Hi All - my first post here.
I Couldn't resist any longer
Hi All - my first post here.
I Couldn't resist any longer
Hi there, i am new to this forum and i am having the same problem with my Acer A500 and HTC HD2(can be used as wi-fi router). I can get my 2 HP laptops connected to my HTC HD2 handset, but can not get it work with Acer A500.
You mentioned "There are some android WiFi apps that will help you find out which channels are congested in your area. Then you can switch to one that doesn't have as much traffic. It can make a large improvement in range and stability"..
Can you please recommend a android WiFi app(s) that will help me to solve this problem? thanks.
Cheers
I have downloaded the "wifi anlyzer". Very handy program. However, I just found out that my HTC HD2 wifi is Ad-Hoc version and ACER A500 pups up a message telling me that Android platform does not suppot Ad-hoc wifi.
Has anyone experienced this before?
Any solution to this, please?
cheers
I am having no luck connecting my Acer A500 to my Huawei 8100 cell phone Wifi (G) – all security turned off. The A500 does not list the SSID of the phone. Tried 3 phones so not the phone. Laptop and XBOX work fine. I am interested in collecting names of people with the similar issues to put some pressure on ACER. Contact me - Larry labas@lockspace.com. The Sensitivity of the WiFi seems quite low. It does get better if you remove the foil label off the front. My home dlink wireless n-300 does work but range is poor. Some have suggested A500 does not support the higher end channels. It is a warranty issue if it does not work. Other than that, I do love it.
My home wifi network operates on channel 12 and no problem at all. Can see SSID straight away. Can tether to my phone no problem at all too. Perhaps you have a faulty unit? Did you take to store and try it out there?
If you have a foil label on the front - why would you NOT remove it?
I have a linksys router that has been working great for my A500, till today, now the tab will not connect. I sees the wifi, but says disabled, I his the connect "button" and get a message obtaing ip address...remenbered, but then goes back to disabled. Do I need to reset?
I found the one RESET didn't work but another RESET as soon as it boots up did the trick. I hadn't changed any WIFI setting prior to doing it and I was back on the network straight away.I researched a bit and I did this (after many other suggested it) I used a small pin and did a RESET on the side of the tab and once it re started I was automatically signed in no issues. Some have had to do 2 re sets via the pin hole. Also b4 u do resets u may wanna "forget" your wifi settings and when it resets re scan. IDK but it worked for me.
Acer A500 AdHoc WiFi support.
Use Gingerbreak 2.2 to root. (easy )
get adb as part of android development kit. You can use a terminal emulator on the device itself, just harder to type.
- Acer USB driver needed for adb to work
Place new wpa_supplicant in sdcard/download directory - search
"Got Ad-hoc wifi working on my Xoom! (binaries inside)" to find it.
Short usb cable needed. Long one had issues.
set debug mode to on - tablet settings->applications.
on pc - via cmd shell , change to directory where adb is located.
on pc - adb devices (confirm one is listed)
on PC - adb shell (adb remount did not work for me, or use a Terminal emulator (free) from the the market)
su ( should see # as prompt after success)
mount -o rw,remount /system
cd /system
chmod 775 bin
cd bin
cat wpa_supplicant > wpa_supplicant.old
ls ( make sure copy exists)
cat /sdcard/download/wpa_supplicant > /system/bin/wpa_supplicant
ls –a –l (make sure overwritten)
chmod 755 /system/bin/wpa_supplicant ( make it executable)
chown system.wifi /system/etc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf (not sure if needed)
mount -o ro,remount /system
press ctrl-c (exit adb shell)
unplug usb
reboot tablet
restart start phone – ( my Huawei 8100 needs this if its been on for a while)
on tablet go to wifi setup - (as normal)
ahhh!
chown system.wifi /system/etc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf
chown root.shell /system/bin/wpa_supplicant
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