I've tried stock ROM, ViperOne 7.0.1, CM11 Snaptop M12+. I think it comes down to a kernel issue to an extent but I still see occasional and sporadic issues.
Stock and ViperOne perform pretty much the same (both running stock kernel) and the issue isn't as severe.
CM has just as frequent manifestation of issues yet does not automatically regain the connection either without yanking the cable.
Part of the problem might be the output device, a Pioneer SPH-DA110. It seems like it might have power problems. Sometimes when the windshield wipers are on, snow/static occurs more frequently.
I'd love it if there was a working wireless solution but I've tried everything I could think of and none work. For whatever reason, miracast only puts out black video with netflix and chromecast requires internet to work. If I screen cast using chromecast, I can't access the data myself (on the phone) as I have to make an isolated wireless network to be able to share with the chromecast.
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I seem to be having an issue with the streaming quality of nextflix when I am at home. I have a netgear WNDR3700-100NAS router and I cannot tell the difference in quality if I am on wifi or the 3g. When I am at work on our wifi the quality is much better. At home I have several computers and a google tv and they all stream very well. Any suggestions?
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I have a feeling the wifi router at work is industrial and is capable of more bandwidth than your home. From what you stated the quality is better at work than at home. You also stated you had a lot of internet ready devices already plugged in.
Try this, powercycle your router (it may sound trivial and you've probably already done it). I had the same issue too but I use a D-Link DGL 4500.
Also try to do a speed test from your phone and another wireless device and compare speeds. Finally make sure your router is not close to your home phone(if you have a cordless)
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I have a feeling the wifi router at work is industrial and is capable of more bandwidth than your home. From what you stated the quality is better at work than at home. You also stated you had a lot of internet ready devices already plugged in.
Try this, powercycle your router (it may sound trivial and you've probably already done it). I had the same issue too but I use a D-Link DGL 4500.
Also try to do a speed test from your phone and another wireless device and compare speeds. Finally make sure your router is not close to your home phone(if you have a cordless)
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I will power cycle the router as mentioned. What is the best way to perform the speed test?
No landline phone at all. Also the rest of the devices connect wirelessly and were not being utilized when I have tried to use netflix on my phone.
Well stangely enough it was not a real issue at all. It seems that when the streaming first starts that the quality is a little poor. Shortly after the movie starts streaming (15-30 seconds at the most) that the picture clears right up.
I have an annoying problem: when i connect my phone to the Television with HDMI, wifi simply disconnects. Before it wasn't very important, but now i want to watch some streamings on my TV and i can't. Is there any solution? Has anyone faced the same problem?
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I have the same problem but I don't know if there's a solution.
I have the same problem. Maybe we should contact the LG to fix this.
For me HDMI lost his utility without internet connection...
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I got this problem too,
if you use network meter by tinyjames, realtime on screen bandwidth monitor,
you can see the actual symptons, not only Wifi disconnect
when you are downloading or Streaming like usual
if you plugged your hdmi to TV/ monitor, the speed dropped instantly getting extremely slow until no traffic is transfer (or disconnected from wifi)
if you unplug ur hdmi cable, it backs to normal
CM7 nightly build
What Rom do you guys use?
Offcial rom or other custom rom ?
I use stock V20q with SR2 kernel. The bug appeared in all previous firmwares I used.
Didn't test the speed, but no disconnects here. 3G or wifi, doesn't matter.
Django 1.2.1, 20q BB&RIL, Spica SR3R2 no OC.
Ok, I've tried this too. CM 7.2.0 RC1 - when I connect HDMI cable, low power sources at around -90dBm gets lost absolutelly. But my own wifi which is around -50dBm sometimes gets better, sometimes worse - difference is about 10dBm.
I consider this behavior quite normal, don't see a mistake about this. Theese high frequencies just act this way And this is HW related, not the problem of SW.
But try something like WiFi Analyzer, you'll see signal strenght of all available AP's on one screen. Or something like squall0833 has written to measure bandwith to get better results..
So if you are near your wifi modem the connection should work?
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I hope the forum can help. I have read FAQ and some 5 pages of topics without finding anything.
My Chromecast keeps losing its connection to my WiFi when CC is not in use. Standard routine goes like this:
When deciding to use the CC, I always find that it is not connected to my WiFi, even though the Chromecast is always AC connected.
I try rebooting the CC (by unplugging the power and plugging it in again)
Observing that the CC does not pick up the WiFi, I reset the WiFi router
When that does not cut it, I repeat step 2, and then I am on.
Sometimes I even need to repeat 2-4 to succeed.
After using the CC, some time later (minutes? hours?), the process needs to be redone.
But once connected and casting, the connection is flawless!
By coincidence, my ISP sent me a new router whilst I was troubleshooting these problems, but even switching hardware has not helped.
My current router is a MediaAccess TG788vn v2, but as indicated, I suspect it is not the problem.
It is set to the recommended 2.4 GHz 802.11 b/g/n by default, and since it works on-and-off, I suspect it is not a channel issue either?
Thanks for any inputs.
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I hope the forum can help. I have read FAQ and some 5 pages of topics without finding anything.
My Chromecast keeps losing its connection to my WiFi when CC is not in use. Standard routine goes like this:
When deciding to use the CC, I always find that it is not connected to my WiFi, even though the Chromecast is always AC connected.
I try rebooting the CC (by unplugging the power and plugging it in again)
Observing that the CC does not pick up the WiFi, I reset the WiFi router
When that does not cut it, I repeat step 2, and then I am on.
Sometimes I even need to repeat 2-4 to succeed.
After using the CC, some time later (minutes? hours?), the process needs to be redone.
But once connected and casting, the connection is flawless!
By coincidence, my ISP sent me a new router whilst I was troubleshooting these problems, but even switching hardware has not helped.
My current router is a MediaAccess TG788vn v2, but as indicated, I suspect it is not the problem.
It is set to the recommended 2.4 GHz 802.11 b/g/n by default, and since it works on-and-off, I suspect it is not a channel issue either?
Thanks for any inputs.
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Oh, a Thomson router... (I used to work with some of those folks).
Sometimes one of my CC's drops off for a bit (I can tell by the blinking white LED) then reconnects shortly afterward.
I've never had it disconnect while in use though.
Are you using the HDMI extender? If not, try that.
Also check your TV for any CEC (aka Simplink, AnyNet+, Bravia Link) settings to shut off the device when the TV is turned off. I don't think it shouldn't affect Chromecast, but still good to check.
If your router has any power-saving functions, try disabling those too - maybe it's dropping the transmit power when idle enough that CC loses it. I couldn't find the manual in a quick search.
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Oh, a Thomson router... (I used to work with some of those folks).
Sometimes one of my CC's drops off for a bit (I can tell by the blinking white LED) then reconnects shortly afterward.
I've never had it disconnect while in use though.
Are you using the HDMI extender? If not, try that.
Also check your TV for any CEC (aka Simplink, AnyNet+, Bravia Link) settings to shut off the device when the TV is turned off. I don't think it shouldn't affect Chromecast, but still good to check.
If your router has any power-saving functions, try disabling those too - maybe it's dropping the transmit power when idle enough that CC loses it. I couldn't find the manual in a quick search.
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Thanks for quick inputs!
Tried the HDMI extender to no avail.
My TV is a 2009 Panasonic TH-42PX80. It appears that it has some CEC features, but I have a hard time finding the exact setting in the menu. Turned off a few "auto off" things though, without any benefits.
I hadn't the time to tweak any router power-saving features yesterday, will look in to it today.
I sure hope someone has seen and solved this one before, despite not seeing it in FAQs ...
Also check your router setting for DHCP and see if your Client Lease time is set too low.
DHCP should not expire more than once a day. 1440 Minutes (once a day) is usually default on most routers but sometimes it gets set to much less and it could be that it's losing connection after casting because the DHCP expired but couldn't renew while it was casting so once streaming is done it renews and reconnects.
Longshot though of that being your actual problem...
Resolved.. I think! A friend with another CC strongly recommended experimenting with the channels. I downloaded inSSIDer app and found a better channel.
Tonight I had several flawless connections.
I think Google's official troubleshooting on this could be more precise. Here's to hoping it is picked up or other users at least stumbles on this thread.
Thanks for all inputs.
I had the same issue, ended up RMAing it...Thing just wouldn't stay connected. New one never has the issue...
Hey guys, I've got some problem with my original Chromecast. When I bought it a year ago, it worked well, casted full HD movies through BubbleUPNP and Videostream without any problems, now it just lags whenever I try to, even with SD movies. No matter if I convert it to mp4, or transcode it via Videostream, it runs well for a second, then everything becomes laggy and the CC tries to buffer everytime (although mp4 runs a little better).
Some details:
-The router is close to the TV/Chromecast, and it has strong signal. However, my net service provider gave me some noname (Technicolor) modem with built in wifi recently, so I'm using that instead of the previous Cisco modem+D-Link router combo. I'm suspecting that this can be a reason, but my other devices are connecting to it without a problem from the same distance. And as I remember, it had similar problems not long before the new router. Also, Youtube app works well.
-I've checked my computer resources when transcoding, it only uses around 20% of the CPU, so I don't think that it causes the problem. The computer is connected to the network via cable.
-Also tried resetting the Chromecast, and setting it up again. It detects the wifi well, but it had some problems connecting to the internet (but I guess the local network is what matters when casting from a computer drive).
I hope someone can provide me some kind of help to solve this, I've read many people to suffer from similar problems, but couldn't get any noticable solutions from them. Thank you, and have a nice day!
Can anyone cast screen using Chromecast? Used to be able to do that with several other devices. But on this device, I get msg that screen not optimized for Chromecast. I can cast videos from different apps, but can't cast the phone screen anymore.
Please check and let me know what you're experiencing.
Tried right now and it works. Buggy, but it works. And with buggy I mean 1 out of 3 or 4 times I cast, it ends after a few seconds with a "casting has ended" for no reason. But when it does work, it goes for hours with no problems...
Odd. Screen casting using an Xperia X Compact (with its slower processor and less RAM) is fine, but on the XZ1C it disconnects or freezes nearly every time. I have found a workaround, however. The app "Web Video Caster" works reliably, and can access the full storage, including an SD card, using a built-in file explorer. Offers subtitle search and can play everything I have thrown at it so far.
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Can anyone cast screen using Chromecast? Used to be able to do that with several other devices. But on this device, I get msg that screen not optimized for Chromecast. I can cast videos from different apps, but can't cast the phone screen anymore.
Please check and let me know what you're experiencing.
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Chromecast works perfect for me.
But I have read that the Chromecast dongle needs excellent wifi to work properly, ideally within ten foot of a fast router.
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It's curious how I've done everything short of completely resetting the phone, including updating firmware on both phone and Chromecast, and the screen cast connection is almost never maintained for more than a few seconds, if it connects at all to begin with. However, through a 3rd party application, as I indicated above, the connection is reliable, as is also the case for all connections (including the built-in screen casting) on the Xperia X compact..
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@Didgesteve
It's curious how I've done everything short of completely resetting the phone, including updating firmware on both phone and Chromecast, and the screen cast connection is almost never maintained for more than a few seconds, if it connects at all to begin with. However, through a 3rd party application, as I indicated above, the connection is reliable, as is also the case for all connections (including the built-in screen casting) on the Xperia X compact..
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Have you tried the Chromecast in another enviroment, different wifi setup?
Are there any power cables or transformers near the back of the TV? The ariel for the TV may be built into the frame, whilst the Chromecast might suffer being lumped next to all the power connectors at the back.
Try sending it back for a replacement, you might have a duff unit.