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metzy75

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I just got my droid bionic today and I have a simple question. When I turn my wifi on should the 3g symbol go away?
 
Alright now I am a little confused. So now my wifi and my 3g go white and I appear to not have internet. But then randomly the wifi will go blue and it will begin to work. I have set the wifi sleep possible to never. Any reason for this.
 
Check that both cards are properly seated and do a reset (hold down both volume keys and the power key for about 5 seconds).

I have seen loses of 3G in the Keene are but have never had a loss of wifi in my office. I think those were because they were working on the network.

If it persists you may need to get the SIM card replaced.

... Thom
 
Smart move.

The three buttons are the same as opening the back, removing the battery, replacing the battery, and replacing the back. All user data is retained. This is NOT a "factory reset" that would wipe all user data.

The symptom you describe covers a wide area of possibility. In some cases replacing the device is the solution. In some cases "conditioning" the battery is the solution. In some cases replacing the SIM card is the solution. In some cases making sure the SD card and SIM card are frimly seated is the solution.

They all get lumped together and confused with one another.

Reading other people's experiences I come away with the conclusion that there are bad batteries out there (not all batteries just some), there are bad SIM cards out there (not all SIM cards just some), there are bad devices out there (not all phones just some). A Bionic that is dropped can have its SD card of SIM card come loose.

The key is to get yours diagnosed and corrected while you are still in the exchange period where you can get it replaced if you need to. With luck you can work with the knolegable person where you bought it.

... Thom
 
Well the first tging i will do is ensure that the sim and sd card are inserted. I will have to troublshoot more to see if a pattern develops thanks for the help.
 
Just to clarify, the network icons turning blue are an indication that this network is authenticated with your Google account. Only one network should be blue at any given time.
 
doogald said:
Just to clarify, the network icons turning blue are an indication that this network is authenticated with your Google account. Only one network should be blue at any given time.
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Curious fact ...

I have Wifi in my offic and am in a 3G-only area.

If I do a reset (Power/Volume Up/Volume Down) A.K.A. "battery pull" when the Bionic comes up BOTH Wifi and 3G are blue.

... Thom
 
See i just had that happen both eent blue. But it appears the wifi when the screen comes on goes to sleep thus the internet stops. Idk i may go to vzw when i get a chance.
 
The auto correct messed that post up nicely. I have resolved the issue though. It appears it was the type of wifi encryption I had. I was using WPA+AES and I went to WPA2-AES and it works like a charm now. Idk if this could be a resolution for anyone else but it solved my problem. Thanks for your help though.

P.S. My router is a linksys wrt600n running DD-WRT
 
Thanks for the information. In an earlier message you said "So now my wifi and my 3g go white and I appear to not have internet." and I guess I missed it.

This is consistent with the resolution you reported.

I think (know) you are going to like the Bionic a lot.

... Thom
 
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