WiFi & Backup not working!

[Apota]

Well, I guess I used one of the original custom ROMs when it first came out. The file I used is DaleNet-Thrive-0032-Root-v1.1.zip. For some reason I can no longer connect to my WiFi Router it's just in an endless loop saying that's it's trying to get an IP address. I haven't done anything that I know of to cause this problem. Any advice what I can do? Maybe I should just install the stock ROM because I guess I don't need a Rooted Thrive anymore, or install a more updated ROM? Either way I'm just worried all my apps won't re-install automatically when the Thrive is wiped with the new ROM. I also don't know if either will fix the problem because I have no idea why the WiFi stopped working anyways. I tried doing a backup using CWM-based Recovery v4.0.1.4-DJ_Steve-Thrive but it gives me the following error message, "No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext." Thanks for all of your help and time!

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[Crazy49er]

Can you connect the thrive to another wifi hotspot? Can you see any more wireless options available other than the network you're trying to connect to?

[DoubleDAZ]

The sd-ext error is normal, ignore it.

[Apota]

Yes, I see lots of other wireless connections that I could connect too, but they all have security, so I can't try to connect to them. I actually have an old Motorola Droid phone and I enabled the WiFi hot spot on my phone and the tablet connected to it with no problems. So, maybe it's just an issue with it connecting to my router? I wonder what happened so it can't connect to my router?

Can you connect the thrive to another wifi hotspot? Can you see any more wireless options available other than the network you're trying to connect to?

[Apota]

OK, then how do I know if the backup worked and backed up everything OK?

The sd-ext error is normal, ignore it.

[Apota]

Well, I enabled SSID Broadcast & disabled Security and I was able to connect to my router. I enabled security & I could connect to my router, but I then disabled SSID broadcast & I couldn't connect to my router again. It was saying the network wasn't there to connect too, but I have always had SSID broadcast disabled in the past and my tablet could always connect to it, so I don't know what's different that is causing the problems now.

[Apota]

Well, I got it working. I deleted the entries for my wireless network and added it all over again and it seems to be working fine. The only question I have now is before I installed the custom rom there was an option to do the WPS Push Button to connect it, but I don't see that option anymore. Does anybody know anything about this?

[DoubleDAZ]

OK, then how do I know if the backup worked and backed up everything OK?

Well, because I assume it said it generated the MD5 checksum and said Backup Complete. You can use a file manager to look for the backup on your external SD in the folder ClockWorkMod/Backup folder. We don't have an sd-ext (whatever that is) on the Thrive, so that is why it skips it.