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I was using EasyTether on my dual boot android Tilt phone before getting the Aria. I managed to find an apk but it's for an older version.
I thought I would see if someone can get a later version? as of post time the latest is 0.9.10.
I was able to use the Installing 3rd Party Apps post to load the version I found. So, it will work and doesn't require root access!
Edit: Removed attachment since there is a better way! Thanks guys!

Does it work on the Aria???
russell1997 said:
I was using EasyTether on my dual boot android Tilt phone before getting the Aria. I managed to find an apk but it's for an older version.
I thought I would see if someone can get a later version? as of post time the latest is 0.9.10.
I was able to use the Installing 3rd Party Apps post to load the version I found. So, it will work and doesn't require root access!
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So you tried it and it worked??? please get back to me soon. thanks

russell1997 said:
I was using EasyTether on my dual boot android Tilt phone before getting the Aria. I managed to find an apk but it's for an older version.
I thought I would see if someone can get a later version? as of post time the latest is 0.9.10.
I was able to use the Installing 3rd Party Apps post to load the version I found. So, it will work and doesn't require root access!
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If you have Wifi shut down your phone, take out your SIM, turn it back on and connect to the market via Wifi. Easytether will come back along with other AT&T restricted programs. This is what i did in order to get it back on my phone and it works great. Also one of the reasons why im baking it into my personal rom so i always have it.

bobj said:
If you have Wifi shut down your phone, take out your SIM, turn it back on and connect to the market via Wifi. Easytether will come back along with other AT&T restricted programs. This is what i did in order to get it back on my phone and it works great. Also one of the reasons why im baking it into my personal rom so i always have it.
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Awesome, I'll have to try that technique!
Sent from my HTC Liberty using XDA App

bobj said:
If you have Wifi shut down your phone, take out your SIM, turn it back on and connect to the market via Wifi. Easytether will come back along with other AT&T restricted programs. This is what i did in order to get it back on my phone and it works great. Also one of the reasons why im baking it into my personal rom so i always have it.
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Please forgive the NOOB, me......but,
I have the Aria on it's way and desperately need to be able to tether. I'm marginally savvy but know nothing about rooting....is it required to tether?
Or can I simply follow the instructions above on an unmodified Aria out of the box, install easytether and have it work?

Works
Confirm, this really works.
Thanks A++++++++++++++++

It does seem to work just fine

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It does seem to work just fine
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Just so I'm clear, (cuz I'm frequently not)
When you write "it" works, the "it" in this case is an unmodified Aria, with Easy Tether installed via the no sim/wifi download method described above - correct?
With no other fancy mods, I should be able to tether to my laptop - yes?
(fingers crossed)......

4th Level said:
Just so I'm clear, (cuz I'm frequently not)
When you write "it" works, the "it" in this case is an unmodified Aria, with Easy Tether installed via the no sim/wifi download method described above - correct?
With no other fancy mods, I should be able to tether to my laptop - yes?
(fingers crossed)......
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Actually my Aria is in fact rooted running attN1's ROM. Sorry!
Can we maybe get someone with a stock out of the box Aria to give this a try and report back for our friend here!?
I'm sure we can get someone to try this for you. There seem to be plenty of Aria/Liberty users out there now.

_Opiate_ said:
Actually my Aria is in fact rooted running attN1's ROM. Sorry!
Can we maybe get someone with a stock out of the box Aria to give this a try and report back for our friend here!?
I'm sure we can get someone to try this for you. There seem to be plenty of Aria/Liberty users out there now.
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Thanks for quick clarification - and no problem. If, in fact, this works, I believe it will be the first (easy) successful tether mod - if I'm not mistaken - and a fairly big development. I've been searching feverishly for an easy solution since placing my order yesterday (confident that it would eventually be cracked). If we don't get a confirmation on whether this works on a vanilla Aria by the time mine arrives, I will gladly give it a try and report back asap.
This place is an amazing resource.

4th Level said:
Just so I'm clear, (cuz I'm frequently not)
When you write "it" works, the "it" in this case is an unmodified Aria, with Easy Tether installed via the no sim/wifi download method described above - correct?
With no other fancy mods, I should be able to tether to my laptop - yes?
(fingers crossed)......
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You can get a good nights sleep tonight. I have verified that taking your SIM out and connecting to the Android Market using Wifi will allow you to download EasyTether and install it on a stock Aria. I too had a big need to tether, but I was keeping my Samsung Jack in my computer bag for that very reason.
Now that I have EasyTether loaded on my Aria it works perfectly. I will probably end up buying the full version for $10.00 because I will need https support once the trial runs out.
Regards,
Tom

tpbklake said:
You can get a good nights sleep tonight. I have verified that taking your SIM out and connecting to the Android Market using Wifi will allow you to download EasyTether and install it on a stock Aria. I too had a big need to tether, but I was keeping my Samsung Jack in my computer bag for that very reason.
Now that I have EasyTether loaded on my Aria it works perfectly. I will probably end up buying the full version for $10.00 because I will need https support once the trial runs out.
Regards,
Tom
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And the crowd goes WILD!!!
Thanks Tom! (and all!)
Maybe this needs to be a sticky?
AFAIK.....this is the first real success of tethering

4th Level said:
And the crowd goes WILD!!!
Thanks Tom! (and all!)
Maybe this needs to be a sticky?
AFAIK.....this is the first real success of tethering
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You are limited to USB tethering just so you know.
-Tom

tpbklake said:
You are limited to USB tethering just so you know.
-Tom
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Thanks, yea, not a problem - I prefer USB. When I would BT tether with my Pure, it would run @ 2mps, USB brought it up to 10.

I to can confirm it works as well. Stock at&t rom, Vista 64. I also went to cnet's bandwith meter and pulled 395kbps... meh I'll take it.

Now I have my laptop which runs Fedora 11 connected via Easy Tether.
I used the ubuntu drivers from EasyTether's website and converted them to an .rpm using alien to install it on Fedora.
Thanks for posting the how-to's they led me in the right direction.

Look like this is the way to install any software in the marketplace that AT&T does not approve.

Amazin Find. I have wifi 90% of the places I go but this helps everyone else greatly!

MotorHeadCG said:
Now I have my laptop which runs Fedora 11 connected via Easy Tether.
I used the ubuntu drivers from EasyTether's website and converted them to an .rpm using alien to install it on Fedora.
Thanks for posting the how-to's they led me in the right direction.
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I tried the same thing in Fedora 13, but things don't seem to be working. After converting .deb to .rpm and installing it (no errors showing), I tried:
# adb devices
List of devices attached
HT06EHL07448 device
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Device (Evo 4G) is connected.
Then
# /usr/bin/easytether enumerate
HT06EHL07448
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So easytether sees it too.
However,
# /usr/bin/easytether connect
#
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Nada. I tried (in a different window)
# dhclient easythether0
Cannot find device "easythether0"
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As stated, I'm connecting to an Evo instead of an Aria. Running Froyo supplied by Sprint/HTC. (Easytether's FAQ claims that it should work on Froyo too.)
Any suggestions?
-Mark

i used pdanet to tethering with my GF aria the other day. Installation took a few minutes and worked great. The speed is much faster than the stock andriod browser.

Odd Question about DJ05 process.

I have a Fascinate that is currently not activated. I need the GPS function so I've been using my Incredible. The phone is rooted and I have used Odin to put the Clockwork Recovery on the phone.
For reasons only known to Verizon my ability to change and activate phones online is crippled by an pending order (2 months ago) that they cannot clear so I'd like to call them once after finishing and have a working (hopefully) GPS Fascinate.
Can I install the DJ05 modem and use Rom Manager to install the kernel and the ROM without activating the phone. For some reason I'm thinking RomManger wants a data connection.
thanks

As long as you have some sort of data connection (wifi should work just fine) to download the files, you should be fine

Kevin Gossett said:
As long as you have some sort of data connection (wifi should work just fine) to download the files, you should be fine
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Yea I agree you just need a data connection to download the files and you should be good to go
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App

You could also download the files on your computer, transfer them to your sdcard, and then just use ROM Manager to reboot to recovery to flash the necessary file(s). I believe pretty much everything is now in the development forum.

Thanks
All seems to have worked well. Verizon is still working on restoring my ability to activate phones. A quick test of the GPS (non-activated) doesn't show any improvement. I'm hoping that's due to AGPS not being available in the inactive state. I really liked the phone for the few days I ran it struggling to fix the GPS. Not knocking the Incredible tho as it's a good phone as well.

[Q] Newbie questions

I just got a Samsung Vibrant yesterday from a 3rd party, and I'm very excited. I know I need to read a lot on this site, but since this is my 1st smartphone, please forgive my basic/naive questions, be gentle on me, and give me some directions so that I won't have to walk in the darkness.
1) I haven't done anything essential to the phone yet, and I'm considering to root, unlock and the phone, and upgrade from 2.1-update1 to 2.2. Which one should I start first, root, unlock, or upgrade? Even though I haven't done much on the phone, do I still need to go through the backup before rooting?
2) Between the IMEI and S/N barcodes, there is '10.10' on the phone which I assume is the manufacture time of Oct. 2010. Would the GPS 'fix' be done with my phone (Build Number: Eclair.UVJI6)? Considering the amount of complaints about the GPS on Samsung Vibrant, how does the GPS work with offline applications like CoPilot? Where should I put the CoPilot Map, in internal or external SD?
3) If I want to make phone calls through WIFI connections without eating up my minutes, what kind of VOIP combination should I consider? Google Voice?
4) What web browser do you recommend? Other nice applications should I put in?
5) When I select Avatar, it says "File not found". Is it supposed to be in the external SD (which seems empty)? Where can I get the file?
Thanks a lot for your help!

I would suggest reading the bible in the Development section. or this
get the proper drivers here.
root with Superoneclick found here. There is another version floating around that works better that is called SuperOneClick for Froyo.
fix 3e recovery (if running stock froyo) software found here runs from your computer with your phone connected and usb debugging turned on.
download the Clockwork Recovery Unlock.zip from either Rom Manager or here (put it in your phones internal SD root)
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND TeamWhiskey's Rom Bionix-V 1.2.1 found here
But I would suggest getting to know your Vibrant/android phone if you have never owned one first.
Edit: Calling over wifi uses your plan's minutes. Its meant for poor reception areas where you might have wifi with broadband internet.
Edit2: Most people get rid of the "Avatar" its just the movie and takes up space. I believe it should be on the SD card that came with the phone.

Congrats on the phone
1st is to root it you can use the super-one-click, like the previous post said. There are other rooting but this one is very easy
After that, Read up on the roms the Axura, Trigger, Einherjar, and Bionix are all fine and depending on your need you have really great choices, the Axura has remarkable battery life, for example. So do the reading on which you would like. Once you pick one flash it. Then get Rom manager and Titanium back up. Free from the app store. Then you can start playing. Should you decide that you do not like or just want to try another rom, you can flash over the last most times with out problems. One thing (read the bible) if you do flash over one of the custom roms you will need to disable the voodoo lagfix. This is actually a file conversion. So Read up on that as well. Hope that helps you.

[Q] Newbie Questions
I too got a vibrant yesterday and then upgraded to 2.2 of skies mini. The problem is now I have not found a way to get it rooted with 2.2. Any ideas?

coldasice304 said:
I too got a vibrant yesterday and then upgraded to 2.2 of skies mini. The problem is now I have not found a way to get it rooted with 2.2. Any ideas?
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There is the super one click or you can get a copy of the update folder that roots the phone.... place it on the internal sd card go to recovery and install update...... that also will do it. LOOK IN THE STICKY/BIBLE

Thanks a lot for the great help, FlyingPoo and oka1! I really appreciate it.
A couple of more newbie questions:
1) When making phone calls, sometimes I need to key in some options after the phone is connected (for example, when you call a customer service 800 number). How can I bring up a on-screen keyboard when the phone is already connected?
2) It seems my Samsung Vibrant has much weaker WIFI reception than my Mac laptop, and I have to bring the phone closer to the router to get detectable WIFI signal. Is there anyway I can boost the phone's reception capability?
Thanks a lot!

[Q] Wifi tether not pushing signal

i have a rooted epic and have also installed the wifi tethering app.. when i activate the app it works fine but when i go on to my laptop to locate the SSID name its no where to be found to allow me to connect to the app.. i have uninstalled, reinstalled, taken out the battery and it still doesnt work pls help

thalas02 said:
i have a rooted epic and have also installed the wifi tethering app.. when i activate the app it works fine but when i go on to my laptop to locate the SSID name its no where to be found to allow me to connect to the app.. i have uninstalled, reinstalled, taken out the battery and it still doesnt work pls help
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Are you on Stock kernel? You can try different kernels and see if that helps.
Alternatively, you can also try Barnacle Tether on the Market and see if that one works better.

Overstew said:
Are you on Stock kernel? You can try different kernels and see if that helps.
Alternatively, you can also try Barnacle Tether on the Market and see if that one works better.
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No im not on a stock kernel.. i just downloaded the lastest gingerbread 2.3.3.ee03

To be honest this is my first time rooting my phone....and the person who rooted it is use to doing evo's can you sugguest a kernel that will work on the epic ty

TURN ON SECURITY or else it wont work as the directions state

thalas02 said:
No im not on a stock kernel.. i just downloaded the lastest gingerbread 2.3.3.ee03
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i downloaded Barnacle wifi and it still doesnt show on the other device
To be honest this is my first time rooting my phone....and the person who rooted it is use to doing evo's can you sugguest a kernel that will work on the epic ty

im sorry... but where do i need to turn on security in the wif app or in the settings of the phone

thalas02 said:
im sorry... but where do i need to turn on security in the wif app or in the settings of the phone
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You need to setup security within the app. Example. WEP - WPA - Password etc.

heathmcabee said:
You need to setup security within the app. Example. WEP - WPA - Password etc.
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good morning... i did that and still nothing

thalas02 said:
i have a rooted epic and have also installed the wifi tethering app.. when i activate the app it works fine but when i go on to my laptop to locate the SSID name its no where to be found to allow me to connect to the app.. i have uninstalled, reinstalled, taken out the battery and it still doesnt work pls help
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Where did you get the app from? The version in the market essentially never works on our devices. Try ones from here:
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list?can=1
different people have had differing luck with different ones, but I'd try the most-recent first, if you can't get it to work, try another. Also, I don't use wifi tether really (just tried it out) but it has never worked for me more than once after booting the phone. So I'd suggest at least rebooting between attempts.

thank you soooooooo much it worked

now that I got my tablet to pick up the wifi tether app the first time i activate the wifi tether it power cycles my device and then when i click it the second time it works but cant surf

thalas02 said:
thank you soooooooo much it worked
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I know this is an older thread, but I just rooted my g/f's Epic and need wifi tether. Not quite as easy to work as on my Evo, so which Android Wifi Tether version has been working for you ?

helpz?
10char

pwnst*r said:
I know this is an older thread, but I just rooted my g/f's Epic and need wifi tether. Not quite as easy to work as on my Evo, so which Android Wifi Tether version has been working for you ?
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the latest (3.0-pre14) works fine for me with one hitch- if you want to tether over 4g, you need to start wifi tether with 4g off, start the app, then start 4g (or the other way around- i always mess it up ). doing the other way forces a reboot on my phone.

edscholl said:
the latest (3.0-pre14) works fine for me with one hitch- if you want to tether over 4g, you need to start wifi tether with 4g off, start the app, then start 4g (or the other way around- i always mess it up ). doing the other way forces a reboot on my phone.
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Nope, I only need 3G. No 4G yet. Thanks a ton man, I'll try it tomorrow morning. I appreciate your reply.

pwnst*r said:
Nope, I only need 3G. No 4G yet. Thanks a ton man, I'll try it tomorrow morning. I appreciate your reply.
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the one in the market works perfect for me, he was probably having some issues because he was on a leaked gingerbread rom.... it works perfect and im running an EC05 Froyo rom ACS Srf 1.1.1

TecHNieK said:
the one in the market works perfect for me, he was probably having some issues because he was on a leaked gingerbread rom.... it works perfect and im running an EC05 Froyo rom ACS Srf 1.1.1
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I tried that one first and it would only do adhoc on the stock ROM.

Need Help With Wifi Phone on Cooked Android HD2

I have a HD2 with an older version of android cooked on. Android version 2.3.7 Kernel version 2.6.32.15_tytung_r12.4-heebf2c Mod version is CyanogenMod-7.1.0 Desire (Typhoon_v3.7.0 Magldr) I think my radio is 2.15.50.14
At any rate I found a link on the web that referred me back to xda developers where tytung made a package for wifi calling. I can't seem to find the link again and am having trouble finding the op. I do know the zip is titled "WiFi-Calling-htcleo-GB_for_NAND_v3.1"
I transferred the zip to the root directory of my sd card, launched it in file manager. It had me give super user access and it rebooted my phone to install. Phone works as normal, however I didn't see anything installed from my trials. Did I miss a step?
I am trying to receive calls on my cellphone while my phone is connected through wireless. I want that to "boost my reception." I have no reception in the house I'm living at now. I'm next to a mountain.

This is the thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1038784
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note II using xda premium

thank you, with the link you provided me I got the tmobile wifi dialer on my phone. I have one more issue. I have been searching on how to fix this, but I cannot figure it out. My phone will freeze when I turn on wifi. Someone mentioned that volume+ can cause this issue. I looked through my applications and do not have that, or cannot find it at least. That same person also suggested increasing the cpu frequency.
Is there a how to on this? I saw someone mentioning opening a text file, modifying it with specific values and then rebooting the phone. Any help would be much appreciated.

resevil83 said:
thank you, with the link you provided me I got the tmobile wifi dialer on my phone. I have one more issue. I have been searching on how to fix this, but I cannot figure it out. My phone will freeze when I turn on wifi. Someone mentioned that volume+ can cause this issue. I looked through my applications and do not have that, or cannot find it at least. That same person also suggested increasing the cpu frequency.
Is there a how to on this? I saw someone mentioning opening a text file, modifying it with specific values and then rebooting the phone. Any help would be much appreciated.
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Look up no frills cpu control from play store to mess with cpu settings, am not sure how successful you will be though in getting wifi to work.
Swyped from HTC HD2 using xda premium

I followed your instructions exactly, and immediately got the wifi calling to work. It worked very well the first day, however my phone still freezes constantly with wifi enabled. Can anyone give me some troubleshooting steps to solve this issue. I installed no frills and messed a bit with the settings, but that didn't seem to take care of the problem. Should I go through every combination, or is there a recommended level?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. My phone preforms very well, excluding wifi use. I even got a new sim card from t-mobile and that did not solve the issue. My phone basically does not work with wifi enabled.
ph03n!x said:
Look up no frills cpu control from play store to mess with cpu settings, am not sure how successful you will be though in getting wifi to work.
Swyped from HTC HD2 using xda premium
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