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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...
vreynolds wrote:
Let me clarify, I don't have any proof but I think it has something to do with the recent Android patch.
That isnt it either. My Samsung A7 are not Oreo and are not November / December 2017 Patch level. They are August 2017 patch level.
I've been having the same constant router crash -> reboot issues for the last 6 weeks or so. We have a Google Pixel 2 phone as well. When the phone is connected to Wi-Fi, the issues occur.
I went away over the holidays and when I returned home yesterday, my router crashed almost immediately. I then noticed that Google had released the January Security Patches for Pixel phones, so I downloaded the OTA file from Google and manually installed it. We are now about 16 hours later and the router has not had a crash or reboot since. My Logs go all the way back to yesterday afternoon. Fingers are crossed that the issue is fixed. If so, then the blame lies with Google. Even if you are not running a Google phone, if you have a Samsung you are running Google's software. The issue could lie somewhere in the security patches that they have released to manufactures or some of the underlying software that they silently update on all modern Android phones via Google Play Services. Time will tell, but if I don't report back, then the news is good.