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I'm using DC v1 right now and there is no MNS (Mobile Network Sharing) as of now, so I have made a nand img for you all of the last rom that I used that had MNS working 100%.
I use this ONLY when I need to tether... which is often lol because I live on campus at the University of Miami.
I flashed Flipz's 2.1 v1.8-7 Eclair (which has working MNS) that I had lying around.
Stripped it for JUST tethering, got rid of Sprint crap & the works.
Includes,
Wireless Tether
&
NetCounter. Since there is no display on how much data/wifi you are using, NetCounter is a *free* program on the market that will tell you.
THIS IS A NANDROID IMAGE. DO NOT FLASH AS A .ZIP!!!!!
I am not responsible if this screws anything up. I just posted my nand image.
UNZIP FILE AND PUT FOLDER "2.1_Eclair_Tether" ON YOU SDCARD UNDER:
nandroid > Your serial # >
THEN APPLY LIKE A NORMAL NAND RESTORE.
I have never shared a Nandriod image before, so not even sure if it will work. I DID NOT sign into anything after flashing (google, market, gmail, facebook...) so it is completely stock.
Anyone willing to try this nand restore?
Just trying to help out those who miss MNS.
Also, post your results, would like to know if sharing nandroid backups could be convenient.
DOWNLOADS:
Nandroid img for tethering
MNS works in DarchLegend.
gomorrah said:
MNS works in DarchLegend.
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Well then...
For everyone using DC and doesn't want to switch to DarchLegend, not that it's bad, just not wanting to make a big switch.
Ok, well if no one wants to try....
I have a question: Is it even possible to share unlinked Nandroid images from phone to phone?? that's sort of why this is here too, to figure that out.
regaw_leinad said:
Ok, well if no one wants to try....
I have a question: Is it even possible to share unlinked Nandroid images from phone to phone?? that's sort of why this is here too, to figure that out.
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I flashed an old Nandroid backup onto a replacement phone (different serial, obviously) and it worked fine. Only thing that I had to do afterwards was clear the cache on Gmail for some reason, though I don't think it was related to flashing between different phones since others in the forums have reported the same issue.
Oh...and I'm using EasyTether Lite that I'd downloaded from the market a while back. Works great. I hear that the latest version has some additional limitations though...such as no https sites.
I'm using DC 2.1 and my MNS works fine.
Start up wireless tether, connect with laptop or whatever, disable mobile network, enable mobile network, wireless tether works perfect.
Its a bug, but that is the fix. Only need to do it once I believe.
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I'm using DC 2.1 and my MNS works fine.
Start up wireless tether, connect with laptop or whatever, disable mobile network, enable mobile network, wireless tether works perfect.
Its a bug, but that is the fix. Only need to do it once I believe.
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Wireless tether and MNS are different things...
MNS is built in USB tethering
My wireless tether on the other hand works great lol
regaw_leinad said:
Wireless tether and MNS are different things...
MNS is built in USB tethering
My wireless tether on the other hand works great lol
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Oh, there was a fix for this posted in the DC thread I believe.
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Oh, there was a fix for this posted in the DC thread I believe.
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the fix being download Easy tether Lite... yeah... no lol
MNS is built into the kernel, and it's not in the kernel on DC v1, and i don't know if he plans on doing it.
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the fix being download Easy tether Lite... yeah... no lol
MNS is built into the kernel, and it's not in the kernel on DC v1, and i don't know if he plans on doing it.
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No no, there was a fix I saw that was not downloading a third party app. I'm sorry I can't remember where it is, but if I find it again I'll post it here asap.
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No no, there was a fix I saw that was not downloading a third party app. I'm sorry I can't remember where it is, but if I find it again I'll post it here asap.
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oh ok, please when you find it then...
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oh ok, please when you find it then...
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I'm positive now it was in my MSL thread. I wanted my MSL to change my SIC to 0, and somebody posted how to get it with CDMA workshop etc, well it just went poof, but a sprint employee here at xda helped me get my MSL (Thanks again!), but they were arguing why somebody needed an MSL, and somebody posted about how he used it blah blah fixed tethering.
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I'm positive now it was in my MSL thread. I wanted my MSL to change my SIC to 0, and somebody posted how to get it with CDMA workshop etc, well it just went poof, but a sprint employee here at xda helped me get my MSL (Thanks again!), but they were arguing why somebody needed an MSL, and somebody posted about how he used it blah blah fixed tethering.
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Darn, well if that same person reads this... care to share how?
Can you share the img file again ? Because the download link doesn't work.
wen1012 said:
Can you share the img file again ? Because the download link doesn't work.
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yeah, sorry I re-arranged my dropbox.
it's up now
let me know if it works, and how the nand image works on your phone
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I'm positive now it was in my MSL thread. I wanted my MSL to change my SIC to 0, and somebody posted how to get it with CDMA workshop etc, well it just went poof, but a sprint employee here at xda helped me get my MSL (Thanks again!), but they were arguing why somebody needed an MSL, and somebody posted about how he used it blah blah fixed tethering.
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I'm anxious to see this too. I remember working on my Hero back when tethering on 1.5 discussions were happening, and really the only thing you could do in the CDMA Workshop (I think that's the name of it) was change your email address used as your id to the network from the one that's using PAM to mimic what was being sent during normal data usage. I think in the PAM communication was set blank, and the normal one was set to your id. It didn't work at all actually. It seemed that something else was built into the Android/Sprint stuff in Android that made that impossible. This is basically what you did, albeit through WindowsMobile's registry, to accomplish the same result in windows mobile.
I think in this instance, it's the other way around. Meaning that we have to get around it from a software standpoint so that it doesn't access the Sprint validation to determine whether to use PAM (Phone as Modem) line or normal line (even though it's just an id.)
This is what MNS accomplishes, it gets around that by appearing as normal data, and doesn't cause our Hero to throw error 67 data failure messages.
I may be completely off, but sounds feasible right?
kmartburrito said:
I'm anxious to see this too. I remember working on my Hero back when tethering on 1.5 discussions were happening, and really the only thing you could do in the CDMA Workshop (I think that's the name of it) was change your email address used as your id to the network from the one that's using PAM to mimic what was being sent during normal data usage. I think in the PAM communication was set blank, and the normal one was set to your id. It didn't work at all actually. It seemed that something else was built into the Android/Sprint stuff in Android that made that impossible. This is basically what you did, albeit through WindowsMobile's registry, to accomplish the same result in windows mobile.
I think in this instance, it's the other way around. Meaning that we have to get around it from a software standpoint so that it doesn't access the Sprint validation to determine whether to use PAM (Phone as Modem) line or normal line (even though it's just an id.)
This is what MNS accomplishes, it gets around that by appearing as normal data, and doesn't cause our Hero to throw error 67 data failure messages.
I may be completely off, but sounds feasible right?
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Yeah, that and that the option isn't even cooked into Damageless' ROM
I hope he releases v1.2 or 2 with MNS.
I know Darch's rom has working mns, but I like DC a lot. Until then, I'll use my nand backup
Hey guys I rarely, if ever, post anything, but I made a discovery yesterday that I just tested and wanted to let everyone in on it. I have the **Leaked** but now **Official** "RUU_Hero_C_Sprint_2.27.651.5_R_signed_release" installed on my phone. My phone had not been rooted and I decided to upgraded from 1.5 to 2.1 yesterday (just couldn't get myself to pull the trigger sooner). While I molesting the new features I went to mount the phone as a disk drive and noticed there were some additional options. Once you plug in the USB into the phone, access the pull-down menu from the status bar and press "Charge Only". You will be greeted with another menu that, among other things, has an option for "Internet Sharing" select this and the phone will install some software on your computer. After that your computer will be able to utilize your phone as a modem. Now I haven't tried this over just a 3G connection as I live out in the country and my service is terrrrrible out here, but what I was able to confirm is that this works over WiFi with no problems. I turned off the Wifi card on my laptop and enabled the Wifi on the phone. A few moments later I got the connection indicator on my laptop (Windows Vista) and away we go. I posted this using the connection. Can anyone confirm this works over 3G?
Screen shots posted below. (Sorry about the blurry pics, I don't have the steadiest hands)
did you update with the RUU?
FYI, this is not "wifi" tethering, it's "wired" tethering.
good to know internet sharing was in the final!
If I understand your question correctly, yeah I updated with the RUU but I wasn't really interested in rooting the phone.
Yes it works, but you need to change your PRI
tstack77 said:
Yes it works, but you need to change your PRI
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In other words, no it does not work if you ran the RUU. You would have to be rooted, flash an Eris based ROM, and then update using the SprintUpdate2.zip Damageless posted.
abcdfv said:
In other words, no it does not work if you ran the RUU. You would have to be rooted, flash an Eris based ROM, and then update using the SprintUpdate2.zip Damageless posted.
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I was really hoping to teach the lad to search (twas his first post )
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I was really hoping to teach the lad to search (twas his first post )
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Aside from "Flashing an Eris ROM breaks your PRI" he wouldn't find much. Sometimes you just gotta let it slide and lend a hand.
Are you guys talking about the same thing he is? He said he ran the RUU and is not rooted. He said he doesn't get good 3g where he lives but what he did was turn off wifi on his laptop and enable it on the phone. He enabled internet sharing and it shared his internet connection with the laptop.
This isn't wifi tethering like we usually describe it, but he is describing a different situation than the one you guys are talking about. Unless I missed something in the posts.
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Are you guys talking about the same thing he is? He said he ran the RUU and is not rooted. He said he doesn't get good 3g where he lives but what he did was turn off wifi on his laptop and enable it on the phone. He enabled internet sharing and it shared his internet connection with the laptop.
This isn't wifi tethering like we usually describe it, but he is describing a different situation than the one you guys are talking about. Unless I missed something in the posts.
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He was asking if it would work over 3G, as well as wifi.
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Are you guys talking about the same thing he is? He said he ran the RUU and is not rooted. He said he doesn't get good 3g where he lives but what he did was turn off wifi on his laptop and enable it on the phone. He enabled internet sharing and it shared his internet connection with the laptop.
This isn't wifi tethering like we usually describe it, but he is describing a different situation than the one you guys are talking about. Unless I missed something in the posts.
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You're both right and wrong.
I was assuming that he rooted his phone before updating to 2.1, thought he just made a mistake by adding the ruu part.
And he was asking about 3g tethering since he could do it over wifi.
To answer his question: You cannot tether that way if you ran the official RUU...that is until an exploit is found and you root your phone.
PDAnet will still work for you though
He probably has one of the few Sprint PRI's that allows MNS....bastage.....
Thanks guys, I'll take my laptop to work tomorrow and give it a try with and without PDANet. Thanks for all of the feedback.
What is you PRI number?
Pri version: 2.20_003
I have the same PRI number. How did you get the network sharing to work? Did you download any software?
yeah we need to find out if this new PRI will allow wired tethering, but I don't want to lose root
we need a few people (read: guinea pigs) to test it out
Ok, I got the network sharing via wired tether to work with WIFI. Now if I can get it to work on 3g.
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I tried to use the 3g network and it will not allow you to wire tether. It will keep popping up error 67 which "Data Call Failure". Boo.
I'm currently trying to figure out where exactly the PRI is stored in a ROM, so I can make update.zip's of different PRI's, to allow tethering.
abcdfv said:
I'm currently trying to figure out where exactly the PRI is stored in a ROM, so I can make update.zip's of different PRI's, to allow tethering.
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I've been digging through for a while now, off and on, trying to find this myself. I PM'd flipz and asked, but haven't received a response, but i'm sure he knows how/if this could be done. I'm very interested if you do find something out, let me know!
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Hey guys I rarely, if ever, post anything, but I made a discovery yesterday that I just tested and wanted to let everyone in on it. I have the **Leaked** but now **Official** "RUU_Hero_C_Sprint_2.27.651.5_R_signed_release" installed on my phone. My phone had not been rooted and I decided to upgraded from 1.5 to 2.1 yesterday (just couldn't get myself to pull the trigger sooner). While I molesting the new features I went to mount the phone as a disk drive and noticed there were some additional options. Once you plug in the USB into the phone, access the pull-down menu from the status bar and press "Charge Only". You will be greeted with another menu that, among other things, has an option for "Internet Sharing" select this and the phone will install some software on your computer. After that your computer will be able to utilize your phone as a modem. Now I haven't tried this over just a 3G connection as I live out in the country and my service is terrrrrible out here, but what I was able to confirm is that this works over WiFi with no problems. I turned off the Wifi card on my laptop and enabled the Wifi on the phone. A few moments later I got the connection indicator on my laptop (Windows Vista) and away we go. I posted this using the connection. Can anyone confirm this works over 3G?
Screen shots posted below. (Sorry about the blurry pics, I don't have the steadiest hands)
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The hero has always been able to share wifi using the usb tether. The 3G sharing will be disabled for you as always. Sorry to burst your bubble this is not something new. In fact, way back before we had root you could use a trick to tether the 3G over usb by turning off mobile network and then enabling the MNS while turning the mobile network back on. It was just a bug that someone found to bypass the 3G sharing lockout. After we got root no one really needed that trick anymore.
Okay this might be the 1000th question about rooting.Ive heard the evo is rooted already but cant confirm yet if it is or not.Is there a rooting yet for the evo?Something easy for dummies like me.
Thanks for your help.
read the sticky. yes it's been asked, Yes it's been rooted, look in the android development forum.
QUESTION
Im looking in there and i dont see anything pertaining to the evo.If you know by any chance the page its on?
michael338 said:
Im looking in there and i dont see anything pertaining to the evo.If you know by any chance the page its on?
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http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/0...android-wifi-tether-app-adds-support-for-evo/
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http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/0...android-wifi-tether-app-adds-support-for-evo/
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I think he ment rooting. not wifi tethering?
if you want to learn how to root this is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=690762
Root
Okay guys i got the unvrevoked on my phone.I ran it.Looks good so far.Only question i have is my laptop wont connect to my phone.It says connected to android wifi but when i load a page,says cannot be found.How do i use laptop with the wife tether that is running.
Also do you recommend any other apps to add to my phone like removing system apps and such..
Thank you guys...
ask in the rooting thread!
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I think he ment rooting. not wifi tethering?
if you want to learn how to root this is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=690762
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Yeah I know he did but in that thread was the link to root and anyone who roots is going to want tethering sonner or later.
Root equals tether
Well no luck on information about tethering.My computer connects the the android tether,but computer cannot load pages online.
Once you tethered did you go to Settings->Wireless Networks and turn on Sprint Hotspot?
wow
No i did not know that.Didnt know i had to turn on the sprint hotspot.I will try that and thank you..
Didnt work
Thanks for trying.It says error.Man i wish things where that easy.Its never easy.I start tether first and then go to settings and click on sprint hotspot.It wont turn on but says error at the bottom of that tab.Now i tried the other way and turn on hot spot first which turns on.Then i go to tether and start it then gives me error.One being channel failed and the other.I know its got to be easy if there is people that have done this.
Sorry again for so many questions.
The DX bootloader situation sucks... Hope this brightens up someones day...
This was tested on a Motorola Droid X Froyo 2.2(OTA) Rooted
Requirements:
Root(just kidding)
Stock 3G Mobile Hotspot Application
EasySwitch(Trial) by SmartDyne(Download from Market)
1. Download and Setup EasySwitch Widget
2. Fire up 3G Mobile Hotspot and wait for it to fully connect up (30 seconds?)
- If this is your first time running through this, open up your browser and go somewhere. You should get the Verizon Self Provisioning page... If not, you're wasting your money.
3. Now use EasySwitch to cycle the Radio *Off* then back *On* (Top row, 4th from the left... you must do this every time after you fire up 3G Mobile Hotspot)
Voila...
I know this process could be refined some... Who wants to help? #Free4All <- That was an invitation for dialog.
setNetworkPreference(ConnectivityManager.TYPE_MOBILE)
Update 10/9/10 2:55pm PST:
Who has root and more than 5 wireless devices? I only have 4...
/data/misc/wifi/hostapd.conf
max_num_sta = 5 <-- increase this number.
Someone test this...
Was Easywidget one of the stock widgets? This may have been some of the bloat I removed.
I believe the solutions is an app that does the following:
setNetworkPreference(ConnectivityManager.TYPE_MOBI LE)
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Was that in the buildprop? If so we can just edit it and be done with the process.
Probably could set up tasker to do something like this
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or just root the phone and download Wireless Tether for Root Users and be done with it.
lu270bro said:
or just root the phone and download Wireless Tether for Root Users and be done with it.
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The difference is you get to utilize Infrastructor mode.
lu270bro said:
or just root the phone and download Wireless Tether for Root Users and be done with it.
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No. Please don't come in a thread acting as if you know everything and have some simple fix with a smart alec response. Wireless Tether is ad-hoc mode, as is Barnacle. This method is access point instead, which some people need specifically as opposed to ad-hoc.
Gimpeh said:
Was that in the buildprop? If so we can just edit it and be done with the process.
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No, not a build.prop thing, it's an application programming thing... Long story short, 3G Mobile Hotspot switches your phone's data connection from "TYPE_MOBILE" to "TYPE_MOBILE_DUN", which shuts down you your data connection unless you you are subscribed to the 3G Mobile Hotspot service. Cycling 3G off/on in EasySwitch switches your data connection back to TYPE_MOBILE, while keeping 3G Mobile Hotspot open.
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No. Please don't come in a thread acting as if you know everything and have some simple fix with a smart alec response. Wireless Tether is ad-hoc mode, as is Barnacle. This method is access point instead, which some people need specifically as opposed to ad-hoc.
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TY... Not to mention 2.2 OTA broke security on both of those apps and made them really flaky... 3GMH has WPA2 and so far seems pretty stable...
I turn off and on my 3G and it shuts down my hot spot.
Wow! Seems like de-railing happens alot around here lately. LOL, so anyway, anyone up for trying to make a tasker profile for this?
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I turn off and on my 3G and it shuts down my hot spot.
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Sound like you might have cycled wifi instead. I was however incorrect in saying to toggle 3G, when what I really meant was to toggle *Cell Service* which is 4th from the left on the top row in EasySwitch. If it's still trippin, let me know what mods and such that you're running. I just figured this out earlier today so i don't know all the permutation of why it might *not* work. TY for the feedback.
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Sound like you might have cycled wifi instead. 3G is 4th from left on the top row in EasySwitch. If it's still trippin, let me know what mods and such that you're running. I just figured this out earlier today so i don't know all the permutation of why it might *not* work. TY for the feedback.
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3G is actually the Up & Down Arrows on Easy Switch. The Cell tower is just your basic cell service (non 3G), although it IS the one you must toggle.
Just wanted to clear that up.
This works GREAT by the way, thank you very much for posting!
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3G is actually the Up & Down Arrows on Easy Switch. The Cell tower is just your basic cell service (non 3G), although it IS the one you must toggle.
Just wanted to clear that up.
This works GREAT by the way, thank you very much for posting!
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Thanks for clarifying that. Changed the OP so people don't get confused. Guess I should have known that, but I'm new Android and Phone modding in general so some of the basic things slip by me..
Glad you found this useful. Your feedback is much appreciated!
Awesome, but is there any way to do this without EasySwitch?
e.g. adb? terminal emulator?
I just don't care much for payware, let alone crippleware. :/
I tried this at work ( vzw hahaha) on my phone the way you stated and also tried with another coworkers x. His browser redirected him to vzw provisioning page as described, mine did not since I used the method described. However I was still able to connect another phone to both mine and a coworkers phone. Makes me worry about being charged the overage rate. Any ideas?
*update*
When connected to an x, fascinate redirected to vzw provisioning page. So this does work. Question is, will my bill sky rocket Haha. Gonna investigate further.
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tekahuna said:
The bootloader situation is sickening... Hope this brightens up someones day...
This was tested on my: DroidX 2.2(OTA) Rooted
Requirements:
Root(actually, probably not)
Stock 3G Mobile Hotspot
EasySwitch(Trial) by SmartDyne(Download from Market)
1. Setup EasySwitch Widget
2. Fire up 3G Mobile Hotspot
- If this is your first time running through this, open up your browser and go somewhere. You should get the Verizon Self Provisioning page... If not, you're wasting your money.
3. Use EasySwitch to Toggle *Cell Service* off/on(The Antenna Tower, Top row fourth from the left... you must do this every time after you fire up 3G Mobile Hotspot)
Voila...
I know this process can be refined some... Who wants to help?
I believe the solutions is an app that does the following:
setNetworkPreference(ConnectivityManager.TYPE_MOBILE)
This method may work on other VZ Android phones with a 3G Mobile Hotspot...
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if thats the case, why dont we just edit the apk with this option always on and re-sign it again?
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Awesome, but is there any way to do this without EasySwitch?
e.g. adb? terminal emulator?
I just don't care much for payware, let alone crippleware. :/
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ATM, I'm have not tested any other apps that are free that can provide the needed functionality. The other apps I saw on the market seemed to just switch between 2G/3G, and not actually cycle the data connection off and on. Flight mode cycles wifi too, so that's a no go. ADB/Terminal... I tried other methods for doing this, pppd up/pppd down... no go..
Again, this works because of VZ tries to switch our data connection from "mobile", to "mobile_dun", to try and ferry us down their pay pipe... Cycling cell service switches us back to a "mobile" connection while keeping the 3G Mobile Hotspot running.
This is a Work In Progress... I believe that a widget could be made to automatically catch when the data connection gets switched over, and hijack it back. I have good idea of API calls in Dalvik necessary to make this happen, but it's been about 10 years since I really got down on programming anything, and my thing was web interfaces with PERL, never really got into Java. I am interested in Android Developement, so I'm currently tinkering with putting this widget together, but I currently don't have the know-how to put it all together. So EasySwitch is kind of my Proof-of-Concept tool.
I feel you, though. EasySwitch is just the current work around. Does the job, though...
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Makes me worry about being charged the overage rate. Any ideas?
*update*
When connected to an x, fascinate redirected to vzw provisioning page. So this does work. Question is, will my bill sky rocket Haha. Gonna investigate further.
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This should more or less be equivalent to Barnacle/Wireless Tether. They all just use your "mobile" data connection.
I believe this to be actually more covert than the "Free 3G Mobile Hotspot for Incredible" method, which actually uses VZ's "mobile_dun" pay pipe, and uses the customers "[email protected]" to authenticate.
So, your bill should not skyrocket.
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if thats the case, why dont we just edit the apk with this option always on and re-sign it again?
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This was another one of the possibilities I had in mind. I don't really understand how to Decompile .APK's. Do you know how to do this? If it is possible to modify the APK, I would actually just bypass the connection switching routine all together, and just move on to starting up the wifi side of things.
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If you know more about possibly making this work in this way, which actually would be the cleanest method possible, I'd appreciate any kind of help.
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^^^ This would run into C&D issues, huh? Back to - mobile()
Hi, New here and have been trying to root and get my phone to wifi tether.
Ive read over many,many pages and like my user name suggest. I have become more confused. Im not very good when it comes to computers in fact the computer Im using for this is a 2003 with windows XP. A dinosour and not a strong one.
I have the unrevoked 3 on my the computer. I went through all the steps. And the unrevoked said waiting for root (can restart if this doesnt work) at this point it restarted it self.
So am I done with this part or did it not finish? Is there something I should see on my phone after. I'm lost. I really need this rooting and wifi tether.
Please someone help me.
Okay, Ive got it to go all the way through until it said it was done. Now what I still dont see any differance is there a place I should look to see this?
You can tell you are rooted by looking for the superuser app in your app pantry. Unrevoked should also have flashed clockwork recovery onto your phone. You will have to flash a rom to get tethering on your phone. I don't feel like typing out everything here, so come into the IRC sometime. http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#liberatedAria
Okay I'm rooted now.
Do I have to install a file Manager now? I have a Wifi app. installed now I cant get it to work though. Am I missing something?
If I have to install a file manager which is the best?
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Okay I'm rooted now.
Do I have to install a file Manager now? I have a Wifi app. installed now I cant get it to work though. Am I missing something?
If I have to install a file manager which is the best?
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Astro or Estrong
first thing you should do when you are rooted, is make a nandroid backup.
And then install the Free Wifi Tether app, or install the latest Liberated Froyo rom,
which has tethering over USB, and Wifi hotspot built in.
Have it all done. Thank you very much Anthony1s and the people at IRC. Very helpful and patient. Im pretty much new to computers and this phone stuff. He made it simple.
I have a few questions still. When the new latest ROM comes out is there a easy way to find it? Like a place to look ect.
When turning on Wifi tether I assume that it uses my megabytes from my phone plan even though the simbol on the top is not there when tethering. Am I right about this? Or is it free? Can At&t find out and give me a tethering charge?
All help has been greatly appericated. Thank you
You just check the official thread for the ROM you are following. If its one of attn1's - he updates is good about updating the first post.
As long as you aren't having any issues and are happy with the way everything is working, there isn't really a need to check for updates. Unless you're obsessive like me.
Currently AT&T does not check to see if you are tethering on your own accord, so at the moment - the built in tethering is free!
Yes, a little obsesive. Now more so because of being able to do this. I want the latest and best ROM. I'll admit I liked some of the original ROMs features and smoothness a little more, but all the extra stuff greatly out weighs this.
So, when I use the wifi tether connected to my laptop or another phone its not using any of my megabytes from my data or internet plan? It just seems to me that it would.
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Yes, a little obsesive. Now more so because of being able to do this. I want the latest and best ROM. I'll admit I liked some of the original ROMs features and smoothness a little more, but all the extra stuff greatly out weighs this.
So, when I use the wifi tether connected to my laptop or another phone its not using any of my megabytes from my data or internet plan? It just seems to me that it would.
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depends how you're keeping track of your data. I know some apps that track your usage - don't even see tethered traffic.
i would imagine that data use is kept at at&t's end so teathering would use data same as you surfing the net from the phone.