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Wifi issues?

Anyone else experiencing issues with wifi?
My reception in particular is quite low when comparing to other devices in the same area.
This is happening across different routers.
Any help appreciated
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I have also some problem with the wifi.
If I am under 3 meter from my access point, there is no "problem". But if I am farest, my Note always disconnected. Every 3-5 seconds, the Note is doing a scan of the networks and cut the connection. With others phone I don't have the same problem. For example, it's impossible to listen to radios with wifi, download some stuff, there is always disconnection.
I saw that some other android phone had the same problem, is there a solution for the Note?
Thanks for your responses and sorry for my bad english.

daoutlawz said:
My reception in particular is quite low when comparing to other devices in the same area.
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I have the same the same problem...
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work ok here. worse than iPad but better than iPod touch..

Yes I've found wifi to be worse than my old desire

Most of the Samsung made devices I have seen recently for Wifi are pretty much crap. Not sure why but most have weak wifi signals. The Galaxy S2,Nexus S and the new Samsung Note are pretty much all the same as far as Wifi signals are concerned.

So I'm not sure if this is related, but it sounds like it might be. My note can't see my 5ghz wireless N. Anyone experience anything like this?is
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benburch9 said:
So I'm not sure if this is related, but it sounds like it might be. My note can't see my 5ghz wireless N. Anyone experience anything like this?is
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Probably the Note's antena is a 2.4 GHz one. 802.11n != 5 GHz only. I learned that the hard way with my home network.
Which is a real bummer. I didn't know Samsung's devices had crappy WiFi, as it's the primary means my mobile devices get online.

My 2.4Ghz notebook makes 150 mbps speed, why Galaxy Note cannot use 150mbps? Actually the maximum speed is 65mbps even near the AP. I can't use DLNA, because all the videos are glitch with this speed. Can anyone explain is it possible to increase the 802.11n WiFi speed?

I was pretty sure its supposed to be dual band. I thought id resd other people had used 5ghz. Anyone have any experience with this?
Also my reason for wanting to use the 5ghz band his nothing to do with bandwidth and everything to do with the horrible. 2.4 ghz congestion in my apartment. If I'm near my router it's fine, but in other rooms I get wildly fluctuating speeds on 2.4ghz congestion(regardless of the device used).
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It is not necessary to use the 5GHz band for 150mbps speed. It is enough 2.4 MHz.

I was going to get the unlocked Note to use ONLY on Wifi and maybe with the h20 prepaid at&t prepaid sim. This Wifi problem has me worried.

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I was going to get the unlocked Note to use ONLY on Wifi and maybe with the h20 prepaid at&t prepaid sim. This Wifi problem has me worried.
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Well if it makes you feel any better, I am having no wifi issues what so ever, other than I am getting the sneaking suspicion it just doesn't support 5ghz bands at all.
Anyway, my 2.4ghz n is working just fine.

benburch9 said:
I was pretty sure its supposed to be dual band. I thought id resd other people had used 5ghz. Anyone have any experience with this?
Also my reason for wanting to use the 5ghz band his nothing to do with bandwidth and everything to do with the horrible. 2.4 ghz congestion in my apartment. If I'm near my router it's fine, but in other rooms I get wildly fluctuating speeds on 2.4ghz congestion(regardless of the device used).
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afaik generally speaking 5GHz quality deteriorates much quicker with distance and obstacles than 2.4GHz - it probably wouldn't be any better than 2.4 GHz.
Btw can someone measure .g and .n max speeds ? If I remember correctly SGS2 peeked at 32mbps no matter of the connection type so if Note does 65mbps then wifi in SGS2 and Note aren't identical. On the side note: SGS2's wifi is really crap, HTC Sensation's XE wifi works even with couple of walls in between the router I can browse the net, download etc. without problems, while SGS2 is close to unusable at that distance. I really hoped Samsung had learned they lesson with crap wifi implementation sadly this doesn't seem to be the case :/

Well I can tell you that in my apartment, the 5ghz band is a much better bet. Trust me, I have tested it a bunch with multiple laptops.
As far as wifi speeds, the fastest I have seen is roughly 30mbps on a rock solid 50mbps fiber connection.

benburch9 said:
Well I can tell you that in my apartment, the 5ghz band is a much better bet. Trust me, I have tested it a bunch with multiple laptops.
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I can confirm the same with the Note. The speed with 5Ghz N is way better and dropoff at least in my apartment is much less.

> Anyone else experiencing issues with wifi?
WIFI-g works fine on my device.

Both 5ghz and 2.4ghz work fine on the note, with the exception of 5ghz @ 40MHz channels which the note can't see. Of course the 5ghz band deteriorates faster as you get further away from the router but in 2.4ghz crowded places its still better to use the 5ghz radio. It's really very individual, each has to adapt to his environment's limits.
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If i really think about it; the wifi rwception maybe not as good as ipad but definitely way better than the blackberry playbook.
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Wifi is fine for me
Got my Note Saturday. I noticed the signal displayed is not as high as my Skyrocket but the wifi works just as well. Was able to use it in places I did not think it would work. I have a dual band N router.

Poor Wi-Fi signal reception

Hi all
I'm playing with my new Xperia T since 4 days and I noticed right away that it's got one of the worst WiFi reception quality of any phone I've ever owned.
Either that or there are problems with WiFi signals from 802.11n routers.
Result is, it struggles to keep connected to my network, and I have to hold the phone in an awkward way, while previously I didn't care about that.
Anyone with the same issue?

No sorry, in my case I it has one of the best reception I've ever had on a phone.
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I don't have problems keeping the connection up, but it is indeed lacking in wifi sensibility.
Performing a scan, my old HTC Desire shows more wifi access points, and with better signal, than this phone.

I have no problems connecting, but signal seems quite weak. With my old x10 I could retain connection in my back garden, but with T it won't go past the back door!!
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I measured the signal intensity with the network monitor app and the levels seem quite similar to other phones (i was testing with a galaxy note), but the Xperia gives out much earlier at -85 dbm, the Samsung phone holds on instead at the same level.
Maybe it's software related?

WIFI range

I'm not sure if it's just me but haven't anyone notice the wifi range on this device is unbelievable?
I'm always on wifi either at home and at work and I had a bunch of devices and I have to say this one by far has the best range I've ever had.
I'm thoroughly impressed cause I've always remember HTC always having the worse range.
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shook187 said:
I'm not sure if it's just me but haven't anyone notice the wifi range on this device is unbelievable?
I'm always on wifi either at home and at work and I had a bunch of devices and I have to say this one by far has the best range I've ever had.
I'm thoroughly impressed cause I've always remember HTC always having the worse range.
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I noticed that myself as well. I used to not be able to pick up wifi in certian parts of my house now i get near perfect signal i every room. I also get 1-2 bars in my garage (not attached).

Just to correct you, Sony xperia devices actually have the worst wifi reception.
All these good reviews about this remarkable gadget is opening my appetite.
So this phone: Great design. Aluminum made.Great wifi reception. What more ?

This is good to hear. I thought there was a problem with wifi. I'm not able to connect at all with my One but I have no problem connecting on my Nexus 7 or iPhone 4s. I guess I just have a defective unit. I'm going to exchange it in the morning.
Edit: Got another phone and wifi still isn't working at all. Probably gonna switch phones. I really liked the One too.

I'm having issues connecting to 5g network, 2.4 works fine, both with stock and viper Rom. Does that mean it's defective? Laptop connects just fine.
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5ghz is finicky in general with most routers
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I think the Wifi signal bars are just screwy. As far as real signal goes, and speeds, it gets about the same speed as my S3 in my bedroom...But the S3 shows one bar, and the One shows full.
I think it just reports full bars even if it's only about half strength.
The wifi analyzer app confirms this. Wifi analyzer shows half signal despite full wifi bars.

Felnarion said:
I think the Wifi signal bars are just screwy. As far as real signal goes, and speeds, it gets about the same speed as my S3 in my bedroom...But the S3 shows one bar, and the One shows full.
I think it just reports full bars even if it's only about half strength.
The wifi analyzer app confirms this. Wifi analyzer shows half signal despite full wifi bars.
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What's weird though is I can see networks that I've never been able to see from inside my house before, routers that I'm pretty sure are 300-400 feet away at minimum. Really appreciating the range since my One can get connected to my home WiFi as I'm pulling into my garage, and start downloading whatever it needs to a little faster than my other phones have.

my range seems to be improved drastically in fringe areas compared to my lte

is there any way to stop that little message box that pops up when im out and about and it ask me to connect to a wifi network or remember to later

beezy69 said:
is there any way to stop that little message box that pops up when im out and about and it ask me to connect to a wifi network or remember to later
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Try turning off wifi when you leave your house.

There is a setting under wifi and advanced I believe.
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[Q] Poor wifi performance

For those who have the device, how does your wifi signal strength compare. Sitting at my desk, I get no bars now where on my OneX I got 2 or 3.

pinn___________ said:
For those who have the device, how does your wifi signal strength compare. Sitting at my desk, I get no bars now where on my OneX I got 2 or 3.
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Same issue here on a phone from O2 with the latest software installed.
Compared to an iphone 5 struggles to hang onto signal. Tried both bands as well, same issue.

I can see my work wifi in a location I frequent with previous phones.
I can connect and use it even though it gives me just a dot for the signal. other phones struggle in this same location.
Perhaps try turning off Wifi power saving in the settings
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Has turning wifi power saving off, has this helped?.. for me this has made no difference
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No wifi issues here what so ever

yeah its pretty bad for me. next room and i'm down to "1 bar" when on all of my other devices i'd get 4 or 5

guys from what I've seen don't go by the little signal strength indicator on the notification bar as it doesn't really reflect what's actually happening, I had a XZU for a few weeks and a Z before that, I can pick up wifi connections on both the XZU and Z1 were the Z was out of range, I was sitting in a bar last night connected to a wifi AP that was about 100m away and there are structures and people in-between, the Z1 is as good as the ZU when connecting to wifi and both are better than the Z

Check with this app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer
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pinn___________ said:
For those who have the device, how does your wifi signal strength compare. Sitting at my desk, I get no bars now where on my OneX I got 2 or 3.
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Wifi on my Z1 C6903 seems really poor.
Connected to 5Ghz on a dual band wifi router situated in the tv room. I don't get any connectivity from my room which is around 10m away.
I used to get decent connectivity on my iphone 5 - speedtest of around 14mbps. I can't even connect to speedtest on my Z1.
On a sidenote - what is with the headphone button not working. Had to update to .534 after much googling. Also, the new firmware doesn't help the wifi issues. Who knows how long we'll have to wait for a fix ...which may or may not improve it.
Also, did try to turn off the wifi power saving "feature" as well. Didn't do much.
Anyways that's my feedback.

same here! very bad connection with the xperia z1.

Yep poor wifi performance, I hope we get a software fix soon

Same here, disconnects from wifi a lot.
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Id just like to know, Wifi is that bad, compared to what?
Regards

Flashmore said:
Id just like to know, Wifi is that bad, compared to what?
Regards
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In OP, I said compared to my previous phone. Also, have trouble with mobile data being very slow. With that being said, I have moved provider to EE but they are supposed to have decent coverage.
Not sure now whether to return and get a new one or get the Notes 3 instead.

maverick1103 said:
Same here, disconnects from wifi a lot.
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No Wi-fi issues here at all.. Even with the door closed, when I got to the next room, get plenty of signal and speed...
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In OP, I said compared to my previous phone. Also, have trouble with mobile data being very slow. With that being said, I have moved provider to EE but they are supposed to have decent coverage.
Not sure now whether to return and get a new one or get the Notes 3 instead.
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You might want to move to 4G... EE 3G is so slow... I get 10 times the speed I used to get on EE 3G now that I'm on EE 4G...

Sean473 said:
No Wi-fi issues here at all.. Even with the door closed, when I got to the next room, get plenty of signal and speed...
You might want to move to 4G... EE 3G is so slow... I get 10 times the speed I used to get on EE 3G now that I'm on EE 4G...
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No 4g where I'm at yet - promised by Xmas....

Sean473 said:
No Wi-fi issues here at all.. Even with the door closed, when I got to the next room, get plenty of signal and speed...
You might want to move to 4G... EE 3G is so slow... I get 10 times the speed I used to get on EE 3G now that I'm on EE 4G...
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I've turned off the the wifi optimisation off, it seems to of helped but still not as good as the wifi on the HTC One.
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Flashmore said:
Id just like to know, Wifi is that bad, compared to what?
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HTC One
Galaxy S4
iPhone 5
iPhone 5S
Basically it is rubbish so far. The signal and speed is not as good as other devices.
Interested in hearing more from people who say it is fine.
Fine compared to what? Can you give examples?
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As an example between Z1 and a 5S.
Same router, same distance.
Speedtest.net app on each phone.
Z1
Ping: 248ms
Down: 0.42
Up: 1.25
5S
Ping: 45ms
Down: 17.49
Up: 2.5
(I have around 20mbit fibre with around 3-4mbit up)

How frustrating, I was looking at upgrading to this phone, and reading most of the posts floating around I am having huge deja vu experiences with the newly launched Xperia Z and the pains associated with being some of the first. I feel for you all.
While we are talking WIFI, anyone tested the 802.11ac bands?

maverick1103 said:
I've turned off the the wifi optimisation off, it seems to of helped but still not as good as the wifi on the HTC One.
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I did a proper test yesterday. Closed my living room door (living room is where router is) and closed my own room's door... Got plenty of signal and about 33Mb/s which is good considering my connection is a 50Mb/s one.. Get about 48 on my laptop which is very near router...Don't see any issues here

Especially bad low signal battery life

My house has terrible reception in general (T-Mobile!), but I've never had a phone drain THIS quickly due to searching for signal.
I've set it to 2G only (I only get EDGE at my house anyway, THANKS OBAMA) and it seems to be helping.
Is the Nexus 5 or Kit Kat in general aggressive with searching for 3G/4G signal in anyone else's experience?
Like I said, other phones haven't had this issue.
Cheers
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My house has terrible reception in general (T-Mobile!), but I've never had a phone drain THIS quickly due to searching for signal.
I've set it to 2G only (I only get EDGE at my house anyway, THANKS OBAMA) and it seems to be helping.
Is the Nexus 5 or Kit Kat in general aggressive with searching for 3G/4G signal in anyone else's experience?
Like I said, other phones haven't had this issue.
Cheers
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I have terrible signal too and standby time is horrible. I'll try using faux kernel and report back.

I have same setup as you except my network settings are set to LTE even though there is no lte in my area. Not saying i have great battery life, but it isnt 49% looking for signal.
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I have this SAME problem, and the signal on my phone is terrible compared to my last LTE phone.

same problem at work...... I dont know how 1 place can go from lte to 4g to edge all with in a small building with 1 floor. First day while being at school i got 3 hours screentime on lte, today at work i got like 1.5 hours.

27% over 12 hours with one bar seems just fine to me..
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Mine reacts different with st att. I get 1 bar of lte in my home when I force lte. If I do auto switch gsm/lte it opts to 3 to 4 bars of hspa, which of course I prefer at home on Wi-Fi.
I've used tmobile for most of my smart phone life and always used tasker to switch to edge when connected to Wi-Fi. Saved a lot of battery. So your experience has been what I normally get.
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I have T-mobile as well and my house is in a bad spot. I found that with my note 2 I could use the dialer debug codes to manually set the phone to what ever freq and service I wanted. I found this to greatly help my battery as the modems for T-mo are particularly bad at determining the correct type of service to use and needlessly killing battery.
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At least I'm not alone. It's just annoying to have to switch to 2G only when I go home. -.-
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Are you guys using wifi while at home? If not then you really should. It generally makes the data modem go into a lower power state if wifi is connected saving battery. Thats how it is on my VZW galaxy nexus.

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Are you guys using wifi while at home? If not then you really should. It generally makes the data modem go into a lower power state if wifi is connected saving battery. Thats how it is on my VZW galaxy nexus.
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I do use WiFi at my house.
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I have full data bars in my area. If I turn WiFi off and just use data the battery drains significantly faster.

I am new to T-Mobile, I was with Verizon and my house on Verizon barely gets LTE. My galaxy nexus never got LTE but with T-Mobile my Nexus 5 has 3-4 bars of LTE. So I've been using LTE lately and my battery life has been great. I get 5 + hours screen on time with LTE.
Of course Verizon says my area has great 4g service too but anybody who has came to my house either gets 1 bar of LTE or 3g on Verizon. Trying to acquire a signal will of course eat battery though but I will tell you what I am very happy with T-Mobile so far, a lot better then I expected.
I am happy with the battery life and signal strength where I live and travel to.

I noticed this issue today as well... hoping for a solution...

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I noticed this issue today as well... hoping for a solution...
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Like I said, manually switching to 2G-only when you're in the affected area removes the problem, but you'll need to switch it back to LTE when you go anywhere with a better connection time. Settings > More > Mobile Networks > Network Mode.

If you're worried about battery life. There's a few things you can do. I found that turning off my "Ok Google" hot word detection increased battery life immensely. Also try turning off Google Now sometimes. I realize that the highlight of this phone more or less was Google Now, but if you don't need it for a certain period of time, turn it off. Doesn't hurt to try.
Try out Faux kernel also. On his test 7 (I think he just put out test 8) I was on track to get 60 hours of standby time. I'll try and dig up the screenshot..hopefully I didn't loose it one of my many wipes..

ZenithHammerhead said:
Try out Faux kernel also. On his test 7 (I think he just put out test 8) I was on track to get 60 hours of standby time. I'll try and dig up the screenshot..hopefully I didn't loose it one of my many wipes..
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Do you mean Franco? Faux kernel is only on 002 beta 2, Franco's is on test build 8.

I had this problem and I sent my phone back and got a new one. The new phone doesn't do it at all just got a day and a half with over 4 hours screen time. I think some of the nexus 5's are a bit dodgy.
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Do you mean Franco? Faux kernel is only on 002 beta 2, Franco's is on test build 8.
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Yes. Sorry, I had flashed both kernels and decided on Franco for now because it seems he's had the most progress so far. He also received his own device today so he should be able to get even more things done!
Looking forward to both of their kernels!

kurnis said:
I have this SAME problem, and the signal on my phone is terrible compared to my last LTE phone.
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+1. It looks like my N5 gets 5-8 dBm worse signal than my N4.