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It doesnt look easy...Could someone local please root my phone for me
its easy. i mean real easy. i did it with no problems. read the wiki. i was scared at first but with all the info thats in the wiki it was a snap. i was rooted and had clockwork installed in less than 20 minutes. you can do it. just trust yourself
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its easy. i mean real easy. i did it with no problems. read the wiki. i was scared at first but with all the info thats in the wiki it was a snap. i was rooted and had clockwork installed in less than 20 minutes. you can do it. just trust yourself
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Lol...I just want free hotspot..all that clockwork talk is over my head.
It's best to learn yourself, because that way you know what happens to your phone.
I no longer root other people's phone or mod it in any way. There is always that .00001% chance the phone would brick. I would feel horrible if I broke somebody's phone.
Not to be mean either but people come back to me for "Tech support" Blaming me that there phone isn't working properly because I "Rooted it" for them.
Also.. it's really easy to do. I mean all you have to do is:
-Get samsung drivers
-Put phone in USB Diagnostic Mode
-Run the Noobnl one click root.
Your done.
Like Pjames said.. Believe in yourself and have confidence.
Bomix is right. And its SUPER easy. If you have windows 7 you might have a smig harder time. I had to run the program 7 times to get it to finally connect and do it. But that just required double clicking it to try again. Also restaring the phone and then running the program when you see the sprint logo worked for me. But anyways, you really can't get easier than this, when I had to root my nexus one it took me forever with all the software, and dos cmd commands.
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Thanks for the tip guys...I guess I'll give it a shot when I get home from work. Now after I root, how do I set up the hotspot?
shook187 said:
Thanks for the tip guys...I guess I'll give it a shot when I get home from work. Now after I root, how do I set up the hotspot?
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once rooted,
You can use Wifi Tether, look it up on the market it's free.
Craiglist might help. I know ppl mod phones for like 20 bucks on craigslist. Try that out, although rooting is not hard at all if u don't mind being ripped off then try that out.
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ravizzle said:
Craiglist might help. I know ppl mod phones for like 20 bucks on craigslist. Try that out, although rooting is not hard at all if u don't mind being ripped off then try that out.
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I'm not looking to pay. I'm gonna give it a shot later tonight.
shook187 said:
I'm not looking to pay. I'm gonna give it a shot later tonight.
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I live in dudley if your willing to travel. I have no problem helping others but is all done at your own risk. You know what your getting into and can not provide any guarantee or warrantee
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shook187 said:
Thanks for the tip guys...I guess I'll give it a shot when I get home from work. Now after I root, how do I set up the hotspot?
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bomix said:
once rooted,
You can use Wifi Tether, look it up on the market it's free.
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Yes, but a much, much better solution is here. Infrastructure mode, and nicely integrated into the Wireless & Networks section of the Settings app. I've installed and tested it on the MixUp kernel, and it works like a champ.
There's a few apps that pop up in the market for wifi tether. Which one should we get?
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Yes, but a much, much better solution is here. Infrastructure mode, and nicely integrated into the Wireless & Networks section of the Settings app. I've installed and tested it on the MixUp kernel, and it works like a champ.
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So once rooted, you don't need a special setting/program to tether, you can just use tethering programs and assume it is free?
In WM there's always the settings/program that I was paranoid about having wrong.
No... you don't use the Sprint hotspot app. This mod integrates a wireless Access Point feature/capability directly into the phone.
After installation, a new item appears in menu->settings->Wireless & networks -- "Mobile AP".
Select it, and turn it on with the checkbox. Wait while it configures everything in about a minute, then look for it with any wireless device and connect same as any AP. The device will now have internet access via your Epic.
This solution beats any other simply on account of the Infrastruture Mode implementation; however, the tight integration directly into the Android system beats the app approach too, for my tastes.
The SSID, DHCP server address range, and other wifi router/AP parameters are configurable.
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No... you don't use the Sprint hotspot app. This mod integrates a wireless Access Point feature/capability directly into the phone.
After installation, a new item appears in menu->settings->Wireless & networks -- "Mobile AP".
Select it, and turn it on with the checkbox. Wait while it configures everything in about a minute, then look for it with any wireless device and connect same as any AP. The device will now have internet access via your Epic.
This solution beats any other simply on account of the Infrastruture Mode implementation; however, the tight integration directly into the Android system beats the app approach too, for my tastes.
The SSID, DHCP server address range, and other wifi router/AP parameters are configurable.
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just keep in mind this mod only works on stock/odexed ROMs, which if all you are doing is rooting, you have. if that is too much then you can get wifi tether but i think the market version still doesnt work on the Epic (correct me if thats changed).
the working version is here: http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
but you have to go to settings > applications > check unknown sources to install a file downloaded from non-market source.
amosher13 said:
just keep in mind this mod only works on stock/odexed ROMs, which if all you are doing is rooting, you have. if that is too much then you can get wifi tether but i think the market version still doesnt work on the Epic (correct me if thats changed).
the working version is here: http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
but you have to go to settings > applications > check unknown sources to install a file downloaded from non-market source.
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Works for me
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shook187 said:
Lol...I just want free hotspot..all that clockwork talk is over my head.
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As others have stated, you really should do it yourself and learn. Unless of course you dont ever plan on getting another phone that you plan to root. Most of the guides on XDA offer wasy instructions and have (some) members that will be patient and offer you assistance if you need it.
It really isnt that difficult with the guides and instructions some have posted. Look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=798067. My 12 year old nephew followed that post, and with minimal questions rooted his phone on his own without any issues.
Southie here if you need help still
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Southie here if you need help still
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perfect I work in south boston I'll send you a privrate message in a few I'm driving
I think youtube has some guides as well
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Not sure if anyone has realized this yet, and I apologize if this is a repost, but I recently download power control plus from the market and tried out the "wi-fi tethering" control. It works without root and appears on the other device as "androidap."
If anyone was interested in this and doesn't want to root.
EDIT: just realized it won't fully connect. Oh well, sorry.
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rhodes588 said:
Not sure if anyone has realized this yet, and I apologize if this is a repost, but I recently download power control plus from the market and tried out the "wi-fi tethering" control. It works without root and appears on the other device as "androidap."
If anyone was interested in this and doesn't want to root.
EDIT: just realized it won't fully connect. Oh well, sorry.
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yea theres a thread about this in development I believe
Edit: here it is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=799797
I've just been using Wireless Tether for Root Users. Works flawlessly with temp root. It just doesn't seem like their is any easy way to get tethering to work without temp root.
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/detail?name=wireless_tether_2_0_5-pre11.apk
At least temp root is very easily done. I hope T-Mo doesn't catch on to root apps and starts charging.
I don't know how they could manage to charge for rooted tethering apps to work. I believe all they can do is continue throttling heavy users.
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I don't know how they could manage to charge for rooted tethering apps to work. I believe all they can do is continue throttling heavy users.
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I wouldn't know either but sometimes phone companies get smart. They somehow got smart with BlackBerry's tether but it was a little different for BB phones than it is for Android phones.
At least I hope they just throttle at the most and they don't add extra charges. I'm a poor college kid as it is >.>....
They never did anything with the BB's I have had one on TMO and tethered for YEARs no issues slow as F*&k but it worked (internet at work is monitored). They never said anything.
I also wifi tether and use Pdanet now on my shiny G2.
Ok one of the reasons I mainly got this phone was the mobile hotspot feature because the internet at my college blows and it would be nice for everyone to be able to browse the internet in a single dorm and not just 2 people. Unfortunately Sprint has made it so this feature costs an addition 25 with your bill. I don't pay the bill so this isn't an option for me. I heard that if you root the epic, you can use the mobile hotpot feature for free. I haven't rooted it yet but I have the z4 root application on my phone. So how can I go about doing this?
Run z4root and then download and run wireless tether. Its not on the market so google it and you will find the latest version. I don't recall whether it will run on a stock kernel; if not you'll want to install a custom rom.
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It is usually usable only on the Eclair build when rooted. Sometimes not ;-)
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Ok I found a hit on google for wireless tether on google code. The only samsung glaxy device I saw said it ran on 1.5 but I'm on 2.1 so it should work right. I'm not sure if the device listed works with epic but it said galaxy device. Also will sprint notice the increase of data usage and charge me more?
Nope, unless you start dl movies.
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So standard internet browsing should be fine then?
Your expectations are unrealistic and this is a really easy subject to search for.
I don't unerstand how my expectations are unrealistic but thanks for the responses anyways.
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Here you. Root and wifi tether and other stuff all in one. Easy menu.
http://forum.sdx-developers.com/epi...ecovery-2-04-for-windows-intel-mac-and-linux/
If you are on 2.1 the best way is to get clockwork (use the one click root) then find mobile ap in the dev section and apply the zip. Way more stable than wireless tether in my experience.
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Jayavarman said:
Here you. Root and wifi tether and other stuff all in one. Easy menu.
http://forum.sdx-developers.com/epi...ecovery-2-04-for-windows-intel-mac-and-linux/
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Thanks much Jay. Gonna give that link the once over before I mess with the phone itself. Thanks ipaq as well. I'll check that out if I find any problems with the one in Jay's link.
Definitly if you are staying on stock rom, use mobile ap, it is soooooooooo much better then wireless tether, and if you follow my tutorial after rooting and getting clockwork first you can have themes with it too.
I think what he's trying to say about your expectations is you think you can do this and give everyone internet on your dorm. Do you know how slow that will run? Also you can only connect so many devices at one time. I don't know how many for wireless tether but mobile AP is 5. Yes wireless tether is a great feature its just not going to meet your expectations for helping a while dorm out.
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What college do you attend?
Am I missing the OP's question that Sprint called this device a mobile hotspot?? Is Sprint lying?
If you don't pay the $30 a month charge for hotspotting, will Sprint find out and charge you any extra if you tether your phone after rooting it?
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If you don't pay the $30 a month charge for hotspotting, will Sprint find out and charge you any extra if you tether your phone after rooting it?
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Ive been tethering since i had windows mobile, and ive never been in trouble, just dont download movies or any other big files. I mean its not even worth it to download movies takes too long anyhow. Just dont take your phone in rooted with that app on it or then u might get into some trouble.
If you have an epic 4g you have unlimited (truely unlimited) data...they are not going to say anything regardless of how much data you use. That being said spint will not Check the status of your phone (root or un rooted). You are go to go on tethering
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Ive been tethering since i had windows mobile, and ive never been in trouble, just dont download movies or any other big files. I mean its not even worth it to download movies takes too long anyhow. Just dont take your phone in rooted with that app on it or then u might get into some trouble.
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Yeah, I don't plan on doing anything crazy like torrenting. I'd use this to tether my iPad if I'm in an airport or on a long trip, or maybe if I'm on vacation and don't wanna pay $10-30 for the hotel's wifi. That's all. Nothing mundo crazy where I'm using gigs of transfers.
Thanks for letting me know!
I have a question that I hope someone here can answer.
I've toyed with the idea of installing one of the hotspot programs. But, I'm very wary of surfing the Net without a NAT/firewall between my Windows box and the Net. Do these programs provide firewall-type protection to the machines that are surfing through them?
Drake
I've read a LOT of wonderful and useful info here but I think I'm overloaded. So, assuming I have everything I need to root my phone and I'm ready to go, I'm not looking for lots of bells and whistles...I just need a ROM that will allow me to use the USB Tethering function out of the box. Suggestions?
Easy Tether from Market . . . free app . . . paid app allows HTTPS connections . . .
Lol easy tether. Only a noob would download that.
Options are
CM7 or CM6
Any sense 2.2 based rom such as
Myn's warm 2.2
Fresh
Mikfroyo
Evio
Sprint lovers
Vaelpack
Baked snack
Kingsrom
Etc.
Almost every rooted rom will have unlocked USB and wifi tethering
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Funny someone mentioned Easy Tether 'cause I just tried it today! As with all the other Market products, you can do basic web browsing but for https pages, instant messaging and whatnot, you have to pay and that's precisely what I was trying to avoid. I found it very slow and glitchy as well and there's absolutely no way a real noob could install it with the provided instructions - you have to be pretty knowledgeable beforehand with Windows services and pairing the device to your machine to make sense of the "How To". PDANet was a far better experience as far as Market solutions go.
Anyway, on to the rooting 'cause that's an actual solution rather than a workaround. Your suggestions as always were brilliant and I'm going to start with Evio. I see a good deal of positive feedback with that so it seems to be a decent starting point for a first timer like me. I'm absolutely taking some of the others out for a spin at least for a day or two as well...I'm a kid in a candy store! WEEEEEEEE!
macromouse said:
Funny someone mentioned Easy Tether 'cause I just tried it today! As with all the other Market products, you can do basic web browsing but for https pages, instant messaging and whatnot, you have to pay and that's precisely what I was trying to avoid. I found it very slow and glitchy as well and there's absolutely no way a real noob could install it with the provided instructions - you have to be pretty knowledgeable beforehand with Windows services and pairing the device to your machine to make sense of the "How To". PDANet was a far better experience as far as Market solutions go.
Anyway, on to the rooting 'cause that's an actual solution rather than a workaround. Your suggestions as always were brilliant and I'm going to start with Evio. I see a good deal of positive feedback with that so it seems to be a decent starting point for a first timer like me. I'm absolutely taking some of the others out for a spin at least for a day or two as well...I'm a kid in a candy store! WEEEEEEEE!
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Once you get the flash bug you will be trying new roms all the time. Enjoy and let me know if you need any more suggestions. Evio is a good place to start. If you want a very pretty and well done rom myn's warm 2.2 is awesome.
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If you are scared you can "soft" root and use Barnacle Wi-Fi. Have a friend that has been using that combo as he does not want to root.
Rem3Dy said:
Lol easy tether. Only a noob would download that.
Almost every rooted rom will have unlocked USB and wifi tethering
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Easy Tether is a good and viable option for someone that either can't or doesn't want to root their phone . . . I used it all last summer at the campground with my Moment and had no problems with it whatsoever . . . "noob" or not, it serves it's purpose . . .
I've been using PDANet on CM7 becasue I can't seem to get the wired tether to work. Windows never finds the drivers...
My Windows 7 laptops won't connect to my phone(CM7.0.2.1&TiamatSBC4.0.3) via Wifi or USB tether, it won't detect it as an adapter, and it will find the wireless access point but will not connect to it.
Ok I've been looking around the market and I just can't seem to find a wireless wifi tethering app that my acer will see that is compatable with a LG Vortex. I have tried the opengarden app that has worked for everything else, barnicle tether and 2 or 3 others that I can't remember. Help is nice.
What do u need a thethring app for wifi on the tablet? Turn on the wifi hotspot on the lg and then connect the iconia to it.
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I just can't seem to find a wireless wifi tethering app that my acer will see that is compatable with a LG Vortex.
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He is running it on the LG but the Acer can't find it to connect to it.
That being said I use T-Mobile so I just use the built in tether option in my phone, but my buddy who is on Verizon uses open garden and it works great for pairing his A500. Sounds like you may have another issue than just the app. Never owned an LG Android phone myself but just reading through markey comments it seems like 97% of the 1 star comment are someone on an LG phone that can't get something to work, maybe it just the phone lol.
i had a vortex. If you can get barnacle or wifi tether for root users to send out a non-adhoc signal, it'll work really well. Does take a bit of trial and error (and using different versions of the apk) to make it work, but once it does its flawless.
OK good suggestions. My issues is I don't like paying Verizon for something that should be free, I have the older unlimited data package, and I can't find open garden anywhere but the market.
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My point is, that this is an Acer Iconia Forum and if u have a question in relation to u r LG phone then ask it in the LG forum or r u just too lazy to look for an LG forum!?
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swissdiving said:
My point is, that this is an Acer Iconia Forum and if u have a question in relation to u r LG phone then ask it in the LG forum or r u just too lazy to look for an LG forum!?
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1) troll
2) Because the LG vortex forum really doesn't exist. Check the "support low end android equality" link in my sig.
also, its a good question because he wants to know what the a500 can pick up. I would tell someone to post here for this or similar questions.
Junkyardjames87 said:
OK good suggestions. My issues is I don't like paying Verizon for something that should be free, I have the older unlimited data package, and I can't find open garden anywhere but the market.
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here, try these:
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
http://szym.net/barnacle/
OK I've tried both while playing around with all of the settings but nothing. I need an application that does NOT transmit an ad-hoc signal. Did some research on it. Just can't find the application.
Another person said the Wi-Fi tether app can send a non ad-hoc signal but I can't figure out the setting. And I have been testing all of the apps I find on my of vortex and another different phone, Motorola bravo. Neither one is seen by the Acer except the stock tether that charges $40 extra for only 2 gigs.
And no. There is no of vortex forum at all. Trust me I've looked for a long time.
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Just do this.
JdgM3NT4L said:
Just do this.
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Or you can just download the ad-hoc patch from here http://www.multiupload.com/AM4G3BJLBR and flash using recovery it would be a lot more simple
Lazy people grrrrr
You have to have a rooted tablet..
download the ad-hoc fix.
rename the existing file in system/bin if i remember right.
set permissions as on old file.. (root explorer file manager is best to do this )
then you can see the any of the above apps mentioned on the phone if you have it set correctly. .
you can also try PDA-NET app... it does tether between android phone and tablet.. but i have not personally tried it..its in beta i think still free and on the market.. the app has to be installed on phone and tablet.. this is the flashable cwm zip.. or you can extract the file from it..
good luck . BY THE WAY THIS HAS BEEN ANSWERED OVER A MILLION TIMES on this forum.. GOOGLE SEARCH CAN BE YOUR FRIEND AND MAKE YOU LOOK LESS LAZY ..
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OK I've tried both while playing around with all of the settings but nothing. I need an application that does NOT transmit an ad-hoc signal. Did some research on it. Just can't find the application.
Another person said the Wi-Fi tether app can send a non ad-hoc signal but I can't figure out the setting. And I have been testing all of the apps I find on my of vortex and another different phone, Motorola bravo. Neither one is seen by the Acer except the stock tether that charges $40 extra for only 2 gigs.
And no. There is no of vortex forum at all. Trust me I've looked for a long time.
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wifi tether > settings > change setup method
And the LG vortex is just the Verizion variant of the LG Optimus One, which there IS a forum for, tho support for the vortex there is minimal.
Got it!
OK. I got it working out now. My a500 will see all ad-hoc networks now. I did the wap-suplement swap thing. Had to do it manually and play with the permissions a bit but now it works.
And to everybody, I posted here for two reasons,
ONE: I was trying to get wifi on my tablet
TWO: I wanted help to find an app/fix for various phones or for tablet.
And still there is no official forum for the LG Vortex but there is one for the Motorola Bravo and I wanted to be able to tether both of the phones as needed.
Junkyardjames87 said:
OK. I got it working out now. My a500 will see all ad-hoc networks now. I did the wap-suplement swap thing. Had to do it manually and play with the permissions a bit but now it works.
And to everybody, I posted here for two reasons,
ONE: I was trying to get wifi on my tablet
TWO: I wanted help to find an app/fix for various phones or for tablet.
And still there is no official forum for the LG Vortex but there is one for the Motorola Bravo and I wanted to be able to tether both of the phones as needed.
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Im So glad that you figured this out for yourself.... Thank you so much for Helping me.Helping me to understand how this fix works..
Giggles..