WIFI/WLAN access point not showing up
asked 2020-02-08 01:14:20 +0200
When I switch on WLAN at one location, I very often get the "Select Internet connection" panel, and lots of access points show up. Just the one that I want (and that I configured) does not, even though it is by far the strongest. I can connect to it from Linux, iOS, and Android, without any problems.
When this happens, it sometimes helps to wait a day or two, and then it connects, automatically to the same access point. Restarting the network subsystem (from Settings -> Utilities) or rebooting the phone never seems to help. When I go to another location where I have WLAN access, it then works nicely.
This is with SFOS 3.2.1.20 on an Xperia 10. I tried to search this forum, but couldn't figure out if this is a known issue. If so, is there a real workaround? Any way to debug the problem? It is pretty annoying to not be able to connect to WiFi for a whole day...
That sounds really weird, but from https://t.me/jolla it sounds like SFOS for Xperia 10 is far from stable, although maybe sold as such.
Tanghus ( 2020-02-08 02:21:40 +0200 )editi had a similar experience with xa2 at a busy airport, the number of detected AP was 150+. the phone become unresponsive, i managed to recover functionality with a reboot and switching off wan
pmelas ( 2020-02-08 10:27:44 +0200 )editOK, it never gets so bad for me that the phone gets unresponsive. I just never get connected to the one access point for which I have the password... (Well, today it worked.)
pw338 ( 2020-02-08 21:13:34 +0200 )editI noticed something similar on my Xperia X lately, but in most cases it "repaired" itself on its own after a few minutes. In one case I successfully entered the login credentials in the "connect with hidden network"-menu, in another I rebooted the phone. When the problem occurred I tried to find the network with the "wifi analyzer"-app from Petr Vytovtov, but even there it wasn't visible, so I guess it's a system wide problem.
For my point of view it's whenever you lose your connection repeatedly because you're to far away / the wifi is too weak for a stable connection. Seems the phone is kind of offended then. It's the same with the crappy mobile connections in Germany, after a while of seesaw the phone denies the possibility of a connection, even if you are back in 4G range. Restarting the ofono service is the most often thing I do with my phone, that's how to entertain a Sailfish fan these days....
Robomike ( 2020-02-15 21:33:12 +0200 )edit