After the initial pairing process, how useful is an Android wear watch without a phone attached? Could I sideload an apk and run it without it being connected to the phone? Could the watch still connect to Wi-Fi?
Thanks in advance.
You can download and install standalone apps. The Wi-Fi connection is for connecting to the phone further than range of Bluetooth. So it's not like regular Wi-Fi to connect to the internet. But standalone games etc will work.
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I'm getting an HTC Touch Vogue in about a week or so. I am a bit frustrated that Sprint still doesn't offer EVDO in my area (Beaumont, TX which isn't exactly tiny). Since WiFi is sacrificed in the Touch, I was wondering if one can use the bluetooth to share internet from the PC? If so, are there any specific requirements as far as a bluetooth adapter on the PC side, or would most generic bluetooth adapters work?
Thanks!
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i have seen something about sync mate 1.4 doing this, but have had no luck myself.
Getting it to work isn't straightforward, but as long as your data plan includes PAM (phone-as-modem), it DOES work, and is officially supported. You don't even need official drivers from Sprint to do it.
There's a caveat, though: if you have a bluetooth mouse and you tether the phone via bluetooth & activate internet sharing, the mouse's performance is going to go to hell. It'll stutter, miss clicks, and generally drive you nuts. As a result, I now carry a short USB cable, and almost always tether via usb if I'm using my mouse too.
Make sure you do the following steps in order:
1. Connect the phone via usb and sync. If you can't do this, I guarantee you won't be able to get online, either.
2. Share the phone's internet connection via usb. If you can't share via usb, I can guarantee you won't be able to share via bluetooth, either.
3. Disconnect the usb, and try to sync via bluetooth. If you can't sync via bluetooth, you won't be able to share the internet via bluetooth, either.
4. Share the phone's internet connection via bluetooth. If it doesn't work, make sure you're connected to the phone (go to bluetooth neighborhood, right-click the phone's icon, choose "connect"), and make sure you successfully managed to do steps 1-3. Until the first 3 steps work, you're wasting your time with step 4. ;-)
^^^ I think lotherius is trying to use his home internet connection to share internet with his phone (accessing through your PC/Mac as opposed to through your phone) Hours of goggling has led me to nothing on this
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if your using a pc, doesnt activesync have a pass through feature that allows this?
If what you're saying is you want to view internet on your phone, through bluetooth on your computer, then yes, it is completely possible. On my phone all I have to do is sync my phone via bluetooth, and it works automatically.
I was wondering if anyone has successfully been able to get their Honeycomb and/or Acer A500 to connect online with either a usb connection or with bluetooth?
I have a blackberry 8520 which i've installed pdanet on and as far as i know got it successfully running.
I was able to then pair the A500 up with the BB, but it said that it wasn't connected to the BB.
Is there an app that i should download and install on the tablet? I do have gingerbreak installed on here and this is rooted.
Thanks
Did you google that to see if usb is even possible.
PS - A5000 yours must be the model up from mine
I have been trying to Google it. From what I've seen, people have been able to connect via USB through their Android phones, by setting up an ad-hoc.
I've tried using the mini usb, but had no luck. And bluetooth pairs but doesn't connect.
I have been able to tether mine to my Samsung Galaxy and get the internet that way. I take it you can't do this with your BlackBerry. With regards to Bluetooth, I had a similar problem where it was paired with my phone but not connected. I noticed that if I sent a file from one to another it would then ask to connect and you had to give permission.
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I don't know if this helps.
http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=KB05196
So I am working on making a custom Launcher for my N7 to be installed into my dash of my car. One simple thing I am trying to do is tether the internet from my Galaxy S4 via bluetooth to my N7. It has worked once, though now my N7 will refuse to make the internet option stay connected. Anyone have any ideas why? Maybe my S4 is blocking it?
I have been using an old Nokia for bluetooth tethering and the app BlueVPN on my N7. I haven't had any issues with the connection dropping. Does Samsung provide their own software for bluetooth tethering?
I do know that as of now, there are various apps that do not detect an internet connection when you're only connected through the bluetooth method I use due to a bug, for example the browser works fine but you cannot download apps from the market unless you are also connected to wifi.
Is it possible for Android Wear to obtain internet access through bluetooth tethering? I keep my watch paired with my android device, but I prefer to use my blackberry as my primary phone.
Wear manager flat out doesn't work on bb10, even after removing play services from the app or installing a patched play services. My only other option would be to run apps natively on the watch and let them obtain internet access through my blackberry's bluetooth connection.
I can pair the two devices over bluetooth, but my blackberry reports that Wear isn't using the tether. I have been searching the internet for days looking for any information, but finally gave up. Any help would be appreciated.
Which watch? Why not wifi tether instead?
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Which watch? Why not wifi tether instead?
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Can't tether over WiFi when your watch doesn't have WiFi.
Gear 2 Neo w/ Android Wear 5.1.1
i am searching and thinking of a similar solution for iPhones and Gear 2 (-:
My Fossil Gen 5 running Wear OS 2.26 does not get an internet connection tethered from the Wear OS app on the Android phone. It is always connected to the Wear OS app on the phone via Bluetooth, sync always working and all notifications get routed to the watch but all apps on the watch that require an internet connection (Google Play Store, Assistant, Shazam, Alexa.....etc) do not work unless I enable Wifi on the watch to any Wifi access point.
My old Huawei Watch 2 was always internet connected via the Bluetooth connection to the Wear OS app. Can anyone please help with a fix?