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turnerm05
Dec 09, 2017Luminary
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...
Mayhugh1
Jan 22, 2018Apprentice
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.
vreynolds
Jan 23, 2018Luminary
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!
- orb526Jan 23, 2018Guide
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.
- vreynoldsJan 23, 2018LuminaryI 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.
- dstrohmeyerJan 24, 2018Aspirant
Can anyone confirm that the updates are working?
If possible, can someone give me a run down on how to force google play services to update?
Thanks everyone for all the information!