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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...
the problem apears to be coming from Android Oreo devices... I verified by turning off wifi on my phone(Oreo 8.1) last night, haven't had any issues with Orbi... Netgear still has to come up with a fix for their end, because no way should a client be able to disrupt and REBOOT a router!
This problem is not caused by Android Oreo, can we please stop blaming the issue on that? I have Android 7.1 and am impacted by frequent reboots.
I noticed it shortly after updating to 8.1... no problems before that
and I made no changes to the Orbi system myself ... I haven't had any problems since buying it a little over a year ago (until recently)
- There are other factors other than upgrading to Oreo. We have no Oreo devices in our house, but we have the same problem. I have an S7 and an S8, both on Android 7.0. Constant reboot of the router.
- Let me clarify, I don't have any proof but I think it has something to do with the recent Android patch.