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Help Weak Wifi signal

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UncleMike

Android Expert
I bought my son a used Droid X a few weeks ago, and it consistently has trouble staying connected to our home Wifi. After looking into the issue with Wifi Analyzer, I found that the reported signal strength is on average 30 dB lower than on my Bionic, with both phones sitting next to each other on a table about 8 feet from the nearest WAP.

Here's a picture of the two, side-by-side.

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The Droid X is running the latest stock firmware and is not rooted.

Any suggestions?
 
if i remember correctly my DX was stubborn with my home wifi when i first got it. Is your wireless router an N router? If so set it to G only and see what happens. Also before you do that you could try changing channels on your output of your router. Try channels 1, 6, or 11.
 
I have a wireless router (FiOS) on channel 6, and one WAP each on channels 1 (Linksys) & 11 (Belkin). All three are b/g only. I don't have access to the Droid X right now, but I'll try to change channels and see if that makes a difference.
 
Just a follow-up... the problem appears to have been caused by using the extended battery with the stock battery cover - causing pressure on the internals of the phone. After changing to the extended battery cover I have a strong and reliable Wifi signal.
 
Hrethgir said:
Why are the phones showing PromisedLAN as two different WiFi channels?
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I have two AP with that name - one on channel 1 (first floor) and one on channel 11 (second floor). The intent was to allow devices to change to the stronger signal as their current signal got weaker, but apparently Android doesn't do that.
 
lexluthor said:
You may have the problem noted here:
http://androidforums.com/droid-x-su...antly-connects-disconnects-wpa2-security.html

You may have to run your router on WPA/TKIP as opposed to WPA2/AES. It's a slight hit to your security, but my phone wasn't usable with 2 different routers set to WPA2/AES.
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I did come across threads like that when trying to troubleshoot my problem. At that time, signal strength was the issue that trumped all other possible issues. Now that the signal strength issue is resolved, I'm going to keep an eye on connectivity.
 
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