Is there any way to tell if the nic itself is faulty? I've been unable even get a list of wireless networks, it scans then tells me there are no access points available.

In the console ifconfig shows no wlan device and if i run ifconfig wlan0 up the device just freezes.

Phone has the latest updates on it so i'm at a loss.

Any help appreciated
Thanks

Do you have WiFi Switcher, Advanced Interface Switcher, or some other WiFi module unloading program?

Run:

Also, does rebooting fix it?

A reboot does not fix it I have no 3rd party software on this device that controls wifi and this is the output from lsmod

lsmod | grep "wl"
wl12xx 76864 0
mac80211 122954 1 wl12xx
crc7 1216 1 wl12xx
rtc_twl4030 4482 0
leds_twl4030_vibra 3840 0
rtc_core 13208 1 rtc_twl4030
twl4030_wdt 3468 1
led_class 2948 2 leds_lp5523,leds_twl4030_vibra

Anything else you can think of i'd be happy to try.

Thanks

As root try "iwlist scan", if that doesn't show anything when there should be a network in range, then type "dmesg" into the terminal to get a list of the kernel messages, if there is something wrong with the wifi, there may be something related there, probably at the bottom if you have just done a scan.

If you don't get any information from those commands, then you might want to try a reflash, if it still isn't working after a reflash, it is probably hardware.

Get no real error messages from dmesg

"iwlist scan" shows the nic but says can't scan with wlan0 'network is down is the message it gives.

Turns out it was indeed a hardware fault.

Thanks for all the help