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Android 8 Crashes Orbi
I've been tracking down an issue where my Orbi just suddenly drops wifi and reboots. I've isolated it to be associated with an Android device running 8.0 or higher. And I've proven it turning off w...
I wouldn't hold your breath. I didn't do anything, reboots stopped for like 3 days, then they've been just as frequent as ever the past two days. I hadn't touched the Orbi configuration at all or added/removed any devices. I don't know, or care, where the issue is, but Netgear needs to fix it. I got a few smart home devices for Xmas that I feel so stupid for wanting because my home internet is a piece of crap now.
guzzijason I think the mesh issue with Android 8 has been resolved with 8.1 but I'm not certain. But I DO know that my Pixel running on 8.1 is doing JUST fine on my Eero network and it uses the same SSID for 2.4G and 5G. Zero issues for nearly two weeks now. Nothing but rock solid performance.
turnerm05 wrote:guzzijason I think the mesh issue with Android 8 has been resolved with 8.1 but I'm not certain. But I DO know that my Pixel running on 8.1 is doing JUST fine on my Eero network and it uses the same SSID for 2.4G and 5G. Zero issues for nearly two weeks now. Nothing but rock solid performance.
Nope - it wasn't until 8.1 that my Orbis started going nuts. :/
rhester72 wrote:
turnerm05 wrote:guzzijason I think the mesh issue with Android 8 has been resolved with 8.1 but I'm not certain. But I DO know that my Pixel running on 8.1 is doing JUST fine on my Eero network and it uses the same SSID for 2.4G and 5G. Zero issues for nearly two weeks now. Nothing but rock solid performance.
Nope - it wasn't until 8.1 that my Orbis started going nuts. :/
I was speaking in terms of broader issues with other routers. Android 8.1 is working fine with all the other major mesh network systems (eero, google, etc). My point is that those articles discussing mesh networking issues with Android 8 have little (or nothing) to do with the issue with Orbi because no one is having issues with other routers at this time.
- No that is not true. This seems like it might be more related to the December security update. 8.1 definitely didn't resolve any issues. Google has recognized that there is an issue on their end that they are working on. This is also NOT a mesh only issue. My older R7000 is now installed again and it is not rebooting. However, it is also behind a couple firmware updates. This is clearly a 2 prong problem with something with Android causing panics on the router and it allowing itself to reboot because of the phone. 8.1 did not solve any problems. Most people didn't notice anything UNTIL they were on 8.1 (many received 8.1 and December security update in the same update). Since Galaxy owners are now reporting problems on Android 7 (not 8) and December security update, this seems like a very recent problem wrapped around that security update. Please stop saying that 8.1 fixed problems because it surely did not and Google has even recognized it and is looking into it.