Wi-Fi doesn't auto-connect after bootup on Beelink GT1 Mini + CE 9.2.8

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Hello!

Box: Beeling GT1 Mini 4GB
CE version: 9.2.8

So, the title of this Topic I guess says it all. After every reboot of CE the system just won’t connect automatically to the Wi-Fi, that was set up previously. So I must manully recconnect to it after every new startup of the system (in the CoreElec->Connections menu). The Wi-Fi is working fine otherwise, after I have reconnected. And it’s not that if it has “forgotten” the password to my Wi-Fi network, it just somehow doesn’t wnat to auto connect to it…

What could possibly cause this probelm and is there a “trick” to resolve it?

Thanks for any helpful reply!

2

Isn’t it S905X2 SoC?
Update to last CE-21 nighly and try again:
https://wiki.coreelec.org/coreelec:ce_support
https://wiki.coreelec.org/coreelec:ce_dev_cycle

3

Yes, it has S905X2 SoC. I thought there will be some other “workaround” to solve this, rather than installing the newest CE version (and so wiping entirely the current), could you not suggest something else to try out? And if I really have to install the new CE version, must it be surely the 21 Nightly, the 21.0 Stable won’t be enough?

4

Through Network
Linux machine
Windows
Make a copy of addons folder and save to desktop/known directory

Ssh connect to box

Now use ceemmc -x CoreELEC Tool

Use option make copy of installed
Save on micro sd/usb thumg drive

Now option in tool remove installed

It is best to now confirm Android Base is working all functions.

New install nightly copy over addons folder contents/or replace
After reboot addons will migrate.

Use nightly because been so long since update maybe stable has not added support for wifi/bluetooth

5

You will find an approach in this thread that may solve the problem. The OP uses a script called every 5 minutes by crontab to check if the network is connected and reconnect if not.

I use a variation that is called once by the autostart file. The main script, called keepup saved in the home directory, is:

#!/usr/bin/bash

log="/storage/log_keep_network_up"
address="1.1.1.1"

echo "***--- $(date) ---***  " >> $log
echo "" >> $log
while :; do
    sleep "$(( 299 - $(date +%s) % 300 )).$(( 1000000000 - $((10#$(date +%N))) ))"
        if ! nc -w15 -z $address 80 ; then
            echo -n "*** $(date +%H:%M:%S.%N | head -c 12) ***  " >> $log
            if ! nc -w15 -z $address 80 ; then
                echo -n "twice so reconnect" >> $log
                systemctl restart connman.service
                sleep 2
                systemctl restart wpa_supplicant.service
            fi
            echo >> $log
        fi
done

It is called by the following line in the file /storage/.config/autostart.sh :
/storage/keepup &