I wanted to start a bounty for getting adhoc support for the HP touchpad. I actually prefer the WebOS vs. Honeycomb (I own the Asus Transformer and the Touchpad) due to some many bugs in Honeycomb. Any developers out there want to make some money, here's your chance.
I'm willing to chip in $50, half the cost of what I paid for the tablet just to get ad-hoc support.
I will update the bounty in the title each day if people chip in.
Dear mod,
Please close this thread as I shall be moving it over to Precentral.net
http://www.webos-internals.org/wiki/Ad-Hoc_Networking
kevina90 said:
http://www.webos-internals.org/wiki/Ad-Hoc_Networking
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Here's the quote from the discussion thread from the wiki:
"It seems the HP Touchpad uses wpa_supplicant, similar to Android, rather than wifidriver, as the previous did. Any workarounds? Breakingspell 05:11, 23 August 2011 (UTC)?
Noob alert!! What is Adhoc?
NissanNick said:
Noob alert!! What is Adhoc?
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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_ad_hoc_network
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[Q] Ad-hoc patch for wifi tethering?
Is there an ad-hoc patch for wifi tethering in the works for the Touchpad? I tried searching on preware and could not find any.
Since the wifi-tether apps on android market use ad-hoc mode instead of infrastructure mode, the touchpad cannot see the wifi connection on my Photon 4g phone.
thaddyusmaximus said:
Here's the quote from the discussion thread from the wiki:
"It seems the HP Touchpad uses wpa_supplicant, similar to Android, rather than wifidriver, as the previous did. Any workarounds? Breakingspell 05:11, 23 August 2011 (UTC)?
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Do you know where the file is on the Touchpad?
knownboyofno said:
Do you know where the file is on the Touchpad?
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I'm not sure on the Touchpad. But on Android it is in /system/bin.
Edit: I found a thread stating the location is @ /etc/. The thread is trying to get connected to corporate wifi networks.
ericdabbs said:
Is there an ad-hoc patch for wifi tethering in the works for the Touchpad? I tried searching on preware and could not find any.
Since the wifi-tether apps on android market use ad-hoc mode instead of infrastructure mode, the touchpad cannot see the wifi connection on my Photon 4g phone.
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This is what this thread is for. It's to get a developer to make a adhoc patch as none exists for WebOS on the Touchpad as of yet.
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The wifi-tether apps on android market use ad-hoc mode instead of infrastructure mode, the touchpad cannot see the wifi connection on my Photon 4g phone.
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Not always true. Android wireless tether on my rooted Evo 3D gives me infrastructure mode.
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Since the wifi-tether apps on android market use ad-hoc mode instead of infrastructure mode, the touchpad cannot see the wifi connection on my Photon 4g phone.
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It depends on your phone. Most newer phones are indeed capable of running in infrastructure mode.
Posted on precentral.net since that is where a lot of webOS development occurs and of course that is where a lot of the patches on preware come from.
http://forums.precentral.net/webos-patches/259326-patch-request-connecting-ad-hoc-wi-fi.html
thaddyusmaximus said:
I wanted to start a bounty for getting adhoc support for the HP touchpad. I actually prefer the WebOS vs. Honeycomb (I own the Asus Transformer and the Touchpad) due to some many bugs in Honeycomb. Any developers out there want to make some money, here's your chance.
I'm willing to chip in $50, half the cost of what I paid for the tablet just to get ad-hoc support.
I will update the bounty in the title each day if people chip in.
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Do you have an android phone that you would like this to tether with? This is why I wanted Ad-Hoc support on the touchpad.
Last night I played around with the Wifi Tether app and found out that if I select "Change Device-Profile" to a different phone model (Samsung Fascinate, for example), you can then "Change Setup-Method" to "Softap for Samsung (master) " and this will allow the Touchpad to find your phone's wifi tether.
If this isn't useful for you, well...hopefully it will help somebody out.
Well Tether works great on my Epic 4g. It is rooted running stock rom. I used it with my TP the other day for about 6hrs and no problem at all. Youtube, Facebook and everything else worked great.
lane32x said:
Do you have an android phone that you would like this to tether with? This is why I wanted Ad-Hoc support on the touchpad.
Last night I played around with the Wifi Tether app and found out that if I select "Change Device-Profile" to a different phone model (Samsung Fascinate, for example), you can then "Change Setup-Method" to "Softap for Samsung (master) " and this will allow the Touchpad to find your phone's wifi tether.
If this isn't useful for you, well...hopefully it will help somebody out.
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I have a Nokia N8 Phone. I use the JoikuSpot App to create a hotspot. Unfortunately for me, it's an ad-hoc network.
It seems like i should move this thread over to precentral. Precentral seems to be more popular for dev work on the touchpad.
yes, on android there is a way to change your tether to infrastructure mode but unfortunately not all phones support infrastructure tethering due to hardware limitations; such as the original droid and many other android phones
The new beta (3.1 i think) of Wifi Tether for Root supports infrastructure mode. I'm using it with my Droid Charge, which is unsupported, but I just changed my device settings in the app to Samsung Fascinate, and it worked fine.
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The new beta (3.1 i think) of Wifi Tether for Root supports infrastructure mode. I'm using it with my Droid Charge, which is unsupported, but I just changed my device settings in the app to Samsung Fascinate, and it worked fine.
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Your Droid Charge isn't "unsupported" it has the available hardware to use infrastructure mode.
Unfortunately, as we have already established, there are many phones that allow you to broadcast in infrastructure mode (if you have the right program/right profile) but there are many phones such as the droid 1 and incredible 1 that do NOT have the hardware required to run infrastructure mode no matter what our wifi tether's profile is set to.
This works on my Motorola photon... i was VARY mad that i could not tether with out paying the $30 for tethering... so i downloaded this and tested EVERY SETTING I COULD!! but this worked for me!!! and so far on 3 other Android phones..
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
wifi_tether_v3_1-beta6.apk
Install it
Run it
Menu-Settings
Change Device-Profile
Select: Samsung Galaxy S
Change Setup-Method
Select NetD (Master)
Back to main screen
Click start tethering... now you will get 2-5 pop ups with errors DONT WORRY just look for the network and disregard the errors on the phone
And now you are good to go. I have used this on my Photon (MoPho) running STOCK rom with root.
Have fun tethering. let me know if it works for you!
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I'm running DK28 and Wireless Tether 2.0.5 RC1, and see only WEP support in the settings.
Running 2.0.5 RC1 on Evo with Froyo 2.2.1, the settings menu shows WPA2 support.
The two phones' Wireless Tether settings menus are different, as if I'm running different versions (but I'm not). One with WPA2, the Epic only with WEP.
How come?
snovvman said:
I'm running DK28 and Wireless Tether 2.0.5 RC1, and see only WEP support in the settings.
Running 2.0.5 RC1 on Evo with Froyo 2.2.1, the settings menu shows WPA2 support.
The two phones' Wireless Tether settings menus are different, as if I'm running different versions (but I'm not). One with WPA2, the Epic only with WEP.
How come?
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They don't have working code to run infrastructure mode on the epic yet. Simple as that.
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They don't have working code to run infrastructure mode on the epic yet. Simple as that.
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Thank you sir.
Any idea of an ETA for a working infrastructure mode?
I don't think anyone is working on it.
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In my opinion this is the single most important thing for someone to work on. Anyone have the knowledge and time?
F1reF1ghter said:
In my opinion this is the single most important thing for someone to work on. Anyone have the knowledge and time?
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Why is it so important? There's the "Access-Control" option if security is your concern.
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Why is it so important? There's the "Access-Control" option if security is your concern.
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Using wifi at work would be one reason. Most employers are going to be using WPA rather than WEP (doesn't apply to me as I get yelled at if I use my work's wifi...).
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I don't think anyone is working on it.
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Well supposedly (sp) BTthomas was working on it, however i dont see it being done anytime soon especially with official froyo being out yet, also if you look in the android development jr the guy that brought mobile ap to stock 2.1 rom which is infrastructure and awesome changed his thread to a WIP "Work in Progress" We might see it when the source drops possibly, if that comes b4 2012..
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Why is it so important? There's the "Access-Control" option if security is your concern.
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I use my phones (me = Evo, wife = Epic) for my only internet access. I cut the cable bill to save money. I have set up a router to repeat the Wireless Tether infrastructure signal of my Evo. (This way my entire network can use the signal, even wired computers) Currently, my wife's phone does not have the capability to broadcast in infrastructure mode, therefore the signal can't be repeated or passed on to wired computers on my network.
But, for most to who don't use their phones this way, it is still a much better signal with my Evo broadcasting an infrastructure signal.
Does that cover it?
so ive got an evo. and i use my wireless tethering quite often. and when the galaxy tab came out, i tried to tether it to my phone, and i couldnt get it to work. i have no interest in a 3g or 4g connection for a tablet, atleast not now. so does anyone have any idea if i will be able to piggyback the xoom off of my phone?
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so ive got an evo. and i use my wireless tethering quite often. and when the galaxy tab came out, i tried to tether it to my phone, and i couldnt get it to work. i have no interest in a 3g or 4g connection for a tablet, atleast not now. so does anyone have any idea if i will be able to piggyback the xoom off of my phone?
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It should work the same as any other wireless device. My wife uses her IPAD off my evo all the time.
have you tried tethering a android device to another android tablet? i tried it with a hero and an evo. couldnt get either to work.
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have you tried tethering a android device to another android tablet? i tried it with a hero and an evo. couldnt get either to work.
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I have done it with other android phones ( ie someone sharing my internet) but never an android tablet.
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have you tried tethering a android device to another android tablet? i tried it with a hero and an evo. couldnt get either to work.
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Which did you tether to what. HTC EVO, being designed for tethering has the proper wifi drivers to offer full infrastructure mode tethering. Some other devices, maybe the Hero, originally not being designed for wifi-tethering, only offered a certain kind of tethering that didn't work with some devices. IIRC this was fixed in the freely available Android Wifi Tether app. So if you tried to share your EVO's connection with the Hero, that should have worked. The reverse maybe not so much.
I tethered my HTC EVO to a Viewsonic G-Tablet with no problem so I don't foresee a issue with the xoom.
i was using wifi tether on my evo to provide the galaxy tab with internet. couldnt get it to work. so we tried the wifi tether on my brothers hero, and that would not support it either. im crossing my fingers that the xoom will be able to.
Your wifi tether program might not be working, I had the htc evo 4g and tether to the ipad, laptop, galaxy tab without a problem.
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i was using wifi tether on my evo to provide the galaxy tab with internet. couldnt get it to work. so we tried the wifi tether on my brothers hero, and that would not support it either. im crossing my fingers that the xoom will be able to.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab
bhuggans said:
i was using wifi tether on my evo to provide the galaxy tab with internet. couldnt get it to work. so we tried the wifi tether on my brothers hero, and that would not support it either. im crossing my fingers that the xoom will be able to.
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are you using an app or the native tethering btw? theres a few apps that only offer ad hoc wifi which isnt really "meant" for internet. It more of a device to device type thing. while infrastructure is internet to device and thats what you want from your evo. i think i explained that right, i havent slept for like a day. i got too freakin excited about preorder i couldnt fall asleep lol
I had that problem initially with the Viewsonic G-Tablet and with my Kindle. Change the wifi channel in the tethering app to anything but what it is, and try again.
Wireless tether, I've been able to have other android phones and an iPhone see it. For some strange reason barnacle won't show up on a scan with other wifi phones. It's probably going into a different mode that laptops can see but some phones can't.
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are you using an app or the native tethering btw? theres a few apps that only offer ad hoc wifi which isnt really "meant" for internet. It more of a device to device type thing. while infrastructure is internet to device and thats what you want from your evo. i think i explained that right, i havent slept for like a day. i got too freakin excited about preorder i couldnt fall asleep lol
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I think you are right. Android devices can't wifi connect to ad-hoc connections, thus tethering doesn't work. However, if you have hotspot capability on your phone it might be different. Or even different tethering programs that don't do ad hoc. Do these exist?
I could wireless tether the Viewsonic Gtab (pre and post root) to my Evo using Fresh Rom and the included wireless tether. Fast and stable
I'm using the wifi tether app for root users from the android market. And yes it works great with my netbook, work desktop, home desktop, and even my ps3. As well as supplying a connection for a buddies iPhone. But when trying to connect the galaxy tab... nothing. It didnt even recognize it. I guess we will see in a few days. Cause this "will be a dealbreaker ladies" (for those that watch 30 rock)
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I thought that one of the benefits of Froyo was that we'd have Wifi tethering, but it doesn't seem to be an option.
My question is; How do I enable Wifi tethering? Do I need to root and install Barnacle, or is there another non-rooting way?
If I need to root, is there a new one click root that I should use?
bkolodny said:
I thought that one of the benefits of Froyo was that we'd have Wifi tethering, but it doesn't seem to be an option.
My question is; How do I enable Wifi tethering? Do I need to root and install Barnacle, or is there another non-rooting way?
If I need to root, is there a new one click root that I should use?
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One click root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770388
Then download from here:
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
I downloaded the wireless_tether_2_0_7-pre1.apk version.
Tested it last night and it works.
One click took a few tries but now I have it installed
After a few tries I was finally able to root.
I installed the Wireless Tether, but I can't see my phone after starting tethering.
Is there a special way to set it up? Shouldn't it just show up in available networks?
bkolodny said:
After a few tries I was finally able to root.
I installed the Wireless Tether, but I can't see my phone after starting tethering.
Is there a special way to set it up? Shouldn't it just show up in available networks?
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I didn't do anything special. Mine just popped up in the available networks..
Take a look at the log and see if there were any errors.
After rooting, the wireless tethering app in the market worked great for me. I wish there was a way to do wired tether without having to use pdanet or easy tether, but oh well.
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You do realize this is a service you have to pay for, right? The functionality was there from jump...you just had to pay to enable it. Nowhere was it said you'd be getting this for free....
But as others have directed...rooting your device then installing Wireless Tether is your way around this.
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I didn't do anything special. Mine just popped up in the available networks..
Take a look at the log and see if there were any errors.
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No errors.
I just checked on a windows computer and it saw the phone.
I'm trying from a Galaxy Tab and that doesn't see it. Why not? Any ideas?
bkolodny said:
No errors.
I just checked on a windows computer and it saw the phone.
I'm trying from a Galaxy Tab and that doesn't see it. Why not? Any ideas?
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Ooh, i'm not sure what I linked you for the wifi tethering will work with the tablet. You might want to try Capslock's suggestion
Quis89 said:
You do realize this is a service you have to pay for, right? The functionality was there from jump...you just had to pay to enable it. Nowhere was it said you'd be getting this for free....
But as others have directed...rooting your device then installing Wireless Tether is your way around this.
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Why should I pay for something that I can get free?
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Ooh, i'm not sure what I linked you for the wifi tethering will work with the tablet. You might want to try Capslock's suggestion
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Why wouldn't it work with the tablet? Is it because it's in ad-hoc mode?
Is there another way to accomplish tethering with the galaxy tab?
bkolodny said:
Why wouldn't it work with the tablet?
Is there another way to accomplish tethering with the galaxy tab?
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I think the guy thought you were trying to produce the WiFi signal from your tab, not have your phone produce the signal and have your tab receive it.
I suspect it's because the tether app you have only works in adhoc mode, and not infrastructure mode.There's a thread in the Themes and Apps forum where someone got infrastructure mode working, install that version.
vita10gy said:
I suspect it's because the tether app you have only works in adhoc mode, and not infrastructure mode.There's a thread in the Themes and Apps forum where someone got infrastructure mode working, install that version.
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I suspect the tab doesn't support adhoc wifi. Go to the android tether sight
and download the latest 3.0-pre version. As of right now its up to pre10. The 3.0 versions support infrastructure mode. And so far it works well on my epic with EB13.
marioc21 said:
I suspect the tab doesn't support adhoc wifi. Go to the android tether sight
and download the latest 3.0-pre version. As of right now its up to pre10. The 3.0 versions support infrastructure mode. And so far it works well on my epic with EB13.
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I'll try that one.
That worked!
Thanks
maybe
That could be.
Issue was ad-hoc. The latest (experimental) version has infrastructure mode (I think it turned on Sprint's Hotspot - hopefully I won't get charged).
marioc21 said:
I suspect the tab doesn't support adhoc wifi. Go to the android tether sight
and download the latest 3.0-pre version. As of right now its up to pre10. The 3.0 versions support infrastructure mode. And so far it works well on my epic with EB13.
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could you please tell me where to get this latest version? i can't find it in the market. i have the same problem. my tab or other cell phones won't recognize my wifi tether through my epic. my computer does tho.
thank you so much!
tedum88 said:
could you please tell me where to get this latest version? i can't find it in the market.
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http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
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http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
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thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have dk28... and I try to use wireless tether pre 3.0 with 4g connection... it reboots when it starts tethering.. please help
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I like pretty much everyone else has at least 1 months Verizon 3G coverage that I do not intend to keep. Especially since I have a Rooted EVO 4G with WiFi tether, and Sprints unlimited Data....
But for some reason the Xoom will not FIND my EVO 4G WiFi. A colleage in an opposite office has a device (iPhone) which finds and connects to the EVO 4G WiFi hot spot no problem, but not the Xoom. It fails to even see it !!
Anyone else had this issue (tethering Xoom to a Cellphone WiFi Hotspot)
Anyone have any idea's on how to fix it? I have tried security settings, changing SSID, changing WiFi channels, changing IP ranges etc etc. Nothing has worked so far
Please, search before posting.
The xoom cannot connect to an ad-hoc network, like from your evo. Check the thread regarding tethering with Bluetooth instead.
There may be a fix but I don't think there is right now.
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I haven't read all of the posts on this to narrow down the exact reason, but I can tell you that the Xoom can connect to your EVO. I have been WiFi tethered to my EVO 4G since last Thursday using the stock Sprint application.
For what it is worth ... by the way my EVO is not rooted.
Having same issue!!!
I am not sure what to do I have a atrix and it wont recognize it either I am probably going to have to return it
can't tether it to my atrix either. crazy.
reezy23 said:
I am not sure what to do I have a atrix and it wont recognize it either I am probably going to have to return it
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As stated earlier, unrooted Xoom devices are unable to connect to ad hoc wifi spots. A good way to test if your phone is an ad hoc devise just flip by Mc Donald's, if your Xoom can see the free hotspot your devise is emitting an ad hoc network. (PS3'S and other similar gadgets cannot connect to ad hoc)
I can almost guarentee it is not your Xoom.
Sirchuk said:
Please, search before posting.
The xoom cannot connect to an ad-hoc network, like from your evo. Check the thread regarding tethering with Bluetooth instead.
There may be a fix but I don't think there is right now.
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I read pretty much read every post on WiFi tethering (The forums actually do a search for you when you type the title of your new thread) and I was not happy that they answered my question. They are all variations of the same subject, but not specific to mine...
As it goes I have fixed the Issue. All it took was re-downloading the WiFi Tether application from the Market place and all is working. No idea why the Xoom couldn't see the WiFi network and an iPhone could but it's fixed now. So Bye Bye Verizon
A WELL happy Xoom and EVO 4G owner - Android Rulez !!
So what should I do to get it to recognize my atrix?
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So what should I do to get it to recognize my atrix?
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In this order: try his method by redownloading the app, also try restarting the devices before the attempt. If this don't work verify that your atrix is not emitting an ad hoc network. If its not, exchange your Xoom.
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So what should I do to get it to recognize my atrix?
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Not having the same hardware might be the fundamental problem but this is what I suggest....
1) - Make sure you have super user permissions...
2) - Un-install and then re-Install WiFi tether... https://market.android.com/details?id=android.tether&feature=search_result
3) - Start the WiFi tether app on your Atrix perhaps changing the SSID to something other than default, then search for the Hotspot on your Xoom.
Fingers crossed it will locate it, connect to it, and maybe it work...
For the life of me, I cannot find a way to tether my Android phone to my Android tablet. How is it that the free wifi apps broadcast in Ad Hoc but the wifi managers are incapable of reading and connecting to ad hoc? This makes no sense.
What solutions have people found?
I guess there is a solution for the Evo, a more popular phone that I didnt really care for compared to the super amoled Epic screen and hummingbird cpu with full qwerty, but nobody has written a free tethering app for the Epic yet that tethers in infrastructure mode?
Not 100% sure on the epic, but you should be able to check out the latest Wireless Tether app beta from what I've heard it can broadcast in infrastructure mode instead.
You should also take a look at bluetooth tethering. People with iPhones/Blackberrys/some Android phones (like OG Droid) have been using this with some success. Many threads on this.
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For the life of me, I cannot find a way to tether my Android phone to my Android tablet. How is it that the free wifi apps broadcast in Ad Hoc but the wifi managers are incapable of reading and connecting to ad hoc? This makes no sense.
What solutions have people found?
I guess there is a solution for the Evo, a more popular phone that I didnt really care for compared to the super amoled Epic screen and hummingbird cpu with full qwerty, but nobody has written a free tethering app for the Epic yet that tethers in infrastructure mode?
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I have that phone and I'm using wifi tether like the other person said since you cannot use adhoc.
Link:
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
wifi_tether_v3_0-pre12.apk
after installing it go into settings -> setup method change to softap for samsung.
I've been using this for the past week w/ my xoom and I haven't had any problems besides the usual, tethering rapes your battery.
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p2flol said:
I have that phone and I'm using wifi tether like the other person said since you cannot use adhoc.
Link:
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
wifi_tether_v3_0-pre12.apk
after installing it go into settings -> setup method change to softap for samsung.
I've been using this for the past week w/ my xoom and I haven't had any problems besides the usual, tethering rapes your battery.
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I have tried those, but my problem is that my phone is not able to prodcast anything but ad hoc. I have a rooted mytouch 3g. Please if anyone know how to get the xoom to pick up ad hoc, I'll be golden.