Loving the phone really, one thing i have noticed is when ever im downloading or uploading large files through my home WIFI after a short period the phone disconnects from the network and i have to reconnect manually. Any ideas is anyone else having the same issue. All my other devices are fine
Same thing here, but it reconnects itself - just losing the connection for 1-2 seconds. It happens sometimes even when browsing the web. Most likely some kind of software bug.
Had similar symptoms when playing with the phone at work`s WiFi (1st day of usage). On my home WiFi nothing wrong at all.
Make sure that keep WiFi on during sleep is always.
Or the WiFi will turn off the moment u turn the screen off
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abd_alazeez2002 said:
Make sure that keep WiFi on during sleep is always.
Or the WiFi will turn off the moment u turn the screen off
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Yeah checked that it happens even with the screen on. i got the screen to stay awake when charging and usually download my big files the i gave up trying to download A Bards Tale last night.
marcgear said:
Loving the phone really, one thing i have noticed is when ever im downloading or uploading large files through my home WIFI after a short period the phone disconnects from the network and i have to reconnect manually. Any ideas is anyone else having the same issue. All my other devices are fine
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it happens sometimes in s3, s2, xS and etc
it s a bug and will repair by software update or flashing another rom/firmware by urself if know wht to do.
abd_alazeez2002 said:
Make sure that keep WiFi on during sleep is always.
Or the WiFi will turn off the moment u turn the screen off
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I found that WiFi is one of the most power draining things on phones. The best thing would be to switch to mobile data while sleeping and turn wifi off during that time.
That way you can still receive everything, but since you're sleeping you will barely use any data at all.
To bad the phone can't do that automatically.
I'm getting frequent wifi drops in my home (netgear router, wpa psk security) and its also affecting other devices in the house! Other wifi networks I've connected to seem to be fine, no issues whatsoever. Sometimes it'll say its connected, but no data, other times it will disconnect entirely.
This is a VERY strange problem and the fact that its affecting the wifi connection to other devices is even stranger.
Just an update on this, I returned my phone to P4U this morning as the wifi thing was annoying me and the phone has eaten 823mb of mobile data in one weekend even though i had mobile data turned off and connected to WIFI, The handset said i used 115mb and Voda said 823mb. not the only reason i returned it but it needed changing. So got my new handset up and running this afternoon and im set up and i been downloading all my files and apps with out any problems.
So looks like i had a dud phone first time around.
Xperia rebooting fibre broadband gateway???
hanleyco said:
I'm getting frequent wifi drops in my home (netgear router, wpa psk security) and its also affecting other devices in the house! Other wifi networks I've connected to seem to be fine, no issues whatsoever. Sometimes it'll say its connected, but no data, other times it will disconnect entirely.
This is a VERY strange problem and the fact that its affecting the wifi connection to other devices is even stranger.
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Getting the same problem too. All my other devices (Nexus7, Ipad, PC) can connect fine to my wireless home network (fibre). But when I start connecting my Xperia Z to the wireless network, after 5 mins, my Gateway will hang, and restart itself. Happens all the time without fail as long as I have my phone hooked up to the wireless network.
Anyone else facing this problem?? I'm kinda at a loss now on how to solve it. Tried adjusting settings on my wireless channel too but doesn't seem to help. Any help will be greatly appreciated!!!
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Getting the same problem too. All my other devices (Nexus7, Ipad, PC) can connect fine to my wireless home network (fibre). But when I start connecting my Xperia Z to the wireless network, after 5 mins, my Gateway will hang, and restart itself. Happens all the time without fail as long as I have my phone hooked up to the wireless network.
Anyone else facing this problem?? I'm kinda at a loss now on how to solve it. Tried adjusting settings on my wireless channel too but doesn't seem to help. Any help will be greatly appreciated!!!
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Ok, so i reckon this could be an issue with not having a static I.P address. Gonna change it tonight when I get home and see if the problem is solved. It's either that or it may be trying to connect to a port thats used for something else? Have ports assigned for my Xbox ect. I'm not too knowledgeable about these things so any other suggestions are welcome. Not too many settings on the phone unfortunately so the problem has to be solved using the router I'd say.
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Ok, so i reckon this could be an issue with not having a static I.P address. Gonna change it tonight when I get home and see if the problem is solved. It's either that or it may be trying to connect to a port thats used for something else? Have ports assigned for my Xbox ect. I'm not too knowledgeable about these things so any other suggestions are welcome. Not too many settings on the phone unfortunately so the problem has to be solved using the router I'd say.
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I have static ip set up since the beginning, and I also have the problems. Only my problem seems to stem from 2.4 GHz/ 5 GHz (if this is even possible). 5 GHz is the preferred one, but this one seems to be out of range sometimes and it switches to mobile data. The 5 GHz is then out of range, while the 2.4 GHz is not. Very strange.
Ive found the Xperia Z has held on to a 5GHz Wi-Fi signal better than any other device I've used before, but the 2.4GHz can often disappear...
Very odd, although at home I am quite happy that 5GHz works better as there's far less interference from local neighbours. Perhaps that's causing the problem - in that the XZ isn't so well set up to cope with other routers on the same Wi-Fi channels??
The reach of my 2.4 GHz is at 75%, while 5 GHz is at 50%??? Strange.
I would always expect 2.4GHz to carry further, and so I am surprised by my experience too.
In my case, there's only 1 5GHz router visible other than mine, but countless 2.4GHz ones. Not sure why that would make the XZ drop (and sometimes even lose) the connection - but that's what seems to be happening.
Xperia Z no wi-fi without SIM
I have a different wi-fi issue with my Xperia Z. It does not connect to my home wi-fi when there is no SIM in the phone. It just says that the network is out of reach. When I pop in the SIM card, it connects automatically. Actually, all the hi-end Sony phones I tried recently do this (Ion, T and more). I've been looking for a solution here on the forum, but didn't find any helpful topic. But maybe I was looking wrong. Does anyone know, what to do?
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I have a different wi-fi issue with my Xperia Z. It does not connect to my home wi-fi when there is no SIM in the phone. It just says that the network is out of reach. When I pop in the SIM card, it connects automatically. Actually, all the hi-end Sony phones I tried recently do this (Ion, T and more). I've been looking for a solution here on the forum, but didn't find any helpful topic. But maybe I was looking wrong. Does anyone know, what to do?
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I think the obvious answer is put a SIM in there... and if that means getting any old SIM and cutting it to size, even if it's not registered on any network, then do that.
I wonder if it the phone is looking at the SIM to identify the country, and therefore what channels can be used? I say this because when I first used the phone (without SIM) I also had problems [router not showing up in a scan], and my router is on channel 13. I then put in a SIM and at some stage did another scan and it found my router.
Is your router perhaps on channel 11, 12 or 13?
I know it's a long shot, but who knows?
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I think the obvious answer is put a SIM in there... and if that means getting any old SIM and cutting it to size, even if it's not registered on any network, then do that.
I wonder if it the phone is looking at the SIM to identify the country, and therefore what channels can be used? I say this because when I first used the phone (without SIM) I also had problems [router not showing up in a scan], and my router is on channel 13. I then put in a SIM and at some stage did another scan and it found my router.
Is your router perhaps on channel 11, 12 or 13?
I know it's a long shot, but who knows?
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Interesting point, will try to investigate with the channels. And I may also try to dig out some inactive SIM, thanks for the tip... The only thing I found is, that the problem obviously appears only with the WPA2-PSK security. With WPA, its all a-OK...
If you look inside the build.prop
The wifi.channel is not assigned,maybe this can gives you an idea guys.
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My 2.4GHz has autochannel and 5Ghz is @ 44.
Hey guys
I've got a C6603 and I'm getting very very slow HSPA and 3G data speeds. WiFi speeds are perfectly normal.
A lot of the time pages simply do not even load. They just time out. Facebook and other apps SOMETIMES work but they too are much much slower than they should.
I am on the same network as I used with my old phone and I am in the same areas. Signal almost always shows up as full or near to full.
I can't work out what it is. I've let the phone download it's own settings. I've tried using my own from my old Nexus (which always had great speeds).
But still nothing.
Bit lost as to what to do now.
Anyone have any suggestions as to what is wrong?
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Are you in US? If so does your area support the 850 band or does it mainly rely on 1700? This phone only had 850 for your model and in my area we happen to use that a lot and get great speeds but you could be in the opposite kind of area...
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Sorry Australia, as far as I can tell the phone supports the same bands as my previous.
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Sorry Australia, as far as I can tell the phone supports the same bands as my previous.
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Which carrier are you with? So far my experience with the Xperia Z is I get similar results on 3G to what I was getting with my lumia800
EDIT: Outer Melbourne suburbs here.
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Which carrier are you with? So far my experience with the Xperia Z is I get similar results on 3G to what I was getting with my lumia800
EDIT: Outer Melbourne suburbs here.
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Virgin.
Darwin, NT.
To be honest - i'm almost sure there's something wrong with XZ radio's driver. I had terrible speeds and loss of connectivity on stock firmware with both 3g/4g and wi-fi. 434 update seems to have resolved this.
Akiainavas said:
To be honest - i'm almost sure there's something wrong with XZ radio's driver. I had terrible speeds and loss of connectivity on stock firmware with both 3g/4g and wi-fi. 434 update seems to have resolved this.
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I'm trying to sort out updating now. BUT of course I have other issues. Phone charges with usb is plugged in. But doesn't connect. USB Debugging is on. But I'm having driver issues with MTP or something. Fun Fun Fun.
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I'm trying to sort out updating now. BUT of course I have other issues. Phone charges with usb is plugged in. But doesn't connect. USB Debugging is on. But I'm having driver issues with MTP or something. Fun Fun Fun.
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Try turning off usb debug n connect!
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I'm trying to sort out updating now. BUT of course I have other issues. Phone charges with usb is plugged in. But doesn't connect. USB Debugging is on. But I'm having driver issues with MTP or something. Fun Fun Fun.
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Settings > Xperia > USB Connection type. Change to the other one, connect, disconnect, change it again and connect to use - solved.
Even after updating my xperia Z,wifi reception is poor and tend to get disconnected occasionally,any work aroundhelp needed...
OP please provide more detail for your issue, so that Members can better assist you in your matter. Thank You.
mathen said:
Even after updating my xperia Z,wifi reception is poor and tend to get disconnected occasionally,any work aroundhelp needed...
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If you're talking about weak signal on some routers, browsers hanging etc. - unfortunately this problem hasn't been completely resolved with 434 update. I think we might need to contact Sony about it because it's very frustrating.
Hint: for now, try setting your router to 802.11G mode. It helped me a lot - seems like XZ is having problems with 802.11N or mixed N/G networks.
I am experiencing bad wifi reception,my router is Netgear N150.Its working fine with my macbook pro ,desktop, galaxy tab2 and ipad4.It was fine with my iphone 5 too.Xperia z is finding it difficult to connect to the same wifi network ,in the same situation.Also if mobile data is kept on occasional shifting between wifi and mobile network occurs.I feel that,wifi reception of xperia z is NOT good.
WiFi Issues?
mathen said:
Even after updating my xperia Z,wifi reception is poor and tend to get disconnected occasionally,any work aroundhelp needed...
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Hi,
I use only WiFi on mine, and not much problems.
I use the WiFi Alarm app so that if it does get disconnected, I'll beep really loud and alert me to solve it (Otherwise I might not get VOIP calls and not even know I am missing them!)
Like once or twice a day it disconnects for about 0.5 seconds and triggers the alarm, which is annoying, but no major problems. (It reconnects on its own, and it may be the router's fault).
One guy on Sony forum post this fix
i fix wifi with solution
Please root your phone before edit
Open the file /system/etc/firmware/wlan/prima/WCNSS_qcom_cfg.ini in text editor
Change ConnectivityThresholdDBM=-87 to ConnectivityThresholdDBM=-100
reboot
no problem about battery drain.
my fw is 2.254
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I dont know if it works or not. Im testing it now and i post it to allow you try it.
This has been posted before in general section and some report it works some not.
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It helps I think.
My understanding is that this is the level when the phone decides that wifi is too weak and it should switch to a data signal.
I don’t suffer from range issues – the SP has as good, if not better range than all the other wireless devices in my house. However connecting in the first place can be a right pain.
I had an xperia ray before and it also did what I’m about to describe (but connected more reliably) – in essence when wifi is ‘connecting’ the signal strength will go from excellent/good/fair to poor or even nothing. It fails to connect and I’m told there’s an authentication issue.
This tells me that either my router reduces its wifi signal, or my phone is less able to receive the signal during this stage. As my router is old (6/7 years), I’m inclined to think it’s the router – Sony probably test their devices on more recent hardware.
With these things in mind what this tweak does, is hold on to the wifi signal for longer before switching to a data connection, making connecting to wifi more likely.
In my case after applying this hack the signal still drops whilst ‘connecting/authenticating’ but connects more frequently, and the signal goes back up again once connection is made.
I must also say that wifi problems are not unique to Sony devices and having had a look elsewhere for a solution I discovered that many other phones, from a variety of manufacturers, have similar issues. One of the big US Universities even wrote reports about how the Android OS was at fault for overloading their wireless network with repeated DHCP requests.
Anyway before you apply the tweak try enabling ‘auto IP support’ in advanced wireless settings. Similarly it doesn’t make sense to have ‘avoid poor connections’ enabled.
It does work for me
juansuperuser said:
One guy on Sony forum post this fix
I dont know if it works or not. Im testing it now and i post it to allow you try it.
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I changed the file as well. It worked for me, now it doesn't disconnect randomly on weak signals..couple of inches range increased.
Didnt work for me.
Deathless93 said:
Didnt work for me.
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Thanks for the answers. I have been testing this fix and i can say it works for me. Where i had 1 weak signal now i have 2 or 1 but a steady one. Now i can move in my house without losing WiFi.
Remember that you can change -100 and test it with more (-300) but I supouse the battery will last less. Otherwise you can change to -90 or -95 if you think WiFi its enough good.
Very good. Saw significant improvement in the areas of the house that I had a problem with the connection before. C5303 on 12.0.A.1.257.
Thanks
I'm curious how your wifi is performing because i'm getting pretty bad wifi reception and starting to think it's maybe a hardware fault.
On my old phone (One X) i'm getting full bars and a link speed of 72Mbps allmost everywhere in my livingroom.
On the One mini i have never had 72Mbps (max 54 and mostly 26 or lower) and frequently loose wifi connection in my house where the One X easally maintains a strong connection.
The same is with the bleutooth connection. When streaming music I only have to touch the top of the right corner and things start to stutter.
What is your experience? Please let me know so I know if i have to send it for repair.
Carlovn said:
I'm curious how your wifi is performing because i'm getting pretty bad wifi reception and starting to think it's maybe a hardware fault.
On my old phone (One X) i'm getting full bars and a link speed of 72Mbps allmost everywhere in my livingroom.
On the One mini i have never had 72Mbps (max 54 and mostly 26 or lower) and frequently loose wifi connection in my house where the One X easally maintains a strong connection.
The same is with the bleutooth connection. When streaming music I only have to touch the top of the right corner and things start to stutter.
What is your experience? Please let me know so I know if i have to send it for repair.
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It does sound bit strange. have you tried going into advance setting and put wifi optimization on?
kativiti said:
It does sound bit strange. have you tried going into advance setting and put wifi optimization on?
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Thanks for responding. I have tried that and it didn't seem te make a differnce.
What kind of link speeds are you getting?
You can check that by tapping on your wifi SSID when you are connected.
Thanks!
According to my phone, 65Mbps
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I have sent my device in for repair. I received a new phone and all problems are solved I have steady connection now