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[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajeevvp:
Since you're on the 1.2 bootloader, make sure you download the `*_newbl*' version of the kernel zip file.

Reboot tablet, then:

gTablet$ [B]dmesg | egrep 'Firmware|Dongle'[/B]
[ 43.838006] Firmware version = wl0: Jan 12 2011 13:49:20 version [B]4.218.248.20[/B]
[ 43.996396] wlan0: Broadcom Dongle Host Driver mac=e0:2a:82:07:b0:3d
[ 44.003957] Dongle Host Driver, version [B]4.218.248.23[/B]

The 'Firmware version = ..." will show the firmware blob version. The "Dongle Host Driver, version ..." is the kernel WLAN device driver module version.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] januszk:
Everything seems to be ok. I've installed boot-cm_2632.46_gb_newbl-oc-uv-xtra-vfp_fp-083111.zip. I've reapplied it.

System returns:

Firmware version 4.218.248.6

Dongle Host Driver version 4.218.248.23
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajeevvp:
That's wrong for the kernel you installed. It should show 4.218.248.18. What's the output of these find commands?

gTablet$ [B]su[/B]
gTablet# [B]find / -name 'fw_*.bin'[/B]
gTablet# [B]find / -name 'bcm*.ko'[/B]

---------- Post added 31st October 2011 at 12:08 AM ---------- Previous post was 30th October 2011 at 11:57 PM ----------

This is a .doc file, which is no good for me. Standard image formats only please.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] januszk:
Find returns only one location for all files (and the right one):

/system/lib/hw/wlan/fw_bcm4329_apsta.bin

/system/lib/hw/wlan/fw_bcm4329.bin

/system/lib/hw/wlan/bcm/bcm4329.ko

I'll redo printscreens. I can do odt format but if you have open office you should be able to open doc as well (they were created in OO).

Janusz

---------- Post added at 08:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:45 PM ----------

I've manually copied blobs from boot-cm_2632.46_gb_newbl-oc-uv-xtra-vfp_fp-083111.zip package to gTab /system/lib/hw/wlan and they still come with the same version (they were the same sizes as well).
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] januszk:
Router settings in jpeg format attached.

Can you post blobs that you think should come with this kernel? I can try to put them in and see if there will be any difference.

Thanks

Janusz
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajeevvp:
The locations for those two blobs are correct, but, I think, they're not the right versions. Looks like Pershoot is using 2 different versions of the firmware blobs for 1.1 (4.218.248.18) and 1.2 bootloaders (4.218.248.6). I'll ask what's up with this, tomorrow. In the mean time, download the 1.1 version of the kernel, extract the firmware blobs and copy them into place.

This location is incorrect. It should be /system/lib/hw/wlan/bcm4329.ko.

Don't have/use OO.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] januszk:
That was my misspeling. The file is /system/lib/hw/wlan/bcm4329.ko

I've applied your downgraded blobs. Now system shows:

Firmware version 4.218.223.1

Dongle Host Driver version 4.218.248.23

but no change in behavior (the same timeout message).

JPG print screens of my router settins are in the previous post.

Thanks,

Janusz
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] januszk:
I applied blobs from 1.1 BT. Now it shows as:

Firmware version 4.218.248.18

Dongle Host Driver 4.218.248.23

Logcat shows the same timeout message.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajeevvp:
Keep posting both the kernel and android logs. There may be something else in there that you might not catch, but might be of interest to me.

Time for a test. This time collect the android logs as per post #26, using 2 windows, one collecting logs right from bootup and the other for inserting commentaries into the Android logging system. Power off the gTab, run the "adb logcat -v time > logcat.txt" in one window, then connect the USB cable and power on the gTab.

When the gTab has stabilized at the desktop, run this command in the other window:

C:\> [B]adb shell log -t januszk "booted into desktop"[/B]
C:\> [B]adb shell log -t januszk "enabling verbose wlan logging"[/B]
C:\> [B]adb shell wpa_cli -iwlan0 log_level 0[/B]

Then force a reassociation with the AP:

C:\> [B]adb shell log -t januszk "disconnecting"[/B]
C:\> [B]adb shell wpa_cli -iwlan0 disconnect[/B]

[I]wait 10 seconds[/I]

C:\> [B]adb shell log -t januszk "reassociating"[/B]
C:\> [B]adb shell wpa_cli -iwlan0 reassociate[/B]
C:\> [B]adb shell log -t januszk "reassociated"[/B]

Post both logs: kernel and android, and also the WiFi-related screenshots on the gTablet.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] januszk:
I'm having some problems installing ADB USB driver on Windows 7 32bit. I'll keep trying.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] januszk:
Logs are attached. Package contains logcat and dmesg logs from tablet and logcat from adb session (logcat_adb.txt). I'm not sure if I kept logging long enough after reassociating. If you need longer loggin let me know. I hope you find something interesting there. As for WiFi settings on the tablet I've already described them:

Network notification - OFF

One know networ PLN - WPA

Advanced:

Regulatory domain - 11 channels

WiFi sleep policy - never

Use static IP - OFF

I'll take screenshots as soon as I learn now :-(

One more thing. For adb session I need to keep tablet next to my PC. It's not very far from the router but it is not very close either. My desktop PC has not problems connecting from that area of the house throught external WiFi but iPod has very poor trasfer. I had gTablet connecting from here as well but generally it works better when it's slightly closer. If this will be an issue I'll try to put adb on my work laptop and get closer to the router

Thanks,

Janusz
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] januszk:
Screenshots of wifi settings attached.

Thanks,

Janusz
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajeevvp:
The logs are perfect. Since you've got adb working, you don't need to use the Terminal Emulator anymore. The "logcat -v ..." command you can skip; the logcat_adb.txt contains the same (more, actually) info as the logcat.txt. The dmesg output you can collect like this in a new CMD window:

C:\> [B]adb shell dmesg > dmesg.txt[/B]

The gTablet doesn't have a problem either scanning for an AP or connecting to it. It has a problem associating/authenticating:

After the scan the association fails:

According to the DD-WRT forums, the only authentication scheme that works reliably on DD-WRT is WPA2-PSK and AES. Try updating to the latest firmware (there seem to be many variants for the WNDR3300), reset the settings, then set WPA2-PSK + AES with a different pre-shared key on both the Netgear and the gTab. It also won't hurt to try play arond with the other WIFI encryption schemes.

It's not a bad idea to put adb on the laptop since the adb logcat log is more complete than the one produced by running logcat in a Terminal Emulator window. If you take the gTablet elsewhere for a test, you can take the laptop along with you and use adb to collect logs and run commands.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] januszk:
Another set of logs. This time I've run my second radio (PL) unencrypted on channel 4. On my gTab I've forgotten all networks and then remembered only PL. Rebooted.

Results:

Right after reboot gTab connected to PL. One time I was able to play a couple of songs from YouTube (this is not the session the logs are for). After then it disconnected and was not able to reconnect until next reboot. Several times it seemed close but not succeeded.

I've shut down gTab and repeated logging procedure as described in the previous post with all the same comments. Since this time connection was unencrypted WPA should not matter. I've also tried to use WPA2 but with similar results.

Just for the records. As some other users reported on several forums my problems with WiFi didn't start right away but about 2 weeks after I got my tablet. I've flashed with Vegan and everything worked fine. After that I've installed some apps and games for kids and that's where the problems started. At some point I tried uninstalling everything but it didn't help anymore. I've re-flashed it but no difference although it seems like right after fresh load of Vegan WiFi worked better. I was able to install several apps without disconnects. I've found one user saying that his WiFi starts dropping when he installs Adobe Flash Player but it doesn't seem to be the case with mine (tried uninstalling but didn't make any difference).

Thanks,

Janusz
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajeevvp:
Might've been good if you'd collected logs that time.

I am almost able to replicate your problem by enabling Wireless MAC Address filtering and then denying association for the gTablet's MAC address. Do you have something like this configured? I would have said that you'd set address filtering some time ago, then forgotten about it, except for the numerous 0x8c00 errors that I'm seeing:

gTablet$ [B]fgrep cmd=0x8c00 logcat.txt[/B]
11-01 21:50:12.215 D/wpa_supplicant( 1402): Wireless event: cmd=0x8c00 len=20
11-01 21:50:12.832 D/wpa_supplicant( 1402): Wireless event: cmd=0x8c00 len=20
11-01 21:50:12.866 D/wpa_supplicant( 1402): Wireless event: cmd=0x8c00 len=20
11-01 21:50:13.035 D/wpa_supplicant( 1402): Wireless event: cmd=0x8c00 len=20
11-01 21:50:13.235 D/wpa_supplicant( 1402): Wireless event: cmd=0x8c00 len=20

Code 0x8c00 is sent up to the supplicant from the kernel when "Packet dropped (due) to excessive retry". ie. Packets were sent, but, no reply to them was received. I'll have to dig a little deeper into this--maybe over this weekend.

I originally didn't think that this might be a hardware error due to lack of any specific error messages from the kernel, but, after looking at these new logs, I'm not so sure anymore. Still, set these on the Netgear to rule out AP problems:

1. Delete all static IP assignments. Use dynamic DHCP.

2. Disable any Wireless MAC address filtering.

3. Disable "Afterburner" and Enable "Bluetooth Coexistence Mode" in Advanced Wireless Settings.

4. Disable Wireless Multimedia (WMM) Support in Advanced Wireless Settings.

5. Use WPA2-PSK and AES for WiFi security.

Collect logs as usual with commentary about what's happening, what commands you're executing--but, skip the disconnect and reassociate commands. Let the ROM do through its usual motions. Report if there are any improvements.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] januszk:
Here goes another day :-(

I used to have MAC filtering but I've turned it off last week. I've double checked today and also set all the settings you've suggested. Not much difference in the behavior. Logs are attached but this time it wasn't able to connect at all (actually it was but only after first restart and for very short time). This time there were only 3 0x8c00 messages.

What is interesting that when I wake up gTablet in the morning it usually connects for long enough to download all my email messages.

I've also included one more log file logcat_work.txt. I took gTab to work today to see if it can find our guest WiFi network. I couldn't browse anything as it requires dedicated login and password but at least it didn't have any problems connecting to the network and redirecting to login page. I tried this several times and several times it connected without problems. Maybe there is something router specific after all. I didn't have a chance to borrow another router but I'll try to do that in a couple of days.

Thanks,

Janusz
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] januszk:
Here is another log. This time I used most reliable method to have it connected. I turned the screen off and waited about 1/2h. Then I woke him up. It connected and I was able to listen to one song from youtube. It buffered almost the whole thing but when I closed youtube application and tried to open Market it disconnected. See my comments in the log. That's pretty much what happens every morning. Once it disconnects its hard to get it connected again without turning screen off and waiting. There was one day actually when you've told me to change some router settings for the first time that it reconnected much better and much more frequently.

One more comment about possible hardware problem. I find it a little weired. When I get disconnected the app that I'm running says there is no connection but when I go to the home screen the connection icon is still there and WiFi menu shows that it is still connected. What else is strange that when I move aroung the signal strength meter moves up and down even though there is still no connection. For me it would indocate that the radio part of WiFi is working and that the problem is in either digital part or in software.

BTW: In the notficiation email about new post I got this:

If there is no improvement, keep those settings and run this command after the gTab has booted into the desktop:

Code:

---------

C:\> *adb shell wpa_cli -iwlan0 driver roam_off*

but I couldn't find it in the post on the forum. I assume you've edited post but just want to make sure you don't want me to run that.

Thanks,

Janusz
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] januszk:
One more attempt. My friend shared WiFi network from his Droid with me. gTab was able to connect quickly but disconnected after a few minutes. I've tried that several times the same results. I'm including logs from 2 tries but unfortunately I did not remember how to turn on verbose mode. Please take a look when you have a chance. I'll also have another router tomorrow so I can see if there will be any difference. I think in the past the best results as far as WiFi were when I was using Calculin's Froyo ROM. I can try to wipe out my gTab and install it that ROM again to see if it will make a difference although I'd rather leave this as the solution of last resort, especially that it does not allow full market no matter what I did.

Thanks,

Janusz
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] januszk:
Finally logs from another router. Unfortunatelly gTab did not connect even once. For me logs look very similar to my Netgear. If you see any hope let me know.

Thanks,

Janusz
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajeevvp:
They are indeed very similar.

1. Is the new AP, DG, running DD-WRT or the default firmware?

2. Is Wireless MAC address filtering enabled on DG?

I was able to reproduce your symptoms exactly by enabling Wireless MAC address filtering with a set of MAC addresses which excluded my gTab's MAC address. The other devices were able to connect, but, the gTab produced "Authentication with 80:a1:d7:XX:XX:XX timed out." errors.

Suggestions:

1. Get the latest firmware file, either dd-wrt.v24_std_generic.bin or dd-wrt.v24_mini_generic.bin from here. Other versions seem to have problems handing out DHCP addresses. Your logs show that the AP is not handing out DHCP addresses in a timely manner. Flash the firmware and follow the 30-30-30 procedure listed here.

2. Do not restore old configs. Use the recommendations in this post when setting up the AP anew. Do not enable Wireless MAC address filtering which is very easy to get around and, not worth the trouble it causes. In Basic Setup, under Time Settings, if you enable NTP Client, you have to provide the address of a NTP server. Use one of the NTP pool servers like 2.europe.pool.ntp.org.

3. For the DHCP lease time use a setting of 86400 seconds (1 day).

4. Use 43200 seconds (12 hours) as the value for the WPA key renewal interval.

5. If you still have problems, see if this procedure helps:

a) shut down gTablet.

b) reboot AP; after AP has booted,

c) power on gTab.

As a shortcut to powering the gTab on and off, you could disable the WiFi on the gTablet, then enable it again.

6. Use the script attached so that you don't have to manually enable verbose logging when collecting data using adb. Boot the gTab into ClockworkMod, attach the USB cable and type:

C:\> [B]adb shell mount /system[/B]
C:\> [B]adb shell mv /system/bin/wpa_supplicant /system/bin/wpa_supplicant.bin[/B]
C:\> [B]adb push wpa_supplicant /system/bin/wpa_supplicant[/B]
C:\> [B]adb shell chown root.shell /system/bin/wpa_supplicant[/B]
C:\> [B]adb shell chmod 755 /system/bin/wpa_supplicant[/B]
C:\> [B]adb shell umount /system[/B]

You only have to do the above once.

7. As always, collect logs using adb.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] januszk:
Hi again,

New router is in fact 'DG' but it's Belkin and running stock firmware. MAC filtering was turned off on both routers. In the meantime I've flashed with Froyo but the results were the same. I'll collect logs from Froyo the old way and then I'll reflash with Ginger, apply suggested settings and your files. Will see what happens.

Thanks a log,

Janusz
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] januszk:
I'm loosing my mind here. This morning I've turn it on (still with Froyo). Played fine for 15 minutes so, for the sake of testing, I've rebooted it. Connected and played fine again. So I've rebooted it and connected usb to get logs from adb. This time it connected but also disconnected right away. Logs from that last session are attached. Unfortunatelly with Froyo wpa_cli is not found (I don't know if its not there or if it is on a different path so I couldn't turn on verbose mode.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] januszk:
I've accidently reset my router to default (hard reset it while it was saving). I've restored setting for networks and applied your suggested for DHCP and WPA renewal. Froyo behaves similar to what was before but I was able to get some logs while it was connected. Logs are attached. What's your suggestion, stay with Froyo for a little bit or go with Ginger and continue what we've been doing for the last two weeks?

Thanks,

Janusz
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajeevvp:
The log in your last post was too short, so I couldn't see if the DHCP lease time was changed. Did you also change the NTP settings for date/time? Treat the AP and gTab-related steps I gave in my last post as a checklist and tell me if you've completed each one.

Thats up to you, but, I will need proper and complete logs--there was no dmesg output in the last 2 logs sets. It's best if every logcat was accompanied with its own dmesg. Make it a matter of routine: everytime you start the gTab, have adb running to collect logs--note that if the gTab goes to sleep, adb will disconnect. When you're about to shut off/reboot/put the gTab to sleep, collect the dmesg output once.

1. Again, first, fix the router: complete the steps in my last post.

2. Have only 1 WiFi connection active in Wi-Fi settings--even if you can connect to multiple APs. "Forget" all other connections. If you want to switch APs, first "forget" all connections, then setup only the one you want.

3. Make sure time and date are correct on the gTab and AP.

4. If you have network problems, reboot the AP instead of the gTab--right now, I suspect the AP more than the tablet.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] januszk:
Do you know how to enable wifi verbose on Froyo?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajeevvp:
Use step 6. in post #52, above, instead.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] januszk:
I've created a little list of your suggested settings and went through it one by one:

1. Delete all static IP assignments. Use dynamic DHCP - done

2. Disable any Wireless MAC address filtering - done

3. Disable "Afterburner" and Enable "Bluetooth Coexistence Mode" in Advanced Wireless Settings - done

4. Disable Wireless Multimedia (WMM) Support in Advanced Wireless Settings - done

5. Use WPA2-PSK and AES for WiFi security - done

6. NTP Client, you have to provide the address of a NTP server. Use one of the NTP pool servers like 2.europe.pool.ntp.org - disabled

7. For the DHCP lease time use a setting of 86400 seconds (1 day) - set to 1440 minutes

8. Use 43200 seconds (12 hours) as the value for the WPA key renewal interval - done

I've "forgotten" all networks except 'PL'. I've applied your wrapper for wpa_supplicant (although I'm not sure if log is as detailed as the one from entering verbose mode).

Included is log from Froyo (both logcat and dmesg). Unfortuantely during that session it wasn't able to connect. I think it works a little more relaible when I'm closer to the router. I've also tried connecting to the Belking router I have. Results were similar but I don't have a log for that (I'll try to create one when I can take my home network down again).

Thanks,

Janusz
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajeevvp:
The first step actually is:

1. Get the latest firmware file, either dd-wrt.v24_std_generic.bin or dd-wrt.v24_mini_generic.bin from here. Other versions seem to have problems handing out DHCP addresses. Your logs show that the AP is not handing out DHCP addresses in a timely manner. Flash the firmware and follow the 30-30-30 procedure listed here.

The next step is:

2. Do not restore old configs.

Let's see a "done" next to these two.

If you don't use any bluetooth devices, or don't have any problems using both bluetooth and WiFi at the same time, you can leave "Bluetooth Coexistence Mode" as disabled.

Enable NTP Client, but, provide a proper server address is what I meant.

I think the Netgear returned -1 as the lease time when this was set to 1440 minutes. Reduce by half--make it 720 mins.

Make sure /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf only has PL in it and that the pre-shared key is what you've set on the AP.

Hmm. Can you go back to VEGAn-7.1.0? The wpa_supplicant that comes with it understands the `-ddd' flag to enable verbose logging.

The logs look the same--authentication timeout. Not surprising if you've not update the AP firmware and reset it to defaults.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] januszk:
Off topic. My WiFi issues are now fixed after hardware repair. I'm having problems running some online radio apps. Attaching log files.
[LG Optimus 2x] felixthecat:
when i press install in market for a new ap, nil happens. please hlp me work out why ?
[LG Optimus 2x] hisham027:
Try restarting the phone.
[LG Optimus 2x] davjan:
or check you system time
[LG Optimus 2x] temasek:
Its a 'bug' from the new market. Either u update it later or wait for 2 updates or more and update all at once.

Such issue happens occasionally to me too.
[LG Optimus 2x] felixthecat:
Now i have a new market and so far no probs
[LG Optimus 2x] mags014:
Happened to me once, here's what I did:

Go to Settings, Applications and then Market. Clear Data and Clear Cache then restart phone. After 3 to 5 minutes on restart, try the Market again...if still freezes, good luck check XDA for the APK of Market maybe reloading it might do the trick
[HTC ChaCha] droople:
Hi

I'm wondering that is there any luck I can get Stock Singaporean(or Asia-Pacific) rom from somewhere?

Thank you in advance.
[HTC ChaCha] Harpwell:
You can get it here

RUU_Chacha_hTC_Asia_TW_1.25.709.1_Radio_47.17.35.3033H_7.48.35.14_2_release_199798_signed.exe

You can get it here http://depositfiles.com/files/cd82w1g27

Cheers
[HTC ChaCha] papao217:
Do we have an asian wwe ruu rom?

Tnx
[HTC ChaCha] Harpwell:
asian wwe ruu rom

Never seen anything like this for ChaCha.

Cheers
[HTC ChaCha] droople:
Thank you Harpwell

I have the rom, seems it's for Taiwan, not for Singapore :(
[HTC ChaCha] e.japonica:
would like to find RUU for Singapore too :'(
[HTC ChaCha] Moody:
Asian World Wide English rom? Is that English or Asian?
[HTC ChaCha] e.japonica:
asian english xD
[HTC ChaCha] droople:
still can't find Singapore rom :(
[HTC ChaCha] e.japonica:
u didn't backup ur nandroid?
[Off-topic] m0jo:
What should i do with my old laptop?

Currently its running Ubuntu Server 10.04.

What i have it already used for:

Webserver

FTP-Server

Gameserver

No-Nos:

TOR-Node

Torrenthost

Proxy

Are there any other funny things i can use it for? I thought of setting up LFS, has someone already tried this? Is it worth the hassle?

Also i dont want to run it 24/7 since the charger consumes a lot energy.. the (not replaceable) battery is not functional btw.

Note: Its a very old machine, Intel Celeron (not sure about clockspeed atm), 30GB HDD 250MB RAM...
[Off-topic] TravisBean:
Reformat the HD & donate it to a local elementary school.
[Off-topic] m0jo:
Elementary schools here are better equipped than High-Schools here. 30GB wont help anybody there or at any other place (nearby..).