WIFI not auto-reconnecting when in range - Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I used to have this issue on my S4 GPE 5.1 and thought it was a Samsung GPE ROM problem, but apparently it is not. When I leave WIFI range at home or at work, it disconnects, then when I get back in range, it does not auto-reconnect unless I pick up the phone and wake it.
This is very annoying. Has anyone experienced this and knows of or can suggest a solution? I already checked "Keep WiFi On during Sleep" and it is set to Always.
I am running N6 6.0.1 stock.
Thanks in advance!

I've noticed this too, but I can't produce it on a consistent basis, but it seems if the phone is sleeping when I get home (which is rare), when I wake it up I do notice it connects to wireless then.

I used to have this happen to me. I wonder if this is yet another undocumented feature of Doze? ... Anyway I installed the "WiFi Automatic" app and haven't had the problem recur.

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Online radio streaming on nexus stops with screen off.

Have you guys have the same problem?tryed all the radios on the market..they stream perfectly on wifi ,but when i lock the screen it just stops streaming.If i turn the screen back starts as normal.Any idea how to get over this?
No problem for me with lastFM.
This should work ... but it doesn't
Just in case you haven't tried - in the settings menu, Wireless and Networks, Wi-Fi settings, then press menu again and find 'Advanced'. Here lives 'Wi Fi sleep policy'. It looks promising, the obvious move is to set this to 'Never'.
But it doesn't solve the problem. Like you I'm finding that it is a problem with all radio streamers, some worse than others. If I turn wireless off and use 3G its fine.
Thanks for posting the issue. I thought I was the only one.
No problems with TuneWiki over WiFi and 3G...
i find that even if you set the wifi never to sleep it still does. i frequently use aftp to transfer movies and stuff to my phone over my lan, so ill set it to transfer like 3 gigs of stuff and go to bed, even though its set never to sleep the socket still gets closed at some point at night. so id say your problem lies with wifi sleeping.
also some online radios stop automatically after a certain amount of time incase you arent listening anymore to save bandwithd
Maybe its in the app settings. You didnt specify which app it was also...
This might help
When you connect Wi-Fi make sure to turn off your cellular network. N1 has this weird problem where in as soon as screen is off, it drops the wi-fi connection and goes on to cellular network.
So if you switch off ur cellular network it maintains its Wi-Fi connection even when the screen is off.
SiNJiN76 said:
Maybe its in the app settings. You didnt specify which app it was also...
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i use mainly "AOnline radio" but i have tryed pretty much all from the market and all do the same. trying with the settings now..post if any change.
edit:yea still stops...strange try with gsm off and still same thing...is it there any solution to get over this thing?i just liten now with the screen on) eats the battery..it's ok but why not better?
The Nexus one activates some kind of energy saving mode as soon as you turn off the screen. This makes the WiFi connection very laggy, though stable for me. This is independent of the WiFi sleep policy. There's a bug report because of this for Sipdroid and I've also seen this issue while being connected to the phone via SSH. The connection is just fine as long as the screen is on, but if it's off, there's about 1 second delay.
However, I never had the problem you describe. Droidlive, for example, works just fine.
robert-qfh said:
The Nexus one activates some kind of energy saving mode as soon as you turn off the screen. This makes the WiFi connection very laggy, though stable for me. This is independent of the WiFi sleep policy. There's a bug report because of this for Sipdroid and I've also seen this issue while being connected to the phone via SSH. The connection is just fine as long as the screen is on, but if it's off, there's about 1 second delay.
However, I never had the problem you describe. Droidlive, for example, works just fine.
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i will check droidlive myself right now...thank you for explinations..is there a way to talk with cyan and maybe he could overpass that wifi sleepy thing.
edit: also noticed if you ahve a download or something and turn the screen off goes very slow..so this problem i think really have a priority to be solved.
edit2:still stops...what would be the thing?wifi priority changed.do you have any type of settings?full app?
I'm listening to a ShoutCast stream with AOnline right now, using WiFi, screen is off. Works perfectly. Do you see this problem with other access points, too?
SLightworkaround....
If you can keep it plugged in...set the SCREEEN TO NEVER SLEEP...under settings>>>applications>>>DEVELOPMENT>>>STAY AWAKE... hope that helps!
robert-qfh said:
The Nexus one activates some kind of energy saving mode as soon as you turn off the screen. This makes the WiFi connection very laggy, though stable for me. This is independent of the WiFi sleep policy. There's a bug report because of this for Sipdroid and I've also seen this issue while being connected to the phone via SSH. The connection is just fine as long as the screen is on, but if it's off, there's about 1 second delay.
However, I never had the problem you describe. Droidlive, for example, works just fine.
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This is the problem yes... Just try to ping your N1 while turning the screen off/on... Ping jumps up as soon as the screen is turned off...
For me Streams stop when I have a weak signal to begin with, which does not get better when turning the screen off
"KeepScreen" might help...

Wifi Issue?

Hi all, happy Friday! I searched for my paticular issue but couldn't find anything. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this issue or something similar. What happens is my revo isn't automatically reconnecting to wifi when i go out of range and then back in. I will notice it's using data (4G or 3G) and when i go to wifi settings the wifi network says disabled and i have to go to it and hit connect. What's more weird is it's doing this with the wifi at work but not at home. It's not an issue with the wifi at work though because other people here have androids, iphones and blackberrys and don't have the issue. The phone has done this since i got it. I've looked at the wifi sleep setting and made sure it is set to never to rule that out. I've done several powerdowns and battery pulls since i got it also. Anyhow just wondering if anyone has heard of this. Thank you and sorry for the length of my post.
That happens on my phone as well, but will reconnect to my home network after the screen is on for a few seconds
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I don't have that issue but I always turn my wifi off when I'm not using it. Better battery life plus no issues
Yeeup, I've had that exact issue on this phone from day 1. Some may not consider it a big deal, but it's actually one of my biggest pet peeves about the phone. I was hoping the V6 software update back in August would contain a fix for it, but I didn't notice a change.
Haro912 said:
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I don't have that issue but I always turn my wifi off when I'm not using it. Better battery life plus no issues
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While that's a valid workaround, and i'd love to do that, it's not an option for me. I have the lowest data plan you can have on a smartphone (2gb), so i have to be on wifi whenever it's available so as not to go over usage. What's odd though is the phone only seems to do this with the wireless at work. I even went somewhere this past weekend that i haven't been in a while and the phone remembered and connected right up to the wifi there. Other smartphones at work don't behave this way with the wireless at work though. I'll just have to live with it, i'm used to it now anyway. Just have to remember everytime or i'll be using up my precious data. I'm wondering if the update to gingerbread (if our revo ever get it) will do anything with this issue.
What type of security is implemented at your work? I know there is a very common problem with PEAP and MSCHAPV2 authentication and FROYO. I can connect, but as soon as I change to another antenna, I get disconnected. It is the only reason I know I want Gingerbread. It was supposed to be fixed in Gingerbread.
gigem01 said:
What type of security is implemented at your work? I know there is a very common problem with PEAP and MSCHAPV2 authentication and FROYO. I can connect, but as soon as I change to another antenna, I get disconnected. It is the only reason I know I want Gingerbread. It was supposed to be fixed in Gingerbread.
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Good question gig, work has 2 networks. One uses PEAP and the other is for guest internet access, i have it on the guest. I gather from what you've said it wouldn't help any to try this issue on the main PEAP network.
I have an update on my issue. I was at lunch yesterday and trying to connect to the free wifi there and noticed that the wifi network at work that's been giving me problems was on the list of remembered networks twice! I have no clue how this happened (in troubleshooting i always hit forget). I didn't even know it was possible for any device to have duplicate entries of wifi networks. I deleted one of them and it seems to have worked (so far). Some other people replied saying they were having my issue too, so i wanted to update this thread in case it would fix their issue too.

[Q] Wifi problems with multiple router networks

I seem to be having pretty severe wifi issues on networks that are composed of a large number of routers (i.e. campus/business networks) where going between routers will result in the phone believing it is connected, but not being able to send/receive data. This is evidenced both by the lack of notifications/apps working, as well as the wifi icon in the quick toggle panel being orange (which indicates no data being sent/recieved, I believe) despite having full signal. This means that without any external indication that anything is wrong, my phone essentially does not work anymore until I turn the wifi off and back on. Previous phones (galaxy nexus, droid) as well as computers did not have this issue on the same network.
Has anyone else noticed this problem, and if so, found any way to get around it other than remembering to reset the wifi power every time you move between areas?
It sounds like there are multiple WAPs all using the same SSID, and Android is not requesting a new IP address when it disconnects from one WAP and connects to another. You could probably work around the issue using Tasker, and have it toggle Wifi off and on again any time Wifi is disconnected. I you go that route I would recommend using the trial version available from the developer's site, or one of the many similar apps that are available in the Play Store for free.
There may be something more to this though. Hopefully someone else has another idea.
WiFi issues
ice20978 said:
I seem to be having pretty severe wifi issues on networks that are composed of a large number of routers (i.e. campus/business networks) where going between routers will result in the phone believing it is connected, but not being able to send/receive data. This is evidenced both by the lack of notifications/apps working, as well as the wifi icon in the quick toggle panel being orange (which indicates no data being sent/recieved, I believe) despite having full signal. This means that without any external indication that anything is wrong, my phone essentially does not work anymore until I turn the wifi off and back on. Previous phones (galaxy nexus, droid) as well as computers did not have this issue on the same network.
Has anyone else noticed this problem, and if so, found any way to get around it other than remembering to reset the wifi power every time you move between areas?
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I'm having the same issues both out in public and at my home. This issue didn't seem to exist prior to 4.4 update. Now I'm constantly having to toggle my WiFi on and off or toggle airplane mode and also hitting the symbol down at the bottom left on my phone and on my router at the same time. If someone has any information to correct this would be great. Like I said I never had this problem prior to 4.4.
UncleMike said:
It sounds like there are multiple WAPs all using the same SSID, and Android is not requesting a new IP address when it disconnects from one WAP and connects to another. You could probably work around the issue using Tasker, and have it toggle Wifi off and on again any time Wifi is disconnected. I you go that route I would recommend using the trial version available from the developer's site, or one of the many similar apps that are available in the Play Store for free.
There may be something more to this though. Hopefully someone else has another idea.
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Thanks for the suggestion! One question though: does the wifi actually "disconnect" when there is a handover between two routers of the same network? Is a handover while constantly connected something tasker could detect?
ice20978 said:
Thanks for the suggestion! One question though: does the wifi actually "disconnect" when there is a handover between two routers of the same network? Is a handover while constantly connected something tasker could detect?
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As far as I know, Android doesn't "roam" seamlessly from one AP to another even when the SSIDs are the same. I'm pretty sure Tasker would see this as Wifi being disconnected (albeit briefly). You could then tell Tasker to turn off Wifi for 5 seconds and then turn it back on again.
UncleMike said:
As far as I know, Android doesn't "roam" seamlessly from one AP to another even when the SSIDs are the same. I'm pretty sure Tasker would see this as Wifi being disconnected (albeit briefly). You could then tell Tasker to turn off Wifi for 5 seconds and then turn it back on again.
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I finally got around to making a tasker script to do this, and tried it out for a few days, but unfortunately it does not seem to detect the changing between the different routers on my institute network as having the wifi disconnected, and thus doesn't solve the issue. It was a good idea to try though!
I've cross-posted the issue at the link below in hope motorola will see this, but if anyone knows a better way to report this, please let me know.
https://forums.motorola.com/posts/68884aa31b

Wi-Fi Keeps Dropping in 5.1

How the F do I fix the wi-fi in 5.1? The thing drops every 10-15 minutes and sits there saying “Obtaining IP Address”. It has nothing to do with the router because it does this at work and home and only started after updating to lollipop. I’ve factory reseted my phone and everything.
jeffgt14 said:
How the F do I fix the wi-fi in 5.1? The thing drops every 10-15 minutes and sits there saying “Obtaining IP Address”. It has nothing to do with the router because it does this at work and home and only started after updating to lollipop. I’ve factory reseted my phone and everything.
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Do you have a bluetooth switched on? Try to turn off it. I have this issue too, and don't fix it at now..
I also have this issue. It will work fine and then suddenly it doesnt. I have to turn the wifi off and then back on again and it works fine.
I know of 2 other people with this phone that have the same issue.
No solution but just wanted to let you know I'm having the same issue. Definitely not related to the server/router.
Same problem here, will try out the bluetooth toggle later today.
Tried the bluetooth off and it doesn't help any.
It's the main reason i switched to CM12 and since I have no more wifi issue.
Not router related for sure. I've been looking at logcat too but found nothing (but I'm not an expert)
Model XT 1052 retail rooted and initial rom was something ....o2.de
Yea if I wasn’t so close to just pulling the trigger on the Nexus 5x I’d probably switch too. I’m worried about trying to sell the dang phone though and someone complaining because the wifi doesn’t work worth a crap.
same problem cm12.1
I'm also with the same problem in CM12.1 , wifi drops or speed decreases dramatically whenever I connect Bluetooth headset
My wife's phone does the same thing. I found that by going into advanced settings and setting a static ip for our home network
@Danielson01 I have a pebble connected in BT all day long. Which CM do you use ? I'm on 20151007 snapshot.
Power profile is set to "Balanced" (not sure of the translation).
At home my IP address have always been static (router setting)
Router Wifi channel is 11.
Please share some of this information (IP setting, power management and so on). Maybe we can find the guilty one ?
sha.public said:
@Danielson01 I have a pebble connected in BT all day long. Which CM do you use ? I'm on 20151007 snapshot.
Power profile is set to "Balanced" (not sure of the translation).
At home my IP address have always been static (router setting)
Router Wifi channel is 11.
Please share some of this information (IP setting, power management and so on). Maybe we can find the guilty one ?
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Hello!!! User'm new and I can not post images yet, so I will try to describe the problem.
I use cyanogem mod version 12.1 is specifically:
cm-12.1-20151007-SNAPSHOT-YOG4PAO332-ghost.zip
battery is in balanced mode.
Bluetooth device I use and a philips shp9100 headset
when I hear a song on the poweramp the download rate drops dramatically when the play store down something or when I see the youtube videos is too slow catching all the time that the WiFi 2.4 GHz, since the network 5ghz is normal.
Note: I do not speak English and am using google translator excuse for the mistakes committed.
sha.public said:
@Danielson01 I have a pebble connected in BT all day long. Which CM do you use ? I'm on 20151007 snapshot.
Power profile is set to "Balanced" (not sure of the translation).
At home my IP address have always been static (router setting)
Router Wifi channel is 11.
Please share some of this information (IP setting, power management and so on). Maybe we can find the guilty one ?
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Just an FYI. I set the ip on the phone itself versus a static dchp lease on the router. This rules out dhcp which I believe is the issue on my wife's moto x.
Also having the same issue where it drops and comes back or speed slows really bad. Overall quite disappointed in Moto for taking so long and releasing 5.1 with so many significant bugs. 5x may be in my near future!
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A quick update. The wife's phone had the issue again last night. Toggling airplane mode fixes it every time but then I have to listen to her complain.
Hey Guys and Gals.
Same issue here... On KITKAT wifi worked perfectly fine. After updating to 5.1 (clean install) wifi keeps dropping quite frequently.
Tried various "solutions" like setting up static IP, changing wifi channel, choosing only 2,4GHz frequency. None of them worked.
Searching through the Internet brings a lot of different forums (phones) with similar issue, so it may not be Motorola specific.
Nevertheless Motorola should have taken care of this but before they rolled out 5.1 update...
Sent from my XT1052

[Q]Suddenly losing WIFI connection when phone is idle

Hello.
I am using my I9000 for a good while now and i am running cm11-20150901-SNAPSHOT-XNG3CAO3G0-galaxysmtd. Everything was running fine so far, but suddenly for some days now, the WIFI connection somehow gets lost when it's idle.
When this happens (and i don't know on what timeframe it does) and i activate the phone (pressing the home button) the WIFI symbol is either shown and then disappears or is already gone - but then after some seconds comes back and WIFI is on again.
Yes, i do have the setting for standby WIFI on always, so this should not happen.
Does anyone have an idea what could be the problem here?
Also i do have a fritz.box 7390 which supports a 5GHZ network - does the I9000 support a 5GHZ wifi? Maybe it's the router that's causing the issue an switching to the 5GHZ might fix it - but so far i could not see the network when it's on 5GHZ.. So i guess it's not supported but thought i might ask anyways...
Thanks!

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