I have an hp 6315. I have had most of these problems over the years. I can get my WiFi to connect but only at 3 feet from WiFi Router, and at that range i only get 1 bar on strength. I do this on or off wall power not in cradle. I believe my WiFi internal antenna is not connected properly. Any one has any ideas on checking for disconnected WiFi antenna on an hp Ipaq 6315
I did the same thing that several other people in here did. I read the post about smacking the 6315 and figured it for a joke. When I got to the end of this thread I reached over and smacked the back...........a moment of suspense not really believing this would fix the issue........and suddenly bad-a-bing!!!! Houston, we have wifi.
This is just plain irritating that this type of a flaw could make it out. Not much I can do since I was given this phone by a friend who recently got a new phone. I did try putting a business card in the battery compartment, but I still have to smack the dang thing to get wifi. Figure one of these days I will smack it and the screen will just go dark.....
Barrr, I have had the same problem for a while and like you tried remembering different sequences to solve it. Nothing worked consistently. I thought, what the heck, and tried the smack approach and it worked like a charm. JWZG, thanks for the original suggestion. If you are right, stick with your post.
after a whole weekend of losing my mind.... A few firm smacks to the back of the unit open hand worked and fixed the problem! WLan is back active and connected... Hooray!! thx B
I have had this problem for months, driving me absolutely mad. I found the only way i could fix it was to leave it turned on and sit it ontop of a wireless router for a min or 2. Have been searching the intertron for ages, was about to give up and buy a new device, but the slapping trick truley did fix it. I couldnt belive it. for anyone else who has the problem, dont think its silly, it realy does fix it.
JB
I'd suffered from this problem, Wifi can not turn ON/OFF for a long time too.
I agree that Smack it sometime can solve the problem but, after trial and error for a few months, I'd found the my solution is 100% work (at least for me).
My Solution
When you want to Turn ON Wifi and the antenna icon doesn't appear, Do the following Step.
1. Eject the SD Card but still leave it in the slot. So normally there will be around 1 cm of SD card over the PDA.
2. Softly Press the SD Card from the back of PDA. I expect the inner of SD card to press some component on PCB (which I don't know what is it).
3. Wait for a while, the icon will be appear.
4. You can fully insert the SD Card into the slot.
I guess ,when I press the SD card from the back, the SD Card inside will push some component on the board.
This is absolutely the craziest thing I've ever heard of!! I recently bought an iPAQ 6315 off eBay, and after connecting to a hotspot here in town, I could not get the wifi to shut off. I was afraid I had somehow messed up the phone and wasted the money I spent, so I tried googling every imaginable thing, and finally came across this site. I tried smacking it lightly twice, and then smacked a little harder. Voila! I'm now able to turn off the wifi. Thanks for the hint!
The iPAQ 6315 has built-in WiFi 802.11b wireless Ethernet networking. It has excellent range rivaled that of any Pocket PC with integrated WiFi. The Connection Manager found nearly every known WiFi access point within range, and Cirond's Pocket WiNc got them all. Some of my notebooks with more high powered radios and the latest Intel chipsets don't do as well. Windows Mobile 2003 automatically notifies you of new access points in range once you've left the area of your current connection. Users liked this handy helper since most didn't leave their WiFi radios on all day when traveling about town, lest the battery drain. But the iPAQ has such good battery life, users are leaving WiFi on all the time and some are annoyed by the notifications. You can avoid these by setting the WiFi connection to use only preferred connections, so it will only notify you of access points you've previously connected to rather than every access point in range.
Windows Mobile 2003 comes with a certificates application, and the iPAQ has HP's Enroll, a certificate enroller, and the device supports LEAP and WPA. The iPAQ supports VPN connections using IPSec/LT2P and PPTP authentication and both WEP and 802.1X encryption.
hi, i know its a bit old post but this forum helped me out and i want to share my solution that really works.
the wifi problem seems to be a connection problem between some electronic parts as it works when u hit . so i opened my Pocket PC(no need to worry only four screws holding it).and replaced a thick paper just over the biggest metal part which lays at the upper part of the motherboard.(this metal part has small black sponges glued to it).the thickness must just enough to apply mild pressure on the chip (or whatever).and without moving the paper screwed the case back thats all and my ipaq works flawless
though its a bit old device ones who have put it somewhere may fix it and use it again,hope the solution will work for u
thats all and my ipaq works flawless
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