is this a froyo only feature? or will we be able to do this once we receive eclair? is the hardware even capable of this? my apologies if this has been previously discussed.
It's possible now, just root your phone and install Barnacle WiFi Tether (free from market). Go into settings>interfaces set LAN to "athwlan0" (without quotes), and you're all set.
I've tried this app.
It works great with my x10.
In fact i sending this message from my notebook which internet connection powered by my x10 thru wifi tether by Barnacle
Thanks for info.
Thanks!
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speedymey said:
I've tried this app.
It works great with my x10.
In fact i sending this message from my notebook which internet connection powered by my x10 thru wifi tether by Barnacle
Thanks for info.
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Does your provider know you are tethering so he make you paid for this special feature ?
Vilam said:
Does your provider know you are tethering so he make you paid for this special feature ?
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Just don't tell them...
Just watch how much data you use, and don't overdo it, and they shouldn't get suspicious.
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Just don't tell them...
Just watch how much data you use, and don't overdo it, and they shouldn't get suspicious.
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Imo the provider does not have anything to do with what i do with my data plan, the deal is what it is, i have 1ggb high speed and above that my provider will lower the speed. I can use twice the data but it will be slow
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i can't surf via barnacle. i've set the LAN settings to athwlan0 as stated by another post. and i can connect to the hotspot it creates. but i get no internet access on my computer. unable to browse anywhere.. do i need to set a DNS?
In semi related news if you're on Rogers the $30 6 gig data plan is back for a limited time. If you use network data like me it's well worth it
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i can't figure out why i can't get internet access from the connection ...
I need help, what did you do my phone says that my kernel does not support this i need help and i cant return my phone i bought it straight up from AT&T, oh my phone is rooted but cant install non market apps but i can use sideloadwonder machines any suggestions would be soooooo greatly apppreciated!
Remember to turn off wifi first.then click start button
Gunawan, GN Mutimedia & X10i
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After rooting my phone I figured i would give the hotspot a shot. But when i try to browse on my ipad it brings me to the VZW self provision broadband page.
I normally use wifi tether, but i would rather be able to use the built in because its an infasture netowork vs the ad-hoc wifi tether gives me.
Not the case
Festaman said:
After rooting my phone I figured i would give the hotspot a shot. But when i try to browse on my ipad it brings me to the VZW self provision broadband page.
I normally use wifi tether, but i would rather be able to use the built in because its an infasture netowork vs the ad-hoc wifi tether gives me.
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actually your right and your wrong at the same time sadly; your right about the infrastructure network vs ad-hoc, but wrong about the 3g hotspot app vs. tethering & portable hotspot not an app.
The 3g hotspot app is a verizon product not googles in the sense your looking at.
The tethering & portable hotspot should have been activated in wireless & networks section, right between "Bluetooth setting & VPN settings" from a froyo(2.2) google standpoint but in our case its not even there.
Hope this clears up the mistakes about froyo tethering & portable hotspot and verizon 3g mobile hotspot app.
Yes it does thanks! I have a nexus one So i know what your talking about.
rooted
if your rooted.. download "wireless tether for rooted" wam bam thank you mam.. all done..
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if your rooted.. download "wireless tether for rooted" wam bam thank you mam.. all done..
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he stated in the post that he was rooted, he just wanted to use the native tethering application.
Does this mean that if we can get a vanilla Froyo or a custom ROM compiled from source that we'll have the true Android hotspot?
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if your rooted.. download "wireless tether for rooted" wam bam thank you mam.. all done..
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That's all fine and well except that the wifi tether app runs in adhoc mode not infrastructure.
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why do not you just use pdanet from market?
There was a new experimental Wifi Tether build that was released dismorning bringing it up to Pre9. I was unable to find a change log, still adhoc?
fuzio1963 said:
why do not you just use pdanet from market?
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Pdanet creates an ad hoc network just like every other third party app.
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If its just the one computer you are logging on with use the BT method very easy and works quite well for free and even on non-rooted phone
Ok so I know that you can "hack" your way into opening 3g hotspot for the DInc but I tried doing the same process on the X and it doesn't work. Does anyone know if it is possible to get the "3g hotspot" for free? No I do not care about wireless tether or anything else that requires root. Yes I do know that I can download an app for wired tether. I just want to be able to unlock 3g hotspot for the DX. Thank you!
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Ok so I know that you can "hack" your way into opening 3g hotspot for the DInc but I tried doing the same process on the X and it doesn't work. Does anyone know if it is possible to get the "3g hotspot" for free? No I do not care about wireless tether or anything else that requires root. Yes I do know that I can download an app for wired tether. I just want to be able to unlock 3g hotspot for the DX. Thank you!
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Yes you can. Team Black Hat had a flashable .zip that allowed for it to work without paying the fee. You do have to be rooted however, as this flashable file needs to be flashed through bootstrap recovery, which requires root.
http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/droid-x-hacking-guides/13997-how-install-3ghotspot.html
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Thanks for that but I'm looking for a way that you do not have to be tethered. It may seem silly because yes both my phones are rooted but I would like to see if there is non-rooted way. Thanks again.
Yea if you want to share wifi unrooted... you'll have to use pdanet, or pay Verizon... those are your only options. Sorry.
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Hmm... That's another reason I like the DInc more... I can just type in a code on it's 3g hotspot and have internet...
Kalebskalicky said:
Hmm... That's another reason I like the DInc more... I can just type in a code on it's 3g hotspot and have internet...
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I can't remember if I saw it on Xda, but in re-reading this thread, I think some people found that if they open the Hot-Spot app from Verizon, point a PC or phone to the "wifi hotspot" and then turn on airplane mode, then turn it off and go back and try to connect again that it will work.
Don't know if this has been patched in the 2.3.340 OTA or anything... may want to give it a try...
Rooting isn't hard. Download Z4root. Push a button, it does it all. Then download wireless tether from the market. Boom free wireless tethering. No hacking no cracking hard stuff. Root is easy these days
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Thanks for that but I'm looking for a way that you do not have to be tethered. It may seem silly because yes both my phones are rooted but I would like to see if there is non-rooted way. Thanks again.
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You do know that even the 3g hotspot is still tethering.
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I can't remember if I saw it on Xda, but in re-reading this thread, I think some people found that if they open the Hot-Spot app from Verizon, point a PC or phone to the "wifi hotspot" and then turn on airplane mode, then turn it off and go back and try to connect again that it will work.
Don't know if this has been patched in the 2.3.340 OTA or anything... may want to give it a try...
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You are correct! This method still works unrooted.
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whats your with using the newest wireless tether? it supports infrastructure mode now so you can use it with literally everything (and free!)
if rooting is your concern, as chad said, z4root will automatically do it from your phone in about 10 minutes. all you have to do is press permanent root.
Ok.... This thread was pointless. Yes I know 3g hotspot is called "tethering" but all I'm trying to find out is if you can unlock the 3g hotspot that comes on the phone from verizon. I do not want to download an app to tether internet or even one that will allow me to use my mobile broadband via usb.
If you do not know an answer to my question "How to unlock or hack the 3g mobile hotspot so that I can use it for free?" then please do not post. Thank you very much.
I'm not trying to be rude or mean, I'm just trying to find an answer.
EDIT: Also if you would, please read the other post's before you try to tell me something I already know. YES my phone is rooted and YES I said that in previous posts. Thanks
Turn 3g hotspot on then toggle airport mode on then back off again. Viola free 3g hotspot no hacking no special apps.
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Ok.... This thread was pointless. Yes I know 3g hotspot is called "tethering" but all I'm trying to find out is if you can unlock the 3g hotspot that comes on the phone from verizon. I do not want to download an app to tether internet or even one that will allow me to use my mobile broadband via usb.
If you do not know an answer to my question "How to unlock or hack the 3g mobile hotspot so that I can use it for free?" then please do not post. Thank you very much.
I'm not trying to be rude or mean, I'm just trying to find an answer.
EDIT: Also if you would, please read the other post's before you try to tell me something I already know. YES my phone is rooted and YES I said that in previous posts. Thanks
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Yes you can. you'll need reprogram your phones parameter using QPST.
Hotspot activation
This works on the Droid X Verizon network:
Go to applications and click on 3G Mobile Hotspot
First check to see the settings by hitting menu and selecting Advanced
Click on Wifi AP mode settings
Security should be set to WPA2
Click on show password: You'll need this when logging on to your hotspot
Click save and arrow back to 3G Mobile Hotspot
Check the box to start application. Once it connects:
Go to your phone dial pad and enter this string:
*#*#4636#*#*
A screen will open: Testing
Press Phone information and scroll down to the button that says:
Turn off radio
Press this and wait for it to turn off
Then press it again to turn it back on. Try to do these steps quickly as the Hotspot will turn off by itself and you'll have to redo these steps.
Your hotspot is now activated as a WIFI and you can log on with your password.
The bad part is:
Keep your phone plugged in whenever possible because the battery will drain quickly and everytime you turn off the 3G Hotspot, you'll have to redo these steps.
So all of our phones with Wifi hotspot features create an ADHOC connection which Honeycomb does not support. Same goes with Bluetooth, no DUN. Google what the hell? Ya ya,carriers this and carriers that but what about people paying for hotspot features on the phone. I have customers that I need to setup to pair with the TF but it seems nothing will work without rooting and that can be phone specific. So the TF is great as long as you are close to a WIFI connection is supports?
If I'm missing something someone please fill me in.
~DC
think it depends on phone my desire HD works fine
Welcome to Android.
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combat goofwing said:
think it depends on phone my desire HD works fine
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Are you rooted?
Are you simply pairing or using another app on your phone?
Can you run through your connection steps?
Thanks,
~DC
Synman said:
Welcome to Android.
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But why would they do this knowing what the phones support?
~DC
I am using the hotspot feature on my Evo, and I've been tethering to it at work since the day I got my Transformer. I'm not doing anything special, just turning on the hotspot and letting the TF connect. Now, my Evo is rooted with a ROM that "unlocks" the hotspot functionality so I'm not paying extra, and I'm not using the Wireless Tether app, but it's the same concept.
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I am using the hotspot feature on my Evo, and I've been tethering to it at work since the day I got my Transformer. I'm not doing anything special, just turning on the hotspot and letting the TF connect. Now, my Evo is rooted with a ROM that "unlocks" the hotspot functionality so I'm not paying extra, and I'm not using the Wireless Tether app, but it's the same concept.
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The hotspot feature on your ROM is supporting a true wifi connection and not peer to peer adhoc. I can't always root customers phones.
~DC
I may be misunderstanding how it works, but this isn't a wireless tether baked into the ROM, it's the built-in Sprint hotspot feature that I'm using, just unlocked so I don't have to pay extra. If someone was paying for the hotspot feature on Sprint, they wouldn't need root, but maybe this is only the case with Sprint's implementation.
i was able to do both wifi and bluetooth tethering. took me a while to figure out, (since i've never done it before, less due to the difficulty of doing it)
assuming the phone supports Bluetooth tethering, it should always work.
I have a DroidX and I can tether using the built in stock Hotspot feature or with Bluetooth. However, I can't tether using an ad hoc connection because I get an error stating that the device doesn't support ad hoc connections...
So, it is definitely device specific and it will be something the carriers remove as many report being able to do so with root (my device is rooted and I can't connect via ad hoc - although, I haven't d/l or tried out the pdaNet app).
I will also add that the bluetooth tethering has worked MUCH better than the wifi - easier/faster to connect, runs pretty fast, and my phone doesn't overheat as much....
Works fine with my evo. The Evo has proper infrastructure wifi hotspot.
Maybe the users need to update their phones?
I went into a store to try a tf and there was no internet so I turned on my WiFi hotspot on my sgsII and it worked perfectly fine, not sure if that's the same as you're asking but that works.
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Works fine with my evo. The Evo has proper infrastructure wifi hotspot.
Maybe the users need to update their phones?
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Are you rooted?
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Any HTC thunderbolt users reading this that have tried hotspot?
~DC
a lot of clarification
Hi all,
I need your help, understanding ... well everything about wifi/TF/WM6.5/adhoc and whatever the other connection is?
I don't think of myself as a noob, but to be honest I'm lost with the wifi on the TF. So here it goes: I have TF and HD2. Under WM6.5 I can't get the TF to see the shared internet through the "wifi router" application on the phone. But then I run a custom Desire HD ROM and this one (can't remember the application) shares and gives access to the TF?!?!
First off, which is which? Which is adhoc and which is infrastructure? And what is the difference (sorry i did look on the internet, but that got me confused even more because I could not see any difference). Are you saying that a standard (not rooted Android) will have the same problem? I was thinking of switching to an android phone so that I can get the easy sharing option, but if I have to root a brand new phone????
Any help will be appreciated,
rio
Easy way to tether off a rooted phone.
Install one of the older versions of wireless tether that supports bluetooth.
Turn on the bluetooth DUN on wireless tether.
Hit ok when it asks to turn on Bluetooth and make discoverable.
On the transformer go to settings-wireless-bluetooth
Scan for your device and pair.
Once paired you should see a little wrench next to your device, click on it
Under Profiles, it should show tethering with a checkbox. Click this and in a few seconds Wireless tether should buzz its connected and off you go.
I've been able to tether my transformer like this since out of the box.
Edit - BTW I've tried this with PDAnet and other non rooted tehtering programs, and I couldn't get it to work with those options. Just FYI
the difference between ad-hoc and infrastructure is the way devices communicate.
infrastructure is kinda like the way we send messages via the post office. we send it to a central place, then it figures out how to deliver the message. this is how true routers operate
ad-hoc is peer-to-peer. imagine passing notes back in elementary school.
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some phones comes with a tethering app without having to root, but this typically requires you to pay extra fee to your carrier ($30 for sprint)
if you don't want to pay that, then you have to root your phone to either get a rom that already supports infrastructure mode, or download an app that does. [ ie Wifi Tether ]
people googling "honeycomb dun" would be incredibly misinformed by this thread.
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people googling "honeycomb dun" would be incredibly misinformed by this thread.
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You are right. I put Honeycomb 3.1 in the title but forgot to mention in the OP if anyone heard that 3.1 would have support for DUN or Ad Hoc.
Sorry for any confusion I might have caused
~DC
Edit: I posted misinformation.
I have a samsung infuse and acet iconia a500 and im having problem tethering the 2 devices together....
The iconia doesnt see the samsung infuse...
I already installed 2 many applications from the market with no hope....
What makes me confused is i tried to tether with another devices and it just works fine.
Any sugestions???
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U need to root your iconia an change a specific file... go to the iconia forum!
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My iconia is already rooted !!
Which files i have to change??
Thanks in advance
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My iconia is already rooted !!
Which files i have to change??
Thanks in advance
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1033314
If you're trying to wifi tether, check out this thread for info on how to update the Iconia to allow for ad-hoc wifi network support.
Basically you backup the current wpa_supplicant file, replace it with a downloaded/updated copy, fix permissions on the new file, reboot.
<edit>Bah ya beat me to it ;P
This thread might be of use to you depending on how you're tethering:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056188&page=3
I'm not much help with all that as I have no trouble tethering my A500 to my HTC Evo 4G via bluetooth or wifi tether. Two wifi tether apps were included in Myn's Warm 2.2 ROM that I have on my Evo. I was surprised to see so many people having tethering issues.
Edit: Beat 2x to the punch! Man, you guys are fast! Haha.
My mobile phone is Sony X2 with Winmo 6.5.3 version. I need tethering with Acer. How to do that?
Vereynn said:
If you're trying to wifi tether, check out this thread for info on how to update the Iconia to allow for ad-hoc wifi network support.
Basically you backup the current wpa_supplicant file, replace it with a downloaded/updated copy, fix permissions on the new file, reboot.
<edit>Bah ya beat me to it ;P
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thabks bro, its working nowwwwww
It's possible to USB Tether ?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1033314
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thanks bro,,, and than u all,,,,
xlkiller said:
It's possible to USB Tether ?
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Not at this time as best I can tell, WiFi or Bluetooth.
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My mobile phone is Sony X2 with Winmo 6.5.3 version. I need tethering with Acer. How to do that?
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WinMo should have an option to turn on Bluetooth Dial Up Networking (DUN), turn that on, then pair the phone to your tablet and you should see a "Tethering" option show up on the tablet in the Bluetooth settings for the pairing. Check out this post (sorry, on a diff. site) but skip down to step 9 (as 1-8 cover Android phone tethering.) The pictorial was inspired/derived from this post here on XDA.
Note: you may have to have a tethering plan active on your phone service for this to fully work. I'm a bit fuzzy on this, it's been 2 years since I had my Samsung WinMo phone.
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<edit2>Gah, found the XDA post that started it, attributed right now
If I paired succeed A500 with Sony X2 (support 3G) meaning I can access Internet through via 3G from network provider?
tnfsmith said:
If I paired succeed A500 with Sony X2 (support 3G) meaning I can access Internet through via 3G from network provider?
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If the phone supports bluetooth or wifi tether and your network provider hasn't blocked it, yes. Back when I had my WinMo phone I had to pay for a tethering plan, which I stopped after a couple months and only turned back on when I had to for work (& billed work for the extra $$)
Yesterday, I came to mobile store and try this function. As you introduced above, I turned on Bluetooth and had paired my X2 Winmo phone with A500 but I could not find Tethering option on A500. Although I tried and work find with my Acer laptop via PAN wire or PAN Bluetooth meaning my network provider support fully tethering. I wonder A500 can not tethering with Winmo phone or I misses complete steps.
I any idea for me?
I have the nexus S. Does anyone know how to tether when you don't have the tethering plan? I've been looking everywhere.
thanks guys!
NS4g tethers out of the box. I would assume the reg NS would too.
Settings > Wireless & Networks > Tethering & portable hotspot > Check the box to turn it on.
well the thing is my carrier blocks it as they want you to pay 10 bucks a month for the tethering. But there's gotta be a way to allow tethering so that the carrier doesnt know.
there are programs on the market you can download. Easytether i believe... there's a free version but it doesn't work with any secure sites, so forget fb if you use the free one. i think they want 10 bucks for the unrestricted app.
But yes there are options
still doesnt work. there needs to be some settings changed so that I can tether
campusink said:
still doesnt work. there needs to be some settings changed so that I can tether
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What carrier do you use?
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I tether and hot spot all the time its pretty much free on the nexus s
Its a unlocked phone so the carriers can't charge ya I'm T-Mobile
campusink said:
well the thing is my carrier blocks it as they want you to pay 10 bucks a month for the tethering. But there's gotta be a way to allow tethering so that the carrier doesnt know.
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There are a hundred posts on here about it... but yours is the first I've seen of a carrier blocking it. Which carrier? I find it hard to believe, no offense.
Just as an aside, how do you actually surf the internet after enabling tethering in the phone settings? Just connect the phone to the computer via usb?
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athani said:
Just as an aside, how do you actually surf the internet after enabling tethering in the phone settings? Just connect the phone to the computer via usb?
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Connect the phone via the USB card and put the phone in tether mode.. (Settings/Wireless and Networks/Tethering .../ USB Tethering) The option isn't available until the phone is connected.
The phone will be recognized as a network device and may require network device discovery. It depends on your system and what you have had previously installed. I use tethering from time to time and have never needed to pay extra for it.
Hope this helps..