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Is Usb tethering still working in 2.1?

Hi
Just tried to use usb tethering for the 1st time since 2.1 update.
All still looks like its working but no internet access. Tried under Linux on the same pc that always worked under 1.5
Also tried it on xp although I have never used it on there before I got the same kind of symptoms. Itooks like its all working but no internet, no pings, no nslookup.
So..... can someone try it and let me know if its working for you.
I am on T-Mobile UK. Ota 2.1 update, non rooted, stock Rom.
Thanks

I have exactly the same problem. I have spoken to TMob UK support who have not yet managed to solve it.
I'm wondering if they've not set up the phone right in the 2.1 update.

Glad its not just me. I will report it tomorrow as well.

I have a mate with a desire on tmob - will do a side by side with him tomorrow (and confirm his is working) and see if it is just settings - although it feels like a deeper problem to me.
I'll post findings.

Same here - tethering works fine on my Desire, but the missus Hero doesn't work - hoping for some resolution soon
Just moved house so am without internet for the next week, so tethering is bloody useful right about now!
Have put a 2.2 rom onto my Desire and am using WiFi tethering for now, but doesn't help when I'm not in...

If you are rooted, there is an app that works fine.
But custom roms don't have this issue afaik. VillainROM 12 works fine with tether, as I had to use it at work to test external connectivity to a system.

It's an option and one I will look into.
It worked fine under 1.5 and so far its the only thing that us causing me an issue.

T mobile tech support were able to reproduce, and in their testing they found a factory reset fixed the problem - I have confirmed (as has another user over on the tmobile forums).
Gave me an excuse to clear up the rubbish that had accumulated on phone.
All working now.

its working fine for me :/

nellisere said:
its working fine for me :/
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and me, just done the Orange OTA 2.1 update and tethering works fine on the phone right after the update... if you need to factory reset to get it working it must be something you have installed on the phone.

Or maybe tmobile did something different to orange. Or maybe the radio roms are different.
Was quite a few tmob users and tmob support so if it was a rogue app then it was a fairly common one
Either way. It's working now.
Wish all problems were resolved as.simply.
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I certainly think it has something to do with the installed apps on the phone after the update else why would a factory reset solve it, its not the Rom that is the problem... I take it you had heavily customized your phone.
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Actually no- 5 apps, lastfm, xda, facebook, ambling audio book reader and handcent sms - restore took less than 5 minutes after factory reset, all contacts and calendar info on google.
Given that the functions like handing out dhcp address worked, it was fundamentally was "all there" I can easily imagine a startup routine that says something like
if file exists "some config file" then leave it alone
else make a new one
When you reboot, config file exists so leave it alone in, when factory reset - file doesn't exist, make a new one.
Perhaps the key thing is I was a heavy user of tethering before the update, perhaps when I did the upgrade I forgot to "stop" tethering and just pulled the cable - can't remember, so maybe I had a config file/param that the newer kernel, ip stack etc. didn't expect to see and didn't handle well.
The key thing about factory reset isn't the rom I agree, the code is the code - but it's the wiping of the configuration and volatile data - something got broken for me, and the guys at tmobile, and about 5 other users who reported the same problem - so whilst it obviously works for some without a reset, equally it didn't for others - for at least 3 of us (2 end users and 1 at tmobile) a reset was needed.
If it was a one off, absolutely agree, it must have just been me/my setup - but it wasn't an isolated case.
Personally, I was surprised when the 2.1 update didn't wipe the phone, I was expecting it - so in my case no real problem once suggested to me - others might have more dependency on the installed apps and config but for me this was an easy fix.
Either way, it's back working now - so if it works without a reset - great, and if it doesn't work, a reset looks to fix it - so great as well.

[Q] rooted slide with no wifi

I am having some major issues with the wifi on my slide. When I have the rooted software installed. I have tried both the stock cynogen 6.0.0 rom and the teamfenix version but still cannot get the wifi to work on my home network. I haven't found any other roms to try though.
fyi:
Works fine on stock rom
home network is open with no mac filtering or anything like that.
I also have heard that flashing the radio might help but I thought that was separate from the wifi and the antenna works fine. I also have no issues with a data connection through the network.
Also if someone could recommend a way of transferring the phone program from the sense rom to the root rom that would be great. (I like the way it gives you the number it thinks you are about to dial, makes calls more fluid actions)
So... ideas?

xan griegor said:
I am having some major issues with the wifi on my slide. When I have the rooted software installed. I have tried both the stock cynogen 6.0.0 rom and the teamfenix version but still cannot get the wifi to work on my home network. I haven't found any other roms to try though.
fyi:
Works fine on stock rom
home network is open with no mac filtering or anything like that.
I also have heard that flashing the radio might help but I thought that was separate from the wifi and the antenna works fine. I also have no issues with a data connection through the network.
Also if someone could recommend a way of transferring the phone program from the sense rom to the root rom that would be great. (I like the way it gives you the number it thinks you are about to dial, makes calls more fluid actions)
So... ideas?
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A few: The latest known radio for the slide is 7.09.35.10. If you have that you don't need to reflash it. CM 6.0 has a known issue with the wifi that you can fix by turning on bluetooth. You don't have to have bluetooth connect to anything, just have it on. I don't know why that works but it does. Or you can flash the latest nightly for the slide. You can find it through ROM Manager, but you'll need the paid version to do that, which is totally worth it, or find it in the cyanogenmod forum. However, if you go ahead and flash the nightly, beware that things may or may not work (although the last several I've run have been damn stable) and DO NOT POST BUGS IN THE BUG TRACKER!
Also, on a side note, bluetooth in call audio does not work. Meaning you can not talk on the phone through bluetooth. Stereo bluetooth works great though, so you can listen to music no problem.

heybobitsme said:
Also, on a side note, bluetooth in call audio does not work. Meaning you can not talk on the phone through bluetooth. Stereo bluetooth works great though, so you can listen to music no problem.
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Thanks for the heads-up on that, I just thought my bluetooth was being retarded.

heybobitsme said:
A few: The latest known radio for the slide is 7.09.35.10. If you have that you don't need to reflash it.
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How do I check what radio version I have?

xan griegor said:
How do I check what radio version I have?
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If on CM6: Menu>settings>about phone then look at the baseband version. It's the last set of numbers. If on stock ROM it's the same sequence except after you go into "about phone" you need to go into "software information".
Sent from my Rooted Slide

Where can I find the radio update? Can't find it on the HTC website or on here.
edit: actually - it seems to be working fine now for some screwed up reason. My roms seem to do that... if my phone is in a good mood when I do my nandroid restore, then it works even better than before (hey look that rymes). If not, then it says "F*** off and die, I'm not giving you internet you fascist SoB.". As you may understand my phone has major mood swings... I think it gets PMS.

The CM6 thread has a link to the latest radio I believe. Also, something that worked for me is under the WiFi Settings menu, press Menu > Advanced, and change Regulatory Channels to 14. I saw that posted in one of the CM65 threads and it worked for me.

I found something interesting out about my phone. Apparently those moods I talked about are just the wipe not working properly. If I wipe it 3-5 time beforehand everything seems to work better.
I can even get golden sun working on the gameboid which I had thought was too unstable to work (just that one game though not the whole program).
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App

I take that back about golden sun... stupid unstable ass game......
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App

Is possible to have this WiFi issue?

Hi!
Well, I have a very weird issue with custom ROMs and WiFi.
The history begins last sunday. I was using GingerDX wich is really great, but I had some problems with it, the most important was not being able to install apps in my SD card.
So, I switched to GingerXperia V22, this is a cool ROM too but I really don't like that my music lags when I turn my screen on. Also, the SE default dialer and Infinity view are bad and slow, but I didn't have the problem with WiFi, until I switched to XGin 6.2
Everything worked OK except for this:
El Brillantinas said:
I just realized a terrible and very weird error with this ROM:
I couldn't connect to The WiFi of my mate's office (where Im currently working). But the weirdest thing was the modem worked fine before trying to connect with my Xperia, but after turning the WiFi on, the modem just got busted and didn't work anymore!! So, no internet in the office computers, neither in my iPod, in my mate's smartphone, etc.! It was necessary to turn the modem off and then turning it on, and turning my X8's wifi off to make the modem working properly again.
Weird, huh?
I reflashed, and the error happened again.
So, I flashed back to the ROM I was using before (GingerXperia V22), and now the WiFi is working fine!
Anyone else with that same error or Im the only crazy around here?
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I tried kuyaDROID and the same error happened.
I also did a full wipe... And nothing, the WiFi error remains on those two ROMs. So, Im currently using GingerXperia.
So, the question is: Is this really possible? And, is there any solution?

There may be some bug that's overloading it. Also was it the modem or the router? Cuz if it's wifi I would guess its the router but you said modem? I'd just use a different rom that works.
Sent from my LG-VM670 using XDA App

Grosskum said:
There may be some bug that's overloading it. Also was it the modem or the router? Cuz if it's wifi I would guess its the router but you said modem? I'd just use a different rom that works.
Sent from my LG-VM670 using XDA App
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Guess is the router, where the wired networks are connected, it also gives the wireless signal.
As I said, Im sticking with GingerXperia, wich is not causing the error and Im connecting to WiFi with no problems. But I have personal problems with infinity view, SE's dialer and music lagging.
If is about a overloading bug, how could I fix it?
Im using stock kernel, btw.

To tell you the truth, I'm not actually that smart in this, but by overloading I meant that it might be trying to use too much data or something along that line, did it work fine over 3g?
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Yeah, I didn't have any problems with 3G.

Don't really have any idea then, I've had problems with mange one device at a time but not fully crashing. Last advice would be that maybe the router has a limit to the number of connected devices it can have and your phone puts it over, try disconnecting one device then connect your phone
Sent from my LG-VM670 using XDA App

Grosskum said:
Don't really have any idea then, I've had problems with mange one device at a time but not fully crashing. Last advice would be that maybe the router has a limit to the number of connected devices it can have and your phone puts it over, try disconnecting one device then connect your phone
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I already tried that, and the problem persists.
But this is a good excuse to read and learn eve more, it is a totally new problem for me hehe.
Thanks anyway, for giving suggestions.

I guess I'd try posting in your phones thread and the rom's also, might get better insight into the problem
Sent from my LG-VM670 using XDA App

To further assist you may I ask some questions;
1. What kernel are you using?
2. Have you tried connecting in other Access Point aside from the previous AP you are connecting with?
3. If using custom kernel did you delete all the modules in system/lib/modules?

Mika Dee said:
To further assist you may I ask some questions;
1. What kernel are you using?
2. Have you tried connecting in other Access Point aside from the previous AP you are connecting with?
3. If using custom kernel did you delete all the modules in system/lib/modules?
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1. Im in stock kernel.
2. Nope, I didn't try it. I don't have internet in home, but I'd try in my girl's house.
3. same answer than 1.
Thanks for being interested in this curious case.

If your using stock kernel then you shouldn't have to encounter those issues as most roms esp kuyadroid as you mentioned earlier is made for stock rom. I suggest trying into public wifi access and see if you could be able to connect. You have to have two or more access point to test with as router might have different configs than your girls setup.

[Q] Wifi Calling with custom roms 2.3/4.x...

Last I saw, this didn't work on GB. Does anyone know if it works with ICS yet, and if not, do you guys think getting a bounty going would be a good way of getting it done? I'm not sure how hard it is to get working, but I do know that wifi calling on the G2 works with all currently released versions of android.
-Erik

bump... would this be better in the android dev section for the defy?
-Erik

I've posted a new nightly to my github account, plus a kineto addon package. It should give working T-Mobile Wifi calling. Everyone who's interested in that, please install both (nightly first, then addon package) and give feedback.

Thanks Maniac. Using your ROM now, but I can't register on the tmo network using wifi calling.
Sent from my MB525 using XDA

rperdue5 said:
Thanks Maniac. Using your ROM now, but I can't register on the tmo network using wifi calling.
Sent from my MB525 using XDA
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I've updated my nightly (same link), please check whether it works with that new nightly. Kineto package needs to be reinstalled afterwards.

maniac103 said:
I've updated my nightly (same link), please check whether it works with that new nightly. Kineto package needs to be reinstalled afterwards.
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It is working like a charm! This is now the perfect ROM for me.

I've uploaded a new nightly with the final solution: The Wifi calling application is shipped with the ROM, but disabled by default. In order to activate it, go to Settings -> Device settings and enable it there. If your launcher doesn't pick up the change immediately, just reboot.

Echo on wifi
I am able to make and receive wifi calls once again but everyone I call while on wifi tells me they hear an echo of themselves with a 2-3 sec delay. Using the nightly posted by Maniac on 03/21.

Billy_80_98 said:
I am able to make and receive wifi calls once again but everyone I call while on wifi tells me they hear an echo of themselves with a 2-3 sec delay. Using the nightly posted by Maniac on 03/21.
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Can you re-try with my latest nightly? I've included an app that keeps Wifi at full power even if the screen is off (which obviously happens when calling due to the proximity sensor).
During calling you should see a notification that says something like 'Wifi high-speed mode enabled'.

burritoboy9984 said:
would this be better in the android dev section for the defy?
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No - questions go in the Q&A section.

maniac103 said:
Can you re-try with my latest nightly? I've included an app that keeps Wifi at full power even if the screen is off (which obviously happens when calling due to the proximity sensor).
During calling you should see a notification that says something like 'Wifi high-speed mode enabled'.
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I still have the echo problem on your nightly from May 22. Has the high-speed mode app been added since then? If so, I'll give your latest nightly a try tomorrow. Please let me know if there's anything else I can do to help with debugging this issue.

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I still have the echo problem on your nightly from May 22. Has the high-speed mode app been added since then?
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Yes. I added it in the May 29 build.

OK, I tried the May 29 build, and unfortunately the echo problem persists. :-(
It happens regardless of whether the screen is on or off, and regardless of whether the phone is on speaker mode. Changing the in-call volume does not affect the volume of the echo. Is there anything else I could try?
Edit: By the way, I have a nandroid of the stock T-Mobile USA Froyo, on which wi-fi calling works perfectly. I'd be happy to flash it and retrieve any files from it that may be needed to resolve the issue.

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OK, I tried the May 29 build, and unfortunately the echo problem persists. :-(
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Damn
It happens regardless of whether the screen is on or off, and regardless of whether the phone is on speaker mode. Changing the in-call volume does not affect the volume of the echo. Is there anything else I could try?
Edit: By the way, I have a nandroid of the stock T-Mobile USA Froyo, on which wi-fi calling works perfectly. I'd be happy to flash it and retrieve any files from it that may be needed to resolve the issue.
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Unfortunately, I have no the slightest idea what could cause this echo issue, mainly because I can't actually try this stuff myself and am coding totally into the blue here. The fact that it happens on any audio output points towards network/Wifi, but I don't know Kineto well enough to know what the actual problem might be.
Can you share the system.img of that Nandroid with me? Maybe I'll give file comparison another try.

maniac103 said:
Can you share the system.img of that Nandroid with me? Maybe I'll give file comparison another try.
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Sure, I'll send you a PM with a link to the nandroid. Thanks a million for working on this issue, and for all your work on CM7. Your builds are awesome!

I spent some time poking around in forums about T-Mobile wifi calling on other devices, and I noticed that the following files in system/lib/ are sometimes involved in getting wifi calling to work properly:
libcryp98.so
libcrypto.so
libganril.so
libkineto.so
libril.so
libril-moto-umts-1.so
librilswitch.so
I compared the files in the stock USA T-Mobile Froyo rom (on which wifi calling works perfectly) with the files in Maniac’s June 2nd build.
libganril and librilswitch are exactly the same in both roms (at least, their MD5 sums match).
libcryp98 is not in the stock rom at all, but there is a file in the stock rom called “libcryptoki.so”, which is not in CM7. I tried adding it to CM7, but it had no effect on wifi calling (the echo problem continued).
The remaining four files listed above are in both roms, but their MD5 sums do not match. So, I tried replacing the ones in CM7 with the ones from the stock rom, one at a time, with the following results:
libcrypto.so > phone stuck at boot screen
libkineto.so > wifi calling broken (Kineto app FC)
libril.so > no effect (wifi calling works, echo persists)
libril-moto-umts-1.so > no calls via network or wifi (invalid sim error)
I also tried replacing libaudiopolicy, libaudio, and libaudioflinger with the ones from the stock rom, as suggested here: http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=4283#c75
Result: phone stuck at boot screen. I thought maybe the files were incompatible with gingerbread. So, I tried taking those three files from a Samsung Exhibit II stock rom (gingerbread with T-Mobile wifi calling), but when I put them on my DEFY it again got stuck at the boot screen.
I also tried replacing MS-MOTOJDN-FROYO-KNT20-02-A0-24.2.apk in system/app/ with the apk from the stock rom, since its MD5 sum did not match the one in Maniac’s build. However, this had no effect on wifi calling: the echo problem continued.
At this point I’m about out of ideas, but I’d love to see a solution to this problem and I’d be happy to test out any other ideas that anyone may have.

maniac103 said:
The fact that it happens on any audio output points towards network/Wifi, but I don't know Kineto well enough to know what the actual problem might be.
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If the problem is network/wifi related, maybe using a different wifi module would solve the issue. I recall that several different wifi modules were tested back in the early days of cm7.1 -- perhaps one of those would be compatible with kineto wifi calling. I'd be happy to test that, if someone can explain how to replace the wifi module.

Another idea: maybe T-mobile's new IMS-based wifi calling could be made to work on the DEFY, instead of using Kineto:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/38733-t-mobiles-new-ims-based-wifi-calling/

issues with my wi-fi connection

Hi!
I have no idea how but somehow my wi-fi signal on my phone got like 3 time worse today. e.g. Two days in my room i had full signal for my modem now its barely connected.
I first restarted my modem and it didnt fixed anything. My prothers phone(HTC desite) wifi works perfect with full signal and mine not.
Today when i went to work and tried to connect to the companys free public wifi connection and it couln't find the signal at all.
I have no idea what happend to my phone. curently i'm using custom rom aurora
3.0 beta. This issue just came from nowhere.
Its my wifi adapter damaged? or is there a way to fix this problem by my self?
thx in advance!

dzo is improving the wifi driver, just stay tunned in the rom thread...
Your phone is OK, the driver is not so well
Go back to a more stable version and the prolem should be solved.

I also installed the original 2.3.5 gingerbread and still have the same problem.
its possible that the aurora wifi driver was still present when i installed the offical rom?

The main point of all problems - WHY USE FULL OF BUGS .35 WHEN THERE ARE ALMOST BUG FREE .32 ROMS.

Tommixoft said:
The main point of all problems - WHY USE FULL OF BUGS .35 WHEN THERE ARE ALMOST BUG FREE .32 ROMS.
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Because there are no ICS for .32
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which .32 rom do u recommend? I will install it, because my phone without wi-fi is almost useless

Latest cm7
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It looks like something is wrong with my phone and i'm pretty sure its not the rom thats causing the wi-fi failure. I will clean my phone as much as i can from the rooting and changing roms and than send it to service.
I remmeber that this morning "12 hours ago" my phone felt accidently on the ground.
It didnt shut down or leaved any scratch. maybe than dmged wi-fi. i dont know :S