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Phone to Tablet Internet

Just found an awesome APP in the market called Pdanet Tablet you install it on your phone then on your tablet and use bluetooth to get internet to your tablet via your android phone!!!!
It works pretty well on my Epic to my Transformer!
No Root needed (This will be for those of us who have not hacked our phones to send off Wifi already.)

Not working on my tab :\
Edit: I fixed it. reboot helped.

Awesome find, thanks! It's not quite working consistently for me, but I was hoping the PdaNet dev would make a version just like this. I'm sure he'll get it working reliably soon enough...

tethering off my nexus s, 2.3 hotspot w00t.

Anyone get this to work on Droid X, 2.3?

An update: after I installed this app, my TF Internet connectivity was completely hosed. It might be coincidental, although I doubt it. Essentially, I lost the ability to connect to a number of services via wifi, even after I uninstalled the app. Couldn't connect to Google properties, Tapatalk couldn't connect, etc. Absolutely miserable.
Only way to fix it was to do a factory reset. Multiple reboots and reconfigs of wifi settings did nothing.
Moral: be careful with this app.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

I have not installed it yet in my tablet.
But I just read it from the market and they said you should remove the proxy setting after using it, otherwise the internet will not work anymore.
Not sure if they meant you will have to remove the proxy setting everytime you finished using it. That will be a hassle if we need to switch between wifi and BT every time.

works for me bluetooth tethering to my Droid Incredible. Havent tried it longer than 30 mins so I havent experienced any disconnects yet.
You do have to reset the proxy every time you use the app (set it to use it, disable it when your done). If you dont, wifi wont connect anymore (at least for me).
It is a little bit of a hassle, but i can live with it. At least the app gives you a shortcut to quickly change the setting.

<Laharl> said:
Just found an awesome APP in the market called Pdanet Tablet you install it on your phone then on your tablet and use bluetooth to get internet to your tablet via your android phone!!!!
It works pretty well on my Epic to my Transformer!
No Root needed (This will be for those of us who have not hacked our phones to send off Wifi already.)
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Are you getting 4G speed off your Epic? I'm using wifi tether right now and only getting 3G speeds even if 4G is enabled, what kind of speeds are you getting?

lie_ui said:
I have not installed it yet in my tablet.
But I just read it from the market and they said you should remove the proxy setting after using it, otherwise the internet will not work anymore.
Not sure if they meant you will have to remove the proxy setting everytime you finished using it. That will be a hassle if we need to switch between wifi and BT every time.
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That was probably my problem, thanks for pointing it out. Wish I'd seen this before doing the factory reset...
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

It's. Giving me a bad signal error
I'm on 3.1 and my phone(Droid 2) runs leaked gingerbread

Not sure why you need an app. I wifi tether with my Nexus S and it works fine. Just have 2gb package from ATT. They don't seem to care.

I got it installed, and everything went smoothly except I have no internet access via browser, or gmail.
Otherwise, this looks like a good app, easy to use.

I tried this PDANet for Tablet. The first beta release was buggy and there was a lot of disconnects with some debugging prompts.
Then I saw they updated it several days ago.
After updating it, its still not a smooth experience.
Got it connected to the phone, launch the browser and I could browse the web, but after 2-3 web pages, then it will stop working.
Email does not seem to work for me. Both GMail client and the native Email client, none works for me. Google Map seems to work.
But again, the connection dropped very frequently.

Hi,
Does anyone know of a solution for the TF101 when the phone you want to tether to is not an android device. I am still using my trusty HTC HD2, and it's WiFi hotspot is "ad hoc" and not seen by the TF, and its bluetooth creates a PAN, and rudely tells me that the TF needs a NAP.
Maybe I can use the "windows mobile version of PdaNet on the phone with the android tablet PdaNet client on the TF??

Wifi hot spot on G2x works perfect and I get 4g speed will post screen shot when I figure out how..
G2x power

moonan said:
Hi,
Does anyone know of a solution for the TF101 when the phone you want to tether to is not an android device. I am still using my trusty HTC HD2, and it's WiFi hotspot is "ad hoc" and not seen by the TF, and its bluetooth creates a PAN, and rudely tells me that the TF needs a NAP.
Maybe I can use the "windows mobile version of PdaNet on the phone with the android tablet PdaNet client on the TF??
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Prime 1.5 supports ad~ hoc connections.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA Premium App

Wireless tether works better for me? EVO 4G here.

david279 said:
Prime 1.5 supports ad~ hoc connections.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA Premium App
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Any way with stock ROM??

i tried this last night and couldnt get it to work with my rooted samsung galaxy s, so I just ended up doing the wpa method. Plus Prime 1.5 includes it now

[Q] Anyone using TightVNC?

I have set up TightVNC on my A500 and it works well as a remote desktop, but only if my A500 and my laptop are on the same network. When I'm on the road and try to connect to my laptop at home via the hotel wifi, free public wifi, or my cell phone, it will not connect. Does anyone know what could be causing this? My cell phone has no problem connecting from anywhere in the world via 3g or wifi using iTeleport. Unfortunately they don't make iTeleport for Android though. My reason for doing this is because I travel for a living and I would rather not have to tote my laptop all over tthe place when I have a tablet. I like to leave my laptop at home connected to wifi while iim on the road. My main need for the connection is to access my airline's employee program for flight info. It is Java based and will not run on a cell phone or tablet. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

must open port 5800 if my memory.
sorry for my English

Thank you so much. I'll give that a shot.

ReganH22 said:
I have set up TightVNC on my A500 and it works well as a remote desktop, but only if my A500 and my laptop are on the same network. When I'm on the road and try to connect to my laptop at home via the hotel wifi, free public wifi, or my cell phone, it will not connect. Does anyone know what could be causing this? My cell phone has no problem connecting from anywhere in the world via 3g or wifi using iTeleport. Unfortunately they don't make iTeleport for Android though. My reason for doing this is because I travel for a living and I would rather not have to tote my laptop all over tthe place when I have a tablet. I like to leave my laptop at home connected to wifi while iim on the road. My main need for the connection is to access my airline's employee program for flight info. It is Java based and will not run on a cell phone or tablet. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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LogMeIn works great, its what i use, does every, even has support for my multiple screens. Guess its a personal choice

ReganH22 said:
I have set up TightVNC on my A500 and it works well as a remote desktop, but only if my A500 and my laptop are on the same network. When I'm on the road and try to connect to my laptop at home via the hotel wifi, free public wifi, or my cell phone, it will not connect. Does anyone know what could be causing this? My cell phone has no problem connecting from anywhere in the world via 3g or wifi using iTeleport. Unfortunately they don't make iTeleport for Android though. My reason for doing this is because I travel for a living and I would rather not have to tote my laptop all over tthe place when I have a tablet. I like to leave my laptop at home connected to wifi while iim on the road. My main need for the connection is to access my airline's employee program for flight info. It is Java based and will not run on a cell phone or tablet. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I use RealVNC and it works great but I did have to set up port forwarding on my router to get it to work outside of my home network.

I will have to figure out out to check my router for port forwarding when I get back home. The only reason I didnt go with LogMeIn was the price was kind of steep. I'll check RealVNC out when I get a chance. Thanks guys.

heard of teamviewer? thats quite good and i was surprised it was ported onto the android..... best of all its free.

Thank you so much Ben! Team viewer works great and its exactly what I was looking for. The funny thing is my laptop is at home in Chicago while I'm sitting in a hotel room in Frankfort Germany. I was able to access my laptop via my cellphone using iTeleport in order to set up Teambiewer on my laptop lol. Now I can access my laptop via my Iconia. You gotta love technology!

I like this teamviewer thing, but I have a question. Is there any way to get the sound to go from one computer to the Iconia? I was able to access my desktop with the Iconia and open a video file and play it but I was unable to hear the sound from it. Is there any way to do that?

[Q] novatel mifi device

just wondering if it would be possible to make this badboy work plugged into the transformer I'm too much of a noob to even try to make it work myself
http://www.novatelwireless.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82&Itemid=170
that link has all the linux installers, as well as source it looks like

Your link is just a page talking about setting up devices in Linux.
However, your subjects mentions a MiFi - since that sets up a wireless hotspot, it will work without any need for the Linux drivers etc referenced on your link.
You should probably be able to use the dock to keep it charged too if necessary, though you'll still be connected to the device via WiFi.
Regards,
Dave

Think of it in the same vein as a wireless router, and you're good to go.

nah, it's got 4 hours battery life, and turns off the wifi when plugged in :-( super lame

dan-htc-touch said:
nah, it's got 4 hours battery life, and turns off the wifi when plugged in :-( super lame
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Does it still turn the WiFi off when plugged into the TF dock? I'd have thought it would just see the TF as a "charger" and thus leave the WiFi on.
Regards,
Dave

nah, it senses something making a data connection, even though there are no drivers and shuts her down. no worries though, I just finished cutting the usb cable it came with and getting rid of the data wires, so now it charges while connected, and keeps the wifi alive. this will do for now, although having two wifi modules and a 3g module all running for data is not going to be happiness for my battery

I have a Huawei MiFi from 3 in the UK. When I originally bought it, it would turn off the wifi when plugged in to a laptop, but there was a subsequent firmware update that "fixed" this issue, so there may well be a firmware update for your Novatel device.
Moot point now though if you cut your cable!
Regards,
Dave

No App bluetooth tether DroidX and iPad2

My DroidX connects with my iPad2 and tethers data.
I do not have a tethering plan though VZW.
This appears to work for me without any application needed, it just works.
Here's the deal, I previously installed PDANet v4.62 on my DroidX a few months ago (maybe close to a year) for USB tethering with my desktop. I stopped using PDANet due to speeds slower than I was willing to deal with, and bit the bullet for in-home internet. Since my desktop didn't have bluetooth, i never got to try that feature with my desktop.
I recently got an iPad2. I hadn't used PDANet in a long time, and decided to see if the bluetooth feature would work with the iPad.
To my surprise, It did!!
Only issue is that while running PDANet v4.62, my DroidX was virtually unusable for anything else. Screen animation was very slow and buggy, opening app drawer took about 3-4 seconds, and actually opeing apps yeilded a 50/50 chance of force close. What's worse is that even after disconnecting on the iPad side, the DroidX stayed unresponsive, and I ended up having to take the battery out to get it back to normal..... BUT.... while running PDANet, even though the phone turned into a drink coaster, the iPad had very usable and consistant internet.
I decided to install the newest version of PDANet, v3.02 and see if the phone was any better using the newer version. It indeed was a little better, but still did not allow for any kind of actual use while connected to the iPad.
Here's the kicker. I just found out that I don't even have to run PDANet for the iPad to tether to the DroidX. All I have to do is connect the two devices through bluetooth, and the iPad then has internet.
To test this, I turned WiFi and bluetooth off on the iPad and then powered down the iPad. I then turned bluetooth off on the DroidX powered it down. I powered both devices back up and connected through bluetooth. I did not run any apps on either device. I checked running apps on the DroidX, to make sure PDANet did not autorun. PDANet was not running. Then I opened Dolphin Browser in the iPad, and BOOM, internet access!
Just thought this was intersting. If this is already a known thing, sorry for the long post and excitement. I thought it was pretty sweet when it worked.

Stream media from phone?

So the Nexus 7 has some super sweet specs for that price point, but the one thing holding me back is the lack of an SD card slot. No, no, no, Google!!!
So I'm wondering if it's possible to work around this by streaming media from my phone (Galaxy S2, ICS + Touchwiz) directly to the tablet via wifi or bluetooth? I.e. the tablet connects directly to the phone, and not via a wifi network.
If not then I might have to pass on this tab, which is a damn shame because it looks so nice...

Hipster Dashie said:
So the Nexus 7 has some super sweet specs for that price point, but the one thing holding me back is the lack of an SD card slot. No, no, no, Google!!!
So I'm wondering if it's possible to work around this by streaming media from my phone (Galaxy S2, ICS + Touchwiz) directly to the tablet via wifi or bluetooth? I.e. the tablet connects directly to the phone, and not via a wifi network.
If not then I might have to pass on this tab, which is a damn shame because it looks so nice...
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I was wondering the same thing. If this had a microSD slot I would have ordered one already.
The other thing holding me back is no HDMI output. Other than the “Q”, how could you stream video to a TV? Is that even an option??? I currently use my ipad to stream MLB.tv to my TV and this is a must for any tablet I own. I want to get rid of my ipad for the Nexus 7 but these two issues are holding me back.

no microsd card makes me glad i bought the tab2 7.0 when it came out 2-3 months ago.
i was planning on selling and buying this if it had it (due to nexus dev community), but that is downright silly not to have the slot.

I suspect you can set up a local ad hoc wifi network between the two.

swb said:
I suspect you can set up a local ad hoc wifi network between the two.
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Maybe it would include the wifi direct feature thats in the galaxy nexus. That would connect the two nicely
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themassofthesun said:
Maybe it would include the wifi direct feature thats in the galaxy nexus. That would connect the two nicely
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Probably, but even if not, use wifi tether on your phone, give the tablet internet. then use the cloud.
Also, as I posted in general, use micro USB to USB for more storage

you can use wifi direct or you could set up ftp on phone then mount it on tablet

Censura_Umbra said:
Probably, but even if not, use wifi tether on your phone, give the tablet internet. then use the cloud.
Also, as I posted in general, use micro USB to USB for more storage
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The cloud isn't an option for me as I travel on the London Underground a lot. No clouds to be seen down there, that's for sure.

Perhaps use the storage on your phone with WiFi hotspot and XLink to transfer files? I think that would work just fine.
I kind of wish it had more to offer, but then it would certainly cost way more too. So I think the options and alternatives will come, given the mass of people who will get this .

Hipster Dashie said:
The cloud isn't an option for me as I travel on the London Underground a lot. No clouds to be seen down there, that's for sure.
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Yeah, I hate it that they didn't at least offer higher capacities. I'd gladly would have paid for a 64GB version. I wasn't going to get one, but then I figured that I may simply use it to read on or play games instead of store all my media. I think it would have been better if they had an microSD slot and included 2GB of system storage and 8GB card for data. That way people could put whatever sized card they wanted to on there. :\
I guess Google wants people to expand their imaginations.... Imagine how awesome your device would be if you had access to wi-fi on your commute.

Wifi Direct Might be an option as stated earlier. I haven't played with it yet though. Also don't forget the NFC Android Beam that was upgraded in 4.1 and also Bluetooth could also be an option. I'm going to head home and test some stuff on my Acer A500 tonight and see if some of this works.

Hipster Dashie said:
The cloud isn't an option for me as I travel on the London Underground a lot. No clouds to be seen down there, that's for sure.
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Ok here's how i managed to transfer files from my phone to my tablet without needing to be connected to wifi/mobile data connection - and it's much faster than bluetooth (bout 3-4 min for a 500mb file. I wasn't able to properly stream video, but you can play the file as you download, so it's kind of like streaming only you have to delete the file afterwards.
1. Download FTPserver (free app) from Play onto your phone.
2.Turn off your mobile data connection and then switch on wifi hotspot.
3. Setup FTPserver (user, password, port etc) and make sure you check all the boxes for accepting connections.
4. Connect tablet to the wifi hotspot. Open up an FTP client (es file exporer or whatever) and connect to your phones FTP server. Voila; access away.
If you've already got plenty of space on your phone, it's bypasses the need for wi-drives and the need to carry around an extra gadget.
[update] Using Samba Filesharing (similar setup to above) app on my phone i was able to stream video over the hotspot, only bout 5 secs buffering before it started to play. So pretty good.
[update 2] The built in server on FileExpert allows you to stream - works better than the samba app which was a bit crashy when starting it up.

Bubbleupnp works for me.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

On my home WiFi I use Skifta to stream between the N7, my phone and my PC.
Works very well. http://www.skifta.com/

Timbermill said:
On my home WiFi I use Skifta to stream between the N7, my phone and my PC.
Works very well. http://www.skifta.com/
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Working well. Had to connect Skifta to "mobile network" to make nexus see it, but works great! Thanks for the tip!