WiFi Issue

z3r0l0g1c · 16th April 2011, 09:56 PM

WiFi Issue

Just got my Arc today. Connect up via wifi to various diff sources, same issue. After approx 2 mins, signal bars for wifi remain static, never move and connection issues occur. This happens on anything from market, web, gmail etc.

Repeatable on various diff routers, only way to recover is turn off wifi and reactivate it, then it will last another 2 mins.

Checked and running latest firmware. Faulty device?

mtechfan · 16th April 2011, 10:36 PM

Maybe, my wifi works fine.

z3r0l0g1c · 16th April 2011, 10:45 PM

Yeah starting to think that. Both my galaxy s, and iphone 4 stay connected all the time at decent rates. Watching the router stats the mac for the ARC just drops down to 1, then dies. Also noticing bad range, like anything more than 3m away from router and no signal.

jimi83 · 17th April 2011, 08:46 AM

Hi there. yes i have the same problem with my arc.... but not allways, yesterday when i was on market,downloading its stops at 40% and thats it, i must turn off wifi and turn back on, that will help..but after few minutes (downloading,browsing,facebook) it again stops,and again the same. But its not allways after 2 mins... one time is working fine without problems even one day is ok ,and sometimes is doing this. yesterday i get a error from arc something like that " error parsing packets" . And what i have noticed on 3G is doing the same, i tried to download yesterday the same file with 3G conection and it stops again. So i think this is not only wifi problem...i dont know.any clues?sugestions? sorry for my english xd
im at work atm.

Darth Glacious · 17th April 2011, 09:58 AM

The WiFi is pretty well known already, it happens also to me and quite a few other owners of the Arc. From my experience it is related to Youtube application or video playing/flash pages because most often it occurs when using them.
Sometimes I would be able to use the WiFi connection for more than a day without issue, while other times it stops working twice in 5 minutes. Pretty weird behavior, but I'm guessing it is a combination of a software issue and the newer support for draft n wireless connection.