Mobile with Android OS WiFi connectivity feature that lets you surf the Internet through a router transmits data or any other source device. But this connectivity does not always work, and since it is quite common to suffer problems with WiFi on a mobile operating system Google, this time we will know all the solutions that exist for a WiFi does not work on Android.
The first thing to know before starting this tutorial is that many of the problems of WiFi users experience on a mobile with Android are due to the coverage of your own router. In a home or office walls and doors are obstacles that make WiFi signal increasingly weaker as they move away from the router, so that in the event that our problems are spontaneous WiFi disconnects it is likely that the problem is solved with WiFi repeater increases the signal router in the house / office.
Troubleshooting WiFi on Android
If our problem is not WiFi coverage and if, in addition, our mobile version works on Android 4.4 KitKat Android operating system, chances are we can fix WiFi failures following these simple steps:
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Access the Settings application of our mobile. Such application may be found in the list of mobile applications, and more typically appears represented by the icon of a gear or a wrench.
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Once inside, the next thing you have to do is enter the section on "Wi-Fi" from our mobile. The process to reach this section depends on the brand of your mobile phone, although generally usually accessible from the main screen of the setup menu.
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In the section on "Wi-Fi" we have to press on connecting WiFi to which we are trying to connect. Then click on the option "Edit network" and in the event that an activatable square below appears to us, we will mark the option "Show advanced options" (this option does not always appear in some phones, so if not visualize should not worry and we can move to the next step). Also noteworthy is that in some mobile suffice you press once on the name of the connection, while in others we keep your finger pressed for a few seconds to display the option "Edit network".
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Now we have to click on the section "Proxy" and choose to "Manual". Then, and within this section, we have to introduce a set digit between 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.225 (192.168.1.225 see, for example). Furthermore, in the section "Port" we introduce any of these three digits: 8080, 3128 or 80.
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Click on the option "Save" and return to the main screen of your phone. Now turn off the WiFi connection, waited some seconds and back on.
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After turning back the WiFi, the next thing we have to do is repeat the first three steps of this procedure (ie, going to Settings, click on the section of WiFi, click on our link and click on the option "Edit network ").
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The difference is that this time we click on the section "Proxy" but selecting "None" (or "Nothing", depends on the manufacturer of our mobile).
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Save the changes, return to the main screen and re-connect to our WiFi network. In principle, this procedure should have gotten solve our problems with the WiFi connection.