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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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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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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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Hi all
Just want to know if the nexus7 can be tethered via BT and uses as a modem
Thanks andrew
Given that the N7 has no cellular modem, obviously not.
If you're asking if you can tether the N7 _to_ a phone and use the phone's cellular network, yes, as long as the phone supports Bluetooth PAN profile (Not the older DUN profile)
The GNex _supports_ this however Bluetooth teathering is still broken (please star this ticket if you want to see it fixed http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=22369 )
Your much better using the wifi hotspot on your phone rather than bluetooth tethering.
i've been using that with my asus transformer and it's perfect.
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Your much better using the wifi hotspot on your phone rather than bluetooth tethering.
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Hi all
Just want to know if the nexus7 can be tethered via BT and uses as a modem
Thanks andrew
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BT tethering works great from my Galaxy S Showcase to my Galaxy Tab (both running AOKP).
I'm in a facility where we can't have rogue wifi signals, so bluetooth is the way to go. Additionally, the wi-fi eats up my battery, but the bluetooth isnt too taxing.
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BT tethering works great from my Galaxy S Showcase to my Galaxy Tab (both running AOKP).
I'm in a facility where we can't have rogue wifi signals, so bluetooth is the way to go. Additionally, the wi-fi eats up my battery, but the bluetooth isnt too taxing.
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Indeed, I could run bluetooth tethering all day on my Nexus 1/ZTE Blade with minimal effect of the battery. That way I could just leave it on and my tablet used it as needed, much more satisfying.
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Given that the N7 has no cellular modem, obviously not.
If you're asking if you can tether the N7 _to_ a phone and use the phone's cellular network, yes, as long as the phone supports Bluetooth PAN profile (Not the older DUN profile)
The GNex _supports_ this however Bluetooth teathering is still broken (please star this ticket if you want to see it fixed http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=22369 )
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So we can't Bluetooth tether the 2 Nexus devices? That is pretty lame. This is one of those areas I appreciate Apple for. All devices should come togerther seemlessly, bluetooth saves battery over wifi tether. I hope Google fixes this before my N7 comes.
The N7 can't tether data TO anything, it has nothing to share. But it can tether from something, personally it's tethering data from my SGS3 which tops out around 2mbps over Bluetooth, which I find more than fast enough.
Also, as a previous person has already mentioned WiFi tethering rapes the balls off my battery, Bluetooth does not and I can tether all day long without a care in the world.
Phil
kerman19 said:
The N7 can't tether data TO anything, it has nothing to share. But it can tether from something, personally it's tethering data from my SGS3 which tops out around 2mbps over Bluetooth, which I find more than fast enough.
Also, as a previous person has already mentioned WiFi tethering rapes the balls off my battery, Bluetooth does not and I can tether all day long without a care in the world.
Phil
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I know the N7 can't share anything, sorry I was replying to the post I quoted above stating the Galaxy Nexus Bluetooth Tether is bunked :'(
It's worth mentioning that if you use wifi tether if you use auto update for apps over wifi it might rinse your data allowence. The thing I like about the Bluetooth tether is that you can switch on data tethering from the device which requires data - eg if your nexus 7 is paired, you can switch the data connection on and off from the nexus 7. Useful if you don't want to keep pulling out two devices.
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It's worth mentioning that if you use wifi tether if you use auto update for apps over wifi it might rinse your data allowence. The thing I like about the Bluetooth tether is that you can switch on data tethering from the device which requires data - eg if your nexus 7 is paired, you can switch the data connection on and off from the nexus 7. Useful if you don't want to keep pulling out two devices.
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You beat me to it. Bluetooth is lower power, is flexible, and your apps will not auto udpate which can be a huge problem for people with limited data plans.
I have a gigabyte per month, which is great, but I'm not updating most apps with it.
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You beat me to it. Bluetooth is lower power, is flexible, and your apps will not auto udpate which can be a huge problem for people with limited data plans.
I have a gigabyte per month, which is great, but I'm not updating most apps with it.
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How's the BT tether speed compared to wifi tether?
As others have said, bluetooth tethering is the way to go. Runs all day long, is just as fast, and is easy to control. I can BT tether to my gnex as well as my razr without any problems (all through the stock UI, no 3rd party apps/hacks/etc), so I'm not sure what the earlier reports are regarding BT PAN being broken.
brianbrain said:
As others have said, bluetooth tethering is the way to go. Runs all day long, is just as fast, and is easy to control. I can BT tether to my gnex as well as my razr without any problems (all through the stock UI, no 3rd party apps/hacks/etc), so I'm not sure what the earlier reports are regarding BT PAN being broken.
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I have a JB rom on my GNex, I'll have to give BT a shot later on. Only used WiFi so far, but as mentioned, it kills battery.
What are you guys using to bt tether (what app on the phone)?
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brizey said:
What are you guys using to bt tether (what app on the phone)?
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Just turn Bluetooth on for both devices and pair them.
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Just turn Bluetooth on for both devices and pair them.
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Wow, I didn't actually expect this to work. Speeds seem to be comparable for what I'm doing so far, let's see how battery usage goes!
cr4k2k8 said:
Wow, I didn't actually expect this to work. Speeds seem to be comparable for what I'm doing so far, let's see how battery usage goes!
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me neither! Feel like such a newb.
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Mine worked once, then once both devices went to sleep and I turned the screens back on it quit working. Now it won't let me share my connection to my N7 from my Gnex. I have to use the WiFi hot spot which kills battery among other things. Any ideas? I want to leave it on on my phone all the time and just have to switch it on and off on my N7 when needed.
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The issue I'm having BT tether from stock droid inc 2 to stock nexus 7 is that certain apps don't recognize the connection like gmail and Netflix also issues with Google now ' any ideas ?
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Hello all,
I have spent the last hour or two experimenting with various ways of wirelessly transferring files from my 64 GB S3 to the Nexus 7.
I have managed to get the Nexus 7 and Galaxy S3 to connect via Wi-Fi direct, but I have been unable to get a file to successfully transfer.
When I attempt to send a file from one device to the other using "share via" => "wifi-direct“ from various file managers, the upload shows up in the notification bar but eventually reports that it failed.
Have any of you found the secret combination to making this work properly?
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I tried it with my Gnex but couldn't get it to work. they are both on AOSP 4.1.1
Stresa said:
Hello all,
I have spent the last hour or two experimenting with various ways of wirelessly transferring files from my 64 GB S3 to the Nexus 7.
I have managed to get the Nexus 7 and Galaxy S3 to connect via Wi-Fi direct, but I have been unable to get a file to successfully transfer.
When I attempt to send a file from one device to the other using "share via" => "wifi-direct“ from various file managers, the upload shows up in the notification bar but eventually reports that it failed.
Have any of you found the secret combination to making this work properly?
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I used this method to stream videos from my phone to nexus 7 but i did not try to transfer files. I don'tknow if this is what you have in mind. If it is please reply to the thread of your results
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1778675
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Stresa said:
Hello all,
I have spent the last hour or two experimenting with various ways of wirelessly transferring files from my 64 GB S3 to the Nexus 7.
I have managed to get the Nexus 7 and Galaxy S3 to connect via Wi-Fi direct, but I have been unable to get a file to successfully transfer.
When I attempt to send a file from one device to the other using "share via" => "wifi-direct“ from various file managers, the upload shows up in the notification bar but eventually reports that it failed.
Have any of you found the secret combination to making this work properly?
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Btw how did you connect via wifi direct?
On the N7 ... "Settings" => "WiFi" => upper right menu (three dots) => "WiFi Direct"
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Have the same problem as OP. If I WiFi Direct connect my S3 to my Wife's S3 and run BubbleUPnP on one them the other can see it in the built in media player, equally if I run BubbleUPnP on both then I can stream and render in both directions. If I connect either to the Nexus 7 then nothing shows up in BubbleUPnP.
Strangely the S3 has a WiFi Direct symbol in the notification area when connected but the Nexus shows nothing you have to go into WiFi settings and enter the WiFi Direct screen to see you are connected, Is that normal on working Nexus 7 to something WiFi Direct connections?
Another point to note is that NFC file sending has not worked S3 to Nexus they see each other and the Touch to Beam screen appears but the Nexus sends nothing when I try Nexus to S3 and the S3 says its sent but nothing appears on the Nexus when sent in the opposite direction.
I have no other devices as a tie breaker to see which isn't doing as it should and even if I did how do I fix it or report it to the non WiFi direct vendor and hop they release an update.
Any one got any tips for streaming video S3 to Nexus with no WiFi router about?
Snowdan.
For those that fall fail of the idea this may work but they are doing it wrong some follow up.
It seems that the WiFi Direct function exists in Jelly Bean and has the API calls available but the standard operating system does not support doing anything with them. Samsung are the ones that have made the S3 support sending and receiving on WiFi Direct as part of their S Beam and I guess a knock on effect is that BubbleUPnP worked for me too and the Video/Gallery/Music players have a WiFi direct option.
A Gnex thread on the issue explaining a bit more is here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1368128&page=10
Good news is it may just be a matter of time until Google/CM/Custom ROM or 3rd party apps add the functionality we were hoping for.
Snowdan.
+1 for being able to connect the S3 to the nexus 7 but not being able to transfer anything. Tried to send a picture in the gallery but it eventually failed.
if you want to connect from android device to android device for transmitting media, check this one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.budius.WiFiShoot
this was developed by yours truly, and I developed it exactly because I noticed there was nothing out there for WiFi Direct
I tested it between Nexus 7, Galaxy Nexus, Asus TF300 and Galaxy SII (stock ICS) and all worked fine.
The most problematic of those were the Galaxy Nexus that not always want to connect, but between N7-GalaxySII was flawless.
At the moment the app just works for photo and video but I'll be expanding more, if you guys fancy helping spreading the word about it, I'm really looking forward to see the downloads explode on it.
Budius said:
if you want to connect from android device to android device for transmitting media, check this one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.budius.WiFiShoot
this was developed by yours truly, and I developed it exactly because I noticed there was nothing out there for WiFi Direct
I tested it between Nexus 7, Galaxy Nexus, Asus TF300 and Galaxy SII (stock ICS) and all worked fine.
The most problematic of those were the Galaxy Nexus that not always want to connect, but between N7-GalaxySII was flawless.
At the moment the app just works for photo and video but I'll be expanding more, if you guys fancy helping spreading the word about it, I'm really looking forward to see the downloads explode on it.
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I thought we were talking about the galaxy s3 not s2. Does your app work with the s3? I am experiencing the same issue as those above.
Wedge85 said:
I thought we were talking about the galaxy s3 not s2. Does your app work with the s3? I am experiencing the same issue as those above.
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the app is using the standard Android WiFi Direct feature that should be available in most phones starting with ICS.
The filter on which devices should or not work will be done automatically by the Google play only enabling installation on devices with WiFi Direct feature.
Said that, absolutely yes, it should work just as smooth on the GS3 as it did on the GS2, N7, GN and Asus TF300 I had here for testing.
I've already had report on working nicely on the EVO LTE, too.
and if you try the S3, please, come back to the thread and let me know the results.
I have to thank you for this I was sad the feature was not built in as it is for S3 to S3.
I cam confirm Nexus 7 to S3 and S3 to Nexus 7 work for both pictures and video with a good transfer speed. Worth pointing out can only be done via share in the gallery app at the moment as pointed in app play store description. A well working beta I look forward to the pro version.
Snowdan.
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and if you try the S3, please, come back to the thread and let me know the results.
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It works great between the s3 and the sg7. If I'd have seen your app earlier, I'd never have bothered with the otg cable I bought.
FYI, I have sent files to and from my Nexus 7 and sgs2 using Bluetooth a number of times. Just browse to the file you want to send, long press and choose "Send" then the Bluetooth logo. I use Solid Explorer as my file manager. This is handy for small files, but larger files take forever. I will definitely check out the app above, too.
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Hi guys,
is anyone with interested in beta test the app?
I started a new thread in the development section asking for Logcats if you're experiencing force close.
Also it's a cut down version of the .apk there to test part of the system.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30012554
any help will be great appreciated.
thanks.
My Nexus 7 and S3 don't play wel together.
What does work is using the S3 as a hotspot and then run Samba on the Galaxy S3 (Root required)
Samba takes a while to activate.. but after it does you can browse your phone using the Nexus 7 and copy stuff... no limitations on specific file extensions either.
If I want to send a picture to an S3 with wifishoot, does the s3 need to have it installed as well? Or will their sbeam functionality work for that? I would just like to be able to do a quick picture transfer to an s3 without telling the other party to download an app.
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If I want to send a picture to an S3 with wifishoot, does the s3 need to have it installed as well? Or will their sbeam functionality work for that? I would just like to be able to do a quick picture transfer to an s3 without telling the other party to download an app.
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You need the WiFi Shoot on both devices.
S-Beam uses Samsung proprietary protocol (plus it uses NFC for pairing) and it will only work with other Samsung / S-beam devices.
Sorry buidus, I've tried using your app between my galaxy galaxy s3 and nexus 7, tranformer prime and galaxy galaxy with only fail.
Fortunately there are other wifidirect apps out there now. The below works without fail. Tested on gs3, nexus 7, transformer prime, galaxy nexus
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.wifidirect
and using nfc instad of wifi direct?are there differences?sorry for this stupid question,but i send yesterday 2 photos and a kernel from my gnex and n7 via nfc and paired devices with the back of the cover..all works without problems,and was fast!
I was wondering if anyone else has been able to get more than one google account actually connected to their nexus q. We are trying one in our office and only my phone and tablet with my google account can connect it it. When we try with someone elses phones the nexus q app always says no devices found. Now if I do a factory reset it does show on the phone but once one person has connected and taken ownership none of the other phones can find the device or connect to it.
Any ideas? Searched everywhere and can't find anything on it.
Will try tomorrow and let you know.
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Worked for me.. not my Google account and it works. Good luck to you getting yours figured out !
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Smokuevo said:
Worked for me.. not my Google account and it works. Good luck to you getting yours figured out !
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I still can't get any guests to connect. Can you explain how you did this? What I have tried is I have a nexus s4g as the primary device and setup the q with it. I then took my hp touch pad with CM9 and was able to find the q with out any issues at all. Both have my same google account on it. Then we tried to connect some other android devices we have at the office but none of them could find the nexus q for some reason. They were all on the same network and all had at least ics running as their os. The devices tested were a Verizon galaxy nexus. An AT&T Samsung galaxy s2 and a tmobile galaxy s2 and finally an htc touch pro. None of those would ever find the device. We even tried adding my account to one of the other devices but that did not help. The only difference from my deviceses to the other test devices is mine are rooted but I doubt that would make a difference. Any ideas.
3 devices I tried are rooted one isn't. Two have the same Google account the other two are both different. Worked on all 4. Maybe try rebooting nexus q and re-set it up.. sometimes I have to repower my q as it doesn't start up by it self once in sleep mode... but that's because I don't use it too much.. I want to root it but want to see what Google will add to it first
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Okay so after numerous times trying to get this working I just broke down and bought a new router. Simply plugged my current jack at the office into that and instead of using our offices wireless, connected the q to the new router and boom, now every one can connect.
So for sure there are some networking issues with the Q that needs to be worked out but hope this can help. I have sent Google the routers we were using in the office (cisco) so they can add that to their list of routers with issues. Definitely confirmed that the routers were fully open so who knows what was causing the issue.
Thanks again,
Joe
I just ordered a Nexus 4 and I am trying to figure some things about before it arrives. I do not plan to root this phone (been a root-a-holic too long; trying to stay stock for a while). With an unrooted, stock Nexus 4, can I wifi tether to my Nexus 7 tablet? I do not intend to share data through wifi tether with my laptop or desktop, but only to my Nexus 7 tablet. Will this work with a non-rooted, stock Nexus 4?
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I just ordered a Nexus 4 and I am trying to figure some things about before it arrives. I do not plan to root this phone (been a root-a-holic too long; trying to stay stock for a while). With an unrooted, stock Nexus 4, can I wifi tether to my Nexus 7 tablet? I do not intend to share data through wifi tether with my laptop or desktop, but only to my Nexus 7 tablet. Will this work with a non-rooted, stock Nexus 4?
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You could use the mobile hotspot function, or even bluetooth tethering.
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You could use the mobile hotspot function, or even bluetooth tethering.
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OK, but just to reconfirm -- I can do the wifi tethering on the N4 WITHOUT rooting the phone?
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OK, but just to reconfirm -- I can do the wifi tethering on the N4 WITHOUT rooting the phone?
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right.
but youll also probably need tethering to be a part of your phone plan, depending on your provider/plan.
simms22 said:
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but youll also probably need tethering to be a part of your phone plan, depending on your provider/plan.
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I currently use a Samsung Exhibit 4g rooted and running AOIP rom, which is 4.2.2. I have T-Mobile without paying for a special tethering option. I go into settings and turn on the wifi tethering that is part of JellyBean and I can tether to my Nexus 7 tablet just fine. If I try to tether to my laptop or a desktop computer, however, I get blocked.
All I want to do with the Nexus 4 is tether to my Nexus 7 tablet, so I am curious if this works on my Exhibit 4g rooted, with Jelly Bean, will it work with the Nexus 4 unrooted on Jelly Bean?
I think I have read that regardless of what you do, tethering to another tablet or phone works fine, but tethering to a desktop or laptop computer gets blocked unless you use some special proxy or something.
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I think I have read that regardless of what you do, tethering to another tablet or phone works fine, but tethering to a desktop or laptop computer gets blocked unless you use some special proxy or something.
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right. i tether to my nexus 7 without them counting it towards my tethering limit. as soon as i tether my laptop, they start counting data.