wifi stinks!

[mrcraft2u]

I'm ready to take this over priced pos back...wifi connection is a f-ing joke... Apps take hours to download. Tried the wonderfully touted specialized online support... No chat option only phone and when it calls you back...it won't let you answer!

 

[N4Newbie]

I am not having any such problems with Wi-Fi. I connect to multiple access points at work, at home, and even on the road with Xfinity/Comcast.

Why not tell us a little more about your specific issues?

 

[Robin Hebert]

I'm ready to take this over priced pos back...wifi connection is a f-ing joke... Apps take hours to download. Tried the wonderfully touted specialized online support... No chat option only phone and when it calls you back...it won't let you answer!

I had the same issue and exchanged it....it's so much better. Must have had a bad batch.

 

[raqball]

I must have got a good unit because mine is fine..

 

[I Can Be Your Hero]

Hmm, mine seems to be fine. I get excellent wifi and 4G connections.

If other devices have good wifi in the same location, could be a defective phone. Maybe take it back or have it looked at.

 

[Robin Hebert]

Most definitely exchange it. It's defective.

 

[DaMaRa1109]

Mine does everything in a blink on wifi lol. Sheeet even off wifi for that matter.

 

[billykac]

Wifi ia amazing on mine.
Return yours.
I am sure you'll be fine.

 

[anon(464338)]

WiFi is stronger on mine than previous phones I've owned.

 

[strikeIII]

WiFi and LTE is definitely stronger on this device compared to my Note 7 and S7 Edge. Try doing a Network reset before exchanging it.

 

[N4Newbie]

I just ran Speedtest ( https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...d=org.zwanoo.android.speedtest&token=VdQ_H2gV ) against my Wi-Fi connection and got 117.93 down / 24.20 up. My company's Internet service is rated 150 down / 20 up and I just ran Speedtest.net by Ookla - The Global Broadband Speed Test on my desktop and got 169.96 down / 23.83 up. So, as you can see, my Pixel Xl is performing very well - the difference in download speeds is probably a limitation of our Wi-Fi access point rather than anything wrong with the Pixel.

Question: when you set up your Pixel, did you allow it to copy everything from your previous phone? I don't know if it matters or not, but this time I decided to do a "clean" setup and did not copy anything from my Nexus 6P which was running the latest Android 7.1.1 beta. After adding my Google account to the Pixel, I manually installed all of the apps that I was still using and manually copied over music, pictures and such that I wanted on the new phone.

 

[N4Newbie]

PS: I agree with the suggestion that you try Network reset. Settings -> More... -> Network settings reset.

 

[Anzorian]

I had terrible Wifi during the setup also. I did a network reset and everything is perfect now.

 

[TavisB]

Mine works great.

 

[Gdraft#WN]

WiFi smokes
LTE smokes
Operations Smoke


No issues at all.

 

[Robin Hebert]

I'm ready to take this over priced pos back...wifi connection is a f-ing joke... Apps take hours to download. Tried the wonderfully touted specialized online support... No chat option only phone and when it calls you back...it won't let you answer!

One lady posted about bad sim...

 

[mrcraft2u]

I'm ready to take this over priced pos back...wifi connection is a f-ing joke... Apps take hours to download. Tried the wonderfully touted specialized online support... No chat option only phone and when it calls you back...it won't let you answer!

First let me apologize for my rant last night. I was pumped about getting this phone, and of course...as soon as I get home I get slammed with a migraine... Ugh. I was able to find a solution online... It essentially told me to do a factory reset... Since very little set up was done I was like... OK. Things are 1000 times better. I'm getting about 230 Mbps download speeds over WiFi.