USB tethering and/or charging? - Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

My Nexus 7 is arriving in a few days and I have a couple of noob questions.
Is it possible to tether via usb the N7 using my Nexus S g3 connection?
If not could I charge my phone from the N7 USB while WiFi tethering my phone's g3?
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heccubusxda said:
My Nexus 7 is arriving in a few days and I have a couple of noob questions.
Is it possible to tether via usb the N7 using my Nexus S g3 connection?
If not could I charge my phone from the N7 USB while WiFi tethering my phone's g3?
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I am not clear on what your question is but assuming you are asking whether you can connect your N7 to the internet by using your Samsung Galaxy S3. I don't have an S3 but I can tether the N7 to my GS2 by using either wifi portable hotspot or bluetooth.
I have no clue about question #2

The 2nd question is can I charge my phone via the nexus 7 USB while I use my phone as a WiFi hotspot?
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Wired tether on NS4G

Hey Folks,
Ever since the NS4G received the OTA causing tethering to not work unless you paid i've been interested in finding the easiest tethering solution (rooted) possible.
I came across android-wired-tether but assumed it wouldn't work because it hasn't been updated in two years.
Well I finally got around to trying it, and I think it's my favorite now. It starts tethering similar to how USB tethering in the android menus using RNDIS and tweaking some settings in the kernel via twiddling stuff in /proc.
So it works with 3G and 4G both. I prefer it to wireless tether since you actually get to keep the phone "charging" while you're tethering rather than burning through battery like mad running a 3G or 4G radio as well as the wireless radio.
http://code.google.com/p/android-wired-tether/
There's nothing wrong with wirelessly tethering AND charging your Nexus via a USB cable at the same time. Besides I prefer to just run a ROM with native tethering built in.
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There is also a flashable zip to hack sprint hotspot also that works well.
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cajones42 said:
There is also a flashable zip to hack sprint hotspot also that works well.
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the ics sdk port works great for a wifi hotspot, as well as native usb tethering
cajones42 said:
There is also a flashable zip to hack sprint hotspot also that works well.
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Well two comments on that hack:
1) The thing i'm not keen on for that hack is that you don't really know what other improvements you're missing from the proprietary RIL by flashing the old one.
2) You can't tether with 4G when using the hack.
LordLugard said:
There's nothing wrong with wirelessly tethering AND charging your Nexus via a USB cable at the same time. Besides I prefer to just run a ROM with native tethering built in.
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The device gets noticeably warmer and the battery drains quicker than it can charge via the USB.
superm1 said:
The device gets noticeably warmer and the battery drains quicker than it can charge via the USB.
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Err, no, mine doesn't. When I need to tether, it's because my myriad of wifi devices need internet, not just my laptop.
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[Q] Can I use the Nexus 7 as Wlan USB stick?

Hi,
I'd like to use my Nexus 7 as a Wlan Stick for my Desktop PC. Is this possible?
I am running the CM night lies.
Thanks a lot.
Probably but can't you just plug in a wifi adapter to your Desktop instead?
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Sure I could. But I don't have one

Any [mod] available for usb tethering/wifi hotspot

Any flashable mod available for nexus 7 non 3g for tethering or WiFi hotspot ?
? anyone ..... ?
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No response ?
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pleasant said:
Any flashable mod available for nexus 7 non 3g for tethering or WiFi hotspot ?
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What are you trying to accomplish by tethering or making it a WiFi hotspot? There would be no data connection to share.
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I tether my n7 wifi ti my 4g phone all tbe time.
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scidon37 said:
What are you trying to accomplish by tethering or making it a WiFi hotspot? There would be no data connection to share.
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I am trying to use it as WiFi extender
Nexus 7 connected to WiFi router
And PC is on different room where signals are weak so making WiFi hotspot can help in extending WiFi signal
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pleasant said:
I am trying to use it as WiFi extender
Nexus 7 connected to WiFi router
And PC is on different room where signals are weak so making WiFi hotspot can help in extending WiFi signal
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I don't believe you can have a WiFi connection and access point on at the same time with android. Windows 7 has the miniport driver that allows this, but I think it requires certain hardware features built in that android devices might not have. I've heard this question asked a lot but no solutions.
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scidon37 said:
I don't believe you can have a WiFi connection and access point on at the same time with android. Windows 7 has the miniport driver that allows this, but I think it requires certain hardware features built in that android devices might not have. I've heard this question asked a lot but no solutions.
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OK if that's not possible can I do usb tethering ?
Nexus 7 connected to internet to internet via WiFi and shares it via USB on PC ?
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pleasant said:
OK if that's not possible can I do usb tethering ?
Nexus 7 connected to internet to internet via WiFi and shares it via USB on PC ?
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There are several apps in the Play Store that do USB tethering. I don't know if they can get data from WiFi though. Search for USB tethering and try some.
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scidon37 said:
There are several apps in the Play Store that do USB tethering. I don't know if they can get data from WiFi though. Search for USB tethering and try some.
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Those don't work in nexus 7
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pleasant said:
Those don't work in nexus 7
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EasyTether works with the nexus 7 but I'm using linux on my laptop so can't vouch for windows. However, it should work if you follow their directions.

Tethering help!?

Hi
I been tethering with my nex 4 since i got it. And i got it since release day, so a few months. The point is today when i go in a website i get redirected to a tmobile website that i need to subscribe to a tethering plan??
I been tethering since i had a vibrant lol and its the first time i get this. I can tether my nex 10 tho. Not my pc :/ any thoughts on this?
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orphan22 said:
Hi
I been tethering with my nex 4 since i got it. And i got it since release day, so a few months. The point is today when i go in a website i get redirected to a tmobile website that i need to subscribe to a tethering plan??
I been tethering since i had a vibrant lol and its the first time i get this. I can tether my nex 10 tho. Not my pc :/ any thoughts on this?
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I can't get tethering to work on my Nexus 4 at all, not with USB, Bluetooth, or WiFi hotspot. When using the WiFi hotspot option my computer--Windows 7--hard crashes after logging into the Nexus 4. Very strange.
I am on T-Mobile as well but I get nothing, just a crash. USB and Bluetooth tethering do nothing at all.
Noctophrenia said:
I can't get tethering to work on my Nexus 4 at all, not with USB, Bluetooth, or WiFi hotspot. When using the WiFi hotspot option my computer--Windows 7--hard crashes after logging into the Nexus 4. Very strange.
I am on T-Mobile as well but I get nothing, just a crash. USB and Bluetooth tethering do nothing at all.
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call your service provider and ask them to activate tethering. my provider (orange UK) doesn't charge for this so it was no problem but yours may be different.
i used to tether with my old phone on the same account without issues. i think that something about the N4 alerts them to tethering so that they can block it.
Noctophrenia said:
I can't get tethering to work on my Nexus 4 at all, not with USB, Bluetooth, or WiFi hotspot. When using the WiFi hotspot option my computer--Windows 7--hard crashes after logging into the Nexus 4. Very strange.
I am on T-Mobile as well but I get nothing, just a crash. USB and Bluetooth tethering do nothing at all.
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I had the same problem but I figured it out. Here is a link to my post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37052455
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[Q] tethering from lg optimus one to nexus 7

My WiFi doesn't reach my whole house on my nexus 7 but it does on my phone. I was wondering if it would be possible to tether the WiFi through an otg cable from my phone to my n7. I already know it is not possible to tether WiFi and through wifi hotspot because you can't use both at the same time and I don't want to use bluetooth.
No. It's can't be done.
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