topic Android 4 upgrade. Wifi wont turn on now in Other/General

Android 4 upgrade. Wifi wont turn on now

Davoxperiau — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 08:54:30 GMT

Gday just upgraded to android 4.04 on ST25a

working ok but the wifi option is now completely greyed out and cant be turned on via the tools button shortcut, or the switch in settings!

bluetooth is working but if you click on wifi in settings, it just hangs on "turning on wifi"

please help sony! what good is a smartphone without wifi? i dont get 3g reception at my house so bascially i have not internet at home!

hotspot works, but wifi doesnt!

thanks

Re: Android 4 upgrade. Wifi wont turn on now

Arnab — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:07:14 GMT

settings reset, if doesnt improve then repair using PCC/SUS

Re: Android 4 upgrade. Wifi wont turn on now

Davoxperiau — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:14:02 GMT

thanks for quick reply

just tried settings reset, didnt work

pcc is pc companion, but what is sus?

couldnt find it

Re: Android 4 upgrade. Wifi wont turn on now

Arnab — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:24:55 GMT

before repair check the router settings once:

http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/154244#154244

SUS=Sony Update Service.

Re: Android 4 upgrade. Wifi wont turn on now

Davoxperiau — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:27:41 GMT

still doesnt work. This sucks i just updated, then rolled back and updated and repaired.

still wont turn on.

it has nothing to do with the router, it wont even turn wifi on!

Re: Android 4 upgrade. Wifi wont turn on now

Arnab — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:36:27 GMT

Seems like the Sony Center is the only option left.

Re: Android 4 upgrade. Wifi wont turn on now

Davoxperiau — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:36:50 GMT

what a fun way to spend a friday night! thanks sony!

i just did a repair and completely wiped the phone and it works now on android 4.0

what a waste of time!

Re: Android 4 upgrade. Wifi wont turn on now

Arnab — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:43:30 GMT

does it work now?

Re: Android 4 upgrade. Wifi wont turn on now

Davoxperiau — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:49:33 GMT

yes thanks but had to re do all my shortcuts and settings

and when i did a restore it didnt copy my sms msgs!

sucks

Re: Android 4 upgrade. Wifi wont turn on now

Rasorr — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:45:19 GMT

Hey!! Today I updated my xperia U to ICS and same problem im facing, wifi is not getting on but hot spot working..can you pls tell what should i do ? Factory reset?

Re: Android 4 upgrade. Wifi wont turn on now

Davoxperiau — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 05:04:43 GMT

Gday Rasorr

I hope this helps others as this was a very annoying problem

1. Make a backup of your phone using PC Companion (PCC) under 'backup & restore'.

2. Go to Support zone and choose 'phone software update' and click the start button.

3. a box will pop up and say 'your phone is up to date'. then click the blue link at the bottom that says 'repair phone'.

4. Follow the onscreen intructions to do another update. This will now erase all software and settings on the phone, so make sure you did a backup in step 1. You will have to agree to a box that says all the data will be erased. click agree.

5. Continue to follow instructions, when prompted disconnect your phone, turn it off and on, it will now be as if you bought a brand new phone in the box, ie all settings and software to default.

6. Presto! all your wifi, bluetooth, etc will be working now.

7. Go back to backup and restore and restore the file you made in (step 1.)

8. Then all your contacts, photos, videos will be restored. Be patient, if it fails once, dont worry, do it again as instructed and all will be fine.

Whole process can be done in under 20 mins!

Hope i helped! Good luck, please post your results.

Thanks

Also, be sure to follow the setup wizard at the beginning, like the first time you turned your phone on when you bought it, as it will setup internet and mms settings to be sent from your provider. i ignored the wizard and then couldnt figure out why i couldnt get '3G' reception'.

Re: Android 4 upgrade. Wifi wont turn on now

Davoxperiau — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 05:09:23 GMT

Re: Android 4 upgrade. Wifi wont turn on now

Davoxperiau — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 15:38:46 GMT

Q. Will i lose all my apps and games?

From: Davoxperiau

Sent: Oct 13, 2012

Subject: Private Message: Re: Will I loose my all apps and games?

Dont worry, everything that you ever downloaded from the playstore is still under 'my apps' . press right key at the playstore homepage and select my apps, then you will see installed apps, if you swipe to the right, you can see everything you have ever installed or purchased, so even paid apps can be downloaded infinity times. even apps you bought on previous handsets will be there!

i know this for sure because this is my second handset and i had to re download everything.

or you can get an app called 'astro' and backup all your apps to internal memory, then to pc, but its not necessary, and with android 4.0x you should redownload the apps for best compatibility, because some apps have changed.

Re: Android 4 upgrade. Wifi wont turn on now

mohit5817 — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 17:11:48 GMT

What about the game data...???

Re: Android 4 upgrade. Wifi wont turn on now

tonkaman — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:23:04 GMT

tried this 3 times just going to go for a 4th, wifi button is still greyed out.

thanks for trying though:)