I use wifi network with repeater at home.
OOS 5.0.1, now with original kernel.
wifi refuses to switch automatically to better signal when going from one room to another.
Even when there is no signal at all, wifi stays on channel.
Previously it was working well, but with 5.0.1 not working?
I have to manually switch wifi off and on again to get best wifi connection.
Is this normal behavior of 5.0.1, or something wrong with my settings?
Thanks for advice.
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Hi, Iwas wondering, ever since i had changed to cm 10.1 from stock 4.1.1, my wifi's strength seems to have been like any other phone (before, it was 3-full bar, even from outside our house) but now it doesn't even reach 4 bars even if I'm beside the router...
Suggestions to fix this? I really like the mod, but if the price is the wifi...
Also, my wifi keeps on disconnecting on it's own (even if the screen is on). Any solutions?
update: now the wifi disconnects even when it's not in idle mode...
I'm not running any wifi boosters or whatnot
Hello,
I've used my Mi A2 around 2 weeks now and I'm really satisfied with the phone. However, I got some annoying issue about wifi. When the signal strength of wifi is not so strong (below -70 dbm), it tends to disconnect for around 10-20 sec and then reconnected again. This happened to me like 10 times since I got the phone. And wifi works perfectly without disconnections when the signal strength is strong enough.
Does anyone experience this issue? Or I got a defected device?
Thank you
Same here, sometimes it just disconnects ...
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It is a normal stock android behavior, because android detects that signal of wi-fi is to low, and tries to switch automatically to GSM mobile data, or to another wi-fi if it is available in the area.
I don't have this happen but wifi signal is strong and also; gsm data is turned off.
That *may* help to turn that off possibly, as it obviously can't (now) switch to it?
minnuss said:
It is a normal stock android behavior, because android detects that signal of wi-fi is to low, and tries to switch automatically to GSM mobile data, or to another wi-fi if it is available in the area.
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Even if mobile network is off? Is there a way to change such behavior? I tried to find in the setting but what I just found is Aggressive WiFi to mobile handover, which was already turned off.
AsItLies said:
I don't have this happen but wifi signal is strong and also; gsm data is turned off.
That *may* help to turn that off possibly, as it obviously can't (now) switch to it?
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It happened both when mobile network was on or off.
Marciano09 said:
Even if mobile network is off? Is there a way to change such behavior? I tried to find in the setting but what I just found is Aggressive WiFi to mobile handover, which was already turned off.
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I think that it is called smart wifi, or wifi+ option in other types of android OS, and here it is just a automatic option in stock android i guess.
I don't mind it, because it will change my wifi router AP if it get stuck, and need an reboot, so it will automatically switch to another closest one that works.
You better think of some way to get a better signal then to turn off this function.
Try with aps like this on the link.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.seah0rse.swififree
minnuss said:
I think that it is called smart wifi, or wifi+ option in other types of android OS, and here it is just a automatic option in stock android i guess.
I don't mind it, because it will change my wifi router AP if it get stuck, and need an reboot, so it will automatically switch to another closest one that works.
You better think of some way to get a better signal then to turn off this function.
Try with aps like this on the link.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.seah0rse.swififree
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The thing is that wifi also disconnected when there's no other nearby networks to switch to. I did something to get better signal in my room but this still happened sometimes.
First off the oligitory i have this phone, P20 pro currently rooted running EMUI 8, stock rom, stock kernel, magisk
Such a weird problem as the title says I can't detect or connect to any 5GHz wifi. I have tried to force connect via "Add Network" function. I have reviewed some files inside /etc that were suggested in a P20 lite thread, can't remember where they were/name, but the "enable 5GHz = 1". Something that is tied to it also, is that I can no longer transmit the hotspot on the 5GHz band, inside the hotspot advanced settings tab.
Now for the things that changed before i noticed no 5GHz networks.
-Changed the 5GHz hotspot to 2.4GHz to penetrate a wall better.
-Traveled to Honduras, switched networks to claro while in Honduras.
I am thinking it might be a geolocation type restriction as ihave never had this happen anywhere else before. It will also be about a week or so till I get back state side to hook the phone back to T-Mobile to see if that changes things. Might be tied the the GPS somehow, might be a stretch but i don't know.
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First off the oligitory i have this phone, P20 pro currently rooted running EMUI 8, stock rom, stock kernel, magisk
Such a weird problem as the title says I can't detect or connect to any 5GHz wifi. I have tried to force connect via "Add Network" function. I have reviewed some files inside /etc that were suggested in a P20 lite thread, can't remember where they were/name, but the "enable 5GHz = 1". Something that is tied to it also, is that I can no longer transmit the hotspot on the 5GHz band, inside the hotspot advanced settings tab.
Now for the things that changed before i noticed no 5GHz networks.
-Changed the 5GHz hotspot to 2.4GHz to penetrate a wall better.
-Traveled to Honduras, switched networks to claro while in Honduras.
I am thinking it might be a geolocation type restriction as ihave never had this happen anywhere else before. It will also be about a week or so till I get back state side to hook the phone back to T-Mobile to see if that changes things. Might be tied the the GPS somehow, might be a stretch but i don't know.
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Can other mobile phones find 5Gwifi?
Yes they can. MANY other devices can find and connect to the WIFI. I have got an update after taking the phone out of airplane mode i was able to switch the hotspot back over to the 5GHz. Still cannot connect or find the 5GHz network
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Yes they can. MANY other devices can find and connect to the WIFI. I have got an update after taking the phone out of airplane mode i was able to switch the hotspot back over to the 5GHz. Still cannot connect or find the 5GHz network
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Happen to me few days ago after Pie update. It can't find my hotspot created from my Redmi Note 5 Ai over 5Ghz. But it still can find my office 5Ghz network.
Fixed after rebooting the phone. Now it can see both network
So I want to close this thread out. As soon as I connected back to a stateside 4g carrier, the phone decided to re-enable the 5ghz side of the wifi. All of this happened all on its own. I made sure to check it within a short time off reconnecting stateside. Crazy stuff.
I have this strange issue that has been with me almost since the beginning. I haven't been able to trace when it happens, but it now seems almost 100% of the time.
I only have WiFi in the house (wifi6, if it matters). If I go out, I only have 4G (I left only 4G and disabled 5G). I have no data until I put the phone into airplane mode and back, or I disable and re-enable mobile data.
Same thing when I go back in the house: no data until I disable and re-enable WiFi.
I've disabled the option for 'always-on mobile data' or similar, it's quite a battery drain if there's no cell signal.
Seems like a very strange bug, I don't have this with any of my other phones.
So you have both WiFi and 4G enabled and they don't switch seamlessly?
Exactly. I always have to restart each one of them, usually by toggling airplane mode. Was wondering if anyone else ran into this issue.
Ok this really is strange. There are 2(!) different toggles to enable data switching between WiFi and 4G, but for me it works flawlessly without them! As soon as I get out of my home WiFi range, 4G kicks in, and when I get in range again, the phone connects to my WiFi...
Hi, i have this problem too but it's not always.
I have a wifi 6 router too.
I also have problems switching from wifi to 4g. Need to toggle airplane mode on/off. 5g deactivated. No wifi 6 here.
I always assumed my vpn is causing problems during the switch to 4g. But hearing others have the same problem i would assume its zenfone problem.
I never had any issues in this area with my ZF8. With the option to have cellular always on I could walk out of my WiFi zone during a video call and no drop or short pause would appear.
With this off the network need a few second to work, and some apps need to be refreshed/restarted to gain connection. Never needed to toggle connection for this to work.
Maybe a reset would be enough or check for updates.
Ah, exactly! It does not necesarily need a network restart, but some apps just lose connection for a while, which can be from a few seconds to >1h. Which is even more weird as the icons are showing full connectivity. I would go out of the house, do stuff, come back later and I would only get the notifications when I'm back inside the house.
Rarely I had the connection drop completely (no signal) when switching, but I haven't noticed this happening since the last update.
Hello!
I live in a concrete structure so I get pretty bad cellular reception and rely on wifi calling for calls/texts. I've tried the following method to force wifi calling to use wifi preferred whenever connected to a wifi network and not switch back to cellular preferred but I'm not having any success. Perhaps there's been an update to Android since those instructions came out?
Force Wifi preferred
Any help and/or other methods would be greatly appreciated.
Edit: Something else that could work is setting up a task to turn on airplane mode when connected to my home wifi network and then reconnecting to the wifi network since that would force wifi calling to use "wifi preferred" but I can't figure out how to set it up via Tasker. Tried a few things but it doesn't work. Thanks!