I know this has been discussed multiple times and we ended the discussion by suggesting to use Mobile AP (WiFi Tether).
However, I defer from the above workaround which works great for me as well due to:
1. Using WiFi Tether unnecessarily increases the phone and battery temperature and can reduce the phone's life
2. I still end up connecting the phone through USB to keep it charging while consuming a lot of energy while doing WiFi Tether. If that is so, I would rather switch off Mobile AP and WiFi on my Laptop and use USB tether instead. Consumes much less power and reduces the network latency and could be faster than Mobile AP
3. Froyo builds usually allow upto 5 WiFi clients to be connected to the phone sharing the 3G connection (which is much better in my location than any other broadband format including ADSL!). Using USB tether on one workstation (like my desktop) I could share it on upto 7 devices (including phone and my desktop)
4. As an ambitious campaigner, I may want to use WiFi on my phone for one purpose, probably for using DLNA and 3G to tether internet connection on a PC! This may not be possible if I use Mobile AP as it will use the WiFi radio.
If this feature is "OFFICIALLY" provided by Samsung on their "released" builds, why is it so unstable??? I would rather like to get this working rather than we looking for a workaround like using Mobile AP which is best used when really needed.
I would like to use this phone sometimes 24x7 downloading huge stuffs and it will waste the phone if I only rely on Mobile AP keeping the phone HOT all the time.
I have observed the following while doing USB Tether:
a) Problem exist on all test and released 2.x firmwares including the latest Froyo JPK.
b) Indications are same when using "PC Internet" option which creates a "hidden" network connection with the PC when USB connected with the phone and "USB Tethering" box under "Tethering" option in "Settings" Page.
c) While the phone shows that it is tethering normally, somehow the PC "FREEZES" the "TCP/IP" Stack as pinging its own IP FREEZES the ping command. All the network monitoring applications also freeze during this time. This is a very strange behavior I observed during the initial days of Windows 9x when you had to restart the TCP/IP stack.
Infact this issue looks very unique as even in Windows 9x, I never saw the Network apps freezing like this. Resetting the connection fixes the problem and it cycles the same way after that.
I have tested this behavior on 3 workstations:
A] My Official Laptop running Windows XP SP3 with all recent updates and Norton Internet Security Corporate Edition (firewall gives access to the network)
B] My Home Laptop running Windows 7 Professional with latest updates and Kaspersky Internet Security 201x (recently updated 2010 to 2011 - firewall gives access to the network)
C] My Home Desktop dual booting Windows 7 Ultimate AND XP SP3 with latest updates and Kaspersky Internet Security 201x (recently updated 2010 to 2011 - firewall gives access to the network)
All the above workstations have the same issue pointing the issue to be on the phone hardware or software or USB cable (tried 3 MicroUSB cables including the official provided by Samsung).
I have been troubleshooting this issue in the last 3 months, could not identify other issue than seeing the workstation freezing the network activities quite strangely as suggested above. Any help by my fellow SGS users, developers, moderators will be highly appreciated.
Thanks for your participation, lets team up and contact Samsung to resolve this issue if it bothers many people like me.
EDIT: I would try to keep this post updated with usable comments/suggestions/workaround as we discuss
Bump.. Appreciate your help.
Seems noone's using this feature which is VERY important to me. Can anyone help or should I contact Samsung to get this BUG fixed which exists on every firmware I have tried till date.
No tethering problems here. Maybe your device is just faulty?
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Hi,
i've searched all the internet for resolution for that and nothing.
Weird thing is that connection was working good on 2.1 and also on 2.2 and then stopped working just like that (1-10 minutes of connection and then dc for like 5-30 seconds)
Tried almost all apps on market which didn't help me. Now i am trying PDAnet which is working well for about 40 minutes now. I had some troubles installing it but finally did it with USB drivers delivered with PC program of PDAnet. Wifi 5mb/s download speed and just slight ping increase but i am far away from AP so that's the problem i think.
However if someone know if it's system problem (running win7 prof. sp1) or any 3rd party software it will be nice to get working again on standard tethering provided on i9000 as it doesnt require any 3rd party software on PC to get it working.
If dc's again come i'll post info.
kstepyra said:
Hi,
i've searched all the internet for resolution for that and nothing.
Weird thing is that connection was working good on 2.1 and also on 2.2 and then stopped working just like that (1-10 minutes of connection and then dc for like 5-30 seconds)
Tried almost all apps on market which didn't help me. Now i am trying PDAnet which is working well for about 40 minutes now. I had some troubles installing it but finally did it with USB drivers delivered with PC program of PDAnet. Wifi 5mb/s download speed and just slight ping increase but i am far away from AP so that's the problem i think.
However if someone know if it's system problem (running win7 prof. sp1) or any 3rd party software it will be nice to get working again on standard tethering provided on i9000 as it doesnt require any 3rd party software on PC to get it working.
If dc's again come i'll post info.
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I'm assuming that all your PC drivers are uptodate? According to me, it's a PC issue more than a phone one (check your PC logs & Firewall logs)
I have turned everything off (firewall, antiviruses etc.) and no changes. PDAnet is working well and as i saw it's .800 version of the usb driver, but new KIES installs .2000 one. Had problems with .2000 as PDAnet says i don't have usb drivers installed Uninstalled KIES one and installed .800, then PDAnet installed well. However - this program was only one solution to work. I have to try normal tethering on XP and clean win7 on laptop soon as i get it on hands.
Bump for a still existant issue
Getting constant cutouts with USB tethering on Samung Galaxy S i9000T running Froyo 2.2.1 Darkys Rom 9.5
Wondering if maybe getting a Dock will fix it?
Problem here too.
I am having the very same problem too. USB tethering works fine (faster than Wireless tethering) in the first few minutes, then drops the connection, and usually I have to restart my phone.
The reason I would use USB is that for online gaming Wireless tethering is too laggy in some cases. I would really appreciate a solution here.
I am using JPU modem on Froyo 2.2.1 btw.
Nothing has been solved about this sissue?
My Phone warranty is going to expire in about a month now. I am not going to keep this phone unless Samsung resolves this issue! Seems most of us are unaware of this issue and suggest they don't have the problem
I have been using smartphones since the first one, and never faced such issue. Using USB tether reduces latency significantly and also do not need to use Wifi on both phone and my laptop.
Some of us feel its a PC issue. How come connecting it to 4 of my PCs at home have exactly the same issue? They also have different OS and Firewall/AV.
On top of that, all the GB based ROMs have strange battery discharging issue after full charge and is killing my battery unnecessarily:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134741
I have escalated these issues to Samsung yesterday. They are affecting me most as these are the primary use of this phone.
I don't have this problems, just give CM7 a try.
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Try any 2.3.4 Custom ROM, it works just fine.
Worked with it yesterday all day.
It still gets hot when using the 3G/Wifi connection, but with usb tether it rocks !
Brotuck said:
Try any 2.3.4 Custom ROM, it works just fine.
Worked with it yesterday all day.
It still gets hot when using the 3G/Wifi connection, but with usb tether it rocks !
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I haven't tested 2.3.4 images for USB tethering much, however what troubles me most is ANY GB ROM start draining battery after full charge which is currently bothering me most as its killing my battery and phone unnecessarily while randomly making my phone go dead anytime even when USB/charger connected all the time (after going dead, restarts in battery charging mode as USB connection gets refreshed)
On my (and i guess others) Rom i get a least 24 / 48 hours. But it really depends on what you do with it during the day. I have not experienced any batterydrain on my custom rom. Ever.....
send from another galaxy !
Brotuck said:
On my (and i guess others) Rom i get a least 24 / 48 hours. But it really depends on what you do with it during the day. I have not experienced any batterydrain on my custom rom. Ever.....
send from another galaxy !
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I ALSO get the same usage time AFTER DISCONNECTING the charger and using the phone normally.
However, my phone is used primarily for WIFI Tether of 3G connection and hence has to be plugged through the day most of the time when doing tethering. After full charge, my battery drains heavily as the charger is disconnected on GB (instead of disconnecting the battery after full charge) and hence killing the life of my battery through such abuse.
still experiencing this
just an unstable connection
works then every 5/10 minutes it'll stop working and pages will take a while to load then it just starts working again
it's like bursts of connectivity
currently on 2.3.3
can anyone confirm 2.3.4 fixes it after being on 2.3.3?
I'm using a JVR ROM (2.3.4) and have the same problems with USB tethering.
It's rather annoying; i've searched around and it seems to be widespread, I'm not sure if it happens to everybody though.
This is what I've noticed:
- The USB tethering stops working usually at the same time that my Win 7 laptop says that the device could be using USB 2.0 instead for faster speed. At that point, the phone disables USB tethering
- Re-enabling USB tethering on the phone settings makes it work for a minute or so, until the same thing happens
- It does not matter if the phone is on USB debug on/off (i've tried both), or whether it is set to use Kies, Mass storage, or media player under the USB connection menu
I'm trying to find a different USB driver, just to try if it solves anything. But have not been able to find a proper one.
It would help if someone on a 2.3.4 Rom could confirm that USB tethering works for them. At least we could then know whether it is solvable (via configuration, settings, etc.) or not at all until Samsung releases a fix.
I'm having this issue with the Samsung Captivate I897 running Froyo 2.2 through At&T, rooted. I realize that its not the same device this thread's meant for but possibly a related issue? I've been trying to find a solution to this for a few months now... I randomly get disconnected from the internet while using the USB Tethering. I'm forced to re-connect through the phone every 20 minutes or so... I've tried using alternate applications to tether and to use the Mobile AP... With all the apps I run into the same unstable connection as well as with the Mobile AP. This is rather frustating and the last time I spoke with Samsung, I was informed that they no longer "support" usb tethering. I'm at a loss as to what to do, if anyone has any insight this would be greatly appreciated...hopeully even though this is a different device, there's a relation somehow??
Same issue here
I am on DLev's 4.2 Rom. KG3 Modem. I9000 Reoriented Kernel vG_2.1
I just flashed to this ROM and modem version after experiencing the same issues with Darky's XXJVR R3.2.(All stock as provided by the Dev.)
It seems intermittent at this point. I verified that the Mobile AP works great (as of last night). The USB tethering disconnects after a few minutes or seconds and the USB tethering option becomes "unchecked" on the phone itself. Windows 7 Complains about the speed of the USB port and I have swapped to a few different ones, but the same thing happens. Although I am typing this and it has been connected for 20 minutes or so with no issues.
I have also disabled any firewalls or Antivirus to make sure that wasn't the cause. Same issue. I am on Windows 7 x64 (SP1). I am starting to wonder if this a Windows Update that could have caused the issue.
Anyway, just to give more info to the subject.
Ok.. here is something I stumbled across that may have solved this. Appears to be a Windows 7 setting. I have a Captivate but I am running an i9000 Rom, so this might work and might not.
Open Control Panel-->System And Security-->Power Options-->Edit Plan Settings-->"Change Advanced Power Settings". Then navigate to the "USB Settings" and expand "USB selective suspend settings". If the value here is set to "Enabled", click on it and select "Disabled". Click "apply" and then Click "ok".
I pieced this together due to other people having issues with NIC drivers and Windows 7. They were able to get past it with settings on the card drivers under device manager and telling the driver not to do any power management on the card. The drivers for my device has no settings for this, so it is a possible workaround. I am waiting to see what happens. Can someone else give it a try as well?
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Ok, I could never get the "internet sharing" to work on x1 with my friends laptop cause i dont have the drivers...so always used Wifirouter.
I find it a little slow, but it works and does work well. However, I read that the x1 supports "HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps" ...but i dont get speeds like that.
If somebody has the files required for connecting the x1 to a laptop and use internet sharing instead of wifirouter...can you upload and post it here? I will then keep them on my storage card for safe keeping.
Also, how do you find internet sharing? Is there any difference in speed compared to wifirouter?
Any help or advice would be great, cheers guy!
I think HSDPA is simply network dependent -when its there you get an H symbol on your signal strength (taskbar) ...when its not there you get the next best thing (3G) and if that's not available you're stuck with plain old slow GPRS (G)
Internet sharing works well for me (obviously depends on the connection you have on the X1 -as above) ...have not used wifirouter so can't say how they compare
7.2 Mbps is theoretical maximum. Your provider is not obliged to provide you with this speed. I get about 1 Mbps for download.
Actually you don't need special drivers for the X1 in order to use tethering. Just connect the X1 to a PC using an USB cable and start the "Internet Sharing" Application on the Xperia. Within the application select "USB Connection" and choose your preconfigured ISP connection profile - é voilà. You will notice that the Xperia appears as a network adapter on the PC. I use that a lot.
Regarding the speed: It really depends on your mobile network. Though my network provider (Vodafone Germany) has some spots where 7,2 MBit/s should be available, I have never had such fast download rates - it's more like 2-3 MBit/s which is still quite okay for me. And even if the network would be capable of such fast transfer rates, the speed will be reduced by the more clients use the same cell.
I also read somewhere (guess it was on SE offical site) that using HSDPA and HSUPA together will limit the download speed to 3,6 MBit/s. So you might want to switch HSUPA off and use HSDPA only - at least it's worth a try if you're sure that your operator provides such fast transfer rates. I always have both switched on.
Nice, 2-3mbps is a lot faster than i was getting...i guess i will need to try this out.
Regarding my friends laptop, maybe i should have said its win xp but it doesnt have active sync or any x1 soft installed...so maybe thats why its looks for the drivers?
Basically i was wondering if you guys knew where i could get the drivers keep them on my phone for times when im out and can get my proper internet fix
I've used my X1 on a few machines with ICS, drivers have always installed automatically (Generic NDIS I think it says), and that's on XP, Vista and Windows 7. No setting up with activesync etc, just plug in and start ICS.
I've started using WMwifirouter now though as it's easier, I don't carry a USB cable with me all the time, and you never know when it'll come in useful!
Random example... me and a couple of mates decided to learn some songs to play at our local, we had chords and lyrics for all except one, we were in a garage, my mate had his macbook, but couldn't pick up his wifi.
I started WMwifirouter and voila!
Speed wise, I usually get around 1Mbps, depending on signal etc, I've seen no difference between USB and wifi sharing.
How is the battery consumption when using WMWifiRouter, e.g. how long does the battery last? I can imagine this is the worst use-case at all, because you have WiFi active and HSDPA in parallel.
The big advantage when using an USB connection is that the battery is charging while it's connected, though the WiFi method is much more comfortable and flexible.
you do know that 7.2Mbps mega bits per sec? and not megabytes.
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I've used my X1 on a few machines with ICS, drivers have always installed automatically (Generic NDIS I think it says), and that's on XP, Vista and Windows 7. No setting up with activesync etc, just plug in and start ICS.
I've started using WMwifirouter now though as it's easier, I don't carry a USB cable with me all the time, and you never know when it'll come in useful!
Random example... me and a couple of mates decided to learn some songs to play at our local, we had chords and lyrics for all except one, we were in a garage, my mate had his macbook, but couldn't pick up his wifi.
I started WMwifirouter and voila!
Speed wise, I usually get around 1Mbps, depending on signal etc, I've seen no difference between USB and wifi sharing.
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Actually you do not need a cable, you can have the phone to act as a bluetooth modem through the internet connection sharing , no drivers required what so ever, you will need to pair your phone with the laptop first make sure, that Bluetooth PAN client is checked on the laptop, then start the internet connection sharing on the phone and make sure that you are using bluetooth PAN, and you will have instant access on your laptop, No drivers, No cables
assuming the laptop has bluetooth
wifi is much more standard, so it's handy to have.
The best part here is non of these mrthods are mutually exclusive, so you can use whichever is best for the situation. USB is handy as ICS does drain power, using wifi for it makes my X1 extremely warm...
foo said:
... using HSDPA and HSUPA together will limit the download speed to 3,6 MBit/s. So you might want to switch HSUPA off and use HSDPA only...
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You're right!
sidneylopsides said:
I've used my X1 on a few machines with ICS, drivers have always installed automatically (Generic NDIS I think it says), and that's on XP, Vista and Windows 7. No setting up with activesync etc, just plug in and start ICS.
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Yes, thats what comes up...but it wont auto install. Tried it on three laptops and they all wont work haha. I rebuilt the machines/laptops so even tho all drivers are installed (device manager)...maybe i left some out.
I was hoping somebody on the forum would know where i can find these drivers?
I know this sounds stupid...sorry
Generic NDIS is one of the system files in windows found under system32, windows will not boot even in safe mode if these drivers are not loaded, ICS works fine as far as i can tell with no extra drivers on any windows XP or later
i downloaded this;
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/network/NDIS/rndis.mspx
but its from 2005
I hope it works
Ive owned my x1 for about 6months, I have unlimited pda data plan but not tethering plan with my carrier. For some reason I can teather my x1 to my eeePC 901 via USB,but not BT,and get internet when Im not in a wifi spot. It does give me the BT PAN option and my devices are paired but cant get internet connection, only thru USB. Ive tried this multi times for over a month now and have not been charged any data usage or overage on my bill.
I was about to do the r3a update, but was wondering if there was any ninja fixes in this update. Id hate to lose this ability just for a little faster performance.
just use wmwifirouter bro
ActiveSync installation provides the ICS drivers
fracmo2000 said:
Yes, thats what comes up...but it wont auto install. Tried it on three laptops and they all wont work haha. I rebuilt the machines/laptops so even tho all drivers are installed (device manager)...maybe i left some out.
I was hoping somebody on the forum would know where i can find these drivers?
I know this sounds stupid...sorry
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You DO need ActiveSync to be installed before you can use your X1 for ICS.
I tested it yesterday on my Windows XP SP3 laptop: When you connect your WM6 mobile with the ICS program running on it, WinXP demands for a plain Generic NDIS driver but won't find a suitable one. But during ActiveSync installation (version 4.5 worked for me), the USB drivers are updated, and afterwards my X1 got recognized as a "Windows Mobile Internet Connection Sharing Device" or something like that.
ActiveSync is not active during ICS session, but its prior installation is mandatory for it to work.
Greetings,
MiK
Soon after I got my phone, I used the ##778 reprogramming trick to enable "free" usb tethering. (PDAnet would crash my Vista laptop every 10 minutes.)
After the 2.2 OTA, I've been using the same trick to enable "free" hotspot through my Inc. (No root necessary!) I was able to access email and surf the web and after 1.5 months, I never once saw the MBC feature added to my bill.
Until 3 days ago, everything was working great. I would turn on the hotspot, my laptop would connect to the network and I was able to access the web.
Since then, my Inc creates a network and my laptop connects to the network, but it never connects to the internet. (The little globe icon doesn't appear. If that makes sense...) I checked ##778 settings and everything is fine.
I'm running stock kernel and 2.2 OTA with LauncherPro. I have ~200 apps installed currently. BUT none of that should matter because it worked fine with all these apps before.
Has anyone else experienced similar problems? Would the app that works for rooted phones work for me? I've been trying to avoid rooting my phone because, I'll end up spending WAY TOO MUCH time playing with ROM's and such. (It's inevitable, but I'm holding out as long as I can. Until then, I'll continue to read this forum to stay current.)
Mine still works fine - Root it jackass (jk) your phone will literaly be 100 times better
My co-worker used to connect his BB to my network, but now it won't even connect. It detects the network with 4 bars, but he gets an error connecting. (Probably because it won't detect an internet connection.)
This is bothering me a lot. I have a feeling it could be a hardware issue.
I got a wireless router yesterday for my workplace now so I don't really need the feature anymore (it's so much faster than VZW's network!), but I'd like to able to use it in emergency situations when I can't find an open network on the road.
blazin_phattys said:
Has anyone else experienced similar problems? Would the app that works for rooted phones work for me? I've been trying to avoid rooting my phone because, I'll end up spending WAY TOO MUCH time playing with ROM's and such. (It's inevitable, but I'm holding out as long as I can. Until then, I'll continue to read this forum to stay current.)
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+1 Root. Bro it will honestly take you less than 10 minutes to root your device and install wireless tether and you'll be off and running. If your timid you don't have to do anything more than that. All you have to do to revert is flash the stock image from your sd card to unroot.
Everything else works great for me in this build. No color change, no battery discharge.....The only issue i have with this build is that i cannot connect any other device with Wireless Tethering, or USB Tethering. 2.3.2 worked fine for me with either but today i tested and tried to connect and was unsucessful with both. How is everything holding up for you guys? If you had the problem how did you solve it. Thanks.
charlieb620 said:
Everything else works great for me in this build. No color change, no battery discharge.....The only issue i have with this build is that i cannot connect any other device with Wireless Tethering, or USB Tethering. 2.3.2 worked fine for me with either but today i tested and tried to connect and was unsucessful with both. How is everything holding up for you guys? If you had the problem how did you solve it. Thanks.
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Testing now. Will report back in just a moment.
Okay, so I was able to get USB tethering to work immediately (surprisingly my Google Cr-48 didn't need any configuration) but I'm having a little trouble with WiFi tether. I'm going to test a few more things and then get back to you (just FYI this was posted via USB tethering!)
And got it figured out. Apparently just had no data connection where I was sitting. Odd. So again I was able to get it to find the network and am posting this edit from the wireless hotspot. (Its slow because I'm on edge but w/e)
And one last update: I was able to get wireless tether to work first try on my MacBook Pro however when I tried USB tethering, it was a different story. I plugged in the phone, turned on USB tethering and watched it cycle on then immediately off. I can't seem to figure out how to get this to change and my wife probably won't let me do much more testing on it since I have my Cr-48 to play around on lol
kenvan19 said:
Testing now. Will report back in just a moment.
Okay, so I was able to get USB tethering to work immediately (surprisingly my Google Cr-48 didn't need any configuration) but I'm having a little trouble with WiFi tether. I'm going to test a few more things and then get back to you (just FYI this was posted via USB tethering!)
And got it figured out. Apparently just had no data connection where I was sitting. Odd. So again I was able to get it to find the network and am posting this edit from the wireless hotspot. (Its slow because I'm on edge but w/e)
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when i connect and tick the box for usb tethering it connects and than disconnects and says error connect again. and wifi tethering allows me to setup but when i connect it has problems identifying.
charlieb620 said:
when i connect and tick the box for usb tethering it connects and than disconnects and says error connect again. and wifi tethering allows me to setup but when i connect it has problems identifying.
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Interesting. It sounds like your USB tethering issue is similar to the one I was having on Mac OSX (see edited post above) but not quite the same since I did not get an error, it merely turned off. I wish I knew more about tethering but this is the first phone I've ever gotten it to work successfully at all so I'm at a bit of a loss when it comes to troubleshooting.
Just for posterity though you should identify what operating system your computer is running so we can figure out if this is a Mac issue or if it applies to Windows as well. Also, just to make sure, your signature says you're running 2.3.3 stock, is that correct? (I ask because my signature is not accurate; it says I'm on CM7rc1 which is not true: I'm on stock 2.3.3 with Netarchy's 1.2.5 CFS kernel)
I'm on vista right now. And my signature is accurate
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charlieb620 said:
I'm on vista right now. And my signature is accurate
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Okay, later tonight or tomorrow I'll test wireless and USB tethering on my Win7 partition.
Alright, I was able to test Windows 7 and here is what happened. I had a lot of issues at first getting it to work. It got stuck on identifying and I had to reboot my phone to get it to actually recognize the network. I did however eventually get it to work for both hotspot and USB tether. Also, I had a similar issue for the USB tether that I was having on MacOSX but it was solved when Windows unsuccessfully installed the drivers (you know the popup it gives when you plug it in). Which I find odd because until it FAILED the option would say "Connecting", "Connected" then "Disconnected".
Interestingly enough I randomly decided to test it on my Cr-48 again and no longer am able to get USB tethering to work. It connects but is unable to actually get internet. Odd.
No problems at all. Tested the hotspot on a Windows 7 machine as well as one running XP. Upgraded to 2.3.3 the manual route. Cheers!
it won't really affect me none because I barely use it. Just tested it to see if it worked. I also noticed that some of my albums are split in two. These are the only two problems I am having.
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And your sig says u got the good copy of 2.3.3, lol
charlieb620 said:
it won't really affect me none because I barely use it. Just tested it to see if it worked. I also noticed that some of my albums are split in two. These are the only two problems I am having.
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And your sig says u got the good copy of 2.3.3, lol
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I know I guess I jinxed myself
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you can close this thread i changed to the rom in my signature and everything works. and i get 100% charging and discharge. ill stick with 2.3.2
Hi xda-community,
I've got a Problem with USB Tethering with the Nexus 4:
Tethering itself works, but my PC is running so slow, taskbar is unusable.
Can someone Help? Im Clueless.
System:
Windows 8.1 Update 1
Intel i5
Nvidia GeForce GT240
12GB Ram
Smartphone:
Nexus 4 (mako) unbranded.
BL unlocked, Rooted.
Rom: Cyanogenmod CM11 (Latest Nightlies, but Problem is also on M6)
#push
That's strange. Why would your tethering affect PC performance? Is it only when tethering or is it whenever your device is connected?
Does it happen on other computers or is it just that one? ..
ShockBuddy said:
Hi xda-community,
I've got a Problem with USB Tethering with the Nexus 4:
Tethering itself works, but my PC is running so slow, taskbar is unusable.
Can someone Help? Im Clueless.
System:
Windows 8.1 Update 1
Intel i5
Nvidia GeForce GT240
12GB Ram
Smartphone:
Nexus 4 (mako) unbranded.
BL unlocked, Rooted.
Rom: Cyanogenmod CM11 (Latest Nightlies, but Problem is also on M6)
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Probably like many and me, you too could make activated Windows 8.1 through a TAP Driver activator. I don't why the very same thing occur to me, with multiple 8.1 PCs and tethering phone combos. Everything that works fine in Windows 7 and 8 messes in 8.1. As you said I too face extremely irresponsive Taskbar particularly the Wi-Fi Network selecting sidebar that doent even popup when USB Tether is done. A sec I disconnect everything happens one by one immediately. I can't even diagnosis the IP of connection due to this lag despite its extreme slow..
arvindgr said:
Probably like many and me, you too could make activated Windows 8.1 through a TAP Driver activator. I don't why the very same thing occur to me, with multiple 8.1 PCs and tethering phone combos. Everything that works fine in Windows 7 and 8 messes in 8.1. As you said I too face extremely irresponsive Taskbar particularly the Wi-Fi Network selecting sidebar that doent even popup when USB Tether is done. A sec I disconnect everything happens one by one immediately. I can't even diagnosis the IP of connection due to this lag despite its extreme slow..
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I activated Windows 8.1 with a valid licence.
PC is only slow when tethering is ENABLED, not if i just
connect phone to computer.
I managed to get it working that way:
Pull out Lan-cable, but keep activated the Lan
Network adapter. Activate Tethering.
It just works fluid, dont know why.
ShockBuddy said:
I activated Windows 8.1 with a valid licence.
PC is only slow when tethering is ENABLED, not if i just
connect phone to computer.
I managed to get it working that way:
Pull out Lan-cable, but keep activated the Lan
Network adapter. Activate Tethering.
It just works fluid, dont know why.
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Yes PC's Network and sharing center goes wild only with tethering and not with normal MTP or PTP connections. Plus I tried to Pull out Lan-cable and yet keep activated the Lan Network adapter. Nothing happen new, same lag occur. If possible, I'll post a video to denote what happens in my PC soon..
I think it is a NDIS driver problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/fix-usb-tethering-lags-freezes-windows-t3039183
Hi,
Redmi Note 4G (HM NOTE 1LTE)
Android 4.4.4 KTU84P
MIUI 5.3.27 (latest weekly).
The phone succeeds connecting to the internet through the mobile network.
When setting a hotspot in the phone, I succeed to connect to the phone from my laptop, but there is no internet access in my laptop.
The strange thing is, that if I'm connecting the laptop to the phone through the USB cable, and turn tathering in the phone through USB, and connect to the phone to the WIFI network, the laptop succeeds to access the internet through the phone.
Once I set the phone to go to the internet through the mobile network, the laptop loses the access to the internet.
Thanks,
Ofir.
What OS do you use in the laptop? There are some old and well known issues with WiFi tethering and Windows (these can be solved). If you use Windows, I'm pretty sure that your phone is OK.
udda90 said:
What OS do you use in the laptop? There are some old and well known issues with WiFi tethering and Windows (these can be solved). If you use Windows, I'm pretty sure that your phone is OK.
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Windows 7. But I'm sure it is not the laptop, as I do succeed to use a hotspot with the same SIM when used from iPhone...
Also, as written, the hotspot is working when connected over USB and the phone connects over WIFI.
The issue I'm talking about exists specifically between Windows 7 and Android devices only. I faced that with some phones I had. Just google "wifi tethering android windows 7 not working" to find that there are many people with this problem (like this).
Just to be sure you could try to connect with another laptop running another system (I never had a problem with Linux - Ubuntu/Mint/Fedora/Gentoo). If you don't have one, you can download and burn a live CD.
Most suggestions are installing third party apps, you can try some free apps on Play Store which perhaps enable tethering in some more compatible way. I solved my issues with an init.d script but don't remember what it exactly did (changed some sysctl values every boot).
Or you could change ROM and see if problem is solved. Try Mokee, or MIUI v6.
udda90 said:
Most suggestions are installing third party apps, you can try some free apps on Play Store which perhaps enable tethering in some more compatible way. I solved my issues with an init.d script but don't remember what it exactly did (changed some sysctl values every boot).
Or you could change ROM and see if problem is solved. Try Mokee, or MIUI v6.
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Thanks!!!
What has solved it was installing a tathering rooted app. It seems that in this phone, even if my service provider allows me to use a hot spot, and although the phone interface allows me to activate the hot spot, I still had to root the machine and install such app to really enable it.
ofiraz said:
Thanks!!!
What has solved it was installing a tathering rooted app. It seems that in this phone, even if my service provider allows me to use a hot spot, and although the phone interface allows me to activate the hot spot, I still had to root the machine and install such app to really enable it.
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