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3g tether to laptop on rooted phones?

i've been using pdnet for 3g tether to my laptop but it's way too slow and disconnects on me every few minutes? anyone has a better suggestion? i tried wifi tether, it doesn't work with 3g internet
thanks

Wif tether works just fine for me its what I am using now .

Post in applications next time, and what do you mean it doesn't work? It works great with me. A bluetooth tether application is up and running too now.

i discovered, that it resets my connections (like jabber, etc) when the screen is off...

mzet said:
i discovered, that it resets my connections (like jabber, etc) when the screen is off...
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PDAnet? There's got to be a setting for that..or a way to keep the screen on.

i read that if you turn off the wifi on your laptop, the connection works better on pdanet.
i tried that, and ever since, i havent had any problems with it. the only problem is that now pdanet is now payware....
wifi tether doesnt work for me. i have a Rogers Dream rooted, installed wifi tether, and it just says "*(paraphrasing) unable to start tether"

[b]Attn: Kevwo[/b]
Why the heck do you keep sending me Pm's when you have PMs locked out so I can't even fricking reply. I go to all the work to answer your question and then hit send only to get an error back saying Kevwo has Pm's Blocked.
" Admins" sorry for the rant, and OP, sorry for the thread hijack, its really hot and humid hear and this just took me from the edge of loosing my mind to jumping off the cliff and completely loosing it.
Well Kevwo, enough of your rant.
Here is the shortened version of what I typed up to reply to you.
I am not aware of any Apps to SD apps that work, I have installed several and nothing worked right. I guess we will have to wait till a real ROM can be flashed on the Dream, then we will have access to all the cool apps. Hell I can't even get WiFi tether to work and I needed it to work badly.
O/T Ramble
I am leaving on Friday to go Camping, I want to be able to get on line at the camp site, might even setup a live web cam feed for the site. (Its our Fiero Club Camping event)

lol sorry about that
i guess i should read the pop-ups
has anyone tried using an older version of wifi tether? instead of 1.51 i tried 0.97 and that seems tow ork

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

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

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

Thanks! I'll try that

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

just wanna help out people with problems at wifi tethering :)

hey guys this is my first posting so be gentle...
i just wanna share something that might help people that has problems with tethering...
i have a rooted motorola photon 4g and i use it to tether wifi on my asus tf101 because i dont have internet at home... but after ICS ROMS came out, i usually switched roms coz i couldnt tether my wifi...i was using the regular wifi tether in the market at that time... but every time i try to connect to my tether i couldnt, it just says SAVED...and i already tried the fix that you should change the wpasupplicant2 but when im at work i couldnt connect to a normal wifi... ....then after lots and lots of reading and trying to solve my problem i saw an app that works great but its a little bit tricky coz you wont find it in the market that instant...
.... you only need to install this on the phone your gonna use for tethering...
.... for sprint carriers it is blocked on the market but here are the steps to get it....
... for other carriers just search for FOXFI (blue colored wifi tether app)
---------------- OR YOU COULD JUST GO TO FOXFI WEBSITE http://foxfi.com/bin THANKS TO dca09 FOR THE INFO ------------
what i did and you should do is....
1. on your phone go to the market and search for PDANET TABLET...
2. click PDANET TABLET and scroll down up to DEVELOPER
3. click VISIT WEBPAGE (then the browser would open)
4. scroll down and click DOWNLOAD VERSION 3.50
5. after download is done open PDANET and click WIFI TETHER MODE then you will be prompted to install FOXFI
6. install FOXFI and enjoy
- you could even create a wpa2 password for your own protection on this app -
- you could use either WIFI TETHER or BLUETOOTH TETHER -

did anyone already tried what i did? please let me know if it worked for you and what ROM are you using on your tf101

Pdanet Works, but I really prefer native tether that exists in Cm9 and AOKP. Never had an issue with it.

yeah me too...
yeah i liked that too... but did u installed and used foxfi tether??the blue one? i think its better coz i tried it on every rom

I was/will be there for you

FYI
Just to let you know that you can also use your browser to go to the FOXFI web site and download it from there (http://foxfi.com/bin). You'll have to enable install "Unknown sources" to install the .apk file.
It's a little easier and you'll have the .apk file for backup.

I use Wifi Tether for Root on my phone to tether to my transformer. I've never had need to go the other way since my tf101 is wifi only.

thanks man hehehe
dca09 said:
Just to let you know that you can also use your browser to go to the FOXFI web site and download it from there (http://foxfi.com/bin). You'll have to enable install "Unknown sources" to install the .apk file.
It's a little easier and you'll have the .apk file for backup.
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yeah your right )) tnx man

yea the best part about this app is that your phone does not need to be rooted for it to work... im typing this on my tab, tethered to my bone stock galaxy nexus.

Thing O Doom said:
Pdanet Works, but I really prefer native tether that exists in Cm9 and AOKP. Never had an issue with it.
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I agree. Native tethering with on/off button on power widget in notification tray. Once network is saved, all it takes is one toggle of the button and boom, you are connected.
tf101 megatron 1.1.6 guevor 20.1

rican408 said:
yea the best part about this app is that your phone does not need to be rooted for it to work... im typing this on my tab, tethered to my bone stock galaxy nexus.
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thats cool bro...good for u just the way i wanted i helped someone

wanna help some more
I just got my tf101 and so far haven't been able to connect wifi or blue tooth to my htc evo.
I can find it and it shows up as a paired device but I can't connect to it.
I installed the pda net and the foxfi and it appears to be working, but still can't get a signal or a menu/connection to my phone.
Any ideas?

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htcevofan said:
I just got my tf101 and so far haven't been able to connect wifi or blue tooth to my htc evo.
I can find it and it shows up as a paired device but I can't connect to it.
I installed the pda net and the foxfi and it appears to be working, but still can't get a signal or a menu/connection to my phone.
Any ideas?
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what rom are you using?

"i just ...and i already tried the fix that you should change the wpasupplicant2 but when im at work i couldnt connect to a normal wifi."
How do you make the change to wpasupplicant2?

Damn....i was hoping the suplicant2 method would fix the adhoc issue in ics...i just picked up this tablet and havnt been able to get it tethered yet ....i have a tmobile vibrant rooted on froyo rom ... and still no dice.... even foxfi doesnt. So why would the suplicant2 tweak not work with your jobs wifi?...
Starting to look like i should downgrade to hc.... i really dont feel like messing with my phone with different roms...would rather tinker on the transformer

the app says it doesnt work with htc phones as they build some kind of security into it. and some moto phones wont work....
i also have a droid x and it works just not reliably.

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"i just ...and i already tried the fix that you should change the wpasupplicant2 but when im at work i couldnt connect to a normal wifi."
How do you make the change to wpasupplicant2?
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thats because you need to undo what you did to the wpasupplicant2 in able to connect to normal wifi..thats my problem before...try FOXFI it wont mess up your wpasupplicant1 and 2 so you wouldnt bother to change anything..just reflash the rom you are using then use FOXFI..
bigjoe87865 said:
Damn....i was hoping the suplicant2 method would fix the adhoc issue in ics...i just picked up this tablet and havnt been able to get it tethered yet ....i have a tmobile vibrant rooted on froyo rom ... and still no dice.... even foxfi doesnt. So why would the suplicant2 tweak not work with your jobs wifi?...
Starting to look like i should downgrade to hc.... i really dont feel like messing with my phone with different roms...would rather tinker on the transformer
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i did that already months ago...i couldnt find an ICS rom that would fix the wifi issues but then i tried MEGATRON rom then used FOXFI now im a happy camper... try it.. it wo
t hurt trying..
rican408 said:
the app says it doesnt work with htc phones as they build some kind of security into it. and some moto phones wont work....
i also have a droid x and it works just not reliably.
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if your using an htc phone thereis a lot of tethering apps out there that you could use.. or if you want to.. you could use PDANET for tethering via bluetooth or usb...

This does not work with my rooted NS4G running Bugless Beast. I have yet to find a solution to tethering my TF300T to my phone. Grrr.
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Problem with WIFI Tether

For the last month ive been having trouble with WIFI Tether. When my devices connect to it, they say they have limited connection. I email the app owner and he says I have to change the APN Protocol in IPv4. Ive tried that. When I click on IPv4 it doesnt do anything. Its greyed out, so clicking on it, isnt an option. He doesnt seem to understand this. And by the way, im stock rooted.
The only thing that fixes this problem is to re root my phone. This last time it only worked for 1 week. It was working sunday last time I used it, went to use it today and it wouldnt work.
Any help would be appreciated.

Is there another WIFI tether program that someone can recommend?

nwalker77 said:
Is there another WIFI tether program that someone can recommend?
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You can use FoxFi. Pretty simple, and free.

mrjiggywiggy said:
You can use FoxFi. Pretty simple, and free.
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Isnt it USB only?

nwalker77 said:
Isnt it USB only?
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I don't think so. I don't usually tether, but I'm pretty sure I've used it over WiFi before.

I've been using FoxFi for a long time. Works great with wifi.

nwalker77 said:
Is there another WIFI tether program that someone can recommend?
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I run stock rooted and use Xposed with Moto Tether. Never had any issues at all, I watch tv at night via my slingbox at home. On the road all week.