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Internet tethering shortcut

I use Internet tethering on a daily basis. I've canceled my DSL because all I use is my phone now.
I've been trying to figure out a way to enable Internet tethering without having to do:
Menu -> settings -> wireless controls -> Internet tethering. A one click on and off button is what I need. I've looked everywhere for it. I can't be the only android user who needs or needed something like this. I'm starting to think I'm going to have to create something myself just for this purpose.
Just in case it matters my phone is rooted with the latest super d rom.

method115 said:
I use Internet tethering on a daily basis. I've canceled my DSL because all I use is my phone now.
I've been trying to figure out a way to enable Internet tethering without having to do:
Menu -> settings -> wireless controls -> Internet tethering. A one click on and off button is what I need. I've looked everywhere for it. I can't be the only android user who needs or needed something like this. I'm starting to think I'm going to have to create something myself just for this purpose.
Just in case it matters my phone is rooted with the latest super d rom.
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Easy solution...Just keep the 'internet tethering' box checked. The only time you'll have to uncheck it is when you mount your phone to your computer to transfer files.

yea i guess thats the only way thanks.
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Wireless Tether app?

Anyone gotten it working? I tried the latest but it says my kernel doesn't support tethering.

hah2110 said:
Anyone gotten it working? I tried the latest but it says my kernel doesn't support tethering.
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It's not working because you have to root the phone. You can use the Visionary app in the Market (thanks MoDaCo) to do a temp root, and then run tethering app. I haven't found the temp root to be damaging, but you're doing this at your own risk.

Official tmo WiFi tether is free till the 14th when they add the option for thether... 14. 99

allen099 said:
It's not working because you have to root the phone. You can use the Visionary app in the Market (thanks MoDaCo) to do a temp root, and then run tethering app. I haven't found the temp root to be damaging, but you're doing this at your own risk.
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I am rooted... or it would have said it can't gain super user rights.

Anyone else had any luck with this? I can get it to run, start the network, see the SSID, etc. But I never get an IP address on my client device. Worked fine on my G2, but doesn't work on the myTouch 4G.

Nevermind, I downloaded the newest version and it works perfectly:
http://code.google.com/p/android-wi...name=wireless_tether_2_0_5-pre12.apk&can=2&q=

ESKIMOn00b said:
Official tmo WiFi tether is free till the 14th when they add the option for thether... 14. 99
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This thread is talking about apples and oranges.
I'd like to see the "official" froyo tether work. The Google code one will work with or without the tethering plan, as will PDANet and other apps.
Once we see the "hotspot" feature working, we can reverse the setting that enables it without T-Mo's permission.

ESKIMOn00b said:
Official tmo WiFi tether is free till the 14th when they add the option for thether... 14. 99
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BTW, where did you get this info? When I launch the built-in app, I see the SSID but dhcp doesn't seem to work. There's no agreement (like most other trial-ware junk like Tmo TV) - so what gives? If it's free, it certainly isn't working so far.

You guys are aware of the native wifi hotspot app already installed on the phone?
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Anyone know whether the MobileAP from the Samsung phones, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=756804, works on this phone or the G2, or is it only for the Samsung phones?
I know there is 'Wireless Tether,' but I need infrastructure vs. ad-hoc.

had somebody any experience with download speeds after the 5gb limit has been reached?
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wifi tether
i can't get preinstalled wifi hotspot on my mytouch to work. can anyone help?

[Q] Kindle won't pickup adhoc wireless my phone will??

So I bought a cheap USB wireless adapter for my PC - D-Link DWA-125.
I set up an ad-hoc wireless connect, my SGS phone sees it but the Kindle won't.
Any ideas?
PS I'm in Australia if that makes any difference.

default android cannot connect to Ad-hoc.
if you want doing this, your fire must be rooted then you copy one file to your fire.
you can search in this forum for more infomation, I can remember where the file is.

If you are running Windows 7 use Connectify it creates a wireless hot spot and the lite version is free. connectify.me

It was advertised that the fire wouldn't support ad-hoc networks from the announcement. Conectify on win7 works pretty well though.
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Well, I found a wpa_supplicant file on the forums here and copied to system/bin, but it doesn't work. Anyone have a working wpa_supplicant, or know what files I need to edit? This sounds like the most elegant solution, if not I'll try connectify as suggested.

After fsuking around for hours, still not working, and am too tired to do more.
I tried method from http://www.chinadigitalcomm.com/android-a81/a81e-connect-to-ad-hoc-wifi-t1413.html namely
Turn off wireless and then you need to edit two files, either text editor or ADB
adb pull /system/etc/wifi/tiwlan.ini tiwlan.ini
adb push tiwlan.ini /system/etc/wifi/tiwlan.ini
adb pull /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf wpa_supplicant.conf
adb push wpa_supplicant.conf /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf
for tiwlan.ini - look for the WiFiAdhoc line and change, add the other two lines after it
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WiFiAdhoc = 1
dot11DesiredSSID = InsertyourSSIDhere
dot11DesiredBSSType = 0
for wpa_supplicant.conf - add the ap_scan=2 line and your adhoc network
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ctrl_interface=DIR=/data/system/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wifi
update_config=1
ap_scan=2
network={
ssid="InsertyourSSIDhere"
key_mgmt=NONE
mode=1
wep_key0=1234567890
priority=20
}
- Reboot and turn on wireless - can take a while to connect
- this works on the Android 2.1 firmware, have not yet fully tested on 2.2.
- I think the priority line is important, make it bigger than other networks in wpa_supplicant.conf so it tries to connect to AdHoc first.
- When you add new networks through the Android settings menu, the ap_scan=2 line disappears so you have to re-add it
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Have yet to try method from http://www.olsr.org/?q=olsr_on_android
Please, anyone that wants ad-hoc wifi on the Fire work on this while I am sleeping

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I'll have another go at this tonight...

Any luck on getting KF to see ad hoc?

mclad said:
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I'll have another go at this tonight...
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Any luck? I've been playing with my HTC HERO all day trying different roms etc.

There's no developer published wpa_supplicant replacement for Kindle Fire's system/bin/wpa_supplicant till now.
So I find ZT-180 Adhoc Switcher.apk is so well to switch Kindle Fire to support Kindle Fire
download link:
ZT-180 Adhoc Switcher.apk(174.35K)
Code:
dl.dbank.com/c0qlpiozc1
A lot of ways to setuo WiFi hotspot with laptop, but Bzeek is the most useful one and it supports both Win XP and Vista.
I met a problem with Bzeek as well as lots of guys met that after restart the Windows, Bzeek is alway Off instead of On, even you can't turn it On.
So I check google and found that
Personal Hotspot Status
Your Personal Hotspot is Off
Some of the Bzeek settings are not yet in effect. Please restart your computer for the Bzeek settings to take effect. If the problem persists, please contact Bzeek for support.
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Admin reply:
Maybe the Bzeek service is not running for some reason on your machine.
If it is not solved after boot you can run services.msc and make sure the bzeek service is running.
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It's a BUG for Bzeek due to their lack of maintance?
So manually if you like, you should go to
Start > Run > services.msc
Open Windows System Services
Get Bzeek Service and make it START
For easy use I build .bat file to TURN ON or TURN OFF Bzeek Free WiFi service effeciently. You can download them here
BzeekTurnOn.bat(18B)
Code:
dl.dbank.com/c04pwaal9s
BzeekTurnOff.bat(18B)
Code:
dl.dbank.com/c04pwaal9s
included scripts are simple so you can build your own:
net start bzeeksvc
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for START
net stop bzeeksvc
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for STOP
Install ZT-180 Adhoc Switcher.apk
Before running it you'd better ROOT your Kindle Fire for higher user ability.
Run ZT-180 Adhoc Switcher
You should see Switch to Infrastructure mode / Switch to Ad-hoc mode button.
Click Switch to Infrastructure mode and it turns to Switch to Ad-hoc mode then you can click Settings button to set SSID and WEP password if possible.
I put into Bzeek Free WiFi as SSID as I'm using Bzeek and WEP is not selected for Bzeek. If you use other name and with WEP, just do your way.
Now the button display Switch to Ad-hoc mode, just click it and turn it to
Ad-hoc Mode, click Enable WiFi button and it will connect to Bzeek Free WiFi rapidly
Then it will ask you put in your Bzeek username and password, finally you can share the internet with WiFi Ad-Hoc from your laptop happily!
I post this method to a Chinese forum and you can check screenshot images and download links there better.
Code:
bbs.mydoo.cn/thread-54577-1-1.html

Anyone found a way to switch to Ad-hoc mode WITHOUT have to root the Kindle Fire?
Surely there must be a way, but how?

Any luck?
Anyone out there get able to wifi tether from Fire to a smart phone?

maw230 said:
Anyone out there get able to wifi tether from Fire to a smart phone?
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Search...it's been covered many, many times.
Use Wireless Tether for Roofed users. Chose LG Optimus S as the device profile, and change the LAN to 192.168.1.0/24. This will enable a full wifi network on your phone instead of adhoc.
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borborpa said:
Use Wireless Tether for Roofed users. Chose LG Optimus S as the device profile, and change the LAN to 192.168.1.0/24. This will enable a full wifi network on your phone instead of adhoc.
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Edit: That is the app I'm using, the title is misleading. Anyway, how do I chose a device profile?
Thanks, but where do I find this app? Can't find on Android Market. I'm currently using Wireless Tether.

http://bit.ly/s0MRxO

maw230 said:
Edit: That is the app I'm using, the title is misleading. Anyway, how do I chose a device profile?
Thanks, but where do I find this app? Can't find on Android Market. I'm currently using Wireless Tether.
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That's strange...looks like someone went and edited my post to reflect the changes that occurred between the time I made the post and the time the edit happened.
I wonder who edited that for me? Also, what is a google?

I concur with borborpa. I would think the problem is that the kindle fire will only connect to a normal network as opposed to ad-hoc, which is how most phones tether their connection. The only way then to tether your kindle fire to your phone would be to get a phone whose wireless chipset supports emulating a real router.
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or use zt-180 adhoc switcher
whith this app you can put the KF in adhoc mode
works perfect with my pc - use it daily
give it a try - don't know if it's working with your phone - you'll find it on the market

b63 said:
or use zt-180 adhoc switcher
whith this app you can put the KF in adhoc mode
works perfect with my pc - use it daily
give it a try - don't know if it's working with your phone - you'll find it on the market
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I was unable to install this on the Fire. It said to possibly update my BusyBox as a solution?

you need to be rooted and busybox installed

PIA VPN working on Fire Stick with Alexa

Not sure if anyone knew but PIA (Private Internet Access) does work on the Fire Stick with Alexa running 5.2.4.0 (I'm not sure if it works on 5.2.2.0). I will say it runs slower then running it through my router by half. Now to get this puppy rooted P.S. I give up on trying to upload pics.

To be more precise you are saying that the PIA Android app works fine on a FireTV Stick 2. Which is to be expected since the FTVS2's hardware is close to being as powerful as a FireTV 1 Box.
It's good to have confirmation. :good:

Y314K said:
To be more precise you are saying that the PIA Android app works fine on a FireTV Stick 2. Which is to be expected since the FTVS2's hardware is close to being as powerful as a FireTV 1 Box.
It's good to have confirmation. :good:
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Yes it works flawlessly....I bought this thing to toy around with. Now if we can get root on this it would be pretty awesome.

Is there any way to manage PIA on the stick or are you stuck with what is sets when you log in?

philetus said:
If I already have a VPN for my wifi, do I need a separate VPN for the Firestick?
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You don't, you just need to connect to the Wifi that already has the VPN working. The PIA Android App is only for those that want to run a VPN on a per device bases or if you can not run the VPN thru our router or secondary router. A router run VPN is always recommend due to specs. But being able to run it a FireTV device itself is a good second choice.

Y314K said:
You don't, you just need to connect to the Wifi that already has the VPN working. The PIA Android App is only for those that want to run a VPN on a per device bases or if you can not run the VPN thru our router or secondary router. A router run VPN is always recommend due to specs. But being able to run it a FireTV device itself is a good second choice.
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That would work if I had the VPN in the router, but I just had it in my laptop.
I was able to install PIA in the firestick easily. It does change the IP so I'm good.

philetus said:
Is there any way to manage PIA on the stick or are you stuck with what is sets when you log in?
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Use mouse toggle to change the VPN server.

scoobysnack said:
Use mouse toggle to change the VPN server.
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UPDATE: I was able to figure it out. Works great. Thank you.
I installed mouse toggle and I can access settings, but I can't figure out how to change the current region.

philetus said:
Is there any way to manage PIA on the stick or are you stuck with what is sets when you log in?
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philetus said:
UPDATE: I was able to figure it out. Works great. Thank you.
I installed mouse toggle and I can access settings, but I can't figure out how to change the current region.
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Click the region showing and it will bring up the rest use the 2 buttons on the right side of the remote to scroll up and down.

philetus said:
That would work if I had the VPN in the router, but I just had it in my laptop.
I was able to install PIA in the firestick easily. It does change the IP so I'm good.
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Some are able to run a Wifi signal as a repeater on a laptop or desktop. But running the app on the device itself is much less complicated.
Are you running PIA on a FTVS1 or FTVS2. Spec wise I would only recommend running it on a FTV1, FTV2 or FTVS2 but I bet it runs ok on a FTVS1 although those are way slow. Guess having only used FTV1's for myself & programed FTVS1's for my F&F's have giving me a slow experience with FTVS1's. Messed with a couple of FVTS2's recently. And I still would prefer my FTV1's speed & controller wise. I hope the GUI update for FTV1's gets release soon.

I have the 2nd gen. FTVS2 amd Kodi Krypton 17. I've seen some saying PIA doesn't work well on 1st gen, saying it is on, but doesn't change the IP. IP Vanish is said to work good with gen 1. I just pushed the APK to the stick from my laptop with mimimal ADB and fastboot. Pushed mouse toggle also and everything works fine. Have you looked at Schism, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiueM0jcL0k&t=603s

philetus said:
I have the 2nd gen. FTVS2 amd Kodi Krypton 17. I've seen some saying PIA doesn't work well on 1st gen, saying it is on, but doesn't change the IP. IP Vanish is said to work good with gen 1. I just pushed the APK to the stick from my laptop with mimimal ADB and fastboot. Pushed mouse toggle also and everything works fine. Have you looked at Schism, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiueM0jcL0k&t=603s
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I mostly run/install FTG Builds (FireTVGuru Builds: http://firetvguru.net/) since those builds are the easiest builds to keep updated by folks that don't like to pay attention to things. But all of those are still Kodi v16.1 based.
I've seen the new Kodi v17-RC builds. I was gonna try Schim's first. Guess I got to get used to the new Kv17 layout. But got sidetracked by the SU /SDCard bug when updating my FTV1's....

Is it possible to have the PIA VPN enable automatically when Kodi is run but disable when you close out of the app? I was just curious since when I try to watch something on Amazon Prime it's blocked when the VPN is enabled.
I'm guessing probably not, just wondered.
-J
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

nbaj2k said:
Is it possible to have the PIA VPN enable automatically when Kodi is run but disable when you close out of the app? I was just curious since when I try to watch something on Amazon Prime it's blocked when the VPN is enabled.
I'm guessing probably not, just wondered.
-J
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk
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With PIA you can set it for per app. You will need mouse toggle to reach the settings.

scoobysnack said:
With PIA you can set it for per app. You will need mouse toggle to reach the settings.
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Awesome I completely skipped over it. Thanks!
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

scoobysnack said:
With PIA you can set it for per app. You will need mouse toggle to reach the settings.
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One other quick question. So I enabled it to use VPN in Kodi, but not use it in any other app. I still get a geographical error when trying to watch something regularly on Amazon prime. Do you happen to know if there another step I need to do in order to get it to work?
Thanks,
-J
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

nbaj2k said:
One other quick question. So I enabled it to use VPN in Kodi, but not use it in any other app. I still get a geographical error when trying to watch something regularly on Amazon prime. Do you happen to know if there another step I need to do in order to get it to work?
Thanks,
-J
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk
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Switch servers.

scoobysnack said:
With PIA you can set it for per app. You will need mouse toggle to reach the settings.
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Per app?
Can you point out that setting/method in PIA? I have not seen that option on the Windows, Mac or Android version.
Thank you.

nbaj2k said:
Is it possible to have the PIA VPN enable automatically when Kodi is run but disable when you close out of the app? I was just curious since when I try to watch something on Amazon Prime it's blocked when the VPN is enabled.
I'm guessing probably not, just wondered.
-J
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk
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JeffDC said:
Per app?
Can you point out that setting/method in PIA? I have not seen that option on the Windows, Mac or Android version.
Thank you.
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The setting button is in the far upper right corner.

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The setting button is in the far upper right corner.
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Thanks for that. I don't have the same options on my Mac!
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nor on my Windows PC.
It is on my Android phone though!
I'd think that option would be (even) more useful on laptops/PC's.

How to use the new VPN thing lol

So, I use Nord VPN premium. How can I use it in the android settings instead of the app?

In the WiFi settings you have a VPN section, set noordvpn as default and always on.

FranDN said:
In the WiFi settings you have a VPN section, set noordvpn as default and always on.
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Is it fast? because I've tried free app versions of VPN and whenever I try to watch or download something it's to slow

I use NordVPN as well. Speeds are usually very good. Only faster one I've used is IPVanish, but it's based in the US and doesn't have access to things like Netflix. But speed for that one are off the charts if you just want a VPN service that's rapid.

I been using TorGuard for almost 2years now and it works great even speeds for me when I am on 4G LTE so I don't complain.
I even set up my OnePlus 6T to block connections without VPN because I do not want it online without being connected to a vpn.

I've used Adguard for years, never had a problem.

mlock420 said:
Is it fast? because I've tried free app versions of VPN and whenever I try to watch or download something it's to slow
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It is yes

FranDN said:
It is yes, if you want a free one try Orbot, it's from the guys that made TOR Browser, it's pretty nice
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That app if for connecting to the Tor Network. Definitely not the same as a VPN. Please do your research before recommending things like Tor to people as it has its own security considerations to deal with.