If you’re at home and the issue is caused by a software conflict in your phone or a rooted glitch, rebooting both might solve the problem for good.

If you can connect to a local cafe bar Wi-FI, you can’t expect them to reboot the network just for you.

Of course, this is only applicable to your home networks. Method 3: Rebooting your Android device and router

Disable Airplane mode/flight mode and see if the phone manages to connect to the Wi-FI network.

By turning on flight mode, you’re forcing the router to reconfigure the network settings. The science behind it is similar to method one. This fix will end up working most of the time, but it will only be temporary. Method 2: Setting the phone to airplane mode

Tap on the network again, enter the password and reconnect.

Long press on the network that refuses to connect and tap on Forget Network.

This will force the router to automatically reconfigure some settings and assign you a new IP address. Sometimes, fixing this issue is as easy as removing the network from your device before adding it again. Method 1: Removing and re-adding the network Go through all of them in order until you find a fix that works for you. We have prepared a master guide with the most effective solutions for the “ failed to obtain IP address” error. If you are unfortunate enough to have this problem, don’t worry. The bad thing is, the problem can originate from a lot of different places. Some users have this problem with only one WI-FI network while others can’t connect to any networks or hotspots. The end result is you won’t be able to connect to the internet. The problem is, it goes on in a loop for a while until it displays a message that says “ Failed to obtain IP address“. It usually goes like this: you turn on your WI-FI, try to connect to a Wi-Fi/hotspot and after you insert the password you’ll see a message like “ Connecting…” or “ Obtaining Ip address” or “ Obtaining IP address from *Your Network*.

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