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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 installed the beta update for Google Play Services on 4 Android phones and ran them all weekend with zero Orbi crashes. The beta app does fix the problem. My advice to anyone with this frustrating issue: Do not wait for Google to release the official app... Who knows how long that will take... Sideload the APK immediatly!
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-play-services/google-play-services-11-9-74-release/
An important reason for Netgear to add their own protection against this vulnerability is that even as the Chromecast dust settles, hackers are swarming to Android's open source playground to re-exploit it.
- Uh oh. Running 11.9.75 Google Play Services on all 3 of my Android phones, and just had a reboot as soon as my wife touched her phone this evening. I wonder if the other devices need this Play services update also. This is getting really old!
I would suggest to put the beta Google Play Services app on any and all Android phones on the network. This is issue is not only an 8.1 issue. On my network I had 1 phone on 8.1, 2 on 8.0, and 1 on 7.1. All of these phones were capable of crashing the router. I have installed the beta app on all 4 of these devices and I have been crash free for 3 days now.
- I have the beta on all my three Android phones, but Google Home also needs an update right? I also have an Nvidia Shield TV (Android TV device). These things run Android, so they too need the update I assume.