[Q] The mysterious wifi issue

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I've been ripping my hair out the last couple days trying to figure this out.

In the process of flashing a ROM and kernel I did a number of things:
-Carrier unlock (I feel like this is the culprit)
-Unlocked the bootloader
-Flashed Wet Dream (2.3.6 build)
-Installed webtop
-Attempted to root, unsuccessfully (let me know when the 2.3.6 root is available, haha)

After all this, everything was working fine--including wifi. But somewhere along the lines, maybe 15 minutes after I complete all these steps, out of the blue my wifi won't connect. It just says "obtaining IP address" and never connects.

So I got pissed and went on a wiping/reflashing spree. Got everything reset. The wifi was working great again. Then randomly, it just stopped working again.

Question:
Does anyone know why this is happening and what I can do to fix it?!

I'm dying here. Just as a side note in case you need this information, I think I'm going to flash to the 2.3.4 Wet Dream so I can root my device. Also, I don't mind going back to stock. If that's what fixes, it then I'll be more than happy to go stock. I plan on running webtop2sd as well.

Thanks in advance.

Originally Posted by Mankey Magic

I've been ripping my hair out the last couple days trying to figure this out.

In the process of flashing a ROM and kernel I did a number of things:
-Carrier unlock (I feel like this is the culprit)
-Unlocked the bootloader
-Flashed Wet Dream (2.3.6 build)
-Installed webtop
-Attempted to root, unsuccessfully (let me know when the 2.3.6 root is available, haha) <-- i think this one no need to do

After all this, everything was working fine--including wifi. But somewhere along the lines, maybe 15 minutes after I complete all these steps, out of the blue my wifi won't connect. It just says "obtaining IP address" and never connects.

So I got pissed and went on a wiping/reflashing spree. Got everything reset. The wifi was working great again. Then randomly, it just stopped working again.

Question:
Does anyone know why this is happening and what I can do to fix it?!

I'm dying here. Just as a side note in case you need this information, I think I'm going to flash to the 2.3.4 Wet Dream so I can root my device. Also, I don't mind going back to stock. If that's what fixes, it then I'll be more than happy to go stock. I plan on running webtop2sd as well.

Thanks in advance.

try check in: settings-- battery & data manager--battery mode ( see what presets u use).

then try check: settings--wireless & network settings--wifi settings--advanced (press menu key(the left touch key in bottom)--wifi sleep policy-- set to never.

btw, wetdream should be already rooted. correct me if im wrong.

hope this help.

Originally Posted by benjat

hope this help.

Benjat, thanks for the reply.

My battery settings were set to "Nighttime saver". I set it to "Performance mode".
I set my wifi sleep policy to Never.

Still have the same problem.

My understanding was that WD was already rooted, but Busybox wasn't installing so I ran Root Check Basic from the Market and it said my device did not have root access

Originally Posted by Mankey Magic

Benjat, thanks for the reply.

My battery settings were set to "Nighttime saver". I set it to "Performance mode".
I set my wifi sleep policy to Never.

Still have the same problem.

My understanding was that WD was already rooted, but Busybox wasn't installing so I ran Root Check Basic from the Market and it said my device did not have root access

maybe try reboot the phone after change the setting?

im not sure about busybox. what apps u running that require busybox? i want to try install it.

*i just try download root check basic. got message "your device isn't compatible with this item" hehe

Reboot and still no dice.
Ahhhh! So frustrating!

I was mid webtop2sd install and busybox is required for one of the steps to work. I'm actually not sure what it does.

Originally Posted by Mankey Magic

Reboot and still no dice.
Ahhhh! So frustrating!

I was mid webtop2sd install and busybox is required for one of the steps to work. I'm actually not sure what it does.

last try.. remove all wifi network added.. double check all the things i post before.. switch off wifi.. power off ur phone.. 10 sec then switch it on back, then on wifi. if still cant, i dont have anymore idea..

Thanks for all the help benjat. Unfortunately, it didn't work. Hopefully, someone else who has gone through this can help me out.

Originally Posted by Mankey Magic

Thanks for all the help benjat. Unfortunately, it didn't work. Hopefully, someone else who has gone through this can help me out.

nvm.. maybe do full wipe again..

what ver of WD u using? with what addon? im using WD 1.4.3 full

I've already done a cache/date wipes to no avail.

I'm using 1.4.4 lite. I'm thinking of flashing the 2.3.4 based WD though (is that 1.4.3?).
I could flash something else too, I guess. I really need webtop (with xfce mod) and I heard Wet Dream works well with it.

If this really is a software problem and it is the ROM's fault, then does anyone have a webtop compatible ROM recommendation?

Originally Posted by Mankey Magic

I've already done a cache/date wipes to no avail.

I'm using 1.4.4 lite. I'm thinking of flashing the 2.3.4 based WD though (is that 1.4.3?).
I could flash something else too, I guess. I really need webtop (with xfce mod) and I heard Wet Dream works well with it.

If this really is a software problem and it is the ROM's fault, then does anyone have a webtop compatible ROM recommendation?

i cant tell if its problem with rom or what.. 1.4.3 is 2.3.6 base. and yes webtop work well with it.

here's normaly what i do..

Boot CWM Recovery
Wipe data/factory
wipe cache
wipe dalvik
flash rom
reboot to fastboot and do fastboot-w & then fastboot reboot.
let it boot for 1st time (until stable/full load) i left it around 10 mins
then reboot back to CMW to flash addon. usually i flash 1 then boot.. continues untill flash all.. maybe a bit fussy step.. but i prefer all loaded before flashing another

*i never tried webtop2sd yet.. still dont buy bigger mem card coz funding for lapdock :P

** maybe can try this one to make it clean wipe.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...ht=fastboot+-w