I have a rooted Nexus 7 1st gen WIFI only and I am trying to connect to AT&T WIFI at local places. I have AT&T wireless (Note 3-Stock) but I do not want to tether and use up my data cap which is 10 gb's. Any ideas on what could be done?
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I am thinking that I may not root my Moto X (non-dev ed) after all -- it seems to be a losing battle. We are lucky that jcase found a way to work around the restriction Verizon/ATT placed on the KitKat update, but what about the next update?
Anyway, I am writing this post because I am investigating a way to tethering wirelessly w/o root. Wifi tethering does not seem to be working after KitKat, w/o root. So, I am looking into PdaNet's Bluetooth tethering. I haven't gotten my Moto X yet (should come today), but I am using my Galaxy Nexus to test, and I found an annoying problem.
In short, it works. However, when I tethered to my Nexus 7, PdaNet seemed to require my Nexus 7 to be connected to a Wifi hotspot -- any hotspot. The hotspot itself doesn't even have to be connected to the internet. If my Nexus 7's wifi is off, or if it's not connected to a hotspot, PdaNet's bluetooth tethering won't work. I can work around the problem by bringing my old Galaxy Nexus with me all the times, and use it to create a fake wifi hotspot (as I said, it does not need to be connected to the internet -- the actual connection will be provided by my Moto X.) However, I wonder if anyone knows if there's a way around it, or did I simply do it wrong?
In the meantime, my journey to look for a way to tether w/o root continue ...
I just bought my note 3 from sprint is there a way tat i can use it as a hotspot for my tablet?
Hey all,
So I have UDP with Verizon. Got my phone the other day and activated it before I inserted my VZW sim card. Tethering worked fine until today (after Droid-Life posted about it), and now it will work for a few minutes and then I lose internet connectivity on both the phone and hotspot.
To get around this with my previous Moto X 2013, I used the wifi tethering apk from here: https://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/ and then only allow one device at a time to connect. This app doesn't seem to work with Android L (or I can't get the settings right).
Is there anything else I can try? Or is there any way to limit devices with the stock tethering?
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Other info:
Phone is unlocked.
TWRP installed (phone tethered fine after TWRP installed)
Phone is rooted (same as above)
I installed Xposed today, started having issues. Uninstalled Xposed, still have tethering issue.
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Wife's phone, a rooted VZW Samsung GS4 is also being flaky with wifi tethering. I'm guessing that it isn't my device tonight...
hbar98 said:
Hey all,
So I have UDP with Verizon. Got my phone the other day and activated it before I inserted my VZW sim card. Tethering worked fine until today (after Droid-Life posted about it), and now it will work for a few minutes and then I lose internet connectivity on both the phone and hotspot.
To get around this with my previous Moto X 2013, I used the wifi tethering apk from here: https://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/ and then only allow one device at a time to connect. This app doesn't seem to work with Android L (or I can't get the settings right).
Is there anything else I can try? Or is there any way to limit devices with the stock tethering?
(edit)
Other info:
Phone is unlocked.
TWRP installed (phone tethered fine after TWRP installed)
Phone is rooted (same as above)
I installed Xposed today, started having issues. Uninstalled Xposed, still have tethering issue.
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Wife's phone, a rooted VZW Samsung GS4 is also being flaky with wifi tethering. I'm guessing that it isn't my device tonight...
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I have a similar issue but not quite the same. I am also on UDP vzw and the behavior that I get is that the hotspot connection to the Internet is barely usable at all. Some pages load, sometimes but often they timeout. But with all of this the connectivity on the handset itself is unaffected. I'm going to try a usb tether on my Mac with the HoRNDIS package soon to see how the speeds compare. Maybe it's just the wifi tether and sub will be okay?
There have been some that are specifically noticing DNS issues. Maybe that's where the root of the problem is.
Forrice said:
I have a similar issue but not quite the same. I am also on UDP vzw and the behavior that I get is that the hotspot connection to the Internet is barely usable at all. Some pages load, sometimes but often they timeout. But with all of this the connectivity on the handset itself is unaffected. I'm going to try a usb tether on my Mac with the HoRNDIS package soon to see how the speeds compare. Maybe it's just the wifi tether and sub will be okay?
There have been some that are specifically noticing DNS issues. Maybe that's where the root of the problem is.
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Ever since I found out that VZW allows you to add the tethering package to your UDP line and not mess anything up, I bought it and have experienced zero issues. Before that, every few days I would have some bad DNS issues where google would work, but nothing else would. Now my phone is my ISP and I've had no issues.
My (current) network setup: phone (wifi tether) -> bridge computer (internet sharing) -> router (Asus AC66U) -> wired/wireless network.
I haven't tried the bridge computer as an actual network bridge as that caused some flakiness before... but that was when I wasn't paying for tethering. Eventually I'd like to use my phone as a 4g modem that is directly hooked up to my router.
Hello everyone!
So where I am living I cannot get reliable internet service and currently have Hughesnet (satellite isp) that I want to stray from. I have picked up a prepaid true unlimited data plan from Metropcs and want to use it as my default isp as the speeds are astronomical compared to Hughesnet. They are of course limited in usage for tethering and I would have to use a masking application and have chosen Clockworkmod Tether. What I want to do is run a USB dongle to my router (ASUS RT-N56U), connected to my phone (SAMSUNG-SM-G900A), running Android 5.0 with Clockworkmod Tether. Is this possible to do as the router doesn't have a sister application with the phone i.e Pdanet+ needs a windows application running to work?
All feedback is welcome!
So I found a video that kind of explains how to do so but I still have questions. With the process he is demonstrating the phone is using the wifi hotspot option to broadcast signal to the router. My question is.. with all the tether masking apps (PDAnet, FoxFi, Clockwork) you need to connect via USB to work. How would I get around this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ykqFgJi-ZE
So I have a bit of a weird question. Hopefully one of the smart people on this site can help.
I previously was using an unlocked ATT Branded Samsung Note 3, rooted with kitkat. Inconjunction with Foxfi, hotspot shield and VPN Tether I could use my data to tether my tablets for games. Just recently purchased an unlocked Samsung Note 4 (non-branded). Currently rooted with TWRP, running MARSHMELLO. I can still use the afforementioned programs to tether, however; I have to connect devices before starting the hotspot shield and tethering app (otherwise the tablets can't get a IP, this didn't happen in kitkat). Everything is fine, then after about 30-50 mins of use the tablets just randomly drop their connection an can't reconnect.
Trying figure out if this because of the newer OS version and can I get around it or should I just flash kitkat to the phone with TWRP and call it a day. Which I don't mind doing.