Good Morning,
One question please:
Does anyone have a method to permanently disable Wi-Fi?
I know it sounds strange to want a Tablet to not have connectivity, but I have a very specific need to do so. I found I could Root the Fire Tablet and run uFirewall to kill Wi-Fi, but the end user can just undue the setting. I am trying to disable the Wi-Fi and defeat the Toggle Switch. I would prefer not to Root as I have a decent quantity to configure identically. I wouldn't mind preforming Factory Resets if required to re-enable Wi-Fi if ever needed.
Thank you!
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Hi,
I am currently developing an application that would require to have hotspot activated, and, at the same time, perform wifi scans and connect to another wifi network.
The problem I am facing now is that when I call WifiManager.setWifiEnabled, it disables the hotspot, and when I call WifiManager.setWifiApEnabled (via reflection), it disables the wifi.
Are there hardware limitations that prevent from doing this? What do I have to do to succeed? Is this even possible? Has someone already done something like this?
Thank you,
>>>Aylatan
I found a workaround for the scanning problem, which is to disable the hotspot just the time for the scan to complete, and re-enable it after.
Unfortunately, this cannot be done for the wifi connection, as it will require much more time to proceed.
None has ever tried something like this ?
I just recently got my Note 10.1 (2014) WiFi a few days ago, but have been doing quite a bit of research. One thing I really wanted was my tablet to be... well, mobile. I could always use it at home through WiFi, but off the WiFi connection it serves very little purpose if any at all besides playing offline games, and playing offline content.
So, I did some research and found that its actually pretty easy to have Bluetooth Tether automatically enable itself and connect when you have your phone and tablet near each other.
Items needed: Android Phone, and Android Tablet
1. Download Bluetooth Auto Connect on your tablet.
2. Download Bluetooth Auto Tethering on your phone.
3. Download Tasker on your phone / Llama on the tablet. I used Tasker on my phone and found it slightly difficult to get this to work on the tablets end, so I used both Tasker and Llama to get this to work, your preference however.
4. In Tasker (which I have enabled on my phone):
Add New Task > Add Action from Plugin > Click Bluetooth Auto > If Bluetooth ~ On > Click pencil icon next to configuration > Make sure Enable Blueooth Tether is active > Save.
Once you complete this click the upper left corner "back" button twice and you should see your new "Tether" task listed on your phone.
5. In Llama (On the tablet):
Events > Click plus sign on bottom right of screen > Add Condition > Wifi Network Disconnected (any wifi network) > Add Action > Locale Plugin > Bluetooth Auto Connect > Make sure you set it to your device, in my case its the Moto X > Save.
Once you complete this, click back on your tablet and you should see the new event listed.
6. Profit
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To test, disable and enable bluetooth on your phone, go into settings and check to see if tethering was activated automatically. On the tablet, enable WiFi (given you can connect to a network). Once connected to the network, disable WiFi on the tablet. It takes about 5-10 seconds to kick in, but you should connect to your phones bluetooth internet connection automatically. I ensured my phone was connected to data and not the wifi when I tested, but any connection (wifi or data) will work through tether.
Now, it might be just as easy to do this all in Llama, but its working for me using both apps. I will try to get pictures and format this better later on, but I figured I would share. Let me know if you have issues!
Thank you, this was very useful!
Will deffo give this a go - Thanks
I think there is something I am doing wrong. I followed the steps and couldn't get this to work.
What's happening?
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Tablet Talk
If I understand well...
The easiest way: install on both device the Tablet Talk app and voilá! 1 minute and it works!
EasyTether is my app of choice
Gets installed on your phone, pc and tablet. Supports usb connected or bluetooth. Very handy.
Does this still require you to have a bluetooth tethering plan on your phone?
Kit Kat (4.4.2)
It was mentioned that this was used on the Galaxy Tablet 10.1 (2014). I am wondering since the new update to KitKat 4.4.2 has gone through does this still work? I ask because I was running this method with a mix of FoxFI and PDANET - Tablet, and it worked fine until the update, now its not working. So wanted to see if this method was.
Thank You,
TommyZro 182
"Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish" - Steve Jobs
I just set my tablet's TTL to 65 and use wifi tethering.
Anyone know if tethering still work with these? I just bought 2 wifi models for $299 (refurbs) on ebay. We want to possibly deploy them for the business. Everyone has Droid Maxx's with unlimited data and it would be nice to tether them together. The tablets are shipped with Android 4.3 and Im afraid to upgrade to 4.4 kitkiat (I know it automatically will). Are there any kitkat tablet tethers for non rooted phones?
If not, is it possible to root the Note 10.1 and permanently stop the OTA update?
thanks ill try it soon on kitkat
Uncheck the auto check feature.
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I followed all the steps but I cant complete the tasker part. Whenever I go in to it and try to add a new task, it prompts me to tell it what task I want to add. I dont get the option to add plug in. Am I doing something wrong?
how can i get these apps? Bluetooth Auto Tethering? Cant acess it from austria - unavailable in your country
Is there an apk available or so?
Needed solution for my Phone to tether bluetooth with inet. The solution I have is with Automate (like Tasker but free) See picture.
How do I turn off network notifications, I go to advanced tab in wifi, and network notifications is grey and I can't uncheck it. Wifi on is killing the battery, and I turn it off but when I go by any wifi network it automatically turns on. Is there a way to stop this or am I stuck with this also. The more and more I go through this phone, the limitations put in by sharp make me want to get rid of this phone. It's a great phone, but the user limitations are really killing this phone, and I dont see sharp helping to alleviate problems. Sharp is gonna have a hard time in the American market, just for the fact of poor programming and support every website for any root or anything always points to xda, I would think these companies would appreciate xda's input and concerns. Its more about money than the people. Sorry about the rant, but I can't count the times people of xda have emailed sharp and they could give 2 craps about what we want.
You have to have wifi enabled to toggle that option. If wifi is disabled, that field is grayed out. But, with that being said, I have noticed that when I disable the wifi it will re-enable itself after a short period of time. Another issue that I have is sometimes I will get "Avoided poor internet connection" while that option is disabled, and the internet connection in question is in fact functioning properly and bandwidth is exceptional. All the more reason that we need to achieve root and take back control of our devices.
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Disable Connections Optimizer under Mobile Data
Back story: I've always rooted in the past, but purely for entertainment / backup purposes. Now however, I actually NEED root for my phone to function as I believe it should due to a "glitch" in the system. Please reference the thread that I started in the google help forums here (sorry can't post outside links):
I'm a new Project Fi customer with a Nexus 6P. The phone is fantastic, but I'm having a problem making calls while at home. The Project Fi CSR that I chatted with was not very helpful and was only able to tell me what I already knew.
The problem is that one of my neighbors has a Sprint "home cell tower" device (I believe it's an Airave but no way to know for sure) that my phone connects to when I attempt to place a call. When I hit send, I hear 3 beeps followed by an automated message "We are unable to complete your call at this time, please try again later; Message 12: Switch 2195"
Currently, my only option if I want to make a call is to turn on "airplane mode" and then turn wi-fi back on so that it reconnects to my home wi-fi and then place the call. Obviously this is not ideal as it's not really practical to turn airplane mode off and on when I come and go from my house.
Is there another option that I am missing. It seems almost too obvious that there should be a "prefer wi-fi calling when available" toggle somewhere, but I don't believe there is.
Any ideas / suggestions?
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and which I proceeded to find a solution for as detailed here (sorry can't post outside links):
I've found a better solution (or at least a more convenient one) to this problem. This solution is also workable for people who feel that wi-fi calling would be more reliable in specific places than their cellular connection for making phone calls. The only caveat: you need to root your phone for Tasker and System Settings to function as required for these tasks. I have used the apps Tasker and Secure Settings to set up a rule for my phone that will automatically turn off the cellular radios and leave wi-fi on when I'm at home. When my phone connects to my home wi-fi as identified by the SSID of my home wireless router, Tasker initiates the Task to turn the cell radios off thus forcing all incoming and outgoing calls be routed over wi-fi. When my wi-fi connection is lost (when I leave home), Tasker initiates another task to turn the cellular radios back on. This has been working flawlessly for about 3 weeks on my phone, and requires absolutely no user input after the initial setup. I highly recommend this solution as it is far more convenient than having to use separate dialer apps when at home and away.
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Long story short, I need to use Tasker and Secure Settings to manipulate airplane mode based on my location as determined by the wifi SSID to which my phone is connected. I ALSO would like to be able to use Android Pay. Unfortunately, Android Pay doesn't work unless I remove SU from the /su/xbin_bind folder, and if I do that, then Secure Settings doesn't work.
I attempted to use tasker to automate the renaming of the SU file when the Android Pay app is started and then rename the file back to SU after Android Pay closes, but the results only work sometimes... it's flaky at best and I don't know why. Sometimes Android Pay works, sometimes not, other times Secure Settings Works, and sometimes not.
Does anyone have any suggestions for me? Is there going to be an update to Secure Settings so it will work with systemless root without having the create the symlinks? Is there a way to use Tasker to turn off the cell radios only without the need for the Secure Settings app? (I'm a relative novice with Tasker)
Thanks,
Adam
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mntnbkr said:
Does anyone have any suggestions for me? Is there going to be an update to Secure Settings so it will work with systemless root without having the create the symlinks? Is there a way to use Tasker to turn off the cell radios only without the need for the Secure Settings app? (I'm a relative novice with Tasker)
Thanks,
Adam
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Don't bet on a Secure Settings update. It seems a dead project.
You can do it without secure settings, as you're rooted (as per this post)
In tasker, instead, set your task to perform Code -> Run shell -> Command: "settings put global airplane_mode_on 1; ; am broadcast -a android.intent.action.AIRPLANE_MODE --ez state true" -> Check Use Root checkbox, for going into airplane, change 1 to 0 and true to false to disable and return to normal operation.
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Don't bet on a Secure Settings update. It seems a dead project.
You can do it without secure settings, as you're rooted (as per this post)
In tasker, instead, set your task to perform Code -> Run shell -> Command: "settings put global airplane_mode_on 1; ; am broadcast -a android.intent.action.AIRPLANE_MODE --ez state true" -> Check Use Root checkbox, for going into airplane, change 1 to 0 and true to false to disable and return to normal operation.
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Thanks for the reply and info! I'm not terribly proficient with Tasker, but I'm going to give your suggestion a shot. If it works, that would be great!:good:
Much like the iPhone, WiFi calling only works when your cell signal is low. Is there any way to force it to always use WiFi calling regardless of cell signal? The only way I found is to put the phone into Airplane Mode, and turn wifi back on. I would rather not have to do that because I have already forgotten to turn the cell back on when I leave my house lol.
Thanks.
Without root, an automated way to do this (like with Tasker or Macrodroid) doesn't seem possible because 3rd party apps cannot change or set Airplane mode.
However, you could set up an automated task to remind you when the detection status of any chosen wifi SSIDS changes, so you wouldn't forget to change your settings when entering or leaving a specific wifi area.
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