following up on a wifi disconnecting problem
http://forums.crackberry.com/f146/97...ml#post5919454
I received a new Bold 9700 from Tmo, with no fuss. However, the new phone is also unable to hold its wifi connection, and drops randomly. 5mins, 2 hrs etc
I have noticed that if the connection is set to "auto" vs "manual" then you dont really notice that the Wifi drops as the whole disconnect/reconnect cycle is only about 15s in total and the UMA indicator only cycles on/off for maybe 5s [and its even harder to notice if you're not on UMA, then just the wifi logo changes color-- grey/white]
you only really notice it, if you are on a call [and dont have any cell reception to switch to], browsing, or streaming slacker/pandora etc ie actually using the phone at the time of the disconnect
so I'm wondering if all 9700s might drop wifi like this, but that it goes mostly unnoticed? :confused:
So if some folks would set their wifi connections to manual, we can see if the wifi drops [as it won't just auto reconnect] and go unnoticed
the setting is; manage connections/wifi options/your active wifi profile/menu-edit/ then set connection mode to manual [from automatic] and save.
thanks for your help.