ok there are tethering threads but i would like to figure out for sure the best of the 3 options relating to tethering from an ANDROID phone to the NEXUS 7.
wifi is easy and fast connection, bluetooth less so - but both eat the battery on the phone.
so usb tether cable connection seems like it could be the most efficient method, but i cannot find much relating to usb tethering to a tablet or how the N7 would fair. maybe you guys that know will explain that the battery usage would be the same as wifi or worse or something. please inform!
surely its possible?
the only post i found was a rom changing complex solution.
i'm hoping to hook up a cable, launch an app on the N7, set android phone to usb tether and off i go...
i just the personal hotspot on the iphone for tethering, but would be interested in learning how to do it via bluetooth DUN
WiFi hotspot is an absolute battery killer on a phone. I've only briefly tried Bluetooth tethering but so far it looks great on battery usage.
Basically install "FoxFi" to the phone, and "PDANet Tablet" to the Nexus 7. Enable Bluetooth DUN via FoxFi, and then on PDANet pair up the two devices.
For USB tethering you'd probably need cable with mini-usb on both ends, I've no idea if this exists, and whether it would actually work.
Or get an Xperia S, update to ics and you have blue tooth tethering out of the box.
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You can enable bluetooth, wifi, and usb tethering using this solution
I use tethering between the galaxy nexus and the nexus 7 on the train. Wireless works far better as Bluetooth disconnects each time signal is lost...uses more battery tho
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I rock bluetooth tether all day every day. My phone is a Galaxy Nexus and it would loose connection whenever the phone would go into deep sleep. On the market there is a program called bluetoothkeepalive This forces a wake lock when ever there is a bluetooth connection to the phone. For email, web, some basic google apps this is a perfect solution for me. I have even streamed Pandora with the connection. After a 9 hour work day I have ~70% battery left on my phone.
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I am considering to pair the Nexus 7 to my phone for internet connection. I know that my phone (Motorola XT894; Droid 4) supports Bluetooth 4.0 LE + EDR.
I know that WiFi tether is a real battery drain plus it always has to be enabled in order for it to work, so I was hoping that I could do get some kind of half-decent speeds when tethering through bluetooth, but I haven't been able to find the exact specs of the Bluetooth supported by Nexus 7.
I have read in the teardown about the bluetooth chipset, but I'm not sure if everything is enabled.
Can anybody provide more details on Bluetooth for Nexus 7?
bluetooth 4.0
nexus 7 also has bluetooth 4.0
Is Bluetooth tethering more battery efficient? Might try it from my HTC Desire if it's possible once the tablet arrives. I imagine I will need a third-party app as I only have USB and Wi-Fi Hotspot tethering options.
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Is Bluetooth tethering more battery efficient? Might try it from my HTC Desire if it's possible once the tablet arrives. I imagine I will need a third-party app as I only have USB and Wi-Fi Hotspot tethering options.
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I'm not sure if it's more power efficient, but it does claim to operate in a "Low power" mode (I'm not sure if all bluetooth 4 devices are operating in this mode or not). Doesn't hurt to try of course!
It may only work for now between Nexus 7 devices, but Android Beam sounds really neat. Bring two units close together, and NFC performs the Bluetooth pairing. Sort of an auto-connect. Data transfer is all then done over Bluetooth.
Bluetooth LE on Nexus 7 does *NOT* see Bluetooth LE devices
Just got a Bluetooth LE heart rate monitor and the Nexus 7 can't see it at all.
FWIW, the Samsung S3 can't either.
You have to wonder how much testing people did
Bt tether is very light in battery consumption terms.
At office I connect my htc to pc in pass through mode, then I share this connection through bt, after 8h the battery of the nexus7 is still at 85%, on phone side I can keep it in tether mode the whole day without significant battery usage .
another plus is that carrier can't detect the tethering.
Some apps (i.e. sky tvguide) can't detect any connection, in fact there are some apps that check if a 3g or wifi connection is active before open any tcp connection.
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I had originally paired my Nexus 7 with my DHD such that they were paired with BT, and at any time I can connect to the DHD from the Nexus and I would have internet access on the tablet.
On the DHD, in addition to the blue BT icon, I would also have a BT tethering notification on the top left of the status bar.
This morning, all that changed – for seemingly no reason.
I could connect fine, but the BT tethering icon was not there on the DHD. The tablet would connect, but it reported that the internet connection was not available.
I tried unpairing and pairing, and rebooting both devices.
Since then, the problem has significantly worsened.
I can still see and pair both devices fine. The pairing code comes up on both devices and I am able to confirm that the codes match and the pairing appears to work. That's where my success ends. I tap on the device to connect, and it says "connecting..." for a few seconds, and then returns to the original, unconnected state. If I touch the device again to connect, it will not only flash up for a fraction of a second "connecting..." and revert back.
This happens regardless if I try to connect to the tablet from the phone, or vice versa.
I figured the BT stack must have been corrupted somehow on one of the 2 devices, so I tried pairing the tablet and phone to my dad's Galaxy Nexus and also his Nexus 7. I can pair anything to anything, but can't connect from anything to anything.
I am rooted on both my devices, but neither of his.
I tried the program "Bluetooth fix repair" from play store, which requires root access, which claims to fix some bluetooth problems. I tried it on both the tablet and phone. After a restart, I notice it has reset my bluetooth settings like the device name, etc. It didn't fix the problem. I can still pair the tablet to the phone, but can't connect.
Any ideas what may have happened and how I can fix it?
Tablet is running stock jellybean with root, and phone is running AOSPx BR3 from XDA.
I've run into the same issues! Trying to connect my GN to my N7 over BT shows that they pair, showing the same PIN, but won't connect. Previously, I could connect my GN to my Xoom but no longer.
I've flashed back to stock on both devices (I'll do so later on the Xoom) to eliminate as many variables as possible, and I'm still getting a connection. GN is now back to IMM76K and N7 is running JRO03D, only change is supersu on both. They connect perfectly fine to my laptop but will not connect to each other. I noticed that some people got good results by turning off WiFi but that didn't help me at all. I know BT worked on my GN because I could connect to 2 different BT units in 2 different cars.
Some people are going to ask why not use Wifi. Well, I have poor reception at home and I'd like to retain internet connection on both while using Tablet Talk (which I have yet to be able to use...).
I'm tethering via bluetooth as well. Its frustrating that when I walk away with my phone, the tablet will not auto-connect via bluetooth. I have to go back and connect the two.
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I've run into the same issues! Trying to connect my GN to my N7 over BT shows that they pair, showing the same PIN, but won't connect. Previously, I could connect my GN to my Xoom but no longer.
I've flashed back to stock on both devices (I'll do so later on the Xoom) to eliminate as many variables as possible, and I'm still getting a connection. GN is now back to IMM76K and N7 is running JRO03D, only change is supersu on both. They connect perfectly fine to my laptop but will not connect to each other. I noticed that some people got good results by turning off WiFi but that didn't help me at all. I know BT worked on my GN because I could connect to 2 different BT units in 2 different cars.
Some people are going to ask why not use Wifi. Well, I have poor reception at home and I'd like to retain internet connection on both while using Tablet Talk (which I have yet to be able to use...).
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I can confirm I'm having the same issue. Only way to repair is to do a full device wipe. Power on / off doesnt seem to correct.
Confirmed this is the case iwth my N7 and Galaxy Nexus Stock Rooted and CM9 Galaxy Note.
BTW reason people want to do this is because BT tethering has very low battery life cost particularly compared to wifi tethering which will flatten a galaxy nexus in ~3 hrs.
Love to hear if anyone else found a fix for this!
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I had the same issue. I went into the more settings on my phone for Wireless & Networks/Tethering & portable hotspots. Make sure the bluetooth tethering is checked. After i did this i had no issues using my phone internet through BT. I have a T989 running CM9 RC2. My N7 is rooted running the stock rom. Hope this helps.
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I had the same issue. I went into the more settings on my phone for Wireless & Networks/Tethering & portable hotspots. Make sure the bluetooth tethering is checked. After i did this i had no issues using my phone internet through BT. I have a T989 running CM9 RC2. My N7 is rooted running the stock rom. Hope this helps.
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I can confirm I was having the exact same problem as everyone else and this fixed it for me. The only other thing I had to do was connect FROM the Nexus, not the phone (an HTC Sensation). Trying to connect from the phone was a no-go. Thanks!
I cant pair my Nexus 7 with my Sony Ericsson MW600 bluetooth headset.
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I can confirm I was having the exact same problem as everyone else and this fixed it for me. The only other thing I had to do was connect FROM the Nexus, not the phone (an HTC Sensation). Trying to connect from the phone was a no-go. Thanks!
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I forgot to add the part about paring through the N7 instead of the phone. Sorry
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Anyone able to get wifi tethering to work? What about bluetooth? Neither works for me, while USB tethering seems to work.
For wifi: the client connects, it's able to send a couple of pings and then that's it, no packets pass anymore (the wifi connection is still good)
For bluetooth: the computer running Win8 pairs to the N4 but then disconnects quickly and the N4 device shows as "offline" on the computer. This might be a bluetooth compatibility issue between the N4, the bluetooth chip in the computer and/or the Win8 bluetooth stack.
In the end, not a huge deal, I'd tether over USB anyway with the added advantage of the phone charging at the same time, but just curious if the other 2 options work for others.
Did you get it working? I am having the same issue.
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Did you get it working? I am having the same issue.
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Didn't bother with it, USB tethering is good enough for me. There's an app if your device is rooted, maybe try that for wifi tethering:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.googlecode.android.wifi.tether
Read the documentation for it though, you may need to make configuration changes from the defaults.
So I have my car set up as a Wifi hotspot thanks to my work-provided cellphone.
I'd like to use my personal Nexus 7, Wifi tethered to my work cellphone, to make phone calls.
Can anyone provide any suggestions? I've tried using GrooveIP, and it will play incoming call audio through my car's speakers, but it appears to only use the Nexus's internal mic rather than the car's mic.
Thanks for any tips!
What exactly are you trying to connect to, the car or your mobile phone's hotspot? Is it your car or phone that has mobile hot spot? and if so, does it support infrastructure or adhoc wireless tethering? Need more information before I can try to find a work around for you.
In most cases, if you have a Wifi hotspot you should be able to connect just as you would to your home network. Sometimes adhoc wifi networks aren't support by certain devices, such as the first gen Kindle Fire tablet.
Edit: Reread your post, it's impossible. The car's Bluetooth won't recognize the Nexus 7 as a phone, it sees it as it is, a tablet. It would be like trying to connect a Bluetooth capable keyboard to your car, the car doesn't understand why it needs a keyboard, so it doesn't tether. There may be a work-around to this issue, but I know little about Bluetooth tethering. That work-around may require root access on your Nexus 7.
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There are certain profiles a car's Bluetooth receiver will work with. For hands free calling, it is HFP. Since your Nexus 7 is not a mobile phone, it will not have this profile for the car to communicate with. However, the tablet can be connected to stream BT audio, hence why you can get the audio through the car's speakers but not have the mic working.
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What exactly are you trying to connect to, the car or your mobile phone's hotspot? Is it your car or phone that has mobile hot spot? and if so, does it support infrastructure or adhoc wireless tethering? Need more information before I can try to find a work around for you.
In most cases, if you have a Wifi hotspot you should be able to connect just as you would to your home network. Sometimes adhoc wifi networks aren't support by certain devices, such as the first gen Kindle Fire tablet.
Edit: Reread your post, it's impossible. The car's Bluetooth won't recognize the Nexus 7 as a phone, it sees it as it is, a tablet. It would be like trying to connect a Bluetooth capable keyboard to your car, the car doesn't understand why it needs a keyboard, so it doesn't tether. There may be a work-around to this issue, but I know little about Bluetooth tethering. That work-around may require root access on your Nexus 7.
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Sorry - I want it to connect to the car. But, as Asus_USA says, that might not be possible with a tablet...
So I am working on making a custom Launcher for my N7 to be installed into my dash of my car. One simple thing I am trying to do is tether the internet from my Galaxy S4 via bluetooth to my N7. It has worked once, though now my N7 will refuse to make the internet option stay connected. Anyone have any ideas why? Maybe my S4 is blocking it?
I have been using an old Nokia for bluetooth tethering and the app BlueVPN on my N7. I haven't had any issues with the connection dropping. Does Samsung provide their own software for bluetooth tethering?
I do know that as of now, there are various apps that do not detect an internet connection when you're only connected through the bluetooth method I use due to a bug, for example the browser works fine but you cannot download apps from the market unless you are also connected to wifi.