I am wondering if I can connect my Laptop wirelessly to my Eris Droid's wi-fi signal.
I have already figured out how to tether, via the USB cable, but can I connect wirelessly too?
as far as i know there are a lot of free wifi tethering apps , but you need root access. I'm fairly certain PDAnet will do bluetooth tethering... but that's the 30 dollar paid version.
root root root!!! best solution when I get my new phone ill make a root tutorial for YouTube
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I have a stock Sprint EPIC. I installed easy tether and successfully USB tethered from my Win7 laptop. That was kinda cool.
My ultimate goal would be to use my Epic with a Viewsonic for 3g/4g access when wi fi is not available.
From what I understand in this forum a ROOTED Epic is MANDATORY.
Please tell me I'm wrong!
I'm so close to buying gtab, but I HAVE to be able to get 3g/4g access or the tablet situation won't work for me, sadly.
I don't get the technical aspect of having to root the Epic to tether with the tablet. Can someone explain? Does it have to do with no drivers for the Android gtab side of the process?
Thanks
I'm trying to do the same thing with a Droid Incredible, either wirelessly, or through the USB. So far, it looks like your phone needs to be rooted. I think the phone companies sell the phones so this ability is blocked, otherwise they would lose out on the extra $20 mobile network fee Verizon nails you with.
Your phone has to be rooted to use the wireless tether apps. Your Gtab also has to have an ad-hoc fix. The best way to do this is to either install a custom rom or the performance pack for the 3389 update. As far as I know there is no way to usb tether your GTab to an android phone.
not needed to rooted
I am currently using pdanet to tether. it is free from the play store and your phone doesnt have to be rooted.
PDAnet is good but is slower than direct tether. use Z4root on the phone then instal barnacle WiFi tether from the market. Its fast and connects to anything. I use it to connect my Xbox 360 to play online and to steam Netflix on my PC and Gtablet when the free WiFi where I live is bogged down by traffic.
ive already got wifi tethering on my eris but it doesnt work with my ps3. can someone tell me which tethering app will be recognized by my ps3. much thanks guys.
Does the ps3 support peer to peer networking?
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Sorry to thread Jack, but same issue with first Gen ps3 and wired tethering
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It don't work that way. I'm assuming you don't have internet at your house so your trying to get on line using your data connection from your phone? If you have a pc tether to your pc with your phone. Connect PS3 to pc also using a BRIDGING Ethernet cable. Once tethered and connected go to Network Connections on your pc. Right click wireless settings(if your tethered wireless) and select the sharing tab and check the box that says share connection. Done. If your tethered through usb then you would just do the same steps except for your LAN connection. Should be able to boot up PS3 and connect if all went well. These instructions are the same for xbox360 also. Also just for fun if you happen to have wireless router you can follow those steps above as well except you would connect the router directly to the pc. That way it when you tether to your pc with your phone the signal will be transferred to the wireless router therefore extending your WiFi.
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so your saying theres no was to connect my ps3 to my phone wirelessly. my mytouch 4g (glacier) does it but im guesing your saying since the eris didnt come with it i cant do it.
I've been searching the forums, but didn't find this exact question. I want to tether my rooted NT to my non-rooted droid 3 phone to provide 3g internet access when I'm not around a wifi connection using a USB cable connecting the two (I have a USB female to male micro USB adapter to connect the nook cable to the phone). I would prefer not to root my phone and not use the mobile hotspot or pay verizon an extra $30/mo, etc. I have used Easy Tether for my phone and laptop previously and it has worked well. I've looked at pdanet and pdanet tablet, but it wants to use bluetooth which has not been enabled on the NT yet. Is there any way to even do this yet until the USB hosting is enabled on the NT?
This is not the answer you are looking for, but I have been using WiFi tethering from my T-Mobile MyTouch 4G (with CM7) for a few days now.
If you could tether via USB and not get in trouble with VZ, I don't see why you couldn't do the same via WiFi. Since you would be tethering to another Android device instead of to a laptop, I wouldn't think that even if VZ is checking the data going through the phone, they would notice anything all that different, since both devices are running Gingerbread.
You'd have to put a WiFi tethering app on the Droid, which may require you to root. My MyTouch 4G came with WiFi Tethering capability from the get-go, so perhaps you can find a non-root WiFi app to let you do it.
wifi tethering works but I dont think USB will because B and N didnt put the drivers for the nook to recognize another android device... or rather any device except a computer through USB. They stripped many things out of this Android OS
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pelzgb said:
I've been searching the forums, but didn't find this exact question. I want to tether my rooted NT to my non-rooted droid 3 phone to provide 3g internet access when I'm not around a wifi connection using a USB cable connecting the two (I have a USB female to male micro USB adapter to connect the nook cable to the phone). I would prefer not to root my phone and not use the mobile hotspot or pay verizon an extra $30/mo, etc. I have used Easy Tether for my phone and laptop previously and it has worked well. I've looked at pdanet and pdanet tablet, but it wants to use bluetooth which has not been enabled on the NT yet. Is there any way to even do this yet until the USB hosting is enabled on the NT?
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I was able to do so but I had to play with the configurations of the phone (not root it) since it was a connection thing and not touching the OS on the phone. I work for the company so I have access on how to do so. However that being said I deactivated which I will explain below.
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This is not the answer you are looking for, but I have been using WiFi tethering from my T-Mobile MyTouch 4G (with CM7) for a few days now.
If you could tether via USB and not get in trouble with VZ, I don't see why you couldn't do the same via WiFi. Since you would be tethering to another Android device instead of to a laptop, I wouldn't think that even if VZ is checking the data going through the phone, they would notice anything all that different, since both devices are running Gingerbread.
You'd have to put a WiFi tethering app on the Droid, which may require you to root. My MyTouch 4G came with WiFi Tethering capability from the get-go, so perhaps you can find a non-root WiFi app to let you do it.
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Carriers can tell the difference on what is using what. This is why AT&T surprised their customers by billing them for tethering usage on their network. It has nothing to do with whether both devices are Gingerbread or not but how the traffic is moving on the network. It simply requires a sniffer. Also, I removed my phone fix when I found out that Verizon is also planning on doing the same thing AT&T has already done; wouldn't be good if they discovered many of their employees are doing this. The two carriers normally follow suit. I'm just surprised that both have taken so long to respond since they are loosing revenue. I think it's a ridiculous charge and customers shouldn't have to pay for the service that was already built in. If the user has a plan then it should be based on their data plan not on how they are using on connecting nodes to it.
If you look in the forums there is a special driver that has been ported over from the Nook Color and rewritten for the tablet. It allows for an Ad-hoc or device to device connection via wifi. That would solve the problem with the Wifi issue. Be careful however because it is an advanced procedure requiring you to be rooted and install root explorer and copy over the new wifi driver... Good Luck!
At work I do not have wireless (I KNOW) and I have a Nook Tablet. Can I somehow connect the NT to my PC to get internet capabilities using the USB cable. It is a rooted device if that helps.
You could wireless tether to your android phone if you are rooted.
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I'm gonna have to say No.
wireless tethering
I did try barnacle for the wireless tethering but my wifi on NT did not recognize it.
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I did try barnacle for the wireless tethering but my wifi on NT did not recognize it.
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Probably because your phone was using an ad-hoc network which the Tablet won't connect to out of the box. Someone posted a hack here that will allow ad-hoc network connections, just have to search for it.
Edit: Here it is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1370955&highlight=ad-hoc+network
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Probably because your phone was using an ad-hoc network which the Tablet won't connect to out of the box. Someone posted a hack here that will allow ad-hoc network connections, just have to search for it.
Edit: Here it is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1370955&highlight=ad-hoc+network
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Just wanted to confirm that I have used this method to connect the NT to the wifi tether on my og droid - actually got decent speeds over 3G
Worked like a charm, thank you so much. Its because of this site and all the people on here that share their wealth of knowledge that I get to enjoy an optimal electronic experience and I greatly appreciate it!
Hello, I have a HTC Rezound and Verizon is my carrier. I have unlimited data and use PDAnet to tether via cable to my laptop. I got a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7in and have tried to tether it to the phone with PDAnets BT setting. The PDAnet instructions for this say to download Foxfi along with PDAnet tablet. After doing so I was able to use the BT to tether the 2 devices once. After that it appears Verizon was able to detect the tether and I received a message on my phone to dial an 800 number to activate the wifi on my phone. My question is....if I get a micro usb to mini usb adapter can I use my charging cable for the Tab 2 to tether my phone to the tablet and use the usb tether mode to connect the 2 devices? Thanks
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Hello, I have a HTC Rezound and Verizon is my carrier. I have unlimited data and use PDAnet to tether via cable to my laptop. I got a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7in and have tried to tether it to the phone with PDAnets BT setting. The PDAnet instructions for this say to download Foxfi along with PDAnet tablet. After doing so I was able to use the BT to tether the 2 devices once. After that it appears Verizon was able to detect the tether and I received a message on my phone to dial an 800 number to activate the wifi on my phone. My question is....if I get a micro usb to mini usb adapter can I use my charging cable for the Tab 2 to tether my phone to the tablet and use the usb tether mode to connect the 2 devices? Thanks
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I use Bluetooth Auto Tethering from Refluxa on the market. When you sync via bluetooth it will tether. no cable and bluetooth uses little battery, but it slower than wifi with speed.
what about detection?
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I use Bluetooth Auto Tethering from Refluxa on the market. When you sync via bluetooth it will tether. no cable and bluetooth uses little battery, but it slower than wifi with speed.
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I can play around and install the app but my question is....will Verizon detect it and block further use? I would root the phone but I'm apprehensive about what I'm reading. The rezound doesn't seem to be as easy to root as other phones and I don't know anyone tech savy enough to trust with the job. Its my only means of communication and I don't need a brick.
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I can play around and install the app but my question is....will Verizon detect it and block further use? I would root the phone but I'm apprehensive about what I'm reading. The rezound doesn't seem to be as easy to root as other phones and I don't know anyone tech savy enough to trust with the job. Its my only means of communication and I don't need a brick.
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I dont think they will notice but maybe some else here would know. You use bluetooth tether on the phone and bluetooth autoconnect on the ipad. I think you need tp be rooted. Rooting a rezound is not as dificult as it sounds. I would not use a paperclip or hard wire. Also on jellybean it does not work, Bluetooth stack is broken.
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Root, and get android wireless tether. I tether constantly to laptop, gtab 2, nook color, and on Christmas all of my nieces, and nephews ijunk. Never been hassled about it. Good luck..
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Being apprehensive about rooting is really a bad excuse. Until you do, you'll just have to deal with VZW's limitations.
You also might consider this: Verizon can no longer charge for tethering
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Being apprehensive about rooting is really a bad excuse. Until you do, you'll just have to deal with VZW's limitations.
You also might consider this: Verizon can no longer charge for tethering
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That is only for the non-unlimited data folks
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That is only for the non-unlimited data folks
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Actually it is for everyone. Verizon can themselves still charge for it, but they can't restrict anyone from tethering through an app. If they do so, they are breaking the law, because of the access rules placed on the band they operate LTE on.
While I might be wrong, I suspect if you are using the usb connection instead of the wireless, you will hear nothing from Verizon. They are moslty concerned with you being a hotspot particularly for others.