Some Nexus One users experiencing Wi-Fi connectivity issues

By on Jul 14, 2010 at 5:05 PM
mobile July 14, 2010

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There is a fairly extensive support thread over at Google — that stretches from January of this year all the way to the present — that details issues some Nexus One owners are having with Wi-Fi connections. The bug reports all read like this: your N1 connects to a wireless network; you put the phone down and the display eventually goes to sleep; while the screen is off the N1 is still technically connected to the wireless router but no data is passing through the device; the device sees itself as having a connection to Wi-Fi so it does not revert to cellular data; no email, Facebook, Twitter, etc. updating/data is flowing in the background. The thread reports that the only way to remedy this issue is to flick Wi-Fi off then on every time you turn the screen on, or to turn Wi-Fi off completely. The thread reports that the glitch happens primarily on AT&T model Nexus Ones and later models of the T-Mobile N1s. The group of affected users have seemingly flushed out the Google suggestion that it is a specific type of router causing the issue, and no specific Android firmware can be pegged as the culprit. We want to hear from you AT&T and T-Mobile Sexy Nexy owners. Are you seeing this issue?

UPDATE: Apparently an update to remedy this issue has been pushed into the AOSP repository, have a look for yourself. Thanks to Howard for passing this along.

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  • Shannon

    I have a N1 on AT&T and don’t have any problems with the wifi. Just tested it several times.

    • davedgd

      @ Shannon

      Have you checked if you get notifications while connected to wifi and turning your screen off? Try shooting yourself an email while the screen is off. Odds are you won’t get any notification until you turn the phone back on.

      Most people who have this problem (so far everyone using the AT&T phone) seem to not be having problems because they aren’t concerned about notifications. Wifi works fine when the phone is on, but not when the screen is locked (off). It’s more of a small bug with large side effects than a huge problem (unless you really rely on wifi).

  • http://alghienkad06.student.ipb.ac.id thea

    I’ve ever purchased.

  • offdayJB

    i’ve had 2 N1′s. 1 bought in Jan, and 1 bought in March. both r T-Mobile versions. neither seem to have had this issue. but both have wi-fi and reception loss issues. if you cover the bottom with ur hand, T-Mobile’s 3g network drops. if you cover the top of the N1, it drops wi-fi by at least one bar. i’ve REALLY HATED this issue, maybe more than having to deal with this newer issue right now. this phone is fantastic..but Google really sucks for continuing production on hardware glitch-prone phone, phhhhh!!!

  • http://buku.um.ac.id fajar

    kwereeeen

  • http://sandyc06.student.ipb.ac.id san

    mantab…

  • ivan

    I have a N1 on AT&T and have the exact problem described in the post. Would love to get rid of it (the problem).

  • Salim

    latest nightly build rom synced with the github has finally solved this problem!!! Thanks to broadcom for finally fixing their driver!

  • Erik G

    I have a n1 with tmobile. Its rooted and i have been having issues with my wifi for months now. I have tried all types of radios and nothing seems to work. Either i get the “error” or it just keeps scanning and rescanning. Can anyone help>>>??

  • http://roaksoax.com Andres

    I just got an N1 last week, T-MOB version and I confirm the WiFi issues are present!

  • Rafael

    I got an N1 (AT&T) and I got the same wifi connectivity issues. I rely on wifi beacuse I broke my tivo remote and i use the app to change channels and everything. but every time i want to fast forward past commercials I have turn wifi off then on again. in wifi settings it says it was disable even though I have it set to never sleep. This is really annoying.

  • whosani

    N1 on Tmobile and yes I have this problem at home and at work, seems to be the phone- Google please fix.

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