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Anyone else download quick settings and notice LED flashlight and wifi tethering work?
Edit: Apparently while SSID does broadcast wifi tethering doesn't provide internet access.
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JoshHart said:
Anyone else download quick settings and notice LED flashlight and wifi tethering work?
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Does it really??? Post a pic or vid

Pic 1 - LED Flashlight
Pic 2 - Quick Settings Enable Hotspot
Pic 3 - Click Hotspot to set Access Point
Pic 4 - Access Point seen by my laptop

Good find!
Not quite perfect yet, though. I was able to turn on the Hotspot and connect, but unfortunately I couldn't actually connect to the internet from my laptop once I was connected.

tried it, didn't work, nice fake though...

Not sure which part I'm "Faking". You have to go to settings and change flashlight to LED instead of screen, for access point if you're using windows 7 make sure its set as a home network not public and try changing the SSID name.
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Running Vista, I connect fine to the phone, but nothing is routed beyond the phone unfortunately. Look forward to seeing this work, though. Nice simple fix to an annoying limitation.

JoshHart said:
Not sure which part I'm "Faking". You have to go to settings and change flashlight to LED instead of screen, for access point if you're using windows 7 make sure its set as a home network not public and try changing the SSID name.
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Sorry, I take back what I said. I thought you were faking the pics for wifi by using another phone. on another note, linux does not see the wifi tether. but win 7 does. very odd...

I tried connecting my computer to the hotspot but the phone doesn't give out an IP address and there aren't settings on the phone to change it. Seems like tmobile change the stock build, eh?
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Sorry, I take back what I said. I thought you were faking the pics for wifi by using another phone. on another note, linux does not see the wifi tether. but win 7 does. very odd...
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Are you actually able to get onto the internet on Windows 7? Or just connect to the hotspot? My only Windows 7 computer Doesn't have Wifi, so I have no easy way to test that.

I can't connect to the internet either tried a few things but you're right nothin comes through, ah well I was more excited about the flashlight anyways
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kludgineer said:
Are you actually able to get onto the internet on Windows 7? Or just connect to the hotspot? My only Windows 7 computer Doesn't have Wifi, so I have no easy way to test that.
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just connect to the hotspot, the phone does not give out an ip
as for the LED flashlight the Power Control plus widget lets you do that, I would have said something earlier but thought it was common knowledge.

JoshHart said:
Pic 1 - LED Flashlight
Pic 2 - Quick Settings Enable Hotspot
Pic 3 - Click Hotspot to set Access Point
Pic 4 - Access Point seen by my laptop
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Great find. You can actually download nexus one led flashlight from the market. It comes with a handy widget for turning the led on or off. That will take care of having to open quick settings to switch between screen flashlight or led flashlight.
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N1 Torch works
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when connected to the wifi on your phone do an ipconfig /all on computer, and post results for wireless network adapter

Perhaps you have to check APN type under mobile networks.
My nexus one shows "default,supl,MMS" (no quoation nor spaces)

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So internet sharing and DHCP are disabled as well.

I'll have to check out quick settings. I tried wifi tether for root with no luck. Saw some errors in the logcat for missing files, but think they are missing on my G1 too. I haven't dug too much into it yet.
-oldsk00lz
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oldsk00lz said:
I'll have to check out quick settings. I tried wifi tether for root with no luck.
-oldsk00lz
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Remember the wifi tether for root won't work until this device gets rooted. Try a hotspot app and see if the connected devices can surf the internet.
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Auto WiFi tether NFC?

Is there an app such as tasker to make it so that if I tap my galaxy S3 to a nexus 7 it'll start WiFi tether on my phone and connect the nexus 7 to it? I'm gonna get a nexus 7 for Christmas and want to figure this out before hand.
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i would think that you would manually have to connect the Nexus 7 to your phone's Wi-Fi tether manually first. and at that point, the configuration is saved.
then setup a Tasker or an NFC tag to toggle your Wi-Fi tether of your phone. when it broadcasts a signal, your Nexus 7 would automatically pick it up and connect.
that is, unless your Nexus 7 is not already connected to another Wi-Fi.

mrhomiec said:
i would think that you would manually have to connect the Nexus 7 to your phone's Wi-Fi tether manually first. and at that point, the configuration is saved.
then setup a Tasker or an NFC tag to toggle your Wi-Fi tether of your phone. when it broadcasts a signal, your Nexus 7 would automatically pick it up and connect.
that is, unless your Nexus 7 is not already connected to another Wi-Fi.
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Could I use the nexus 7 as the "NFC tag" though?
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Good question. I have an S2, an N7 and tasker so I'll give it a shot and see if it works.
Edit: couldn't get it to work, neither the phone or the tablet could see each other, but I'm not sure if it's just that it is not supported or there is something wrong with my setup. I tried reading an rfid card but that didn't work either.
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I'm basically working with the same exact stuff... Verizon GS3 and a Nexus 7. My N7 is running Team EOS 3 Nightly build 37 (which is still 4.1.2), Timur's kernel (from Rootzwiki) which allows USB audio and forces charging while in OTG mode, and a car setup.
There's an app called AutoTether which is the closest thing I've found to getting the N7 to initiate a Wifi Tether connection on the phone. It has a widget you can place on the home screen of the N7, and when you press Enable, it sends out the command via Bluetooth to the phone. The phone receives this signal, and begins whichever wifi tether app you choose (I personally use the TrevE Wifi Tether variant).
I've played around with automating wifi tethering and Tasker, and just can't seem to get it to work properly/reliably. At one point the creator of AutoTether mentioned he would integrate it into Tasker, but he hasn't, and he didn't respond to my email when I asked that question. If it were integrated into Tasker then this would be the ultimate solution IMO.

MetalMan2 said:
I'm basically working with the same exact stuff... Verizon GS3 and a Nexus 7. My N7 is running Team EOS 3 Nightly build 37 (which is still 4.1.2), Timur's kernel (from Rootzwiki) which allows USB audio and forces charging while in OTG mode, and a car setup.
There's an app called AutoTether which is the closest thing I've found to getting the N7 to initiate a Wifi Tether connection on the phone. It has a widget you can place on the home screen of the N7, and when you press Enable, it sends out the command via Bluetooth to the phone. The phone receives this signal, and begins whichever wifi tether app you choose (I personally use the TrevE Wifi Tether variant).
I've played around with automating wifi tethering and Tasker, and just can't seem to get it to work properly/reliably. At one point the creator of AutoTether mentioned he would integrate it into Tasker, but he hasn't, and he didn't respond to my email when I asked that question. If it were integrated into Tasker then this would be the ultimate solution IMO.
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I'll look into that thanks
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There's an app in the market specifically designed for exactly what you're talking about - I bought it and it works exactly as described.
However, the reason I do not use it is 2-fold:
1. In order for NFC to operate, both devices must have the screen on and be unlocked (this is due to NFC security protocol) which means I have to unlock my phone, unlock my tablet, then touch them together.
2. It's wayyy faster to just unlock my phone, click on the Wifi tether setting shortcut I placed on my home screen, activate the hotspot, and my Nexus 7 connects automatically as soon as it sees the open (saved) connection.
So I found the "neatness" of the NFC magic irrelevant as it is slower and more cumbersome (can you imagine dropping one or both devices because you wanted to look cool holding them up to each other?)
**** THAT lol

To make things even more complicated there's mods we can install to make NFC work without unlocking screens haha
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thetony said:
To make things even more complicated there's mods we can install to make NFC work without unlocking screens haha
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I know, I just won't do that because I have Google Wallet on both devices and it's tied to my bank card.. so no friggin way am I flashing that mod lol

WiFi Hotspot Problem

Hi guys! I seem to be having a problem to connecting to the WiFi Hotspot that my Nexus 4 makes. When I use my laptop to connect to it, it always shows limited connectivity. However, when I use USB tethering it works. Is this a hardware problem on the part of my Nexus?
Any help would he appreciated.
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I've sometimes noticed it can take 30-60 seconds for Windows to realize it has a connection via a WiFi tether. Assume you've checked the obvious like that your TCP/IP settings in wireless are all correct? Should be set to obtain DNS and IP automatically. Also, do you normally have a proxy configured?

toxicbubble said:
I've sometimes noticed it can take 30-60 seconds for Windows to realize it has a connection via a WiFi tether. Assume you've checked the obvious like that your TCP/IP settings in wireless are all correct? Should be set to obtain DNS and IP automatically. Also, do you normally have a proxy configured?
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Yeah they're all correct. My laptop has no problem connecting to other phones. I also don't have a proxy.
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It takes a while and I find that windows want to create a new location profile upon each new tethering session.
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Obtaining IP address after update to 4.3

Hi after updating to 4.3 connecting to my WiFi seems to just keep looping obtaining, authenticating, obtaining. This didn't happen in 4.2.2. Anyone know a fix?
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Try another network. Maybe it has a problem with your network. Hit thanks
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Try forgetting the access point and redo it.
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andyabc said:
Try forgetting the access point and redo it.
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Hey man i tried this but did not work.
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Try another network. Maybe it has a problem with your network. Hit thanks
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Yes it works on other WiFi networks but does not mean the one I am having problems with is faulty cause other devices connect to it just fine. Not to mention it worked perfect on 4.2.2
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JamesInsights said:
Hey man i tried this but did not work.
Yes it works on other WiFi networks but does not mean the one I am having problems with is faulty cause other devices connect to it just fine. Not to mention it worked perfect on 4.2.2
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Alright, what security type does the access point use?
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andyabc said:
Alright, what security type does the access point use?
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WPA2 PSK. Also I want to note that this is a second router connected to the main one by ethernet and used as an access point
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JamesInsights said:
WPA2 PSK. Also I want to note that this is a second router connected to the main one by ethernet and used as an access point
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Have you tried checking the router settings?
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I had the same issue before 4.3 update. It was working fine after the update but today it happened again. I switched to static ip in my nexus wifi settings and its working fine. So i guess DHCP has the problem and im blaming nexus because everything else in the same network works fine.

nikolas7gr said:
I had the same issue before 4.3 update. It was working fine after the update but today it happened again. I switched to static ip in my nexus wifi settings and its working fine. So i guess DHCP has the problem and im blaming nexus because everything else in the same network works fine.
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I have the same problem with my old generation nexus 7. New one works just fine, galaxy nexus - just fine, xperia s - also fine, macbook pro - fine. I can't blame the network. Something is messed up. I tried a factory reset (as I'm selling this one) and it didn't help. also after quite some time of trying it wrote "Avoided poor connection" under the name of my network, but I can't alter the "Avoid poor connections setting" from the setup wizard.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

I think the problem is DHCP too. I used to use WPA2 for my LAN. My Nexus 4 appears to not connect to those networks anymore.

macropp said:
I have the same problem with my old generation nexus 7. New one works just fine, galaxy nexus - just fine, xperia s - also fine, macbook pro - fine. I can't blame the network. Something is messed up. I tried a factory reset (as I'm selling this one) and it didn't help. also after quite some time of trying it wrote "Avoided poor connection" under the name of my network, but I can't alter the "Avoid poor connections setting" from the setup wizard.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Tried to set a static IP address? And you could also playing with the WiFi frequency bands. Some reported they can't connect to WiFi on 5 GHz band. Could try the 2.4 GHz one instead.

In cases of weak signal, DHCP may fail when connecting. If this happens, move closer to the AP (stronger signal).
If you have 2 routers and use 1 as an access point, use the LAN (not WAN) port on the second router and disable the DHCP server on the same router. You can use the same SSID and float between them if the other settings match (encryption and password). Use 2 different channels as far apart as possible (like 1 and 11). On 2.4 GHz, only use channels 1 to 11. On 5 GHz, only use 36, 40, 44, 48, 149, 153, 157, 161, or 165. The other channels have FCC limitations in the US. Use WPA-2 only with CCMP (AES) encryption. WPA should only be used with TKIP, while WPA-2 should only be used with CCPM (AES). I have seen a lot of issues when mixed is used.
Hope this helps...

Thanks for the suggestions. While testing I was standing just beside my router, so no weak signal problem. What I did after many tries to connect was reinstall stock 4.3 but version which ended with the letter 'V'. I was unable to see my problematic android build version, because I was stuck at welcome screen. So the reinstall fixed it.

Wifi Tether for Nexus 5

Does anyone of a non root or root wifi tether app that works with the Nexus 5?
I plan to root the phone but I'm still not sure if I want to install another ROM since it is snappy already. ( I usually root to OC and use Wifi Tether )

WiFi hotspot is built into the phone as is. There is no need to install an app.
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Not necessary as this is built in to stock.

Thanks guys! Yeah I was just wondering...
I don't want AT&T finding out and then charging me the hotspot fee.

is built in tether 100% secure like other apps? i read that built in tether has many security problems!
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mafiaboy01 said:
WiFi hotspot is built into the phone as is. There is no need to install an app.
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***Does Not Work on Sprint unless you pay extra***

Where is the icon for it? Or how do I launch it? not seeing it anywhere......

Settings>More>Teathering & portable hotspot.

I`ve tried different roms and my hotspot is not working, is sending me to the t-mobile upsell page.

I have unlimited data with T-Mobile with 2.5 gbs included of hotspot. I already past my hotspot data but still running it. I noticed if I have my APN Protocol IPv4 it let's me use my phone data as a hotspot even after I used up my provided hotspot data. If I switch it to IPv6, it bans me from using my data as a hotspot
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Okay so pretty much using the built in tether app is a no go. I'm not going to pay for hotspot. If anyone knows of a WiFi tether app that works with nexus 5 let everyone know. (I'm on AT&T). Will be receiving phone first week in Dec.
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The built in one doesn't work because it tags all packets with a "hotspot" data tag which is then being denied by your carrier because it's hotspot data which you didn't pay for. Either the internal program needs to be modified to not tag the data, or another app which doesn't tag data should be used to get a free wireless hotspot.

Stonebot said:
The built in one doesn't work because it tags all packets with a "hotspot" data tag which is then being denied by your carrier because it's hotspot data which you didn't pay for. Either the internal program needs to be modified to not tag the data, or another app which doesn't tag data should be used to get a free wireless hotspot.
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Exactly - this is true for ALL Android handsets running Android 4.3 and above.
Previously, we've been able to get away with it unless your phone was running a carrier-specific ROM with the packet tagging enabled - but now it's part of the Android subsystem.
If your carrier is setup to track this, they now can.
I'm lucky with mine - they seem to only care if I tether a laptop to my phone. If I tether a tablet or another phone, it's fine.. Different traffic I guess! So I just use a VPN on my laptop, and it goes undetected.

Here's a workaround for the uninitiated ones.... Should work on most mobile devices. You'll probably need a VPN if you want to tether a laptop.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47203432&postcount=70
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Jeeeenx said:
Here's a workaround for the uninitiated ones.... Should work on most mobile devices. You'll probably need a VPN if you want to tether a laptop.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47203432&postcount=70
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I've tried to add the line but this is what I got:
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Make sure to follow directions closely.
I used a program called SQLite Editor which can be found at the play store. (YOUR PHONE MUST BE ROOTED)
Open SQLite Editor.
Navigate to /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/
Edit settings.db by adding a line "tether_dun_required" and set the value to "0".
Also make sure your APN settings use IPV4.
I've rebooted my phone after doing this and the edit stuck and tethering worked.
Best of luck!

Excellent man, it worked like a charm, thanks

I solved with this app: WiFi Tether Router
on Google Play store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.snclab.wifitetherrouter&hl=en
the developer has done a compatible update
I contacted the developer via email and he told me after a few hours
the developer advised me to select these settings
Interface wlan0
Method 0 - Auto
works also with
Interface wlan0
Method 2

this one seems to work for me.. wifi works but i choose to usb tether https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.foxfi&hl=en
also paid version is better then free

I would really like to bypass the T-Mobile 2.5GB limit.