connect is my password length, choosing my own 13 digit alphanumeric password ?!? previously it was either a 7-8 char default hex password ?
there is also a "WPA" option by itself , these are the variations in the WPA protocols WPA2 being the newer type which you should set it too if you can. though now WPA+WPA2 has started working ?

currently running with a 13 digit alphnumeric password and WPA set as "WPA+WPA2" security.

NB none of these issues to me, appear to be anything to do with the Modaco rom, as I only just got my blade today and haven't yet rooted or flashed it, and im still runnign with the orange default rubbish.

testing a bit more WPA etc and see whether any setting dont have reconnect issues ? will report back asap.

Edited by ancientyne, 30 September 2010 - 06:20 PM.

[ancientyne]

TIP : remember to "forget network" in the network list after you change security method on your router, by holding down on the network in the network list until the forget option appears and selecting it, as you dont want the device confused as to which of two networks named the same one, with the old security and one with the new to connect to, obviously the one without signal it cant etc, but still its not healthy to have the ghost one with the same name lying around in the list.

[southpaw1]

ancientyne, on Sep 30 2010, 19:07, said:

TIP : remember to "forget network" in the network list after you change security method on your router, by holding down on the network in the network list until the forget option appears and selecting it, as you dont want the device confused as to which of two networks named the same one, with the old security and one with the new to connect to, obviously the one without signal it cant etc, but still its not healthy to have the ghost one with the same name lying around in the list.

thanks for all your efforts ancientyne , unfortunately still not connecting on my home network , i can scan for devices and get list of mine and neighbouring networks , but just cant connect , the wifi signal always seems to have the x thru it ,
i havent installed any WAPI Certs , is that likely to be an issue ?
your assistance is much appreciated mate