topic Re: Kitkat wifi problem in Android

Kitkat wifi problem

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 16:30:13 GMT

Hi guys

Samsung s4

Have updated to kitkat OTA and now my wireless just says Connected .... Then saved secure then obtaining IP address then checking the quality of the internet connection it may then let me on the internet on wifi or it sometime just loops through them till i turn off wifi.

After i installed kitkat i went into the boot loader menu and did a reboot i have used my phone for 2 days and today I went into the boot loader menu and reformatted it again still doing the same on wifi any idea's

thanks in advance

Re: Kitkat wifi problem

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 16:34:28 GMT

Hi.

Have you performed a hard reset which has been known to help in these cases.

http://www.hard-reset.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-hard-reset.html

This help thread may be of use too.

http://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Android-Devices-Samsung-HTC-Sony/HOW-TO-A-Guide-to-using-Odin/m-p/463464/highlight/true#M18334

Re: Kitkat wifi problem

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 16:32:35 GMT

yes sorry.. when i said i went into the bootloader menu that what i was doing. Hard reset

Re: Kitkat wifi problem

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 16:35:17 GMT

I was editing my reply.

Look at the link I've just added. It may help.

Re: Kitkat wifi problem

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 16:38:53 GMT

thanks will have a read..

Re: Kitkat wifi problem

MI5 — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 16:46:28 GMT

Have you tried forgetting your wifi connection, rebooting your router and re-scanning and connecting again.

Re: Kitkat wifi problem

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:01:29 GMT

HI yes have done that, just dont seem to get any better, would have been better staying on jelly bean

thanks..

Re: Kitkat wifi problem

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:04:03 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
HI yes have done that, just dont seem to get any better, would have been better staying on jelly bean

thanks..

@MI5 im aware you cannot go back in firmware on iOS but I believe you can on Android ?

Maybe the OP could do as they hint on ?

Re: Kitkat wifi problem

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:18:36 GMT

My dad's s4 on kitkat has no problems with the wifi I don't think it's an issue affecting all
Does it just do this on your home wifi?

Re: Kitkat wifi problem

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:21:40 GMT

no when round my daughters today did the same that's why i came home and did another hard reset on it

Re: Kitkat wifi problem

MI5 — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:22:10 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
HI yes have done that, just dont seem to get any better, would have been better staying on jelly bean

thanks..
@MI5 im aware you cannot go back in firmware on iOS but I believe you can on Android ?

Maybe the OP could do as they hint on ?

You can go back but since the inroduction of "Knox" it will trip the fuse and void the warranty (until someone comes up with a fix)

Re: Kitkat wifi problem

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:24:34 GMT

if i use odin and reinstall the latest will that trip the fuse

Re: Kitkat wifi problem

MI5 — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:29:50 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
if i use odin and reinstall the latest will that trip the fuse

Yes, it would appear so.

The chaps are working on a fix but at the moment there are limited choices, unfortunately.

Re: Kitkat wifi problem

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:31:33 GMT

How long have you had the phone ?

Big decision to void a warranty.

Re: Kitkat wifi problem

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:36:11 GMT

so if i dont want to lose my warranty i cant use odin, and will have to wait till samsung bring out a patch or update hopefully...

Re: Kitkat wifi problem

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:39:10 GMT

Why not use kies to restore the firmware

Re: Kitkat wifi problem

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:36:59 GMT

nearly a year now..

Re: Kitkat wifi problem

MI5 — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:42:52 GMT

It's not clear yet if Samsung will honour any warranty on a phone with a tripped fuse, but safest is to say that you will lose it for now.
Kies cannot recover the firmware unless it was a failed flash, which it wasn't.
I'm not seeing this issue widely reported anywhere else so I'd check my advanced WiFi settings and try some different combinations of the available choices to see if it helps. Auto network switch seemed to help with the old 4.3 bug.

Re: Kitkat wifi problem

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:44:37 GMT

I know lots of people with kk on the s4 not having any problems I would say its a setting somewhere or something simple

Re: Kitkat wifi problem

MI5 — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:46:05 GMT

I've had lots of different KK ROMs on my phones and never had an issue either.