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Is there a way to actually control my phone from my computer? I mean, if I want to send out a text or something and don't want to have to pull it off the dock, or if I want do do something with the phone or whatever and just leave it on the dock, is there a program somewhere that allows that?
I knwo we can create virtual devices and stuff, but I want to take it a step further.
jerry43812 said:
Is there a way to actually control my phone from my computer? I mean, if I want to send out a text or something and don't want to have to pull it off the dock, or if I want do do something with the phone or whatever and just leave it on the dock, is there a program somewhere that allows that?
I knwo we can create virtual devices and stuff, but I want to take it a step further.
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Like, VNC into teh phone? Dunno. But I want this.
i know you can text via sprint website
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i know you can text via sprint website
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Yeah, well I dont wanna have to wait 10 minutes for their crap site to load (since the redesign). I want to be able to do whatever I want with my phone like I was 'touching' it, but with my mouse.
Haha have you guys tried PicMe?? Im quite sure that may be what you're looking for. You can control your device with your mouse, and you can use your keyboard to type.
Hope this helps
If all you want to do is control your phone Picme will work, but after trying it last night I found out that it would not work if the screen went to sleep. If you want to be able to access files from anywhere then I will post a thread of what needs to be done to get it to work once I finish getting it setup. Right now i have a website redirect to my phone using dyndns service but have not been able to get any app to recognize my external ip address.
I think I may have gotten something. I will let you know shortly
Hell to the yeah (oH THAT'S NOT COOL TO SAY ANYMORE)
Here is what I want to do.
1. Control my phone from any computer over wifi or internet
2. Access my phone from any computer over wifi or internet
I started messing with android's vnc server here. It looks like our kernel needs to be modified to use it correctly, but it still doesn't allow access to the content on the phone. I can also use swiFTP to access my phone storage over wireless but not through the internet
I have installed dyndns on my phone and have a website redirect to my phone and can verify that it does work because I used it for Picme.
I have also tried another ftp server, but could not get it to work over the internet.
Here is an app that is suppose to work on the phone as avnc server, but I can't get it to work..http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6896000#post6896000
i can't work on any of this until later tonight.
i dont know if its completley possible, itll be a little difficult
What's crazy is in the past 2 days I have seen 5 threads started on xda about this same thing which I found doing searches. Do people not search.
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This is a start
http://code.google.com/p/androidscreencast/
It's slow and can only be accessed through usb.
Hey everyone,
I love my tab from I/O but as a Mac user I am stuck with no way to connect it to my mac to put videos on or anything. Every time I attach it to my Mac (or even PC) it wants to load Kies. It doesn't give me the option to mount as disk or anything.
On my Windows 7 PC it does allow me to browse it as a folder but I don't use my PC for any video downloading or anything. Is there a solution for Mac? I tried downloading the DMG for Honeycomb tablets from Android.com but it still didn't work for the Samsung tab. Not sure what to do here.
Second thing... someone needs to break a version of the new Netflix app to work on Honeycomb. I can get the app to load as is but it won't let me play video, says that this device is not supported.
Thanks in advance for the help.
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Hey everyone,
I love my tab from I/O but as a Mac user I am stuck with no way to connect it to my mac to put videos on or anything. Every time I attach it to my Mac (or even PC) it wants to load Kies. It doesn't give me the option to mount as disk or anything.
On my Windows 7 PC it does allow me to browse it as a folder but I don't use my PC for any video downloading or anything. Is there a solution for Mac? I tried downloading the DMG for Honeycomb tablets from Android.com but it still didn't work for the Samsung tab. Not sure what to do here.
Second thing... someone needs to break a version of the new Netflix app to work on Honeycomb. I can get the app to load as is but it won't let me play video, says that this device is not supported.
Thanks in advance for the help.
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Did you try this: http://www.android.com/filetransfer/ Should work. I used it with the Xoom and it worked like a charm.
Also if you have the SDK installed you can use ddms to open a file explorer. (In the same menu where you can launch the screen capture app)
appelflap said:
Did you try this:
... I used it with the Xoom and it worked like a charm.
Also if you have the SDK installed you can use ddms to open a file explorer. (In the same menu where you can launch the screen capture app)
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I did try that and it did not work, because I think Kies is persistent and messes with it. Any other ideas would be great.
And to be clear: neither Kies on the mac nor Windows recognizes it either -- they say it's an unsupported device.
I managed to get a movie on it for the flight home by connecting in windows (VMware), installing Kies (for the drivers) and mounting it as an external drive.
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I did try that and it did not work, because I think Kies is persistent and messes with it. Any other ideas would be great.
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Really that would be a disaster for the 10.1v because of a lack of a SD card...... It would mean that one only can transfer files over a network.
But I assume that uninstalling Kies would solve this?
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Anyone else know anything that might help? I don't have Kies installed and cannot get it to work on my Mac.
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Anyone else know anything that might help? I don't have Kies installed and cannot get it to work on my Mac.
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Only option is adb push if you want to get your files on there. Or wireless transfer but hat takes too long
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work fine thanks, in tablet set debug mode ...and work well.
thejdubb02 said:
... as a Mac user I am stuck with no way to connect it to my mac to put videos on or anything. Every time I attach it to my Mac (or even PC) it wants to load Kies. It doesn't give me the option to mount as disk or anything ...
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I tried both the Windows and Mac versions of Kies, and ended up having some luck with XJNB. I have a post on my blog (at surfsoftconsulting.com) explaining this, have a look at the Galaxy Tab First Impressions entry. The problem seems to be that Samsung's implementation of MTP is rubbish. Worst case scenario is that the update to 3.1 will include Google's own (and hopefully less buggy) implementation. I guess a more worse case is that Samsung have donated their code to 3.1... sigh.
I should add that since doing a factory reset I've not been able to get XJNB to work with the tablet :-( so I shall probably move to using a Wifi based solution
Google's filetransfer doesn't work
appelflap said:
Did you try this: android.com/filetransfer Should work. I used it with the Xoom and it worked like a charm.
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filetransfer doesn't work - at least not for me - with the I/O Galaxy Tab 10.1 (MacBook Pro early '08, OS X 10.6.7). I've written more elsewhere on this thread, I won't repeat it here.
hey guys..i'm using a wi-fi where every body is using programs like NETCUT.with PC it's not a big problem either for UBUNTU or WIN. they use software like tuxcut or antinetcut. also they can change chip MAC address to avoid cutting the connection.
I was searching the forum for a way to change WI-FI MAC address ithen i found some threads not related to our X10 but they helped me.
1.first ur phone must be ROOTED
2.install root explorer software [rootexplorer.apk&fileexpert.apk didn't do it] i used ES FILE EXPLORER.
3.open ES FILE EXPLORER then settings & check [root explorer+mount file system]
4.navigate with ur explorer to /data/misc/wi-fi
5.mount sys as r/w [previously done if u r using ES]
6.open the note "MAC address" with "ES EDITOR" and put ur new MAC address in aline above the original one]
7.save and close the note & remount sys as r/o
8.close ur wi-fi and reopen it u will find MAC address changed
NOTE:
1.this is a temporary change and returns to the original MAC after reboot
2.no harm to ur phone can be done is the original MAC can be restored
3.always BACKUP ur Original address.
4. The address is resetted to the original only after reboot so if it resets after off/on, try deleting "mac_address.bak" before u turn wifi on again. Remember it doesn't matter ur wifi status-although i prefer it being off- as it only obtains the new address after turning it on
5.don't forget to add to this thread..how can we change it permanantely?
6.also don't forget to say thanks..
Thanks!!
Thanks man i really needed this!
Have you managed to make the change permanent? Im guessing the modified Mac address file is replaced everytime we boot up and im wondering what causes this replacement :S im gonna search around see if i can find something.. ill let you know if i find something!
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4. don't forget to add to this thread..how can we change it permanantely?
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It's not possible to make it change permanently, because the file that contains the MAC address is constantly being written when you turn WiFi on and off.
For example:
The file is blank when your WiFi is OFF.
The file is written with your MAC address when you turn the WiFi ON.
At that point, you can change it.
You turn the WiFi OFF, it goes blank again.
You turn it ON, your real MAC address is documented again.
So, it's rather difficult to make it change permanently.
Isn't changing your mac address illegal due to the fact it could create licensing conflicts with another device that has that mac address you are trying to use?
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Isn't changing your mac address illegal due to the fact it could create licensing conflicts with another device that has that mac address you are trying to use?
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That too!!
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My_Immortal said:
It's not possible to make it change permanently, because the file that contains the MAC address is constantly being written when you turn WiFi on and off.
For example:
The file is blank when your WiFi is OFF.
The file is written with your MAC address when you turn the WiFi ON.
At that point, you can change it.
You turn the WiFi OFF, it goes blank again.
You turn it ON, your real MAC address is documented again.
So, it's rather difficult to make it change permanently.
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I understand what you're saying My_Immortal but as he explains in the OP we actually change the MAC address BEFORE we turn on WIFI. Once i have changed it i can turn on/off the WIFI as many times as i want and the MAC address stays the same as the one i modified? Doesn't that conflict with what you're saying?
Thanks ^^ and just btw im not trying to prove you wrong or anything just curious cause at my uni im only allowed to use wifi on my laptop and since i use my laptop more as a desktop computer i would like to make the change "permanent" on my phone so as to use it while im on the move!
pp085ster said:
I understand what you're saying My_Immortal but as he explains in the OP we actually change the MAC address BEFORE we turn on WIFI. Once i have changed it i can turn on/off the WIFI as many times as i want and the MAC address stays the same as the one i modified? Doesn't that conflict with what you're saying?
Thanks ^^ and just btw im not trying to prove you wrong or anything just curious cause at my uni im only allowed to use wifi on my laptop and since i use my laptop more as a desktop computer i would like to make the change "permanent" on my phone so as to use it while im on the move!
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Hey, no offence taken!
But I am pretty sure the MAC address file gets reset when turning WiFi on and off.
The OP doesn't confirm or deny that, he just says that after reboot it gets reset.
According to my tests, it resets when turning WiFi off too.
Since you are in this situation with your uni, you can try and let us know!
My_Immortal said:
Hey, no offence taken!
But I am pretty sure the MAC address file gets reset when turning WiFi on and off.
The OP doesn't confirm or deny that, he just says that after reboot it gets reset.
According to my tests, it resets when turning WiFi off too.
Since you are in this situation with your uni, you can try and let us know!
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In my experience it doesn't reset when i turn the wifi off.. I have been using my phone for the last few days without letting it run dry and i haven't had to reenter the MAC address again. Thats why im thinking that maybe there is a way to make it permanent or semi-permanent, lets say an app that replaces the MAC file with the other modified MAC file on your SD everytime you boot up or something along those lines - does such an app exist??! lol
pp085ster said:
In my experience it doesn't reset when i turn the wifi off.. I have been using my phone for the last few days without letting it run dry and i haven't had to reenter the MAC address again. Thats why im thinking that maybe there is a way to make it permanent or semi-permanent, lets say an app that replaces the MAC file with the other modified MAC file on your SD everytime you boot up or something along those lines - does such an app exist??! lol
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I can easily do that with an init.d script.
But I fear it is in fact illegal, so I think I'll stay away from it...
@ppo85ster
I think my-immortal is right about reseting mac address each wifi/on but it's done that way, the phone reobtain the address each wifi/on then keep it after wifi/off then reobtain it.
I say so as i face a problem sometimes, system generates another file "mac_address.bak" which contains the old mac address -i think it's temporary file- and phone obtains it's address from this temp. file if i didn't delete it even after off/on
But about the permenant change...i guess phone restores it's original mac address after each reboot,and so the original one is written somewhere. Is it that in
system/lib/modules/wifi.ko?
And it loads with kernel! If that i guess my only known way till now is to modify kernel file. Am i right @my-immortal?
Ofcourse it's the only manual way.but as u suggested if there's a software that can adjust mac address. After each boot like the "set on boot" option in "setcpu" it wouldn't have been a problem
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Isn't changing your mac address illegal due to the fact it could create licensing conflicts with another device that has that mac address you are trying to use?
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I say yes,but it won't create a conflict unless u intend doing so,after all what is the possibility a random address with 12 digits can conflict with another in a limited area wi-fi.
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My_Immortal said:
It's not possible to make it change permanently, because the file that contains the MAC address is constantly being written when you turn WiFi on and off.
For example:
The file is blank when your WiFi is OFF.
The file is written with your MAC address when you turn the WiFi ON.
At that point, you can change it.
You turn the WiFi OFF, it goes blank again.
You turn it ON, your real MAC address is documented again.
So, it's rather difficult to make it change permanently.
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The address is resetted to the original only after reboot so if it resets after off/on, try deleting "mac_address.bak" before u turn wifi on again. Remember it doesn't matter ur wifi status-although i prefer it being off- as it only obtains the new address after turning it on
About being illegal..
I saw already some app on the market that do change mac_address but none unfortunately supports X10..so i guess it's not a big deal as google allows them,no?
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If it's OK with the mods, I have a working script that sets a custom MAC on each boot. So I'll ask and then post it here.
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My_Immortal said:
If it's OK with the mods, I have a working script that sets a custom MAC on each boot. So I'll ask and then post it here.
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Ok..
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Simple way, make a script with:
svc wifi disable
echo "your new mac" > /data/misc/wifi/mac_address
svc wifi enable
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working on
fxp 7.2 20120711-UNOFFICIAL-es209ra
Can i know what it use for?? Thanks
Superman™
As the subject says. Got some problems with it, and I was wondering if anyone else was using it without any problems?
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i am using it on my Nexus 4, befor on my Samsung S2 and Sony Arc - i´ve got no problem.
Connect Bot ersion 1.7.1 with the latest VNC Release
I am using irssiconnectbot.
But I guess it would be helpful if you specify your problems.
I'm using irssiconnectbot without any problems whatsoever.
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hey_malik said:
I am using irssiconnectbot.
But I guess it would be helpful if you specify your problems.
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Sorry, just got home now. Basically the problem is with private keys. I generate a private key, copy the public key to my router, and the private key always fails! I can't understand it because I've done this process hundreds of times with other devices and it works fine. It's not just Connectbot, I also tried Juice-SSH to see if that would help, but it's the same problem, the key fails.
I'm honestly doing my nut over this, I can't figure out what the problem could be!
Any input would be massively appreciated!
Cheers
Ian
iang123 said:
Sorry, just got home now. Basically the problem is with private keys. I generate a private key, copy the public key to my router, and the private key always fails! I can't understand it because I've done this process hundreds of times with other devices and it works fine. It's not just Connectbot, I also tried Juice-SSH to see if that would help, but it's the same problem, the key fails.
I'm honestly doing my nut over this, I can't figure out what the problem could be!
Any input would be massively appreciated!
Cheers
Ian
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I use ConnectBot v1.7.1.2010.10.08 with a 4096 bit RSA key to connect to ubuntu linux without issue.
I copied my public key (openssh format) and pasted it into a new Gmail draft message. I then added it to the file ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
Make sure the entire key is one line and some text editor did not add <CR>'s or <LF>'s to the pub key...
It's why I use vim and Notepad++ as editors.
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I use ConnectBot v1.7.1.2010.10.08 with a 4096 bit RSA key to connect to ubuntu linux without issue.
I copied my public key (openssh format) and pasted it into a new Gmail draft message. I then added it to the file ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
Make sure the entire key is one line and some text editor did not add <CR>'s or <LF>'s to the pub key...
It's why I use vim and Notepad++ as editors.
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That's the thing. I do the same thing, copy it into a gmail draft them paste it into DD-WRT authorised keys. I think the most frustrating thing, is that it works fine with my N7, HTC Desire S but not with the N4, and I am not doing anything different.
I have triple checked the public key, and nothing appears to be added.
Cheers
Ian
Or you could set it up on a terminal emulator if you can find the binaries, and the libraries. That's how I'm doing it.
Hi,
I'm Paul one of the two developers of JuiceSSH.
One thing to check that often catches people out is that SSH can be very fussy on permissions on the home directory, the .ssh directory and the authorized_keys file.
Try:
chmod 700 ~;
chmod 700 ~/.ssh;
chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
It doesn't matter about the permissions on the device/JuiceSSH side.
Does the key work if you try and SSH in from your PC - ie is it just from your phone you're having problems?
Edit to add: My girlfriend uses an N4 and i've tested SSH keys numerous times on it during our development/testing so I doubt it's a problem with the Nexus 4 itself.
JuiceSSH said:
Hi,
I'm Paul one of the two developers of JuiceSSH.
One thing to check that often catches people out is that SSH can be very fussy on permissions on the home directory, the .ssh directory and the authorized_keys file.
Try:
chmod 700 ~;
chmod 700 ~/.ssh;
chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
It doesn't matter about the permissions on the device/JuiceSSH side.
Does the key work if you try and SSH in from your PC - ie is it just from your phone you're having problems?
Edit to add: My girlfriend uses an N4 and i've tested SSH keys numerous times on it during our development/testing so I doubt it's a problem with the Nexus 4 itself.
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Hi Paul,
Thanks for replying. I don't think it's the permission because all of my other devices work fine. I've tried the same key from my N7, and my PC and it works fine. But, as you say, it may not be the N4 as others have used it and it works fine.
It's very frustrating in the fact that it seems to be isolated to just my N4, making support pretty difficult!
Cheers
Ian
iang123 said:
Hi Paul,
Thanks for replying. I don't think it's the permission because all of my other devices work fine. I've tried the same key from my N7, and my PC and it works fine. But, as you say, it may not be the N4 as others have used it and it works fine.
It's very frustrating in the fact that it seems to be isolated to just my N4, making support pretty difficult!
Cheers
Ian
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Another good option is to run sshd on the server in debug mode and take a look at the more verbose logs of what is going on behind the scenes.
The safest way to do it is not to mess with the currently running sshd process or configuration (especially if it's a remote machine) but to spawn a new sshd server in foreground+debug mode on a different port number by running:
sudo /usr/sbin/sshd -p 2222 -D -d -e
Then setting up JuiceSSH to connect to port 2222 instead.
This will need port 2222 opening on any firewalls you have though.
If that still doesn't give any better clues feel free to paste the log here and i'll take a look.
Also I could give you a JuiceSSH APK file that has very verbose ssh logging turned on however you would need to have adb setup and installed on your PC in order to view the logs.
Thanks.
Paul
Cheers again Paul. I'm not too sure about being able to open another ssh service on my router. If you could help me out with that apk that would be great. Would it still get the logs even if I am making the connection to my router?
Cheers
Ian
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iang123 said:
Cheers again Paul. I'm not too sure about being able to open another ssh service on my router. If you could help me out with that apk that would be great. Would it still get the logs even if I am making the connection to my router?
Cheers
Ian
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Hi Ian,
I have PM'd you a link to the debug version and some instructions.
Let me know how you get on.
Paul
im on android 5.1, but this worked pre 5.1 as well. all i did was add this one line to my build.prop and tmobile does not see my wireless tethering.. add the line, save it, reboot for it to take affect. im also using the wifi tether router app for my tethering. but should work on the default option as well. i use tmobile, so cant say if it works with other providers.
net.tethering.noprovisioning=true
I use the tether_dun_required hack.
this way seems much easier to me
simms22 said:
this way seems much easier to me
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please post step by step instructions on how to do so? what program do i use to edit the build.prop
emd2009 said:
please post step by step instructions on how to do so? what program do i use to edit the build.prop
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any ROOT file explorer should work, i use the Root Explorer app. i locate the build.prop in /system/build.prop/, long press on it, press open in text editor, it tells me that the current file system is read only, then asks if i want to remount as read-write, i press yes, i add that line to the bottom, press save, then i reboot for it to take affect.
simms22 said:
any ROOT file explorer should work, i use the Root Explorer app. i locate the build.prop in /system/build.prop/, long press on it, press open in text editor, it tells me that the current file system is read only, then asks if i want to remount as read-write, i press yes, i add that line to the bottom, press save, then i reboot for it to take affect.
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Certain things don't work still. Mainly PSN and for some reason yahoo. Both redirect to the upsell page when at the tether limit
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Nice
Topsnake said:
Certain things don't work still. Mainly PSN and for some reason yahoo. Both redirect to the upsell page when at the tether limit
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Like PS3 and PS4?
inick73376 said:
Like PS3 and PS4?
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Yeah, That's what usually happens with both PlayStation consoles. When you connect and do a "test connection" on Playstation3/4 both would connect but when "connecting" PSN you would get an error. Most like would be 30696-4 because I got that ALL the time. But then my brother just caved and added a 7-day data pass 1/GB data mobile hotspot and immediately it worked. I was trying with VPN's and various DNS's and nothing was working for me, unless I chose some bad VPN's. But anyways, my data should be resetting for the month and going back to 5GB in a few days. Hopefully by then something would come up, but if not... it's alright I guess. Someone will eventually figure it out.
You have the same problem I HAVE! If you ever find a answer please PM me on here.