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my 1 day old nexus player cant recognize my 5 ghz channel ,no problem with the 2.4 ghz.
Gilico79 said:
my 1 day old nexus player cant recognize my 5 ghz channel ,no problem with the 2.4 ghz.
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I couldn't connect to my 5ghz router (tplink archer c7 v2) even though other devices could. However none of my other devices are ac, the others are N 5ghz. On a hunch, I went to my router's config and disable ac on the 5ghz then the nexus player connected immediately to the 5ghz band. I don't know if it's an issue with the archer c7 or with nexus player but at least I have better speeds now.
But if there's something else to change I'd like to know because I'd prefer to use ac.
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I couldn't connect to my 5ghz router (tplink archer c7 v2) even though other devices could. However none of my other devices are ac, the others are N 5ghz. On a hunch, I went to my router's config and disable ac on the 5ghz then the nexus player connected immediately to the 5ghz band. I don't know if it's an issue with the archer c7 or with nexus player but at least I have better speeds now.
But if there's something else to change I'd like to know because I'd prefer to use ac.
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I have the same exact router and I am connected to 5gz with my Nexus player with AC enabled. I am not able to confirm if Nexus is actually connected as AC just yet. I will confirm and post back, but I just wanted to let you know it is working for me with AC on. I am using the stock firmware, no DD-WRT for what it's worth. I also did not see any stock firmware updates for this version of the router.
Interesting, please let me know. I had openwrt on it for a bit but had issues and went back to stock. But I am on tplinks latest firmware. Released in April of this year. Maybe let me know what firmware version you currently have. I may revert firmwares.
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Interesting, please let me know. I had openwrt on it for a bit but had issues and went back to stock. But I am on tplinks latest firmware. Released in April of this year. Maybe let me know what firmware version you currently have. I may revert firmwares.
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I have not been able to find a way to determine if the Nexus is connecting with AC or not, but AC is on and it is connected to my 5gz signal. If you know of an app or some other method to find this out, let me know. So far the few apps I installed didn't tell me much. I am rooted with Stock at the moment, so most apps I need to test in the Play store require to find the apk to sideload. I hope the Play store blocking what I can and can not install goes away when I install a custom rom like Lollirock or AOSP 6.0 onto the Nexus. It says it isn't compatible, but it loads up just fine when I sideload it.
Then the last time I checked tplinks site for firmware, there was none listed. Then after I saw you mention the April update, I checked their site again and now see they just released another one on Oct 14, 2015. I have not updated it and my release listed in the router is Firmware Version: 3.14.1 Build 141030 Rel.56452n Hardware Version: Archer C7 v2/v3 00000000 The bottom of the router is listed as v2 though. It may be worth testing unless you know of a way to downgrade to my version easily.
r4wb0Ss said:
I have not been able to find a way to determine if the Nexus is connecting with AC or not, but AC is on and it is connected to my 5gz signal. If you know of an app or some other method to find this out, let me know. So far the few apps I installed didn't tell me much. I am rooted with Stock at the moment, so most apps I need to test in the Play store require to find the apk to sideload. I hope the Play store blocking what I can and can not install goes away when I install a custom rom like Lollirock or AOSP 6.0 onto the Nexus. It says it isn't compatible, but it loads up just fine when I sideload it.
Then the last time I checked tplinks site for firmware, there was none listed. Then after I saw you mention the April update, I checked their site again and now see they just released another one on Oct 14, 2015. I have not updated it and my release listed in the router is Firmware Version: 3.14.1 Build 141030 Rel.56452n Hardware Version: Archer C7 v2/v3 00000000 The bottom of the router is listed as v2 though. It may be worth testing unless you know of a way to downgrade to my version easily.
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Hmm, where are you seeing a new firmware dated Oct 14, 2015?
When I look here:
http://www.tp-link.com/en/download/Archer-C7_V2.html#Firmware
The latest firmware I see is dated April 27, 2015 which I am currently running. It's listed in the tplink admin login as:
3.14.3 Build 150427 Rel.36706n
Hmm, I don't see your firmware build even in the prior ones.
There are only 3 firmware versions in total. Mine & Archer C7_V2_V3_141110 (dated Nov 10, 2014) & Archer C7_V2_150304 (dated March 4, 2015)
The only thing I can think is you have never upgraded the firmware on your tplink and they don't post the stock firmware? Although I thought there were more than 3. Maybe they remove older ones. I'd be curious if you can connect with ac on the latest firmware but I don't think you can roll back to what you are currently running. Unless you're looking at a tplink page that I am not.
Yes when you go to a custom rom you won't have the market limitation anymore. I'm still on stock but probably going to go to a custom rom. The only negative is I don't think the remote is currently working. I may wait and see.
Regarding confirming if a device is connected as AC or N on 5ghz, I have no clue. I've seen a couple of friends routers (different models) and they don't show it either. Kind of annoying. However, I believe yours is probably connected at ac, as when I leave ac enabled the nexus continually fails connecting. Only when I disable ac does it successfully connect at 5ghz. Even though you may lose ac, you might want to consider updating as I believe they fixed a couple of serious security bugs in the older firmwares. That might even be why some are removed. I'm living with N right now, but I would like ac as I may move the nexus player to a room that's further away and ac supposedly handles distances much better than n.
Just as some tips for side loading. You probably know of apkmirror.com, which is good but doesn't have everything. There's also a chrome plugin for the market that gives you the option to download apks directly, and also install directly to another device. The second option doesn't always work though. the Nexus player may be greyed out when you try this but a lot work. So from my browser I'm just searching for apps and selecting install to the NP. For the others I download them and I was going to use ftp but I found it's easier just using airdroid which I already installed on the NP.
sark666 said:
Hmm, where are you seeing a new firmware dated Oct 14, 2015?
When I look here:
http://www.tp-link.com/en/download/Archer-C7_V2.html#Firmware
The latest firmware I see is dated April 27, 2015 which I am currently running. It's listed in the tplink admin login as:
3.14.3 Build 150427 Rel.36706n
Hmm, I don't see your firmware build even in the prior ones.
There are only 3 firmware versions in total. Mine & Archer C7_V2_V3_141110 (dated Nov 10, 2014) & Archer C7_V2_150304 (dated March 4, 2015)
The only thing I can think is you have never upgraded the firmware on your tplink and they don't post the stock firmware? Although I thought there were more than 3. Maybe they remove older ones. I'd be curious if you can connect with ac on the latest firmware but I don't think you can roll back to what you are currently running. Unless you're looking at a tplink page that I am not.
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I was using this site: http://www.tp-link.us/download/Archer-C7_V2.html#Firmware The only difference I can see is this site is the .us version vs the .com version you linked me, which was the first time I seen this. I am located in the US, but it seems odd they would have different firmware downloads available between the 2 nearly identical sites. Then I either updated the firmware when I first installed the router, which was approximately a year ago, or I installed whatever was out then. I do not recall 100%, as everything was working I didn't bother with it. But now I am curious if it will help with security issues and/or break my AC connections.
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Yes when you go to a custom rom you won't have the market limitation anymore. I'm still on stock but probably going to go to a custom rom. The only negative is I don't think the remote is currently working. I may wait and see.
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I think the remote works, but it only has so many buttons, so it will dramatically limit your functionality. I plan on using a TV Launcher to replace the default launcher, no matter what rom, stock or not, I am using. It is designed for basic functionality so the remote should be just fine for it. Then I found a badass remote app called Droidmote on XDA and it works very well with the Nexus player on the stock launcher. I am sure it will work just as well with a custom rom too. I have it installed on my phone and tablet and was able to maneuver around every app I tested that I was not able to before I installed it and was only using the stock remote.
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Even though you may lose ac, you might want to consider updating as I believe they fixed a couple of serious security bugs in the older firmwares. That might even be why some are removed. I'm living with N right now, but I would like ac as I may move the nexus player to a room that's further away and ac supposedly handles distances much better than n.
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Yeah, I am not sure if I should upgrade to the latest firmware or not... but if there are a couple serious security bugs, I suppose I probably should update. Hopefully the October firmware allows AC to still work enabled. I sure hope so as I was planning on moving the Nexus to the opposite end of the house and having AC wifi is one of the main reasons why I chose the Nexus player.
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You probably know of apkmirror.com, which is good but doesn't have everything. There's also a chrome plugin for the market that gives you the option to download apks directly, and also install directly to another device. The second option doesn't always work though. the Nexus player may be greyed out when you try this but a lot work. So from my browser I'm just searching for apps and selecting install to the NP. For the others I download them and I was going to use ftp but I found it's easier just using airdroid which I already installed on the NP.
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I am familiar with apkmirror.com and similar sites, but I never dug into chrome with the market plugin. That is good info to know and may test it out, but I dont mind sideloading. I send the files to Google drive and load ES explorer and installs fast. However, I do prefer having the ability to do this directly from the Play store, which will be possible when I go to a custom rom. Anyway, if you update to the October firmware, let us know if it helped or made any difference. I will check it out myself by the weekend and post back if anything changes on my side.
That is strange but I've seen tplink do that before. I wish they wouldn't do that.
And your US site doesn't seem to have historical firmware available, unless there's a link I'm not seeing. I may flash this one and see if it fixes ac as I bought this as well with the intention of it being somewhat far from the router and would rather not rely on N.
Coll, I'll check out that TV launcher. If it works with the remote then that's a plus. One thing I'm not sure of, if one changes to a custom rom how does install the TV version of an app? Some of them are easier to use. Just wondering if the TV versions of an app will show up in the market when on a basically stock rom.
This problem has to do with the channel of 5Ghz, you need to select a low number channel otherwise the nexus play simply won't pick it up.
I have set 5ghz to channel 48 and works great.
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This problem has to do with the channel of 5Ghz, you need to select a low number channel otherwise the nexus play simply won't pick it up.
I have set 5ghz to channel 48 and works great.
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I can confirm that I am running on a low channel (36) for 5ghz as well.
I have the same router. I ended up setting 2.4ghz to channel 1, and 5ghz to channel 169. Kept having issues with streaming Hulu, it would stop and buffer a lot. Seems better after I made these adjustments. I used a WiFi analyzer app on my phone to make sure I am not using channels that other people in the building are using.
That is odd. I have a Netgear true dual band AC router. My Nexus Player pulls and runs excellent on my 5G. Both my Nexus 6 and Nexus Player pull 800mbps link speeds on my 5G. Sounds like a router related problem.
I've had the same problem! It comes from the Location setting. At the very beginning, in the setup wizard you've set the location as US probably, and not all 5Ghz Channels are (legally) available there.
Change the location to the same location as your Router. For me that was the problem.
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I've had the same problem! It comes from the Location setting. At the very beginning, in the setup wizard you've set the location as US probably, and not all 5Ghz Channels are (legally) available there.
Change the location to the same location as your Router. For me that was the problem.
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There is no where to set your location in NP.
Real life got in the way but I just tried this on every ac channel available starting from the lowest and the NP could never connect; disable ac and it connects instantly.
I'll see about flashing that firmware for the archer c7 v2 and see if that fixes it.
Gilico79 said:
my 1 day old nexus player cant recognize my 5 ghz channel ,no problem with the 2.4 ghz.
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I had this problem with my Zyxel 802.11ac access point. Once I told my access point to stop trying to use 80Mhz channels (selection read "20/40/80MHz"; switched it to "20/40MHz") and went from forcing a specific channel to "auto" (i.e. let the access point choose the channel) the problem went away, and my Nexus Player has a nice strong, steady connection on 5GHz.
It is because Google fails to the DFS channels. I modded my Nexus 10 to get them but can't figure out how to enable them on the player. http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-10/general/adding-support-5ghz-wifi-channels-nexus-t2961722
Check this out to see the supported channels. (note 80mhz uses 4 channels.)
http://clients.mikealbano.com/
When I received and turned on my nexus player, it was not able to see 5GHz SSID. I immediately went and updated to the latest MarshMallow and now all 5GHz channels work without any problem. Those who had trouble with 5 GHz channels, are you all updated to the latest Android?
sark666 said:
There is no where to set your location in NP.
Real life got in the way but I just tried this on every ac channel available starting from the lowest and the NP could never connect; disable ac and it connects instantly.
I'll see about flashing that firmware for the archer c7 v2 and see if that fixes it.
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When you choose your language in the setup wizard. As long as I had there "US English" it did not worked. After choosing UK English or German ... well its working. I knew the trick from my Nexus 5. As I received it from Google Play I could not connect to the same 5GHz Network. I've called the Support and they knew from the beginning what my problem was and "advised" me to do this trick.
But I do not know, why you have to do this!
Hello all,
i'm sure i'm not the first to ask, yet i didn't find any threads about this.
my phone can't seem to connect to 5ghz wifi when the channel is a higher one (149-161). it doesn't even see the SSID. when I switch to the lower channels (36-48) I can see it and connect.
I would much rather fix this so i could use the higher channels where the signal is better overall.
any idea why this is hapenning? on my iphone 6 it works great when using channel 149.
I'm running 5.1.1 Fusion Rom rooted.
cheers!
Anybody knows ?
maybe it's a hardware problem?
i'm seeing this same behavior on SM-G900T (TMO S5) and other devices apparently due to missing country code and calibration files.
please see notes and upvote BUGBASH-2594 : 5ghz WiFi bands partially not seen as client and not available at all as hotspot
hopefully that helps bring together awareness of this widespread issue that seems to be easily overlooked (i mostly find myself using 2.4ghz networks anyway).
Anyone having issues connecting to wi-fi networks on channels 12/13? On my device I'm unable to see SSIDs in these channels most of the time. Sometimes I can see networks in channel 13.
Am engaging with Google tech support, so will keep you posted.
What country are you in?
UK
I seem to be the only person on my street that knows channel 13 exists. No issues for me connecting. Although I run my phone to my 5Ghz connection normally, I can connect to my 2.4Ghz if needs be.
TheReverend210 said:
I seem to be the only person on my street that knows channel 13 exists. No issues for me connecting. Although I run my phone to my 5Ghz connection normally, I can connect to my 2.4Ghz if needs be.
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Good good.
I'm wondering whether it's down to me not activating the SIM in the phone as yet? Like a double check that the phone should be allowed to use 12&13 (rather than just selecting English UK as the language).
TheReverend210 said:
I seem to be the only person on my street that knows channel 13 exists. No issues for me connecting. Although I run my phone to my 5Ghz connection normally, I can connect to my 2.4Ghz if needs be.
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There's really no difference in using that over channel 11 in your case with the co-channel interference.
YES!
It's not just me then. Home router (2.4Ghz) is on ch.13 and when i return home the device will not auto-connect until i toggle wifi off and back on again. Wifi works fine until i leave again. connects fine to my wifi network at work but that is different channel and on 5Ghz too.
RMA'd my device and the new one was bad. Wouldn't see my network at all, but wouldn't register my Sim card either so I have just returned this replacement device. Replacement number 2 is on the way.
I switched to ch.12 and the same thing happens at home. Didn't try any other channels as they are too noisy. So I wonder if this is a software issue? I'm in the UK and the router is made by technicolor for Plusnet.
j3di said:
YES!
It's not just me then. Home router (2.4Ghz) is on ch.13 and when i return home the device will not auto-connect until i toggle wifi off and back on again. Wifi works fine until i leave again. connects fine to my wifi network at work but that is different channel and on 5Ghz too.
RMA'd my device and the new one was bad. Wouldn't see my network at all, but wouldn't register my Sim card either so I have just returned this replacement device. Replacement number 2 is on the way.
I switched to ch.12 and the same thing happens at home. Didn't try any other channels as they are too noisy. So I wonder if this is a software issue? I'm in the UK and the router is made by technicolor for Plusnet.
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If channel 11 is noisy, then so is 12 and 13.
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TheReverend210 said:
I seem to be the only person on my street that knows channel 13 exists. No issues for me connecting. Although I run my phone to my 5Ghz connection normally, I can connect to my 2.4Ghz if needs be.
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You might want to change to channel 11. With the current setup you are not only killing your own data rates, but also the rates of everyone on channel 11. These channels are not supposed to overlap, because that creates interference. Switch to channel 11.
This is my WiFi situation. I'm normally on CH.13, but switched to 12 as a test.
My 2nd unit arrived last week, and unfortunately it's the same issue as before - no channels 12 or 13, not even visible. I'll be back in touch with Google today.
Hopefully this is a software issue rather than Google/Huawei spec'ing a duff wifi chipset.
Google spoken to and basically it's a case of tough-titty - some devices aren't going to work with channels 12 & 13.
For anyone else reading this, I had this problem and 'solved' it.
If you find that you can't see channels 12 and 13 then it's almost definitely caused by the Wifi country code restrictions.
I got my Nexus 6P here in Korea and initially tried it out with no sim card. Even though the location is set in settings, without a sim card it doesn't get the wifi country code set, and I couldn't see those channels. As soon as I inserted a Korean sim card, I was able to see them.
If you are in the UK or elsewhere, using a local sim card and you can't see those channels then chances are either your country doesn't allow it or the code is already set. Either way, your options are just accept it or try one of the 'not officially supported' ways to getting around it. That's likely why Google said you were out of luck. It's possible but involves rooting etc. I think. Just search for 'change wifi country code android'. Good luck.
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For anyone else reading this, I had this problem and 'solved' it.
If you find that you can't see channels 12 and 13 then it's almost definitely caused by the Wifi country code restrictions.
I got my Nexus 6P here in Korea and initially tried it out with no sim card. Even though the location is set in settings, without a sim card it doesn't get the wifi country code set, and I couldn't see those channels. As soon as I inserted a Korean sim card, I was able to see them.
If you are in the UK or elsewhere, using a local sim card and you can't see those channels then chances are either your country doesn't allow it or the code is already set. Either way, your options are just accept it or try one of the 'not officially supported' ways to getting around it. That's likely why Google said you were out of luck. It's possible but involves rooting etc. I think. Just search for 'change wifi country code android'. Good luck.
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I am afraid that the issue is not as simple. I also have problems with channels 12 and 13, however my phone can connect to those channels, but only for a while. I quote the report I filed in the AOSP bug tracker (not yet assigned, though):
Before I continue, I am based in Switzerland, use a Swiss mobile provider (Swisscom), and I bought my phone through Google in Switzerland. This is relevant because in Europe 802.11b/g/n channels 12 & 13 are allowed, while in the North America they are allowed only under "low power conditions" with the effect that, AFAIK, many devices simply do not support them. My Nexus 6P however should (and shall) support those two channels.
Now, the problem.
I have two access points at home, both in the 2.4 GHz band: one on channels 4+6 and the other (normally) on channels 12+13. What I noticed is that my Nexus 6P would initially connect to the strongest signal independently from the channel, as expected, but then after a while (a couple of hours, maybe) would just stop seeing the signal on channels 12 & 13. Not just my own WLAN, but also neighborhood WLANs on the same channels. This means that the phone can be sitting a couple of meters from the AP in my office (channels 12+13) and be connected to the AP at the opposite corner of the building (the one on channels 4+6). I checked with "WiFi Analyzer" and the phone really does not see any signal above channel 11.
Disabling and re-enabling WiFi will make the phone see channels 12 & 13 once again. However after a while the problem appears again.
At home this is just an inconvenience: I moved the frequency of the second AP to a different channel and that "solved" the problem. On the other hand this might be a much more serious problem when I am in an environment where I can't change the WiFi settings. Maybe I want to connect to a public hotspot broadcasting on the "wrong" channels or I am at the office in an area covered by APs on channels 12 & 13. Tough luck.
Incidentally, I saw at least one report of someone who had exactly the same issue: he had to disable WiFi and enable it again to get the phone to connect to his WLAN (on channel 12 or 13, I can't remember). I also have to say that in our household we have a few other Android devices (2 x Nexus 7, 1 x Nexus 9, 2 x Nexus 4, 1 x Moto X Play) running either 6.0.1 or 5.1.1 and a few other devices (iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, laptop, 2 x Kindle) and none exhibits this behavior. It seems to be specific to the 6P.
I suspect that after a while the WiFi driver simply reverts to its default regulatory domain ("US", I assume) and stops listening to channels 12 and 13. Why it might do so is anyone's guess. Maybe doze interferes with the driver.
Same problem here. The only way to reconnect to WiFi channel 12 or 13 is to manually switch WiFi off and on again on the 6p.
I'm in Hungary.
Guys, there is a thread in the Nexus Help Forum and I reported the issue in the AOSP Bug Tracker. Add your contributions to those threads and star them. Let's try to bring this to Google's attention, otherwise we will never get any action on this topic.
Edit: For some reason I can't add links to the post. Please search issue 197106 ("WiFi 2.4 GHz channels 12 & 13 not working properly on Nexus 6P running 6.0.1") in the AOSP Bug Tracker and the post "My Nexus 6P can't connect to Channel 12 or 13 WIFI's" in the Google Product Forums.
Roberto
I have been trying for a week to extract some information from Google and Huawei, but I must say that their support just doesn't know anything about this issue. It's even difficult to get someone to understand what the problem is: one Google support guy thought I was talkng about LTE channel 12, for example. Huawei support started talking about options in the WiFi settings that are not there, then they wanted to guide me through adding a new WLAN, and finally started clutching at straws, giving more and more fantastic explanations of why it might be so.
Bottom line is: nobody I talked to ever heard about this issue.
I would really like to understand if it could be a hardware issue (which I honestly doubt) because my RMA window is closing soon and I don't honestly know what to do: apart from this WiFi issue my 6P is absolutely flawless and I do not want to risk getting a new telephone only to find out that WiFi still does not work as expected and it's also got other issues. (And, yes, something like this already happened to me.)
robertototaro said:
I have been trying for a week to extract some information from Google and Huawei, but I must say that their support just doesn't know anything about this issue. It's even difficult to get someone to understand what the problem is: one Google support guy thought I was talkng about LTE channel 12, for example. Huawei support started talking about options in the WiFi settings that are not there, then they wanted to guide me through adding a new WLAN, and finally started clutching at straws, giving more and more fantastic explanations of why it might be so.
Bottom line is: nobody I talked to ever heard about this issue.
I would really like to understand if it could be a hardware issue (which I honestly doubt) because my RMA window is closing soon and I don't honestly know what to do: apart from this WiFi issue my 6P is absolutely flawless and I do not want to risk getting a new telephone only to find out that WiFi still does not work as expected and it's also got other issues. (And, yes, something like this already happened to me.)
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Hello, I also have the same problem. As I can report it to Google? I have not found a way.
gmarti said:
Hello, I also have the same problem. As I can report it to Google? I have not found a way.
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Did you call the Google Store Support? I hope that if they hear the same reports repeatedly they will take notice.
If your telephone is unlocked (and if you are on XDA chances are it is), flash Franco's kernel. I did it today and now my problems with WiFi are gone. Plus Franco's is known to be very battery efficient. It's a win-win situation.
Even if with new 4.5.3 build, wifi problem persists.
And I think I've understood now what's happening.
On auto mode (both bands), when near from router, everything works correctly. When far from router, wifi doesn't work .
The solution? Choose only 2.4ghz or 5ghz, not automatic, as someone already said.
I'm starting to think that this is an hardware problem... Not software... And I'm scared. If near to the 14 days return policy (I think) it isn't solved, I'm returning my device probably. I'm scared it could be an hardware problem (yes, OnePlus always have some hardware problem, on screen, or something.. this case maybe it's WiFi).
What do you guys think?
I never had any issue with Wi-Fi. Automatic, and it's 2,4GHz. After i tap the WiFi icon, it's tuning on automatically. I recommend you to send hack the device if the problem persist.
It is connected always to the network, 2.4g or 5g, but doesn't open anything. Any page, any speed test, nothing.
Are you mixing your n/ac bands? If your have an n router and the phone is constantly try to connect to ac? I don't know but anything is worth checking. Like force your router to one of the other
I had this problem when I had data saver turned on in Chrome. I turned it off, and it worked like normal.
It may specific to your device. RMA soon.
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Is anyone using pi-hole as DNS and find it not connecting to internet or in some application that internet is not available but apps like browser still connect to internet and work ? Never had problem with WIFI when using pi-hole as DNS. this must be WiFi related bug
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Nope... Nothing works. Buts only on 5ghz. On my OnePlus 3 everything works fine.
I have the same problem, you are not alone lol
Fusionalex said:
I have the same problem, you are not alone lol
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And do you think it is software or hardware fault?
My wifi works fine..zero issues.
same here
Z51 said:
My wifi works fine..zero issues.
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On 5Ghz?
djeyreaper said:
same here
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Also problems?
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Also problems?
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Nu actually i have 0 issues with my oneplus. I have a ipv6 rooter with both bands 5 and 2.4. Both work flawless. U really shoud test it on other rooters with different configuration(ac+n;ac only; n only; b+g) and see if the problem persists. My recomandation is 2 check the interferance level and scan for possible problems comming from u're neighbours that use same band as u (i had issues with my lg g3 because my wifi had the same band as my neighbours and had huge interference).
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Nu actually i have 0 issues with my oneplus. I have a ipv6 rooter with both bands 5 and 2.4. Both work flawless. U really shoud test it on other rooters with different configuration(ac+n;ac only; n only; b+g) and see if the problem persists. My recomandation is 2 check the interferance level and scan for possible problems comming from u're neighbours that use same band as u (i had issues with my lg g3 because my wifi had the same band as my neighbours and had huge interference).
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If other phones works ok with that router configuration, why should I change router settings to match OP5 needs?
Also, OP5 doesn't work on my work's 5Ghz network, so... It can not be router related.
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If other phones works ok with that router configuration, why should I change router settings to match OP5 needs?
Also, OP5 doesn't work on my work's 5Ghz network, so... It can not be router related.
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Diferent phones diferent receivers/parts . It may be a compatibility problem i dunno ( i cand only suggest some workarounds) i didnt work at the building of 1+5 so... it is your decision if u want 2 investigate the problem or just move forward and maybe select another phone that fits your rooter.
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Diferent phones diferent receivers/parts . It may be a compatibility problem i dunno ( i cand only suggest some workarounds) i didnt work at the building of 1+5 so... it is your decision if u want 2 investigate the problem or just move forward and maybe select another phone that fits your rooter.
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No, I like this phone, so I'm trying to staying with it. I guess this is a software problem on the phone... I hope.
There was another thread on this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-5/help/wi-fi-connection-dropping-ipv6-t3627933
I was having problems yesterday morning right after updating to 4.5.3. It was only acting up on 5GHz.
That said, I've had PingTools set up to check every 15 minutes and I haven't seen any drops in the last 20 hours. The only thing I'd done to the phone was remove the tempered glass screen protector, but I have trouble believing that was the cause(!)
My OP5 arrived today and everything works perfectly. After reading the forums thoroughly for a week I knew what to look out for.
If the problem persists I would RMA, it'll be annoying to have the delay to use the phone, but better to have one that works in perfect order.
Hi Guys,
I just got my Prime Day Essential set up and after updating to the latest Android 8.1.0 build with the July patches I'm one of the lucky ones with the 5ghz Wi-Fi issue, where when I connect to a 5ghz Wi-Fi, the connection and speed starts throttling down to no bandwidth at all. My workaround has been using the slower 2.4ghz SSID. I also have the issue where the Play Store download sometimes waits forever to download in the queue.
What do you guys do with this issue? Flash to Android P? Something else with you router?
I really don't think it's my router because obviously all other devices in the house are working flawlessly... Appreciate ANY help... Thank you!
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Hi Guys,
I just got my Prime Day Essential set up and after updating to the latest Android 8.1.0 build with the July patches I'm one of the lucky ones with the 5ghz Wi-Fi issue, where when I connect to a 5ghz Wi-Fi, the connection and speed starts throttling down to no bandwidth at all. My workaround has been using the slower 2.4ghz SSID. I also have the issue where the Play Store download sometimes waits forever to download in the queue.
What do you guys do with this issue? Flash to Android P? Something else with you router?
I really don't think it's my router because obviously all other devices in the house are working flawlessly... Appreciate ANY help... Thank you!
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Welcome to the "club"... :silly:
I've been searching for a solution to this issue since I got the PH-1 about 3 weeks ago. Here I read your post, and I just did a test to disappoint myself once again with the issue... but... it doesn't seem to be happening anymore?!??
I am running AOSiP (8.1 w/ July security patch) with the latest Neutrino Fornax kernel (important because it has the latest Android P WLAN drivers, same as the Essential P B3 066 stock release). I am going to see if I can determine what might have fixed it, but I've been running this setup for a week and it originally had the problem.
What I would suggest:
- Don't spend much time diagnosing your router, all the changes suggested in these forums didn't change anything for me at least (YMMV). As you said, all other devices in your home are working fine (same here).
- Don't install P to resolve this issue. I clean flashed the Essential P Beta Release, and the problem was still there. In fact it seems to have been worse, with PS download stopping completely with a message "Waiting for WiFi".
- Try a different kernel. Try the latest ElementalX kernel (3.0.6). I believe it has the updated WLAN drivers as well since it supports Android P. I don't believe the Neutrino kernel works on stock.
- Check your PlayStore version, I think mine was updated recently (11.0.50-all[0] [PR] 206665793)
I am going to look into this more, and if I find a definitive "this is what fixed it" I will post it here. Good luck...
This is issue is not present for me on 9.0 further the speed difference between 2.4 and 5 isn't really world eg being on 2.4 is still faster than most broadband connections. This is seems to be a google security patch issue on 8.1 and likely will be fixed in the next patch. When the latest 9.0 beta came out it seemed to go away. So it seems they know how to fix it.
I have no problem either, latest android P, rooted with rey darkroom kernel
Edit, can u guys connect to any wifi? There seems to be an issue, after flashing various ota's, stock images, or treble gsi's that disable wifi and Bluetooth and the only way i have found to fix them, isfor android P at least) to flash a july 8.1 images (flashall. Bat) then flash android P to fix wifi and Bluetooth issues.
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Welcome to the "club"... :silly:
I've been searching for a solution to this issue since I got the PH-1 about 3 weeks ago. Here I read your post, and I just did a test to disappoint myself once again with the issue... but... it doesn't seem to be happening anymore?!??
I am running AOSiP (8.1 w/ July security patch) with the latest Neutrino Fornax kernel (important because it has the latest Android P WLAN drivers, same as the Essential P B3 066 stock release). I am going to see if I can determine what might have fixed it, but I've been running this setup for a week and it originally had the problem.
What I would suggest:
- Don't spend much time diagnosing your router, all the changes suggested in these forums didn't change anything for me at least (YMMV). As you said, all other devices in your home are working fine (same here).
- Don't install P to resolve this issue. I clean flashed the Essential P Beta Release, and the problem was still there. In fact it seems to have been worse, with PS download stopping completely with a message "Waiting for WiFi".
- Try a different kernel. Try the latest ElementalX kernel (3.0.6). I believe it has the updated WLAN drivers as well since it supports Android P. I don't believe the Neutrino kernel works on stock.
- Check your PlayStore version, I think mine was updated recently (11.0.50-all[0] [PR] 206665793)
I am going to look into this more, and if I find a definitive "this is what fixed it" I will post it here. Good luck...
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Thanks for the warm welcome, my friend and even more so, thank you so much for your very detailed post and what you've done to remedy.
I assume messing with the kernel and etc will require Bootloader unlocking and rooting, right? I haven't rooted a phone since the V20, just been opting out of that life for secure payment methods, stable battery and just general ease of moving from phone to phone like I do ?.
What I did last night... Could be a fluke, could be placebo, however, changing the channels on my 5ghz network, rebooting the router, I've been connected to the 5ghz network with my Essential for about 12 hours now with no throttling. I'm not sure if it was in fact the channel change or rebooting the router that cleared things up? Albeit, the signal strength on this network on this phone is the lowest I have seen between the Note 8, HTC U12+, iPhone 7 Plus...
Please keep the research up, I will too, this problem really has no documented solution yet.
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This is issue is not present for me on 9.0 further the speed difference between 2.4 and 5 isn't really world eg being on 2.4 is still faster than most broadband connections. This is seems to be a google security patch issue on 8.1 and likely will be fixed in the next patch. When the latest 9.0 beta came out it seemed to go away. So it seems they know how to fix it.
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Thank you bud, good to hear you're not seeing the issue... But honestly, it does exist for some of us. I really hope it's the issue with the July patch, that'll make things so much easier! Although, I disagree 5ghz is much faster for me than my 2.4ghz network...
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I have no problem either, latest android P, rooted with rey darkroom kernel
Edit, can u guys connect to any wifi? There seems to be an issue, after flashing various ota's, stock images, or treble gsi's that disable wifi and Bluetooth and the only way i have found to fix them, isfor android P at least) to flash a july 8.1 images (flashall. Bat) then flash android P to fix wifi and Bluetooth issues.
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Thanks for reporting, good Sir. Yes, I can connect to any network, just low signal strength and the choking issue I had before my router change. Bluetooth seems stable with my smart watch, though the watch seems to be draining the battery faster on this phone... Who knows man ??
You might have noticed I am on the P beta. Also have you run actual wifi speed tests or are we taking seat of the pants feelings?
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You might have noticed I am on the P beta. Also have you run actual wifi speed tests or are we taking seat of the pants feelings?
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Hey bud, yes good to see promising reports from P beta... Hoping the bad WiFi is resolved for the ones who get it.
And yes, speed tested, repeatedly. Sadly, Essential's top speeds are way worse than the Note 8, HTC U12+, iPhone 7 Plus... I'm talking almost 100mbps less ?...
For whatever reason though, the choking of the bandwidth down to unusual issue has gone away. Not sure if rebooting the Router did that? WiFi signal is also the worst I have seen on this phone out of all the others mentioned...
I appreciate you sharing your experience.
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Hey bud, yes good to see promising reports from P beta... Hoping the bad WiFi is resolved for the ones who get it.
And yes, speed tested, repeatedly. Sadly, Essential's top speeds are way worse than the Note 8, HTC U12+, iPhone 7 Plus... I'm talking almost 100mbps less ...
For whatever reason though, the choking of the bandwidth down to unusual issue has gone away. Not sure if rebooting the Router did that? WiFi signal is also the worst I have seen on this phone out of all the others mentioned...
I appreciate you sharing your experience.
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So your downloads are not as fast as your other devices but you no longer see the downloads slow to a crawl (~100KB/s)? My downloads are not slowing to a crawl either any longer. Something must have been updated from a Google perspective because nothing I changed could explain the issue just going away... :fingers-crossed...
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So your downloads are not as fast as your other devices but you no longer see the downloads slow to a crawl (~100KB/s)? My downloads are not slowing to a crawl either any longer. Something must have been updated from a Google perspective because nothing I changed could explain the issue just going away... :fingers-crossed...
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Haha well my good luck didn't last too long, I fried my data, playing with Substratum, on a rooted system :'(... but here's to hoping the 5ghz good luck continues! Don't you love it when "magic" is the answer !?
All jokes aside, my WiFi signal and radio is still the weakest hardware I have EVER seen on ANY device!
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Haha well my good luck didn't last too long, I fried my data, playing with Substratum, on a rooted system :'(... but here's to hoping the 5ghz good luck continues! Don't you love it when "magic" is the answer !?
All jokes aside, my WiFi signal and radio is still the weakest hardware I have EVER seen on ANY device!
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I just had a issue with Substratum as well... what do you mean "fried my data"? I was able to recover my system using the Substratum rescue, copied to the cache/ partition and flash in TWRP. Did you already re-flash everything?
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I just had a issue with Substratum as well... what do you mean "fried my data"? I was able to recover my system using the Substratum rescue, copied to the cache/ partition and flash in TWRP. Did you already re-flash everything?
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Hey bud, yeah, I was playing with Substratum on a NON-rooted, bootloader locked device with Andromeda. So when I had the bootloop, I had no custom recovery in place to flash the rescue zip. :'(
So I "fried" my data, beyond retrievable, I mean. I was surprised that the Essential stock recovery didn't even have a way to install update.zip? That way us non-rooted folks can always save our rescue zips on our computers and see if there was a way to sideload the zip through the stock recovery... Oh well, either there is a way, or I didn't know and couldn't get enough help in time in the middle of the night. I needed my phone working in the AM...
I have had 7.01 when I got the phone yesterday. Went to 9 same day and I can't watch a video. Speed test shows 1.2 M down 2.3 up. I checked other devices and they are showing 70 down and 10 up
My Essential didn't even see my 5Ghz network on 8.1, but I just updated to 9, and now everything is good. Getting 72mbit on a 75mbit connection, too.
On 9.0 rooted with ex kernel on 5ghz ac 866mbit no issues at all... I get 40 megabytes a sec on my wifi.. I have 65 megabytes a sec with my current isp. I why straight to 9.0 phone was on 7.1.2 when I got it a few days ago.
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I just did the see 5th security patch update while already on P. My ph1 has never been able to connect to my Xfinity 5ghz channel. Actually, it will sometimes connect, but says 'connected (no internet)' then drips connection. So it's ALWys had trouble with that. My HTC 10 does not, my V30 does not, my M7 does not.
Since the 9/5 update, even my 2.4ghz channel is crazy slow. I get about 3mbps down with my case on. Took off case and get 15mbps. Verified thru multiple tests. My V30 gets 63mbps on same 2.4 channel.
Anyone have this situation? I can't seem to find any further settings in wifi settings to try to see if a setting is wrong.
Does the ph1 just have the worst wifi radio ever? Or is there somewhere in setting that I can change something that I just haven't found? Much thanks.
Stock. Not rooted, no custom kernel,etc. I've been hesitant to root this device because of the A/B slots confusing me a little and just don't have the time currently to really dig into it.
I've the same problem with 5GHz wifi... Connection is very poor. Automatically reconnect to 2,4GHz network. My iPhone 6s didn't problem with this. I don't know, how fix it.
Xfinity routers suck. That said my PH1 connects just fine to my Linksys 5ghz AC channel. Works all over my house and only switched to the 2.4 GHz when I go outside.
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Xfinity routers suck. That said my PH1 connects just fine to my Linksys 5ghz AC channel. Works all over my house and only switched to the 2.4 GHz when I go outside.
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What are you guys using to confirm throughput? I'll be testing my replacement (recording audio issue with the one I purchased) when it gets in.
I do file transfers from my PC to my phone and back again and measure the time vs size of file. Over the local network obviously.
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Xfinity routers suck. That said my PH1 connects just fine to my Linksys 5ghz AC channel. Works all over my house and only switched to the 2.4 GHz when I go outside.
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I've Tp-Link Archer C1200 with 5GHz and wifi AC. Other devices like a MacBook Air, iPhone 6s and ZTE Axon 7 works perfect with this router on 5GHz and AC speed. I think, that problem is with my Essential Phone.