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Help Very poor WiFi range on the HTC Wildfire S

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vpwrf

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The WiFi range on my HTC Wildfire S is very poor. It keeps disconnecting when more than 5 metres away from the router. Is there any way of getting a better range?
 
vpwrf said:
The WiFi range on my HTC Wildfire S is very poor. It keeps disconnecting when more than 5 metres away from the router. Is there any way of getting a better range?
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A couple of us tested this at work and my S is as good as my mates iphone , the router is at least 30 meters from the place we tested and there are 3 walls between us and the router, you may have a faulty phone.
 
I have found that it stays connected if I uncheck "Mobile network" in the wireless & networks settings. The signal is still not that good and keeps going up and down.
El Presidente said:
Try assigning yourself a static IP, that might help.
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Not sure what you mean. I don't know how to do that.
 
vpwrf said:
I have found that it stays connected if I uncheck "Mobile network" in the wireless & networks settings. The signal is still not that good and keeps going up and down.
Not sure what you mean. I don't know how to do that.
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The Mobile network thing was going to be my next suggestion.

There appears to be an inherent bug in all HTC's variants of Gingerbread with the WiFi, it cuts out when the signal gets below a certain strength (which is too low). Assigning yourself a static IP or turning off Mobile Network whilst connected sorts.

I can give you instructions on the static IP thing if you like.
 
El Presidente said:
The Mobile network thing was going to be my next suggestion.

There appears to be an inherent bug in all HTC's variants of Gingerbread with the WiFi, it cuts out when the signal gets below a certain strength (which is too low). Assigning yourself a static IP or turning off Mobile Network whilst connected sorts.

I can give you instructions on the static IP thing if you like.
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El Presidente,

As you say above, please tell me how to config static IP on the wildfire s?
 
4vc1 said:
El Presidente,

As you say above, please tell me how to config static IP on the wildfire s?
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Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> WiFi Settings -> Hit the Menu Button -> Advanced -> Use Static IP.

Is that ok, or do you need the info for how to set your IP, what values to use etc too?
 
Thanx presidente,
Guide is obviously clear. I assume that I should write down the IP address that I want over there (I pick the IP number from the pool that wireless router's)

am I right?
 
I had the same problem wit my wildfire s wifi ok if sat next to router, soon as i move around short distences loose the dam signal i listen to tunein radio alot and the problem was just so annoying when it cut off, to cut a long story short after talking to htc wit no resolve i have phoned my internet provider SKY i have solved the problem by changeing the channel on the router there are several to choose from and the one sky told me change to has given me good internet connection even with no bars on signal strentgh (-;
 
There is a good app in the Market called Wifi Analyser which can show you signal strength and if you are using the same channel as say a neighbour. Very useful.
 
I have the Wireless Mode on my laptop set to IEEE 802.11b only and get a good connection. How do I set my phone to 802.11b so I can get a good connection? The poor connection is driving me mad.
 
Not sure about setting it to b only on your phone, but I know on my router I can fix it to only using wireless b - maybe yours will have the same option.

Ben.
 
There's no way I can set the router to wireless b because I don't know the password for it. Is it possible to set the phone to b only?
 
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