Nothing Phone (2a) - slow wifi speeds

AshimSwargiary

I purchased a Nothing Phone 2a two days ago and am experiencing slow Wi-Fi speeds. Despite fast performance for Google services like YouTube and Play Store downloads, I’m facing significantly reduced speeds for other content. Are other Nothing Phone 2a users encountering similar issues? I’ve already tried troubleshooting steps including toggling airplane mode, resetting network settings, and even replacing the Wi-Fi router today. I’m currently running Nothing OS 2.6

PradeepHasthi

AshimSwargiary

I also have a same problem, if you found the solution then kindly let me know

Rajesh_Kannan

I have Wifi in my home with 75 Mbps plan. My device kept buffering in YouTube videos when connected to wifi. In a speedtest, I found that the upload speed is fine but the Download Speed is so worse that my old tab gave me a 9 MB/s but the phone just gives 2 MB/s.

Please look into this and I doubt whether it’s is a software or hardware problem.

AtoKhieya

Facing the same problem.

My wifi speed at home on the PC and other mobile devices reaches 70 to 120 mbps. On my nothing Phone 1, it doesn’t even reach 1 mbps.

SiddharthJain_sEVQ9re6MZ

Same 😭

mafcarvalho

Curiously I never had any kind of WiFi speed issue with my Nothing Phone 2a. Are you using VPN software on your phones? Do you have any Private DNS configured? In both situations you’ll get slower speeds. As you can see I just did a quick Speedtest and it’s not that bad.

AtoKhieya

mafcarvalho Haven’t had any thing done, and never used any VPN prior to now. It sort of happened after the last update. Settings in the developer option for download is set at no limit.

I came across a few other complaints with phone 1, 2, 2a regarding slow wifi speeds on Discord and Reddit. But nothing much to go from those posts.

SiddharthJain_sEVQ9re6MZ

It’s strange, but even though my Wi-Fi speed tests show it’s about ten times faster than my mobile data (which is around 10 Mbps), apps like YouTube, Instagram, and FaceTime actually work much better when I’m using mobile data. On Wi-Fi, no matter where I am, everything just keeps buffering and lagging. And no, I don’t have a VPN on.

mafcarvalho

AtoKhieya if it happened after the last update maybe you should try to do a factory reset of your phone. OS updates sometimes do strange things. I had a problem with the smart charging mode after an update and the only way to fix it was backing up my data and doing a factory reset.
I’ve also seen some of those posts on Reddit but I couldn’t find any simpler solution to your problem…

AtoKhieya

mafcarvalho

I guess I will have to take that route.

Thank you. Appreciate your response. 🫡

AdityaMandloi

mafcarvalho which type of issue you faced in smart charging mode ??

mafcarvalho

AtoKhieya you’re welcome! I wish you good luck! 🫡

mafcarvalho

AdityaMandloi when I charged my phone at bedtime it didn’t pause charging at 80% to resume the last 20% before waking up alarm. I was annoyed because my previous phone was a Pixel 7a and it had that feature months before Nothing OS got it.
I sent feedback to Nothing and after some emails being exchanged we got it working.

VishnuKumar_TDi1YxuaGW

I’ve been experiencing severely slow internet speeds on my Nothing Phone 2a, even though I have strong 5G coverage in my area. video streaming buffers constantly, and overall browsing feels frustratingly sluggish.

I’ve tried basic troubleshooting like restarting the phone, toggling airplane mode, and even switching SIM slots—but no noticeable improvement. Other 5G phones in the same area and network perform normally, so it seems specific to the Phone 2a. This issue is seriously hampering my daily experience, and I’d really appreciate if anyone else facing the same can share their insights—or if the Nothing team could look into this.

Thanks in advance!