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I've had good luck with putting my Android phone into Airplane Mode for a few seconds to relieve Wi-Fi troubles.
1) Hold down Power button
2) Tap "Airplane Mode" option
3) Wait ten seconds
4) Repeat steps 1-3
5) Enjoy Wi-Fi!
1) Hold down Power button
2) Tap "Airplane Mode" option
3) Wait ten seconds
4) Repeat steps 1-3
5) Enjoy Wi-Fi!
This worked instantly for me in Crete, Greece on a Google Nexus 4 8gb. Had tried lots of other re-set procedures which did not work. Many thanks for this, simple and perfect!. ... and as mentioned elsewhere here, this is the only site that offers suggestions to this infuriating, and probably quite rare problem.
This posting was the only place where I found the suggestion that actually worked- deleting the IP proxy address. Verizon Support didn't know this and neither did any of the other sites I looked at. Thanks!
I recently subscribed to time warner wifi, using a att smartphone. However, I cannot seem to login to my account. My account says it is looking for my ip address and then does nothing. My account has a Lock beside it and says, "Disabled, secured with WEP". ATT cant help me because they arent with me, and roadrunner doesnt seem to be able to offer any advice either. I did read somewhere you should go out of range, and forget your account and then add the account back. My grandaughter can get into my wifi, using my name and account on her phone, but she cant connect my phone to my wifi either. Thanks for any help. Mar
Okay, here' s a problem for you guys. I have tried everything suggested in the article and in the comments, and nothing is working for my problem. My phone has the password for the wifi, and will go all the way up to "Obtaining IP Address..." Then it'll just stay there until it realizes it can't receive the ip address, then it tries again. Please help! I need working wifi for my line of work!
I'm having the exact same problem. What did you do to resolve it?
When I struck this problem myself I had the seat-of-the-pants feeling that this is a big high level problem. Now after reading quite a few comments, troubleshooting guides etc. I'm still thinking this view may be true.
My original experiences are two. One is that my own Samsung "Galaxy 5" model or I5503T will successfully connect to an Asus router model RT-N11; but two, it will not connect under any amount of fiddling with a TP-Link TL-WR941ND router. In the 2nd case I was attempting to connect a customer's Sony Android which also refused and I used my own Samsung to try to ascertain whether the problem was the router or the phone. I have not been able to test my client's phone on my Asus router - too inconvenient!
Further, the Samsung connection to the Asus often has to be forced by the power off the phone power it back on method. This is irritating and inconvenient! When it's connected, where obviously one has to be in range, if one walks out-of-range and walks back in again it won't automatically reconnect. One may, or may not, have to do the power off power on trick again!
Also the problem has another form. That is with the TP-Link router the phone sees the SSID and upon connecting to it, with or without security and password, it will then fail saying the router is "out-of-range" when one is sitting about a metre away doing this attempt.
(This posting was held up for a couple of days due to an authentication issue. Since then I was able to check out my Samsung with another TP Link and a Netlink routers and it connects to both but there may have been a relevant update or upgrade that went onto it when something else was updated from Google Play).
I have been in touch with TP-Link tech support and they were stumped. Together with my hardware supplier we are trying to identify a brand of router that does not have this or such problems. My dealer confirmed the problem with his phone and said he was going to check his phone out at a free Wi-fi spot but I haven't heard back from him yet. Is there something wrong with that particular model of TP-Link?
Conclusion: I think there may be problems with the specification for implementation of the Wi-Fi protocol.
My original experiences are two. One is that my own Samsung "Galaxy 5" model or I5503T will successfully connect to an Asus router model RT-N11; but two, it will not connect under any amount of fiddling with a TP-Link TL-WR941ND router. In the 2nd case I was attempting to connect a customer's Sony Android which also refused and I used my own Samsung to try to ascertain whether the problem was the router or the phone. I have not been able to test my client's phone on my Asus router - too inconvenient!
Further, the Samsung connection to the Asus often has to be forced by the power off the phone power it back on method. This is irritating and inconvenient! When it's connected, where obviously one has to be in range, if one walks out-of-range and walks back in again it won't automatically reconnect. One may, or may not, have to do the power off power on trick again!
Also the problem has another form. That is with the TP-Link router the phone sees the SSID and upon connecting to it, with or without security and password, it will then fail saying the router is "out-of-range" when one is sitting about a metre away doing this attempt.
(This posting was held up for a couple of days due to an authentication issue. Since then I was able to check out my Samsung with another TP Link and a Netlink routers and it connects to both but there may have been a relevant update or upgrade that went onto it when something else was updated from Google Play).
I have been in touch with TP-Link tech support and they were stumped. Together with my hardware supplier we are trying to identify a brand of router that does not have this or such problems. My dealer confirmed the problem with his phone and said he was going to check his phone out at a free Wi-fi spot but I haven't heard back from him yet. Is there something wrong with that particular model of TP-Link?
Conclusion: I think there may be problems with the specification for implementation of the Wi-Fi protocol.
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