WiFi - Exclamation Mark!

[shaan123]

Hey guys this phone is amazing and is working fine, however ever since I got it my WiFi has had an exclamation mark next to it all the time, whether I'm hooked onto my home network, or my work network. The wireless works perfectly fine, extremely fast etc. However it's just a little annoyance as the exclamation mark is always there, even when mobile data is disabled?

Any help?

[Samuel · Accepted solution]

Well that's a new one for me. Haven't seen it before actually. Found this solution on another site, could be worth a shot:

Go to settings > WiFi > press and hold the connection you have issue with > modify network > tick advanced options > IP Settings drop down > select Static > enter the IP address you want, gateway (your routers IP address), DNS1 and DNS2 (find them in google). Network prefix length was set to 24 on mine and I left it like that, I can now connect to my home WiFi with no problem.

[dandy63]

This to me looks more like an arrow pointing down the way......as if informing you of a download in progress 

[shaan123]

You legend! Resolved it perfectly!

[Samuel]

Great! 

[LinzTay]

This is the reply I get from Sony Singapore

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With regards to the issue, you are experiencing. Please be advise that this is a bug on Android lollipop 5.0 above. Google made this technically to indicate if the device will have access to google server. Some country may have this on the W-Fi icon as their restricted to have access to google server.

Some user may also experience this while connected to an un-secure Wi-Fi network such as public Wi-Fi this is due to the DNS. The device is connected to the host proxy of the public W-Fi and not directly to the ISP.

At the current point, We do not have any information about the following issue, however on Android 5.1 update may resolve this.

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[knightsj]

yep i can confirm what Samuel said.  Earlier this year I changed my wifi hardware and now even on my laptop I have to manually setup the ip and dns etc.

[Benedict]

I have tried the mentioned solution but it does not work for me and I have also tried on both 2.4GHZ and 5.0GHZ, both also have the "!" on the WIFI Signal Icon after you disconnect from the router and connect back again.

This is very irritating and I also worry that it is using the Mobile Data instead of the WIFI data.

[petercs]

My mistake. Again Exclamation ❗ mark came in all WiFi connections.

[alms1992]

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