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Wpa_supplicant is not showing scan results

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susangracerapak
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Hi, I am working on Android Kitkat 4.4.3 with kernel version  3.10.53. I am getting the scan results for the first time and I am able to connect ,If I turn off WIFI and turn ON (on GUI), I am unable to see scan results. I am seeing this following log in the logcat.Can someone help me to fix this?

D/wpa_supplicant( 1609): wlan0: Setting scan request: 1 sec 0 usec
E/WifiHW  (  410): Received the following from the supplicant: <4>Failed to initiate AP scan
D/wpa_supplicant( 1609): wlan0: Starting AP scan for wildcard SSID
D/wpa_supplicant( 1609): wlan0: nl80211: scan request
D/wpa_supplicant( 1609): nl80211: Scan SSID - hexdump(len=0): [NULL]
D/wpa_supplicant( 1609): nl80211: Scan trigger failed: ret=-16 (Device or resource busy)
W/wpa_supplicant( 1609): wlan0: Failed to initiate AP scan
D/wpa_supplicant( 1609): CTRL_IFACE monitor send - hexdump(len=39): 2f 64 61 74 61 2f 6d 69 73 63 2f 77 69 66 69 2f 73 6f 63 6b 65 74 73 2f 77 70 61 5f 63 74 72 6c ...
D/wpa_supplicant( 1609): wlan0: Setting scan request: 1 sec 0 usec
E/WifiHW  (  410): Received the following from the supplicant: <4>Failed to initiate AP scan


D/wpa_supplicant( 1609): wlan0: Starting AP scan for wildcard SSID
D/wpa_supplicant( 1609): wlan0: nl80211: scan request
D/wpa_supplicant( 1609): nl80211: Scan SSID - hexdump(len=0): [NULL]
D/wpa_supplicant( 1609): nl80211: Scan trigger failed: ret=-16 (Device or resource busy)
W/wpa_supplicant( 1609): wlan0: Failed to initiate AP scan
D/wpa_supplicant( 1609): CTRL_IFACE monitor send - hexdump(len=39): 2f 64 61 74 61 2f 6d 69 73 63 2f 77 69 66 69 2f 73 6f 63 6b 65 74 73 2f 77 70 61 5f 63 74 72 6c ...
D/wpa_supplicant( 1609): wlan0: Setting scan request: 1 sec 0 usec
E/WifiHW  (  410): Received the following from the supplicant: <4>Failed to initiate AP scan

Regards

Susan

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igorpadykov
NXP Employee
NXP Employee

Hi Susan

please veify that software have a valid nl80211 driver and if necessary request updated
version from chip vendor. By default NXP Android 4.4.3 supports AR6103, AR6233X,
8723AS SDIO cards. May be useful to check :

NL80211 Interface Driver porting In Android 6 

How to Support New WiFi Card in Android  

Best regards
igor
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