The Wifi on my Omnia is gone! How do i get it back!??!?

[Guest somedude]

All of a sudden my wi-fi option is gone!

I remember fooling around with the wlanloader in the windows folder, and thats the only thing i can think of that could cause this.

Does anyone know how to get this back WITHOUT doing a HARD RESET?

I need this functionality back asap!

Edited December 24, 2008 by somedude

[Guest Eraser-X]

HAve you installed the WMWifirouter? If you have run the crash recover and it will restore the wifi option. I have had this happen to me and that was the fix that worked.

Rex

All of a sudden my wi-fi option is gone!

I remember fooling around with the wlanloader in the windows folder, and thats the only thing i can think of that could cause this.

Does anyone know how to get this back WITHOUT doing a HARD RESET?

I need this functionality back asap!

[Guest somedude]

HAve you installed the WMWifirouter? If you have run the crash recover and it will restore the wifi option. I have had this happen to me and that was the fix that worked.

Rex

i have WMWifirouter installed, and i have tried the crash cleanup, but still no wifi option.

[Guest dave124]

i have WMWifirouter installed, and i have tried the crash cleanup, but still no wifi option.

Run the Crash Cleanup again and then reset the phone via the button next to the power button. Once the phone turns back on, you should have your wifi back?

[Guest somedude]

Run the Crash Cleanup again and then reset the phone via the button next to the power button. Once the phone turns back on, you should have your wifi back?

I tried that, still no wifi.

[Guest BitterBastard]

I have the exact same problem and did exactly what you did: I ran wlanloader.exe. I did it because someone recommended running it to get control back of the WiFi, which had stopped responding to On/Off commands (it was stuck Off). But not responding is better than not being listed!!!

[Guest somedude]

I have the exact same problem and did exactly what you did: I ran wlanloader.exe. I did it because someone recommended running it to get control back of the WiFi, which had stopped responding to On/Off commands (it was stuck Off). But not responding is better than not being listed!!!

lol, see im not the only one!

i guess the culprit of this is that stupid wlanloader.exe. I HIGHLY RECCOMEND NO ONE TOUCH THIS FILE!

[Guest SiLviO_]

Drag the Wifi(connectivity) widget on the screen and touch the Wifi and it gets on... I had the same problem and it was because of a bad wifi configuration and i solved it with that...

Edited December 27, 2008 by SiLviO_

[Guest Jlemon]

All of a sudden my wi-fi option is gone!

I remember fooling around with the wlanloader in the windows folder, and thats the only thing i can think of that could cause this.

Does anyone know how to get this back WITHOUT doing a HARD RESET?

I need this functionality back asap!

I did a hard reset on the phone's main memory, and it work

I love this phone but windows is a bi@#$

[Guest somedude]

i did a hard reset. I didnt want to, but that seemed to be the only way to get it back.

whatever you guys do, do NOT mess with that wlanloader.exe file. Dont even look at it!

[Guest bpivk]

I tend to turn a blind eye when I browse the Windows folder. It's for the best on both PC's and PPC's. :rolleyes:

[Guest fatal_g]

I tend to turn a blind eye when I browse the Windows folder. It's for the best on both PC's and PPC's. :rolleyes:

Ok, is your Verizon Omnia i910 wifi (wi-fi) connection all of a sudden GONE, MIA, VANISHED, BROKEN, WONT TURN BACK ON, Icons are missing?

I kind of experienced all of the above at once. My phone was good for days until I followed the wmwifirouter and icssharing instructions. Toying around with that is what broke it (AFTER a soft reset it was GONE!).

So I searched here and the above comments helped, thanks! but specifically here's what seemed to do it for sure....

(at least I'll presume that if you follow these instructions, there's no reason it shouldn't work?)

1. Soft reset

2. Do a wmwifirouter cleanup (run it and chose the cleanup if you have this installed)

3. Open programs task manager - now close everything.. wtf is activesync there! ^*(*&)(&^%*$

4. Open the samsung wifi widget from the samsung today screen (as stated above, drag out, and click)...

5. Turn on wifi. It seems it wont work.

6. Turn off bluetooth, phone, wifi, then turn all back on.

7. After wifi times out TRY AGAIN, as it is trying, SOFT RESET (right away).

8. When it comes back on, immediately try Wifi On again.

This worked for me.

Hope it works for you.

[Guest rift321]

Ok, is your Verizon Omnia i910 wifi (wi-fi) connection all of a sudden GONE, MIA, VANISHED, BROKEN, WONT TURN BACK ON, Icons are missing?

I kind of experienced all of the above at once. My phone was good for days until I followed the wmwifirouter and icssharing instructions. Toying around with that is what broke it (AFTER a soft reset it was GONE!).

So I searched here and the above comments helped, thanks! but specifically here's what seemed to do it for sure....

(at least I'll presume that if you follow these instructions, there's no reason it shouldn't work?)

1. Soft reset

2. Do a wmwifirouter cleanup (run it and chose the cleanup if you have this installed)

3. Open programs task manager - now close everything.. wtf is activesync there! ^*(*&)(&^%*$

4. Open the samsung wifi widget from the samsung today screen (as stated above, drag out, and click)...

5. Turn on wifi. It seems it wont work.

6. Turn off bluetooth, phone, wifi, then turn all back on.

7. After wifi times out TRY AGAIN, as it is trying, SOFT RESET (right away).

8. When it comes back on, immediately try Wifi On again.

This worked for me.

Hope it works for you.

What a strange workaround. BUT IT WORKS! Thanks man. I was freaking out, scouring the internet for a fix, and finally got this thread.

I think it may have been me effing around with the power settings that caused the "mishap..." Be careful with those.

[Guest lastnikita]

if you removed the wlandautoloader.lnk in windows\startup (pointing to windows .exe), just put it back & soft-reset :rolleyes:

[Guest Blobs]

If you have your sync cable connected it will disappear whilst connected to the network.

Remove the cable and it will come back.

[Guest Mr. B!]

This happened to me as well. Can't say for sure what caused it, but I did the WMWifirouter Crash Cleanup, turned the phone off and then back on and it was restored.

[Guest theidoctor.org]

i have version 1.30 of it and cant find the crash cleanup.... any other tips? i dont how to do this one...

f you removed the wlandautoloader.lnk in windows\startup (pointing to windows .exe), just put it back & soft-reset wink.gif

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well i kinda got it to work... i put the wlanautoldr from windows to startup.... soft reset... nothing.

well i copied the normal wlan loader to the startup... reset.... and now it asks to load each time it starts up... it will work till i can get a better solution

Edited March 22, 2009 by theidoctor.org

[Guest pelswick48]

I had the same problem. Doing the crash cleanup in WMWifiRouter worked for me.

[Guest rboyajian]

I had the same problem. Doing the crash cleanup in WMWifiRouter worked for me.

Try this -- it worked for me on the same problem:

Settings, Power, WiFi tab. Uncheck the power-saving mode box, then reboot. Might need to play around with the main Power Save' tab also, but this was the magic bullet for me. I've since re-enabled all power saving and it hasnt happened since.

Good luck!

[Guest SuzukiDan]

Well it looks like I might be screwed.. I too am a victim of the ICS + WMWifiRouter bomb and my wifi is GONE. I tried everything in this thread several times, following instructions exactly and I'm still not able to turn wifi on via the widget. Just a question, soft reset means hold down the power button right? Or do you mean hit that tiny button next to the power button? Will that do a hard reset or what?

[Guest SuzukiDan]

Come on, nobody has any ideas? Am I doing this stuff right? The soft reset is just holding the power button right?

[Guest gags9999]

Come on, nobody has any ideas? Am I doing this stuff right? The soft reset is just holding the power button right?

No, for soft reset you have to insert your stylus in the small hole right next to the power button and give it a small push. Your phone will soft reset.

I also had the same problem but for me switching on flight mode and again switching it off worked perfectly. I had my wifi back on flight again. B)

[Guest SuzukiDan]

Ok, well I tried that process again with the soft reset button and still no good. How do I switch it into "flight mode"?

[Guest gags9999]

Ok, well I tried that process again with the soft reset button and still no good. How do I switch it into "flight mode"?

Choose samsung Today 2 plugin on home screen, select settings, unlock settings and toggle the flight mode.Of-course, your mileage may vary . All the best.

[Guest SuzukiDan]

Choose samsung Today 2 plugin on home screen, select settings, unlock settings and toggle the flight mode.Of-course, your mileage may vary . All the best.

Thanks for the suggestion, but I've only got one Samsung Today option in my list of possible "today" items. So I select that, but nowhere is there a 'settings' button. I tried editing the buttons and 'settings' is not an item in the list of choices.

I found a way to turn flight mode on and off with voice commands, so I tried that several times but Wifi is still disabled..

I have no way to run crash cleanup because I removed wmwifirouter from my device with the removal tool found on xdadev forum. I cannot reinstall wmwifirouter, it gives me a generic error about "cannot be installed. please choose a different location." but no location works. And yes i deleted the wmwifirouter folder in program files..

I downloaded a registry editor and did my best to search for WMWifiRouter, WLAN, WIFI, Jaguar (the wifi card driver) but simply cannot find anything that looks like a fix. I've adjusted some settings but nothing made a difference. I've searched google, other forums, spent hours and hours on this for the last few days.. and frankly i'm sick of it. I'm getting sick of this phone because it has all the problems of windows, but few of the usual tools to trouble shoot those problems. For example, how the HELL do you uninstall / reinstall a device?? I'm sure if I could just reinstall the wifi card drivers it would probably fix this.. But alas, I see no place to do this. I'm starting to envy my iPhone owning friends! :gasp: Mostly because it does (almost) everything this phone does but it all WORKS SMOOTHLY.. assuming you jailbreak it anyway. Someone please restore my faith in windows mobile phones, I'm ready to flush this thing in the toilet, and I've been a anti-mac windows lover my whole life!