topic Re: connecting to O2 mobile via wifi in Android

Nexus 4 wi-fi connection issues

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:52:44 GMT

I have problems with wifi connection on a Nexus 4. It constantly timeouts, or simply crashes. If I try to download on the mobile network it works fine, but uses the data allowance. is there any way of lengthening the time before a timeout?

Re: connecting to O2 mobile via wifi

jonsie — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:12:50 GMT

Set Wi-Fi notifications, disconnect policy, & other advanced options:

To work with advanced Wi-Fi settings:

1. Turn on Wi-Fi, if it’s not already on.
2. In the Wi-Fi settings screen, touch Menu > Advanced.
These are the settings you can adjust:
• Network notification. By default, when Wi-Fi is on, you receive notifications in the Status bar when your phone detects an open Wi-Fi network. Uncheck this option to turn off notifications.
• Keep Wi-Fi during sleep. To conserve mobile data usage, your phone stays connected to Wi-Fi when the screen goes to sleep. Touch this option to change this default behavior: either to stay connected to Wi-Fi only when the phone is connected to a charger (when battery life isn’t a problem), or never to stay connected to Wi-Fi during sleep.

Re: connecting to O2 mobile via wifi

jonsie — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:25:48 GMT

Download User Guide / Guidebook of LG Nexus 4 E960

page 161:smileyhappy:

Re: connecting to O2 mobile via wifi

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:13:10 GMT

That seems to have made the difference. i don't understand why but thank you

Re: connecting to O2 mobile via wifi

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:23:12 GMT

Thank you for this link. I can't understand why it is not given with the phone.

Re: connecting to O2 mobile via wifi

perksie — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:05:59 GMT

It's a fairly standard Android feature and is available in loads of sites online.

Turning off data may help to prevent the phone connecting to the gsm network too.

Re: connecting to O2 mobile via wifi

Toby — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:51:33 GMT

Hi guys,I have made a new thread out of this question.

Cheers!

Re: connecting to O2 mobile via wifi

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:00:46 GMT

I am still having problems with wifi connection. Chrome seems to time out very quickly, and other websites seem to go so far and freeze. The steps suggested seemed to improve the situation, but not solve the problem. There seems to be traffic between the phone and the modem all the time, but I have switched off auto sync.

Re: connecting to O2 mobile via wifi

MI5 — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:18:25 GMT

Many apps will still update regardless of auto sync settings. As for the wifi dropping issue - does it do it on all wifi connections or just a specific one. It may be a router issue rather than a phone issue?

You can also try disabling / enabling wifi power save in service mode.

WiFi Power Save Mode:

Dial *#0011#
Hit menu key
Select WiFi

Toggle power save mode at bottom of menu
It will cycle WiFi to enable.

Re: connecting to O2 mobile via wifi

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:38:20 GMT

It does it on most connections - chrome more so. I'm sorry, but I don't understand the second bit - where should I dial *#0011#.

I have been through the router menu, but don't understand much of the settings, so am not confident to change anything. I didn't see anything about power saving.

Re: connecting to O2 mobile via wifi

MI5 — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:40:47 GMT

When I said connections I meant another wifi router connection, ie in McDonalds or somewhere else away from your home router. You dial *#0011# into your phones keypad as if you were dialing a number.

Re: connecting to O2 mobile via wifi

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 19:33:41 GMT

I haven't tried any other wifi connections yet. I'll give that a go, and if it is OK then the problem would be my router.

Re: connecting to O2 mobile via wifi

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:21:25 GMT

I have tried the phone using my brothers Virgin wifi and it works perfectly. It looks like a modem problem. Any suggestions? I still get a timeut message when I try to use wifi at home

Re: connecting to O2 mobile via wifi

MI5 — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:30:06 GMT

Have you tried rebooting your router, entered correct password (case sensitive letters etc)...?

Re: connecting to O2 mobile via wifi

perksie — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:44:24 GMT

What modem is it?

Who is it connected to?

You may need to check it is set to "Allow new connections", also you may need to vary the wi-fi encryption, WPA2 is usually the best.

Re: connecting to O2 mobile via wifi

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:54:07 GMT

It is a Dlink 2780 with Talktalk. I have tried rebooting it, the password is OK. I do get a connection, but it is very quick to time out. Sometimes it works Ok, mostly it doesn't

Re: connecting to O2 mobile via wifi

MI5 — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:53:04 GMT

In all seriousness that sounds like the wrong password is being entered. Long press on the connection on your phone and choose "forget" then try connecting again.

Re: connecting to O2 mobile via wifi

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:23:32 GMT

I contacted Talktalk, who advised me to change the modem channel to 11, and switch on Upnp. it seemed to improve things. Whilst i still get timeouts, a second attempt is usually successful.

Re: Nexus 4 wi-fi connection issues

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:24:08 GMT

I'm currently have Wifi connection issues buy only with O2 and their Wifi ones. I can connect when I'm asked to sign in I keep keep getting a Internal Error: 500 message everytime.

The guys in the 02 shop don't know what the problem is. Online Guru's cant help. Does anybody have an idea. I've tried with the O2 Wifi app and without. I've even hard resetted the handset that doesn't cure the problem. Don't know anything else to.

Any ideas?

Re: Nexus 4 wi-fi connection issues

MI5 — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:37:18 GMT

There is an IR open with Google on this issue https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40065