Galaxy S7 Nougat on Verizon: Wifi turns on and off every 10 seconds

[AC Question]

Just updated my S7E to Nougat and my Wifi will not connect. It will turn on, allow me to see networks, but turn off before I can connect. If I click on a specific network, it says "Failed to Connect to Network". If I try to "Forget Network" it will say "Failed to Forget Network". I've tried wiping the cache partition, booting to safe-mode, but I still have this issue.

Has anyone encountered this issue?

 

[JeffACastro]

Exactly the same problem with my S7 Edge. Called Verizon support and their suggestions were pretty much what I had already done. Seems this may not be an isolated problem.

 

[Kyle Campbell]

Have this same problem... It's awful. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[domneu]

Same exact issue. I tried clearing cache. Also tried deleting wifi networks (which it won't allow me to do) and nothing works.

 

[Kyle Campbell]

Interestingly enough, my Wi-Fi works at work...which is where I updated my phone yesterday and where I first connected to the Wi-Fi...

 

[jackiepeart]

I'm having a similar issue. However, I can connect to all wifi but the router at home! I can't even see available networks while my router is up and online, but when it's offline trying to be rebooted, all the networks become available! Very annoyed.

 

[GarrettV]

Same problem here after upgrading to Nougat yesterday. It seems to turn off when it's trying to do anything wi-fi related such as connecting to a saved network or if you try to "forget" a network. My guess is something is crashing internally causing the wi-fi to shutdown and then try to come back on. Verizon needs to fix this bug.

 

[GarrettV]

Many people are reporting the "fix" is to do a factory reset:

https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/928812

It seems to work, but it would be nice to have a real solution to this.

 

[angglid]

Same issue here. Mine did the toggling when I first downloaded, but then started working. Yesterday, I turned the wifi off because it was scanning, and when I turned it back on again, it was toggling again. I cleared all the remembered networks by going into settings>backup and reset>reset settings. Now, the wifi stays on and allows me to see the available networks, but the moment I put in the password and try to connect, it turns off.

To top it off, now my bluetooth won't connect either.

Samsung's only solution, after I told them I had wiped the cache, started in safe mode, etc with no results is to reset to factory settings. That is a work around NOT a solution, and I shouldn't have to lose what I have set on my phone because their update does not work!!! Yes, I can do a back up and save my pics and such, but I will have to start over with everything. Very frustrating!!!

 

[lewjr1]

Same issue here.... just updated last night now no WIFI. Just Keeps turning on and off. Gonna try a factory reset in a bit. This is ******* ridiculous... should NEVER happen with such a core phone function.