Samsung Galaxy S2 WiFI Connect Problem

****UPDATE**** I have tried the static IP address on my phone it does work to a degree but connects with no internet most of the time! Very odd. Also I have found changing the security from WPA2 to WEP actually 'fixes' the problem. Not ideal but its a solution of sorts .

As you can see it took just shy of 2 minutes to connect to my NETGEAR router constantly saying obtaining IP address all other phones and devices in the house connect to the same router with no problem. Its od because Someone else house I visit, they have the same netgear router with the same security settings and it connects everytime flawlessly

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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Samsung
• Galaxy
• S2
• Problem
• Wi-Fi
• Android
• (operating
• system)
• phone
• mobile
• help
• Gingerbread
• 2.3.5
• Router
• Netgear

[khalilguinn]

The only reason the static IP workaround appears to "fix" the issue is because it bypasses DHCP on the router. I'm telling you, switch to another router. You're going to encounter the same problem with other devices (if you haven't already) that try to use DHCP to get an IP address from that Netgear router.

[LeeGee1983]

@khalilguinn Cheers for your help and suggestion, it is indeed appearing to be an issue with the router, someone else in the house has a new phone a HTC Sensation XL and has this same problem as me.

[EVELSSV]

I had the same issue. You need to go into your routers web interface and change your routers security from WEP to either WPA or WPA2. As soon as I did this my problem was solved.

[LeeGee1983]

@EVELSSV Thanks, its already set to WPA2 never used anything else.

[garciajohnray]

Try to un-install apps you recently installed before the problem occurred. I think that fixed my problem. Im just not sure what apps I uninstalled though, but I think its worth the try.

[LeeGee1983]

@garciajohnray I think the problem is alot deeper than that, as the description say iv hard reset the phone a few times tried custom roms etc, its pretty much like this outa the box nothing alters the situation. And it cant be a router issue as absolutely nothing I own or have ever owned behaves like this. Its that bad im considering trading in for a different phone, waiting 2+ minutes to connect is just unacceptable in my book.

[coolesboy2010]

her is the fix

[lovelydovelyish]

yeeey just changed my wifi settings to WPA2 n its working perfectly...

[MrLion1978]

Obtain Static IP address and everything will work just fine on problematic routers.

I also reserved IP address for my Galaxy S over my MAC address in AP.

For other networks (routers) turn off static IP address.

Sorry for bad English. Cheers!

[mrjoinerninja]

it duzz the same thing to my phone it is a big fuck up by samsung thay need to fix it if thay can

[poisonblack83]

i have the same problem !! i had an optimus black and it connected like magic !! and this double the price device is having problems.. really samsung ?

[DEEPMOOD9]

Try this it worked for me........go to wi-fi settings then open up advanced settings. Make sure the static ip is ticked and that should work.

[khalilguinn]

The problem is not with the phone. I used to have a Netgear WNR1000 v1 and all of my devices connecting over Wi-Fi (Roku, Blackberry, Laptops, etc.) would take forever to get an IP address.The issue is with DHCP on the router. If you swap it out with a Linksys or a different brand you'll see a big difference. I switched to the wi-fi on my UBEE cable modem/router and my devices connect within a few seconds now.

[oscar516]

I have a WiFi issue - S2 connects to WiFi ok but cannot access web. Tried everything I could. Just found this tip - open your keypad and type *#*#526#*#* wait for it to go through its check, reboot modem/router and it now works... just testing to see how long it works for.