I'm probably going to go back to stock 4.3 from CM 10.2 due to a few small annoyances that are not germane to this question. The one thing that's stopping me, however, is tethering. I'm on T-Mo, $30 pre-paid. With CM 10.2 tethering my Nexus 7 to it just plain works using the integrated tethering app. No need for PDANet, or anything like that. I don't consume that much data with my N7 like that, just for Google Maps and streaming my music in the car now and then. I've got my N7 mounted using a surprisingly good $40 CD-slot mounting bracket in my car and it makes a great GPS and audio center in my car.
So, all that being said, if I revert back to rooted stock, will the small amount of tethering I do with my N7 be transparent to T-Mo, as it appears to be with CM 10.2?
Thanks a bunch!
ghostlobster said:
I'm probably going to go back to stock 4.3 from CM 10.2 due to a few small annoyances that are not germane to this question. The one thing that's stopping me, however, is tethering. I'm on T-Mo, $30 pre-paid. With CM 10.2 tethering my Nexus 7 to it just plain works using the integrated tethering app. No need for PDANet, or anything like that. I don't consume that much data with my N7 like that, just for Google Maps and streaming my music in the car now and then. I've got my N7 mounted using a surprisingly good $40 CD-slot mounting bracket in my car and it makes a great GPS and audio center in my car.
So, all that being said, if I revert back to rooted stock, will the small amount of tethering I do with my N7 be transparent to T-Mo, as it appears to be with CM 10.2?
Thanks a bunch!
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I might be wrong on this but i am pretty sure T-Mobile can't tell if you are tethering to a Nexus 7. Both show up as mobile devices on their network when they look at traffic and both show up as Androids. When you tether to a laptop, then they can tell because you use a windows version of chrome.
Just an FYI, reverted back to stock/rooted today, LTE enabled on TMo and the above posting is correct. The N7 tethers just fine!
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@ghostlobster ...what Bracket are you using?
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@ghostlobster ...what Bracket are you using?
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It's a Xenomix CD slot bracket I grabbed off eBay about a year ago
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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Does anyone know if Freedompop data service (bolt or photon) is compatible with the Nexus 7 tablet? I though about using the bolt usb stick with the OTG cable and the nexus media importer app (or another app) but I am skeptical....
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Does anyone know if Freedompop data service (bolt or photon) is compatible with the Nexus 7 tablet? I though about using the bolt usb stick with the OTG cable and the nexus media importer app (or another app) but I am skeptical....
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I've used the Photon with the Nexus 7 just fine.
Frank
I got the bolt to work on my Nexus out of the "box" (actually those sealed plastic form) but then I got an OTA for 4.1.2 so being stupid I went and click ok and now I'm trying to go back. Not sure what happened. Was rooted, still rooted. It looked like to went into a recovery loop. Out of the loop and back to 4.1.1 per my setting but it's squirrelly and no more freedompop and my stickmount is acting funny.
Tmo has also followed freedompop's lead [offering free, limited data for tablets] if you have one of the fancy variety [w/ sim port]
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Hi all,
I'm currently having some trouble getting my iPhone 3GS and Nexus 7 to play nice with sharing the internet connection from the 3GS to the N7.
The devices seem to pair up ok, and the 3GS is showing that the Personal Hotspot is being shared with 1 Connection, but there isn't any internet activity going through to the N7.
I thought it might have been related to the bluetooth issues in 4.2, but 4.2.2 hasn't made a difference. I've tried any number of tutorials/forums saying to connect things in a particular order or force stopping a service and clearing the cache, but nothing seems to work.
Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated
Nexus 7 Settings:
Stock 4.2.2 Unrooted
Connected to device for internet access - checked
Wifi Off
Bluetooth On
iPhone Settings:
iOS 6.1 Not JB
Personal Hotspot turned on
Wifi Off
Bluetooth On
Cheers.
I know what the problem is.
Your using an iPhone.
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Jrkoffjonson said:
I know what the problem is.
Your using an iPhone.
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LOL
Are you sure that you can tether from 3gs to n7 with bluetooth. I think it only works with iphone and ipad. So jb your phone and download mywi to tether.
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Are you sure that you can tether from 3gs to n7 with bluetooth. I think it only works with iphone and ipad. So jb your phone and download mywi to tether.
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Thanks for this advice mywi 6 works perfectly with my 4s so fast
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ahvipardik said:
Are you sure that you can tether from 3gs to n7 with bluetooth. I think it only works with iphone and ipad. So jb your phone and download mywi to tether.
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Have given the JB and MyWi route a go. Same story unfortunately.
The N7 and 3GS pair fine and MyWi reports that there is one client connected, but then there's no throughput to the N7 :crying:
Dropped mywi, now using either pdanet or tetherme .
They are both a lot cheaper than mywi and work perfectly, especially setting pdanet to wifitether then as soon as your nexus leaves your main home WiFi it instantly switches to the I phones tether via WiFi not Bluetooth.
Must admit though my 3g usage is getting hammered, luckily I have lots
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Trying to tether via Bluetooth, with a DROID RAZR Maxx and the Nexus 7. I have root access on the Maxx, I don't think I'll need it on the Nexus but will if need be. The only successful thing I found that works part of the time is PDAnet+ and the receiving version on my tablet. I don't know if I trust that set up enough to pay to use it though. Free options? I've tried Wireless Tether for root users but haven't found Bluetooth tether access for tablets.
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My Nexus 7 was becoming very unresponsive and pissing me off. Was on older JB version and Paranoid Android. I flashed back to stock/wipe all and then allowed 4.3 OTA update, rerooted. Now my Wifi is EXTREMELY slow. Buddy and I at work put my N7 side by side with his iPad on the same wireless at work and his was flying through sites, with mine timing out left and right.
Any ideas why the radios are so crappy now? Did I ruin something in the flashing processes?
Would love if someone had an answer for this. I have a stock N7 (2012) and have the EXACT same problem. Ever since it updated itself to 4.3 my wifi has been remarkably slow. Can't stream any video at all. I do speedtests on my S4 right next to my tablet, and the phone is 12mbps down with the tablet being about 200 kbps. It's unbearable, I can't figure out whats going on. Tried all the usual fixes with no help.
What normal fixes have you used? I'll see if they fix my issue.
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What normal fixes have you used? I'll see if they fix my issue.
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The usual. Clearing caches, factory reset, reseting my router. What i ended up having to do was root it and put an android 4.2.2 rom onto it. Immediately solved my problem and I am pulling down around 12mbps now and can stream video :laugh:. I can't believe you and I are the only ones out there with this problem but maybe. I hope next update google will fix this, i like having the stock firmware on a nexus device.
Oh, ok. Thought there were some 'normal' tools/apps to try. I'm with you, hopefully something is found soon.
Quick question, what type of router do you have at home?
Try doing a clean install of 4.3
I'm not having any problems with download/upload speeds.
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Try doing a clean install of 4.3
I'm not having any problems with download/upload speeds.
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Yeah, that was the first thing I tried. No luck with that. Like I said once I switched back to a 4.2.2 based rom the tablet's internet has been as fast as it's supposed to be.
Ok so I am trying to tether my N 10 on stock 4.4 to my N4 which is on stock 4.4 as well. I've been doing this for months with no problem. Now all of a sudden the dreaded TMO hotspot block coming up after I updated one or both of the devices. Does anyone know anyway to get around this?
This might be better in the nexus 4 thread since that's where the data actually comes from so someone from there might be able to help better. I don't use tethering much but maybe you can try one of the tethering hotspot apps?
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Possibly but from what I understand tmo blocks it server side these days therefore something on the N10 will have to be changed
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abdel12345 said:
This might be better in the nexus 4 thread since that's where the data actually comes from so someone from there might be able to help better. I don't use tethering much but maybe you can try one of the tethering hotspot apps?
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You were right... I think. Has something to do with APN setting in kit kat
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