I had similar problems with my wifi. I did a hard reset after my 2.2 update and reloaded all of my apps. The x is lighting fast on wifi now. There are some apps that don't play well with motoblur and wifi (remote desktop,google talk and a few others) they work fine on the 3g network, just slower. I was told by an authorized motorola agent that this is normal and has to do with motorola software not a hardware issue.
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2.2 Froyo Droid X WiFi issues unresolved?
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thedevil'sadvocate
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Okay, it appears to me that each of us is having slightly different problems; here's mine, maybe it can help someone. I beat my head against the desk for a week on this.
Anyway, Droid X, rooted, no 3rd-party ROMs. Home LAN is D-Link DIR-655, all devices static IP. Tried the "g only" trick, DHCP instead of static, set sleep to Never, all the stuff mentioned here & elsewhere, but I got the same symptoms a lot of others got i.e. connecting, obtaining IP address, disconnect, lather-rinse-repeat, no joy. Went to the doctor's office and while waiting, just for $#!+$ and grins I tried getting on their free public WiFi and it connected. It appeared to me that it was just an issue with static IP (though at first it wouldn't connect on DHCP either). I got ifconfig from the Market (I'm a Linux guy) and while there I saw something called WiFi Static; it's for saving various configs for different networks so you can bounce back and forth between work, home, Starbuck's, whatever. I figured what the hell, the worst that can happen is nothing. I got it and set up my static IP profile; restarted WiFi and I'll be damned but it worked, web, LAN and everything. I don't need to half-ass the security on my router, it doesn't drop out, nothing, it Just Works. ***This is not spam, I'm just saying what I did.***
Again, I'm sure there are different things going on with different phones and I agree, the WiFi stack is broken bigtime (mine was one that would disconnect every half hour with 2.1) but the way it was acting before and the particular app that I got tells me at least some of the problem is IP-related. I didn't write the app and I don't know who did but I'll find out after I send this and look into a donation; it has to be worth at least the gas I'd burn driving to the Verizon store and dealing with the halfwits there. Everyone who is still having problems, look into how (or if) the phone is trying to pull an IP address whether it should be or not.
Anyway, Droid X, rooted, no 3rd-party ROMs. Home LAN is D-Link DIR-655, all devices static IP. Tried the "g only" trick, DHCP instead of static, set sleep to Never, all the stuff mentioned here & elsewhere, but I got the same symptoms a lot of others got i.e. connecting, obtaining IP address, disconnect, lather-rinse-repeat, no joy. Went to the doctor's office and while waiting, just for $#!+$ and grins I tried getting on their free public WiFi and it connected. It appeared to me that it was just an issue with static IP (though at first it wouldn't connect on DHCP either). I got ifconfig from the Market (I'm a Linux guy) and while there I saw something called WiFi Static; it's for saving various configs for different networks so you can bounce back and forth between work, home, Starbuck's, whatever. I figured what the hell, the worst that can happen is nothing. I got it and set up my static IP profile; restarted WiFi and I'll be damned but it worked, web, LAN and everything. I don't need to half-ass the security on my router, it doesn't drop out, nothing, it Just Works. ***This is not spam, I'm just saying what I did.***
Again, I'm sure there are different things going on with different phones and I agree, the WiFi stack is broken bigtime (mine was one that would disconnect every half hour with 2.1) but the way it was acting before and the particular app that I got tells me at least some of the problem is IP-related. I didn't write the app and I don't know who did but I'll find out after I send this and look into a donation; it has to be worth at least the gas I'd burn driving to the Verizon store and dealing with the halfwits there. Everyone who is still having problems, look into how (or if) the phone is trying to pull an IP address whether it should be or not.
I am convinced there's an esoteric setting deep in the OS that I am not knowledgeable enough about regarding wireless that changed with 2.2 but I don't know where to look. There are plenty of wireless settings on the router that might help but I have no idea which one to tweak that fixes what broke on the phone.
It would be nice to do a comparison between all the files on 2.1 and 2.2 to see if indeed one file has some wireless settings that were changed and simply change it back! Could be as simple as changing "25,000" to "15,000" in some file. You never know.
Wireless G works fine at home for now (I admit to never really seeing that much of an advantage to the N spec at home with either D-Link or Linksys routers) so G is ok. Still.....!
It would be nice to do a comparison between all the files on 2.1 and 2.2 to see if indeed one file has some wireless settings that were changed and simply change it back! Could be as simple as changing "25,000" to "15,000" in some file. You never know.
Wireless G works fine at home for now (I admit to never really seeing that much of an advantage to the N spec at home with either D-Link or Linksys routers) so G is ok. Still.....!
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I got ifconfig from the Market (I'm a Linux guy) and while there I saw something called WiFi Static; it's for saving various configs for different networks so you can bounce back and forth between work, home, Starbuck's, whatever.
I downloaded and installed WiFi Static. I've held a connection to my N router for a good 45 minutes now!! :icon_ banana:
winstonterr
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Hi,
I have situation here where my laptop and the wifi router are separated with walls and cause the connection to fail. I am thinking of replacing the wireless router's antenna with an antenna booster, probably 10dBi. I believe this antenna will be able to penetrate the signal through the walls to my laptop. But I doubt that, will this antenna be able to receiver the returning signal from my laptop, if I don't do any upgrade to my laptop?
I have situation here where my laptop and the wifi router are separated with walls and cause the connection to fail. I am thinking of replacing the wireless router's antenna with an antenna booster, probably 10dBi. I believe this antenna will be able to penetrate the signal through the walls to my laptop. But I doubt that, will this antenna be able to receiver the returning signal from my laptop, if I don't do any upgrade to my laptop?
thedevil'sadvocate
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I am convinced there's an esoteric setting deep in the OS that I am not knowledgeable enough about regarding wireless that changed with 2.2 but I don't know where to look. There are plenty of wireless settings on the router that might help but I have no idea which one to tweak that fixes what broke on the phone.
It would be nice to do a comparison between all the files on 2.1 and 2.2 to see if indeed one file has some wireless settings that were changed and simply change it back! Could be as simple as changing "25,000" to "15,000" in some file. You never know.
If I had to venture a guess, Gingerbread would be beta by the time we sorted it out. I program in Java on the side and I wouldn't want to tackle it.
Wireless G works fine at home for now (I admit to never really seeing that much of an advantage to the N spec at home with either D-Link or Linksys routers) so G is ok. Still.....!
I see a proportional speed increase between G and N with my D-Link, but I also see better-than-average with G, usually 1/3 the speed I get on the wire. I generally don't move huge files wirelessly though so there's always that.
michaels2408
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wifi & Droid X 2.2
I connect fine to a linksys 350N using dd-wrt firmware, but I cannot connect to a belkin F5D2835-4 V2. Weird, especially since my phone connected to the belkin before the 2.2 update.
I connect fine to a linksys 350N using dd-wrt firmware, but I cannot connect to a belkin F5D2835-4 V2. Weird, especially since my phone connected to the belkin before the 2.2 update.
I've seen a speed increase with N BUT I generally get a larger distance penalty. Meaning N might be faster but the signal is worse at a distance (which it's not supposed to be.)I see a proportional speed increase between G and N with my D-Link, but I also see better-than-average with G, usually 1/3 the speed I get on the wire. I generally don't move huge files wirelessly though so there's always that.
My daughter's room is on one side of the house from my office where the router is. If I set her WAP to N, she gets slightly higher throughput but the signal is lower and tends to drop out. If I switch her to G, she's constantly connected albeit at a slightly slower speed. She's not a mass downloader so it's not critical her speed be higher so I opted for the better connection.
On the Droid X with 2.1, I used SpeedTest and got 10Mb download speeds when my router was still set to mixed. With 2.2 and now set to G only, I still get 10Mb which leads me to believe that the X was only connecting via G anyway. So I'm no worse off, technically!
I'm still afraid to touch anything to test changes.....
I discovered a long time ago that my B/G/N router is a lot faster than my DSL anyway. I rarely transfer files between computers so the speed is a moot issue. My biggest complaint right not is that I should not have to force my router to G like I am in order to connect my X with froyo. Haven't had a chance to check it with outside routers like Starbucks to see if I am having problems with them.
bronco_buster
New Member
Same issue here!
With 2.1 I had a consistent fast connection...upgraded to 2.2...now the wifi is completely unusable. "obtaining ip address...connect...drop...repeat" Can't use it to do anything.
With 2.1 I had a consistent fast connection...upgraded to 2.2...now the wifi is completely unusable. "obtaining ip address...connect...drop...repeat" Can't use it to do anything.
Well 2.3.15 is set to realease in a week. Hopefully, that addresses our problems.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-2-general-discussions/82411-droid-2-2-3-1-5-update.html
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-2-general-discussions/82411-droid-2-2-3-1-5-update.html
Same issue here!
With 2.1 I had a consistent fast connection...upgraded to 2.2...now the wifi is completely unusable. "obtaining ip address...connect...drop...repeat" Can't use it to do anything.
That's the same problem most of us had. It's a crappy fix, but try changing your router to straight G rather than n or "on demand" and you should be able to connect. Hopefully, they will come out with a fix for this and the other problems folks are experiencing.
PACanesFan
Member
I found this thread over at the Motorola site.
https://supportforums.motorola.com/message/248530#248530
If anyone can translate or it is helpful to them, thanks in advance. I don't have a clue what any of this means, or if it is relevant.
https://supportforums.motorola.com/message/248530#248530
If anyone can translate or it is helpful to them, thanks in advance. I don't have a clue what any of this means, or if it is relevant.
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Excellent find!!!
I search for possible new solutions every day bc I am irritated that wifi doesn't work....
I don't understand everything he had to say in the post, but the overall idea of what he is saying makes perfect sense. Especially the fact that any "solution" or "fix" resets the system and it works temporarily, but goes back to crap.
This has been an issue since July 15th and if Joe Schmoe figured out a possible reason why wifi drops all of the time, then certainly Motorola can figure it out!
However, still the fishy thing is that some people's wifi works all of the time when they are only on G only, and on non-secured networks....
I search for possible new solutions every day bc I am irritated that wifi doesn't work....
I don't understand everything he had to say in the post, but the overall idea of what he is saying makes perfect sense. Especially the fact that any "solution" or "fix" resets the system and it works temporarily, but goes back to crap.
This has been an issue since July 15th and if Joe Schmoe figured out a possible reason why wifi drops all of the time, then certainly Motorola can figure it out!
However, still the fishy thing is that some people's wifi works all of the time when they are only on G only, and on non-secured networks....
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