In the last two days, I have only been able to get wifi to connect once. Most of the time I get an X over the wifi icon. I am not sure what that even means. I have also tried using an Edimax (EW-7611ULB) USB wifi dongle, but the Circuit Sword build doesn't detect it. Ironically, if this requires driver/kernel updates to support the dongle, I am stuck since I have no wifi access.
I can't fully test the build (ie sound) because I can't load any roms on it. I also tried not tightening that corner case screw as much as to not put pressure on the wifi chip but it hasn't made a difference. The only time wifi worked, it lasted about 5 minutes then went to the X icon.
Tester mode shows OK for every component and no issues with the display.
Any help would be appreciated.
Here's the snippet from dmesg (Updated April 3): https://pastebin.com/Hzrwq48Y
Here's the full contents of the messages logfile - https://pastebin.com/qx3iRmb6 (old)
New logfile April 3 - https://pastebin.com/LGfRqAqb
Additional info: Things seem to work fine if I run the system with the halves separated. Like Kite has said before, there seems to be problems with the USB port putting pressure on the wifi module. I don't know what to do about this because I've already trimmed down the solder points on the back of the USB port. I also put multiple layers of Kapton. I've taken this thing apart so many times now. Currently, the latest behavior is instead of having an X over the Wifi icon, it's an exclamation mark, as if it is active but cannot connect. (I have wpa_supplicant.conf stored on /boot). When I try to go to wifi settings it shows only two wifi hotspots: empty and Hidden ESSID. I have over a dozen around me. So it seems like putting the two halves together causes it to either misbehave or completely disable the wifi chip altogether. Could this be a shielding issue, having it so close to the USB port? Should I keep layering on the kapton tape?
Edit: I spoke too soon. I tried it again with the two halves separated and this time I got the exclamation mark again.
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Other things I have tried: Updating wifi locale, country locale, and keyboard localization. I also bought a new Edimax wifi adatper that is Raspberry Pi compatible out of the box. I also added country to my wpa_supplicant file. None of this worked.