Samsung Note 3Keeps displaying "Couldn't establish a secure connection"

[daves66nova]

I did a factory reset on this tablet. I can connect to wifi and get some sites, but a lot of time get " Couldn't establish a secure connection". I even get this when I go to Google Play Store and it doesn't allow me to download anything. i went into settings and didn't see anything related to this. What can I check to fix this? thanks!

 

[VTECOverRated]

First of all the note 3 is not a tablet, but a phone from 2013. If that is the case then you should just throw it away. Something that old is bound to have some issues with a modern router.

If you got the model wrong then please provide the correct model.

 

[Rand]

Factory reset should have fixed it. but that phone is older than dirt.

 

[racer12306]

I'm surprised a Note 3 works at all in 2023.

If we're talking about the phone, 10 years is a GREAT run, it doesn't owe you anything.

 

[daves66nova]

First of all the note 3 is not a tablet, but a phone from 2013. If that is the case then you should just throw it away. Something that old is bound to have some issues with a modern router.

If you got the model wrong then please provide the correct model.

Oh ok. I found it, tried to find out the owner but they refused it. It's pretty big for a phone, that's why I thought it was a small tablet. I was hoping to just use it for wifi websites. If I damage it or lose it, no biggie.

 

[JavierH19]

I once had that issue on a newer Samsung where the time and date in the settings was wrong and it would just stop it from connecting for some reason. I set the time nd date and things started working. Then i purposefully messed it up and it stopped connecting to see if i was just lucky.

 

[VTECOverRated]

Oh ok. I found it, tried to find out the owner but they refused it. It's pretty big for a phone, that's why I thought it was a small tablet. I was hoping to just use it for wifi websites. If I damage it or lose it, no biggie.

If it is the note 3, its done for.

 

[OVERKILL]

I once had that issue on a newer Samsung where the time and date in the settings was wrong and it would just stop it from connecting for some reason. I set the time nd date and things started working. Then i purposefully messed it up and it stopped connecting to see if i was just lucky.

Yeah, probably the date and time are wrong. That said, I agree that this thing is obsolete and not worth hanging onto.

 

[dogememe]

either wrong date/time or certificate/cipher issue.

 

[JavierH19]

Yeah, probably the date and time are wrong. That said, I agree that this thing is obsolete and not worth hanging onto.

I imagine it runs android 5 whose app support for is dying but a lot of things still support 5. It's use is limited with old android though. I know people can put a newer version on it but i have no idea as it's too techy for me. Android 8 or 9 wouldn't tax it too much and just about everything would work on it. Overall the effort isn't worth it.

 

[mk378]

The root certificates have expired. Same thing happens to old iPads.

 

[daves66nova]

Oooops!! The "tablet" is actually a Tab3, if that makes any difference....