Hello all, new to the forum but not to Android. I've been learning and dabbling since ICS on my Galaxy Nexus.
I've got a Nexus 5 that I was just about to post for sale. It was my wife's phone and never tampered with like I do with mine. This past weekend I set her up with a Nexus 5X and then started cleaning up her N5 to sell it. It was a fully functioning phone. The only issue we ever had was that the power button failed. I replaced it about a year ago and the phone has been solid since.
I popped off the back cover just to give everything a quick look before posting it for sale. All hardware appeared fine, put the cover back on and booted it up to discover WiFi is stuck in perpetual "no wifi networks available." I popped the cover off again to see if i had damaged anything, everything looks solid. When reinstalling I made sure to press all of the smaller central areas on the back cover to make sure everything popped back into place, not just the outer tabs of the cover. Still no dice.
I've spent a day browsing for similar issues and found only (can't post links until I have 10 posts)....that deleting the /persist/wifi folder is a potential fix.
Since we moved my wife from the N5 to N5X we had to switch from micro to nano SIM and no longer have a micro SIM for the N5, so no cell network data. I wiped the phone, installed the latest 6.0.1 update from Google, rooted it and downloaded my preferred File Explorer APK to allow me to delete the WiFi folder mentioned in the link above. I've allowed installation from unknown sources and when selecting the APK to install it I receive "can't open file."
I've read that the APK download source may have an issue with how the URL saves the APK to the computer which ultimately prevents Android from being able to open the file. I've used 1 Mobile to download the app and I've copied the URL from Google Play and used apk-dl.com to save the APK to my computer. The phone won't open APKs from either source.
Removing the back panel could be coincidental but I certainly can't rule out a hardware issue.
Any help is appreciated.
I've got a Nexus 5 that I was just about to post for sale. It was my wife's phone and never tampered with like I do with mine. This past weekend I set her up with a Nexus 5X and then started cleaning up her N5 to sell it. It was a fully functioning phone. The only issue we ever had was that the power button failed. I replaced it about a year ago and the phone has been solid since.
I popped off the back cover just to give everything a quick look before posting it for sale. All hardware appeared fine, put the cover back on and booted it up to discover WiFi is stuck in perpetual "no wifi networks available." I popped the cover off again to see if i had damaged anything, everything looks solid. When reinstalling I made sure to press all of the smaller central areas on the back cover to make sure everything popped back into place, not just the outer tabs of the cover. Still no dice.
I've spent a day browsing for similar issues and found only (can't post links until I have 10 posts)....that deleting the /persist/wifi folder is a potential fix.
Since we moved my wife from the N5 to N5X we had to switch from micro to nano SIM and no longer have a micro SIM for the N5, so no cell network data. I wiped the phone, installed the latest 6.0.1 update from Google, rooted it and downloaded my preferred File Explorer APK to allow me to delete the WiFi folder mentioned in the link above. I've allowed installation from unknown sources and when selecting the APK to install it I receive "can't open file."
I've read that the APK download source may have an issue with how the URL saves the APK to the computer which ultimately prevents Android from being able to open the file. I've used 1 Mobile to download the app and I've copied the URL from Google Play and used apk-dl.com to save the APK to my computer. The phone won't open APKs from either source.
Removing the back panel could be coincidental but I certainly can't rule out a hardware issue.
Any help is appreciated.
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