Hi everybody.
Really like the x800. I do have a problem though (apart from the battery drain) and that is, the hotspot.
It connects perfectly with my tablet and shows a stable connection BUT it doesn't allow internet access to any devices connected to it.
I'm in the UK and my carrier is Three. I have a Hotspot allowance of >12GB/month and I really want to use it. I have tried the sim in an old Samsung and I had Internet access so I think it is something to do with the X800 OR the apps I have installed messing things up. I'm really loathe to reset the phone as I've got it just how I like it.
Has any one else had a problem with the Hotspot?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
A reply saying they don't have a problem with the Hotspot would also be helpful.
eui version: 5.0.003S
Build number: BBXCNOP5000307091S
Thanks
Rob
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Soon after I got my phone, I used the ##778 reprogramming trick to enable "free" usb tethering. (PDAnet would crash my Vista laptop every 10 minutes.)
After the 2.2 OTA, I've been using the same trick to enable "free" hotspot through my Inc. (No root necessary!) I was able to access email and surf the web and after 1.5 months, I never once saw the MBC feature added to my bill.
Until 3 days ago, everything was working great. I would turn on the hotspot, my laptop would connect to the network and I was able to access the web.
Since then, my Inc creates a network and my laptop connects to the network, but it never connects to the internet. (The little globe icon doesn't appear. If that makes sense...) I checked ##778 settings and everything is fine.
I'm running stock kernel and 2.2 OTA with LauncherPro. I have ~200 apps installed currently. BUT none of that should matter because it worked fine with all these apps before.
Has anyone else experienced similar problems? Would the app that works for rooted phones work for me? I've been trying to avoid rooting my phone because, I'll end up spending WAY TOO MUCH time playing with ROM's and such. (It's inevitable, but I'm holding out as long as I can. Until then, I'll continue to read this forum to stay current.)
Mine still works fine - Root it jackass (jk) your phone will literaly be 100 times better
My co-worker used to connect his BB to my network, but now it won't even connect. It detects the network with 4 bars, but he gets an error connecting. (Probably because it won't detect an internet connection.)
This is bothering me a lot. I have a feeling it could be a hardware issue.
I got a wireless router yesterday for my workplace now so I don't really need the feature anymore (it's so much faster than VZW's network!), but I'd like to able to use it in emergency situations when I can't find an open network on the road.
blazin_phattys said:
Has anyone else experienced similar problems? Would the app that works for rooted phones work for me? I've been trying to avoid rooting my phone because, I'll end up spending WAY TOO MUCH time playing with ROM's and such. (It's inevitable, but I'm holding out as long as I can. Until then, I'll continue to read this forum to stay current.)
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+1 Root. Bro it will honestly take you less than 10 minutes to root your device and install wireless tether and you'll be off and running. If your timid you don't have to do anything more than that. All you have to do to revert is flash the stock image from your sd card to unroot.
I have been taking advantage of the all you can eat data on the 3 network UK. They currently allow you upto 80gb data transfere in one month on your phone. Up till now it has been working great but since last night, 30th Sept it refuses to connect for wireless tether. Normal internet on the phone is fine, I am using it now to post this. Even with apps from the Market, such as Wireless Tether, Barnacle and Open Garden wifi, the same problem still persists. I have even tried to connect on a risky open network with no password but the same could not connect message is displayed. I have tried going back onto Roms where I had no problems with tether and still can't connect. I have task 29 and loaded everthing from scratch and still the same. I have also cleaned my similar, nothing seems to work.
Has 3 UK changed the apn settings for tethering as they offer this on another plan they have or perhaps the solution is more simple to fix.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Hi,
Mate I'm exactly in the same problem and I'm hating 3. I used to tether and use internet using apps yesterday and today I'm facing this DISASTER!
xbroadcaster1991 said:
Hi,
Mate I'm exactly in the same problem and I'm hating 3. I used to tether and use internet using apps yesterday and today I'm facing this DISASTER!
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They probably have it User Agent filtered. So there servers see that the User Agent is of desktop origin and not mobile. You may have to google around for a way around it. Im sure there has gotta be one. Im starting to hate how all these cell phone companies wanna charge for tethering. Data is data, period. How can using my laptop to browse the web be any more costly to the cell provider? If anything it would use more data, but if there is a cap then thats my problem not anyone else's. -.- why is everything about money all the time?!
Hello everyone, hope you're enjoying the summer. I've been having problems with my wifi hotspot I can't visit any websites but I got access to Skype and Steam, that's the problem I can talk to people on Skype but I can't visit any websites, I tried a lot of different websites, nothing worked. If you have any help at all, then reply, I'm willing to do a lot of stuff to fix it. Hope someone can share their knowledge and help me out, it's okay if you can't answer me, I don't blame you.
Enjoy your summer, or winter, depending on where you live.
- NoahNBC
Bump, still haven't figured out the problem. I tried some stuff but it still doesn't work
I have a similar problem. HTC Desire with a custom Android 4.something. There is internet connection, but when hotspot is activated, a computer can connect to it, but can't connect to the internet. Says "no internet access". The computer is a Mac, but I don't think that matters. So, Desire is connected to the internet, computer is connected to Desire, but computer is not connected to the internet. The network is Ortega D. The problem is that it's my brother's problem and he's in Germany, and has very limited accessibility with that phone.
If you have some tricks I can try, I'd be thankful.
Hi everyone, i have searched for fix for my problem but without any luck. My problem is, tethering works without problem, good connectivity and so but it keep disconnects every one hour. I don't know whats wrong. I need it unlimited but dont know how do make it. Im using usb tethering, dont have internet on my PC but so I using friends and with his WiFi I making tethering conn. for my PC, I dont use mobile data for that. So pls help, i need it unlimited and very stable. Thank you very much.
dante.24 said:
Hi everyone, i have searched for fix for my problem but without any luck. My problem is, tethering works without problem, good connectivity and so but it keep disconnects every one hour. I don't know whats wrong. I need it unlimited but dont know how do make it. Im using usb tethering, dont have internet on my PC but so I using friends and with his WiFi I making tethering conn. for my PC, I dont use mobile data for that. So pls help, i need it unlimited and very stable. Thank you very much.
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This is a Networking question. Unstable Internet connectivity can be caused by so many things that's it's almost impossible to pin point the cause with a simple 'fix' for a phone. Unless you're willing to sift through all your LAN device configurations to see how traffic is being handled and routed, then a solution will be hard to come by. Try asking this question on a Networking Forum.
Hi Everyone,
im a happy and proud owner of a S5 without any special problems.
its a sim free (F) version.
i have used the hotspot WIFI tethering alot and it helps when im out of the office.
lately i found that this functions still connects the devices but i have no internet access for the laptop ,while the phone works perfectly.
looks like i have an IP but the DNS is not working - im not sure.
can anyone address me to a working solution?
i really dont want to recover the phone and loose data etc.
thank you.
efi1j said:
Hi Everyone,
im a happy and proud owner of a S5 without any special problems.
its a sim free (F) version.
i have used the hotspot WIFI tethering alot and it helps when im out of the office.
lately i found that this functions still connects the devices but i have no internet access for the laptop ,while the phone works perfectly.
looks like i have an IP but the DNS is not working - im not sure.
can anyone address me to a working solution?
i really dont want to recover the phone and loose data etc.
thank you.
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Did u try to connect another laptop or device? And u can try any tethering app from play store in the end u can backup ur data and make a reset
efi1j said:
Hi Everyone,
im a happy and proud owner of a S5 without any special problems.
its a sim free (F) version.
i have used the hotspot WIFI tethering alot and it helps when im out of the office.
lately i found that this functions still connects the devices but i have no internet access for the laptop ,while the phone works perfectly.
looks like i have an IP but the DNS is not working - im not sure.
can anyone address me to a working solution?
i really dont want to recover the phone and loose data etc.
thank you.
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is it your first time you are trying to tether from this phone?
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Hi Friends,
i have been using this feature a lot from the moment i got the device without any problem.
i also tried to connect it to other devices the problem is the same, some issue with the DNS address resolving .
do you know a tethering app that doesn't requires a root?