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xperia u wifi problems

torie — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:02:51 GMT

ok so my xperia u got updated to the new ics on monday (build number 6.1.1.b.1.10 android version 4.0.4) and now i cannot access my home wifi

however i can access others. it just seems to be the one where i done the update over.

when i connect to the wifi it is ok until i go into google play store or even just connecting to anything that needs the a stong connection

it then shuts the wifi down which then has a knock on effect to the laptop that is connected through the homehub.

the phone was working fine until this update. i thought it was a great phone until this but now thinking i should have stayed with htc!!!!

has anyone else had this problem with ics update and do you know of any plans to fix it!

any information would be great

Re: xperia u wifi problems

shelly848 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 05:49:38 GMT

HI i have exactly the same problem, wifi works 100% for a maxumium of 2 mins, then dies. And make the whole network shutdown i also have a homehub 3. however i restart the hub and the computers work fine. but it doesnt solve the phone. if you right click on the wifi icon on your pc and trobleshoot sometimes windows manages to fix the network by "reopening the defult gateway". before the ics upgrade it work perfectly.

torie wrote:

ok so my xperia u got updated to the new ics on monday (build number 6.1.1.b.1.10 android version 4.0.4) and now i cannot access my home wifi

however i can access others. it just seems to be the one where i done the update over.

when i connect to the wifi it is ok until i go into google play store or even just connecting to anything that needs the a stong connection

it then shuts the wifi down which then has a knock on effect to the laptop that is connected through the homehub.

the phone was working fine until this update. i thought it was a great phone until this but now thinking i should have stayed with htc!!!!

has anyone else had this problem with ics update and do you know of any plans to fix it!

any information would be great

Re: xperia u wifi problems

shelly848 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 05:53:10 GMT

I read that doing a factory reset in settings or repair the phone via pc conpanian or sony update service can fix the problem, however it will delte all personal data

Re: xperia u wifi problems

Arnab — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 06:08:27 GMT

Its a wifi router settings problem. Change the authenticaltion type of the router between WEP and WEP2 and it should work with one of em.

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Re: xperia u wifi problems

Nexus — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:18:39 GMT

I tried repairing it through pcc n also tried factory resetting it but the problem is the same the wifif works for 2 mins and then dies.Any other way of fixing this problem ????

Re: xperia u wifi problems

torie — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:54:05 GMT

ok and how do you go about changing them settings??

Re: xperia u wifi problems

torie — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:11:06 GMT

i have also contacted sony about this and now they seem to be ignorin me!!

Re: xperia u wifi problems

Arnab — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:04:08 GMT

I have never faced the problem before but changing the authentication type of the router should be easy and info available in the router website/google.

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Re: xperia u wifi problems

torie — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:51:07 GMT

ok reset pjone and that hasnt worked. seems to be worse than ever now. oh and how do you change this from being an assumed answered question?

Re: xperia u wifi problems

lanka007 — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:48:23 GMT

YAY nothing worked but this worked for ma:

"if you have acces to root, try to delete everything in folder "/data/misc/dhcp"..worked for me"

Re: xperia u wifi problems

serola — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:47:37 GMT

Thanks for the tip lanka007, but I already have nothing under "/data". Not even subfolders "../misc/dhcp".

@ others - So, I have the same problem and it started after I updated to Android 4.0.

Re: xperia u wifi problems

lanka007 — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:55:50 GMT

data folder cannot be empty . are you rooted...?

root explorer-> data-> misc->dhcp is the place..... I searched up and down the whole internet. reset my phone. updated firmware of router... to no avail only above solution helped.

Re: xperia u wifi problems

serola — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 07:45:08 GMT

That explains it then. No, I have not rooted my phone and I'm not going to, because I do not wish to loose warranty.

I called to Sony service and they told me it just not going to work anyway (that is their opinion) and only way would be to "slow down" the router. According to them the warning of losing some features when updating concerns also wifi that will work "slower" on Android 4.0. But I do not have control on routers around public places, which pretty much means it is not an option for me.

Now I probably will bring my phone to local warranty service and ask them to downgrade my phone back to Android 2.3. After all, there are not that many new fancy features on Android 4.0 what I would miss anyway.

@lanka007 - But I have to admit how little interest the Sony service seem to give on this issue, especially if and when your solution actually fixes the whole issue so easily. They also said there are millions of phones sold, and therefore few cases reported on forum does not prove anything. Not very good service from Sony, I must say.