Hi, there,
I bought a Verizon Droid 3 off Craigslist to use as a wireless webcam (and to use as a backup phone in case my primary phone goes BOOM). I figured grabbing the (very rare) decently-priced Android phones with good cameras was a neat way of setting up a wireless webcam network.
This cunning plan seems to work fine with a Droid X2 which works really well with this setup. I've been using IP Webcam by Pavel Khlebovich and this works for a Droid 1 running Android 2.2.3 and the Droid X2 running Android 2.3.5.
My Droid 3 is running Android 2.3.4 - the latest version available.
No matter where I put it in my house and which wireless router or repeater it uses, I cannot access the phone over the network after a few minutes of it working initially. I've tried to put it away from the main router, away from the main router and right next to one of my repeaters and right next to the main wireless router. This is via the IP Webcam application/port or any other method of connecting from another IP on the network (ping, tracert, getting the router for its DHCP IP address)
On the device itself, the WiFi is working without any issue. But unlike all the other devices I have set up, the Droid 3 stops broadcasting via the IP Webcam client (and everything else) after a few minutes.
I have them all my Android webcams set up with a MAC-based DHCP address assignment, connected to a 2.4Ghz network with WPA2-Personal AES encryption. I've tried to allow the router to assign a dynamic IP address to the Droid 3, but I have the same issue.
I even have the 'Keep WiFi' application running, the screen doesn't timeout, the WiFi doesn't timeout on the phone, everything that might be or could ever be related to this issue on the device AND in the application. No dice.Would rooting it to whatever CM version is stable for the Droid 3 likely help out?
Anyone had this problem before? I'm almost at the point where it's going back on Craigslist, which would be a shame.
Mark
I bought a Verizon Droid 3 off Craigslist to use as a wireless webcam (and to use as a backup phone in case my primary phone goes BOOM). I figured grabbing the (very rare) decently-priced Android phones with good cameras was a neat way of setting up a wireless webcam network.
This cunning plan seems to work fine with a Droid X2 which works really well with this setup. I've been using IP Webcam by Pavel Khlebovich and this works for a Droid 1 running Android 2.2.3 and the Droid X2 running Android 2.3.5.
My Droid 3 is running Android 2.3.4 - the latest version available.
No matter where I put it in my house and which wireless router or repeater it uses, I cannot access the phone over the network after a few minutes of it working initially. I've tried to put it away from the main router, away from the main router and right next to one of my repeaters and right next to the main wireless router. This is via the IP Webcam application/port or any other method of connecting from another IP on the network (ping, tracert, getting the router for its DHCP IP address)
On the device itself, the WiFi is working without any issue. But unlike all the other devices I have set up, the Droid 3 stops broadcasting via the IP Webcam client (and everything else) after a few minutes.
I have them all my Android webcams set up with a MAC-based DHCP address assignment, connected to a 2.4Ghz network with WPA2-Personal AES encryption. I've tried to allow the router to assign a dynamic IP address to the Droid 3, but I have the same issue.
I even have the 'Keep WiFi' application running, the screen doesn't timeout, the WiFi doesn't timeout on the phone, everything that might be or could ever be related to this issue on the device AND in the application. No dice.Would rooting it to whatever CM version is stable for the Droid 3 likely help out?
Anyone had this problem before? I'm almost at the point where it's going back on Craigslist, which would be a shame.
Mark
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