hopefully someone can help me with this.. my issue just started today. None of my apps are working while connected to wifi. apps like facebook, instagram, pinterest, and i am even not getting emails. i have taken out the battery, restarted my phone, uninstalled and reinstalled all my apps, delete…
wondering if its a new Samsung internet update or not? any pro's here with any real help? last night it didnt connect to wifi.. then i relaoded my wifi code.. that didnt help last night but this morning it says im connected. but still no true internet connection. my navigator, while at home,…
I've never had a problem connecting to my home wifi, everything was working fine on Friday, I left the house, went to my girlfriends and my phone connected to her wifi without a problem as usual. I returned home on Saturday and my S5 failed to connect to my wifi, I connected it manually and it co…
installed DP5 on my Pixel 2 last night. all good except that it won't connect to one of the 2 WIFI networks i use - makes no attempt to connect at all. the SSID is hidden, so it's a manuall add, correct SSID, correct password. the iphone sitting next to the phone is currently connected to it w…
For the last week I have not been receiving any messages on my S8 when I've been connected to wifi and the phone has been turned off. I have run through past solutions from 2017 but none have seemed to help and wondering what could be causing it. ,Turned off or sleeping? If the phone is turned o…
Samsung S8 Data always on even when connected to WIFI. Hi. Any suggestions, I've tried everything. When i optimise the phone 4G turns off but it just comes back on. Wifi is connected at the same time. I've went through programs and stopped mobile background data. I've deleted programs I…
Tried everything to get my new Nokia 6 to connect to my home WiFi but failed. Even walked away from the house till the signal was minimal and then tried, still doesn't work. Due to this I can't make the full use of my phone. Can someone out there please help me. Thanks. ,Does it connect to other…
i pre ordered the galaxy s9+ i got mine the first day it was available. we did everything to transfer data and set up new phone. great right well no. ever since i got the s9+ i cannot play and mobile app games unless i am connected to a wifi network. i brought it back to the store and after tryin…
Ok, so my phone keeps auto connecting to a specific public WiFi network...Time Warner Cables "TACTiCs-Passpoint". Passpoint is a version of their regular public WiFi that "provides the same type WPA2 enterprise grade encryption as your Home WiFi network, allowing you to send security-sensitive…
My phone is a Galaxy J7 , no root. For the past month or more I'm having this strange issue. My home network is through fiber optics, always very stable. Whatever I'm doing online or my pc is idle, the connection drops for 5-10 seconds every 30 seconds or so while my phone is connected to the…
I would like to only connect to wifi when I want. It picks up wifi everywhere and it runs my battery down. In settings I can turn it off and on but it still turns on automatically . , Please specify your phone and OS so I could give you proper solution... There should be option in setting to tur…
I have used this tablet for years then suddenly when I try to get on the internet it simply says "you are offline". I must have downloaded a app or something that caused this. It seems that I read sometime ago that it had to do with google . . . I don't know. I do not have a phone in this table…
When buying smart devices and trying to set them up with my Note 8 it will not work. The Note 8 will connect to the smart device's wifi but will say it doesn't have internet which makes since but the devices never see my phone and wont allow me to continue with set up. This has happen with the TP…
my phone samsung galaxy s6 edge is not connect to the google server ,Have you verified your internet connection is working for other functions? If you need additional help or have more questions or details to share, please join the site so you can reply in this thread. See for instructions o…
I have an S7 edge and some of my apps aren't connecting to wifi but they connect when I'm using data. So far I think it's Play Store, Google search bar, Maps, Gmail and Youtube. All other apps including Chrome are connecting over WiFi like normal. So far I've tried: 1. Resetting date/time 2.…
Lg Aristo. Problem started yesterday. I have taken the battery out, powered the phone off, and re started the router. I cannot sign in to my wifi account. It will not accept my username and password. Meanwhile, my laptop is working. It is only my phone. Other phones in the house are working. My p…
i have many time this phone - LG G4. yesterday suddenly the wifi started blinking and it just does not stop. i try to shut down and turn off but it didnt work. and i try to reset the phone but it didnt work also. what do you think the solution to this problem? ,Welcome to Android Central! Wh…
i trying to connect to a freinds wifi and his wifi pass word is to short to enable it to give me the connect promt on amazon 8 tablet any ideas wont change pass word ?…
I can connect to someone and use their data. Can't use my own data ,Have you spoken to your carrier about it?…
I was sitting here browsing snapchat on my htc10 when I got a message at the bottom of my screen for about a second before my phone rebooted itself. This thing has been a nightmare for about a year now, so I didn't think much of it. I immediately reopened snapchat and found it had logged me out.…
I have a problem of connecting to WIFI where a pop up screen comes up to accept conditions for their WIFI. Example, Dallas last week, 1st day at local Hilton, connected no problem. Pop up screen for Hilton Honors came right up. 2nd day, could not get pop up screen to come up though it showed c…
I have restarted, and changed my wifi to see if that would help but nothing. ,Turn off wifi calling. ,Welcome to Android Central! Which carrier are you using?…
My sister bought a new Galaxy S7 yesterday from At&t. She connected to her wifi at her house and saved the network. When she arrived home today, her phone didn't automatically connect. She had to manually go in and connect. I know my Note 4 will recognize the network and connect. Is there so…
I've been having issues downloading text messages or pictures if I'm not connected to a Wifi connection. My data is turned on and I have no issues streaming the internet. ,SMS should go via any internet connection.…
Hi I've had this phone for 7 months which was working perfectly fine until a few days ago when my phone started having difficulties connecting to wifi. It keeps saying that my wifi is "disabled" or "saved" but it won't allow me to connect. Sometimes it says its "connecting" but then the status wi…
I've been using a new Lenovo Tab 7 Essential running Android Nougat for two weeks now and basically since the very beginning, I've been suffering from problems regarding the internet access. While I can connect to the WiFi with no problems at all, the connection to the internet drops all the time…
Hi all. hoping you can help me solve this issue as so far nobody seems to know how to. Up until the beginning of June I had no issues at all, however now if I try to log onto a public WiFi network, I'm unable to load the verification page. Instead I get the message I've posted a screenshot of.…
So basically, someone gave me a phone since my old one broke, it is an alcatel. I have no service so depend on WiFi. I have a xfinity account but what i noticed when I got the phone it was already connected to xfinity. But as you can tell the xfinity wasn't connected to an account or at least was…
When i using mororola phone connected to wifi , the wifi just show saved but i cant connect to wifi ,what is the problem? how can i solve it? ,Can you connect another device to the WiFi? You might be out of range. Also, can you connect your device to other WiFi? ,I'm having similar issue with Mo…
My OnePlus 5 performs perfectly on cellular and on every wifi except my home network. When connected to home network, my device with often appear to be connected to WiFi with 2 bars and will function properly until in a few minutes everything will be unable to load despite no change to the connec…
I've went through every troubleshooting tip from Project Fi support, and then a whole bunch more I found on the web. For my phone and for my specific router . EVERY one of them. I've played around with router settings, changing channels, frequencies and everything. What I do know: EVERY other d…
I recently ditched my S5 with hotspot capabilities and am thinking of going back I'm so frustrated. I bought the S7 intending to root it but have since found out the g930v is pretty much not rootable. Fine. So I tried PDAnet to my minix box so I can watch my direct TV now and Netflix. Nope. Ne…
I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab A that quite often does not connect to Hotel WiFi's or many other pubic sites. It is inconsistent and states that the connection is established but Chrome indicates internet unavailable. My temporary Solution is to connect and then in the Chrome Browser put in the IP a…
i have a fairly new Nexus 7 2013 32gb. i've gone through the setup screens. under setup/WIFI the icon is filled solid. i go to the wifi screen and its on 'saved' most of the time. occasionally it will switch to "connecting" and occasionally to "WIFI connection failure." i even when its on "saved…
When I switch from cell to wifi the phone goes from 3g to 1x. If I turn the wifi off it goes back to 3g. The trouble is my email has to have a cell data connection or it won't sync. and upload new emails or send any emails until I turn the wifi off. ???? ,Try this but not sure if it will work f…
in Settings, the Wi-Fi stays gray and will not connect. Wi-Fi shows turning on but no options, screen is blank. ,Welcome to Android Central! Does this persist in Safe Mode?…
i am using samsung galaxy J7 Pro, using my mobile data, i can use playstore just like normal, but when i connect to any wifi, google playstore just stop working. i cant download anything. it's stuck in "Downloading........." but doesn't continue. even my friend who has huawei android has the sam…
Hi, I'm new to Android, coming from iOS. I have a Sony Xperia Z3 with 4.4.4 I've looked for an answer to this without success. I don't have Internet access at home, but I have a local wifi network I use for streaming media and sharing between devices. I need to be able to use LTE for data…
Hi Everyone, Thank you for checking out my questions. Hope someone has an answer to my wifi issues. I am connected to my wifi network which does not have any WAN/internet connection for simulation purposes. The problem is that I cant access the router page or launch any apps that connect t…
I have an old phone. It's a Samsung Captivate Glide, with Android 4.0.4 , until some functions stopped working. With my old phone, all I needed to do to USB connect to mass storage was plug the USB in and tap the "Connect to Mass Storage" button on my phone. With my "new" phone, I have no idea…
I couldn't connect to the wifi so I did a factory reset. Now when I try to restart it says 'An unauthorised attempt has been made to reset your device to factory default settings. Connect to wifi or mobile network to verify your identity'. I still can't connect to wifi and I don't have mobile…
phone won't connect to wifi. it says its there, i say connect it saves but doesn't connect. it has been working fine for almost 2yrs then in the last 3 weeks or so it just doesn't work. i have rebooted the phone, the router, ran diagnostics. says it should work fine. other people that have my wif…
Can you help me I can receive text messages meaning multimedia text messages when connected through mobile data but for some reason I cannot receive them when connected to my WiFi. Does anyone have any ideas ,You may have a setting that blocks mobile data while you're on WiFi.. Have a wander aro…
I own a Wi-Fi repeater to which other smartphones and my wife's MacBook can connect to and have internet access. But on my Pixel 2, while I can connect to repeater wifi network I get the warning "connected, no internet access". Does anyone know how I can fix this? Thanks In advance. , I'd love t…
Sm g925t Android 7.0 black. I will turn on wifi and it will connect. But after 2 minutes it will just disconnect. The wifi switch will stay on and it will see the network. If I wait 10 minutes it will reconnect. Then disconnect after 2 minutes again. The smart network switch is off, I have turn…
Hello! When using Gboard and the translate built in feature, it says Cannot Connect to Google server with a slash going through a cloud. HELP!!!!!!!!! ,Assuming that you have internet connectivity - wifi or mobile data - the server is unavailable for now. ,Wait so you mean that it's not my fa…
I was hoping I could get some help. My phone has been having an issue with connecting to certain wifi networks. More specifically my school's networks. Only a few spots around the school are able to connect for me and even when connected the speed is almost unusable. I have never had this issue a
My device will not allow to connect to any Public WiFi connections. The error message: NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID Apparently it is stating that said public WiFi connections are unsecured and that attackers are trying to steal my information. That whole error message in complete form as…
My Android 7.0 will connect to home browser for a second, then a question mark shows atop the wifi symbol on the task bar. The link remains, usually. Same think happens on my wireless Dell Inspiron 15 laptop. Signal is unaffected on wife's laptop and iPhone 7 ,Both your phone and your laptop fail…
Model Droid Maxx; Android version 4.4.4. It will initially connect to my home wifi, but disconnects after about 5 seconds. ,Welcome to Android Central. Please see the following guide and see if it helps: ,Sorry, no. The instructions in the link did not solve my problem. ,Do other devices stay co…
Trying to go into google play to download an app and ‘there was a problem communicating with google servers. Try again later. Brand new device, have done nothing but follow set up and this is the first app I’ve tried to add. Also when I tried going on a website ie Amazon it says web page is…
This problem drives me crazy. I have a LG G pro 2 with android 5.0.1 . Wifi is on/off continuously and/or connected to %1$s. When connected it keeps searching for a new connection, without in my believe any necessity. Tried everything. After a reboot it seems to work 5 minutes, then it star…
All of a sudden my phone has become unable to connect to any wifi. It began suddenly yesterday, not following any sort of update as far as I'm aware. I also haven't installed any new software recently, or fiddled with any settings. I can see the wifi connections on the list of wifi networks and…
I previously had an S8+ and the phone would NOT send MMS messages while connected to a WiFi network. I went through multiple tech calls with ATT and even contacted Samsung and nothing would fix it. I really want away from Apple and want to get the V30 but not if I’ll run into the same issues as…
I spoke with an IT guy at work who said this watch can't support our authentication? However, my original Gear S worked just fine, in addition to my fitbit. Why the problem with my S2? It's worthless without wifi! ,I moved this to the Gear S2 forum for more specific traffic.…
Some days ago almost all of my apps on my phone suddenly refused to start up. I narrowed the issue down to apps that requires internet access to work. Such examples includes Twitch, Youtube, Imgur and my banking app. They all start but just sit there chugging and can never connect to the internet…
Have an Essential with current OS, just recently cannot connect to public WiFi at Starbucks or other chain restaurants. My home, work and Indy cafes are no problem. Just in the last month, no new apps. Cannot find a solution. I'm desperate. It either times out or rolls the agreement page over an…
Since I installed the latest update to my Samsung galaxy S6 I can no longer remain connected to my home WiFi. It'll connect briefly and then drop off with the message "authentication error occurred". The password hasn't been changed on the WiFi and we've contacted 2degrees to try and resolve but…
I just bought a g4 plus and don't have the sim card yet. I cannot connect to wifi anywhere and have tried all of the fixes. I am going to use PagePlus and have ordered a sim card. I thought that with the sim card I could update the phone and that might fix the problem. Any suggestions?? ,Welcome…
As of Friday 6/29/18 mine and my husband's Android tablet won't connect our games to facebook. We have good internet connection with WiFi and can get into Facebook accts. My husband even reset his tablet to factory settings and reloaded games. Does anyone know if something changes with faceboo…
I am unable to connect to a wifi router that my other devices are connected to. Help ,"Can't connect to a working wifi connection" is almost impossible to troubleshoot remotely like this. Read and see if any of it helps you.…
When I connected my Note 8 to my home wifi, I got the Security and Privacy popup to inform that I connected to Wifi Network "Prescott" with the following 3 options. Checkbox: Remember My Choice Button: Yes, disconnect Button: No, remain connected I checked the checkbox and by mistake I press…
My phone is a samsung galaxy J7 from 2015. I am able to browse the interent and i go on different websites but i CAN NOT stream videos/music, download/upload files , send emails, use google maps etc when using my homes wifi. It works perfectly well with data and any other wifi. Everyone in my hou…
I have a Samsung GT-N8013 note 10.1 I bought used off eBay. It appears to have been rooted. It has superuser and WTRP on it. I'm completely illiterate when it comes to all this rooted business. I would like to unroot it but I'm totally lost. Honestly if I can get the Wi-Fi to work is leave it alo…
I’m trying to update my 2015 watch to android wear 2.0 and it won’t let me. It keeps saying “something went wrong try agian?” I’ve read that my watch should be connected to WiFi but in the settings it doesn’t even give me an option to connect to WiFi? Can anyone help?…
I bought an S8 a couple of days and I have been consistently noticing an issue with WiFi. The phone connects to WiFi router ok, works fine for about 5 mins, and then an exclamation mark appears right next to wireless icon in the notification bar and then the phone says 'connected to xxxx wireless…
I am not able to get my pixel xl connected to any wifi. Sometimes it gets connected however has a very unstable connection. How do we address this? I am roaming currently... with my base country Canada and currently in India. ,Welcome to Android Central! Does the same thing happen in Safe Mode…
I have a TP-Link modem which works fine with all my android and windows devices. My new android tablet goes into a boot loop as soon as it connects to the modem internet. It connects to the router wifi but as soon as the interent connects, the tablet crashes. It is happy to connect via other rout…
my laptop and my sister's two phones don't have this problem and I turned off smart network switch. Rebooting the modem isn't an option bc it's my roomate modem not mine so I don't know how to reboot it and don't want to risk making her mad. I tried resetting my phone a month or two back but I st…
I have a TP-Link modem which works fine with all my android and windows devices. My new android tablet goes into a boot loop as soon as it connects to the modem internet. It connects to the router wifi but as soon as the interent connects, the tablet crashes. It is happy to connect via other rout…
So I have 2 phones, an Lg Leon and an Lg Stylo. Both phones are connected to the same wifi connection and they both can load youtube videos and surf the web. I can play online games like Soccer Spirits and Walking War Robots on my Lg Leon perfectly. I was able to play those games on my Stylo as…
Hi we have two LG G4's but only one can connect to our wifi internet at a time, the other just drops out. We have to turn one on to mobile data to get internet if they are both in range of our wifi? Any ideas. We have a dual band modem but even running the phones on different bands doesn't help…
I got a drone that connects to my device via WiFi. The app DJI GO 4 needs internet connection to update a no fly zone but needs to be connected to the drone via WiFi thus needing both connections enabled at the same time. I saw some people had success using "developer" options and enabling 4G w…
When I connect my Redmi phone with WiFi some download is occuring background but I can't see it. I tried several methods to stop it, but I failed. Plz help me to solve the problem.. How to know what is downloading.. problem occurs when connected to WiFi.. ,It could be almost anything. Have a look…
I accidently clicked on "Forget Network" today while trying to connect to my wifi at work. Now I can't connect to any network unless the network is set up to auto connect. When I try to connect to any other network or select "add network" it doesn't allow me to type a password and the "Connect"…
When I use mobile data everything works fine but if I use my wifi I cannot play anything ,Welcome to Android Central! Which phone? Does this happen with any wi-fi network, or only a particular one? Are you using a school or work wi-fi? Those can be modified to prevent users from accessing cer…
My android phone is also acting strange, the networks are switching around every second. Help would be greatly appreciated! ,Welcome to Android Central! Is it the ? Is this a new problem, or has it happened before? It sounds like a WiFi hardware problem to me. The phone is roughly 5 years…
my phone cannot connect to wifi , Not to any WiFi hotspots at all? If so, that suggests a hardware failure. ,Because it's really really old? ,Welcome to Android Central! More details would be helpful. Does the wi-fi toggle actually turn on? Does it turn on, but the phone can't detect any near…
I just received a replacement Turbo 2, because of the charging issue. Got tired of being unable to plug the phone in to charge, plus had the red line of death starting on screen. Anyhow, I am at my desk the morning after receiving it, and normally grab work WiFi. I notice that I cannot hold a…
Hi all when I connect samsung s7 to a wifi local LAN for media streaming my 4g data connection goes offline, so u-tube is unavailable. When I turn off wifi my the internet starts working again. Any ideas to get internet while connected to wifi Cheers Graham…
My LG G4 on a Tmobile network running Android version 5.1 use to work perfectly fine on my home WiFi. Now, the phone connects to the router but then prompts me with the message "Internet not available". I have other devices that work fine. I've done a factory reset on my phone which solved the…
LG K7 will not turn WiFi on just out of nowhere any suggestions ,Welcome to Android Central! Does this persist after a reboot? Are you saying that the actual wi-fi toggle turns off by itself, or that it just drops the connection?…
I just recently purchased a Galaxy S8+ and from the get go, have been receiving app notifications when I have my WiFi and data settings are off It only seems it happens when I am close proximity to a WiFi network that I have logged in to . Is your phone set to connect to known WiFi networks aut…
LG G4 will connect to the wifi hotspot being pumped out by the LG v20. However, unable to resolve DNS on any webpage typed in on the G4. Any ideas where I can look to resolve? thanks ,What happens if you put your SIM card in the G4? ,makes no difference if there is a SIM card in it or not. Ha…
Hi all, please see if you have the same problem fixed and help me. I bought my Galaxy Tab 3 yesterday, it was going well until this morning. Suddently it cant connect to internet. The wifi signal still shows connected but no internet. I tried to change to different wifi hotspot, restart the de…
So as of noticing today, my phone has been having problems connecting with my home WiFi. I've never even had any sort of issue like that, I've had the "internet not available" but it shortly solved itself afterwards. However, this is weird. So since I can't view my IP settings on data, I restart…
I have the Galaxy j3 Luna pro, I tried to install a software update by clicking software update in the settings, it says there is an update available, to connect charger and connect to WiFi to complete update. However, I do not have wifi and not able to travel an area where I can connect to a pub…
I have the Galaxy j3 Luna pro, I tried to install a software update by clicking software update in the settings, it says there is an update available, to connect charger and connect to WiFi to complete update. However, I do not have wifi and not able to travel an area where I can connect to a pub…
I've connected the phone to the Pc by Wifi, and share the internet services. I can surf the web on the browser but no apps can connect to internet. I'm behind proxy server, but months ago i surf the web without any issue. Grettings…
WiFi A and B both have a saved password on my phone. I connect to WiFi A by selecting it and pressing connect. I connect to WiFi B, but there is no connect option. Instead, there is a 'reconnect' option. When I press it, it seems as though the WiFi B password has been forgotten on my phone. There…
Been using SideSync for about 2-3 years without problems. I prefer to connect via USB because my WiFi is sometimes unstable and slow. Problem started when I updated SideSync to version 4.0. Now it doesn't seem to know or recognize when the USB cable is connected. I have tried uninstalling and re…
I am in the York Region District School Board and I cannot connect to school WiFi with my Huawei P20 Pro. I know that the school WiFi requires my school username and password. However, the portal for it never appears, and when I try to press connect, it says that it timed out. When I return to to…
When I connect to a wifi source that has no internet, I want to be able to use cell data. I can't seem to under Android 8. Is there a way to do this? , You raise a good question and the answer, so far as I have seen, is no, it is not possible. What you might try is to go to Settings -> Syst…
Just got a Ford Edge. 2017. I can't get either of my Android phones to connect with Android Auto - neither my Pixel 2 nor my wife's Galaxy S9. I went onto the owner site for Ford and found a link for compatible phones. There are a total of 7 phones on their list. No Google phones. 2 Samsung pho…
Hey, I recently bought a Pixel 2016, and It was working fine with wifi in my house, then recently, I went abroad and took the phone with me. Midway it stopped connecting to wifi with the infamous "connecting saved" issue, where the phone tries to connect then, saves the wifi network and wont conn…
Hello Everyone, I have an OnReal Wifi camera which emits its own wifi an android can connect to. Below is a link to the specific camera: ...amazon.com/OnReal-Camera-Hidden-Compatible-Android/dp/B01K9TQUXC Now, overall, the ultimate goal is: 1. To wirelessly connect Android device to the cam…
I didn't have this problem with my iphone. My galaxy s9 lets me play my games when I'm on wifi, but when i just have 4g lte, it won't connect and let me play. Just wondering how to fix this annoying problem with my new phone! ,Welcome to Android Central! Which carrier do you have? Are you other…
I searched the web and forums for this but did not find anything. So maybe my phone is defective, but before trying to get a replacement, I thought I would ask the users and experts: If I set my GS8 , it still defaults to wifi calling, even when I have a very strong signal. The only way to make…
So I have a Motorla Z2 Force and have had it for about a year. I have never been able to figure out what utility WiFi Direct gives on this phone. All you are able to do is connect to another device through the advanced wifi settings panel, which at that point has no more options for file managem…
I am trying to connect new android tv to XFINITY wifi that it lists on the screen. However, when I select connect it just says connecting and after a while times out. I tried using my laptop by directly connecting network wires but i still can get online. can any one help? ,Welcome to Android Ce…