No internet connection in Waydroid (OnePlus 5T)

[Phil87]

@sven Thank you! Unfortunately installing yesterday’s new Waydroid version didn‘t help.

This is the only procedure that works – sometimes:

1. Switching WLAN and mobile data off,
2. restarting phone,
3. starting Waydroid, resetting internet connection in Waydroid,
4. resetting internet connection in Waydroid again – and switching on WLAN on the phone, while the search for an internet connection within Waydroid is running.
5. Success: Waydroid has internet!
6. Stopping Waydroid session and container and restarting it – the connection is lost again

The moment to switch on WLAN seems to be critical. It must not be two seconds too early nor two seconds too late.

[sven]

Sorry to hear that it does not work for the OnePlus 5T. Maybe the files for this device are not ready yet? You could use the issue on github to get some more help https://github.com/waydroid/waydroid/issues/1958
or (maybe better) ask in the telegram group "WayDroid on Ubuntu Touch".

[Phil87]

@sven Okay, thanks! I posted the problem on github too, hoping for a patched vendor image – and ordered a Fairphone 4 which should be maintained more intensively.

[JPC]

I just posted a message relating to Phil87's original posting but it seems to have shown up as a topic of its own rather that a reply to his posting. I'll check...

[JPC]

... yes it was a topic of its own, so here is the message again under this thread. (I indeed have the exact same problem on my ASUS Zenfone Max Pro M1)

It is unclear to me was a solution ultimately found to this issue, but I thought that with the extra information I have given below maybe someone could point me in the right direction to sort my problem out:

It is really strange that, as you said, very occasionally Waydroid does get an internet connection, but it lasts for just a very brief time and I cannot replicate it no matter what I do. Also strange is that while of course the browser does not work in the absence of internet, downloading an app eg. from F-Droid does work allbeit taking a very long time to do so!?

Ubuntu Touch WiFi settings show that it has an IP address in the style 192.168.0.XXX, whereas Waydroid Wifi settings show it has address of the style 192.168.240.XXX. The former is replicated in my router's ARP User List together with its MAC-address. The latter (Waydroid) is replicated numerous times together with a MAC-address of 00:00:00:00:00:00. In the router's list of active DHCP clients it is only Ubuntu Touch that shows up with the name "ubuntu-phablet".

Hopefully someone can help me here to resolve this which is the only issue I have with an otherwise impressively functional installation of UbuntuTouch / Waydroid.

Best regards

JP

[Phil87]

@JPC The problem is still unsolved. But I hope I have managed to provide the developer with all the necessary information now, though I’m not very experienced in working with adb shell and things.
Maybe you could upload your logcat.txt as well: https://github.com/waydroid/waydroid/issues/1988

[ma]

I have also updated Waydroid and now face the issue that I no longer have an internet connection inside Waydroid. Is there a solution to this problem now?

Is it otherwise possible to revert to the old Waydroid image?

Thank you!

[ma]

I found a solution: The private DNS must be disabled, and the network connection needs to be restarted.

[Moem]

@ma said:

The private DNS must be disabled, and the network connection needs to be restarted.

Doesn't work for me.

[ma]

@Moem Unfortunately, the situation is very frustrating for me because I haven't found a way to establish a reliable internet connection. I've tried a lot, a possible solution works once or twice and it happens that it doesn't work for several days. It's very annoying that I can only access my emails here because Dekko doesn't work for me.

Currently it sometimes works in the following way:

1. Flight mode under UT
2. Start Waydroid
3. Kill all apps in Waydroid that want to establish an internet connection in the background (e.g. F-Droid, Signal)
4. Start an internet connection in UT (e.g. use the browser)
5. After a while a connection will be established in Waydroid.