zerocool79346
Android Expert
Have no problems with wifi to 3G so perhaps is a software issue related to Wifi to LTE handoffs in certain areas.
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So this phone is exactly like the other one.
It recognized my home network. Again, once I leave the network with my wi-fi toggle on, it began boot looping. Once I return to home, the boot looping stopped.
If I turn the wi-fi on away from home it will begin boot looping until I return to a remembered network.
I tried this with the Google location services off like mentioned above, but it does not matter.
My final assessment after two days and 2 phones, is that it is a software glitch with the remembered access points backed up to your Google account.
I believe it's possible that so many people haven't recognized it yet because Google backs up your remembered networks, and most people only use their wi-fi in those same areas they were using before getting the Nexus.
I could be completely wrong. It could be a hardware glitch, in which case, getting two phones from the same batch at Costco didn't change anything for me.
In which case, those of you that are getting replacements directly from Verizon (Depth Afield, Poop Monster, Cooper0101) could verify if a different phone really fixes it and it's a bad hardware batch. I'm in Northern Virginia/DC area, if it helps associate the batch shipments.
With that said, if William T Riker or others could test this out on other wi-fi networks, it would be greatly helpful. I noticed that William said he's been using the wi-fi on and off at home, but if his home was a remembered access point, then the issue wouldn't show up.
I hope we can get more people on here to test this based on what I've noticed in the last couple of days. Seems like we're close to isolating the issue.
I've used the WiFi on mine a few times so far, and I have not seen this issue. I'm connecting through the access point that was remembered in my Google account, and I turn off WiFi when I am finished using it.
I turned on my wifi last night with 4g, everything was ok. Is this where you guys are running into problems?
Happened to me yesretday, turned on wifi then phone crashed. Continued to bootloop until i factory reset the phone. Has not done it again but im going to call and get a replacement just in case.
Try turning on the wifi in public, away from any remembered wireless networks. See if it goes into a boot loop.
Then turn on the wifi at your home or somewhere you have a remembered network and leave it on. Then walk away from your wifi network until the wifi completely falls out and the phone flips completely to 3g or 4g. See if it starts to reboot.
If it doesn't, your one of the fortune few.