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[Asus Transformer TF700] sledgie:
Jfenton- that doesn't sound too good, especially since I was going to order Comcast Xfinity (yikes!) for a higher speed.

Jtrosky, I can't remember if I saw you around the Prime forums but specifically in the Prime forums the range of the Prime's wifi and throughput generally was suffered. in some cases, horribly. I had 2 Primes, originally a BCOKA, and then a C4. My C4's wifi range was amazing!!! And then I upgraded to a newer firmware and it brought it back down to my previous BCOKA's range. It also shot the BT on the C4 to hell once I upgraded to the newer firmware. I was essentially using a perfect prime in WIFI/BT regards, but then after the updates it became so poor that I could no longer use it workwise.

I'm not insinuating that's what's happening with the Infinity but something is up. I'm connected at 65Mbps to my router, WPA2 PSK security. I was thinking of doing a hard reset because I saw a post in another thread stating after a hard reset the Infinity was much faster and not laggy. I tend to get a lot of laggy moving through applications or even when turning the computer on for the first time. I've looked through my Data usage under Wireless and Networks to see if something was hogging a download in the background (since it should be reported under there) but I haven't detected anything unusual. Im still looking for options.

That being said, I also noticed Wifi Direct doesn't work a DAMN! It'll connect to both my GS2 and GS3 (after multiple connection failures) but it will not send nor receive any files. Seems like the same inadequacy from Asus.
[Asus Transformer TF700] 0x000:
do you have broadcasting SSID disabled? i had wifi problems again in the basement today and when i enabled SSID broadcast it worked much better (though i still had a disconnect once afterwards, no idea why..)
[Asus Transformer TF700] kwazytazz:
Haven't had a single wifi disconnect. My router is Linksys e3000 with ddwrt firmware.
[Asus Transformer TF700] rap6388:
WIFI drops getting worse

Has anyone figured out what is exactly causing this? Is happening to me more and more frequently at home especially when connected to wn2000rp netgear range extender but also happens on other networks. I am inclined to believe it is something in the device ( most likely software I hope!) Happens mostly when streamling large amounts of data such as netflix, youtube or files from play store.
[Asus Transformer TF700] blickley:
I had this problem when I first got the TF700. I had the problem on my companies WiFi and at home, but it seems to have stopped now. At work we have 802.11x authentication that can sometimes be "touchy", and at home I replaced my router that kicked the bucket a few weeks ago. Both networks are now working fine, so I'm guessing that it was NOT the tablet. Interestingly, I saw someone else comment that they had problems with their DLink router, which is exactly what I replaced. I had a DIR-655 that I replaced with the Asus RT-N66U. Haven't had a problem since (I chose the Asus because of good reviews, not anything to do with the tablet. That being said, I couldn't be happier with the Asus router, excellent speed, range kills the Dlink I had and the features are pretty good).

-Chris
[Asus Transformer TF700] 0x000:
i also use a WN2000RPT netgear repeater and wifi drops only occur(ed) here.

my setup:

basement: netgear WNR3500L - for LAN devices without wifi (media stuff), connects to WN2000RPT extender SSID

1st floor: netgear WN2000RPT repeater - for LAN devices without wifi, connects to 2nd floor main wifi SSID, provides extender SSID

2nd floor: netgear WNR3500L - connects to 3G internet router, provides main wifi SSID connection

i only experienced dropping wifi in the basement so far. the main wifi SSID is only available with a very weak signal in the basement. the extender SSID provides a good connection there.

i had the main wifi SSID with broadcast SSID enabled, and the extender SSID broadcast was disabled. it always dropped connection or tried to switch connection between main wifi and extender SSID. maybe because of the visibility of the main wifi SSID it preferred this connection?

when i enabled the extender SSID broadcast it got much better, i was able to stream movies over DNLA from a device on the 2nd floor without any hickups..
[Asus Transformer TF700] gmfeny:
Did anybody try getting a logcat for when it drops.. this use to to happen on my Acer a500 on custom 3.2 roms and it had to do with the router dhcp lease time. Switching it to static in your wifi settings on your infinity worked for some people but not me. Somebody was able to make a flash able patch but that wouldn't help those who don't want to unlock their infinity. Idk if this is the same problem try getting a logcat, try static, and try setting your routers lease time to a longer time.

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This definitely sounds like what was happening to me with the dhcp lease time...
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtrosky:
I did look at logcats when this happened to me, and I believe it *was* related to the DHCP least time. I can't remember the exact message, but I think you are on to something. I had tried making the DHCP lease time longer and it did seem to help, so that is more evidence that you are correct.

I will have to try setting a static IP next (should have tried that originally!) - I'll report my findings.

By the way, to look for the entries in logcat - try doing a "logcat|grep -i wifi" - I think that's how I saw the issue originally.
[Asus Transformer TF700] massamino:
Wifi speed is not an issue for me. I got 40Mbps down, so that's ok. I only get this weird disconnects when my wifi icon turns grey. You can still see the up down arrows sometimes, but it doesn't transfer nothing. I'll try to keep in mind to get a logcat.
[Asus Transformer TF700] rap6388:
I will take a look at this and report back. Thanks for the input.
[Asus Transformer TF700] rap6388:
My Findings

So I played with this last night and this is what I have found. I really have no answers. It is a wifi issue that is present on my home network. I have tried to replicate on a few others and to this point have only had success in replicating the wifi drop one time. Other than that wifi has been rock solid. My issue is that I still see it as a device problem with the prime. I can't replicate the problem in my home with any other device. I have tried everything from droid x2, laptop, ipad, iphone, i touch ( can you tell that I have all girls from the apple products( :) NO OTHER DEVICE drops. This problem seems to be most prevalent on apps that stream large amounts of data such as youtube, netflx, HBO go and streaming from my media server at home. I can watch the wifi radio icon in the bottom and see it turn grey then vanish and then come back grey and then finally connect with full blue bars. By the way, it does not matter if I have full signal strength or less. Still happens.

I have tried every setting on router and extender mentioned here to no avail. Resetting router or extender does not help but turning off wifi on infinity and back on will help for a bit, at least it seems that way.

Starting to lose faith. I may not have the very best network setup (DSL at 10MB) but it works fine with everything else I own. Not sure I want to invest in and reconfigure my entire home network just to get the infinity to play nice?

Any more suggestions?
[Asus Transformer TF700] aerce:
I'm having the same problem and it's really annoying, should I return my tablet?:confused:
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtrosky:
I would not return it - it seems that alot of people are having issues. Most people probably wouldn't even notice it (since it reconnects automatically). I have the issue at times too - hopefully Asus will release a fix in the next ROM update as it's probably a software issue.

Obviously, it doesn't affect everyone though - there are so many different wireless routers and chipsets within the routers - it probably only affects certain chipsets...
[Asus Transformer TF700] gmfeny:
I don't think its the tab it has to do with your router
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtrosky:
I disagree with that. From what I've seen, the only device that has issues in the Infinity. ALl other devices stay connected just fine.

I really think it's an issue with the Infinity, when connecting to certain router types.
[Asus Transformer TF700] gmfeny:
Well its specific to the infinity but its every infinity not a defected one.
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtrosky:
Correct - I agree with that - it sounds like a software defect with the Infinity ROM (which can and hopefully will be addressed by Asus).

Ha! It just happened to me (at work this time!).... That was strange! This time, I had to turn wifi off and back on before it would reconnect.....
[Asus Transformer TF700] gmfeny:
Same thing happened with my a500. Exzerry was the man that found the fix to it... I see he's still active in the a500 forums maybe he could find a fix for rooted users until Asus has a fix for everyone.
[Asus Transformer TF700] rap6388:
Called ASUS

Ok, I should have know better but I figured "what the heck" and called ASUS to see if they were aware of the problem and if they had any fixes. Of course I knew this was going to be a big waste of time and it was. The tech really did not admit that they knew of the problem but that as I described the issue it was different than what he had heard before. My translation of that answer was that he was aware of an issue.

As expected that answer was for me to send my unit back for RMA. Not going to happen!
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtrosky:
Wow - I'm impressed - they didn't tell you to do a factory restore! That's their standard answer for almost *everything*!
[Asus Transformer TF700] lardo5150:
Does this happen after boot up or just while you are using it in have seen mine do it about 5 times after boot up with the grey icon in read this means you are connected to wifi but no Internet access like a dhcp issue
[Asus Transformer TF700] troysbama1:
I too have went through everything including setting the lease time to "never expire" and it didn't help. However, there was a Belkin firmware update so i applied it. It sorta helped. My signal drops are gone but the connection stinks. My galaxy nexus upload and download speed is much faster according to speedtest.net and downloading movie files. My range is also better on b/g than the n router. So while I'm not getting disconnects anymore, I'm not getting any benefits of n either. There's definitely a widespread problem but I do believe it's fixable.
[Asus Transformer TF700] aerce:
Yeah I know alot of people are having the same issue, but it happens too often, it happens like every 20th second. And I didn't pay for this to happened.

I also called Asus, but they said "There is nothing we can do", and they said "Please call your distributor".:confused:
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtrosky:
Oh wow - that sounds like a whole different problem than I'm having (mine disconnects/reconnects very infrequently). Have you tried setting a static IP address on the TF700?
[Asus Transformer TF700] aerce:
No I have not tried setting a static IP adress, but thanks for your suggestion. I returned mine to the shop where I bought it, and they are going to send me a new one. Hopefully that one will not have the same issue.
[Asus Transformer TF700] gmfeny:
I don't think a new tab will solve your problem... try setting your lease time for less than 60 min
[Asus Transformer TF700] sledgie:
I have seen that 1. Setting your IP to static helps somewhat and 2. Lease time less than 60 (I even set mine to 15) helps as well but I'm still getting a problem

Also, I am sitting on the couch 10 feet from my router, on static, no other device is connected. I keep seeing the infinity drop between 65 Mbps and 19Mbps. Again I didn't notice this so much before (probably because it was idle) but now when it transfers data it does it. It does NOT have a range problem but I do sometimes get connections of 5Mbps and 1Mbps downstairs. I have router on top floor, following the umbrella configuration (2 story house).

Worried this isn't going to get addressed and passed over as if I may be imagining it.

I'm really upset that Asus didn't include 5Ghz to this ... that might 1. Solve this band problem and 2. Solve the BT/Wifi band problem since mouse BT runs on 2.4
[Asus Transformer TF700] troysbama1:
Can I ask what brand router you're using? This is exactly where my problems started and like others have said, I don't think a new tablet will help. If it does please keep us informed.

FWIW, my tab works perfect on wifi at work. It just doesn't like my Belkin at home.
[Asus Transformer TF700] aerce:
I'm using ZyXEL P2812, and yes I will keep you informed when I get the new tablet, hopefully this week.
[Asus Transformer TF700] troysbama1:
Just curious if you got the replacement yet and if so did it help at all?
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtrosky:
For what it's worth, I haven't noticed a single disconnect/reconnect since setting a static IP address a few days ago.

I can't guarantee that it hasn't happened, but I certainly haven't noticed it if it has...
[Asus Transformer TF700] troysbama1:
So installed an ASUS RT-66 router strait out of the box and did nothing more than setup a pw for wpa2. First connection test was 15/17 with a very flat speed curve. So this proves to me that the tablet doesn't like something about some particular routers. I can't say the old router was defective since it worked perfect with all my other devices. Regardless, I have what I consider to be a fully functioning tablet now with a pretty good router to boot.
[Asus Transformer TF700] aerce:
I haven't got the replacement, it takes 10 days:(.
[Asus Transformer TF700] zealouz:
This is my second Transformer Infinity pad...up until a few days ago it was working great. Haven't had the rebooting and white screen of death problem but wifi keeps dropping or shall I say won't even hold onto any available networks longer than one and a half seconds. Wifi turns on then immediately turns back off, just long enough for me to see the available networks. I had this problem before but it only happened at my work...now it is happening at home. Might have to send this one back as well...disappointed with Asus. Up until these issues started occurring, I was high on this tablet but now I am back to thinking that my Acer a700 has been a better product. I am writing this using PDAnet and FoxFi.
[Asus Transformer TF700] RNGuy:
Didn't read through whole thread so I apologize if some of this has been mentioned;

There are some nuances with Android and WiFi that can be annoying;

Set a specific lease time for DHCP on your router - not 'never expires'. It's been reported that having an infinite lease time can lead to re-acquiring an IP address every 30 seconds or so...

If the screen is off, WiFi will go into a battery-saving mode that cannot be toggled through settings (this is different to disabling WiFi altogether when the screen is off). It uses less power but at the cost of slower transfers and increased ping - the result of which can be disconnects. To get an app called, "Tablet Talk" working between my GNexus and Infinity, I installed "Wifi High Performance Widget" (on both - not sure which was the problem, if not both) which requests that WiFi be kept at full power. This fixed a disconnect problem.

With regards to the Infinity specifically;

WiFi and Bluetooth share an antenna so if Bluetooth is on and you're having problems - that could be it.

Hope this helps someone...
[Asus Transformer TF700] gguy1:
I am on my second infinity kinda regretting returning the first one but I had to it came in a damaged box...

Anyway definitely noticing dropped wifi connection on this one and I'm also noticing less battery life...

What's even more weird is that the battery life seems to be related to the WiFi... I would upload a pic of the battery stats but the forum won't let me

The Wifi is taking up 70% of battery life and Display is taking up 12% of battery life... i remember my first tablet always had the display draining the most amount of battery

Anyone know how to fix this?
[Asus Transformer TF700] silverball.slayer:
I have had my wi-fi drop a few times, I think it happened when I brought the tablet out of sleep and the wifi was not connected. Also, today I was playing a puzzle game for 2.5 hours (with breaks) and used almost %70 of the battery from a full charge. I checked the battery usage in settings and like you, it reported that wifi was using a big chunk of the battery. Barely 3 hours of tablet use with the brightness turned down and just over %30 battery left? There's a setting to disable wifi if it's not being used so I am going to try that and see if it helps battery life.

edit: I just checked and it is 3 hours and 5 mins usage, %30 battery left from full charge. Wifi used %47%. The numbers seem in line with what others have reported in the battery thread.

Rob
[Asus Transformer TF700] aerce:
Hi

Just got my replacement. I still have some dropping, but not bad as before.
[Asus Transformer TF700] annoia:
Forced drop

I have also experienced that the wifi dropped - often it wakes up when I turn on the tablet, and that's fine by me, but often when I'm just browsing the web I noticed that the wifi icon disappears for a couple of seconds. After reading this thread I went to test the wifi speed using an online speed test (I'm on a fairly good connection so as long as I came close to that I'd be fine). What I experienced was that often when running that speed test the connection dropped (and the app aborted). That is, if I use the wifi, it has a tendency to lose it's connection. I'm sitting on my home wifi about 1m from the access point (Which is some Zyxel thing). I do not have these issues on my Nexus One, laptops or my Archos 101 G9.

It does not sound like this is the same problem as you guys have - mine is not regular, I can force several drops within a minute. Hardware failure?

All I get from logcat is:

I/wpa_supplicant( 393): wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:23:f8:2f:dd:be reason=0

D/CommandListener( 112): Clearing all IP addresses on wlan0

D/AlarmManager( 222): Removed alarm Alarm{41b27e18 type 2 android} type:ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP

and then some noise from the speed tester about how it lost it's connection.

I will retry again at work, to see if it's an incompatibility with my router...
[Asus Transformer TF700] troysbama1:
This is exactly how my problems started. Anytime I would try to pull a file or do something that required a fair amount of traffic my tablet would continuously drop and reconnect. There are workarounds like disabling "n" or lowering security. In the end I replaced my router even though it worked fine with all my other devices. My tablet has perfect wifi now. Not the best solution but I had been looking at new routers anyways.

At the very least I would make sure your router has the latest firmware installed and try some of the suggestions in this thread regarding lease times and channels.
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtrosky:
I've found that using a static IP address seems to help as well.
[Asus Transformer TF700] PMano:
My wifi keeps dropping even when i am 8 feet from router. No other device does this.

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What router did u buy?
[Asus Transformer TF700] PMano:
I switched to static + BG Mixed.... downloaded 1 gig without any disconnect.
[Asus Transformer TF700] ceromus:
I now have 2 asus transformer infinity's and both of them have this problem. Other wifi devices are perfectly fine. Have other android devices perfectly fine.

I have the ASUS RT-N16 with tomato firmware probably the best router at the time I purchased it.

I can easily replicate the drop using the app "TracePing" simply let it do its thing against a fast server and its going to drop. Another app that will drop it splashtop THD which is the whole reason I bought an asus transformer infinity for high res remoting.

Disabling wireless N on the router stops it from dropping but who would want to do that!

Setting the settings to static in the network options of android allows for a significantly faster reconnect but thats really all it does.
[Asus Transformer TF700] rmkbow:
I had the wifi keep dropping at school randomly even though my phone kept connecting just fine.

I forgot the settings to the wifi access point and set it back up and that seemed to fix the issue. happened one more time a couple weeks later but fixed by the same method.
[Motorola Droid X2] ryokox3:
Hi all, I recently had to do my first nandroid restore after going too zealous with some changes. (entirely user error, but thats why we backup first :) )

Anyway, This restore was the exact same rom made less than an hour before....so no changes there. It went pretty painless but I'm wondering if I should have wiped data or not? I did wipe dalvik and cache, but was not certain on data.

Thanks for your thoughts.
[Motorola Droid X2] raymond513:
No you're fine, there's no need to wipe anything before a nandroid restore.
[Motorola Droid X2] ryokox3:
Thank you!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Android Manual:
Hey guys is it possible to get the sense 3.6 Dock on sense 3.5? :)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bogdan5844:
Unless you get a Sense 3.6 ROM or an alternative launcher and theme it to look like 3.6, no.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Android Manual:
oh well thanks bro :) waiting for sense 4.0 with camera :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] koooba:
Whenever I try to click a video on YouTube, a pop-up appears asking me to save the video, rather than viewing it on the phone... not sure why it's doing this.

Any ideas how to fix this?

Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Beefvvl:
First off. What ROM, Kernel, and recovery are you using?

How long has this been happening or when did it start happening?

I just checked my YouTube and it's not doing this. I'm on the latest AOKP and using Datkside Kernel and TWRP.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] PJcastaldo:
Youtube app or web?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] doug36:
Not n issue wit the phone it n application, had it a few times actually, my guess is youtube isn't installed, & ur either using a different browser, or what video application do u use? (Moboplayer can actually override browser settings & automaticly play youtube on low through it, another (can't remember name) does this exact thing,) reinstall youtube should fix
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] koooba:
Using Darkside Evo 3 (no kernel flashed).

Both on YouTube app and web which I use Opera Mini Browser.

I wonder if it's something I froze on Titanium app, but looked through it today and can't see anything that would be affected by it.

I'll just re-flash the ROM, no big deal, see what happens from there.

Thought I'd toss the question here since everyone is pretty knowledgeable and helpful, maybe someone had the same problem at some point.

My bigger issue still is the battery life which blows.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1777299&page=2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jaimesco12:
Really? I get 7 hours of screen time on aokp m6 with darksides kernel might wanna try that.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] adaskar:
hi everyone. i'm using dzo's latest ice cream port (aurora 4.1 update1a) now.

and also i'm facing a strange internet connection problem.

let me try to explain it.

i can use internet (data or wifi) normally after i open it, but whenever phone goes into sleep mode ( it's just my guess ) and then i unlock the screen, the internet goes away.

what should i do for fixing it ?

thanks in advance
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] entrapmen:
It's a known bug.

Generally disabling wifi/data and enabling works but time to time it doesn't. On those times you need to restart the phone.

I hope dzo will fix this soon.

Sent from my U8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] adaskar:
oh i'm sorry, i haven't seen it before.

my concern was to see a tick on dzo's thread. because of that, i think the project has finished.

anyway, if the project is still being developed, no problem, i can wait :)

thanks for reply