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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How to use WiFi and Ethernet connection simultaneously on Android 12?
I have an Orangepi5b running Android 12. I want to use Wi-Fi for internet connection and Ethernet to communicate to other network devices connected to it simultaneously.
I've read a lot of questions ...
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Phone stays connected to WiFi even when out of reach
As the title says, when I get out of home, my phone keeps the connection to my Wi-Fi even when it is out of reach. This results in a Wi-Fi icon with an "X" and thus not using mobile data and ...
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Connect ADB through SSH
How can I connect ADB on remote server through SSH to a local, non-rooted Android devices without installing anything on the middleman with root?
This is what I want to achieve:
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How does Samsung Wi-Fi password sharing work?
Every article I find mentioning how to share a Wi-Fi password between Android devices either mentions using a QR code, or clicking a "nearby share" button.
But when I enter the password for ...
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getting an old Nexus 7 to connect to wifi
I have an old 2012 Asus Nexus 7. How can I get it to connect to wifi again?
My goal is to use it as a digital photo frame, where the software for showing the slideshow of photos is a React app (...
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WiFi apps not working when VPN apps are connected
I have decided to use the AirMore app to connect my Android phone to my Windows computer. My internet speed was very slow, so I decided to connect to AirMore using WiFi. It was very good with very ...
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Connecting a NAS device directly to an android device via ethernet and sharing the SMB share on the NAS through android's wifi
currently I don’t have both devices at the same place to test this, but maybe someone uses a similar setup. So I’d like to use an android tv box with a NAS device connected directly to the ethernet ...
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Why do my wifi networks vanish until I turn airplane mode off and on?
Over the last few weeks, my Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G (Android version 13) seems to lose all wifi networks. Going to Wifi settings shows no networks connected or listed at all.
Every other device in ...
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I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy s7 edge running on Android 8I need to see the wifi password am connected to [duplicate]
PASSWORD VISIBILITY
My phone was connected to my neighbors wifi.
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Switch to the best wifi: Android 13
Pixel 6a Stock Android 13
I have two Wi-Fi networks at home with the same provider - 2.5Ghz and 5Ghz (SSID'S are different though).
I am usually connected to the 5Ghz network but at times the signal ...
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How to have stable WiFi connection and have autoconnection working?
I have Motorola G play with Internet & mobile providers: Xfinity & Xfinity Mobile; my Mobile data in Network settings is turned off; also have option "use WiFi when Mobile network is not ...
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How to configure a smartphone as a Wi-Fi range extender (repeater)? [duplicate]
My Wi-Fi router's signal is too weak to reach my room (around a corner). I have an Android smartphone.
What steps would I follow to configure it as a Wi-Fi repeater?
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Android 12 froze, does this leak IP address with VPN killswitches enabled?
I have a VPN running with Android's 'always-on' VPN feature enabled, and the 'block connections without VPN' feature enabled. My device running Android 12 recently froze and wouldn't respond. I had to ...
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Ineffective setting: Wi-Fi non-persistent MAC randomization [duplicate]
Sometimes I want to use a certain hotspot providing free 1-hour Wi-Fi multiple times, but the provider remembers the MAC address of my smartphone.
I enabled the developer setting "Wi-Fi non-...
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Galaxy A50 shows SSID of my hidden network
I have a network with hidden SSID on my Mikrotik router. There are only three devices that connect to it. All other devices connect over another, guest, virtual access point, with other SSID.
Today I ...
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How can I talk from my phone over wifi to a remotely located speaker
I have a use case to talk into remote speaker over Wi-Fi from my phone. Are there any commercially available network speakers that allow this feature?
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What is the purpose of an android phone continuously accessing the internet every ≈10 seconds?
Why would a stationary phone on Wi-Fi need to access the internet every few seconds as shown by the arrows near the Wi-Fi icon top right corner of the home screen?
Does this happen also off Wi-Fi but ...
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How to assign a hostname to an Android device?
When you connect to a WiFi network, the router assigns an IP to the android device (like 192.168.1.105). Now when a FTP or HTTP file server is run on the android device, other devices should type that ...
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How to Load Webpages From Local Network While LTE Data is Connected?
My device is connected to a local WIFI AP that has a network, but not an internet connection. On this local WIFI network there is a webserver running at http://192.168.4.1:8000/
In the browser on my ...
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Is there a way or app that allow me to configure my mobile hotspot as a real router?
I live in Cuba 🇨🇺, and the easiest and cheapest way to have internet in home is sharing it from a mobile, now I'm trying to configure a Google home mini, but it doesn't work because AP isolation, so ...
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How can I keep Android connected to a Raspberry Pi which doesn't provide Internet?
I use a PilotAware aircraft electronic conspicuity device from my Android device. This works fine on my tablet but has recently stopped working so well on phones - it repeatedly connects and ...
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Is it possible to automatically disabling mobile data when connected to anyone Wi-Fi?
I regularly forget to turn off mobile data after connecting to Wi-Fi. It's not just a waste of battery, it's mainly a problem with random signal fluctuations (especially on public Wi-Fi) where it ...
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How to remove the WiFi and Bluetooth capabilities physically?
I have a few Android phones (ACK2326, Motorola G Play) and a cheap tablet that was a giveaway--a "Sky Devices, Elite T8Plus, Android Version 11".
I do a lot of sensitive work and cannot take ...
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What does "Connected via Camera" mean?
I have a Motorola G7 Plus (UK model) connected to my home wifi router. When I choose Settings > Network & Internet > Wi-Fi, I see that under the name of my router, it says "Connected ...
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Android wifi connectivity check
Windows OS has a functionality that checks internet connection periodically, if DNS resolution and traffic begins to fail it changes to "limited connectivity" and resets the WIFI drivers.
I ...
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Delete sit0 interface
My samsung smartphone keeps losing network connection. Internet will work only when I restart the mobile. By default my custom Android 12 (rooted with magisk) use ipv4 routing table.
ip route show ...
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Slow Upload over WiFi while download speed normal [closed]
I have three phones where the upload speed is terribly slow (below 0.1MBit/s) over WiFi. Download speed is normal. Upload over mobile data is fast. Only when using WiFi, upload is slow. Tried in ...
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Change DNS on Android - via Settings/Network&Internet/Advanced/Private DNS ... or via Settings/Wi-Fi/Modify network/Advanced options/IP Settings?
Device is on Android 9. NOT rooted.
I want to set the DNS to CIRA (or Cloudfare or whatever, not the point). Yes my wifi router is already set to proper DNS. If I am not at home I want the device to ...
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Connection fails when receiving photos from Nintendo Switch
I am attempting to wirelessly send screenshots from my Nintendo Switch to my Asus Zenfone 8. However, when I try to scan the QR code to connect to my phone to my Switch I get a "Connection Failed&...
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Oneplus 6 (8gb/128gb) SIM & Wifi disappears & phone reboots randomly frequently. What to do?
Oneplus 6 (8gb/128gb) worked perfectly fine from July 2018 to Nov 2022. Now, problems start appearing. There are 2 separate problems - SIM & Wifi disappear & Phone reboot at random frequency. ...
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DNS within termux
I am using termux to synchronize files across a couple of android devices (probably use rsync later... still experimenting). Presently I use ifconfig to figure out the IP address of the devices, ...
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`connect-network` API not working on Android 13
I was using the connect-network API in my automation scripts on Nothing Phone (1). After updating my Android version to 13, it was not working and throwing the below error.
Spacewar:/ $ cmd -w wifi ...
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How to connect to a Wi-Fi device but use cell data
I have a Wi-Fi connection on a solar system that connects to an app to provide data on usage. I do not have Internet aside from my phone on my property. I need to connect to the Wi-Fi solar Data ...
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Locked out of phone with airplane mode left on
My son has locked himself out of his phone while on vacation with airplane mode on. Now we can not get back into his phone as its not connecting to internet to change the password from a computer. How ...
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Network question regarding data and wifi
I wanted to ask whether on Android phones it is normal to access another phone who only uses data and no wifi from a phone that only uses wifi and no data, using an app such as WhatsApp to place a ...
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How to configure Android to act as server in the local network?
I have two devices (an Android phone and an Orange Pi) connected to the same Wi-Fi network via the notebook's hotspot. I do have a server running on the Android device which I want to make accessible ...
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Can Alexa control Kindle Fire's Wifi switch?
My Kindle Fire has a habit of losing the connection to our wifi. Sometimes it shuts off; other times it just gets "weak". (Our other devices don't have this problem, so I know its not the ...
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Can I customize the signal strength threshold for disconnecting WiFi?
Android's default threshold is too high, resulting in the system sometimes not cutting off WiFi even though the signal is already too weak to access the Internet. So I would like to set the threshold ...
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Network data transfer seems to hang after a minute or so: troubleshoot and/or fix
My android phone on my home wifi acts like data is not transferring. The cable modem is fine (laptop works). The problem seems to be with the phone. On the phone I turn wifi off, then back on, and I ...
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Android 11 tablet cannot connect to WiFi (saved; obtaining IP adrress)
I got a new Thomson Teo 13.3 Android 11 tablet (I started from factory defaults, it is brand new). I made a new Wi-Fi network on my NETGEAR WAX202 router, let's call its SSID "MyNetwork2", ...
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How to transmit TV's audio out as 802.11 WiFi to cell phone's WiFi, without using the cell phone's Bluetooth?
I would like to stream the TV's audio signal via 802.11 WiFi, (not Bluetooth). This way, my cellphone's Bluetooth is available for the Bluetooth headset.
I have a multipoint headset, but the cellphone ...
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What does the "Dual-band Wi-Fi" option do?
On my Zenfone 8 running Android 13, what does the setting for "Dual-band WiFi" do? It's located under Settings > Network & internet > Internet.
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Is there a way I can restrict my phone to connect to network I set only?
I want my android phone to connect to my office WIFI only or the WIFI that I choose.
If I try to connect to any other WIFI by entering password it should not connect.
Is there a way to do this. I am a ...
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Can my employer read my notes if I use their Wifi?
I have "Colornote" app in my android device and I'm using that app for many years. I write my passwords and many other personal things. My workplace has wifi and I use it regularly. Often my ...
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How do I find my DNS server code?
I'm currently trying to get my Nintendo Switch to connect to my phone's hotspot, but it comes up with a DNS error. I later figured out, that I need to put in the DNS server manually
However the ...
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Smartphone can't connect to AccessPoint. NETWORK_SELECTION_DISABLED_ASSOCIATION_REJECTION
I have a Epson TM-P20 mobile printer device, that offers a mode in which it launches a WiFi Hotspot. The HotSpot always uses the same name and the same passphrase. For some reason, my Smartphone can't ...
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How to find Android app responsible for ARP spoofing?
A family member's OnePlus 7T (latest factory firmware) keeps trying to sporadically but frequently ARP spoof the local default gw address on our wifi.
Is there a way, perhaps involving adb, that would ...
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How to change the process to another in setting
The android I am working on is android version 9 after bypassing some built-in restricted settings in the watch(1). I came back to double-check in the "Network & Internet" setting, but ...
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Is WiFi RTT Ranging and WiFi Aware compatible when running concurrently in one Android app
I have a Google pixel 5 and I am currently developing both WiFi RTT ranging (ranging from access point, see WiFi RTT) and WiFi Aware (ranging from peer mobile, see WiFi Aware) on it. Hardware-wise ...
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User installed Wi-Fi certificates cannot be viewed in Android?
In Android 11, when we go into Security > Encryption & credentials > Trusted credentials > Tap on any system certificate, it will show certificate details like Issued by, Validity, ...
