Can't Create 5 GHz Hotspot after Android 12 Update

Help Fairphone 4
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Hello Everybody,

after the Android 12 Update i cant set up a WiFi Hotspot Running on 5 GHz.
When i switch from 5 GHz to 2,4 GHz my Fairphone 4 is able to create a WiFi Hotspot.

Have anyone else this Problem?

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Yes, it is not possible anymore. Maybe a bug.

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Thats discussed here already more detailed

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I experience the same, except that I can’t setup a 2,4 GHz hotspot either. Problematic when you’re a frequent train traveller like me :pensive:

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Hello,

same for me here…

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I experience the same, except that I can’t setup a 2,4 GHz hotspot either.
/Thomas

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I got it to work on the 2.4 band by:
1/ putting the phone i Air-plane mode,
2/ turning on Hotspot
3/ deactivate Air-plane mode.
Hotspot working on 2.4 band :grinning:

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I have a Fairphone 4 with the newly released Android 12. 5 GHz Wifi hotspot doesn’t work but turning off Wifi Connection and then turning on the 2.4 GHz Wifi hotspot works.

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Yes this is truely horrible. I use my phone quite often for work as a hotspot since we are prohibited from using public wifi on work devices. Now I am stuck with 2.4 band. Please fix this ASAP :frowning:

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Best you can do is #contactsupport and report the problem.

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Done that now. Now we wait and see…

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Apparently a 2.4Ghz connection doesn’t work either. It is up for a minute before my computer disconnects from it and it is no longer visible. Had to dig out my old OnePlus phone to use as a hotspot. I wonder if there are the same issues if I install e/OS/…?

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Same problem for me. Can’t activate the screenshots either…

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There is an option to automatically turn off the hotspot if no clients are connected. Maybe FP wrongly evaluates the condition? Can you try with this set to off?

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Hi! I have tried this but same issue. Now what I have done is a complete factory reset/wipe of the phone. It seems that this made 2.4Ghz work but I still can’t create a 5Ghz hotspot.

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I just tried to open the AP on my FP4 and my Fritz.Repeater sees the AP on 5GHz even if 2.4GHz is configured on the phone. So I am not sure if there is an option to tun it on 2.4GHz explicitly. Switching the band to 5GHz preferred the AP gets turned off as you all described it already.

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Oh my ******* ***. Are there even tests? Is there any QC at all? I couldn’t even create a 5GHz hotspot on Android 11, that’s an expected behavior actually (at least in EU). But now selecting 2.4Ghz results in a 5GHz hotspot. That’s just stupid. I use a Wi-Fi hotspot almost exclusively for a baby monitor. You know what’s actually good about 2.4GHz? Unlike 5GHz, it will pass through a damn wall (or even multiple walls). :man_facepalming:

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Thats my FP3 connected with my FP4 set to 2.4Ghz

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This is really strange, after switching to WPA2 and back to WPA3 it is not on 5 GHz anymore but as configured on 2.4GHz. I checked it before with Wifi Analyzer app and the fritz repeater and both showed it on 5GHz while now it seems to be correct. Makes me feel kind of stupid :wink:

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I have the same problem.