[Q] Wi-Fi Connection forces Reboot

[JammerJoe]

Rooted Vz S5 and about a week ago, updated Kernel via Odin (OTA updates were frozen). Worked fine, seemed to have no issues. Last night, however, any connection to Wi-Fi network forces a soft reboot. Leaving Wi-Fi on but unconnected does not cause the problem, but anytime it connects to router, every 30 seconds or so, it rolls into a soft reboot. So, for now, stuck sucking data. Any ideas on what may be the problem? I noticed also some odd looking artifacts on screen when the phone goes past the splash screen to lock screen. Bit of an android noob, so any help would be greatly appreciated. Not sure if this was just a coincidence, but I had also received a notice from Google "advising" me to uninstall towel root.

Cheers

 

[quantumalpha]

, updated Kernel via Odin

Did you update the rest of the system, or just the kernel? System version must match kernel version.

 

[JammerJoe]

Thanks for the reply. I update the system as well. However, I did not do a complete wipe at the time. So, I went back, wiped, and flashed over again to the updated system and kernel, re-installed towelroot, flashed the old kernel, and then back to updated kernel again. Pain in the rear, (as all the apps and data had to be restored), but it looks like everything is working as it should now. Kind of an odd bug as nothing else appeared to be causing problems other than connecting to Wi-Fi.