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Extremely Slow Phone App Loading When Connected to xFi Gateway
Takes a long time to load apps on my android phone. Usually times out. Including the xFi app. If I turn the wifi off on my phone problem goes away. If I connect to a different wifi, problem goes away.
I tried reinstalling apps and restarting phone. Tried restarting router. Does not fix.
My laptop and my family iPhones has no issues.
This is extremely annoying.
user_ea1370
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3 years ago
Yeah, what a mess. Connected at 5ghz, so that's not the problem. Disney plus and Xfinity apps don't work, among others! Comcast changed something and literally thousands or hundreds of thousands of Android users are affected right now. Comcast needs to figure this out. This is not a situation for individualized troubleshooting. Don't waste our time.
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user_c021a7
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3 years ago
OK here is what I learned from a service tech this morning. Is appears to be an issue with the old thin black gateways, especially if you have xfi pods. He swapped out the old thin black gateway for one of the square white gateways and the problem went away.
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user_ea1370
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3 years ago
Thanks! Will call Comcast asap!
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Elkerton
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3 years ago
Having the exact same issue with multiple Android phones in our household. When using Xfinity Wifi, certain Android apps are very slow to load or do not load at all. As soon as we disconnect from Xfinity Wifi, there is no latency with loading. Other apps and the phone browsers work fine on Wifi, as well as laptops. We have tried resetting the router to the factory defaults, rebooting, reconnecting all devices, uninstalling/re-installing apps, moving and removing pods. Given the amount of times this exact issue appears in this thread, I hope a clear solution has been found. Thank you.
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Kashan
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3 years ago
I am having the exact same issue. Both of my phone and my husband's phone. It's super frustrating since nothing seems to fix it. Some apps just don't open if I use wifi and otherwise they take forever.
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user_ea1370
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3 years ago
Ok folks, I had Comcast send me a new small white gateway to replace my large black one and my android connectivity issues have resolved. Totally worth a network password change!!
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user_587d74
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3 years ago
Same here. Even the crappy wifi at McDonald's works fine. I contacted tech support and after checking the modem for errors I was told to contact my phone manufacturer. She even gave me a number. I told her that it was only happens on my home network and asked why so many others were having the same problem. She had no answer but still insisted it was a Motorola problem. It has been going on for a month now.
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user_587d74
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3 years ago
I read in a few other post that they got Xfinity to swap out their gateway modem for the white one.(XB7). I called support and after going through the troubleshooting steps with the agent I convinced him to swap my gateway out. I received the new one and did the self install. This is the best my internet has ever ran. All devices connect and no more timing out not loading. I wish I had done this a year ago.
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user_1790ac
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3 years ago
oh my god, I'm just so glad I found this thread. felt like I was going crazy the last 2ish months trying to figure this out. going to try to have them swap my gateway
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Jackdalrymple
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3 years ago
Happening with the XB7. Drives me crazy!
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FrustratedXfintyuser
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3 years ago
I am having the same trouble - when the tech comes out, he connects with an iPhone and his speed is much faster. My android and Windows devices show drastically slower speeds. How does this get resolved? It is very annoying!
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