So, yeah. As the title says. I've setup a Bluetooth PAN so that I can share my internet connection with my Nexus 7 and iPod Touch.
The iPod Touch pairs and just works automatically. With the Nexus 7 I have to go to Settings and a tick a box that tells me to use the internet from the device the Nexus 7 is paired with, my iMac.
Long story short, it doesn't work and I'm just dead confused. And incredibly annoyed
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Is there any way to have a Nexus 7 automatically connect to a device running PDANet/FoxFi over bluetooth any time both devices are within range of each other? I'm looking to put my Nexus in my car and want them to connect every time I get in so I can stream Pandora/Spotify etc.
I have Nexus 32GB, 3G . Up to the last week, was using Windows 7 and the bluetooth connection was ok. Now I've installed Windows 8 on my PC, connected again via bluetooth, but then strange things started to happen:
- No audio from my PC, the audio device was switched to a bluetooth headphones (never connected something similar to that PC!)
- I couldn't switch on the nexus screen. First I was scared that also mine is from the defective ones (read all about it in the net ), but after a restart, was ok. Yesterday i was listening music on the nexus and the screen went off. Was not possible to switch it on, but the music continued playing. Removing the Nexus from the bluetooth devices in my PC made the screen switch on again.
Where am I doing it wrong? No settings available in the nexus for the paired device (only change name and disconnect) and couldn't find which services are running for the paired device in win 8.
Any help will be appreciated.
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.
kvn101 said:
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...
I have a 16GB Nexus 7 with XenonHD 4.2.2 Rom, and I cannot pair it with my Windows 7 (x64) desktop, either with the desktop looking for it and pairing or from the N7 finding the Desktop and Pairing.
But I can pair with my Macbook running OSX Lion and send a file from the Macbook to the N7.
And I can also pair the N7 to my T-Mobile G2 (HTC Desire-Z) running ILWT CM7 to use for Bluetooth Internet Tethering.
And I can successfully pair with my iPad (it'll pair, but it doesn't support any actual functions)
But alas, I cannot pair with my Windows 7 Desktop, any advice on where to look to solve the problem?
I got it to pair by moving the BT adapter to a different USB port, but even with it paired, there are no services listed under the services tab. There's a direct connect option but it does nothing other than show it connected, and then disconnects. So there appears to be no bluetooth functionality between the N7 and windows (such as file sharing, etc).
[Q] ［HELP］ Nexus 7 3g bluetooth tethering (as a host) to another android device
Dear all
I have got two devices:
Nexus 7 3g (2012), system 4.4 KRT16S, and it is rooted and as taughted by a post in this forum, I flashed a zip file to enable WIFI and bluetooth tethering.
Another device is Nexus 5
I want to make N7 as a host or say modem to share its internet connection to N5.
I want to use bluetooth tethering because it saves battery. What I did is paired N7 and N5, and on N7 in "settings"-"Tethering and hotspot", I enabled bluetooth tethering.
But on N5, in bluetooth, I click paired Nesus 7 icon, there is no profile icon, and no use for internet access check box.
Does any one how to make it work?
I know how to use a phone as host and let N7 to access internet via phone. It works well. But I really need to make N7 as a host and use bluetooth tethering.
Thank you very much!
Please help.
Has anyone successfully did this? Thanks a lot!
I also tried with another device, after paired with nexus 7, it also cannot see bluetooth profile where we can enable internet sharing.
sai21 said:
I also tried with another device, after paired with nexus 7, it also cannot see bluetooth profile where we can enable internet sharing.
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Does anyone know how to do this? Thank you very much.