WiFi unstable - Essential Phone Questions & Answers

Hi,
Is anyone having an instability issue with WiFi connection? This happens at home and work, but my phone at times disconnects from WiFi. It also struggles to connect to "saved" WiFi at times. For example, I came home today, and it didn't connect to my home network, so i turned wifi off and on, and kept checking it, and it eventually connected. I'm on stock (never rooted this phone) 8.1, but I've had this problem even before updating to 8.1. If you have any suggestions to fix this issue, I'd really appreciate it.
Thank you,

I haven't experienced that behavior. Did you try resetting your network settings? If that doesn't work I would do a full factory reset but if you do it's important to select the fresh start option in setup instead of restoring from a Google backup. The backup restores some system and app data and can easily restore whatever is causing your problem. Sometimes data gets corrupted and your phone needs a fresh start.

i have seen this issue. It only happens on my 5ghz network. When i connect to my 2.4ghz network it is stable.
JD

JudasD said:
i have seen this issue. It only happens on my 5ghz network. When i connect to my 2.4ghz network it is stable.
JD
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Thank you for chiming in. This was driving me crazy. I'll try switching to 2.4 and see if it'll go away.

goldentequila said:
Thank you for chiming in. This was driving me crazy. I'll try switching to 2.4 and see if it'll go away.
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i am curious what your results are, please let us know.
Thanks,
JD

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i am curious what your results are, please let us know.
Thanks,
JD
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Actually it still disconnected Same result.

I'm having a similar issue where after the phone has slept for a while, the wifi basically doesn't respond anymore until I've turned the wifi fully off and back on. Signal shows fine even though no data flows. Happens both at home and my office. This wasn't an issue at all since owning the phone through all the betas. Only started happening with official Oreo release. Forgetting networks didn't work. I'm not willing to reset the whole device right now, too much to redo. Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this and has a solution.

I have one phone that sort of logs off. It says "tap to login" it is a google dialogue. It is on my home WiFi at 2.4GHZ. I will be doing a reset within a week to see if it fixes things...

I am doing my Hard Factory Reset now....wish us all luck.
8.1 Oreo broke my Essential, I want it back...
More to come...

Mine was doing that as well, after resetting my router no connection issues.

HARD Factory Reset
Well, it's done.
It has to be done and done as hard as possible. No reinstating ANY previous software settings of any kind.
I linked to my WiFi (non 5G) after reboot, and there has since been no issue.
This doesn't mean the problem has been solved. Days may pass before it surfaces again...
In the meantime, Telus, who provides me this service has stated that an in store test of device should show whether or not this is a warranty issue. Connection to an in-store WiFi should show quickly if it's a firmware issue, and a discussion can begin about device exchange.
That's all for now.
Good luck.
MF

No issues at home or work connected to an N router at home and an AC router system at work. Also no issues connecting to various public WiFi nodes.

I second elkay, same exact problem I'm experiencing. I may consider a hard reset on my phone soon, in hopes that it resolves the issue. Otherwise, I will continue running on my mobile network. Hope an official solution or fix comes soon.

Unfortunately, even a hard reset didn't fix it for me. I did end up buying a new router a couple days ago which does seem to have fixed the issue in my home (was buying a new one due to wifi coverage in corners of the house anyway), but that obviously won't solve the issue at work. Not sure where the incompatibility is. FWIW, I went from a Netgear R7000 to an R7800. Both running DD-WRT with same configuration.

I had this issue with a new PH-1 that updated to 8.1. I was not able to connect to an 802.11n router with cloaked SSID without difficulty, when saved, amidst several other issues, that I attributed to the 8.1 update. I downgraded to 7.1.1 and the wifi issue is resolved.

I just got an Essential Phone during the prime day deals and was experiencing the same issues. Download at 20mb/s for a couple of seconds then tank to 0.2mb/s.
Has anyone tried the latest Android P beta 3? It seems to have fixed my wifi throttling.

My phone was doing OK until a recent update. Now my phone disconnects and reconnects WiFi like crazy. Sometimes a dozen times in a few minutes. This is driving me crazy.

If you do not have Pie on your device load it.
I had serious WiFi connection problems on the last Oreo update but when I got the Pie update they disappeared and the phone has been fine since.

I'm on Pie and I still have this problem where the wifi will drop randomly every minute or two, but sometimes it's fine.

That's bizarre.... I had the one horrible Oreo update (as did a lot of others reporting in here) but since Pie it's been ok. I have both 2.4 and 5Ghz here but usually run on 2.4 as my router is in the next room and 5Ghz doesn't get through the walls nearly as well.

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[UPDATE]Official Nexus one Wifi issue thread(every N1 owner should read)

Sorry I know this problem probably has been brought up many times. But here I just want to make a total one and collect all the feedbacks from N1 users regarding to the wifi sleep issue with N1.
Let's just make it simple: Every N1 owner PLEASE DO test out the wifi connection when your phone goes to sleep as there are MANY people suffering from this problem all over the world. Especially the later buyers since February this year, almost every phone is potential to this problem.
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Diagnosis:
1. Set the wifi sleep setting to "never" in the wifi advanced setting menu.
2. Turn on Last.fm app(or Pandora, but Last.fm is most effective and responsive one to test it out), leave the phone on wifi and turn off the phone screen or let it goes to sleep.
3. The symptom is the app will stop streaming shortly afterwards(with Pandora stops maybe after one song, for which I suggest everyone test it for at least 15 minutes). Also most likely you will stop getting any email notification or anything requires data connection. And you might not be able to ping your phone or the ping responses VERY slow as well.
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Background:
This problem was recorded from earliest almost 6,7 months ago and has affected both AT&T and T-Mobile versions(with reports of the same issue on other versions sold outside US). So far, it's suspected that the problem mostly likely lies in the lower level architecture of the phone(either software or hardware) because the problem still exists even after people has replaced the stock ROM with the custom ROM. Another proof is that people get problem with brand new phone and also the replacement phone. Another note is the problem has been found both before FROYO update and after. At this moment, there's no official fix(some Google employee blatantly brushed the issue away and asked N1 users to get over it, check out the link below for original conversation) for this issue except a work around thanks to wifi fixer app developer.
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This issue is often times neglected by N1 users because usually people don't use the phone on wifi all the time or they simply switch between 3g and wifi. But for people who use wifi a lot or use VOIP, it could be a real deal breaker.
So here I just hope everybody could test your phone out and see if you have this issue or not. Please report how your result turns out in this thread. Also, for further and more detailed discussion and cases, please check this out:
http://www.google.com/support/forum...52&hl=en&fid=01a47ff5b0a92d5200048be07b6cb5c1
You are more than welcome to add your experience to the discussion above so hopefully it can wake google up.
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UPDATE:
So Broadcom just released a wifi driver fix several days ago which may solve this issue. According to the record, phones with non-zero MAC address suffer from problem.
The driver has been incorporated into the latest Cyanogenmod(either RC or nightly build). People are reporting it fixes the problem while in some other cases, the problem still exists even after the fix, even for people who's MAC address starts with 00.
Last.fm works fine with the screen off here, always has done. I even turned off mobile data to be sure it's not switching over to that.
This is with the wifi set to sleep with the screen off (ie. the default setting).
i've been using wifi fixer and since i installed it, i haven't had a single wifi disconnect on my home network(it seems to be a network dependent issue as i never have issues on other networks)
Jep4444 said:
i've been using wifi fixer and since i installed it, i haven't had a single wifi disconnect on my home network(it seems to be a network dependent issue as i never have issues on other networks)
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But you did have the problem before you installed wifi fixer, right?
Rusty! said:
Last.fm works fine with the screen off here, always has done. I even turned off mobile data to be sure it's not switching over to that.
This is with the wifi set to sleep with the screen off (ie. the default setting).
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yeah, the point here is that many phones have the wifi sleep policy issue(doesn't work).
Indeed, however mine does, so this thread will need both sides of the argument
No problems on my Nexus One, running latest CM 6 nightly build.
I bought it couple months ago from eBay, so I'm not sure which shipment it is from.
Only issue I'm having after upgrading to Froyo is that my phone won't connect to my home network by itself when in range.
I have to go into Wifi Buddy and manually connect. This never happened on 2.1, but magically started after the FRF50 update, and never fixed itself in the next couple of builds.
Forge94 said:
Only issue I'm having after upgrading to Froyo is that my phone won't connect to my home network by itself when in range.
I have to go into Wifi Buddy and manually connect. This never happened on 2.1, but magically started after the FRF50 update, and never fixed itself in the next couple of builds.
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I have always had this same issue! Maybe its something to do with my home wifi? I am yet to test it on froyo.
I am mostly connected to wifi with no sleep issue.
I have kind of the same issue at home, I recently replaced my wireless router, I never had problems connecting to the old one it would just stop broadcasting constantly but my N1 would always connect automatically. With the new router my N1 keeps saying the connection is disabled and I have to connect manually. This never happens at work, it always connect automatically so it seems to have something to do with the router settings but I have no idea what.
No problems here. Last.FM works fine for me on WiFi when screen is off. I also get notifications. Running FroYo rooted with locked bootloader
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
Divster said:
I have always had this same issue! Maybe its something to do with my home wifi? I am yet to test it on froyo.
I am mostly connected to wifi with no sleep issue.
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i am having the same problem, when i go out of range from my wireless and then back in range, the n1 just says scanning and never re-connects.
that said, using a channel lower than 11 on my router did seem to help with the sleep issue.
hbkmog said:
But you did have the problem before you installed wifi fixer, right?
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sorta, i never had the issue on any network besides my home one
I've also been having the disconnect problem with my N1. Maybe it would help if people whose sleep policy is actually working could post what wifi router/AP/whatever they are using. Also, if possible the first for identifiers of their MAC address. I read on one of the Google posts someone with a MAC address starting with 38:E7 having problems. The MAC for my phone is the same. For what it's worth I'm using a D-Link DIR-655 router and a Speedtouch 716 v5 WL and am experiencing the disconnect on both.
I've had the issue with 2 N1 tested on 3 different routers. I've read that it is related to the low power mode the N1 uses while sleeping not playing nice with routers. Not all N1 show the problem, apparently only the most recent ones. I've called google support and was told google knows about the issue and is working on it, but I am a bit cynical and I'll believe it when I see a fix.
Wifi-fixer fixed my problem only after I disabled Sipdroid which was interfering with it.
Mac adress: 38:E7: D8
I'll post my router model later when I get home.
Divster said:
I have always had this same issue! Maybe its something to do with my home wifi? I am yet to test it on froyo.
I am mostly connected to wifi with no sleep issue.
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williec30 said:
i am having the same problem, when i go out of range from my wireless and then back in range, the n1 just says scanning and never re-connects.
that said, using a channel lower than 11 on my router did seem to help with the sleep issue.
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as a quick update... i installed wifi-fixer and things have been much better. will report back if things start to derail again.
cabreca said:
I've also been having the disconnect problem with my N1. Maybe it would help if people whose sleep policy is actually working could post what wifi router/AP/whatever they are using. Also, if possible the first for identifiers of their MAC address. I read on one of the Google posts someone with a MAC address starting with 38:E7 having problems. The MAC for my phone is the same. For what it's worth I'm using a D-Link DIR-655 router and a Speedtouch 716 v5 WL and am experiencing the disconnect on both.
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D-Link DIR-615 with DD-WRT v14684, phone's MAC starts 00:23
It's weird because most of the time I don't have this problem. My WiFi stays connected all night long to WiFi. But once in a while it does disconnect and switch to 3g. I think its certain routers, because I didn't have this problem for first 3 months on my old router, now it happens with my new router.
My phone never has trouble reconnecting back to WiFi. Everyday when I come home from work, as I walk up my driveway the phone has already automatically connected to WiFi. I've made sure about this one since I read this problem all over.
I bought my Nexus One directly from Google when it came out for AT&T. It certainly has the wifi issue and it is very annoying. My expectation is that the phone jump on my wifi network when in range as all of my other phones have done. Instead I have to manually engage the phone to get on wifi. SUCKS!
this is the biggest problem for me with my n1.
although the wifi does stay awake, it slows right down..
if i ping my phone, the response time increases when the phone is asleep, but doesnt time out.
if i ftp a file from my laptop to my phone, the speed drops from 1mb/sec to 100kbps/sec when the phone is asleep.
i have found the app "fix my wifi" solves the problem of waking the phone after a few hours of sleep and finding the wifi has failed. if only there was a way of getting the speed to stay the same.

Poor WiFi

Is anyone else having terrible WiFi performance? It seems to work just fine for the first 30 seconds of connecting, then no data is transferred. My tablet and laptop are working just fine next to me. I have never really gotten my WiFi to work that well in the first place. Anyone know how to fix this? I've done a hard reset, tried a different ROM. Nothing makes a difference.
if you have a dlink router, you have to go out and update the firmware for the router. I had the same issues then updated my routers firmware and no more problems.
This is one of the issues I am closely monitoring. I use wifi 99% of the time. If it isn't useful I don't want the phone. I am trying to decide between this and the Note 3.
none here check your battery saving settings, that coukd switch off wifi at some time

Intermittent Wifi Disconnect - Logs included

My Nexus 6P has the bootloader unlocked but is running completely stock, un-rooted, vanilla android (MDB08M). Project Fi is my carrier. When I am at home and on *most* wireless networks, I see no issue. While I am at work, my wifi constantly disconnects and reconnects. I will pick up my phone, and it will either A) not have wifi (though I have previously been connected) and quickly reconnects or B) Will have wifi, but after some amount of use, will disconnect from wifi, then reconnect a few seconds later.
I've tried all the simple items:
Making sure "Keep wifi on during sleep" or whatever the setting is is turned on
Turn off optimization on Google Connectivity Services
Forget network and reconnect
etc...
I turned on verbose wifi logs and was able to catch a logcat of when the issue occured. The disconnect occured at almost exactly 9:29:00, as I saw my wifi go out and then almost immediately after the clock tick 9:29.
I can't find anything in particular that stands out as the cause or leads to a solution.
I assume it is some misunderstanding between my job's wireless network and my phone. My previous phone (Nexus 4) had none of these issues. I am unclear on whether this is a Marshmallow issue, Project Fi issue, or what software might be causing it. Since it only happens on this certain network, I am making the assumption it is most likely software and not a faulty wireless chip. I have no control over the wireless configuration of the network, so anything on that end is a non-starter.
Any help or direction on where to look next is greatly appreciated!
Dropbox link to txt logs: https://www.dropbox.com/s/co95ov2u5kps23s/wifi_log_092855.txt?dl=0
I have exactly the same issue. It seems to happen mostly at work - my phone is locked laying on my desk for some time, and when I pick it up and unlock it, there is no WiFi connection but it reconnects after few seconds. It happens randomly as sometimes WiFi connection is there after unlock. It also happend at my home wifi network, though it's more rare at home.
I have two friends at work having Nexus 6P and they don't have this issue, so it looks like something wrong with my unit. I have 'Keep wifi on during sleep' turned on. Any ideas?
manalesar said:
I have exactly the same issue. It seems to happen mostly at work - my phone is locked laying on my desk for some time, and when I pick it up and unlock it, there is no WiFi connection but it reconnects after few seconds. It happens randomly as sometimes WiFi connection is there after unlock. It also happend at my home wifi network, though it's more rare at home.
I have two friends at work having Nexus 6P and they don't have this issue, so it looks like something wrong with my unit. I have 'Keep wifi on during sleep' turned on. Any ideas?
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I haven't made much headway but I have filed an Android bug here: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=196035
It has the attention of the networking devs. Any further evidence (bug report!) you can provide there would be extremely helpful.
manalesar said:
I have exactly the same issue. It seems to happen mostly at work - my phone is locked laying on my desk for some time, and when I pick it up and unlock it, there is no WiFi connection but it reconnects after few seconds. It happens randomly as sometimes WiFi connection is there after unlock. It also happend at my home wifi network, though it's more rare at home.
I have two friends at work having Nexus 6P and they don't have this issue, so it looks like something wrong with my unit. I have 'Keep wifi on during sleep' turned on. Any ideas?
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I'm seeing this same issue as well, I submitted logs to the bug report opened by cpswaim, but I wonder if this is a different issue and I should have opened a new bug.
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I'm seeing this same issue as well, I submitted logs to the bug report opened by cpswaim, but I wonder if this is a different issue and I should have opened a new bug.
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If those are your bug reports, the error in the reports:
FAILURE: LOST_PROVISIONING, NeighborEvent{elapsedMs=94908702, 192.168.1.1, [(null)], RTM_NEWNEIGH, NUD_FAILED}
is the same error I'm getting. My phone disconnects while the screen is off, I've just also caught it disconnecting with the screen on too, so I'm under the impression our situations are related, if not the same.
Thank you for the bug reports!
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If those are your bug reports, the error in the reports:
FAILURE: LOST_PROVISIONING, NeighborEvent{elapsedMs=94908702, 192.168.1.1, [(null)], RTM_NEWNEIGH, NUD_FAILED}
is the same error I'm getting. My phone disconnects while the screen is off, I've just also caught it disconnecting with the screen on too, so I'm under the impression our situations are related, if not the same.
Thank you for the bug reports!
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Not getting this error in my reports, but experiencing the same issue on stock 6.0.1 rooted. Can't find any solution.
qtpa2tnh said:
Not getting this error in my reports, but experiencing the same issue on stock 6.0.1 rooted. Can't find any solution.
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I wasn't getting that error either, one of the Google engineers on cpswaim's bug asked me to open a new bug report instead and I did so here: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=197272
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I wasn't getting that error either, one of the Google engineers on cpswaim's bug asked me to open a new bug report instead and I did so here: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=197272
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Thanks for the link!
Since Greenify's Aggressive Doze feature is what caused my status bar clock to freeze last time I had an issue, I disabled Greenify but my wifi issue persists (although not as severe). I got a logcat and saved it right after the wifi dropped and reconnected, anybody with some knowledge who can see what's going on in there?
Edit: The general consensus online is that this is a Marshmallow issue. I don't have unlimited data so at home on wifi, this is a killer.
So I reflashed my stock boot image (6.0.1_r3 MMB29M), flashed FED Patcher, flashed the latest systemless root (2.64), and deleted the legacy directory Chainfire had made for old root apps that hardcoded to su (I deleted /su/xbin_bind) to get Android Pay working again...
My wifi issues have disappeared. I've seen a lot of reports saying the issue mysteriously resolved itself, but could it have been anything I just did?
Edit: Wifi is still randomly shutting off while the screen is off, but will even sometimes turn back on. The intermittent connection dropping is gone though.
This has been a constant issue for me starting with the Developer Previews on my Nexus 5 and has now moved onto my Nexus 6P.
i'm getting sick and tired of these little issues. google needs to fix this **** asap. such bull**** to have to deal with this crap
I had this issue on my home network with my Samsung devices. My tablets and TV would always drop off. My router was a cheap Asus model and was showing its age. I bought the brand new Asus router
"Asus - Extreme Wireless-AC2400 Dual-Band Gigabit Router - Black
Model:*RT-AC87R/U"
And I have not had a single drop since. Even on marshmallow. Now I know this isn't a cheap or reasonable fix but it seems maybe older hardware is to blame. YMMV
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I had this issue on my home network with my Samsung devices. My tablets and TV would always drop off. My router was a cheap Asus model and was showing its age. I bought the brand new Asus router
"Asus - Extreme Wireless-AC2400 Dual-Band Gigabit Router - Black
Model:*RT-AC87R/U"
And I have not had a single drop since. Even on marshmallow. Now I know this isn't a cheap or reasonable fix but it seems maybe older hardware is to blame. YMMV
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Unfortunately this is the same router with which I am having problems as indicated in my bug report. I've also found at least a few other anecdotal accounts of problems with other Quantenna-based routers as well. The evidence seems to be fairly sparse though, so it's hard for me to draw a meaningful conclusion from what I've seen so far.
For whatever it is worth, I currently have another user with a Nexus 6P on 6.0.1 on my network on that device doesn't seem to have the same issues that I am seeing.
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Unfortunately this is the same router with which I am having problems as indicated in my bug report. I've also found at least a few other anecdotal accounts of problems with other Quantenna-based routers as well.
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Well that's lame. I have had no problems since I got mine. I did get my own cable modem at the same time but don't see any connection there.
I'm guessing we're waiting on an update from Google?
My random disconnects have stopped, but wifi will still randomly shut off/turn back on in my pocket. Even in Safe Mode.
Flashing factory images and factory wiping haven't solved the problem.
Is anyone looking into this?
Edit: Even after the January security patch update, still having these issues.
It seems like my wifi issues have resolved themselves somehow.
FWIW, I was having a similar problem on my Sprint HTC One M8 after upgrading to Marshmallow. The problem happened on every wifi I would connect to... work, home, a friend's place, etc. After trying out several things, I finally fixed it by uninstalling "Sprint Connections Optimizer". I tried disabling it first, but every time I disabled it and went back into the settings, it appeared to still be enabled. So I'm not sure if disabling it was actually working.
To uninstall it, you need to go into "Manage apps" from your apps drawer to find it. I don't think it's listed with an icon in your usual set of stock and installed apps.
Posting this just in case no one has thought of it before, or someone knows something and hasn't spoken up. I have noticed a lot of people mentioning they only have this issue at work, and others who have "changed their router" and stopped the behavior.
I run a Cisco Wireless LAN Controller at home, with multiple APs (Cisco 1252 a/g/n). Typically this gives me better performance and stability than most consumer-grade stuff, but I have to wonder if there isn't a setting on this enterprise-grade stuff that is related to the disconnect issue, or if this is truly simply a Marshmallow bug. This could also be the common link with people who only have this issue at work, their work may be using Cisco enterprise Wireless gear.
I will do some more digging, I did have a spot in my house where my phone would randomly disconnect, turning on "Fast SSID Change" stopped that, so I am hoping there is something that might affect this disconnect while sleeping thing as well. I noticed my WLC reports my phone as being "Power Save Mode ON" in the client info page.
More to come if I discover something.
I have same issue at home, stock Nexus 6p and an AT&T router. Limited Data plan, so it's frustrating to be at home sitting 2' from WiFi router & drop off.
If people might say how they get their log errors & post them to Google, that'd be interesting reading.
I'm 90% sure this is a software bug. My wifi is consistent & always on, iPhones & Note 3, Roku, & PS3 have no problems connecting.
Please Google find this bug & patch it!!! (And while you're at it, re-enable Dark Theme setting!!)
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Add me to the list of people having this problem. I am between several different locations on a typical week and so far, the Cisco AP's by far have the most issues. In fact at my locations with Ubiquiti AP's, I have a perfect connection with no drops.
I really hope this gets resolved soon as well. Many applications are unusable when the WiFi does its drop and reconnect dance.

[SOLVED] Connected to Wifi but no internet connectivity

I was having Wifi issues on the 6P. Connected to home wifi but no internet. The thing is, the wifi would still work randomly. It's possible that it works most of the time but as soon as I go out somewhere and out of the home wifi range, it sometimes messes up when it tries to reconnect to the network.
And yes, I realize it may not be a phone issue but maybe the router (Asus N66U with Tomato firmware).
/edit - well, I spoke too soon and I guess it's not the static IP causing the wifi issues.
It turns out it was a firewall app called AFWall+
Might want to update the title then. Although I do have that issue where when I get home i have to turn off/on wifi on my phone to get a connection.
mattkroeder said:
I was having Wifi issues on the 6P tonight. Connected to home wifi but no internet. I remembered I had set a static IP for the 6P earlier in the week so I thought I'd try to see if that was the culprit. The moment I disabled the static IP, I got internet connectivity on the 6P again. The thing is, the wifi did work earlier in the day and even the week, even with the static IP. It's possible that it works most of the time but as soon as I go out somewhere and out of the home wifi range, it sometimes messes up when it tries to reconnect to the network.
And yes, I realize it may not be a phone issue but maybe the router (Asus N66U with Tomato firmware).
/edit - well, I spoke too soon and I guess it's not the static IP causing the wifi issues.
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Are you still having issues or did you find a fix? I am having the exact same problem with the exact same router.
bigceej said:
Are you still having issues or did you find a fix? I am having the exact same problem with the exact same router.
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It's hard to say. This problem seems to be random. I haven't experienced it today. The only change I've made is update Cataclysm and ElementalX to the newest versions after installing the latest Android security updates. I can't guarantee I won't experience the problem again since it was happening on and off before.
No amount of disabling wifi and restarting my 6P would get internet connectivity back when the problem is happening. It just seems to start working again randomly. Is that what happens to you too?
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It's hard to say. This problem seems to be random. I haven't experienced it today. The only change I've made is update Cataclysm and ElementalX to the newest versions after installing the latest Android security updates. I can't guarantee I won't experience the problem again since it was happening on and off before.
No amount of disabling wifi and restarting my 6P would get internet connectivity back when the problem is happening. It just seems to start working again randomly. Is that what happens to you too?
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I can't really explain it. It says I am connected to WiFi, and speedtest still works along with web browsing most of the time. But the main thing that doesn't work is my google account syncing (so emails wont appear, or delete from ym account when I do so in the app) as well as the play store not downloading or updating apps. I keep seeing issues with 5ghz, so I am gonna try connecting to my 2.4ghz as well as setting the wifi to 2.4 only, as of right now it is working. But its like you said random, and when it does happen restarting is no help. I also just set my phone to use a static ip as I heard that helped some people. I just found it weird that you have the same router and had issues.
Im on Pure Nexus with ElementalX latest update, don't have the latest security patch though.
Its only my Nexus 6p, and it seems I have no issues when I am on my girlfriends wifi. SO I am hoping the 2.4 and static IP solve it, however that sucks cause I want to use my 5ghz, as there are less devices and I get a more solid connection.
I found out it wasn't a problem with the phone or 6.0.1 at all. It was due to a firewall app called AFWall+. I figured it out when I realized internet connectivity would return when I disabled it.
Now, you might think that the app should have been one of the more obvious causes. That's true... but I had it set to Blacklist mode to only block certain apps. Internet wasn't working system wide and it only occurred on Wifi whereas LTE worked fine. So, uninstalling it seems to have fixed the problem and it hasn't happened since. Perhaps it's an issue with systemless root.

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Is anyone else having problems staying connected to WiFi and/or cell service with the international version of this phone? After a while, everything seems to die. Putting it in airplane mode and taking it back out seems to fix it.
See the attached screenshots. The wifi will show connected with issues, and the cell service will be zero signal. After toggling airplane mode, everything goes back to normal.
Yours is IN2025 right? Are you on 10.5.4? I had some wifi issues but not sure if it was the phone or ISP problem. I updated to 10.5.5, haven't had a connectivity problem since. The update log specifically points to addressing connectivity problems
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Yours is IN2025 right? Are you on 10.5.4? I had some wifi issues but not sure if it was the phone or ISP problem. I updated to 10.5.5, haven't had a connectivity problem since. The update log specifically points to addressing connectivity problems
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Yep, IN2025, but in 10.5.5. What is funny is that it has not happened once all day. It happened so many times the past few days before, that I was able to tell it was usually after putting it down for a period of time (maybe going I to a deeper sleep?). At this point, I'm hoping it will not come back, but I also know nothing changed to have fixed it either.
I wonder if it is related to the wifi calling bug, where not everyone sees it. I noticed the people who aren't getting wifi calling seem to be connected to APs that allow TKIP. I have Deco M9 Plus "mesh" APs, which are generally great, but don't offer much in the way of advanced configuration options... like not being able to select AES over TKIP.
I guess I'm still having issues. Almost immediately after I posted that reply, I noticed my cellular signal was showing really low. It didn't seem to resolve on its own, so I shut wifi off (wifi seemed fine this time). As soon as I shut wifi off, I got LTE+ mobile data, and the signal strength jumped up. I have only recently actually started to trust the signal strength indicator, after the fiasco with Apple marking them up a bit to make it seem like the signal was stronger.
It should be noted this is a partner tower outside my house (which is usually a strong signal) and not the home cell spot. Not sure why I'm not connected to the latter, as I haven't left the house today (which is usually when I pick that up).
Are you by any chance with Charter/Spectrum ISP? My aging netgear router crashed a few times as I was flashing and rooting but I just kept going so couldn't really tell what was going on. I am with Google Fi and have wifi calling enabled but have not had any issues. I do not have the mobile/wifi linking. I did see on 1+ forum that someone had an issue with his router crashing but I believe he had mobile and wifi connection linking enabled.

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