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[Q]Issues with Wi-Fi on BT[Q]

Hi guys,
I'm on my third HTC One, and all three of my One's experienced this issue. Basically when at home on my HomeHub 3, if I download something large (take Angry Birds for example) the Wi-Fi will drop out. It WILL reconnect immidiatley, but it keeps stopping downloads and sometimes the downloads don't continue and so I have to monitor everyhing that is downloading. It seems fine when Web Browsing etc, but when downloading thats when issues kick in. I'm using a laptop, iPad and Xbox and none of those are having these issues, it's just the One. I was in the Trafford Centre earlier doing lots of downloading though and there wasn't a single issue.
Just wondering if it's a problem with the Hub or a driver issue?
Mike.

jaaystott said:
Hi guys,
I'm on my third HTC One, and all three of my One's experienced this issue. Basically when at home on my HomeHub 3, if I download something large (take Angry Birds for example) the Wi-Fi will drop out. It WILL reconnect immidiatley, but it keeps stopping downloads and sometimes the downloads don't continue and so I have to monitor everyhing that is downloading. It seems fine when Web Browsing etc, but when downloading thats when issues kick in. I'm using a laptop, iPad and Xbox and none of those are having these issues, it's just the One. I was in the Trafford Centre earlier doing lots of downloading though and there wasn't a single issue.
Just wondering if it's a problem with the Hub or a driver issue?
Mike.
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I also have this issue. One thing you could try is change the frequency to 2.4ghz or 5ghz instead of auto. Hoping it's just a driver bug. I'm using wpa 2 security on my wireless at home. I haven't checked to see if WiFi drops out at my office which is wep I believe.
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I have heard of people having issues with HH3 on Android before. I'm trying to find the post but no luck. I think it had something to do with the HH3 default setting for channel selection. With it set to Auto, Android phones were having problems. I would first try logging into your router and changing the channel selection from Auto to a free channel. Use the Android App WiFi Analyser to find a clear channel. Also avoid using channel 13.
Having trawled through the interweb to try and track the issue down, the route cause seems to be the firmware in the HH3 is a steaming heap. You are probably best sacking it off for your own router. I'm having all sorts of problems with my Virgin "Superhub" as they keep pushing updates to it without warning, which resets all my security and settings to default! The only reason I've not gone back to my custom DD-WRT Linksys WRT160NL is that it is buried in my attic somewhere and I just know in will be in the bottom of the last box right at the back....

Peculiar Netflix casting issue!

Hi Folks,
I got in on the gold rush and got a chromecast from my local bestbuy. The thing works beautifully and flawlessly for streaming you tube and chrome tabs, bute when it cones to casting netflix....thats when all hell breaks loose....
No matter what device laptops (win7 and 8), phone (android), tablet (android)....while casting netflix the chromecast is stuck on the initial red loading screen and best of all takes my network down....till i unplug the chromecast!
So now, not only am i stuck with a chromecast that does not cast netflix but resetting my router over and over again everytime I try casting netflix.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
Just FYI: I am using a D-Link DI-524 as the router, 2.4 GHz bandwidth.
Have tried signing out of netflix on every device, then factory resetting the cc, signing back into netflix.
Factory resetting my router, resetting my network, also the modem...... Nothing works!!!!!
Thanks in advance for all those who help.

I'm having the same problem. Only I can actually play a video, for about ten minutes, and then it takes my network down. What it seems to do is, the Chromecast makes it's own network and all my devices try to connect to that instead. I've noticed that toggling airplane mode will make it reconnect to my network, but the problem persists.
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mrminor13 said:
I'm having the same problem. Only I can actually play a video, for about ten minutes, and then it takes my network down. What it seems to do is, the Chromecast makes it's own network and all my devices try to connect to that instead. I've noticed that toggling airplane mode will make it reconnect to my network, but the problem persists.
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Find the "chromecast" network in your network settings for you other devices and click forget network. Then you won't need autolysin mode. Trying to connect to the network Chromecast creates won't help anything. The android Chromecast app will automagically connect to the Chromecast network as needed.
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I've been using the chromecast for about 2 weeks now and this happened today for the first time. (the only diff was that i set a router with DDWRT and VPN set in order to see US netflix content since i'm not in the US)
All you have to do is reboot the chromecast and the issue goes away
(use the android chromecast app to reboot, disconnecting and reconnecting it did not work for me)
Hope this helps you guys:good:

The only issue with rebooting the Chromecast is I'm disconnected from it! So when I attempt to go in to the Chromecast app it says there are no chromecast on the network.
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Problem Solved
Seems that the old router was a problem. I switched out my old D-Link DI-524 with a new Motorola SB-302 and the problem seems to have disappeared!
Still very weird that no issues with youtube or tab casting only netflix wouldnt work!!
But I am a happy camper now :laugh:

rock1206 said:
Seems that the old router was a problem. I switched out my old D-Link DI-524 with a new Motorola SB-302 and the problem seems to have disappeared!
Still very weird that no issues with youtube or tab casting only netflix wouldnt work!!
But I am a happy camper now :laugh:
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I am having the same problem you described with Netflix. I've done some searching online for a fix and tried everything I've found but with no success. My router and modem are both very old (modem 2004, router 2006), so I have ordered some new ones from Amazon, in the hopes that it will fix the issue, since it worked for you. It is strange that Youtube and tab casting work great, just not netflix. I will try to remember to come back to this thread when I have the next equipment and the problem is (hopefully) fixed, so that others may find this solution, too. Enjoy your casting and thanks for posting your solution.

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I am having the same problem you described with Netflix. I've done some searching online for a fix and tried everything I've found but with no success. My router and modem are both very old (modem 2004, router 2006), so I have ordered some new ones from Amazon, in the hopes that it will fix the issue, since it worked for you. It is strange that Youtube and tab casting work great, just not netflix. I will try to remember to come back to this thread when I have the next equipment and the problem is (hopefully) fixed, so that others may find this solution, too. Enjoy your casting and thanks for posting your solution.
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I get the red loading screen on my rooted Nook Color, and it takes forever to start responding on my rooted Gingerbread phone. Win7 computers and WinXP laptop don't have a problem with Netflix. However, there are apparently some shows that won't cast from Chrome tabs. My sister ran into one last night, it sent us to the incompatible technology page. I was able to finally cast it from the phone though.
Did they change the Chromecast network thing? I haven't seen it showing up lately.

schizox said:
I've been using the chromecast for about 2 weeks now and this happened today for the first time. (the only diff was that i set a router with DDWRT and VPN set in order to see US netflix content since i'm not in the US)
All you have to do is reboot the chromecast and the issue goes away
(use the android chromecast app to reboot, disconnecting and reconnecting it did not work for me)
Hope this helps you guys:good:
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Off topic
Would you have a link as to how to setup DDWRT and VPN set in order to see US netflix content. TIA
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joeb690 said:
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Would you have a link as to how to setup DDWRT and VPN set in order to see US netflix content. TIA
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I use strongvpn they have the instructions on the site, it's fairly a simple setup
the netflix in canada thread has the steps for it also, here are the links for both PPTP and OpenVPN setups
http://strongvpn.com/setup_dd-wrt_pptp.shtml
http://www.strongvpn.com/setup_dd-wrt_openvpn.shtml
A friend got it working with unblock-us, for some reason it I was not able to get it to work this way, it would always hang loading the stream at about 45%
hope it helps.

Sorry for necro but did anyone found a solution for this problem yet? I coudnt find anything consecutive in any other threads.. I got netflix geo restrictions passed by mediahint chrome addon, everything is working fine for couple of months now. Today i bought chromecast to enjoy it on my fat ass new big screen and everything (tabs and youtube) is working apart from netflix, which is basically the reason why i bought it. Same problem as all, stuck on red loading screen while netflix on laptop hangs for a while and goes back to the home page.
AZBrauMeister said:
I am having the same problem you described with Netflix. I've done some searching online for a fix and tried everything I've found but with no success. My router and modem are both very old (modem 2004, router 2006), so I have ordered some new ones from Amazon, in the hopes that it will fix the issue, since it worked for you. It is strange that Youtube and tab casting work great, just not netflix. I will try to remember to come back to this thread when I have the next equipment and the problem is (hopefully) fixed, so that others may find this solution, too. Enjoy your casting and thanks for posting your solution.
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Did equipment change help? My router is also pretty old so your update would be very helpful here

I am no longer able to cast from my laptop

I was able to cast from my laptop till yesterday. However today every time i try to cast i see this error
This activity encountered an error.
Please check that your device:
is close to your wireless access point
supports tab projection
Then try again.
Tried to cast from iphone and android and it is working. Tried to remove the Extensions and reinstall it but no luck.

amkhafaga said:
I was able to cast from my laptop till yesterday. However today every time i try to cast i see this error
This activity encountered an error.
Please check that your device:
is close to your wireless access point
supports tab projection
Then try again.
Tried to cast from iphone and android and it is working. Tried to remove the Extensions and reinstall it but no luck.
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I assume you've already rebooted your laptop and installed any pending updates?

bhiga said:
I assume you've already rebooted your laptop and installed any pending updates?
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Yes, also tried chromium browser but the same problem

Can you check whether video (not tab) casting works from YouTube.com?
At least that will help determine if it's a discovery issue.
Also, does your Chromecast have a fixed IP address (via DHCP reservation)?

bhiga said:
I assume you've already rebooted your laptop and installed any pending updates?
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bhiga said:
Can you check whether video (not tab) casting works from YouTube.com?
At least that will help determine if it's a discovery issue.
Also, does your Chromecast have a fixed IP address (via DHCP reservation)?
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Tried to cast from YouTube and it is working however i can't pause or control the video
How can i find if it has a fixed IP or not?

amkhafaga said:
Tried to cast from YouTube and it is working however i can't pause or control the video
How can i find if it has a fixed IP or not?
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Interesting, it's like it can find your Chromecast but the control port isn't functioning.
If you haven't gone into your router and set up a Reserved address for your Chromecast, then it does not have a fixed IP. That means when you restart your router or Chromecast, it might get a different IP address.
Speaking of rebooting router and Chromecast, that's the next thing to try.

I did reboot chromecast and the router still no luck.
Nothing useful on chromecast website

amkhafaga said:
I did reboot chromecast and the router still no luck.
Nothing useful on chromecast website
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Only other thing I can think of is some kind of antivirus or firewall blocking the control traffic.

Maybe you could try factory resetting your chromecast?
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have you got or added or updated any new security software lately?

amkhafaga said:
I was able to cast from my laptop till yesterday. However today every time i try to cast i see this error
This activity encountered an error.
Please check that your device:
is close to your wireless access point
supports tab projection
Then try again.
Tried to cast from iphone and android and it is working. Tried to remove the Extensions and reinstall it but no luck.
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interesting cause the exact same problem started happening to me yesterday.

It is working now without doing anything
Thanks all for your help

Interesting. Was probably something on Google's end then. Remember that except for Netflix, Chromecast gets its "apps" like a web browser does, so any changes can make/break functionality in a "live" manner.

Cast button available, but cannot connect to Chromecast

Chromecast, stock build 22062. Was working fine a couple of days ago. Then all of the sudden one night from my phone (rooted Galaxy S3, Likewise S5 ROM) I could see the cast button in RealPlayer Cloud, but when I pushed it it would act like it was connecting for a while, and then the cast button would disappear and reappear. However, there was no change on the TV screen - it stayed on the Chromecast background. Doing some more investigation I found that none of the Chromecast apps would connect to it (Netflix, Youtube, etc.). If I go into the actual Chromecast app it would see my Chromecast, and I can see all of the info about it, but if I click on "Backdrop" it scans the network and then says "No Chromecasts found."
I could go onto my Nexus 7, and everything worked fine - I could cast from everything perfectly. However, after I rebooted the Nexus, it started having the same problem as well. I can not cast from anything. It sees the Chromecast, but cannot connect. Now none of my Android devices work with it.
I tried factory resetting the Chromecast. I could connect to the Chromecast and set it up, but it did not solve my problem. The only thing that does work is casting a tab from my laptop.
My thought is this has something to do with my router setup. I have a Watchguard XTM-25, and I am outside the US blocking Google DNS requests. About a week ago I made some configuration changes on my router (bridged two interfaces together) but this should not have affected the Chromecast - it and all the devices go through one access point on the same side of the bridge). Indeed, everything worked after I made the change. I have, however, reverted to the previous setup just in case and still nothing works. It worked for more than a year with this setup.
Any ideas on where I should start looking to fix this? It almost seems that the Chromecast is only able to communicate in one direction - it can't receive anything from any Android device (although it does from my laptop), but it is sending out the signal saying it is there. It is basically useless as it is.
Thanks in advance!
Update: If I connect to a different subnet which goes through a VPN everything works fine, so I am sure it is in router settings. However, I still don't know what to look for.

Matthew Carson said:
Chromecast, stock build 22062. Was working fine a couple of days ago. Then all of the sudden one night from my phone (rooted Galaxy S3, Likewise S5 ROM) I could see the cast button in RealPlayer Cloud, but when I pushed it it would act like it was connecting for a while, and then the cast button would disappear and reappear. However, there was no change on the TV screen - it stayed on the Chromecast background. Doing some more investigation I found that none of the Chromecast apps would connect to it (Netflix, Youtube, etc.). If I go into the actual Chromecast app it would see my Chromecast, and I can see all of the info about it, but if I click on "Backdrop" it scans the network and then says "No Chromecasts found."
I could go onto my Nexus 7, and everything worked fine - I could cast from everything perfectly. However, after I rebooted the Nexus, it started having the same problem as well. I can not cast from anything. It sees the Chromecast, but cannot connect. Now none of my Android devices work with it.
I tried factory resetting the Chromecast. I could connect to the Chromecast and set it up, but it did not solve my problem. The only thing that does work is casting a tab from my laptop.
My thought is this has something to do with my router setup. I have a Watchguard XTM-25, and I am outside the US blocking Google DNS requests. About a week ago I made some configuration changes on my router (bridged two interfaces together) but this should not have affected the Chromecast - it and all the devices go through one access point on the same side of the bridge). Indeed, everything worked after I made the change. I have, however, reverted to the previous setup just in case and still nothing works. It worked for more than a year with this setup.
Any ideas on where I should start looking to fix this? It almost seems that the Chromecast is only able to communicate in one direction - it can't receive anything from any Android device (although it does from my laptop), but it is sending out the signal saying it is there. It is basically useless as it is.
Thanks in advance!
Update: If I connect to a different subnet which goes through a VPN everything works fine, so I am sure it is in router settings. However, I still don't know what to look for.
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I've had exactly the same issues with my HTC One Max and HTC EVO LTE. Daughters GS4 works with the 6.5.87 version on my WIFI and my HTC does not work on her home WIFI. After doing everything you've described with no help, I noticed this occured with a recent update of Google Play Services to 6.5.87. I uninstalled it and sideloaded an older version from apkmirror.com (6.1.88) and my Chromecast world was right again. Unfortunatley Google would do a "stealth" upgrade within 24hr back to 6.5.87. So I tried sideloading the newest version (6.5.88). Now You Tube and Google Play Music work fine but the cast button doesn't even show up on the 3rd party apps (TuneIn, Pocket Casts, NetFlix etc.). Don't know what it means, maybe an API incomptability? Hoping for some updates to Services or the apps that will fix this.

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I've had exactly the same issues with my HTC One Max and HTC EVO LTE. Daughters GS4 works with the 6.5.87 version on my WIFI and my HTC does not work on her home WIFI. After doing everything you've described with no help, I noticed this occured with a recent update of Google Play Services to 6.5.87. I uninstalled it and sideloaded an older version from apkmirror.com (6.1.88) and my Chromecast world was right again. Unfortunatley Google would do a "stealth" upgrade within 24hr back to 6.5.87. So I tried sideloading the newest version (6.5.88). Now You Tube and Google Play Music work fine but the cast button doesn't even show up on the 3rd party apps (TuneIn, Pocket Casts, NetFlix etc.). Don't know what it means, maybe an API incomptability? Hoping for some updates to Services or the apps that will fix this.
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Thanks. I tried going back to 6.5.86 but unfortunately it didn't fix it in my case.

Matthew Carson said:
Thanks. I tried going back to 6.5.86 but unfortunately it didn't fix it in my case.
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I think if you try 6.1.88 you'll find it will work. My question is why and how to fix it.

Same happened to me this week, my SG3 works fine as always with the Chromecast but my SGN 10.1 suddenly stopped working. Cast button is on and Chromecast app can see it but it never connects.
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P20 Pro Chromecast - Does it work for people?

Hi, I've been trying to chromecast for the last few days. I came from a Nexus 6p which worked 100% with chromecast. If i use the web browser and try to cast from a video channel, it never connects to my chromecast or TV (with chromecast built in). I've tried the mirroring option but it never finds a chromecast. I've downloaded Google Home, that seems to have a bug where i can't login to my google account from my P20 Pro.
I've looked online and on here and haven't seen any other posts on it. It would be good to test. I am on the Dual Sim Three UK 8.1.0.102 (C782) variant.
Thanks

It has worked flawlessly using local cast app.
I've always found Google home glitchy.
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Works flawlessly for me. I've had the P20 Pro since release and I've never had a problem using a Chromecast, although I did recently factory reset my Chromecast, so that may have fixed any issues.

I use Chromecast several times a day, and haven't noticed anything odd.
I'm using Chrome browser to play web-videos and the Google Home app to mirror the screen.
Haven't used the built-in cast/mirror feature, but that has never worked reliably for me on any device

Thanks all, i wonder what is happening here. Even the Google home app isn't working. It's like an authentication error in the app. Chromecast doesn't connect to either of my chromecast devices. Works fine on my old phone still. I wonder if it's my firmware. I am on .102 which i know is really old. Waiting for Three/Huawei to update...

ianarg said:
Thanks all, i wonder what is happening here. Even the Google home app isn't working. It's like an authentication error in the app. Chromecast doesn't connect to either of my chromecast devices. Works fine on my old phone still. I wonder if it's my firmware. I am on .102 which i know is really old. Waiting for Three/Huawei to update...
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I'm on 102 and it works.
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Chromecast mostly works for me. The only thing that doesn't is volume controls from screen off. Apart from that, and the few normal Chromecast glitches, it works well.

I'm casting NFL Gamepass from my P20 Pro to my Nvidia Shield as I type this, it's worked flawlessly whenever I've tried since I got my phone (mine is also dual SIM from Three).

This works very sporadically for me, often from apps that cast (excluding Netflix and YouTube which have a different mechanism for Chromecast discovery) it's as if the refresh devices button doesn't really trigger a proper refresh.
The Google home app often doesn't show my Chromecasts but if I keep it open and wait maybe 5 minutes they'll eventually show.
Anyone seen anything like this?

I had problem with NBA game time app, it didn't display the cast icon after update of the device to .107 but iwas probably due to the implementation of an old. Chromecast API from NBA app itself. After NBA has updated the app is working perfectly

I streamed YouTube to a chromecast this evening without any problem, worked like expected...

No issues here, sounds more like a network issue to me.

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No issues here, sounds more like a network issue to me.
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Have you guys tried it with apps other than youtube or netflix?
Those work fine for me but they use a different discovery method, see here;
actually... I can't post links but googling "netflix different chromecast discovery" and going to the google developers discovery troubleshooting confirms this.
Network is also ruled out for me as it's still working flawlessly on my old phone and my wife's phone.
I cast all the time from Plex so it's super annoying not being able to find the chromecasts for 10 minutes and the closing apps/G Home, rebooting etc trying to trigger a discovery.
Cheers,
Jon

Oh a further update to my theory of "the refresh/scan isn't working as it should"
I have a CC that turns off when the TV is turned off and this sometimes appears in the list of devices for hours after it's been turned off, like overnight.
I've tried a factory reset but it didn't help, it's across multiple apps so maybe something to do with discovery in the android discovery software itself?
I wish all the apps just used their own discovery like YT/NF.... grumble, grumble...

Further update...
I'm 90% sure this is due to some overly aggressive power saving. I've also noticed the BBC news widget doesn't update as much as it should.
Today I tested resetting a Chromecast and attaching it as a new one. Didn't work. Needed to use another device to get it set up with Google home. Not ideal. Be interesting to see if anyone else can attach a new Chromecast after factory resetting one if anyone fancies some troubleshooting for me?
Go on, be a pal.
Cheers,
Jon

Works flawlessly in streaming from playmovies to casting the screen

I stream from plex or YouTube to a chromecast without problem

Damn... Maybe it's just some devices or a firmware issue then.
I'm on 8.1.0.103, have you a later one? Might be stuck waiting for an update

JonMoore87 said:
Damn... Maybe it's just some devices or a firmware issue then.
I'm on 8.1.0.103, have you a later one? Might be stuck waiting for an update
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I'm on .107 firmware, I never tried older ones.

Im also experiencing some problems with chromecast. Basically, some apps, like spotify, sometimes does not show my chromecasts under devices available.
After some tests, I think it is something related to the wifi strength and wifi+. If I disable the sim data, magically all the chromecasts around my house are correctly detected.