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[Q] Milestone X720 problem with network.

I've purchased a Milestone X720 for my wife, but I found the internal WiFi to work erratically at best.
It seems like it has no problem connecting to Google.com webpage (also it can sync mails and contacts), but when trying to access any other webpages (bbc.co.uk, espn.com, etc.) using the browser, it's always timing out. I know it's not a problem with my WiFi / internal network / router /internet connection, because I can navigate just fine using my HTC Desire or home laptops.
It worked for a while yesterday afternoon, then this morning wasn't able to connect to any website.
The wifi connection is using DHCP, and it shows a correct internal IP address and an excellent signal level. I don't think there's much more things I can tweak in the phone configuration, or isn't there?
Maybe it is a defective phone? Did someone experienced something like this? Should I return it and exchange it for a new one?
I'd appreciate any help.
Alex.

Actually, I've been having problems with my wifi. My wifi will stop working on any webpage at seemingly random intervals (I used to think it was when it went into sleep, but it happens when it's not in sleep now also). Eventually after restarting wifi so many times it'll glitch up and I have to restart the phone.
Providing your phone's stock (as in you haven't rooted it or the like) I'd recommend going to your carrier about the problem.
EDIT: I just checked through the posts on this board and some guy was having another problem with his wifi (different from both of ours though), he suggested getting WifiPowerSavingOff off the market, I'll try it and tell you if it fixes my problem. The only problem is it requires root access, I don't even know if it will fix your problem so you're better off sending the phone back (especially since rooting voids your warrenty). One other thing you could try is just a factory reset, it sounds like a software problem so that might work wonders, you might have to reactivate your phone afterwards though.

Well, thank you for your response.
WiFi was working OK when I came back from work, but is not working now.
The phone is unbranded unlocked, so I'll probably have to talk to the seller.
I tried to see if there was an update from Motorola, but every time I go to the System Updates it says that it is unable to connect to the server, so there's probably no available update for this phone yet.

lovecraft said:
Well, thank you for your response.
WiFi was working OK when I came back from work, but is not working now.
The phone is unbranded unlocked, so I'll probably have to talk to the seller.
I tried to see if there was an update from Motorola, but every time I go to the System Updates it says that it is unable to connect to the server, so there's probably no available update for this phone yet.
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If it's unlocked OTA updates (updating through the settings) are probably disabled, because installing OTA updates will make you lose root (I'm assuming your phone also is rooted if it was unlocked by the seller). do you know what baseband your using right now? Also, have you installed rom manager or anything that can make nandroid backups?

I might be wrong, but I don't think it's rooted, I think it's just the way it's sold, SIM free and unlocked from factory, not by the seller.
Baseband is 3GSMEPU91A_U_91.07.56I

Well if you wanna double check, just look to see if a superuser permissions app is installed (if you don't find one it's not rooted), I never knew they sold them unlocked (although I'm in the US... so I doubt they do here). All I can say is to try a factory reset then, if that doesn't work then talk to the seller. It sounds like more of a software problem since Google works.

In the end it seems there is some kind of incompatibility between the phone and my WiFi router (a Belkin G). Yesterday I managed to borrow another WiFi router (Netgear) and it works flawlessly when connected to this AP.
I will keep testing during the weekend but I'm pretty sure this was the cause.
Thanks Shiny for your help.

Hi. I picked up a milestone via Ebay two days ago and had similar wi-fi issues. After reading a number of forums I discovered that the problem lay with my router - Siemans Gigaset SE587 (Tiscali). The wireless channel or regulatory domain was set to auto channel 1. I think this confuses the phone so with the help of the router manual I disabled auto and reset it to channel 13.
Wi-fi works flawlessly now and it hasn't affected my other devices. The link below might help.

Wi-Fi connected but no internet on XT1092

Hello,
today I was playing some games on my Moto X when, as I closed one, I noticed that internet wasn't available via Wi-Fi. At the time I had 6.0 without root, upgraded from 5.0 stock via OTA. I tried turning the Wi-Fi off and on again, airplane mode on and off, rebooting the phone, rebooting into safe mode, forgetting and re-adding the access points, disabling the hotspot discovery, none of these things worked.
So I tried to flash 5.0 stock again, correctly (checked the model, the version -it's a XT1092 reteu-, everything, it's all right), but still the phone can't browse the internet via Wi-Fi. I've even tried running the safe mode over the fresh flashed stock, no results.
My bootloader is unlocked so I'd prefer not to hand it to Motorola. It sounds like an hardware issue (never dropped my phone, no scratches, no weird shakes, it's perfect) but since I have time till at least monday, I'd like if anyone from here could help me solve this issue.
Many thanks in advance.
EDIT: Solved. It actually was an issue with the modem: two devices were using that IP, apparently. The thing is no new devices entered my home and everything I use is set on static IP (except for the phone, I had it restored a couple of weeks ago so I forgot to set its). It's still unclear what actually happened but it looks ok now. Don't close the thread, just in case something new comes up.

I am having the same issue on my XT1097 on Android 6.0 but only on my Office WiFi. Would you care to exaplain (in a dumbed down way) what you did?
Thanks!

Moto G6 update to Pie (9.0) re hotspot

Hi
My wife and I each have a Moto G6, stock and unlocked, running Android 8.0 it came with. We just received a notice to upgrade to Android 9.0. Hot-spotting is critical to our phone use. Presently mine turns on hot spotting with no issues, my wife's I have to trick it into hot-spotting but once on it works fine. When I researched Pie (9.0) I found a lot of 2018 articles talking about how Pie broke their hot-spotting ability. I never saw a resolution to their problem. Consequently I am hesitant to let Pie install on our phones. Does anyone have info on the "breaking of hot-spotting" issue as it relates to the Moto G6?
Thanks
Mike

I haven't done any heavy testing, but I can connect from my pc to my phone without any issues, YMMV.

mikec557 said:
Hi
My wife and I each have a Moto G6, stock and unlocked, running Android 8.0 it came with. We just received a notice to upgrade to Android 9.0. Hot-spotting is critical to our phone use. Presently mine turns on hot spotting with no issues, my wife's I have to trick it into hot-spotting but once on it works fine. When I researched Pie (9.0) I found a lot of 2018 articles talking about how Pie broke their hot-spotting ability. I never saw a resolution to their problem. Consequently I am hesitant to let Pie install on our phones. Does anyone have info on the "breaking of hot-spotting" issue as it relates to the Moto G6?
Thanks
Mike
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I just updated this a.m. to Pie. I don't use my phone as a hotspot, but I did go into settings to see if it would work. It does except I don't have it set up with a password (haven't set up a hotspot account with Verizon) so I'm thinking it would still work. That's all I can add, but maybe help

Just updated our G6 on Fi channel to Pie 9.0 and all is good. I confirmed that WiFi hotspot functions is working (WPA/2) ... just remember to turn off Data Saver as it won't otherwise turn on.
We have 3 associated Fi data only sim when traveling but use the Hotspot function for tethering when abroad.

Letitride said:
Just updated our G6 on Fi channel to Pie 9.0 and all is good. I confirmed that WiFi hotspot functions is working (WPA/2) ... just remember to turn off Data Saver as it won't otherwise turn on.
We have 3 associated Fi data only sim when traveling but use the Hotspot function for tethering when abroad.
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Thanks
So far we've chosen the not upgrade to Pie. Currently we can tether our phones to our laptops and the Roku. Not exactly following all the fine print from our phone service provider such that if we lost the ability to Hotspot they would not be of help. Given that we have a good thing going, I don't see enough benefit to Pie to risk losing what we have.
It would be nice to be able to get rid of the upgrade notification/nag so I don't accidentally hit install, but I'll just be careful of it popping up.
Thanks for your info.
Mike

Hotspot works here too, no problem.

Update
Well, that was July 23. Somewhere about Sept 12 both our phones were no longer able to hotspot. It turns on, but won't provide the internet. I have to assume our service provider somehow sends a signal that prevents sharing the internet even though hotspot is on.
After that we let one phone update to 9.0 (pie) to see if we could reactivate the hotspotting we used to have, to no avail.
In the meantime I have setup a USB tether from a phone to our laptop with an app from ClockworkMod. That does the internet from our phone to the laptop. But having a cord is a little clumsy and it doesn't help us with connecting the Roku. So it's a temporary fix.
If my question is not inappropriate...
Would rooting the phone give me the ability to hotspot and share the internet signal without the service provider knowing and blocking that ability?
Thanks in advance
Mike

Smart View Not Working After Android 10 Update

Apologies if this is the wrong section. I have a Samsung Galaxy S10 on Verizon. A few months ago I had a Kenwood DMX906S installed in my car. Up until Verizon rolled out the Android 10 Update, I was able to use Smart View to wirelessly screen mirror to my Kenwood. With the update, the Smart View app was also updated to v8.1.32. I'm not sure what it was before, but looking through the previous APKs, I'm thinking it was version 7.x.x.
So now, I'm unable to share to my Kenwood. Other support forums have shown that people are having the same issues with Sony Bravia TVs and other TVs as well. I have contacted Kenwood and they said it's not really their issue and they might look at releasing a firmware update at some point.
So, I've looked on APK Mirror and have been able to find previous versions of the APK, but I can't figure out how to uninstall the current version because it's a built in app. And even if I try to just install a more recent version available on APK Mirroring (8.1.40) it gives me a simple error that the APK wasn't installed. More than that, I'm not certain if the problem stems from an issue with the Smart View app itself or if it's a setting somewhere in the new Android 10 Update that I'm overlooking. Any help would be appreciated.

Same issue with a Kenwood dmx9706s and gs9+
I contacted Samsung nine times. They want me to send my phone in. They don't get it. Kenwood says sorry not our problem. Verizon says we don't do software. Crutchfield says, yes we know you bought that receiver last week. But it's discontinued now. And try Samsung.
It seems like something in wifi direct is broken. I also tried the newer apks and they would not install.

Didn't work for me but...
I have a galaxy z flip and my device will connect but only displays a zoomed in section of my homescreen. But I found on a reddit thread that a lot of people were able to get their smart view to work again after resetting network settings. You will lose saved wifi passwords, etc. but I felt it worth trying even though my problem didn't exactly match up. But if your problem is not being able to connect at all then that was a fix that worked for quite a few people. Hopefully it works for you, now I'm off to continue my search for a solution to my seemingly on off problem.

verizon or samsung update?

Suddenly, the dreaded "Device is not supported" after 4 years

I have an Alpine iLX-W650 and a OnePlus 7 Pro. Android Auto has been working perfectly for well over 4 years now, even through OS upgrades (currently on Android 12).
Suddenly, about a week ago I got the "Device is not supported." message. A reboot of the phone while in the car fixed it.
Then it happened again the next day, nothing I do resolves it including a new or different cable. There was an Android update this morning and I also saw a new version of Android Auto. I did both of these hoping one would fix the issue. Nothing. Multiple reboots later, including telling Android Auto to forget me unit, still nothing.
I had my wife plug in her phone and the head unit works perfectly with Android Auto, so something with my phone changed or a setting is corrupted. I'm not sure how to get things working again.
As mentioned, I tried:
another cable (several now)
"Forgetting all cars" in the settings
Forgetting connected cars in the Head Unit.
Factory resetting the Head Unit.
Double-checking the Head Unit is the latest firmware (it is).
Deleting the AA app and clearing data and cache for it and then updating to the latest.
Deleting the AA app and clearing data and cache for it and then trying to connect to let it pull down AA.
As noted above, my wife's phone works no problem with my head unit and since thing my daughter tried her phone which works too. Clearly, something on my phone got corrupted or something to cause it to not work anymore.

Rule #1 - if a OS is fast, stable and fulfilling its mission let it be! Upgrades and updates can and do break devices.
Once you sort that mess out disable auto updates.

For anyone that might stumble on this, I considered that maybe my phone's data port was at fault and causing issues. Otherwise, my OnePlus 7 Pro works great and still charges. Not really ready to let it go.
Since I've always wanted AA to be wireless, I ordered the AAwireless device and it works flawlessly. In fact, it is more responsive than when my phone was cabled. Wish I had done this years ago.

stevemajor said:
For anyone that might stumble on this, I considered that maybe my phone's data port was at fault and causing issues. Otherwise, my OnePlus 7 Pro works great and still charges. Not really ready to let it go.
Since I've always wanted AA to be wireless, I ordered the AAwireless device and it works flawlessly. In fact, it is more responsive than when my phone was cabled. Wish I had done this years ago.
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A port pcb failure can cause data and phone service loss at least on Samsung's.
If it happens after a firmware upgrades/update it's not a hardware failure...