Fast Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems

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=== Android device connection problems ===
=== Android device connection problems ===
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Certain Android devices (handsets, tablets) may connect and work for a time but then "hang" or disconnect. The cause appears to be a bug in certain TI Wi-Fi drivers most commonly in certain Motorola products.
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Certain [[wikipedia:Android (operating system)|Android]] mobile devices ([[wikipedia:Mobile phone|mobile phones]], [[wikipedia:Tablet computer|tablets]]) may connect to Wi-Fi and work for a time but then "hang" or disconnect. The cause appears to be a bug in certain [[wikipedia:Texas Instruments|TI]] Wi-Fi drivers most commonly used in certain [[wikipedia:Motorola Mobility|Motorola]] products.
The best solution may be to replace the Android device with a completely different device, if possible.
The best solution may be to replace the Android device with a completely different device, if possible.
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Otherwise, a possible work-around is to disable WMM (Wireless Multimedia) in the wireless access point or wireless router, but that's at the expense of WMM functionality, and is only possible where you control the wireless access point or wireless router (not in other places).
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Otherwise, a possible work-around is to disable [[wikipedia:Wireless Multimedia Extensions|WMM or WME (Wireless Multimedia Extensions)]] in the wireless access point or wireless router (not the mobile device), but that's at the expense of WMM/WME functionality, and is only possible where you control the wireless access point or wireless router (not in other places).
== Slow wireless speed ==
== Slow wireless speed ==

Revision as of 17:59, 25 January 2012

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