[Q] - Nexus 6 Wifi Slow - Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello All,
Just got a nexus 6 and went ahead and installed a custom rom (Pure Nexus).
Not sure if its a ROM issue or not (Trying a different rom shortly), but my wifi is terribly slow. I put it next to my amazon fire tablet and ran a speed test multiple times.
Amazon - Avg is 15-20
Nexus is 5-7
I have read some forums that says changing the band helps or forgetting the network and readding but no luck.
Anyone else have any tips before I have to send it back for a new one?

How old is your router?

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
How old is your router?
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Less than a year. ATT UVerse provided router.

No problems here, I did a 135 down and 50 up on Comcast router

Looks like something with the Rom. I put Chroma on it and now get around 20 down. I do not think its app related as I just restored all using TB.
Going to clean flash pure and try again.

It's not Pure Nexus, but something else. I'm getting 160 down, 12 up (802.11ac) on Pure Nexus. Have you updated your device's baseband to the latest?

Stock ROM, 802.11n, reaching ISP cap of 60/10 on web speed tests.

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
It's not Pure Nexus, but something else. I'm getting 160 down, 12 up (802.11ac) on Pure Nexus. Have you updated your device's baseband to the latest?
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Found out it was a rogue app that caused it. Thanks for your responses. Can you point me to the latest baseband? I saw the Modem Collection thread here but the latest looks to be for the M preview back on 7/10?

Go to Google's firmware page and download the latest firmware package. Extract the files inside. I believe there will be an additional archive in the firmware package that you can extract that will contain the radio image.

I was having slow WiFi issues too. I updated the firmware on my router and switched the channel and now it flies.

That's not so easy to do when the entire 2.4GHz band is congested with connections, as it is in my area. Simply changing the channel didn't work for me, and I had to get new hardware that supported 5GHz. The gamers and video watchers in the house all appreciated it.

Other phone is same?

my problem previously was the same..i tried it with stock and aosp based roms, then i went to asked my sister to call our isp.. and the technician was able to verify the problems.. it was our internet cable.. they replaced it and it worked back to normal..

I had a similar problem, but only with the 2.4Ghz band, I live in an apartment complex and in Los Angeles so it's even worse. Luckily nobody uses the 5Ghz band so that works fine for me.

Update but found out that the issue is that my wifi slows down when my BT is on. Does not have to be connected, just have to be on...

Another Update is that I found out the combo is...
Wifi Connected + BT on (Does not have to be connected) + RetailMeNot App
I froze RTMN and now there is no slowness.

So the app is the culprit, not the combination of bluetooth and WiFi. Good thing you got it sorted.

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Wifi problems

I bought a second-hand G1(no data plan) since I wanted to play with my phone. It ran 1.6 DMD64 stock with the newest radio; and it had WiFi problems.I did some research before purchasing and knew it could be flashed; so I tried flashing it to a modern ROM to see if that would solve the problems. After figuring out it was an American phone(I live in Holland) I managed to root it and flash CM6RC2. I now sometimes have a lot of reception; sometimes not. I tried installing WiFiReEnabler and WifiFixer; WifiFixer made connections overall a bit more stable; but half of the time I still don't have WiFi. I also tried to use my laptop's WiFi for my phone via USB; followed the instructions but failed. My phone managed to get semi-bricked 3 times in that period(stuck at G1 screen), and I tried flashing another ROM too; so I flashed CM 4 times. I'm using a Belkin N1 wireless router; switched channels, security and looked at my keyphrase.
The problems I have with WiFi:
- Not finding my router even though being quite close to it; happened only with 2 of the 5 times I flashed
- Finding my router but not connecting; happened 3 of the 5 times I flashed
- Saying that it's connected but not allowing me to browse; happened all times but WifiFixer occassionally fixes this
I'm still running CM6RC2 with Amon Ra recovery 1.7 on an American phone; my router is a Belkin N1 with firmware version 3.01.04 and hardware F5D8631-4 v3 with WPA-TKIP, broadcast SSID on, channel 4.
Is there a way that allows me to get stable internet on my phone without a data plan?
This could be either a hardware or software issue, not quite sure. Your options are listed below
1. Root and flash to a different more updated rom
2. Flash the newest radio(not sure if it effects wifi signal strength, forgot)
3. Open up the G1 and see if any connectors are loose.
Option 3 is probably out of the question, option 1 and 2 can be done by looknig into the rom bible(sticky) in the G1 dev thread, this will give you threads with new roms, how to install them etc, as well as flashing the new radio(if you have not yet done that)
I already flashed the newest radio, since I tried to install CM6 and in that guide I was instructed to flash the newest radio. I also obviously have installed CM6RC2 which is the newest version of CM.
I did read somewhere that more people had WiFi issues with CM6RC2 or deratives; I'll try running an older version of CM.
Edit: Doesn't work; at least I can't browse when I'm connected. Doing a nandroid restore right now; I'm intending to use Froyo.
In the case that doesn't work, how hard and dangerous would it be to open up my casing and look for those wires? It's second-hand, so warranty would likely not be a problem.
Thanks for answering anyway.
Is it possible that your router is using a different band?
I don't know about Holland, but sometimes different countries allow different wireless bands.
Try changing the channel on your router to something like channel 7 or 11, something varied from the norm.
Well. I found a solution. Connecting my old sitecom wl-167 which has no wireless N support seems to give me no problems.
(Holland has different channels then America, but my G1 was surprisingly already configured for Europe)
Thanks for your help anyway!
P.S. My XDA does seem to have some problems. "No route to host" when trying to post.
Edit: It appears it isn't 100% fixed; WiFi-fixer still solves it right now but it might not be the solution.
Edit 2: Well, WiFi-Fixer is able to fix my problems all of the time for now; but ocasionally I have WiFi for 10 seconds then 10 seconds no WiFi, et cetera.
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Edit 3: It isn't threatening to my WiFi anymore. Thanks everyone who tried to help me.

[Q] Cm 10.2.1 And A Linksys EA4500

Updating from CM9, I notice that the phone now loses it's authentication with the router multiple times in one day. That is, the icon changes from blue to white, and no data can pass through. It is necessary to turn wi-fi off and then back on to restore the connection.
On the premises, we also have a Motorola G, Nexus 7, Samsung Galaxy Nexus and a Nexus One. All but the GNex have no problems with this router. The GNex is still stock, so it would appear to have something to do with these older Samsung phones running 4.3. Searching Google, someone suggested forcing the phone to use the 2.4 band, and doing so with the GNex doesn't completely fix it, but it does happen less often. However, I can't find a "wi - fi frequency band" setting in CM.
So, does anyone have any idea what's going on? And is there a way to force the Captivate to use the 2.4 band?
Thanks much
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Updating from CM9, I notice that the phone now loses it's authentication with the router multiple times in one day. That is, the icon changes from blue to white, and no data can pass through. It is necessary to turn wi-fi off and then back on to restore the connection.
On the premises, we also have a Motorola G, Nexus 7, Samsung Galaxy Nexus and a Nexus One. All but the GNex have no problems with this router. The GNex is still stock, so it would appear to have something to do with these older Samsung phones running 4.3. Searching Google, someone suggested forcing the phone to use the 2.4 band, and doing so with the GNex doesn't completely fix it, but it does happen less often. However, I can't find a "wi - fi frequency band" setting in CM.
So, does anyone have any idea what's going on? And is there a way to force the Captivate to use the 2.4 band?
Thanks much
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CM9 is quite old, chances are that the kernel modules don't support it.
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CM9 is quite old, chances are that the kernel modules don't support it.
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Thanks for your reply.
Before, while running CM9, the phone would remain properly connected to the router indefinitely. This problem of losing authentication did not occur until after upgrading the Captivate to CM10.2.1
gibosi said:
Thanks for your reply.
Before, while running CM9, the phone would remain properly connected to the router indefinitely. This problem of losing authentication did not occur until after upgrading the Captivate to CM10.2.1
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Oh misread your post.
If forgetting and re-entering the network doesn't work, try another kernel (make sure it's compatible).
BWolf56 said:
Oh misread your post.
If forgetting and re-entering the network doesn't work, try another kernel (make sure it's compatible).
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I am willing to give this a try, but I am still pretty new at this sort of thing. While I have rooted and put Cyanogen Mod on two phones, I have never tried different kernals. Would you be able to give me a short list of 3 or 4 compatible kernals that I could try?
Thanks much!
gibosi said:
I am willing to give this a try, but I am still pretty new at this sort of thing. While I have rooted and put Cyanogen Mod on two phones, I have never tried different kernals. Would you be able to give me a short list of 3 or 4 compatible kernals that I could try?
Thanks much!
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Just look in the Dev section and use one that matches your version (4.1, 4.2, etc).
NeatKernel seems to be popular around here.
Installed NeatKernal today so will see how it goes.
Thanks much for your help!
Installing NeatKernal didn't solve the problem, so decided to try the most recent CM 11 nightly....
After installing CM 11, the router and the phone still do not play nicely together. I contacted Linksys about this issue quite some time ago, but never received a response, so it is beginning to appear that the best solution is to simply replace the router. However, the Captivate is just a spare phone to play with, so it's not worth the extra expense and time, so will probably leave things as they are...
Cheers

Slow loading times on Android 6.0

Hey guys, I had posted a while back saying that for some reason, after flashing the new build of Marshmallow to my Nexus 6, the load times for web pages and just about everything else seems to be a bit slower than usual. I had said at the end of the post that it was fixed, but now the problem is arising again. Is anyone noticing long load times with all apps that use internet? Web pages load slower, the Facebook app takes much longer to load pictures and posts, Skype took longer to login and show everyone's profile pics etc. Never had this problem before on lollipop!
EDIT: Also, when I switch between my 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz WiFi bands, it shows a push notification that says that this WiFi signal has no internet access, and then it connects just fine after a few more seconds. This is odd. Maybe just a buggy first run of Marshmallow?
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Hey guys, I had posted a while back saying that for some reason, after flashing the new build of Marshmallow to my Nexus 6, the load times for web pages and just about everything else seems to be a bit slower than usual. I had said at the end of the post that it was fixed, but now the problem is arising again. Is anyone noticing long load times with all apps that use internet? Web pages load slower, the Facebook app takes much longer to load pictures and posts, Skype took longer to login and show everyone's profile pics etc. Never had this problem before on lollipop!
EDIT: Also, when I switch between my 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz WiFi bands, it shows a push notification that says that this WiFi signal has no internet access, and then it connects just fine after a few more seconds. This is odd. Maybe just a buggy first run of Marshmallow?
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maybe an issue with your wifi? how is it when you use mobile data?
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maybe an issue with your wifi? how is it when you use mobile data?
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It's not loading really at all, but that's also due to my LTE coverage being awful in my area, that's always been bad haha so no change there. My other devices in the house are working just fine on my network, the Nexus 6 however seems to load slower, and it's only now that I'm on Android 6.0! Is it working fine for you?
EDIT: Just an update here, hours later, it may be my internet connection, possibly. But I'm not 100% sure on that either. If nobody else is having this issue, it may just be. Like I said though, it seems to be working fine with my other devices!
EDIT 2: http://imgur.com/gallery/TGiCU55 This is a speed test I did on my phone, I have 30Mbps internet and that shows!
I'm having same issue. Dirty flash. Kinda wondering if a clean factory reset is in order.
no issues here....came from a clean flash, which is standard protocol.
M seems fast so far, but I did change my animations Scale from 1.00 to .50! The only website to load very slow is XDA... go figure!
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I'm having same issue. Dirty flash. Kinda wondering if a clean factory reset is in order.
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It's weird no? Mine was a clean flash! Formated userdata and cleared cache! Still have this issue.
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H4X0R46 said:
It's weird no? Mine was a clean flash! Formated userdata and cleared cache! Still have this issue.
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Yup. I did same. I might try the lollipop radio. Idk...
XDA is always sloooooow, even on a fast PC.
I've seen several other people mention slow net speeds on M as well but I've not noticed it yet. The WiFi code of M caused issues awhile back on some previous builds of HellsCore kernel too. I dont know the specifics of it though.
LGtMgG2t said:
XDA is always sloooooow, even on a fast PC.
I've seen several other people mention slow net speeds on M as well but I've not noticed it yet. The WiFi code of M caused issues awhile back on some previous builds of HellsCore kernel too. I dont know the specifics of it though.
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So there was a definite change in the radio for this build then. More than a subtle change. I wonder if it's just not perfect, I realize having a Nexus means getting the first run of all Android software, but I wonder if this is a bug in the build, or a radio that could use some work. But it does sometimes take longer to load things! I'm on very fast WiFi too!
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I honestly don't know and would like to hear more specifics. I can tell you I've seen comments on this board the last couple fo days talking about massive WiFi battery drain as well.
I only know HellsCore adopted the newer M code for WiFi in his kernel and people were affected. He then had to create two builds of the kernel. One with newer WiFi code that didn't cause any issues for people and another build with the older WiFi code from L. Have you checked his G+ site?
LGtMgG2t said:
I honestly don't know and would like to hear more specifics. I can tell you I've seen comments on this board the last couple fo days talking about massive WiFi battery drain as well.
I only know HellsCore adopted the newer M code for WiFi in his kernel and people were affected. He then had to create two builds of the kernel. One with newer WiFi code that didn't cause any issues for people and another build with the older WiFi code from L. Have you checked his G+ site?
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No I haven't! I'll check that out! So that leads me to believe that it was a change in the new radio! He had to change it to code used in L radio so that may be it! Thanks for the info! I'll look into that some more!
Is it possible to flash the lollipop radio to test? I'd think you could. But I'm not 100%.
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Is it possible to flash the lollipop radio to test? I'd think you could. But I'm not 100%.
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Yes, radio is independent of rom...
galaxys said:
Yes, radio is independent of rom...
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So you're saying if I flash the radio file from a 5.1.1 stock image, marshmallow will boot and work correctly? I might try that!
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Hey guys! An update here, I just read through another post that was about this same issue, and someone in there said that downloading DNset from the play store fixes this issue! It changes your WiFi settings from ipv4/ipv6 to just ipv4. I did it and it's working so far, but I'm going to give it some more testing and see if it fixed! Try it out
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Hey guys! An update here, I just read through another post that was about this same issue, and someone in there said that downloading DNset from the play store fixes this issue! It changes your WiFi settings from ipv4/ipv6 to just ipv4. I did it and it's working so far, but I'm going to give it some more testing and see if it fixed! Try it out
Sent from my Nexus 6
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Were you able to solve your slow page load issue?
I having same issue coming out of the box with a new N6P.
On TMO & Wifi - my old OPO had no issues.
But seems at least on LTE about town, my pages for social media & browsers are sloooooow.
perveeus said:
Were you able to solve your slow page load issue?
I having same issue coming out of the box with a new N6P.
On TMO & Wifi - my old OPO had no issues.
But seems at least on LTE about town, my pages for social media & browsers are sloooooow.
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Hey dude, well honestly it didn't seem to fix it. Placebo effect lol What I think it comes down to is just Marshmallow being rough around the edges at this point because I have stock rooted Marshmallow 6.0 on my Nexus 6 and have cyanogenmod 12.1 installed as a secondary ROM, When booted into cyanogenmod, pages load much faster and it's more responsive as far as I can tell! So, it must be a bug with Marshmallow! Keep in mind cyanogenmod 12.1 uses Android 5.1.1 as a base!

Broken WiFi on PEAP Android M Marshmallow Nexus 6 N6

Wiped and flash modified boot from ChainFire + factory image.
PEAP WiFi does not seem to work. Always on 'Connecting' and eventually 'Authentication Error'. Credentials used were correct and is working on my N6 previously.
not sure what is the problem. Tried removing the 'pmf=1' from /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf but it is not working.
Anyone has any idea what might be the problem?
I haven't been able to connect to the 2.4 ghz network in my office since I flashed the M factory image. It uses 802.1x authentication. The 5 ghz band seems to be unaffected.
same thing happened on my N5. probably gonna revert my n6 back to L and stay there till there is a fix.
There is a google tracking thread for this issue. Please let Google know: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=188867
It looks like this issue is very similar to what happened with iOS9 beta deployments. Our office upgraded our Linux radius machines to support TLS 1.2 when that occurred and it didn't fix the issue. Then, another version of iOS 9 ended up fixing the issue. Hopefully enough people can push Google to put out a fix.
No, it's definitely a bug with the RADIUS server, see comments 29 and 37.
I wanted to bump this and not make my own thread since I found it via search.
I contacted my school's IT department to see if they can do anything about the RADIUS server, but it looks like that they'll probably not do anything about it.
Can I do anything on my end?
I've tried using hells Core with the old WiFi drivers but with no success. Not wanting to go back to Lollipop due to Marshmallow's stock battery usage is too good to give up.
Tried connecting with Stock ROM + stock kernel and hells Core.
Same issues for me.
jimmyjoebob said:
Same issues for me.
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See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63300413&postcount=3
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See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63300413&postcount=3
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looks good. Thanks!
Im unable to test it out now as my network has been patched.

wifi completely dead on stock Nexus 6 running Android 7.0

Hi,
I am running android 7.0 on my nexus. I updated to android 7 about 2 weeks back and the device was working perfectly until yesterday when all of a sudden the wifi stopped working. What I am facing is this:
I turn on the wifi and I dont see any network although my laptop and some other android devices are connected to the SSID.
I have both 2.4G and 5GHz SSID but the phone cannot see any network (it keeps on searching for networks endlessly).
I have performed a network setting reset, a factory reset, even re installed the factory image but no luck.
I am still not sure whether it is a hardware damage because the phone did not fall or came in contact with water or any such thing.
please guide.
Thanks,
Sid.
reboot your modem and router
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reboot your modem and router
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Hi, I forgot to mention that. I have also performed a reboot for modem and router too . Plus, my phone cannot see any network. I checked with other devices and there are about 8 to 10 SSIDs around my home and I see none of them.
If you would like to see some specific log files, then please guide me and I will attach them here.
Thanks,
Sid.
Check radio version and if not latest flash 42 radio from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3066052 I had similar issue on MM and fixed it by reflashing modem zip.
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Hjicons said:
Check radio version and if not latest flash 42 radio from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3066052 I had similar issue on MM and fixed it by reflashing modem zip.
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Hi,
I checked my baseband version. I am using the latest one.
following are the details that I see in the bootloader section:
Bootloader = moto-apq8084-71.21
Baseband = D4.01-9625-05.42+FSG-9625-02.113
The Link also shows the same baseband version as this one.
Are you suggesting that I should flash only the "radio.modem.img" that inside the downloaded zip?
Thanks,
Sid.
I flashed zip as is from TWRP. No harm in updating radio again to same version it may fix the issue.
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Hjicons said:
I flashed zip as is from TWRP. No harm in updating radio again to same version it may fix the issue.
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Hi,
I re-flashed the radio using the zip file through TWRP but still no luck!
Could it be an issue of a broken driver binary?
I also flashed cyanogenmod 13 and the WiFi did not work even then.
Thanks,
Sid.
Hi All,
Quick Update. I have noticed that my bluetooth is also not working. It cannot find any bluetooth devices around while I have my laptop's bluetooth turned on and visible to devices.
My laptop cannot detect the phone's bluetooth either.
I tried creating a wifi hotspot to check if I can see the created wifi AP but that is not visible to other devices too.!
After searching a bit on internet I found out that Nexus 6 uses a single BroadCom BCM4356 Controller that has both 802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.1 functionality.
If it is indeed a hardware damage issue, shouldn't it be considered under manufacturing defect and be replaced/repaired even though my phone warranty has expired this august?
If your warranty is expired, you'll have to pay to get the motherboard replaced. Especially as there is a 4-month gap between warranty expiration and now.
Hi All,
Thanks a lot guys for your help. One last question before I decide to use this phone as a paperweight for now:
I noticed that when I check my data usage in settings. I see two modes.
1.) Cellular data usage.
2.) WiFi data usage.
In Cellular data usage, the Billing Cycle is set to start from 14th of every month and, hence, the graph in usage statistics is from Nov-14 to Dec-13. which shows some activity because I am using it.
However, In WiFi usage, It says 0B used between Oct 18 - Nov 15. But, when I open the statistics, the timeline in the graph says Jan 1, 1970. Isn't that unusual?
Is it normal to see that time? Assuming that the hardware has gone bad, aren't the statistics built by android processes and hence should have correct timeline?
I am attaching 3 screenshots for reference.
Thanks a lot,
Sid,

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