Hello there, I understand that this is probably quite a widespread problem as i spent quite a bit looking around this forum for a fix but i came to the conclusion that it probably isn’t something that can be fixed from another persons problem, as computers are different. Currently wired through my phone with usb tethering and will post my inxi -Fazy results so that maybe someone can help me.
Here is the aforementioned inxi -Fazy, i disconnected from my phone and turned on wifi to get the results of the actual wifi connection. Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help. 
System:
Kernel: 6.12.1-4-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
root=UUID=f540c5aa-d669-44bd-9633-417d2bf4c4a6 rw quiet splash apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: GNOME v: 47.2 tk: GTK v: 3.24.43 wm: gnome-shell
tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy dm: GDM v: 47.0 Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: B450 Gaming K4 serial: <superuser required>
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI-[Legacy]: American Megatrends v: P1.80
date: 12/18/2018
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen level: v3
note: check built: 2017-19 process: GF 14nm family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 1
stepping: 1 microcode: 0x8001137
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 576 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x64 KiB L2: 3 MiB
desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 2x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1879 min/max: 2200/3600 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1879 2: 1879 3: 1879
4: 1879 5: 1879 6: 1879 7: 1879 8: 1879 9: 1879 10: 1879 11: 1879 12: 1879
bogomips: 86267
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; STIBP:
disabled; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia
v: 550.135 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+ status: current
(as of 2024-09; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x process: TSMC 16nm
built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2
empty: DP-1,DVI-D-1,HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 26:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c82
class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.14 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: N/A failed: nvidia
gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch note: X driver n/a, try sudo/root
display-ID: :1 note: <missing: xdpyinfo/xrandr>
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 size-res: N/A modes: N/A
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-2 size-res: N/A modes: N/A
Monitor-3: Unknown-1 size-res: N/A modes: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
inactive: gbm,wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 550.135
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 3.91 GiB
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 26:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fb9 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h HD Audio vendor: ASRock
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 28:00.3 chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.12.1-4-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASRock driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: d000 bus-ID: 25:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp37s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: TP-Link 802.11n NIC driver: rtl8xxxu type: USB rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-3:2 chip-ID: 2357:0126
class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: wlp39s0f3u3 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: enp3s0f0u9 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: half mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.05 TiB used: 9.94 GiB (0.5%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO 250GB
size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1B2QEXE7 temp: 35.9 C
scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-08WN4A0
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1A02 scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4B6Q scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 51.51 GiB size: 50.4 GiB (97.85%) used: 9.94 GiB (19.7%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 42.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 45 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.55 GiB used: 2.27 GiB (14.6%)
Processes: 329 Power: uptime: 16m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.19 GiB services: gsd-power,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1130 libs: 312 tools: gnome-software,pamac
pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Compilers: N/A Shell: Bash v: 5.2.37
running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.36
It looks like you have a driver installed:
Are you dual-booting Windows? If so, make certain that Windows is completely shutdown and that Hibernation, hybrid sleep and fast startup are completely disabled.
Have you tried a different kernel e.g. 6.6LTS or 6.1LTS?
Is it blocked somehow? What does the following command show?
rfkill list
A solution I have seen involves blacklisting the kernel driver and installing rtl8192eu driver which is available from the AUR. This particular driver requires that dkms be installed on your system. I would also recommend the appropriate linux headers for the kernel that you are running.
If it doesn’t workout, you can always reverse the kernel driver blacklist.
echo "blacklist rtl8xxxu" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8xxxu.conf
Easiest method is in pamac GUI. Ensure that AUR is enabled in pamac.
To build packages from AUR, make certain that the base-devel package is installed.
Via terminal:
pamac install base-devel
pamac install dkms
pamac install linux612-headers
reboot after installation of dkms and the kernel headers. Then:
In terminal or via Pamac GUI:
pamac build rtl8192eu
There was a problem a till a day or two ago with recent ISO’s missing some firmware.
I don’t know whether this WiFi adapter would need it.
Perhaps try using a freshly downloaded ISO.
I downloaded my ISO like 10-12 hours ago, i don’t know if you mean recent recent, like some minutes ago. 
I’ll try what you mention, but just to answer a few right now.5
No so I don’t think it matters, but tell me if i am wrong there. I am running Manjaro on one of my SSD’s, I have 2 SSD (a 250gb which has my windows, and a 1tb that has a partition which is running Manjaro) and 1tb HDD.
Not yet, didn’t think of it as a solution to the adapter not working.
It shows this: (Currently on ethernet through phone tethering.)
1: phy1: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
That’s all from me now, i’ll go ahead and try everything else.
I don’t know about the two SSD situation. I would run the following:
rfkill unblock all
the name of the file should end in
… 24.2.0-241209-linux612.iso - the one from the day before
… 24.2.0-241208- … .iso
was missing firmware