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HTC 8125 Poor WiFi
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Posted by: calarchie

I have a new 8125. I am seeing a lot of issues with the WiFi client. Roaming from AP to AP does not work consistantly. The client will not auto-reassociate to the next AP as you go out of range from one AP and into range of another. Also, it will not conssitantly attach to the SSID that I choose, it frequently will try to attach to SSIDs that are not currently in range Has anyone seen this behavior and know what to do about it ?

Posted by: mademan118

yea the wifi on this phone is a joke. Im sitting on my laptop using our wireless, but my phone next to me can not connect to the wireless signal. And i have a 5 bar strength on my network where as it shows one on my phone. It is one of the reasons why i got this phjone over the treo, but the wifi sucks balls.

Posted by: EVPohovich

I have found that if I give the 8125's MAC address a static IP in my router's settings I no longer have problems connecting at home. Also, give it one away from the normal issuance on your network.....something like 192.168.0.185, or what ever will get you +10 out of normal IP range.

As far as other access points I don't seem to have any trouble.....although there is only one locally that I can connect to.

Posted by: pianoman41

There's an adjustment where you can switch between best performance and best battery life. It defaults to in-between.

Start -> Settings -> Connections -> Wireless LAN - > Power Mode (Tab)

Try moving it to best performance and see if that helps.

Posted by: calarchie

I will try the power /performance setting.

Re the statc IP, while a good suggestion for home use, it is not really practical to use a static IP at a hotspot or at work where we use DHCP. Thanks!

Posted by: EVPohovich

I set that to Best Performance and the thing got hot and the battery died in under 3 hours. Normally my 8125 is cool and lasts 9 hours using just WiFi. I also did not really notice a difference in signal quality. I reset it to mid (factory) position.

Posted by: cjmedina

mine gets real hot to with best settings and its over clocked to 252 but you cant beat the 1.0 mb down

Posted by: EVPohovich

I'll take the 6 hours of battery over the 100K difference then...

I get 900Kb d/l as it is...

Posted by: cjmedina

mine takes about the same time 6-7 hours. have you tried over clocking it. what rom are you running

Posted by: EVPohovich

I'm clocked @ 240 all the time. I get about 9 hours total battery...