So here's my random tip of the day.
I use a GoPro hero3 plus Silver Edition for all my video making. I had an issue where the Wi-Fi connection to my app on the cell phone wouldn't stay stable. it would stay connected for maybe 10 seconds and then disconnect. it was very frustrating to me. I have a Samsung galaxy s3. Amber's Samsung note 3 would stay connected no problem.
If I were to turn my phone on airplane mode then the connection would remain more stable. this was ok but I didn't want to go and whole day doing a skate session or whatever without my cell phone on.
I finally fixed the problem and the problem was the phone's connection settings.
What I did is went under settings, connections, more networks, mobile networks, connections optimizer, and unmanaged Wi-Fi networks.
The unmanaged Wi-Fi networks was the key to getting the GoPro to work correctly. this allows you to connect things like toys or airplane Wi-Fi that do not actually provide an active internet connection.
Once I added the GoPros Wi-Fi to that list the GoPro now works flawlessly with my galaxy s3.
I hope this helps someone else who just thought their phone was crappy.
