10-10-2016, 06:38 PM
(10-10-2016, 01:34 PM)mribunal Wrote:(10-09-2016, 05:00 AM)vonflow Wrote: Hi,
I think I'm experiencing the same thing with Android and RemixOS builds, so I'll bump this instead of making a new thread. It shows that it's working, and will connect, but it runs super slow for a few seconds if I'm lucky, and then stops. Bluetooth is working fine. On Debian, it sort of does the same thing but I can disable the ethernet and it starts working (which could have been a coincidence, but that happened a few times). Disabling ethernet in Android doesn't seem to help. I've tried taking the module off and cleaning it multiple times and it hasn't made any difference.
Its intended use is a media center, so Debian is out of the question. However, since wifi on Debian seems to work well enough it must be a software issue on the Android builds, right? Ethernet on Android is working fine, but I have to run a cable from my desktop with internet sharing enabled, which kind of defeats the purpose. I have a Belkin USB wifi dongle which doesn't seem to work on the Pine64.
Any insight is appreciated. Thanks.
In my case, it wasn't a software issue. For some reason, the antenna that came with the wifi module (the L-shaped antenna with adhesive) kept losing its connection. I did some trial-and-error on positioning the antenna. It worked best when positioned away from the board.
What really worked well, though, is replacing it with a duck antenna. I bought the interface cable and antenna from sparkfun (as suggested in another thread):
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/662
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/145
