Poor Wifi Connectivity on M8?

[LordKuroda]

Hi, is anyone else having poor wifi connectivity on your M8?

My wifi signal will drop completely after a period of time. Conducted speed test and speed turned out to be much lower as compared to my Nexus 5 on the same wifi network, and somehow websites/apps take ages to load via Wifi.

Am on 1.54.707.7 (International) by the way.

Found a video that perfectly describes my problem. :silly:

 

[efraingargar1985]

Yes I'm having the same issue. tried turning off the power saving mode. what kind of works sometimes is if I turn off my mobile data off. I also heard that you Wi-Fi password needs to be 9 characters or else, seems like too much of a hassle. I haven't tried changing the password.

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[LordKuroda]

Yes I'm having the same issue. tried turning off the power saving mode. what kind of works sometimes is if I turn off my mobile data off. I also heard that you Wi-Fi password needs to be 9 characters or else, seems like too much of a hassle. I haven't tried changing the password.

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Finally someone who is in the same plight as I am! Haha yes I've tried that too, apparently the signal that the M8 is capable of receiving is weaker than other phones, have a friend who tried on a G2, an M8 and an Oppo Find 7a. The 7a had full bars for WiFi, 1 bar for G2 and the M8 couldn't even connect. :crying:

And about that 9 characters for password myth, yeah have heard about it too! Just counting that out as I don't see any impact it has on the WiFi connectivity though.

 

[ShayMagen]

possible fix

Finally someone who is in the same plight as I am! Haha yes I've tried that too, apparently the signal that the M8 is capable of receiving is weaker than other phones, have a friend who tried on a G2, an M8 and an Oppo Find 7a. The 7a had full bars for WiFi, 1 bar for G2 and the M8 couldn't even connect. :crying:

And about that 9 characters for password myth, yeah have heard about it too! Just counting that out as I don't see any impact it has on the WiFi connectivity though.

Hi guys, go to advanced settings in Wifi and uncheck "wifi optimization" give it a try might help

 

[peekie]

The latest small update gets the WiFi working perfectly

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[efraingargar1985]

The update didn't help I'm giving up on this phone

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[mushages]

noticed the same thing but i dont lose connectivity the thing is wireless is really good but the signal bars play alot and jumps but if i go a bit far from the router eg in the kitchen where most my phones couldnt get wireless connection i still get it with the m8

 

[grentuu]

Have flashed back to sense to try something so tested once I saw this thread.

Am on 1.54.401.9 and still get the speeds below in my sig with everything set to default and no 'other' kernels installed etc

Ranges from 70mb to 108. (International / UK )

 

[efraingargar1985]

What seems to be working for me so far is I went into my advance Wi-Fi settings and change the frequency from auto to 2.4GHz only instead of auto. I haven't had any issues so far let me know if that helps

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[grentuu]

What seems to be working for me so far is I went into my advance Wi-Fi settings and change the frequency from auto to 2.4GHz only instead of auto. I haven't had any issues so far let me know if that helps

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I've left mine on auto but connect to 5ghz. (both 2.4 and 5ghz available from router) and again get top speeds.

 

[YEK1907]

I don't have any problem at wifi connectivity.

 

[KC_1]

Hi guys, go to advanced settings in Wifi and uncheck "wifi optimization" give it a try might help

Hi, that worked perfectly for my M8 and my wife's M7. We had big trouble on 2.4 Ghz Networks. After long and disappointing tests for trouble shooting I found this post. And it works. Thanks alot.

 

[jameswhister]

am too facing the same problem, wifi keeps dropping consistently.. this happens on each and every sense rom... even on the stock rom.
did a factory reset, but no luck.. also tried turning off and on the wifi optimization in settings-wifi-advanced & changed the wifi frequency band to auto, 5 ghz & 2.4 ghz, but no luck. like it means dropping 12-15 times in 10 minutes. the power saver is also off. wifi in aosp and gpe roms works fine. any suggestions? (firmware is up to date)

 

[erlange]

Was it due to full metal body? Wifi is worse than my old Butterfly 1