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Wifi issues after Android 4.4.2 update (specifically WEP issue with 2.4GHz router)

I have an old Westell 2.4Ghz Wifi router which is using 128-bit WEP security (13 character password).

When I bought my HTC One it came with Android 4.2.2 and could not connect to my home Wifi. After rebooting, changing passwords, using 2.4GHz network freq on the phone, and trying the mystical power-down, volume-down, special-screen trick ... nothing worked. However, Verizon was kind enough to extend my data plan for free so I could download the massive 4.3 update over 4G network. Android 4.3 fixed my WEP / Wifi issue.

Early this morning (Feb 18, 2014), Android 4.4.2 was downloaded and installed on my HTC One. Guess what? No wifi connection after restarting the phone, rebooting the wifi, etc. Isn't that nice?

Android developers, I plead for your mercy. Please stop making x.x.2 releases!

And also, please fix the WEP issue in 4.4.3.

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roro23

I'm having the same wifi connectivity issue since the update. It's quite irritating not being able to connect to my home wifi because its eating up my data. Hope they fix this issue soon!! Anyone else experiencing this issue since the update?

Ann154

Have you considered upgrading the router to a new one that can use the more secure and current security standards of WPA2?

Tennis-Nut

Upgrade == $$$

No thanks. I'll spend my money on more important things, like little gifts for my wife.

I have several devices connected to my home WiFi that work just fine (printer, laptops, flat-screen tv, etc). It is just these Android 4.4.2 devices that fail (yes, I have two HTC One phones, both with the same problem).

Reading the posts on forums.androidcentral.com , it looks like lots of folks are having the same issue.

cabrams13

I had this problem too. I finally found a solution on a Sprint forum:

To fix wi-fi problem on 4.4.2 android you have to rename Wi-fi direct device name.

Go to: Wifi - then 3 dots - wifi direct - 3 dots - rename device - HTC One.

Hope this helps.

Ann154

Routers don't last forever. If yours is over five years old, it could be failing. I had a eight year old Linksys router and I was having issues with my HTC Thunderbolt and a Galaxy Nexus phones staying connected to the router. My other devices didn't have any trouble either. Once I switched my router to a new router, my wifi issues with those two phones were corrected. It took me over a year to research it to ensure it was the router and to find a suitable replacement without costing too much.

Tennis-Nut

Awesome! That worked. I named one phone "HTC ONE" and the other "htc one" just in case there was a naming collision. Both are now happily connected to my wicked old 2.4GHz WEP WiFi.

By the way, I also tried changing the WiFi to WPA security, but that didn't help. The only thing that worked is the hard-coded "HTC ONE" device name.

roro23

This worked! THANK YOU!

Tennis-Nut

What I found interesting is that my wife's phone still has connectivity, but my connectivity (to my home wifi) only lasted 24 hours.

Still hoping for a real solution from Android.

mikey0271

Oh my god...this totally worked....you are a genius...

Tennis-Nut

My old Westell router is so out of date that it does not have WPA-2 capability, nor can it communicate via 802.11g or 802.11n standards. HTC-One seems to only work with g or n unless you use the "HTC One" trick (which doesn't work when there are 2 devices with the same name on the same Wi-Fi network).

Update Feb 28, 2014:

I use Verizon for my home phone + DSL. I have had DSL service for almost 10 years. So, I called them to ask their advice on how best to handle the issue with the old DSL router and its lack of communication with my HTC One smart-phones. Verizon agreed to send me a new DSL router. Thank you, Verizon!

My Wi-Fi network is now happily working with all old and new devices :smileyhappy:

Bottom line:

Upgrade your DSL ... sometimes you don't have to spend money to do so.

KC46

Holy Cow, I stumbled on this forum because I have the same problem where my HTC One won't connect to my home wi-fi. The phone connects to every other wi-fi I try, and every other device I have can connect to my home wi-fi, it's just this one phone that won't connect to the one wi-fi. I tried the device renaming trick, and to my surprise it worked! I tried renaming it to something else, and it didn't work at first. Then I renamed the phone to "HTC ONE", and that did the trick!

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