T-MOBILE G1 wifi issue - G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi... I am new this to forum...
I have an issue with my G1 wifi...I dont have 3g so i am using wifi at home...I dunno whether its the router or the g1, the wifi keeps disconnecting after a few minutes(but it doesnt show in the notification that its disconnected)... for example while i am watching a video in youtube...the video suddenly stops in a few minutes...same with browser and market...i tried wifi at college too but still the same problem...
Is there anyways i can fix this? plzzz.....

geokuttan said:
Hi... I am new this to forum...
I have an issue with my G1 wifi...I dont have 3g so i am using wifi at home...I dunno whether its the router or the g1, the wifi keeps disconnecting after a few minutes(but it doesnt show in the notification that its disconnected)... for example while i am watching a video in youtube...the video suddenly stops in a few minutes...same with browser and market...i tried wifi at college too but still the same problem...
Is there anyways i can fix this? plzzz.....
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Hey dude thats a random one that ok if its nt down to the rom that your using assuming you have root its the fact that you g1 wifi is going on sleep mode there are apps on the market that will stop this go have a look round hope this helps

there are apps like wifi lock and stuff i know that...and i have tried almost everything....still no luck...i dont have root...i am deciding whether to root it

geokuttan said:
Hi... I am new this to forum...
I have an issue with my G1 wifi...I dont have 3g so i am using wifi at home...I dunno whether its the router or the g1, the wifi keeps disconnecting after a few minutes(but it doesnt show in the notification that its disconnected)... for example while i am watching a video in youtube...the video suddenly stops in a few minutes...same with browser and market...i tried wifi at college too but still the same problem...
Is there anyways i can fix this? plzzz.....
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so i do have this problem as well, what did helped? pls tell me

nothing really helped...everyone keeps saying its the router....or maybe its programmed to time out wifi connections after a few minutes....i dunno....i am tiered of this problem...cant browse properly...
OH YEA I ROOTED MY PHONE>...still no change...

i got new router and it helped!!! now i dont have problems with g1 after 3-5 minutes disconnecting. go for new router and youll be fine.

yea i figured that out....i am gonna get a new one too....which router did u get???

g1 wifi
i have a rooted g1 using cyanogen rom, whether at work or home the phone says i am connected- good signal 11mps and the ip address but i cannot get on, the browser just says after a bit that address not available. any help.

geokuttan said:
Hi... I am new this to forum...
I have an issue with my G1 wifi...I dont have 3g so i am using wifi at home...I dunno whether its the router or the g1, the wifi keeps disconnecting after a few minutes(but it doesnt show in the notification that its disconnected)... for example while i am watching a video in youtube...the video suddenly stops in a few minutes...same with browser and market...i tried wifi at college too but still the same problem...
Is there anyways i can fix this? plzzz.....
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Dear all,
is this the section of posting wifi problems,... because first there's nothing problems when i connected the wifi, then suddenly at the next hour when i tried to connect the wifi (my phone is G1 with latest room rooted) it auto disable after 2 minutes. when I change the setting for autodisable there's nothing change and it can't scan for a networks at all,...
Everything was fine,... tethering, bluetooth, etc... only the wifi can't connect to anywhere....
Latest things i do was installed the google maps
thanks for your help - Rickim

update firmware
Have you tried updating the firmware on your router?
I had issues with it not with my G1 but with computer and it fixed it...
//serg

G1 probls
my wifi and etc was fine... it can connect from other device,.... btw when i'm in 1.6 donut it wasn't problems at all with the wifi,... since i upgrade into 2.0 suddenly the wifi in G1 can't connect to anywhere and it repeatedly turn into offline after a few seconds....
hmmm.... or should i downgrade into 1.6 again ?
thanks

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Help Plzzzz!!!!!!!!

hi i got my wing yesterday and i cant seem to get this wifi to work i have my network unsecured ..my wing finds it but when i try to connect it times out then gos unavailable then back to available ...no matter what i do it work connect ..any ideas ... cause if i cant fix it ill be sendin it back while i still can...
screwstone said:
hi i got my wing yesterday and i cant seem to get this wifi to work i have my network unsecured ..my wing finds it but when i try to connect it times out then gos unavailable then back to available ...no matter what i do it work connect ..any ideas ... cause if i cant fix it ill be sendin it back while i still can...
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Unfortunately, I've always had the same problem with my secured network with both my MDA(HTC WIZARD) and my Wing(HTC Herald). Do you have Dlink router, by any chance?
Originally change the wifi settings, removing 4X mode and placing the TX rate to 11mb and not 22mb fixed the problem but the problem is back (but so is the 22mbps apparently..)
Just changed it back to 11mbps and it worked!!!
i have my network runnin off a linksys wireless b router model befw1154..and yea i tried changin them settins and still nothing like i said it still sees it and tries to connect but wont ....
I've got a similar problem. Secured network at home (Dlink 614+), won't connect. It'll go from connecting to unavailable, then available again. I've narrowed it down to the router (I think). Every time I change a setting on the router, it reboots itself. Directly after the reboot, I can connect with my wing and stay connected. As soon as I disconnect and try to reconnect, it won't do it. So my only fix so far is to reboot the router when I get home and keep the wifi on.
One time, I went out to get a haircut and connected to a wifi network around there, then as I came home, it was able to connect. Maybe it has to do with the wing "refreshing" a cache or something.
I haven't tried the 11mbps thing posted above. I'll have to try it when I get home. Hopefully that'll fix it, because constant rebooting of the router or finding another wifi spot isn't a real solution for me. I hope the wing will get a software upgrade or something that'll make it more compatible with more routers.
I have the same 614+, so it might work for you. I mean, it still happens but not as much as it did before.

A little help with internet.

So, my internet has been dead for 1 1/2 days now. First hour I though maybe sprint network was down or something? I dunno. But now I cant even get a connection. Calls are still being made, incoming/outgoing. I have The newest fresh rom 2.1, with the new radio. I've checked the settings, all internet connection related is turned on. So whats happening?
pyovue said:
So, my internet has been dead for 1 1/2 days now. First hour I though maybe sprint network was down or something? I dunno. But now I cant even get a connection. Calls are still being made, incoming/outgoing. I have The newest fresh rom 2.1, with the new radio. I've checked the settings, all internet connection related is turned on. So whats happening?
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I bet people in the new Q&A Section could help you
no clue here...
pyovue said:
So, my internet has been dead for 1 1/2 days now. First hour I though maybe sprint network was down or something? I dunno. But now I cant even get a connection. Calls are still being made, incoming/outgoing. I have The newest fresh rom 2.1, with the new radio. I've checked the settings, all internet connection related is turned on. So whats happening?
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Toggle Airplane mode, should fix it.
hey deca! long time no see
rt1oo said:
hey deca! long time no see
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=] Get your ass back to Giz. and in the IRC... NOW.
I can verify that this is happening with me as well. Only happens when I try to run wireless tether, my data connections is completely gone for some time, even though data is enabled. I upgraded my friends phone to the sprint leaked version (no root required) and she too is ha ving problems w/ her data connection. Any ideas?
Tried on DamageControl 2.08 as well as Fresh 2.0d same outcome w/ the wireless tether, as soon as the it connects it completely shuts off the data connection in my phone. Wireless tether worked prior to this happening.
Well you see, its like this. The internet... well, its not a big truck. Its not something you just DUMP something on. The internet.. its a series of tubes!
JK. Seriously though, toggling airplane mode on and off should fix you right up.
Thanks a lot, definitely resets the data connection for the phone. Any tips to get wireless tether to work properly again ?
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Wifi Help!!

Sorry if this is not the right place if it not sorry
well im having this problem
when i got my N1 my wifi was working fine it would connect to a network at stay connected... but for about a month now i can not connect to any wifi network.... when i try and connect it says out of range when in right next to the router idk if Help guys any ideas
Im running a nexus one rooted(stock)
2.2 froyo
Have you tried flashing other rom and see if it connects?
Ya i have And nope nothing =( missing my Wifi cuz i dont get 3g in my House =(

[Q] Wi-Fi Woes

Ok I have a very iritating problem.
My captivate works amazing in all ways... except one. When I'm at home connected to Wifi, within a few mins of me putting the phone down, or even mid use, the wifi will just stop working. The icon still shows it to be connected however no apps are able to actually get internet. A quick pulldown of the quick access menu and tapping wifi off and back on again gets it going great... for another 5 mins. Then the same thing happens.
Its been like this ever since I got the phone, even after flashing different roms. Now i'm running a Linksys Wireless - N router - maybe they're not playing nice?
I dont think its a hardware fault because when I serve wifi, IE the captivate is an infrastructure mode access point for 3g, it stays on consistently and my laptop can tether for 2 hours or more.
Anyone know what might be causing this?
Thanks
When you have wifi on, go to menu settings and 'Wireless and network'. In Wi-Fi settings you can change the Wi-Fi timeout.
nickbarbs said:
Ok I have a very iritating problem.
My captivate works amazing in all ways... except one. When I'm at home connected to Wifi, within a few mins of me putting the phone down, or even mid use, the wifi will just stop working. The icon still shows it to be connected however no apps are able to actually get internet. A quick pulldown of the quick access menu and tapping wifi off and back on again gets it going great... for another 5 mins. Then the same thing happens.
Its been like this ever since I got the phone, even after flashing different roms. Now i'm running a Linksys Wireless - N router - maybe they're not playing nice?
I dont think its a hardware fault because when I serve wifi, IE the captivate is an infrastructure mode access point for 3g, it stays on consistently and my laptop can tether for 2 hours or more.
Anyone know what might be causing this?
Thanks
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Try goin to settings->wireless and networks-> wifi settings (menu key)advanced and set the sleeping policy to never
I've done that...
i *Think* i've fixed it. I was using WPA2 IPK encryption or whatever.. Switched back to the 64 bit crappy WEP. Wifi was on all night and all morning with no cut out.
Might be just another linksys-is-crap situation.
HI, I figured I keep my wifi woes within a singe thread so.
I have an old D Link WBS 2310 router.
I recently got a message from AT&T that I'm near my data limit. This surprised me as my last cycle I barely got near 500mb. Since my bill isn't ready yet, I can't see exactly what it is I'm doing to use so much data.
TO be safe I figured I'd pull out my old router and set it up. After hours of hassle getting it to work on my new computer, I wasn't able to get my Captivate to hook up to it.
My laptop works fine. It gets a fast wifi signal, but my phone just says "Obtaining IP address" for a while and then gives up.
My phone gets wifi at work, at friends', at coffee shops - but not at home.
I've tried this with no encryption, WEP encryption and WPA2 encryption.
Each time my laptop would hook up to the wifi but my phone wouldn't.
I searched some other forums and found similar problems with HTC phones.
Some answers say that D Link sucks. But that answer applies to other brands as well.
Do I need "n" wifi, rather than "g"?
I don't want to buy another router only to find it still doesn't work.
Any help?
gluvox said:
HI, I figured I keep my wifi woes within a singe thread so.
I have an old D Link WBS 2310 router.
I recently got a message from AT&T that I'm near my data limit. This surprised me as my last cycle I barely got near 500mb. Since my bill isn't ready yet, I can't see exactly what it is I'm doing to use so much data.
TO be safe I figured I'd pull out my old router and set it up. After hours of hassle getting it to work on my new computer, I wasn't able to get my Captivate to hook up to it.
My laptop works fine. It gets a fast wifi signal, but my phone just says "Obtaining IP address" for a while and then gives up.
My phone gets wifi at work, at friends', at coffee shops - but not at home.
I've tried this with no encryption, WEP encryption and WPA2 encryption.
Each time my laptop would hook up to the wifi but my phone wouldn't.
I searched some other forums and found similar problems with HTC phones.
Some answers say that D Link sucks. But that answer applies to other brands as well.
Do I need "n" wifi, rather than "g"?
I don't want to buy another router only to find it still doesn't work.
Any help?
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part of the IEEE 802.11n standard is backward compatibility with all previous 802.11 standards IIRC, so there should be no need to buy a new n device.
HOWEVER, i am also having issues with my wi-fi and my g capable router. i will meddle around with some phone and router settings to see if i can fix this, this is one area were i can actually be of some use on this forum
Hi. It turned out the wifi was broken on my captivate. I reset it to stock and it's all better. It had been working up to the previous day so I assumed that it was still working. The router goes down intermittently in general, so I've ordered a new one to see what's up.
Hi, I'm back! So after resetting the phone and getting wifi to actually connect (rather than being stuck searching for IP address), I'm now having the exact same problem is the OP. The OP seems to have solved this by switching to WEP. I tried this and it doesn't work. My timeout is set to never. Also, it's the same at home (I replaced my router) as well as at Starbucks and a friends house.
I'm connected, but can't download or sync. It works initially and then stops, and then comes back in briefly and then stops, all the while "connected." Sometimes I can fix it temporarily by turning off wifi and then turning it back on.
SO what's the deal? Is it a hardware problem? Is there some secret magic code?
edit: Just disabled encryption - same problem.

[Q] Fixing Wi-fi without reformatting?

Hey, in the last few weeks I've run into a very annoying bug on my phone. Wi-fi turns itself off after about 2 minutes. It doesn't actually "turn itself off" in the phone - and by that I mean that the wifi icon is still there, and I can see the signal strength, but the internet won't work.
In order to fix it, I have to turn the wifi off and then on again.
I've tried using the Wifi Fixer application, but it doesn't help. It can't seem to detect when I lose my internet connection.
I've also troubleshooted it, checking that it occurs on different routers/types of networks.
I'm sure it's a problem with my phone, but I dont really want to reformat my phone until Froyo comes (since I don't want to have to install all my apps twice).
Is there any solution to this? ;z
I'm on stock rom, JF3, with OCLF.
I have the same problem with my phone. My Wi-Fi at home works just fine, but when I go to my brother's house, I seem to occasionally lose internet connection even though it shows that it's still connected to the Wi-Fi. I have stock Bell ROM with OCLF by RyanZA. Oh, and to fix it I simply turn Wi-Fi off, and then on, and it starts working again.
Bump :x
Anyone have a solution?

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