I am trying to connect to my old phone for wifi. Keeps saying saved or authenticating when trying to connect. My phone and oth

kaylapwaugh

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Trying to connect to wifi on my old cell phone. It says excellent signal strength but then trying to connect and says saved or authenticating what could be? My phone and other devices work. Pw is correct. Also it will work somewhere else though but not here
 
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After figuring out if your phone is using the 2.4Ghz or the 5Ghz connection (assuming you have a dual band router), try varying the channel within the router connection settings to see if you get any improvement.

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After figuring out if your phone is using the 2.4Ghz or the 5Ghz connection (assuming you have a dual band router), try varying the channel within the router connection settings to see if you get any improvement.
 
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SoggyTissue

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your phone maybe so old as to not be smart encryption switching? wep/wpa/wpa2 you using the correct password encrption? (this is automatic on smart phones as they try them all and save the successful authentication)
manually check which standard your router is using and what your phone supports?