I have looked but can't find a solution. I have the transformer 101 tablet and can't get it to connect to my tmobile mytouch 4g. I'm posting in this forum because I can get the tablet to connect to my computer so I figure it has something to do with the phone. I'm trying to get a bluetooth connection so I can tether. I don't use much data but I'd like to know I could do it with the tablet and make a connection if wifi not around. I have rooted and installed stock Android 2.3.4. I don't know much about Bluetooth or WIFi but from my readings I'm think it might have something to do with PAN BT profile. If this is the case, is this a software thing? Is their a ROM that has the PAN BT profile? I like some of the Sense Apps so I'd like to stay with a stable Sense ROM. I'd like to be able to stream Navigator when I need it or brows the internet while waiting in the parking lot for my husband. Yes I can do it on the phone but my eyes are bad and a larger screen is so nice. I don't come anywhere near a GB of data each month...just want to be able to connect when sitting in my car and give myself a bigger screen.
I must be missing something here. Why not install wifi tether or one of the myriad sense 3.5 ROMS in the dev section that ALL have a working wifi hotspot?
Well my thinking may be wrong on how Bluetooth and wifi work but I was thinking there isn't always a wifi connection, but there would always be a signal with bluetooth connecting the tablet to the phones 3G and 4G. I was hoping that, if tablet paired to phone when traveling, I could use the bigger screen on the tablet and navigation would run like on the phone. I'd like to use the tablet as much as possible and I'm thinking that in the country there wouldn't be any wifi hotspots. Sorry if I've got this all wrong. Most of the time I would use wifi and I've only used that at home or work....never hotspots.
As far as ROM's go, I was thinking of the Virtuous Affinity or Unity ROM's but didn't know if they were going to give me the bluetooth connection I was looking for. I can't remember but thought I read that you couldn't do some things in 3.5 that you could do with ealier versions. Do you know why the tablet can't connect with the MyTouch? Is it the PAN BT profile. I know the tablet doesn't do adhoc. Sorry but I did try to read up on it. I was just thinking of the message I see. They are paired but they wont connect. I click on the bluetooth device but it doesn't connect
I've tried to understand what your asking but I'm still confused. Are you trying to make a wifi hotspot off your phone, then connect your transformer to the hotspot, to use the internet?
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d2dthetide said:
Well my thinking may be wrong on how Bluetooth and wifi work but I was thinking there isn't always a wifi connection, but there would always be a signal with bluetooth connecting the tablet to the phones 3G and 4G. I was hoping that, if tablet paired to phone when traveling, I could use the bigger screen on the tablet and navigation would run like on the phone. I'd like to use the tablet as much as possible and I'm thinking that in the country there wouldn't be any wifi hotspots. Sorry if I've got this all wrong. Most of the time I would use wifi and I've only used that at home or work....never hotspots.
As far as ROM's go, I was thinking of the Virtuous Affinity or Unity ROM's but didn't know if they were going to give me the bluetooth connection I was looking for. I can't remember but thought I read that you couldn't do some things in 3.5 that you could do with ealier versions. Do you know why the tablet can't connect with the MyTouch? Is it the PAN BT profile. I know the tablet doesn't do adhoc (point one). Sorry but I did try to read up on it. I was just thinking of the message I see. They are paired but they wont connect. I click on the bluetooth device but it doesn't connect
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There a couple things wrong with this post 1) the tablet does support and use AD-HOC tethering. I know that for a fact because I've had people connect to my home network via my tablet just to show off. Pretty embarrassing making them use my Android Tablet to connect their iPad to my home network. 2) If you are just wanting to use your tablet as a navigation unit, use the Google maps while you are connected to WiFi to find directions to where you want to go, then press the navigate button. It'll work w/o a data signal. I've done it several times. 3) you don't need blue-tooth to bridge the Tablet to the phone. This doesn't work like Blackberries and the playbook. You can use the Wi-Fi Tether .apk from Google's source code to do just that. [http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list] 4) There has to be a blue tooth stack installed on the Phone, and on the Tablet that will allow them to share blue tooth connections for Internet. I have TF101 and have yet to find such a BT stack.
For those of us with Android head units and iPhones the ability to create and connect to mobile hotspots has been awkward or costly at best. You either needed a dedicated mobile hotspot and the costs associated with that, or use the iPhones hotspot capability and manually enable it each time. Android users have been lucky to simply use Tasker and create an event. I had been using the manual method on my iphone for quite some time until I discovered ActIf.
With a jailbroken iphone you can download from Cydia one of the most popular tweaks- Activator. I'm not going to get into everything is does but its similar to Tasker but not as robust. There is an add-on called ActIf that adds additional capabilities to Activator and with this you can create an event where when your phone connects via Bluetooth to your Android head unit, that Activator will turn on your WiFi hotspot, and vice versa when you disconnect from Bluetooth. With the addition of an App like TetherMe you can keep your WiFi hotspot broadcasting until your Android head unit connects to the network.
While not as elegant as a dedicated mobile 3G hotspot, it is free and once configured requires absolutely NO input or effort from the user. I keep my phone in my pocket most of the time now. Hope this helps somebody.
On these latest PX5 units have you guys experienced the wifi not connecting very well to an iPhone personal hotspot?
I have a JY-UM135N4PX5 Joying Android 8, PX5 4GB/32GB unit.
I've noticed on this one compared to my old Joying the wifi doesn't like to connect very well to my iphone X hotspot. Watching the wifi in the settings GUI I can see it saying "connecting, authenticating" and it connects for a sec to the iphone (as shown in the phone with the blue connect icon) and then immediately disconnects and tries again. Sometimes after about 2-3x it will show "getting ip address" and then connect. Other times it will try 4x and then say "Authentication Problem". I hooked up my old Joying to a bench tester and when powered on it connects to the iphone hotspot the first time every time.
I'm running Joying's latest firmware they just released on the 23rd.
I got same issue
I have same issue with a brand new PX5 by Xtrons. I just did 24+ hours driving over 3 days and am pretty sure of the following. PX5 with 8.0 OS works fine on good wifi, whether it's a hotspot mobile connection or wifi coming from a landline. However if the wifi becomes spotty, like driving through rural locations or poor wifi in RV campground, then it disconnects and reconnects until the wifi is strong again. It's like it has no patience to wait for the signal to improve. At one point it would no longer even see my hotspot and I reset it. I would hope a system update may fix this.
The Joying units suffer of the MAC-address problem. I already mailed this to Joying. A MAC-address is the unique hardware address of your WiFi adapter. On every reboot and on every wakeup of the unit, it changes this hardware MAC-address.
This really stupid software behavior causes problems with WiFi connection, "picky" (but actually safe) WiFi hotspots, with adb over tcpip, and maybe more. It also fills your DHCP tables on your WiFi router with useless addresses as your WiFi router has to hand out a new ip-address for every new MAC-address asking for it. It really is a Joying issues and "pure" Android will definitely not do this (It is prohibited in the IEEE standards).
In the latest 6 June firmware release for my model it has now been reduced to only switch/change on every cold reboot. Still very stupid, but at least much better.
My unit is an Xtrons running Android 8.0 with the factory version OS.
I think I fixed my problem. I turned off, under Wifi Preferences "Open Network Notification: Notify when a high-quality public network is available". It's now run smoothly on good or poor wifi connections for 3 days. This makes sense to me. If the unit has a poor wifi connection, it would disconnect, scan for new wifi with no password and then reconnect to what's available.
Marcrocs said:
My unit is an Xtrons running Android 8.0 with the factory version OS.
I think I fixed my problem. I turned off, under Wifi Preferences "Open Network Notification: Notify when a high-quality public network is available". It's now run smoothly on good or poor wifi connections for 3 days. This makes sense to me. If the unit has a poor wifi connection, it would disconnect, scan for new wifi with no password and then reconnect to what's available.
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I tried this and also the never in the sleep setting but its still being weird with MTCE_WWW_V2.80_1. on an EONON GA9180a
Hello
I have the same problem with my joying JY-UO134P4
PX5 i have to try 6-7 times and then it will connect with my iphone x. With my home wifi it will connect right away from the first time, Today i upgraded the unit to 8.0.1 still facing the same problem. If any of you guys found a way of fixing it i would really appreciate your help
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I have the same problem with my joying JY-UO134P4
PX5 i have to try 6-7 times and then it will connect with my iphone x. With my home wifi it will connect right away from the first time, Today i upgraded the unit to 8.0.1 still facing the same problem. If any of you guys found a way of fixing it i would really appreciate your help
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also had the problem on my old EONON GA9180a and now getting it on my Xtrons PE88jccpl, sometimes it connects perfectly but other times getting authenticating, authentication errors. Also, having problems with the speed when its connected it starts out fast and perfect but slows down to .2 to .3 mbps after a couple of minutes. I updated both MCU and android and still getting issues.
Px5 wifi issue
I use Huawei e8372 modem with my px5 and when it is connected the range (network) icon is shown but there is no internet however moden have router mode so I connect to wifi in my radio. Anyway this is not work good also, because wifi is still disconnecting, every 2 minutes and not connect again automatically. Wifi on in the sleep mode set to always, "Open Network Notification: Notify when a high-quality public network is available" is disabled. Any advise?
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I tried this and also the never in the sleep setting but its still being weird with MTCE_WWW_V2.80_1. on an EONON GA9180a
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same unit, having same problem. Either the wifi won't connect unless I go into the settings and remind it to, or it will try connecting over and over again in some kind of loop, eventually ending with "Authentication Problem". Happening when trying to connect to either iPhone or S9 hotspot.
Same here with Malaysk ROM 2.0. on a PX5 unit
Lately it refuse to connect to my iPhone hotspot and hanging in Obtaining IP address.
WiFi direct possible fix
Possible fixes has anyone tried a WiFi direct app something like securetether which bypasses the built in Android hotspot or netshare ?
I have the same problem, could you guys do me a favor?
Try to set the hotspot channel manually in your phone if it is possible to channel 6 for example and try if it works.
My PX5 unit had problems with wifi channels above channel 9, in my old phone I set this value manually and it worked for months, but in my S9+ this setting is missing
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I have the same problem, could you guys do me a favor?
Try to set the hotspot channel manually in your phone if it is possible to channel 6 for example and try if it works.
My PX5 unit had problems with wifi channels above channel 9, in my old phone I set this value manually and it worked for months, but in my S9+ this setting is missing
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Im on Android Oreo and I haven't got that feature on mine either
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McHerold said:
I have the same problem, could you guys do me a favor?
Try to set the hotspot channel manually in your phone if it is possible to channel 6 for example and try if it works.
My PX5 unit had problems with wifi channels above channel 9, in my old phone I set this value manually and it worked for months, but in my S9+ this setting is missing
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Im on Android Oreo and I haven't got that feature on mine either
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Im on Android Oreo and I haven't got that feature on mine either
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Im on Android Oreo and I haven't got that feature on mine either
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Yeah, this is one is really giving me headaches, I don't get it why such useful features are missing.
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Yeah, this is one is really giving me headaches, I don't get it why such useful features are missing.
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What I found out was when I enabled the WiFi and BT scanning options in (scanning settings) this function only pops up when you disable WiFi, then enable them, then come out of that then WiFi signals should show up and it should connect without dropping out, but the only thing is when you've switched off the unit for a while and turn it on again you may not see any WiFi until you disable then re enable the same settings.
yeah I can't find any channel setting on my S9 either. Nor on iPhone 7, but I will keep trying. Glad to know I am not the only one with this problem.
Wifi authentication solution iphone
I moved from a px3 MTCB HA unit running Android 7.1 which connected perfectly to a MTCE LM v2.88 unit (PX5 4gb 32 gb) with Android 8.0
Terrible problems with authentication. The only fix was a cold boot (hold down reset, lights flash after 15 secs, press reset again)
I tried all the different wifi settings across the forums.
My iphone runs ios12.1 - and every time it would just stick in an ‘authentication problem loop’ - changed name, reset phone, reset password- nothing.
The fix- I moved to hal9k V3 ROM and it has worked perfectly for a week, no interventions- just perfect.
Its a very easy switch on my device - download the zip, install the app and run it, load new software.
No idea why that worked but it is now a perfect head unit.
I have the Xtrons PE88M211PL. I can't connect to wifi either. I haven't tried the notify idea above and that's next. But the wifi nob won't even toggle to wifi. I have my phone tethered and have tried the android through usb and bluetooth options. I need to log into googlemaps to get the offline mode to find my maps. And it says no connection. Thing is, I did get a connection once, at least it started to authenticate an xfinity wifi hotpot but it was too weak.
The MAC adress on my Joying keeps changing. As consequence it (the Joying HU) isn't shown as "trusted device" on my Samsung. Only after manually entering the Mac adress the HU connects to my phone. I run my Joying with latest firmware 2018 - 11 and the Joying support is informed. They are working for a solution.
Unfortunately the HU, now, is used as a screen. I run Android Auto on it, which obviously is a phone app. In short: the Joying HU is very much underperforming as it has full tablet capacities which all can't be used. Joying is working on a solution. And I hope that participants in this thread overhere might already found a solution?
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The MAC adress on my Joying keeps changing. As consequence it (the Joying HU) isn't shown as "trusted device" on my Samsung. Only after manually entering the Mac adress the HU connects to my phone. I run my Joying with latest firmware 2018 - 11 and the Joying support is informed. They are working for a solution.
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I have mentioned this multiple times to Joying and already in June they "promised" as solution. So far: nothing.
My SM-T500 won't let me connect to my smartphone with bluetooth tethering if Wifi is on.
I have a Wifi device with no internet that I need to connect my tablet to.
To have internet on the tablet I need to establish a connection via bluetooth with my smartphone but the tablet says "To use Bluetooth tethering, turn off Wi-Fi on this device."
Does anyone know how to overcome this limitation that Samsung has imposed.
I can't understand why Samsung creates these restrictions.
seems to me you having problems with your imei, and maybe also corrupt your imei this could probitly come from the flashing process...i have this problem by myself if i find some solution i will let you know and you please too if you find a solution
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My SM-T500 won't let me connect to my smartphone with bluetooth tethering if Wifi is on.
I have a Wifi device with no internet that I need to connect my tablet to.
To have internet on the tablet I need to establish a connection via bluetooth with my smartphone but the tablet says "To use Bluetooth tethering, turn off Wi-Fi on this device."
Does anyone know how to overcome this limitation that Samsung has imposed.
I can't understand why Samsung creates these restrictions.
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Why not connect both your tablet and the other device to the smartphones wifi hotspot?
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Why not connect both your tablet and the other device to the smartphones wifi hotspot?
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Thanks for replying.
I will try to elaborate better.
On my boat I have a wireless fishfinder that communicates with an android device through a hotspot that the fishfinder itself creates. This hotspot does not have internet because it only serves to send the data to the android device. In my case the SM-T500.
On the SM-T500 I also use some marine navigation apps that work offline but with less functions than if they were connected to the internet. Without internet I don't have some real-time data.
Of course I could use the smartphone instead of the SM-T500 but it's much harder to read a nautical chart on a 6" device than on a 10" tablet. Even worse if the sea is rough.
I just can't understand why Samsung blocks such simple functions unnecessarily.
I guess it's live and learn and run away from Samsung when buying another device.
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Thanks for replying.
I will try to elaborate better.
On my boat I have a wireless fishfinder that communicates with an android device through a hotspot that the fishfinder itself creates. This hotspot does not have internet because it only serves to send the data to the android device. In my case the SM-T500.
On the SM-T500 I also use some marine navigation apps that work offline but with less functions than if they were connected to the internet. Without internet I don't have some real-time data.
Of course I could use the smartphone instead of the SM-T500 but it's much harder to read a nautical chart on a 6" device than on a 10" tablet. Even worse if the sea is rough.
I just can't understand why Samsung blocks such simple functions unnecessarily.
I guess it's live and learn and run away from Samsung when buying another device.
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Samsung doesn't block it, Android does. It's just a function of how it works. It doesn't support two wireless connections at once. Blame the fishfinder for choosing such a weird way to connect. You could always switch back and forth between the two hotspots.
If I were you, I'd just buy a cheap tablet like a used Amazon Fire HD to connect to the fishfinder. It doesn't take a fancy device to perform that simple task.
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Samsung doesn't block it, Android does. It's just a function of how it works. It doesn't support two wireless connections at once. Blame the fishfinder for choosing such a weird way to connect. You could always switch back and forth between the two hotspots.
If I were you, I'd just buy a cheap tablet like a used Amazon Fire HD to connect to the fishfinder. It doesn't take a fancy device to perform that simple task.
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i would say the same thing if you ask me......
lewmur said:
Samsung doesn't block it, Android does. It's just a function of how it works. It doesn't support two wireless connections at once. Blame the fishfinder for choosing such a weird way to connect. You could always switch back and forth between the two hotspots.
If I were you, I'd just buy a cheap tablet like a used Amazon Fire HD to connect to the fishfinder. It doesn't take a fancy device to perform that simple task.
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You are right. I just chose this fishfinder because I have two small boats and it allows me to switch between them and not have to walk around with lots of wires behind.
I blamed Samsung because my Xiaomi smartphone doesn't have this function blocked and is on the same android version as the SM-T500.
I don't know about the Amazon tablet. I currently use several marine navigation aid applications on my SM-T500 and sometimes I notice that it can barely get the job done. And the SM-T500 was one of the cheapest tablets I've found with GPS.
Either way, I'm already resigned. I do exactly as you said and I switch between the fishfinder hotspot and the one on my smartphone to get internet.
It's not perfect but it does the trick.