Written By Micah on Thursday, April 30, 2015 | 11:57 PM
Last year’s Galaxy S5 was enough of a flop for the head of design to get fired. The South Korean smartphone giant hasn’t made the same mistake again in 2015 with the S6. Many are calling the S6 the best smartphone of the year. While the best phone of the year is easily debatable, the slow WiFi issue on the Samsung Galaxy S6 certainly isn’t.
Here’s how to fix that:
HOW TO FIX SLOW WIFI ON SAMSUNG GALAXY S6
Reset the network on your S6 smartphone
1. Turn on the Sammy S6 and unlock the passcode if you must.
2. Navigate over to the Settings menu.
3. Tap on the WiFi option from the menu and check that it does say it’s working.
4. Now long press on the WiFi option and choose to delete that network.
– it’s important to make sure you have your WiFi network details before you delete or else you will be left with nothing!
5. Now we are going to create that same WiFi network again and hopefully remove the bugs within the system.
6. Tap on the WiFi connection once more and wait for it to detect your network. It should do that automatically, but you will need your WiFi password to connect that.
7. Enter the details of your internet provider has given for your WiFi password and it will now create that connection.
So you followed that guide above but it didn’t solve your problem. Don’t worry, we can try a few more things. Sometimes resetting the internet connection can help your WiFi on the smartphone even though this is considered a smartphone issue and nothing to do with your home network.
Reset the home WiFi network
1. Look around your home and locate the router (some of you might know this as the modem).
2. Collect a paper clip.
3. Hold the paper clip in your hand and look for a small round hole just large enough to fit the paper clip in. – this is the reset button for your router that’s very handy if your network is clogged in general. You don’t lose any data with this.
4. Press down in the hole with the paper clip and wait up to ten seconds for a click sound. that means It’s reset.
5. Now navigate to the Settings app on your S6 smartphone and disconnect and reconnect the WiFi and see if that helps.
Factory Reset the Samsung Galaxy S6
1. If none of the above have fixed your slow WiFi issue on the smartphone you should take the last resort option of a factory reset.
2. Understand that you lose all data you haven’t backed up on the Galaxy S6 by factory resetting it. You can backup the smartphone and then restore that data after you perform the factory reset.
Written By Micah on Saturday, April 11, 2015 | 8:48 PM
If you have forgotten your WiFi password then do not worry because here is the solution. You just have to follow the following instructions and you will be able to retrieve it.
It is most common with WiFi because once you configure WiFi, you tend to forget it as you don't have to put your password again and again, it connects automatically. So here is the way:
Windows
This method will work at your home but not in your office. That is because in office it is enterprise network:
Go to Start > Control Panel > Network and Sharing Centre. On Windows 8 computers, you can tap Windows key + C, click Search and look for Network and Sharing Center.
Click Change adapter settings.
Right-click the Wi-Fi network you're using and click on status.
Click wireless properties.
Click security tab.
You will see the name of the Wi-Fi and the hidden password. Check show characters to reveal the saved password.
Mac
Go to /Applications/Utilities.
Open keychain access > system keychain listed under the Keychains.
Search for the Wi-Fi network you are trying to find the password for, by typing the name of the network in the search box, or by manually finding it in the list.
Double-click the name of the network and in the next drop box, check the show password option.
Enter the user account password when prompted and you'll be shown the saved Wi-Fi password in clear-text.
Router
If you're trying to do this with your phone or tablet, you can still try to find the saved Wi-Fi password. This will only work if you're connected to the router's network.
Open your browser > go to the router's local address
Enter username and password. This has to be checked with the router manufacturer or ISP if this combinations don't work.
Click Internet > Wireless.
The box next to the key field contains the password for the Wi-Fi network.
Written By Micah on Friday, March 27, 2015 | 9:06 PM
Wi-Fi is one of the most important part of the computer world now. But its speed performance, signal reception, and other issues at times can be very frustrating.
Latest Wi-Fi device
Wireless A, B, and G are old now while wireless N gives you the fastest speed around. But you will need both a wireless N router and a wireless N card in your computer if you want the full speed boost.
Location Matters
If you want the best signal, you need to put your wi-fi device out in the open, free of any walls and obstructions. Point the antennas vertically, and elevate the router if you can. Make sure it is in the center of your house, so you have the best coverage possible throughout your home.
Neighbor Rivalry
Your neighbors’ routers may be interfering with yours and causing the signal to degrade. Wireless routers can operate on a number of different channels; use a tool like Wi-Fi Stumbler or Wi-Fi Analyzer to find the perfect channel in your house with little interference.
Other Devices
Routers are not only the ones that cause interference for another router. Cordless phones, microwaves, and other appliances can muck with your devices’signal as well. So make sure that you keep your router away from these devices.
Follow Priority
If someone in your house regularly video chats, plays online games or downloads torrent files, they may be hogging the bandwidth and making the internet slower for everyone else. In that case, you can use something called Quality of Service or QoSto prioritize certain applications over others so that the most important applications get the bandwidth they deserve. Check your router’s manual for setting it up.
Security
You must use WPA2 security with AES encryption. Using WPA or WEP security withTKIP encryption will dramatically reduce bandwidth. Homes should use the personal (PSK) mode, which is the easiest to setup and businesses should use the enterprise (RADIUS) mode which requires an external authentication server.
Change Default
Higher speeds of wireless N and AC can only be achieved by using the 40MHz wide channels. For wireless N (and possibly wireless AC), the default channel-width set on routers is only 20MHz. But you can login to the control panel of the router and in the wireless settings change the channel-width to auto 20/40MHz.
Written By Micah on Saturday, November 22, 2014 | 8:02 PM
If you notice that your Wi-Fi is consuming a lot more battery than it usually does or you seem to be always connected but the internet isn't exactly flowing as it should, then you might be suffering from poor Wi-Fi connections. On devices like the Nexus 5 or Moto X, which have notoriously weak batteries, this is a problem. Poor Wi-Fi can occur anywhere, from thickly walled buildings, to long-range connections or simply a bad Wi-Fi signal in the first place. Here's what you can do to fix it.
In the settings menu of Android there is a nice little option that tells your phone to avoid poor Wi-Fi connections, meaning that while it is scanning for available networks it will actually avoid trying to connect to those with poor signals. This will save you a lot in terms of power and frustration. Just go to Settings > Wi-Fi and tap the overflow menu button and then Advanced. Here you will see the check box to avoid poor connections.
If you're in real need of a better Wi-Fi signal then you can actually make your own little parabolic dish to ''catch'' some better reception. This is basically a small version of a big radio or satellite dish. You can use a metal bowl or cut open a soda can to make a receiver dish. It may not be the most practical thing to do every time you have a weak signal, but it is fun.
It may seem silly, but a metal bowl can improve your Wi-Fi reception if you're really desperate.
Update your radio or firmware
If you're receiving over the air updates from your carrier or manufacturer then this probably doesn't apply to you, but if you are running custom ROMs you may find yourself occasionally needing to manually update the radio on your Android. This can be done very simply and we've shown you how to update the radio and bootloader on the Nexus 5 already. Making sure you're on the latest version of Android for your device is always a wise move for best performance, including your Wi-Fi drivers.
If you've signed in to a million different Wi-Fi connections and found half of them to be so bad you can't use them, then do yourself a favor and forget those networks in your Wi-Fi settings. If you don't your phone will connect to those bad signals whenever you're in range, again draining your battery with a unusable Wi-Fi connection.
If you have a saved connection that's particularly poor, just forget it! /
Don't obstruct your antenna
Lots of cases can actually make your Wi-Fi signal worse, especially if they contain metal, which is often used for added protection or kick stands. To see if your case is affecting your Wi-Fi signal, do an Ookla speed test with the case off, then, in the same location, put the case back on and perform the test again. If you see a difference when the case is on you may want to look at alternatives.
If you notice a decrease in Wi-Fi speed from no case (left) to with case (right) then you need to reconsider your case.
If you actually have control over where the Wi-Fi router is located, then get physical: move that thing closer to where you use it the most or at the very least place it where it has the least amount of interference from where it is to where you want the signal to be. If you installed your router in the bedroom but find yourself continually struggling to get a good signal in the kitchen, then why not move the router to where you use it most or somewhere in the middle. You can use the same trick mentioned above and create a little ''directional'' dish to place on top of the router too, to better focus where the signal is directed.
What can you do if you want to get your laptop online but you only seem to be able to pick up a wifi signal on your phone? What about if you want to get multiple devices online, but only want to pay to connect one? There is a solution – you can share your phone's wifi connection to more phones, tablets and computers using Bluetooth so other devices can get online. Here's how you do it.
Your phone's wireless connection can be shared to help get other devices online.
If you don’t have access to a wireless internet connection, it's easy to share your phone's data connection to other devices so you can get them online. But it's a slightly different story if you're looking to share a single internet connection between multiple devices.
Get your phone online using a wifi connection and you're then ready to configure the connection for sharing over Bluetooth. It's a great way to get multiple devices online if you happen to be in a coffee shop or other location that issues codes for getting connected to the internet and you want to keep the costs down. Sharing a wireless signal via Bluetooth is also a good option if you are having trouble getting a particular phone or computer connected to the network in the usual way.
To share your phone's wireless connection, start by enabling Bluetooth.
Once you are connected, head straight to Settings and move to the Connections section. Under the Network connections heading, click More networks and then tap Tethering and portable hotspot.
Bluetooth tethering is a simple way to share your phone's internet connection.
Enable the Bluetooth tethering option by ticking the box. You'll see a warning that Bluetooth visibility needs to be adjusted.
Before other devices can connect to your phone, you need to make sure it's visible
Open up Settings, make sure that Bluetooth is enabled, and then tap the Bluetooth link in the Connections section. Tick the box next to the name of your phone to make it visible to other devices.
Enable Bluetooth on another device and you can connect to the internet via your phone.
With this done, you can then use the Bluetooth capabilities of your laptop, tablet or other device to connect to your phone and make use of its internet connection. To connect a Windows computer, open Devices and Printers in the Control Panel, right click the icon representing your phone and select Connect using > Access point and you're ready to start browsing the internet.
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