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Help S6 drops wifi, but only when significant data is streamed.

ahtoxa11

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Nov 10, 2015
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Hey guys. I have not been able to find an answer to this issue in the couple days I devoted to this.

Galaxy S6. Wifi works fine. No issues streaming music, browsing Internet or Facebook.

However, as soon as I try to watch YouTube or netflix, wifi will drop and reconnect constantly - every 15-20 second. The more bandwidth I'm pushing through it, the more often it will disconnect and reconnect. Also, the reconnect is almost instand, with the notifications of wifi disconnect and reconnects always showing one after another.

Again, no problems when browsing weby or streaming music; only when a lot of data is being pushed.

Does not do it with any otherdevice, so the issue seems to be with the phone.

Thoughts? This is aggravating.

Edit, I have read about wifi connectivity issues, but I've not been able to solve my problem yet.
 

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