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[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dfulgo:
I've read somewhere that cancel all existing WiFi connections and make them as new (with the new firmware), could be of help. I'll give it a try.

Inviato dal mio SM-N9005 con Tapatalk 4

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I've found the menu bit how to turn off the power save mode? No toggles there. ..

Inviato dal mio SM-N9005 con Tapatalk 4
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdave76:
Wifi problem

I've tried all the solutions on here,and nothing works. Very poor samsung for such an expensive device. If a £30 roku box can have perfect wifi why can't a £600 device :mad::mad::mad::mad:
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] friedje:
I must admit that wifi performance is quite poor for the moment.

I get 6 or 7 Mb/s out of a 25 Mb connection. My S4 , Note 1, and Ipad 3 al do around 20Mb/s while testing simultaneously
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kefienator:
what does change if i turn it off? what's the use off the power save mode? i know it's to reduce the power ussage, but i want details.

thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ettepetje:
You can probably find what it does on the Internet (Google), but it doesn't truly help. My guess is that these performance issues are router dependant. I'm waiting to get my hands on the new Asus RT-AC68U router to upgrade my yesteryear 300 mb/s router. In fact I just ordered it, it will arrive tomorrow. Will post here to let people know if it helped... :cowboy:
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ettepetje:
Well I was right, my shaky Wifi connection using my Sitecom WL-351 router is a thing of the past. Both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz connections through my brand new Asus RT68AC router work excellently!!

What this very probably means is that the Note 3 uses a Wifi chipset that doesn't work all that well with certain other (older model?) router chipsets. The Asus I bought to test this is quite expensive, but I am sure a regular router can work well given it is compatible. What needs to be done is verify (through a Poll or by researching known chipset incompatibility problems) what chipsets and/or routers / brands work well. Unless you expect Samsung to fix this in software, which often is impossible - unless Samsung can force an update of the chipset firmware.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cyberazi:
im using an ASUS AC66-U still got disconnections
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ettepetje:
Unfortunately Brand names don't mean compatibility since various models use varying router chipsets.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cyberazi:
I don't need the wifi or Internet quality check... I just need it to connect to my router. I had a problem when I needed to connect my yes4g router in Malaysia to top up my 4G Internet account but the damm phone won't let me connect since it checks for Internet quality.. I was like WTF!!!!! Had to use my sister's galaxy 3 to connect to my router log on to the yes4g site top up my account... WTF is Samsung doing.. If they want to implement this "bug" make it an option we can disable...
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ettepetje:
Never heard of that feature ("connection quality"), it would bug the hell out of me too.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klau1:
I'm using the Linksys e3200 , after a while of high volume transfer, the wifi will ALWAYS lose connection saying"this connection is unstable"

I'm getting dismal speeds even on the 5ghz transferring at 1.7mB/s from LAN, and 100kB/s on 2.4Ghz.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aebrahimi:
I believe the problem is some dumbly Timeout setting for internet connection quality,

Say, pinging a far to reach server and deciding to disconnect/switch on short Timeout setting before server reply gets to mobile.

If mu guess is right, we have to wait for a firmware upgrade or someone hacks into rooted version.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdyR:
My Note 2 has been working fine on the company WiFi for nearly a year. I got my Note 3 last week and now I have no end of problems with the connection dropping out. However my Note 3 works perfectly at home. A colleague got his Note 3 a couple of days ago and has the same problems. I have a Netgear WNDR4300 router at home and we were on a Draytek router in the office but switched to a Netgear WNDAP360 router (both give me WiFi problems).

What is really interesting is another colleague updated his Note 2 to the Note 3 firmware from this site and he is now experiencing the same problems. I think this confirms it is a firmware issue with either Samsung's additions or Android 4.3. This does at least give me hope that it can be fixed at some point without having to return the phone.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Will_T:
Since the update my wifi at home has also been much different than before. I don't notice it much as it does not seen to actually disconnect. (I have the asus rt-n66u router.) Or maybe it does and just goes right to mobile so I don't see a problem. What I do see is great fluctuation in strength and speed where before it was solid. I also notice at work with no wifii, where before the update I had great mobile data strength, I now often have 1 bar or it drops out to a slower connection. So maybe something happened to signal strength overall with this update?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moolman:
I have the same issue with the Note 3 and the ASUS AC66 router, the 5gz can't hold a signal and I can only use the 2.4gz. Every other device I have can do 5gz easily, no interruptions. :crying:
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skygunner27:
Add another Note 3 owner to the list......

My router is an Asus RT-AC68R. I also get the internet quality check that causes the Wi-Fi to slowly come to a halt. This happens on 2.4Ghz & 5Ghz. I also had the same issue with a Note 10.1 2014 Edition.

Every other device in my home works perfectly.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdsreference:
I was experiencing the same wifi dropout issue. It's extremely annoying Because I'm thinking is it the broadband which can be iffy sometimes. It seems the same at work and after the update last week which transformed the general speed of the phone the wifi issue is still there
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] threedfx:
Any updates? I've experienced this issue on three different locations, so I know it's not a router issue. Three different locations and three different routers. This is definitely a phone issue. Very annoying.

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Yeah that doesn't fix it. I've had this option off and I'm still getting unstable wifi network notification in different locations.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pat.:
I got so fed up with people indiscriminately posting...... "go to advanced & untick the box".... on any thread about note3 wifi issues that I started to avoid involvement.

I think the concensus is that Note3 has wifi connection problem that makes it incompatible with some router's that were fine with earlier Note models.

All you can do is use a router that works well as often as possible.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metsnfins:
I am hating this problem. So frustrating
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magichoward:
Samsung should have this resolved by now. My note 2 way better
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fungooli:
If it helps, read elsewhere about a guy removing adblock for a cure to his Wifi problems
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s327374:
Nothing has helped me. I have disabled adaway, turned off auto reconnect settings, and disabled the hidden *#0011# option for wifi.

Still drops out :(

FFS
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowLea:
I've been getting people with the same WiFi issues on the S3, S4 and Note 3, some have had it since 4.1.2.

Android has problems with a lot of older and LinkSys&Cisco routers since ICS came around. That's fixed by updating the firmware on the router. Even the Asus TF700 has that issue, it has nothing to do with Samsung.

The 'unstable' notifications are a 4.3 feature. (not bug.) They have started occurring on all deviced that have gotten 4.3, including the Nexus devices before they got 4.4.

Try setting the connectiontype to manual instead of DHCP, change to a less busy channel, turn off 5ghz and manually add the MACadress to your router's configuration. One or a combination of those usually works.

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[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moolman:
YEAH!!!!!!!!!:fingers-crossed: My wifi is fixed.

I fixed the Note 3 and ASUS RT-AC66 connection problems. I have 2 Note 3's in the family and both are unstable at 5gz on the ASUS.

So my solution.

I bought the Netgear Nighthawk router. There was a super deal using coupons at Staples and I got it for $130 shipped. It's been about 3 weeks since I got the Netgear and I'd like to report that, both phones have ZERO issues. I have a strong connection throughout the house when the ASUS couldn't even hold a connection from 3 feet away.

Now what do I do with this piece of crap ASUS router. :silly:
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 11Sammy1:
No3 SM-N9005 Can't turn on wifi at all....

Hi all,

I just bought a note 3 on ebay with a fault "wifi can't connect to networks" .

I received it today and turned on then turned WIFI on, connected to my network and everything was fine.

After a minute it shows software update available so i let it do that. Downloaded 81MB trough my wifi network then it had thew update.

After the update finished I can' turn the WIFI on anymore... It is shows turning on but nothing happens at all.

I tried all the solutions i find in here and other forums but nothing helps... .

It is on the latest software now (non UK)

PDA: MK1 PHONE: MJ9 CSC MK1 (TGY)

Anyone got any tip how can i fix this?

Thanks

Sammy
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 11Sammy1:
Strange....

Hm...

I just tried something as what can I loose? When the phone arrived today it had the battery disconnected and then i turned on with the battery in it was working fine then after the update wasn't fine.....

What I just did i removed the battery for a few minutes (5 to 10) and put it back then it works fine for now..... How strange is this?

I also turned off/on and looks like fine for now....
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Still having issues

I am still having wifi issues after I installed the update I was provided via Verizon on 12/13/13. My Wifi drops. And sometimes when I reconnects, it still doesn't work. I have to turn the wifi off than back on. I know it doesn't have anything to do with routers because I am using the same routers at home and work that I used when I first got my Note 3 and I didn't have any problems.

I see the last post in the thread was in November. Are others still having this problem? I have seen other people on Google+ saying they are having the same issues.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rameses2:
Seem to have solved my WIFI connection problems

Like many of you I have had wifi connection problems since the last firmware update.

connecting but getting very slow data

constant internet unstable warning

and wifi not in range .

tried all the things here, but was still having problems.

until I tried this.

accessed the hidden wifi menu *#0011# then wifi then menu then turned of power saving.

I also turned of bluetooth. and had some better results.

but I have found turning of mobile data has cured all the above problems.

so while at home I turn of bluetooth and mobile data.

hope it helps some of you.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steve181:
I think I found my problem

My Verizon Note 3 has been having the same WIFI dropout problems for a couple of months. I did many web searches, read many comments, and did all the list of usual things. I also changed the router (Linksys to Netgear), WIFI, service provider and modem. No help. I went to our local computer club and the Note 3 worked perfectly there. All the other devices in my home also worked perfectly. Then I just read some of the comments on this Forum and turned off the Bluetooth. My Note 3 has stayed connected for a half hour now - a new record in my home! Thanks for the idea.

Steve
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moolman:
I wanted to report back since switching to the netgear nighthawk. Still not perfect but much better, once a week, I'll notice my internet is slow, so I delete my AP and resign in and it works. Not perfect but better than the Asus. This is in 5gz. 2.4 didn't give me much problems.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryanmcdonald:
Fixed. At least for me.

My WiFi is consistantly crappy. Horrible slowness. Everyone seems to have their own fix and I've tried all of the above, and none worked. Here is what worked for me.

Just set your phone up with normal wifi settings. (No crazy mobile data settings or power settings).

Use the applications manager to "Turn off" Wifi Direct and Wifi Direct Share

Join your wifi normally

Wait for it to connect

Press the Wifi Direct button

Press the stop button

Press the home button

After doing this, my wifi is great until I turn it off. Once you turn it on again, the wifi is crap until you do the steps above.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RespecterOfDevs:
I've tried that. Now what?

Tried it, never saw any new menu. WTH are you talking about?

Isn't there some kind of software that can detect the problem, and set it right?

I can't even successfully "turn on" the wifi connection of my phone. It just stays "half lit" and never gives me the ability to SCAN for local networks.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Unable to access #0011#

When I dial #0011# I get a "Unable to process request" - so I spoke to several Samsung techs and all of them told me the same thing.."there is no such feature on this phone. - so I am confused as to how come so many people can access this #0011# menu and some can't.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magichoward:
I read somewhere the problem is only on the early note 3 ' s ..The antenna too close to the sim card. On later models they slightly changed the manufacturing which cured the problem. If so what do we do?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tankaer:
Tried this No Luck.

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You need to start that string with a *. It may only be available on certain models (yes on Sprint). Also it didn't work for me anyway.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tankaer:
AC switch to Legacy Mode

I have been pouring through posts on different sites for the last couple of days trying to cure this 5ghz Note 3 Wifi issue and a common theme has been AC band routers. Frequently Asus brand (although not exclusively). I have an Asus RT 66AC so I have been paying closer attention to those.

***Important Part - I switched the 5ghz network to Legacy mode.

The downside - speed is cut to 54MBs in legacy mode. But it's still faster and less crowded than my 2.4ghz network.

I haven't had any problems for the last hour. I previously haven't been able to maintain the connection for more than a minute or two.

***Please post back with your experience or if you have a different /better solution OR Especially if you understand why legacy mode solved this problem because I don't.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kunterk:
Crazy but worked!

After silently troubleshooting this sh** for two days without even had a chance to sleep, i wanted to report informally to everyone here, i have found the root cause - it's beam and nfc service who caused this. long story short, just enable/disable beam and nfc. that's all. if you have disabled WiFi PSM, go enable it back (you can access it either from *#9090# or *#0011#). that's all for now.

good bye everybody, i've got to go..gotta leave you all behind and face the truth!!

p/s: at least this fu**ing workaround solved the wifi issue on my n9005. if this not working for you, feel free to find other solution your self.

## I refuse to apologize for my bad English as I'm not a guy with a PhD in Linguistic Studies ##
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schiphol:
I finally fixed the underperforming WiFi on my note 3 (N9005). Just in time as I already had a $130 new Asus router that is confirmed working flawlessly with the Note 3 on various forums in my amazon basket. Since I've had this phone I had never seen any Wifi speeds over about 3-5Mbs on my home wifi network that has been running on a Cisco / Linksys E2500 (= dual-band router). Throughout this time the Note had been on Jelly Bean and Kitkat, neither version would positively nor negatively affect my slow wifi speed in any meaningful way.

After tinkering on and off with phone and router settings for about 2 months I found that on my model router, disabling the 802.11a (set 5Ghz band to N-only) fixes this issue (reversing the step immediately puts my wifi back in a 3-5Mbps max slowdown). You should probably also set the channel width on both bands to 20 Mhz as I found this sped up wifi on the Note even more. Wifi speeds on the phone are now similar to what I am getting from my laptop in the same location.

This solution may not work for everybody, but if you're suffering from unacceptably slow wifi speeds on your note connecting to a cisco router, definitely give it a try and report back if it worked.

Edit: it goes without saying that anybody complaining about wifi speeds should set their routers to WPA2 (AES) as not doing this slows down wifi N on any device.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kg4zxk:
wifi on Note 3

I had to go into my router and change the frequency (channel) my wif-fi was transmitting on.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawkhell:
I have been having WiFi issues with my Note 3 and my wife's S4. Some how we can load things much faster on 1-2 bars of 4G than on our 50mb broadband from Timewarner using a Ubee wireless modem. I do not have this issue with my Alcatel One Fierce budget phone. This is extremely annoying.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soumen.sam:
Hi all,

I’ve been reading this thread as I’ve the same issues with my Note 3 Exynos N9000 model. I tried all your tricks except replacing the router but no luck. I didn’t tried this (*#0011#) to turn off the wifi PSM as I didn’t wanted to mess with the stock setup also no one found this as a solution.

Currently I’m using a very cheap N150 wifi (150mbps) router, at the 1st I thought this could be due to the cheap router but my other device works fine all time, also my router runs 24X7 nonstop. However the network switch option helps me really great, if internet down it shift to 3G/mobile data and helps me to get online over skype at any condition.

Generally as a tech guy myself I check the connectivity by Ping to the IP and my ping from my laptop to the router always superfine (1-5ms) even with low bar wifi signal. But from the start I see the Note 3 has extremely poor ping, sometime over 500ms and disconnection (request timeout). And I doubt the phone wifi module itself is the reason, not the router. Here is a regular ping to my Note 3 (attached: Shot-1.jpg)

But today my Note 3 was downloading a over 1GB file download and while downloading, throughout the time I tested the ping and it was excellent, 1digit ping result (1-8ms). And throughout the time no ‘unstable internet’ notification, mine always set to network switch, but today before downloading I turned off the mobile data to let it download over wifi only.

My wifi many time disconnected and shift to mobile data even if there was smooth internet over wifi. So definitely its a software related issue and like the wifi goes into a power saving mode when not very active.

This may not a solution but I’m posting if these clues helps you. Also very soon I’m going to replace my router with a Cisco or Netgear one and will post if that makes any changes.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 06ankara:
Problem is solved after firmware update of my router linksys (cisco) E1000.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soumen.sam:
What I’ve seen its like the note 3 takes time to season with the router, its not a router end problem. I have a cheap old router and all other device working fine since long but at the beginning note 3 had excessive problem but after few month it became fine, and now even with two wifi bar it doesn’t shows wifi network unstable.

Dont know if i'm wrong, but this is what have happen with me.

Edit: also i had to change some minor settings in router, by the router company advice many be that helps.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yunxuan:
I do not have an issue with wifi except for the latest update which broke my wifi connection.

Not only mine doesn't connect my entire family members of Note 3 has all broke too!

We are running:

Baseband N9005DXUENE3

Kernel: 3.4.0-1703205

Build: KOT49H.N90055DXUENE4

Can anyone help?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rhasson:
Tried everything here but still happening with any kind of wifi modem that I test.

Unchecked all the options o wifi -> advanced.

But still happening =/
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dornier:
Samsung Note 3 wifi issue

I sent Samsung a twitter support request concerning the wifi issue the other day. First, they had me boot into "safe" mode which I did. In "safe" mode, wifi worked great. No drops and it just worked. I decided to perform a hard reset and wifi worked great for about two days. Now the Note 3 is back to dropping the wifi signal and it's stupid already. Too many people are complaining about this and I hope the next update will fix it.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soumen.sam:
As far as I understood so far its neither due to the router and with the phone. At beginning I also tried all tricks but none worked for me as well.

What I realize the phone takes little time to season with a router, may be 2 months. This may not be true but I saw after 2 month the disconnection reduced a lot with all stock settings, but not completely gone. I’m using a cheap N150 2.4ghz router so at beginning I thought its due to the router.

But later with the router manufacturer technician help I changed the router configuration set to a fixed channel and put DNS ips in DHCP. After that its been running 100% accurate. The phone never disconnects even if 1 or 2 bar in wifi network at my home.

So keep the phone wifi advance setting to stock (auto) no static DHCP, if your router has already has DHCP setting and mac address of your phone set to a specific IP. Otherwise you can set static IP in phone. And then Set router channel to a fixed one 6 or 11. Depending other router nearby you. And DNS ip in router’s DHCP (not WAN) (this may not require if previous steps works). After this definitely the issue will be fixed.

If this still not work I will advise you to keep the setting same and after some time it will be fine.

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Follow my last post, hope this will help.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yhendra:
Give a try..

Give a try to this: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=51180156&postcount=2

This works on my I337 NI1 Unlocked Rooted. I uses ES Explorer with Root Explorer enabled.

I went to the "system " folder in the device, scrolled down until I found "build prop" then edited using ES Explorer Note Editor.

Greatly appreciated and high credit to dajumper's work !!