topic Re: T6 wifi connection in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

T6 wifi connection

cozmo354 — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 17:36:04 GMT

I just got a new T6 and I am having a hard time getting it to connect to my phone. I downloaded the canon connect app and it will show as the camera being connected but then it will not go any further. It gives me a message to operate the camera to establish a connection.

I am using a LG G3 phone is it something to do with the phone?

Re: T6 wifi connection

Waddizzle — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 20:48:04 GMT

@cozmo354 wrote:
I just got a new T6 and I am having a hard time getting it to connect to my phone. I downloaded the canon connect app and it will show as the camera being connected but then it will not go any further. It gives me a message to operate the camera to establish a connection.

I am using a LG G3 phone is it something to do with the phone?

Do you have Wi-Fi enabled? The camera uses either USB or Wi-Fi. The factory default is USB.

Re: T6 wifi connection

cozmo354 — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 21:37:16 GMT

Yes it's enabled it shows that it's connect but then just says searching for connection

Re: T6 wifi connection

Christina_goto — Sun, 15 Jan 2017 07:23:05 GMT

It's not your phone I have an iPhone and the same thing is happening to me

Re: T6 wifi connection

StanNH — Sun, 15 Jan 2017 14:27:17 GMT

With my iPhone, which is not NFC enabled, the connection is reliable. Wifi on the camera must be on and the transfer to phone icon selected. During the initial setup, a password code will be given. On the phone, you have to pick up the Canon wifi network, and enter the code. Once the network is selected and checked, you can open the Canon app. It takes several seconds before it finds the connection, but it will then activate.

if this does not work, which happened after the last update, simply reset your wifi setup on the camera, and forget your network on the phone. Then start the setup from scratch and it should work.

Re: T6 wifi connection

Tim — Sun, 15 Jan 2017 21:00:22 GMT

Christina_goto,

In order for the community to properly assist you can you please let us know what the operating version and generation of Iphone you are using?

Re: T6 wifi connection

cozmo354 — Sun, 15 Jan 2017 21:40:19 GMT

I am using a LG G3
Are there certain apps that could block the connection? My wife has the same phone and it will connect to hers so I'm wondering if an app on my phone is preventing it from connecting

Re: T6 wifi connection

Waddizzle — Sun, 15 Jan 2017 23:04:39 GMT

@cozmo354 wrote:
I am using a LG G3
Are there certain apps that could block the connection? My wife has the same phone and it will connect to hers so I'm wondering if an app on my phone is preventing it from connecting

I'm not sure if the T6 has the smarts to connect to two different phones. My gut says nay.

Connecting to multiple phones would require two separate phone configurations within the camera. If it is possible to connect to multiple phones, then you would have to create an entirely new connection for each phone. Then you would have to tell the camera which connection that you wish to use.

Re: T6 wifi connection

cozmo354 — Sun, 15 Jan 2017 23:17:02 GMT

I tried wife's phone just to see if it would connect and it did. Not trying to connect to both but there are actually 3 slots available for connections

Re: T6 wifi connection

Waddizzle — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 00:05:30 GMT

@cozmo354 wrote:
I tried wife's phone just to see if it would connect and it did. Not trying to connect to both but there are actually 3 slots available for connections

When I said connect to both phones, I did not mean both at the same time. Contact Canon U.S. Support.

Re: T6 wifi connection

Grace06 — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 01:37:26 GMT

Hi i got an EOS Rebel T6 and i got an iphone 6s.
There’s an issue regarding on how to connect it to the app. I downloaded the canon camera connect, I turned on the wifi both the canon and my iphone but it only says waiting to connect in my EOS camera. I am just wondering if what will be the problem with this? Any help and answer is much appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Re: T6 wifi connection

Wolfie0827 — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 15:28:15 GMT

Canon Connect app and your camera verify connections so each phone will need a seperate setup in the wi-fi settings. Set 1 will be for the first phone/computer you connected to through wi-fi, so any others will need to be setup under Set 2 or 3.

If that doesn't work then you may have a fault in either the camera or your phone.