Wireless network not turning on
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@jakubedzior I had an issue where I couldn’t download maps for the local area while I’m abroad.
Turns out the reason was likely the hotel WiFi network has a manual authentication button to hit on a website before it lets you use the internet. The UI says it connected but there’s no indication that it can actually use the connection.
Went to a coffee shop with my charger and connected to their WiFi and I could download the map!
I should have realised but I’ve already factory reset my watch in the meantime
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@andrewjknox said in Wireless network not turning on:
Turns out the reason was likely the hotel WiFi network has a manual authentication button to hit on a website before it lets you use the internet. The UI says it connected but there’s no indication that it can actually use the connection.
an easy workaround is to connect to the wifi with your smartphone, then use it as an hotspot
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@Stefano-M64 I don’t think that phones can replicate Wifi like an access point.
When you enable Wifi tethering, your phone will use cellular data.
Gut this is still a good way to download maps if it is not possible to use other Wifi.t6, S6, Elementum Terra, Ambit 3 Sapphire, Spartan Ultra Copper, Traverse Alpha, S7 Graphite LE, S9B Ambassador, S9P Granite Blue Titanium, S9PP Titanium Sand, Vertical All Black, Race Titanium Charcoal,
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@Egika Yes, you are right! It (obviously) uses the mobile data, since the smartphone cannot handle both WiFi and hotspot at the same time…
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@Egika
I am pretty sure it is well working. I just tested, deactivate mobile data, just activate WiFi + mobile hotspot, and my SV is connected to this hotspot. -
@Egika It depends on the phone (or more precisely, the WiFi module). One of my phones doesn’t allow this, but the other one has no problem with it. It uses WiFi and acts as a hotspot for other devices at the same time. Of course, with mobile internet turned off.
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my Sony Xperia 10 III doesn’t, as I turn ON the hotspot the WiFi connection interrupts, I must’ve remembered someone else doing that
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@Stefano-M64 That mobile phone hotspot technique didn’t work when I tried at the time by the way.
Shame I didn’t try the coffee shop WiFi before I did the factory reset and then I’d know for sure!
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Factory reset worked for me
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I did a factory reset on my Race S, restarted the Suunto APP and restarted even the mobile phone, but I have the issue that the App is not remembering my Wifi and the map download cannot start.
The Wifi I have connected uses 2,4 GHz, but for the watch it does not exist anymore. This is really annoying. The Software is 2.43.12.What’s wrong?
