Can't see wifi networks? - Moto X Q&A

Hey guys,
I just noticed this issue about a month or 2 ago and was wondering if anyone could help me. For some reason my gsm DE moto x stopped showing available wireless networks. Its weird because it can see and connect to the wifi networks that are already saved ( my house, work, etc) but it won't show any other networks that are available in the area. I didn't notice until I was trying to connect to a new network (like at the airport) and couldnt see anything, when I knew there were a bunch of networks available.
I've tried rebooting, switching between 2.5ghz/5ghz/auto, clearing dalvik and cache and i still have the same issue. I thought maybe module may have been causing it but even disabling xposed didn't fix it. Sometimes I get a notification of open wifi networks available, when I tap it it takes me to the list where I can only see the pre-saved ones. I can't recall if there was something I might have done that could've caused this. But since disabling xposed didn't fix it, I dont know what else it could be. Maybe something i froze? The only things i have frozen are google apps i don't use and some moto stuff. I haven't deleted any system stuff.
I also tried clearing data for some qualcam wfg or something like that, and just reflashed boot and system images, but the issue persists. Actually i think factory reset fixed it, and then when i restored my backup it came back. Only thing left is to re-flash the data partition but I don't want to re-install and configure everything ( although i might as a last resort).
Any ideas?

One more thing I tried was to delete and put in the files in the /persist directory that have to do with wifi from another thread, in case those got messed up somehow. But that didn't help either and now I'm out of ideas..

vikramkhalsa said:
Hey guys,
I just noticed this issue about a month or 2 ago and was wondering if anyone could help me. For some reason my gsm DE moto x stopped showing available wireless networks. Its weird because it can see and connect to the wifi networks that are already saved ( my house, work, etc) but it won't show any other networks that are available in the area. I didn't notice until I was trying to connect to a new network (like at the airport) and couldnt see anything, when I knew there were a bunch of networks available.
I've tried rebooting, switching between 2.5ghz/5ghz/auto, clearing dalvik and cache and i still have the same issue. I thought maybe module may have been causing it but even disabling xposed didn't fix it. Sometimes I get a notification of open wifi networks available, when I tap it it takes me to the list where I can only see the pre-saved ones. I can't recall if there was something I might have done that could've caused this. But since disabling xposed didn't fix it, I dont know what else it could be. Maybe something i froze? The only things i have frozen are google apps i don't use and some moto stuff. I haven't deleted any system stuff.
I also tried clearing data for some qualcam wfg or something like that, and just reflashed boot and system images, but the issue persists. Actually i think factory reset fixed it, and then when i restored my backup it came back. Only thing left is to re-flash the data partition but I don't want to re-install and configure everything ( although i might as a last resort).
Any ideas?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52895610#post52895610
That is if your persist is corrupted at all.
As to permissions, write down what you have now for folders and files. Then post what files/folders are missing if any. I no longer have an X. Others may help you.

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[Q] Market killing 3G connection

I have a weird problem with my AT&T galaxy tab. For the past couple of days, each time I launch the Market, my 3G connection is killed and I can no longer access the network, and of course I cannot access the market. As soon as I kill the market app, my 3G connection comes back.
I cleared the data and cache of the market app, did not solve the issue. When I uninstall the updates of the market app (reverting to the original ugly market app), everything works fine, but it then automatically updates itself and the problem comes back. I assume this is a problem with the market app itself and not my device (hopefully).
Has anybody else experienced this issue and found a fix?
I am running stock ROM with third party apps installed enables (done it with superoneclick: root, enable third party apps, unroot).
I have the amazon app store installed, so I can still buy new apps, but I would like to be able to get updates for the apps I have purchased from the market.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
What modem are you using? Does the problem happen when you are using wifi? I think the JMF modem that is available for overcome rom is weak and I get many dropped connections and slow data speeds.
I am using the stock ROM and stock modem, I have never flashed a ROM. It only happens with the Market App.
Same issue for me. I have a rooted stock rom.
I have the same issue. Also stock rom and rooted. When WIFI is on (and connected) the market works fine.
I have been beating my head against this since I bought one. I am rooted using....I think I used Super One Click......stock everything else with non-market apps enabled. I originally thought that Root had broken it; however, if I unrooted, reset to factory, I still had the issue.
After many hours at the ATT store and on the phone (and swapping the device once and SIM card twice) I had an epiphany. a Factory Reset does NOT wipe the Internal SD like I thought it did. It leaves /mnt/sdcard/ intact. So, just for kicks, I began looking at my folders here. I MAY have discovered something. Market started working after I restored this folder to it's factory content (deleted any folders having to do with Apps in general).
I can typically hold power, deactivate Data connection, wait a few seconds, re-enable, and I get 3g back (at least for browser and other apps, Market still fails).
I have PSX4Droid installed (PSX Emulator if you don't know). There is a folder here named /.psx4droid, so I renamed it to /psx4droid (If I remember correctly, doesn't the "." hide the folder......too long since Linux class). I then deactivated/reactivated my data, and the Market started working properly.
I am not sure if it has to do SPECIFICALLY with psx4droid or just the "Hidden" folder in general, but now my Market works. I have 2 more folders in this location (/.downloadTemp and /.FileExpert) that may/may not cause any problems. I will post my findings.
.....Okay, so I'm going to type what I write now....Market just failed. Now I'm renaming /.FileExpert....Let's see what happens......
Damn. Still fails. But I'm tellin' ya. There is something in this folder causing it.
Or maybe some app is causing it to break......I have Amazon App store installed, what about you guys?
I do have Amazon App installed.
Anybody with an AT&T Tab not having the issue?
Same issue here. I had the Amazon Appstore installed but uninstalled it probably a week afterwards. Rooted running stock, everytime I go into the market it crashes the 3g. I found a folder in sdcard/android/data that had a bunch of appstore files in it. I deleted that and still having the same issue. I have removed all 3rd party apps so I have no idea what is triggering this. Please help.
P.S. I can access the market on WiFi
This also happens to be sometimes, if you tap wifi on then off again your 3g should come back and work fine.
swyped from a galaxy far far away...
Unfortunately what you proposed did not work. The market is killing the network connection each and every time. The network connection only comes back when the market app is not active anymore.
Since everything works fine when the market upgrades are uninstalled, I really think it is a bug in the newer version of market. Hopefully, the next update will fix this.
Maybe when Gingerbread is out!
I'm thinking this has more to do with us having installed amazon appstore before it was supposed to be. Somebody is mad at us
Has anyone made any progress on this situation?
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I really wish I would have made more progress. After all the trouble I had with the device with this issue, I was seriously monitoring the apps I installed and then testing the Market. I gave up after a while since I am on Wifi 90% of the time and hardly ever do I access the Market while driving. I still have a feeling that something in /mnt/sdcard is causing it. Like I had mentioned, I could wipe back to factory and the problem was still there. I seem to remember that it only started working proper after I had cleared this location of crap. I would think that a Market update would see a larger group of affected tabs than just a handful of us. This doesn't seem to be a widespread issue.
That being said......I have decided to move on to Gingerbread. Maybe that'll fix it
Hey guys, try this. Worked for me and my Data problems with Gingerbread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13751694&postcount=6
Basically create a new APN inside Settings -> Wireless and Networks -> Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names. Only set the APN to "Broadband," save it (Menu button) and select the radio button for it. Instantly fixed my data issues.
Thank for the tip. Unfortunately, it did not work for me. I am running stock 2.2 and waiting for the official 2.3 update from AT&T.
Good Luck. I thought about waiting for the official.....but I also have a Captivate. We didn't get 2.2 until MONTHS after the rest of the world (I think it was like 5 or 6 months later). I didn't want to wait that long again.
swedishcancerboi said:
I really wish I would have made more progress. After all the trouble I had with the device with this issue, I was seriously monitoring the apps I installed and then testing the Market. I gave up after a while since I am on Wifi 90% of the time and hardly ever do I access the Market while driving. I still have a feeling that something in /mnt/sdcard is causing it. Like I had mentioned, I could wipe back to factory and the problem was still there. I seem to remember that it only started working proper after I had cleared this location of crap. I would think that a Market update would see a larger group of affected tabs than just a handful of us. This doesn't seem to be a widespread issue.
That being said......I have decided to move on to Gingerbread. Maybe that'll fix it
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Could you please report if the problem fixed with Gingerbread ?
At first I didn't have ANY cellular data until I created a new APN mentioned in the tagged thread (APN Broadband). Now I have no issues with Market. I wish I could trust AT&T to release Gingerbread in a timely fashion, but I know better. So instead, I flashed Overcome.
P.S. I really can't enough of the CRT lock animation......damn I'm such a geek....

Whatsapp connection issues

Hi, I wonder if anybody can help me. Up until the day before yesterday I was using whatsapp fine over wifi (where I am at the moment there is no mobile signal) on my O2 UK Z1 and then whatsapp lost all connection. Everything else on the phone was working fine but no whatsapp. Every message I sent would go to the clock, no information when people were last online and the faq etc. in the settings would not load because of lack of connection.
I uninstalled the app and then installed it again and all was fine, after sending a few messages the same error occurred again. I have now found that if I clear data in the app settings it will connect again, once I have reconfigured the app and restored from backup. I can only assume that there is some sort of buffer which I am clearing as I lose a few messages when I clear data (all since last backup).
Barring doing a delete of all backups and messages does anyone have any other idea. I have looked and the backup files are about 1.7mb so not massive and I have a fair bit of storage available onboard (>7gb).
I was talking to someone with a HTC phone who had suffered similar symptoms but I have googled and searched and can't find a solution.
Any help much appreciated.
Mark
2 weeks off work and no issues, as soon as I have returned the issue has reared it's head so looks like it's something to do with the wifi here. Everything else works fine and fast so I guess I'll just have to live with it
daxdax89 said:
Try to factory reset or reinstall mobile data settings
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A factory reset for a cheap Whazz, huge work buddy...lol... at last it's an idea but I will try reinstall mobile settings before that or uninstall and reinstall Whatsup.
I work in a very remote location, I have wifi (which is distributed from a satellite feed) out here and for my mobile phone that is the only connection option. When I am away from work whatsapp always works, both over wifi and cellular data. At work I keep my phone in aeroplane mode with wifi turned on to try and preserve some battery (there is no point in my phone constantly looking for a non existent cellular signal).
This morning I deleted all messages in whatsapp, uninstalled the app and re-installed/configured. Usually I get a failure within 24 hours of doing this so we'll see whether this rectifies the issue.
I know I'm not the only person out here that has had the issue so it is either a coincidence or something with the way the wifi is configured here. I just assumed that the wifi would either work or not but, I am not an expert.

Modem Crashing upon Wifi no signal

Hello, any assistance would be great here! I'd like to avoid doing a full complete reinstall but, if its necessary and if thats what it comes down to, so be it. Here's whats happening. It seems every time i switch my WiFi off or it loses WiFi signal, the radio completely crashes and won't connect to mobile network anymore. I have to do a reboot and upon reboot all works fine. Very frustrating! I've tried reinstalling the modem and trying different modems to no avail. I'm at a loss as its rather frustrating a waste of battery having to reboot the phone. If i never use WiFi and let it stay on mobile network all the time, i never have the issue. Or if i stay in WiFi all the time, no issue. Anyone else ever have this issue?
I assume you've cleared the modem cache files - modemst1 and modemst2?
Steve-x said:
I assume you've cleared the modem cache files - modemst1 and modemst2?
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Yeah I erased the modem files completely last time I reinstalled the modem. Although upon doing that it didn't start happening until about 16 hours later.
You should be able to reflash the system image without losing anything to see if that fixes it. If it doesn't and you've cleared any other cache files I think you better perform a full factory flash/reset. Hopefully it is software and not some sort of hardware fault.
Steve-x said:
You should be able to reflash the system image without losing anything to see if that fixes it. If it doesn't and you've cleared any other cache files I think you better perform a full factory flash/reset. Hopefully it is software and not some sort of hardware fault.
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Good point. I'll flash just system. That definitely won't affect any data! Don't think it's hardware. Phone hasn't taken any drops yet.
So I found out the issue. Turns out force stopping the phone app was the issue. I guess the phone doesn't like that. I have a persistent voicemail icon that won't go away and so I would force stop the phone app which removed it. For some reason disabling the dialer doesn't get rid of it. I don't use the dialer hence why doing that. I use all IP based phone system for voice calls and texts and subscribe to a tablet data only style plan so I tried to disable as much as possible of the built in voice stuff. Turns out you can't force stop the phone app without causing issues with the modem unfortunately. Guess I'll be living with this damn voicemail notification!

replaced digitizer: no mobile network

towelroot:safestrap:stock rooted 4.4.2:minor wanam xposed tweaks
I replaced the digitizer on my wife's note3. BUT... it appears that mobile network is not connecting.
Here are the symptoms:
BIG ONE: time and date will not auto update.
phone calls work fine.
wifi works: Browser can connect to internet and I finally got a bad cert warning. Apps like facebook and ebay will not work (I assumed cuz of certificate issues).
I wiped cache and dalvik.
I am trying to avoid wiping data and having her start fresh... (ie me make the phone like it was before
factory reset fixes issue. But I'm still trying to find a way to avoid having to start from 0.
Have you checked your APN settings? I would do some googling and find some good APN settings, then add a new one and switch to that, see if it makes a difference. Beyond that you might try uninstalling Xposed for now and seeing if that helps. Is the ROM installed in the stock slot, or a Safestrap slot? I've heard of non-stock slot installation causing some problems.
Just throwing some ideas out here, hope you can get it figured out.

[SOLVED] Connectivity issues with WIFI and data

So, today my N6 started to show some strange signs when I was browsing internet when connected to my home WiFi. There was an exclamation mark together with WiFi icon showing no internet connection, but still I was able to open certain pages and use Facebook and similar apps, while many web pages were not opening, or some did open but partially rendered.
First time that happened, I rebooted my phone and everything worked fine, but now that doesn't fix it anymore. Same problem is with my data connection, so it's not a problem with my home network.
Anyone knows what's going on?
EDIT: Full wipe and fresh install fixed this problem for now. First tried wiping everything and then restoring from backup, but it didn't fix the problem, then I reflashed only radio and boot.img but that did not help either. I wanted to avoid fresh install, but it seems that was the only solution. Guess I'll stay stock for now. Still have no idea what caused this problem...

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