Who is your network provider?
Also see my post a few pages down titled 'web browsing'
It's about me having same problems on Orange network but when I went abroad and phone defaulted to T-MobileNL all the faults disappeared.
No settings changed by me when I arrived in Holland, for 5 days had 100% fast connection to every one of my bookmarks, all texts went first time, no loss of signal, signal strength bursting out the phone wherever I went.
Arrived back in the UK defaulted back to Orange, no settings changed and phone starting playing up instantly all locations, poor signal, 'page not found' etc etc.
Phone was a dream in Holland, continues to be a nightmare in UK.
This phone has absolutely no reception issues, it has network provider issues, my travels proved what I always suspected.

 

WiFi should not be affected as far as I'm aware, that sounds like router configuration problems, someone more knowledgeable on WiFi may be able to help.

 

Try calling Vodafone help desk, they might be able to troubleshoot/give you the settings to enable it to work better.

 

If you are having the same problem with wifi in different areas, i.e at your mates house too, then it most likely means you have a hardware issue. If it was just happening with the 3g connection then it would be different.

 

Hmm never thought about this, I tend to turn one off when i'm using the other (because I'm sure this saves battery, maybe!) I might try tonight to see if its slower to connect or not. It would be an interesting issue.

 

I've started getting this "a network error has occurred" in the Market as well for last 2 days. I'm also on Vodafone but this is happening when in range of wifi. Mobile network isn't disabled ...

 

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Well, my point is that iPod Touch and iPhones works almost everywhere - airports, hotspots, different countries etc., but the Hero only works sometimes at those places, and often not at all. This indicates to me, that it is a waste of time looking for reasons with the ISP's - the problem apparently is that the Hero is extremely picky with respect to which routers it will work with.

 

My 2penn'worth:

I've been all over this fine city and around most of the country, and everywhere I've been that offers wifi, I have connected no problems. Sounds to me like a duff wireless chip, perhaps on a batch of phones.

 

A faulty chip? Would that be covered by the warranty?

How do I prove that it is faulty? I'm pretty sure that it works fine with the store router ;-)

 

Two things which might help

1) Switch of 'Wireless N' in any router you control.

2) Update the wireless ROM if you are able and willing to hack your phone or else take it to the retailer and insist that this is done for you.

Wireless ROM images are here

[GSM] 24/11 - Hero ROMs + radios in update.zip format - Android @ MoDaCo

the latest is the topmost 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.08.29

Good luck

 

Yes. Hence the 'if you are able and willing to hack your phone'

To be clear, you need a rooted phone with a suitable custom recovery loaded to use the radio updates.

 

I've never had any problems with different locations / connection types. My Hero (on Orange) flips seamlessly between Wifi and 3G wherever I am and is always stable.

I'd suggest you contact Vodaphone and see what they can do.....

 

Will an update of HTC ROM 2.1 also update the wireless ROM?

 

If your phone is not rooted, you can use the RUU method to update the ROM. AFAIK, this will NOT update the wireless. So I think you must root or get a service person to do it for you.

 

well
i am also having problems with my HTC hero and i AM in holland using Tmobile...
i tried everything nothing works....
so if you have any ideas please do tell me!
thanks

 

I used to get 'network error has occurred'. The problem was my dlink router. Hero just didn't seem to like it. I bought a cheap netgear one off eBay and it works fine now.