Questions tagged [wi-fi]
For questions specifically about issues with WLAN network connectivity (via a wireless router) as opposed to questions related to cellular connections (2G/3G/4G, etc.).
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WiFi ICON is gray on my kitkat ONLY at home and ONLY with a specific device [duplicate]
I have noticed that when I'm at home, the WiFi icon is always gray, so I cab still have access to the internet but notifications from apps like whatsapp, Facebook, etc doesn't, work. When I connect to ...
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How do I Save the password to a friend's router on my LG REALM Smartphone?
Each time I try to connect to this router it requires me to enter the (very long) password.
I do not have to do that when I use my own router; I get connectivity without entering a password each ...
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Auto disconnect wifi when out of wifi zone?
I want my mobile wifi to get disconnect when i am not connected after a specific time. Ex- If i am out of my wifi network for 10min my wifi should get turn off. Note I dont have root access.
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Unable to browse even when connected to free WiFi
I am unable to browse the internet, even if my phone is connected to my office free WiFi.
I have tried resetting my phone.
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Wifi tethering blinks to ON/OFF mode while connecting the device to data
Wifi tethering shows an error while activating data on my android device. What may be the cause? Please reply.
Thanks in advance.
I am using Xiaomi phone, First of all I will switch on the tethering ...
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How do I repair Android DHCP issues?
My phone plan comes standard with a lot of data and as a result, I've been regularly using the Mobile Hotspot feature built into it, on my laptop. The phone is a Samsung Galaxy S5 and is rooted on a ...
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Galaxy S5 unable to switch to 4GLTE when Wi-fi is turned off
I have had my Samsung Galaxy S5 for about a year now and it has been working fine until a few days ago. I would use my wi-fi when I have access to it and then I would switch to my 4GLTE when I don't ...
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Unable to permanently forget a WiFi network
I have an 802.11ac router at home with both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz connections and separate SSIDs for each. In most parts of my home, the 5Ghz connection is utterly useless, which I learned the hard way from ...
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When I try to connect to work wifi I am asked to sign in
My work wifi runs netgear routers via a lan.
when I try to connect with my Samsung galaxy s5 I am asked to sign in but these are open routers no security. When I try to sign in I am redirected to ...
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Blocking unwanted wi-fi singnals
There are a lot of wi-fi connections around my phone. I want to use only one of them. Is there a way to block those unwanted connections so that they don't appear in existing connections in wi-fi ...
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How to set up a network connection between Android phone and Windows PC without Internet
Is it possible to connect my Android phone (Galaxy S3) directly to my Windows (7) PC in such a way that I can make network connections to the PC from the phone, without a pre-existing WiFi network?
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Mounting an USB wireless adapter to a Nexus 4
Brief problem
In short I am trying to mount an external USB wireless adapter to my Nexus 4 so that I can put the wireless adapter into monitor mode to use a tool called reaver.
System
I have a ...
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WiFi stop working after few days
I have problem with WiFi on Android 4.4.2. (phone ZTE Geek 2)
After few days of working WiFi stopped work and WiFi connetion has an error: “Saved, secured with WPA /WPA2”
Router reset, change ...
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"Unable to forget Hot Spot" - Can't disconnect from it either
I am running stock kitkat (4.4.4). There are some hotspots my phone will connect to whenever I am near. If I try to disconnect from it, I get an error message that says:
Unable to forget Hot Spot (...
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Cannot log into the WiFi due to blocked website called hla2.safemovedm.com
I just got a new LG G3 running android 5.0. On my schools WiFi, there are blocked websites. When I try to connect to the school WiFi, it comes up with a terms and conditions screen (like the ones you ...
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WiFi not starting : accidentally deleted wpa_supplicant file
My device is moto g xt1033 android 5.0.2 (rooted). During my experiments for enabling reverse tethering over USB, I accidentally replaced the original WPA_supplicant file from system/bin folder with ...
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Android 5.0.2 x86, not working with wifi
I am trying to install the PC version of Android. I've found many links, but none of these versions work with my wifi. My wifi card is a Qualcomm Atheros AR9485WB-EG (I have an Asus PC). How do I get ...
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Phone uses 3G even when connected to WiFi
I've a Moto-G XT1033. When I connect the phone to WiFi, it connects fine, shows the WiFi icon but uses 3G for internet. H+ or E is shown over mobile signal icon and an exclamation mark on WiFi.
Here'...
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How can I trigger a WiFi passwords restore?
I know that when you first setup a new phone you can choose to restore your WiFi passwords and installed apps from your Google account. I've even tried that a few times and it sure works. However this ...
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How can I keep my mobile data connection up when establishing a non-internet capable WiFi connection?
I'm using a Raspberry Pi to stream music wirelessly inside my car. The Pi has a wireless network without real a exit to the outside world. I want to connect to that 'internet-less' network and still ...
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Lollipop 5.1 doesn't automatically connect to wi-fi [closed]
After I upgraded my Nexus 5 to Lollipop 5.1, it does not automatically connect to wi-fi because Google is blocked in China and then the phone treated it as no network connection.
I have tried the ...
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Does Wifi P2P require *both* android devices to be 4.0+?
According to the android developer guide...
"Wi-Fi peer-to-peer (P2P) allows Android 4.0 (API level 14) or later
devices with the appropriate hardware to connect directly to each
other via Wi-...
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Chromecast performance differs between devices
I have a Chromecast in my bedroom and a dual-band router in the living room. The connection is solid enough that it will connect, and on my Moto X using the 5GHz radio can play 1080p video without ...
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How to resolve "enter the password for credential storage" issue?
So I am playing around with fiddler web proxy. I need to decrypt https traffic. So I am trying to put the fiddler root CA cert in my device trust store. But it keeps asking me "Enter the password for ...
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Export WiFi x509 client certificate
My Android (4.4) device has a WiFi configured which uses WPA2-TLS authentication with client certificates.
I got my hands on the wpa_supplicant configuration and the relevant entry looks like this:
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Internet does not connect despite WiFi
I was making an Android app that sends data using Bluetooth. My internet was working fine until I started using my app on the phone. I noticed that the WiFi would randomly disconnect (the WiFi icon in ...
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Restoring wpa_supplicant.conf [root]
I have a rooted Nexus 5 (Lollipop 5.1) which just decided to restart itself and clear out my saved WiFi passwords!
Luckily I make regular manual backups of the wpa_supplicant.conf file from /data/...
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Does android use cellular data when connected to WiFi with no internet
We have a WiFi hotspot setup with no internet. A website has been hosted locally on a server connected to the same hotspot. Necessary DNS entries have been made in the Access Point to ensure the DNS ...
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Why is WiFi on 100% of the time, even though Extended Standby Mode is enabled?
My Sony Xperia S has an Extended Standby Mode which states that WiFi and mobile data are disabled after a time when the screen is off.
However, sometimes this stops working and the battery starts ...
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phone won't connect to wifi after upgrade to Android 5.1
I upgraded yesterday to Android 5.1. Looks awesome but thinks that my home internet wifi is not responding and won't connect to it anymore. (Give me an exclamation mark on wifi.) The new feature (stop ...
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Can't enter WiFi password on Moto G since Lollipop update
My Moto G upgraded to Lollipop yesterday and since then when I want to use my work WiFi I can't find where to key in the password. The Icon shows a "?" and the WiFi menu says 'connected' but I cannot ...
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Disconnect/reconnect to wifi with same SSID
I'm playing with some more advanced things in Tasker, and I've set up an NFC tag to do various things when I return home from work each day. One of these is to connect to wifi and run an SSH command ...
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Wifi password lost every time I reboot my phone
VS985 - Verizon LG G3 - CM12 Nightly - 5.0.2
This has been going on for a few months now, and is just driving me bonkers. Every time I reboot my phone, and am home, my phone forgets the password for ...
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Why is my WIFI always on?
I have turned off WIFI in the settings, but it's still always running. Doesn't this graph indicate that WIFI is really on all the time? How can this be when it's definitely "off" in Settings?
I'm ...
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How to make background apps/ automatic apps use only wifi for data?
Ok so i have very little data, 100mb. And i want to use it when i need it. Like for maps etc.
But some apps keep downloading stuff such as new articles and all data gets eaten quickly without me ...
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Some apps cannot access the internet
After my Android Lollipop upgrade on my HTC M8, some apps are unable to access the internet
such as Twitter, but Facebook works perfectly fine. WhatsApp works fine except that I'm unable to receive ...
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Nexus 5 auto connects to wifi with wifi off
In some areas of my house I have weak wifi so I prefer to use 4g by turning wifi off, but it will automatically turn itself back on and reconnect. How do I set it such that if I turn off wifi it stays ...
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My Wi-Fi & mobile network location is horribly wrong! [duplicate]
I have enabled network location to use features of google now on my phone- here's what happens, once or twice a week: instead of my location, which is Milan, Italy, I see myself (and get advice for ...
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Wi-fi turns on when I boot my phone
For the past few days the wi-fi on my phone has been automatically turning on whenever I boot up my phone (Samsung Galaxy Light, SGH-T399) when it's fully turned off or restarted. To address the last ...
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Can I globally set all Android apps to prefer WiFi for data?
My cellular carrier just alerted me that we've exceeded our data usage. They show that I used more than 500MB at once a few days ago at a time when I was at home in bed, and the phone in range of my ...
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wifi hotspot is not working on my motorola droid razr maxx android 4.1 jelly bean
I am unable to activate mobile hotspot on my Motorola Droid Maxx running Jelly Bean 4.1. When I try to do so it comes up with an error: "you are not subscribed to the service".
What can I do to fix ...
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How to make Android Lollipop remember wifi password?
I recently upgraded my Motorola Moto G OS to Android Lollipop. It works pretty well. However, one of the features I am missing is my corporate wifi being remembered that I used to enter from the ...
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My android can't log in to Wifi networks with Captive Portals
It used to work about a month ago.
Whenever I went to the mall, or this one coffee shop, and also at 7-11 outlets, I would get the notification "Sign in to wifi network", then I get redirected to ...
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Turn off Google Voice forwarding when using home Wi-Fi
I use Google Voice to forward phone calls to my Android phone. But when I am at home, I would like to save voice minutes by not having to answer phone using my voice plan. Is there a way to ...
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Is it possible to scan WiFi access points without turning on WiFi?
Just as the title says, is it possible to scan all WiFi access points around the Android phone device when WiFi is turned off (e.g. only using 3G)?
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I am unable to connect to wifi network
I am using motog first gen mobile, i have upgraded to lollypop os, after that i am unable to connect to wifi router(netgear) in my room, it is not showing in the display, outside room other networks ...
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Wi-Fi antenna seems to work when the device is off
When I was looking at battery statistics I've found something strange: the bar showing wether a component is running or not indicates that wifi were active when I took off my phone. Is this a bug?
I ...
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How to disable captive portal detection? How to remove exclamation mark on Wi-Fi or signal icon in Lollipop?
When connected to the Internet, the system checks if it's in a walled garden, which is simply trying to connect to Google. If it fails, in Android 5, there'll be an exclamation mark on the WiFi icon ...
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Turn your android device to a wireless set?
I would like to know whether there is any app to share audio from an android device to a pc as well as to other android devices connected to the same WLAN network. So that people can communicate to ...
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Is there a way to tell my phone to prefer some SSIDs above others?
Use case: my internet provider offers wi-fi hotspots all over the country; I like to connect to them, but not when I'm home or at work. My phone seems to use one of the available wi-fi connections ...
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