Problem with Laptop tethering Samsung S5 - just started - Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

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?

Additional info
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?

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WiFi problem, dissconects all the time...

Hi!
Bought a Tattoo for my kid and now we got a huge bill because the wifi seems to dissconects itself all the time and she is not that good checking the wifi state.
Is this a known problem or what can i do about it?
Using a Netgear N router and WEP (must use WEP because of my stupid XBox that can't handle any other security).
Please let me know how to fix this so she can use the phone!
I have this problem too, and as I found it's a known problem on net.
I'm using wifi fixer, which running as a service and reconnect everytime the connection drops. It's not a solution, but make things better.
http://uk.androlib.com/android.application.org-wahtod-wififixer-qwn.aspx
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dancer_69 said:
I have this problem too, and as I found it's a known problem on net.
I'm using wifi fixer, which running as a service and reconnect everytime the connection drops. It's not a solution, but make things better.
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Hi!
Thanks for the info, is that an app i can find on the Android's app place?
he he he.... did not notice your link Sorry!
Looks to me that HTC is screwing things up even with Android devices...
This phone realy sucks!
Me again!
I've struggled with this phone a couple of hours now but i can't get the wifi to work now.
I press connect to my network, i have entered the wep password but a couple of secs later it says disconnected...
What can i do about this?
I have the same problem - Is it best to configure the Wi Fi settings like IP address etc ? And if so whats the best settings for it?
I've managed to get it to connect now, removed an app that kept track of wifi traffic. But it seems to me that Tattoo does not use wifi when i use YouTube for example. Checked my providers homepage for traffic that we pay for and they had traffic for today. And the phone has not been used all day until my test this evening.
Is there a way to tell the phone to use just the wifi connection when using youtube app or explorer...?
ToddeSwe said:
I've managed to get it to connect now, removed an app that kept track of wifi traffic. But it seems to me that Tattoo does not use wifi when i use YouTube for example. Checked my providers homepage for traffic that we pay for and they had traffic for today. And the phone has not been used all day until my test this evening.
Is there a way to tell the phone to use just the wifi connection when using youtube app or explorer...?
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install apn on-off when you use wifi, just disable APN connection.
then if you need umts/gprs is 1click enabled
francians said:
install apn on-off when you use wifi, just disable APN connection.
then if you need umts/gprs is 1click enabled
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Thanks, this sounds easy enough for my kid to handle when she wants to use the wifi and to be sure that it uses the wifi and not the expensive data from our phone company.
Thanks again! Will try this!

[Q] No Tether for 3 UK

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?!

[Q] Upgraded MS2 Froyo to Gingerbread, now Mobile Hotspot doesn't work any more?

Has anyone got Mobile Hotspot to work on their MS2 after the upgrade to Gingerbread?
I've been having problems - Tte MS2 properly assigns an IP address to PCs that try to connect to it over WiFi, but the connection doesn't seem to go past my MS2 to the Internet. Same thing whether USB or WiFi.
I'm on T-mobile on the USA - could that have something to do with it, some kind of authentication is being performed now (that wasn't being performed on Froyo?)
I had this problem too.
Now I use the app "barnacle wifi tether" and it works fine.
I'm from Brazil...
Sent from my MotoA953 using XDA App
Thanks for the suggestion. If I root my phone I'll consider that option. Has anyone found any other fixes? I tried playing with the APN settings as suggested by some online, but it doesn't seem to help.
beestar said:
Has anyone got Mobile Hotspot to work on their MS2 after the upgrade to Gingerbread?
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Usb sharing is f*d up - dnsmasq does not launches properly and phone gives no IP in response to dhcp req from pc. I don't remember, if setting an IP and gw manually solves the problem.
However launching _both_ sharing method at once helped. DHCP worked fine. Maybe launching wifi hotspot alone generates similar problem?
Did a factory reset and now Mobile Hotspot works!
Haven't tried USB tethering yet, will report back when I do.
Great! I also had this problem and this tip helped me.
Mobile Hotspot works but haven't got USB tethering to work properly yet. The computer can get an IP address from the phone, but no connection through to the Internet. This is after the factory reset.
Same with me here.. Already did FR but still no go..
Old thread I know but anyone sorted this yet, as its doing my head in, I even changed to a tethering plan in case i was being blocked.
Barnacle Tether doesn't work either same symptoms also says DHCP:Could not bind to DHCP port Address already in use
Use PDA Net, it's available in the Play Store
Caesarivs said:
Use PDA Net, it's available in the Play Store
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Thanks Caesarivs I have tried that as well, just says obtaining ip address and then disconnects and says remembered
commanderaj said:
Thanks Caesarivs I have tried that as well, just says obtaining ip address and then disconnects and says remembered
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Could it be your carrier blocking 3G tethering?
Hi
3G tethering is not blocked by carrier as I am on a tethering plan and have spent a long time on the phone to an Indian call centre to sort it.
But joy of joys after trying everything I could think of including re-flashing and wiping all data etc. I have managed to get it working using wifi tether for root user
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Tethering

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.

Hotspot problems

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
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