Does the sensation support 5ghz wifi? It didnt see my 5ghz network for some reason.. strange if it wouldnt since the mt4g had it.
Does the sensation do 5ghz wifi?
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Its probably a software thing. My G2 picks it up but my Sensation doesn't. Downgraded to 2.4 for now
I don't think it has a 5ghz radio... I had the same problem and looked up the specs, could not find anything about 5ghz anywhere.
Well, not exactly.
http://compnetworking.about.com/od/wirelessfaqs/f/5ghz-gear.htm
"The higher the frequency of a wireless signal, the shorter its range. Thus, 2.4 GHz networks cover a substantially larger range than 5 GHz wireless networks. In particular, the higher frequency wireless signals of 5 GHz networks do not penetrate solid objects nearly as well as do 2.4 GHz signals, limiting their reach inside homes."
True but as long as you have good signal 5GHz has less inference as I understand it.
I have not seen the 5GHz option on my G2x, will have to try again.
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Potential trade-offs either way you go, but bottom line the Sensation doesn't currently handle 5Ghz.
Virtuous Unity
I currently use stock rooted MT4G, but have started to enjoy the Virtuous Unity Glacier ROM that gives us Sensation's abilities. I have noticed that normally the Glacier finds 5ghz w/ no prob, but w/ Virtuous Unity it's gone. I suspect a missing device file in the ROM build, but don't know where to find what's missing, or how to re-integrate them. Any ideas? I have both the stock ROM for TM Glacier and the 1.27 Unity ROM.
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MT4G unlocked, rooted, and nand for reversion.
Factory Glacier and Virtuous Unity Glacier 1.27
I currently use stock rooted MT4G, but have started to enjoy the Virtuous Unity Glacier ROM that gives us Sensation's abilities. I have noticed that normally the Glacier finds 5ghz w/ no prob, but w/ Virtuous Unity it's gone. I suspect a missing device file in the ROM build, but don't know where to find what's missing, or how to re-integrate them. Any ideas? I have both the stock ROM for TM Glacier and the 1.27 Unity ROM.
Spec:
MT4G unlocked, rooted, and nand for reversion.
Factory Glacier and Virtuous Unity Glacier 1.27
Sorry to bump this from the dead, but does anyone have any proof that it only has the 2.4 GHz band for WiFi or that it's a software issue?
Have you tried turning on wifi hotspot? Maybe it uses 2.4 for standard data and 5 for creating a hotspot? IDK, just throwing it out there.
It is not a software issue.
It simply does not have a 5GHz radio...
One hint is also that on the specs page you only have 802.11 b/g/n and not 802.11a which is 5GHz only...
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Are you sure you were seeing 5Ghz access points? I have yet to hear of any dual band device...
The G2 and the MT4G only do b/g/n but they can both connect to 5GHz WiFi.
After checking, I've seen that MT4G is also 802.11a capable (not only b/g/n like our Sensation) which means it's a dual band device.
Sensation on the other hand is not.
Sensation on the other hand is not.
so wireless-N is not = to 5GHz? and My iphone4 also can't pick up my router's 5GHz
Really? Where did you see that? I cannot believe they wouldn't put a dual band WiFi radio in this device.
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