Possible Fix for People With WiFi Issues After Unlock :D

[hoesntrix]

I had the issues with my phone (bought outright from Bell, unlocked for use with Rogers)

To connect to Wifi, try the following, and report back:

1) Disconnect the WiFi entirely (as in un-check the on button)

2) Turn WiFi back on

3) When your WiFi hotspot becomes available, instead of just tapping to connect, TAP AND HOLD the name of your hotspot, and a prompt will appear asking you to connect or forget the network.

4) Click "Forget network"

5) Toggle WiFi on and off one more time

6) Once your hotspot is found, TAP AND HOLD until a prompt comes up asking you to connect.

Press connect, and voila, your wifi should be working like a charm.



My situation:
1) Bell Atrix (Build OLYLA_U4_0.37.4, Android 2.2.1 obvs)
2) Linksys WRT150N Router 2.4GHz using WPA2 Personal passcode
3) Unlocked + working on Rogers with cell unlock code.

 

[crnkoj]

interesting, i think i tried that with my att atrix (both stock and the leaked firmware) already, and it didnt produce any useful results. ill retry it later today, and post the new results.

 

[hoesntrix]

I wonder why it worked for me. It can't be an issue with sims blocking access personally I think it is the router frequency causing issues.

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[bfksc]

I had the issues with my phone (bought outright from Bell, unlocked for use with Rogers)

I don't have any wifi issues with my unlocked Bell Atrix on Rogers. I'm using a different router though, and I also did a factory reset before power cycling and unlocking my Atrix. The Atrix also provisioned the APN settings when I unlocked the phone with my Rogers SIM in it.

It doesn't get any easier than that.

 

[crnkoj]

heh lucky you. well judging from the dmesg i did with wifi working and wifi not working, basically the only difference is

Link Down
Invalid ioctl data=-22
wl_iw_set_wap Invalid ioctl data=-22
Set ISCAN for wl_iw_iscan failed with -22

so im pretty sure there has to come some command from the sim/carrier that issues the -22 "command" , which than fails everything
oh and hoesntrix, i just remembered one more thing, namely:
after inserting the sim, the WiFi manager where i would have to do your steps, doesnt find any networks, or in fact it finds networks for like 1 second and than they disappear. and it cant be a router frequency issue if it works without sim after a factory restore...
im thinking some file gets changed in the /data directory/partition that gets restored with a factory wipe. since if you change things in the /system directory/partition they stay changed even after the factory restore.

 

[Gregz78]

my wifi was working until i restored parameters with Titanium backup from my Defy....

perhaps nothing to do with the other problem but who knows....

 

[hoesntrix]

That would make sense. I really wish moto would not lock down the boot loader im just glad my wifi is working

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[coleburns]

woah. This worked for me. Brilliant. Thanks

 

[coleburns]

Works for me.......thanks a great deal