I have grandfathered unlimited data and pay monthly for the ability to tether, so I'm not doing anything out of line here nor am I interested in rooting or trying unofficial apps. I just want it to work as designed.
I bought my Nexus 6 from Motorola in November and ever since have had problems staying connected to my hotspot. It seems stable when I connect with my other Nexus devices, but I can't keep a computer connected for more than a few seconds before the network just disappears. It reappears a few seconds later, but never maintains a connection long enough to do a speed test, much less get any work done. Has anyone experienced this? Any troubleshooting suggestions?
I had the same issue. I reinstalled / updated my wireless modem driver in my laptop and problem solved.
Thanks. I've seen this problem on four different computers, but I'll see if updated drivers are available.
Try disabling IPv6 on your computer then tether.
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First off, I have tried searching for this issue, but haven't had any luck, so I thought I would give this new thread a go.
I am trying to connect via my G1's (ok Rogers Dream to be more specific) wifi internet connection but having no luck. It was working once upon a time, I guess a few variables have changed, mainly my flashing between many different ROMs. Either case I have noticed this issue only recently, on a HERO Rom, and Cyan 4.0.1.
I am able to tether through my Phone Data Plan (3G), no issues. But for Wifi, as soon as I click "Start", my phone turns off my wifi and auto. turns on 3G.
Anyone have any ideas? My last resort is to due a full restore on my phone, I was hoping there is a more simple solution. Also, I have uninstalled/reinstalled the app.
Thanks
Bedeadu said:
First off, I have tried searching for this issue, but haven't had any luck, so I thought I would give this new thread a go.
I am trying to connect via my G1's (ok Rogers Dream to be more specific) wifi internet connection but having no luck. It was working once upon a time, I guess a few variables have changed, mainly my flashing between many different ROMs. Either case I have noticed this issue only recently, on a HERO Rom, and Cyan 4.0.1.
I am able to tether through my Phone Data Plan (3G), no issues. But for Wifi, as soon as I click "Start", my phone turns off my wifi and auto. turns on 3G.
Anyone have any ideas? My last resort is to due a full restore on my phone, I was hoping there is a more simple solution. Also, I have uninstalled/reinstalled the app.
Thanks
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Did you restart the phone? This happens every now and then, and a restart will fix it.
Hey, I had to apk's fo rthis the signed_andtether_1_52-pre2.apk did not work. The file labeled Signed_andtetehr_1_52.apk works everytime.
Bedeadu said:
First off, I have tried searching for this issue, but haven't had any luck, so I thought I would give this new thread a go.
I am trying to connect via my G1's (ok Rogers Dream to be more specific) wifi internet connection but having no luck. It was working once upon a time, I guess a few variables have changed, mainly my flashing between many different ROMs. Either case I have noticed this issue only recently, on a HERO Rom, and Cyan 4.0.1.
I am able to tether through my Phone Data Plan (3G), no issues. But for Wifi, as soon as I click "Start", my phone turns off my wifi and auto. turns on 3G.
Anyone have any ideas? My last resort is to due a full restore on my phone, I was hoping there is a more simple solution. Also, I have uninstalled/reinstalled the app.
Thanks
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Wait, wait, wait.
You have a Wireless Connection available, why are you tethering your G1? Can't your laptop just pick up the wireless connection? I am confused.
Stigy said:
Wait, wait, wait.
You have a Wireless Connection available, why are you tethering your G1? Can't your laptop just pick up the wireless connection? I am confused.
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Exactly. lol. Well what the program does is disable your wifi so you can tether using your data connection. Thats the purpose of the program. So from the way you presented your information, you want to tether using your phones wifi connection to access the wifi router from your laptop?
Well, if your laptop (or other device) only has bluetooth, you can use Wireless Tethering for Root Users to share the phone's WIFI connection over the bluetooth connection. If that is what you are trying to accomplish.... not sure.
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Wait, wait, wait.
You have a Wireless Connection available, why are you tethering your G1? Can't your laptop just pick up the wireless connection? I am confused.
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Haha, busted. Ok, well I don't necessarily need to go through my Wifi of my phone, because yes I have it on my laptop. I just know it used to work, now it doesn't.
Secondly, to the suggestion of rebooting my phone, well I would assume that installing a new ROM would constitute a reboot. Also reinstalling the apk would probably do the same, still though, nothing fixed it.
Sometimes my depending where I am in my house I put my phone halfway between my router and my laptop to strengthen my laptop signal, so, using it as an access point.
I run CM7 nightlies on my Tmobile N1. Recently I killed my cable Internet/TV connection at home and have been using the built in WiFi tether for my home devices.
While it typically works great (for free), the data on my N1 will lock up. I have full 3G/HSDPA at my house. Using #*#*4636*#*# it states I am connected but fails to ping or load up any data on the phone or through its shared connection.
The only way to fix the problem is to toggle airplane mode and re-enable the WiFi Tether or sometimes a reset is required.
I've changed to several Gingerbread roms, flashed various radios, and even exchanged SIM cards.
Is this behavior normal or not? For regular web surfing I can live with it, but the main problem is that I cannot download anything without it getting interrupted (like updated nightlies or 50mb+ files).
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No one has any problems with their WiFi sharing?
i used my phones internet as my regular home internet for a month. i used up about 25 gigs. i streamed videos, downloaded videos and podcasts with no interruptions. don't know what your problem could be. i was using cyan 6.1.1
I occasionally have experienced that issue, but it seems as if you have it much more frequently than I ever did. I would mainly get it when I tethered from areas with bad reception.
You state that you have full 3G/HSPA at your house. I am wondering how many bars of reception you happen to have. Also, try setting your phone to WCDMA Only in that 4636 menu. That seemed to decrease the frequency at which it happened for me.
I also found that once in a while, I could get tethered data working again by simply using the phone's native web browser to access any data. Good luck with the issue.
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While it typically works great (for free), the data on my N1 will lock up. I have full 3G/HSDPA at my house. Using #*#*4636*#*# it states I am connected but fails to ping or load up any data on the phone or through its shared connection.
The only way to fix the problem is to toggle airplane mode and re-enable the WiFi Tether or sometimes a reset is required.
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I typically have full bars of signal usually reading around -100dbm. When the internet drops, it drops completely; maps, browser, apps, etc all fail and I can't "jump start" it other then toggling airplane mode or resetting the phone. Typically a reset is best.
Perhaps I'll flash back to CM 6.1 and test it over the weekend. I'll do a backup of my current setup if things aren't fixed.
The purpose of this thread was simply to see if others have experienced the same issues and if it was worth "trying" to fix.
It might be a case of overheating device - it'll be good to test different ROMs and kernels.
I don't think the device is over heating at all rather then just a carrier issue. I flashed to CM 6.1.1 over the weekend and immediately found I was still having data issues (where it would work for like 5 minutes then drop out).
I did find that EDGE was a solid connection and stayed connected while I downloaded CM7 and GAPPS. I put a call into Tmobile and yacked at them for several hours. They escalated it up several times in their engineering department and so we'll see. I spoke to HTC a few times in there and they didn't think it was a handset problem either.
I guess we can close this thread as it doesn't seem to be a wide spread problem. I am running a stable version of CM7 now and we'll see.
@above: I have tested different radios, roms, and kernels. This thread started out as a issue with WiFi Tethering but ended up being the phone simply dropping its data connection. I originally was curious if this wifi sharing behavior was normal or not.
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I put a call into Tmobile and yacked at them for several hours. They escalated it up several times in their engineering department and so we'll see.
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When my Milestone connects to Wifi sometimes other devices in that same network seem to lose connection. This is even more likely to happen when downloading files or apps from google play.
When I disconnect the Phone from the network all other devices are reconnected.
Im running CM7.2.1, is also (i think less frequently) happened with CM7.2.0.
I have no special Wifi-settings. Everything is Auto. Wifi is encrypted with WPA2.
Does anyone have similar issues or knows how to fix this?
Last weekend I have connected 2 Samsung's (Galaxy S II) to the same network (dedicated 2.4GHz SSID for my mobile) as my Millestone (CM7.2.1) and all tree started to drop and reconnect continously for several hours, as the router (Netgear WNDR3700 running customized OpenWRT) started bringing the whole interface down and up. When I 'moved' my Milestone to other network all issues have gone ....
I am not sure if the issue has been related to a wrong network/router configutation/firmware or to the Samsung mobiles or finally to the Millestone soft/radio
I share my mobiledata to my kidds while off town.
With my old Galaxy S5 I used to flip the wifi hotspot on on friday and turn it off on sunday - no problems ever.
Now with my Nokia 7 plus (ta-1046) the hotspot drops connected clients off after random period of time. The hotspot doesn't turn off but suddently clients just can't connect to the internet.
I have to turn tethering off and on again to re-establish functionality.
I have the same sim and a same unlimited data plan as before.
If I use my phone while tethering the hotspot drops after 15 to 30 mins. If I leave my phone alone the hotspot might work for hours before any drop outs.
Using 8.1.0 and June patch.
Can someone confirm the same behaviour?
July patch came and didn't fix this issue. Really frustrating.
Sharing wifi doesn't seem to be widely popular because I haven't come across any other user feedback concerning this topic.
Same problem!
Tried soft reboot and support didn't help. sems to be a unknown problem.. or..
I've got same problem with my Nokia. Did you find any solution?
I literally just switched from the Note 9 to this phone again because I loved it the first time....
But then after using it for a few hours I noticed the wifi would disconnect and reconnect and then when it did reconnect it would say "connected, no internet" and it's been like that ever since ...I had to connect to my slower 2.4Ghz connection instead of my super fast 5Ghz one because that's the only thing that is working....doesn't make sense because EVERYTHING else in my house is working perfectly it's just this phone....any fixes or should I just get rid of this phone.....
Does it work with other wifi, like your workplace, library, etc.
Most likely, you need a new router or need to update firmware on your wireless router.
It happened to me before with my other phone and my new router fixed the issue. Actually, it just happened this weekend, I cannot connect to hotel wifi with my Razer 2 phone and my wife can (Huawei P30).
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I literally just switched from the Note 9 to this phone again because I loved it the first time....
But then after using it for a few hours I noticed the wifi would disconnect and reconnect and then when it did reconnect it would say "connected, no internet" and it's been like that ever since ...I had to connect to my slower 2.4Ghz connection instead of my super fast 5Ghz one because that's the only thing that is working....doesn't make sense because EVERYTHING else in my house is working perfectly it's just this phone....any fixes or should I just get rid of this phone.....
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VeryCoolAlan said:
I literally just switched from the Note 9 to this phone again because I loved it the first time....
But then after using it for a few hours I noticed the wifi would disconnect and reconnect and then when it did reconnect it would say "connected, no internet" and it's been like that ever since ...I had to connect to my slower 2.4Ghz connection instead of my super fast 5Ghz one because that's the only thing that is working....doesn't make sense because EVERYTHING else in my house is working perfectly it's just this phone....any fixes or should I just get rid of this phone.....
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I would keep the phone because otherwise it's a good phone. I was having similar issues with the Official PIE MR1(version 3110 in the "about phone" section) it got better over time but not by much. I have a very old 1st generation 5Ghz dualband N router, but it works great on my campus network with their 5Ghz AC routers.
If you're feeling brave then you can downgrade to the older Oreo firmware which seems to have much better wifi and cell connection, or you can try using Arter97's kernal via a similar method if you're attached to Pie. There are plenty of guides on how to do the downgrade/Kernal change and all the files are on Razer's site or here in this device forum for it, so it's not hard to do if you're good at following the directions. I'm still testing the wifi performance changes on Arter97's kernel, but I'll update this reply if there's anything conclusive.
Aside from that, your options are: Try upgrading to an AC wireless router that supports Beam-Forming at least, just waiting it out to see if your phone gets better at connecting(maybe even try moving the router to a different spot), or as a last ditch try replacing the phone with another RP2 or another brand...
That may be because your home wifi can't connect to Google server, China is very common, but it doesn't mean you can't go online.