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R7000 wifi drops
Hi, We all know the issues with wifi and R7000. However, I was only expieriencing a few drops a day on 1.0.9.12 and decided to update to V1.0.9.26_10.2.31 - Now, every few minutes, my Androi...
I fixed the issue, really f**king stupid fix. I had to narrow my google search to xda:
Hey everyone I was able to temporarily fix this issue by turning off wifi scanning in (Settings > Location > Improve Accuracy). I heard somewhere on here it might have been a recent app update that is causing the issue.
I normally always have this setting off. I verified, and all my devices had it on back. I guess on each Android update they try to dig again in our privacy...
Disabling it fixed all disconnections on my Galaxy Note 4. Newer devices like Android 7 and Android 8 phones have no issues with this option enabled
Hope it can help Netgear fix it also on their side. In fact, this fix cannot resolve my Android TV disconnections. A TV firmware update made things better on TV but did not fix completely the disconnections
Cosmetic solutions...
I reconnect tv every week and it completely forgets key. Changed key 2 weeks ago. TV and Android Galaxy Note 4 drop every 3-5 mn. Only turn on/off wifi on device or switch 2.4/5 ghz bands resumes connection
I am desperate...
I reconnect tv every week and it completely forgets key. Changed key 2 weeks ago. TV and Android Galaxy Note 4 drop every 3-5 mn. Only turn on/off wifi on device or switch 2.4/5 ghz bands resumes connection
I am desperate...
chopin70, If your TV forgets the key, I'm wondering if it's losing power.... Something to try, I have my primary network setup with the same name & key for both bands, I have my guest network setup with another key but different names for 2.4G & 5G bands, I "connected" some of my devices to both thinking if one drops the device might automatically connect to the other. I have noticed at least one device is switching on its own. Not sure why. Nothing logged. This is not really a fix but a bandaid. I have my channel select set to manully select my preferrred channels. I don't know if this is helping but I think it does.
TV forgets password because I manually switch to guest network during the open days, and back to local on weekend. It memorizes only one wifi network at a time.
Maybe your issue has nothing to do with what I am referring to: wifi connection seems fine, it just doesn't get any data. Behavior looks same as what is reported by the "MDNS packet storm", but my Note 4 has the latest google play services v12.x and it didn't fix any thing.
Android won't switch wifi SSID since it doesn't detect a wifi drop, just no data is passing and we get an offline error in browser. I already have both SSIDs configured on my android device.
No issue on wifi networks outside home. My S7 was fixed on some recent Samsung firmware updates. So, as I said, it seems a fix can be achieved either by Android OS (my Galaxy S7 and OS8 device), or by router (my Note 4 is able to connect without issues on other wifi routers outside home). My TV didn't get any Android update since a year, yet it started to drop data connection at the same time my Note 4, after some router FW version updates.
I am just wishing some Netgear tech comes and asks for some logs or some of the people having same issue answer if I can fix it by changing router, and to which brand I can migrate.
Did Linksys, ASUS or other Netgear models fix this issue ? Why most have it fixed by google update in january while not in my case for 2 devices. It seems definately different from the MDNS bug.