Help BAD wi-fi?

[bisanu]

hi guys i have a "problem" with my wi-fi. while my friends easily catch a signal from let's say 5 networks i manage to see only one or two networks with my galaxy? especially if i compare myself to nokia phone. do you have the same problem and is there to solve it, maybe tweaking or sth
thanks

 

[Kouske]

Do you have the WeFi app? Personally I have discovered that using WeFi screws up my WiFi.

 

[bisanu]

Do you have the WeFi app? Personally I have discovered that using WeFi screws up my WiFi.

i don't

 

[Naruvam]

I didnt notice any wifi problems. Even noticed it works better than my girls nokia 5800.

 

[bisanu]

I didnt notice any wifi problems. Even noticed it works better than my girls nokia 5800.

i compared it to nokia n95 and e63 and it's a huge difference

 

[illithe]

I have the same problem. Can hardly get a connection i my apartment. It drops out and doesn't reconnect. I had a Nokia 5800 before. No problem with wifi on that device.

I have given up on Galaxy and wifi. I just does not work properly and Samsung is doing shit to push out updates as it seems.

My next phone will not be a Korean.

 

[Rastaman-FB]

I have the same problem. Can hardly get a connection i my apartment. It drops out and doesn't reconnect. I had a Nokia 5800 before. No problem with wifi on that device.

I have given up on Galaxy and wifi. I just does not work properly and Samsung is doing shit to push out updates as it seems.

My next phone will not be a Korean.

this happens if the router you are using is running in mixed mode type
if you can set the router to G only and not b, g, N and it should stop dropping

 

[illithe]

this happens if the router you are using is running in mixed mode type
if you can set the router to G only and not b, g, N and it should stop dropping

Ok, thank you Rastaman-FB. That may solve my problem(, but I still have a Samsung which can't cope with mixed networks. )

 

[bisanu]

this happens if the router you are using is running in mixed mode type
if you can set the router to G only and not b, g, N and it should stop dropping

so you say that nokia can easily detect wi-fi signal and galaxy can't? i mean nokia has a signal strength like my laptop and galaxy cannot be compared to that one. it's really hard to get a fair connection on free wireless spot in the city or on the university

 

[devan963]

Possible obvious but the Galaxy is set by default to disconnect as soon as the screen turns off, perhaps edit that setting this is under Wi-Fi settings and pressing the menu button and selecting advanced and changing the never sleep option.

No doubt will effect battery life though, no idea how much maybe you can provide feedback.

 

[Rastaman-FB]

so you say that nokia can easily detect wi-fi signal and galaxy can't? i mean nokia has a signal strength like my laptop and galaxy cannot be compared to that one. it's really hard to get a fair connection on free wireless spot in the city or on the university

its not the hardware, its android. my mates have the same problem on the dream and the hero

 

[Naruvam]

its not the hardware, its android. my mates have the same problem on the dream and the hero

Thats what i was thinking too. Other top samsung phones have good wifi connection so i doubt they would use lesser quality hardware for galaxy's wifi. It must be that problem is in android, which means we can at least hope it get fixed in the future. But really i never had problems with wifi on my galaxy, Truth is i don't use it that much so i might just been lucky so far with it...

 

[gastr]

Changing the mode on my wifi router in the house to just use mode G (as Rastaman suggested) seems to have fixed the problem for me.

Hurrah! That was driving me nuts.

Thank you androidforums once again!!

 

[Rastaman-FB]

Changing the mode on my wifi router in the house to just use mode G (as Rastaman suggested) seems to have fixed the problem for me.

Hurrah! That was driving me nuts.

Thank you androidforums once again!!

we aim to please

 

[inurb]

Same issue here with my galaxy s.

It's an android bug that google will not fix.

Issue 1698 - android - Wi-fi loses connection with router frequency and doesn't reestablish automatically - Project Hosting on Google Code

I don't get how such a huge software company can overlook issues like this. It's not like only a handful of people experience the issue, there are a ton of posts regarding this.

 

[SkiboF16]

Is anyone else having email inbox issues (specifically, for me, yahoo and ymail) when they activate WiFi? 3G everything works great, but as soon as I select WiFi, everything goes bye bye. Exchange works just fine, but not IMAP.................thanks. I have a new Galaxy S, router set on 802.11g only.

 

[velnaykkar]

yahoo mail sync doesn't work over WiFi; it works only over Mobile Data (2G/3G). Looks like yahoo is limiting sync over only Mobile n/w

 

[SUBWAY]

I don't get how such a huge software company can overlook issues like this. It's not like only a handful of people experience the issue, there are a ton of posts regarding this.

Just like iProducts mate, they can bring out new and improved things before they actually happen.
its a safeguard to stay on-top of the market so to speak.

 

[SUBWAY]

"new and improved "
"holding out till it makes more money"

 

[samsung girl]

i turn on my wifi and a minute later i look back and its turned off why does it do that

 

[samsung girl]

yes i do and now i deleted it becuz i think it messed up my wifi ,,,,,,,grr

 

[brydonuk]

we aim to please

How do I turn my home router onto this talked about G only? Instead of mix mode?

Thanks

 

[brydonuk]

Changing the mode on my wifi router in the house to just use mode G (as Rastaman suggested) seems to have fixed the problem for me.

Hurrah! That was driving me nuts.

Thank you androidforums once again!!

How do I do this? Please help it's driving me mad not having wifi on phone and costing me money...

 

[DaSchmarotzer]

First of all you should be connected to the network using a computer. Then, find the user manual or simply google your router's model number and brand to find it.

You should find a default IP address, something like "192.168.1.254". Write the IP address you find in your web browser from your computer. You should now be asked a username and a password. I can't help you there, but if you haven't changed it both of the default ones should be written in the user manual.

You should now access the router's properties and since it varies by brand, you should look around for the option to allow only G mode.

I hope you don't have N enabled devices though.

 

[brydonuk]

Cheers DAS, know what you mean.

WIll have a look, and will remember settings incase I need to change back.