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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rebel2k:
I have the same issue... I can't figure out what it is, even if I found many interesting logline in dmesg output and logs.

<3>init: sys_prop: permission denied uid:1000 name:wifi.interface

and a bit later

<4>DHD: dongle ram size is set to 294912(orig 294912)
<4>dhdsdio_write_vars: Download, Upload and compare of NVRAM succeeded.
<4>dhdsdio_htclk: HT Avail timeout (500000): clkctl 0x00
<4>dhdsdio_dpc: FAILEDnewstatusREAD, LINE 4223
<4>dhdsdio_dpc: failed backplane access over SDIO, halting operation 1
<4>dhdsdio_htclk: HT Avail request error: -35
<4>dhdcdc_query_ioctl: dhdcdc_msg failed w/status -5
<4>dhdsdio_htclk: HT Avail request error: -35
<4>dhd_bus_stop: FAILED REGISTER WRITE, LINE 2799
<4>dhd_bus_stop: Failed to force clock for F2: err -35
<4>dhd_bus_stop: FAILED REGISTER WRITE, LINE 2822
<4>dhdsdio_htclk: HT Avail request error: -35
<4>dhdcdc_query_ioctl: dhdcdc_msg failed w/status -5

which leads to

ret = -1, Invalid argument

when loading

insmod /lib/modules/dhd.ko firmware_path=/system/etc/wifi/bcm4329_sta.bin nvram_path=/system/etc/wifi/nvram_net.txt dhd_watchdog_ms=10 dhd_poll=1

Anyway, my conclusion is :

- that could be software related (one program using the network), and I was thinking of Tweetdeck or Facebook app (do you have those ones installed?).

- that could be memory related too, because in general when you have this issue, going into the task manager and doing a level 2 RAM free solves it. But is it because more memory is available or because the guilty program has been force closed by the operation? Nobody knows yet...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gchat:
Found a workaround to anyone who's interested. Seems that darky's memory tweak solves the problem. I yesterday had only 50 MB free RAM and was unable to start WIFI. I disabled data networks and enabled Flight mode but was still unable to enable WIFI. I then applied the RAM tweak WITHOUT rebooting and got 90 MB free RAM. I was then immediately able to enable WIFI without any problem. Still after 24 hours without rebooting I am able to enable WIFI. The link to darky's tweak is "http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=998976". Seems definitely like a memory problem.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rebel2k:
It's interesting... That would mean that the driver is full of memory leaks in a way... I'm gonna try this script, it can't hurt if I don't start it at every boot! ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rebel2k:
Thanks @gchat for the advice! I tried, and in fact, that's true, that seems to be less and less present. I had it twice while I was switching between three programs at the same time and one update was installing from the market (so when the load was quite high, which intends to confirm it is memory related). The situation has improved a lot anyway.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gchat:
Glad I could help Rebel2k :).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasjenl:
I recognize the problem about not being able to turn wifi on, I have the same problem quite frequently on my Galaxy S. But I also have another problem that may be related to this: whenever I have a working wifi connection it almost always stops working after a while, even though the wifi icon still shows that I have a perfect connection. E.g. when watching a clip on youtube the connection just stops working halfway and then after a while it resumes working again.

I have verified a few things: whenever this situation occurs the phone is also not reachable anymore by any other device on the same local network. I checked this by pinging the phone from my laptop, which works fine until the phone's connection stops working. As soon as the connection works again, ping also gets a reply again from the phone.

Also, when this situation occurs no other application is able to use the network connection, so it's not youtube specific. In fact, when I start MailDroid it usually says that the phone is offline.

So this is quite annoying since it basically means that I am unable to use the phone on a wifi connection without getting these interruptions. There doesn's really seem to be any consistency here: sometimes the phone works fine for half an hour, sometimes the connections gets broken every few minutes. I don't think it is really related to my local network or my router, as the same issue occurs when I'm in my office, where we have a completely different network and router hardware.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rebel2k:
@gchat: that helped me a lot, but has not been sufficient to solve it definitely. Nevertheless, that pointed out that it was related with memory. I tuned a bit the script to put in /etc/init.d/S98rambooster of Darky and with those values (2560,4096,6144,19408,22456,27552) I can't reproduce the problem anymore with more than 5 days of uptime. Here is the script installed on my phone at the moment:

#!/system/bin/sh
# DarkyROM 2011 - Joël Staub (darkyy) - Adapted by Rebel2k to definitely fix "wifi won't start" issues on Galaxy S
# This will stabilize the memory leaks in Gingerbread and other ROMs.

if [ -e /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree ]; then
echo "Modifying minfree parameters"
echo "2560,4096,6144,19408,22456,27552" > /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree
else
echo "minfree not found"
fi

Thank you for your help and hope this could help other people with the same issue!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gchat:
Hi rebel2k,

I think I found the root of this bug in my case. It seems this wifi bug has been noticed for k13c kernels and should be fixed with the newer versions. Personally I installed k13e and this has resolved the problem for me without any further modifications. If you have the k13c kernel I advice you to upgrade it.

Cheers,
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gchat:
Yes I noticed it too and not only with WIFI connections but also with data connections while tethering. I thing though that this is being done by the system to conserve battery power. So it disables WIFI and data connection when they are not being used. I agree with you though that this is really annoying especially because you don't seem to be able to disable this behavior. I suggest to open a different threat for this because it doesn't seem related with this topic.

Cheers,
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hacktock:
I have the same problem. I have about 125 MB RAM free but my WiFi and bluetooth won't turn on. Rebooting the phone fixes the problem but another workaround I found is to enable and disable WiFi Tether. This seems to bring the wifi interface back alive again. Then I can enable wifi and bluetooth again.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lnu:
I had exactly the same problem with the xwjq3 rom but since I flashed xwjvb i've never had the bug anymore.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rebel2k:
For me, after a few days, even with K13E, bug is still present quite often... :(

I'm a bit afraid we can't get rid of it without Gingerbread! (and even this is not sure at all)

What I can say at this time is: changing the lowmemorykiller settings has really a big impact on it, as when I put really agressive values (very high) I don't face this problem anymore. It is memory-related for sure, but I can't find what is the culprit program and what's the reason of it!!!! It drives me crazy!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rebel2k:
I answer to me: I'm using Launcher Pro Plus as home, and since I disabled "3D view for apps", everything is OK now... So, indeed, the last version of Speedmod helped a bit to make the wifi switch stable! ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cash_13:
My phone has been fine until I updated to Gingerbread last week since then no wifi or bluetooth and the green lights that normally come on in the swipe section were only half lit like they was only getting half the voltage of the other icons GPS & SILENT and AUTO ROTATION plus it kept re-booting every few minutes.......I resorted to doing my first hard reset and installed Froyo 2.2 using Odin 1.3 and the rebooting issue went but the other problems are still present but now the wifi and bluetooth are totally unlit in the swipe screen and come up with error in the setting screen.....also all of the wifi and bluetooth boxes and settings are all greyed out almost like there is a box that needs to be checked to allow other settings to be altered. its driving me mad

Also I ran the *#*#252#*#* and it came up with Driver not loading so there's our problem but how do we fix it
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yani2000:
Hmm... it seems there are alot of different theories about this problem.

From router problems to wifi driver problems to changing to flight mode to low memory problems to problematic apps... :(

I have a theory that IP Manager might fix this issue.

This post was in the right direction:

Now, I'm always switching WiFi on thru IP Manager's static IP profile.

If a network needs a dynamic IP, I first use the static IP profile to turn the WiFi on and when I'm connected I select the dynamic IP profile.

For several days now I did not receive the WiFi error message again.

Of course it could also be app related (an app locks the WiFi and it errors out).

I'm using LauncherPro and WiFi Manager with SpeedMod K13E.

More of my apps here (some are already uninstalled).

More info here and here.

I hope this helped anyone!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psyren:
Bit of a necro, but even using IP Manager, I still get the error.

I've tried FXR Wifi fix and rescue, but that did not have any lasting effect (apart from erasing all my wifi saved profiles).

I never had this bug on stock Froyo with supercurio's Voodoo kernel...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DanWalker:
My wife recently asked me about "log me in" for her phone but the app is a bit expensive. Is there one that works just as well and is free or at least cheaper?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nivron:
TeamViewer is excellent.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DanWalker:
I'm not seeing Team Viewer in the market.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nivron:
Could have sworn it was in the market.

Go here instead. This is the developer's website.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrianBusby2038:
PhonemyPC works very well also.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thinhphu:
2X Client

haven't tried it..but it's free..sorry can't link, not enough posts. :(
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkelle4:
I've personally used TeamViewer, would recommend.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Khilbron:
Yes TeamViewer is probably one of the best alternatives out there to LMI.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bkrodgers:
If you have Windows 7/Vista/XP Pro or 7/Vista Ultimate, you have Remote Desktop as an option. If so, Remote RDP Lite has worked very well for me. You can only store one connection profile at a time, but otherwise it seems to be fully functional. There's also a Remote VNC Pro w/Ad if you want to go the VNC route.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkdude36:
please, don't give me a ****storm for just making a suggestion.

but piracy on android is very easy
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crossrocker:
:)

A drop of Chuck Norris's semen was placed on Android OS. We now have CyanogenMod.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkdude36:
Email me if you are interested. I also like log me in but don't want to pay 30 dollars
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sekigah84:
^This.

I get free apps from a source I won't list here but if I enjoy it, I buy it. Titanium Backup, Slingplayer Mobile, etc etc. As for remote desktop viewing I'll try both and let you know? lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkdude36:
hah applanet is the best. a bunch of free apps. applanet.net. i rarely use it though. only on apps that i think are overpriced for the wrong reasons (enter logmein)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sekigah84:
LOL Didn't want to say it but yeah applanet.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flying_low:
Pocket Cloud free version
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Malikione:
I hate thieves....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] postwick:
most apps have a free version so you can try it out. and if you uninstall a paid app within the refund window, you get your money back automatically.

I assume you know these things, and are just making excuses for stealing.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crzy619:
just use team viewer i use it everyday and works great!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XcoNjA:
Ban stick for those that mentioned piracy in.... 4.... 3.... 2... 1.... :rolleyes:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharkynolike:
Team Viewer

I agree, I use Team Viewer and it's awesome. Not sure what LogMeIn has over it, I honestly haven't tried it. But Team Viewer rocks and can even be used to connect to Linux boxes in addition to Windows and Mac.
[Xoom General] BlazinGTI:
SWEET! I'm officially on the Xoom bandwagon. Can't wait for my first custom rom!

http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/16/motorola-xoom-price-official-799-unsubsidized-on-verizon-600/
[Xoom General] Sirchuk:
Now if we can only get a release date
[Xoom General] asianxtreme:
getting a wifi version for sure. It would be awesome if I could preorder tomorrow at bestbuy.
[Xoom General] Sirchuk:
Yeah, since it went through the FCC, I'm hoping for a simultaneous release. Unfortunately, none of the 'leaked' advertisements have so much as hinted at a WiFi version, so I doubt it's going to be so soon.
[Xoom General] BlazinGTI:
I'm undecided on whether thats a good thing or not. As early adopters we're taking the risk that this thing is not rootable. If its not I for one will be really disappointed.

What I'm saying is letting the 3G guys take the risk could be decent for those looking forward to WiFi.

That was my cynical half talking.

Practical half here,

No way could it be locked down, if so, Motorola really shot itself in the foot.
[Xoom General] robbiev80:
I hope Canada gets the wifi version ASAP.
[Xoom General] eallan:
I'm like the rest of you, waiting on the wifi release date. There really isn't any reason we shouldn't know it by now.
[Xoom General] Sirchuk:
Most, if not all, Motorola phones have a locked bootloader. I don't know what this means exactly, since I've never had a Moto phone, but it can't be good for development. I'll bet the Xoom's bootloader is also locked.
[Xoom General] generic.imitation:
I can't remember a device that was a "Google Experience" that was locked.

was the milestone considered a Google experience?

I figure if it's the wifi only model there should be no carrier requirements for moto.
[Xoom General] hoola20055:
I agree. The wifi xoom is mine on launch day
[Xoom General] csseale:
Only motoblur phones are locked to prevent replacement. Xoom wont be
[Xoom General] BlazinGTI:
Really, really hope not. Can anyone cite where it says Google Experience devices have to have unlocked bootloaders?
[Xoom General] dadoc04:
+1 for wifi xoom....
[Xoom General] generic.imitation:
I don't think there is anything that explicitly says what standard a Google experience device needs to adhere to, other than straight vanilla android goodness... I guess I need to refine my statement from earlier.

The way the Xoom is being marketed, it seems like it is being pushed similarly to the Nexus S. With Google working specifically with the Moto Xoom as a showcase for their new 3.0 platform I would be hard pressed to think it would be locked down.

as a caveat to my previous statement, Motorola is the only manufacturer that has successfully locked down any major portion of the OS from modders, so it is kind of scary to think of such a sweet device getting overlooked by the development community here at XDA.

I have the Droid X, and while you can root it... you can't mess with the dang kernel. Take a look at the type of ROMs for the Nexus line of phones.. and then compare them to the type of ROMs for the Droid X. I love my Rubix and ApeX ROMs tho, so don't think I'm ungrateful... we have a great community :) I just hope the Xoom doesn't share the same fate.
[Xoom General] Sirchuk:
I just hope it's within the 30 day return window that we find out if it's locked or not.
[Xoom General] BlazinGTI:
"The way the Xoom is being marketed, it seems like it is being pushed similarly to the Nexus S. With Google working specifically with the Moto Xoom as a showcase for their new 3.0 platform I would be hard pressed to think it would be locked down. "

Thats where I'm worried. Marketing is inherently deceptive as is Verizon in my limited experience.

I've been out of the Android game for sometime, what is usually the turnaround time between launch and root w/ kernel access?
[Xoom General] Sirchuk:
It varies, depends on how difficult the device was to root. Sometimes a device is rooted before it's even released, and sometimes it can take months.
[Xoom General] generic.imitation:
usually someone would have rooted the device by now lol... The incredible was rooted before it was available, and so was the EVO.

I'm sure root will be achieved, but kernel access is another story entirely. Since most who do initial rooting on devices know where to find the possible roadblocks, it shouldn't be too far off from launch when we find out if the device is encrypted or not. I give it 2 days after release max and we'll know if it has an encrypted bootloader.
[Xoom General] BlazinGTI:
Really, devices have been rooted before release? How is that possible?
[Xoom General] dadoc04:
Its true, lol... I got my evo the day it released. Had it less than 20 minutes and was already going thru the rooting process. I think the OG root method was put a week or so before the phone actually came out. No idea how the hell they do it but im glad they do.
[Xoom General] kenyu73:
They sometimes get rooted using pre-release testing phones or the manufactures use the same methods to secure the phone for each new iteration.

It was usually the 1st GEN devices that were a pain to crack. Most manufactures on on their 2nd or 3rd GEN devices and many times there isn't much difference.
[Xoom General] Xevilious:
Well, I'm glad they finally confirmed something that everyone already knew about, but I wish they would have done so back before that leaked Best Buy ad sparked so much negative publicity about the product.

Seriously, this launch has just about been the biggest mess I've seen.
[Xoom General] Sirchuk:
I think it's funny that they advertise it for $800 when you cannot actually walk out of any store with it for $800, it's $855 ($35 activation + $20 month of service.)

I'll bet the costco rebate requires at least 2 months of service to qualify too.

Heck, if it's in an ad for $800, I expect to be able to pay that for it, even if WiFi is disabled, but it won't happen. Is that false advertising?
[Xoom General] kenyu73:
We still don't know if the activation is required. It's all speculation based on that dumb a$$ leaked BB flyer from a week ago... the one with the spelling errors.
[Xoom General] generic.imitation:
actually it showed up again in another ad yesterday.
[Xoom General] kenyu73:
The only one the benefits from the data/activation is Verizon. They didnt do it with the Galaxy Tab so I doubt it'll happen with the Xoom. Granted, the Galaxy Tab appeared to be locked out unless you did a silly old school Nintendo Up, UP, Down, Down, Up, Up, etc, etc trick to bypass activation.

There would be a lawsuit if users were forced to activate a device that is advertised as an optional month-to-month tablet.
[Xoom General] Sirchuk:
It's been confirmed in many place. Activation is 100% required. BestBuy can't sell it without an activation and they are encouraging people to keep it active for more than a month, as they only get their 'cut' unless the service has been active for 2 months or more. Also, the $35 activation fee is required every time the device is activated.

Costco is issuing a $35 rebate for the also required activation fee, but no word on the rebates requirements yet. My guess is that they will require 2 months or more of service.

There has been speculation, but no confirmation, that if you cancel within 72 hours you can get the activation and monthly service refunded, but I would not rely on that occurring.

And yes, I said it in another thread I think, since you can't walk out of any store with a 3G Xoom for $800, it's misleading and could result in a false advertising case.
[Xoom General] anis2913:
Preorder

I called BestBuy earlier today. They told me that the preorder has been pushed back to February 20th. Also, they wouldn't tell me if they would carry the WiFi version; said 'they're not sure yet.'
[Xoom General] Sirchuk:
Yeah, the push back isn't new. Not knowing about the wifi model though is better than an outright no.
[Xoom General] :
The Xoom is not a google experience device, it's a "with google" device.

The OG droid was also a "with google device" and it had a locked bootloader.

Moto has gone on record saying they're not interested in making dev devices. They' only recently metioned "reconsidering" the position. You won't see the fruits of that labor this soon.

Don't expect a Nexus style bootloader.
[Xoom General] iceytea:
Are you sure about the OG droid having a locked bootloader? I don't remember the rom developers talking about it at all.
[Xoom General] generic.imitation:
yes it did, but something happened where they messed up their ability to encrypt the bootloader. They (unfortunately) fixed it for the release of the Milestone.
[Xoom General] BlazinGTI:
REALLY? That's not encouraging in the least! Still super excited about Honeycomb though.
[Xoom General] chris61292:
Im $300 of 600 towards my wifi xoom =) if this ****s locked up though.... im waiting for the next best thing
[Xoom General] anis2913:
Called back today; they said to call back tomorrow for WiFi version info...
[Xoom General] eozen81:
Any idea about Asian launch dates?
[Xoom General] SS2006:
any info!?
[Xoom General] BlazinGTI:
This announcement today of Flash not being available until Spring is really throwing me off.

Is Motorola rushing this to market too fast? This campaign has been a mess. Very deceptive when there was no need to be. I'm sure pricing could have been announced at CES, yet it seems that Motorola took the opportunity to gauge public reaction and to price at the absolute highest price debaters considered.

The Atrix's bootloader being locked isn't doing much to assuage my concerns.

Can anyone recommend a 3.0 tablet coming out in the near future (1-2 months) similar spec-wise to the Xoom?

Motorola is steadily disappointing me.
[Xoom General] arrtoodeetoo:
Almighty God in Heaven, please let this be true!!!

The lack of official info is so frustrating!
[Xoom General] kenyu73:
The only thing close is the Viewsonic gTablet sold by Sears and others. It's actually a good alternative because it's fully supported by xda and the Cyanogen mod'ers. It's a 10" and Tegra 2.
[Xoom General] setite:
Motorola is only pushing the tablet too market too soon in so far as the fact that someone ::cough::Adobe::cough:: is slow as molasses. I really think this is the true reason Steve Jobs gave flash the finger, because Adobe can't be relied upon to get things done in time. Were the iphones to have flash they probably would have had to wait or deliver an advertised feature as a post-release OTA update.

I'm still getting the tablet, but I'm sad I'll have to wait to show it off.
[Xoom General] gl23leung:
does wifi only xoom has gps?
[Xoom General] BlazinGTI:
Yes'm. It does come equipped with GPS.
[Xoom General] asianxtreme:
i believe so. All that is different is the 3g/4g version has an extra CDMA radio.
[Xoom General] Slimgym20:
Out of curiosity, since I am not keeping the data plan, but plan on tethering through my Nexus, would the GPS on the Xoom still work just like my phone? Or does the Xoom have to have it own data connection to work?
[Xoom General] asianxtreme:
I plan on doing the same thing with my n1. It should work fine since GPS still works when your connected to wifi on the N1.