I finally got a Bluetooth PAN app to work. I have a rooted Motoactv and have been searching for a way to connect the watch without the battery dain of having the wifi radio running for extended period of time. With bluetooth tethering, I can run it all day and have my watch connected whenever I want to do sonething requiring internet access.
The apps name is Bluetooth PAN Client by SilentLexx, just do a search in tbe Android Market. It requires superuser permission so make sure you have "accept" automatically selected in your superuser settings, so you dont get the prompt without the pop up window to accept it.
Works great!
Not sure how much of a difference it would make since my actv has good battery life. I would still try it. Thanks for the info
What kind of battery life you talking about
Well, when wifi is connected, I get 4hrs. With Bluetooth PAN, triple that.
Note that this method has all kinds of issues with apps that check connectivity using the normal java system calls, which are basically buggy (they only report connectivity for wifi or mobile network, not for PAN or VPNs). Unfortunately this is a large number of apps, including google's own. Therefore when using PAN, most email won't sync, apps won't update etc etc.
Oh wow, thanks for that info. I was wondering why I couldn't get Google Voice to work like usual.
I just use it to do quick on demand web surfing/Google searches, eBay, Craigslist, Slacker radio, weather, and email. I just manually refresh my email accounts as I see the need.
Navigation works great with BT PAN and since it has a huge power savings, I use it all the time for turn-by-turn nav.
Hi I've been using the Motoactv for a couple weeks and have gotten it rooted. I am really interested in tethering through bluetooth. I read about you downloading Bluetooth Pan and getting it to work. I tried this today but I have not gotten it to work. Can you give a detailed description of what you did? I tried downloading Bluetooth Pan on both phone (Samsung S3) and Motoactv but I wasn't able to get it to work. Thank you in advance!
To date, I dont think your S3 has bluetooth tethering until it updates to 4.3 which should be very soon, matter of days. You only need the app. on the Actv, launch it and select your phone as the device and select connect. Let me know what errors your getting we can troubleshoot.
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To date, I dont think your S3 has bluetooth tethering until it updates to 4.3 which should be very soon, matter of days. You only need the app. on the Actv, launch it and select your phone as the device and select connect. Let me know what errors your getting we can troubleshoot.
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Oh no wonder! Yeah I'm running rooted 4.1.2 on the S3. Ok thanks for all your help!!
darock933 said:
Oh no wonder! Yeah I'm running rooted 4.1.2 on the S3. Ok thanks for all your help!!
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I am able to BT tether my motoACTV to my VZW S3 running a 4.1.2 ROM. 4.3 is not a requirement.
The main issue I had was that I could not access the "Tap to connect" button in the Bluetooth PAN for root app on my motoACTV in order to initiate the connection with my phone as the stock dpi (120) would not show the button. I am using the Xposed framework and App Settings apk for Gingerbread to allow per-app DPI and had to set the DPI of the BT PAN for root app to 90dpi in order to access the "Tap to Connect" button on the actv.
On the S3, be sure that bluetooth tethering is enabled by going into Settings -> More Settings (Wireless and Networks) -> Tethering -> Bluetooth Tethering.
Hope this helps.
Thats a simple fix. Go into the PAN app. setting and select the Auto Switch and Auto Connect by checking the boxes. Should work fine.
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Thats a simple fix. Go into the PAN app. setting and select the Auto Switch and Auto Connect by checking the boxes. Should work fine.
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How do you turn off tethering when you want to using this option? Do you manually turn off BT?
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I am able to BT tether my motoACTV to my VZW S3 running a 4.1.2 ROM. 4.3 is not a requirement.
The main issue I had was that I could not access the "Tap to connect" button in the Bluetooth PAN for root app on my motoACTV in order to initiate the connection with my phone as the stock dpi (120) would not show the button. I am using the Xposed framework and App Settings apk for Gingerbread to allow per-app DPI and had to set the DPI of the BT PAN for root app to 90dpi in order to access the "Tap to Connect" button on the actv.
On the S3, be sure that bluetooth tethering is enabled by going into Settings -> More Settings (Wireless and Networks) -> Tethering -> Bluetooth Tethering.
Hope this helps.
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That's interesting, I think the problem is that my phone is AT&T S3 and in the stock 4.1.2 there's no option for "bluetooth tethering" under tethering and portable hotspot menu. I'm guessing like OP said maybe have to wait for 4.3.
I also had a hard time with the "Tap to connect" button too because I can't see. Eventually when I am able to get it to bluetooth tether I will revisit the Xposed framework.
Thanks for your help!!
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How do you turn off tethering when you want to using this option? Do you manually turn off BT?
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You can leave it running as it doen't run your battery down or inhibit you from connecting other BT items to the Actv. Or just turn off your BT tethering from your phone.
darock933 said:
That's interesting, I think the problem is that my phone is AT&T S3 and in the stock 4.1.2 there's no option for "bluetooth tethering" under tethering and portable hotspot menu. I'm guessing like OP said maybe have to wait for 4.3.
I also had a hard time with the "Tap to connect" button too because I can't see. Eventually when I am able to get it to bluetooth tether I will revisit the Xposed framework.
Thanks for your help!!
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No problem. Alternatively, you can try an app for your phone like FoxFi or an older Wifi Tethering by TrevE apk (supports BT tether). Just throwing out options while waiting for the official update.
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You can leave ot running as it doent run your battery down or inhibit you from connecting other BT items to the Actv. Or just turn off your BT tethering from your phone.
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The issue I've had with BT tether is that certain apps don't recognize it as a valid connection (has been discussed before). For example, with the market, I can browse apps but when it comes time to actually download or update an app, the process will hang when tethering. Need to switch to wifi to do it which requires disabling BT tether first (or there are conflicts). I suppose I could do it from the phone but I like controlling it for the ACTV.
Good to know the options are there though. Thanks.
darock933 said:
That's interesting, I think the problem is that my phone is AT&T S3 and in the stock 4.1.2 there's no option for "bluetooth tethering" under tethering and portable hotspot menu. I'm guessing like OP said maybe have to wait for 4.3.
I also had a hard time with the "Tap to connect" button too because I can't see. Eventually when I am able to get it to bluetooth tether I will revisit the Xposed framework.
Thanks for your help!!
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I have an AT&T S4 with 4.3. Still no bt tether. I can't even get foxfi to work. It starts and enables the bt tether, but no devices can use it. Does it need root maybe?
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No, make sure that you have connected it to the Motoactv sync at least once, so the Actv. has your devise in the BT registry. Once listed on the BT Pan app. you should be able to initiate the connection via the Actv.
I'm curious, what apps are people successfully using with BT PAN, and with which ROM (dprom or ClearD)? I can connect to my Droid 4 using SilentLexx's Bluetooth PAN for Root Users, but nothing seems to work including Boat Browser, which I thought others had reported as working.
Using CleatD and SilentLexx: Boat Browser, Navigation, Google Maps, News Republic, News and Weather widget.
ronfurro said:
Oh wow, thanks for that info. I was wondering why I couldn't get Google Voice to work like usual.
I just use it to do quick on demand web surfing/Google searches, eBay, Craigslist, Slacker radio, weather, and email. I just manually refresh my email accounts as I see the need.
Navigation works great with BT PAN and since it has a huge power savings, I use it all the time for turn-by-turn nav.
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If you can install xposed framework, GravityBox has a `network spoofer' that tricks the system into thinking wifi is active instead of BT PAN. I tried it on my Galaxy Gear, have not made the time to do so on my Moto. The thread that talks aboot it is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48324006
If that method isn't viable, then perhaps there is another spoofer on the market to achieve the same goal....
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Is there a way to spoof my phone to make it appear to be on the network it's broadcasting when I have the hotspot turned on so that I can use screen mirroring? I want to be able to use it with my Roku 3 but when I try to enable screen mirroring I get the message telling me that the WiFi hotspot will be automatically turned off. Any ideas/solutions will be appreciated. Thanks.
u trying to screen mirror over the hotspot through your roku?
Yes, when I'm using my hotspot in my phone and try to turn on screen mirroring it automatically turns off the hotspot. Is there any way to avoid this?
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Yes, when I'm using my hotspot in my phone and try to turn on screen mirroring it automatically turns off the hotspot. Is there any way to avoid this?
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Im on Acheron as of this moment, so it has the motorola tethering app through xposed. Maybe try that? Because I have had no issues with it or the stock tethering app.
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Yes, when I'm using my hotspot in my phone and try to turn on screen mirroring it automatically turns off the hotspot. Is there any way to avoid this?
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As far as I know and understand, screen mirroring requires the use of the wireless nic (WiFi card) in your phone. I know Chromecast does this and I think AllShare cast also (as does Apple TV/AirPlay). That's just how the device communicates with the receiver... via the wireless network.
As long as hotspot is enabled, the wnic is in use and other services that rely on it wouldn't be able to use it.
OK, so I have to use my fingerprint to unlock my phone. For me this gets annoying when I am in my car or extremely busy working and my screen times out. this wouldn't be so much of a problem if the note 4 had lollipop but we dont at the moment.
I solved this using the following:
Root
Xposed
and a module called NO LOCK HOME
You can set it to any bluetooth or wi-fi connection, or to a specific one. I set mine to my car but changed it to any bluetooth because of my moto 360 and hands free are the only other devices that connect over bluetooth. Plus if you go out of range it auto locks or when the the screen is off depending on your settings.
you can download NO LOCK HOME straight from xposed installer
You can do this via Tasker as well.
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You can do this via Tasker as well.
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i dont like like having tasker always running
tl;dr: If you have the WiFi hotspot issue where you can connect to the network but not get internet access try launching the stock verizon hotspot app and enabling it. Worked for me.
This is my first post please don't hate me for posting something so simple, thanks. :highfive:
I've been using my XT1528 as my main device for a few months now, preferring it to the Galaxy S4, but a major drawback was the inability to use it as a hotspot. I own a copy of easytether(for my linux machines) and PDAnet so it wasn't the end of the world but having to physically connect the phone is inconvenient.
Basically, you can enable the hotspot but it doesn't provide any connectivity. The standard fix for this on all phones is to edit the APN type setting to include "dun". When using the airplane mode trick to enable connectivity with a GSM carrier on the XT1528 apn changes don't stick for whatever reason. Half the time when I look an APN isn't even selected. I don't know if MMS works or not because I use hangouts to text but the SMSC seems to be fine. You also cannot enable the hotspot through any of the standard apps from the play store. FoxFi says it isn't compatible, etc.
So today I was playing around, testing M$' arrow launcher, and I launched the verizon "mobile hotspot" app on a whim, which seems to be just a shortcut to the stock tethering settings. It isn't though. When you go through this app and enable the hotspot - it works. I then disabled it, went to the tethering settings normally, enabled it, and the hotspot worked again. It makes no sense to me, I struggled to get this feature working for weeks and did a ton of googling for a solution. This app must temporarily add "dun" to whatever apn this thing is using because as a stock system app SELinux isn't blocking it. I haven't tried a reboot yet as I'm working on something with the phone and can't reboot it for a while.
With this solved I am in complete awe at what an incredible device I got for $25. From one hand usage, to the really nice feeling of the body, SD card slot, battery life. I am just so happy with this thing.
I haven't been able to replicate your results. I clicked on the red mobile Hotspot icon on the app drawer, set up and activated it. My tablet seems to connect, but the connection has no internet. This is driving me bonkers.
Phone: Galaxy S8 unlocked FW with Bluetooth and wifi hotspot enabled
Headunit: Joying 6" 6.0 (Not rooted but I will if I have to)
I always have Bluetooth on on my phone. What is the best way to set it up where everytime my stereo detects my phone's Bluetooth, it sets up the data hotspot connection automatically between them?
Thanks!
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You want the HU to host the hotspot? Or the phone? I know there are several apps to accomplish this but ultimately Tasker is used in some form or another. Have you looked into Tasker?
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yeah I have Tasker, I want my phone to send data to the headunit.
I did not see and option to enable Bluetooth tether, just wifi. I think the harder part is getting the headunit to grab the data connection. Unless it will just do that automatically once the phone starts broadcasting?
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I use this plugin: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.matejdro.taskertethercontrol
With tasker (since taskers in built start wifi tethering has been broken for a while.
You will need root so that plugin can be installed has a system app.
Regarding the HU auto connecting to the hotspot it should happen fine as long as you save the hotspot wifi name and password. Much the same as your phone autoconnects to your home wifi when you get within range.
Basically set a profile in tasker: BT connected (using the magnifying glass to select the name and address for the headunit). Create two tasks one using the plugin to turn on the hotspot and one using it to turn off. Set those as the enter and exit tasks. This is all done on your phone, then just set the HU up to connect to the hotspot wifi and leave wifi on.
It seems ppl are using BT Auto Connect and BT Auto Tether apps from the play store
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