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[Q] need help with wifi tethering when temp rooted

ok so i got the visionary temp root and i tried to use barnacle wifi tethering but i cant get it to connect with my laptop.. it keeps saying no internet access. so i used the stock tmobile hotspot and it seems to work just fine but i didnt know if it would charge my bill or not? does anyone know if it will? also is there another wifi tethering app i can download that works for maybe one of u guys? thanks

s10shane said:
ok so i got the visionary temp root and i tried to use barnacle wifi tethering but i cant get it to connect with my laptop.. it keeps saying no internet access. so i used the stock tmobile hotspot and it seems to work just fine but i didnt know if it would charge my bill or not? does anyone know if it will? also is there another wifi tethering app i can download that works for maybe one of u guys? thanks
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I do not THINK Barnacle is compatible with the Kernel in the Sense ROM, that they are using.
Try using the Google Code Wifi application. http://code.google.com/p/android-wi...etail?name=wireless_tether_2_0_6.apk&can=2&q=
That one should work fairly well for you.

Never posted anything that made it into someones signature before. Thats awesome.

I've used all 3 "Stock", Barnacle and the Google.Code one and they all 3 worked fine. I have stuck with the stock one (TMO not charging me for it either) because I prefer the UI for it and it connects first try every time for me. activate app, power up netbook and by the time my netbook is done powering up it has already connected itself to my phone a ready to go for a romp on the inter-web. I have been using it since day I got the phone and haven't received the text telling me I had to add tethering to my account... but then I never get anywhere near the 5GB "cap", my heaviest month was 1.51GB

neidlinger said:
I do not THINK Barnacle is compatible with the Kernel in the Sense ROM, that they are using.
Try using the Google Code Wifi application. http://code.google.com/p/android-wi...etail?name=wireless_tether_2_0_6.apk&can=2&q=
That one should work fairly well for you.
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ok thanks i will try it next time i got a laptop...

Acer 1810t & Epic wfi tether

I have a rooted Epic running 2.2.1. I installed a wifi tether program and ran it. Everyone can see it and logon except for my Acer 1810t netbook. I have tried everything I know but cant get it to connet to the wifi. Any input would be appreciated
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DJPrescher said:
I have a rooted Epic running 2.2.1. I installed a wifi tether program and ran it. Everyone can see it and logon except for my Acer 1810t netbook. I have tried everything I know but cant get it to connet to the wifi. Any input would be appreciated
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Go to the wifi tether google code page and download the latest beta. Your netbook wont see ad-hoc, so you need wifi tether 3.0
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I have a 1410 and it connects to Wifi Tether 3.0 release 10 without issues on stock EB13 rooted.

Thanks for the input. I have tried 3 different tethering programs, barnacle, wifi, etc and none of them work. I guess i will jsut have to be happy with PD Net for the time being. There is just something about this laptop. It sees the adhoc netowrk it just won't connect to it.

I have the 1810tz and it works great with Wifi tether 3.0.

DJPrescher said:
Thanks for the input. I have tried 3 different tethering programs, barnacle, wifi, etc and none of them work. I guess i will jsut have to be happy with PD Net for the time being. There is just something about this laptop. It sees the adhoc netowrk it just won't connect to it.
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when you tried Android-wifi-tether you probably tried the stable version..not the beta...download the beta here:
http://code.google.com/p/android-wi...tail?name=wifi_tether_v3_0-pre11.apk&can=2&q=
it should work...

I used Odin to put the phone back to stock. then I flashed the ROM to 2.2.1. Then I used one.click.root.exploitv2.5.5.zip to root the device. I then downloaded the file from the link above and installed WiFi Tether and it starts up. then I have both the WiFi Tether icon and an additional Hot Spot icon then the phone just freezes. Does it have to be ext4? I am a noob but learning.
Update: Went back ind rooted with clockwork 3.0.0.6 and converted to ext4 and changed the config to Samsung and it seems to be working.

has anyone figured out how to get Wireless Tether App on CM7?

hey everyone, I LOVE cm7 and stock android, but I use my phone to tether more than anything else and I need a solid tethering solution. My problem is that Wireless Tether app doesn't work with CM7 (at least last time I tried it) and the built in tether doesn't seem to work for me, (broadcasts but I don't get any internet connection)
Does anyone know of a way to Fix wireless tether app or why the built in one isn't working for me?

use barnacle tether, its free. but if the default settings arent working then go into the barnacle settings and click the "skip-wpa supplicant" or something like that. if it didnt work the first time it should work then

Thanks! I'll try that

I use the built in tether quite often on CM7. I am running rc3 right now and haven't had a chance to test it out but it has worked on the last 4 nightlies I've run.

Durkbeef said:
hey everyone, I LOVE cm7 and stock android, but I use my phone to tether more than anything else and I need a solid tethering solution. My problem is that Wireless Tether app doesn't work with CM7 (at least last time I tried it) and the built in tether doesn't seem to work for me, (broadcasts but I don't get any internet connection)
Does anyone know of a way to Fix wireless tether app or why the built in one isn't working for me?
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the reason why the built in tether does not work for you is because you either used a wireless tether app or you have one installed. what you have to do is you must uninstall all wireless tether apps you have and then you must reflash your mod and obviously reboot once you do that it will be working for you. trust i just had this problem and i did a lot of research on it and i actually figured this out today and it worked. so give it a try and let me know how it goes. ^_^

would love to say this is the problem but it isnt
has something to do with dhcp, i can connect wirelessly to the phone np but wont get an internet connection because the phone decides to flake out and not assign an ip address for my laptop.
I tried to connect it earlier and it didnt work but i left it connected. I walked away, came back 10 minutes later and finally got an ip address and internet on my laptop. so either it just takes its sweet time assigning an ip or its tempermental

all good here
hi,
of no real help, but I am using CM7 stable and mine works without issue.

CM7 Final here and it works fine for me. Like others suggested, try wiping and reflashing.
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Wireless Tether

Sorry for the noobish question. I came from EF 3.6 to the new ComRom. While restoring apps, TiBu won't allow my Wireless Tether app to be resored. I'm guessing it has to do with rom/kernel? It worked with EF3.6 on the same kernel (pbj -50), is this something built into the rom that doesn't allow it? If so, can I make my phone a hotspot without having to use VZW services?

Have you tried reinstalling it?
I know it wont let you download the tether from the market any more.
So here is a direct link from the developer
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/

If I'm using pbj -100uv kernel, will vzw be able to pick up tethering? I think I read they have dummy modules now for tethering? Thanks
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I am not sure i have not used the tether in a while.
If i get busted i will let ya know!

if you still can't get that working, I have used Barnacle in the past to wifi tether and it works wonderfully

I think it depends on how much data you pull.... if you're using it as your main internet connection then yeah maybe you will get in trouble.... but seriously what will they do? Take away your data? They can't prove you were tethering unless they have your phone in their possession and can see that its rooted and has a tethering program.

and still then, i don't think they can't tell if the data you were pulling at the time was going to a different device...it still goes through the phone, regardless of where the data ends up...

Unless you have your pc locked down pretty tightly, they can get a pretty good idea if you're tethering by looking at the traffic. When was the last time your phone checked in with Windows Update, Steam, etc.?
I'm not saying that they will check those things, just that they could tell if they wanted to. Of course if you're only using your phone to tether an android tablet, they'd have to try a different method.

Can't tether after ICS then factory reset

I'm not rooted and updated to ICS this morning. Brought my transformer to work with me since I was excited and was tethering to my phone via ad-hoc fine. I then decided to do a factory reset to clear up the tablet and do some optimization. Next thing you know I can no longer tether to my phone so now I'm stuck without wifi.
My tether network shows up in the available wifi list but when I try to connect it just saves the network but not connect. Does anyone have suggestions on how to fix this?

There is no reason that a factory reset would block it from being able to connect to a ad hoc network. The only thing that I can think of is that you typed the password wrong but like I said there is no reason it shouldn't work.

I didn't set any encryption on the tether network, it's the only way I was able to get tethering working previously.

Interesting, maybe reboot your phone? Like I said, I really don't think a factory restore could do anything that would prevent this from happening.

I was worried about the tethering. The Prime guys lost it with ics and had to root to get it back.

Yes, I have tried restarting my phone a few times. I was originally using android-wifi-tether 3.1b11 but have also tried barnacle tether, both have the same results. I'm attempting another reset on the transformer now in case I screwed something up on setup. I backed up all my apps before resetting the first time so at least I can install them, but no network access.

Asus had previously fixed ad-hoc in the August OTA, but it looks like the new ICS OTA doesn't have that fix anymore. So, you might try bluetooth pan networking instead. I don't think any amount of factory resets will get your ad-hoc wifi back without actually reverting to a pre ICS install.

I was able to find a wifi tether profile that allowed me to put my phone into AP mode so it's now working without ad-hoc. Thanks for trying to help

ZeNiTH456 said:
I was able to find a wifi tether profile that allowed me to put my phone into AP mode so it's now working without ad-hoc. Thanks for trying to help
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Dude, PdaNet has a (new) version for ICS for free. It does bluetooth and more. You might want to check out.

Just fired up wireless tether, connected to it and browsed the web with no problems.

ZeNiTH456 said:
I was able to find a wifi tether profile that allowed me to put my phone into AP mode so it's now working without ad-hoc. Thanks for trying to help
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What did you end up using? The same exact thing happened to me.

34Ford said:
I was worried about the tethering. The Prime guys lost it with ics and had to root to get it back.
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I came from Revolver. After the ICS update my tether had no issues. I use the app WiFi Tether.
The only thing I noticed is that ICS does not gracefully disconnect after I shut tether off. In fact, the wireless rings for signal indicator grey out but are all still present. After a while, I turned the tether app back on and had to dicsonnect/reconnect wifi on the tab. There was a message like something about "continued poor signal". After the standard off/on of wifi all was good.

Thanks, thats what I was using but I had a really old version. I guess I should update my apps more.