[Q] USB Tether on 2.1 OTA - Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Okay. My wife is very guarding over her beloved Eris, even though I have rooted it. She dare not let me wipe it and put a new ROM on it that would obviously give her USB tether capability. Therein lies my problem. She's used up the trial time on PDANet and would use up EasyTether's trial in no time. So... How can I either get her phone to do wired tether without reloading it, or completely get it back to the way it is now with the current UI and data with a ROM that provides USB Tether capability?

zerovertex said:
Okay. My wife is very guarding over her beloved Eris, even though I have rooted it. She dare not let me wipe it and put a new ROM on it that would obviously give her USB tether capability. Therein lies my problem. She's used up the trial time on PDANet and would use up EasyTether's trial in no time. So... How can I either get her phone to do wired tether without reloading it, or completely get it back to the way it is now with the current UI and data with a ROM that provides USB Tether capability?
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I think you can just install the tether software since you are rooted.

MrObvious said:
I think you can just install the tether software since you are rooted.
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zerovertex said:
Okay. My wife is very guarding over her beloved Eris, even though I have rooted it. She dare not let me wipe it and put a new ROM on it that would obviously give her USB tether capability. Therein lies my problem. She's used up the trial time on PDANet and would use up EasyTether's trial in no time. So... How can I either get her phone to do wired tether without reloading it, or completely get it back to the way it is now with the current UI and data with a ROM that provides USB Tether capability?
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Yes, what he said. Just google for either "Android Wired Tether" or "Android Wireless Tether" (or both!), without the quotes, and you'll find the free tethering apps. Sometimes I've had trouble finding them on the market. If you try, look for "Wired Tethering for Root". Otherwise, you'll have to download them in a browser and move them to the SD card and use Astro File Manager to install the apk.

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Q: Wired Tethering?

Does any TBolt rom support it?
I think I've read about the stock one is the only one to support it after root.
Is it just something missing in these roms or is it something else?
I've tried these on some of the BAMF and a few other roms, but I haven't found one that works yet.
yeah i haven't found one either. the wired tether app doesn't seem to work for me. i am now on synergy 3.0 nightly and have to use wireless tether.
The wired tether app only works after you have downloaded HTCsync for your pc. Windows needs the modem drivers located in that file to properly connect to your phone.
Or you can download PDAnet/EasyTether and they basically do the same thing.
RunNgun42 said:
The wired tether app only works after you have downloaded HTCsync for your pc. Windows needs the modem drivers located in that file to properly connect to your phone.
Or you can download PDAnet/EasyTether and they basically do the same thing.
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this isn't the case. my Evo (work phone) works just fine wired tethering, but my thunderbolt does not.
pdanet/easytether isn't free if i want to use secure sites... I'm technically okay for paying for the software, but I'd rather not when there are free resources like this out there that do indeed work on other devices.
Doesn't CM7 have wired tether? I could be wrong, no matter how many times I try I always end up back with Sense. But it seems like I remember it does, if you don't mind an AOSP ROM that is.
Ok apparently the drivers are part of the VZW software that tries to install whenever you connect the phone. It didnt appear to install any software to my pc, just the drivers necessary for the integrated wired tether mode to work. I didnt see any popups or warnings about incurring additional charges for doing this, so I assume it's ok.
setexascustoms said:
Doesn't CM7 have wired tether? I could be wrong, no matter how many times I try I always end up back with Sense. But it seems like I remember it does, if you don't mind an AOSP ROM that is.
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CM7 does in fact have wired tether, and it works wonderfully.
scriz said:
CM7 does in fact have wired tether, and it works wonderfully.
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+1. I've been using it this morning. No other apps needed. It even works with my Xoom wifi.
CM7 has Wireless Tethering... I've never tried to use the wired, but I did test wireless this past weekend.

Still can't tether with Photon, anyone have suggestions?

It's been about two weeks, still can't tether! I've tried every wifi tether app I can download, every beta in the googlecode directory. I am rooted, I have checked. I have two more weeks, then I'll go back to my palm pre and not have problems. Tether is the one must have. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
Get the "root checker" app from the market, run it.
VERIFY that you are rooted....then try wireless tether 3.0 or above.
I am having the same problem - continually get an error with the Wireless tether app when installed saying that access is not granted.
I have run root checker and it says I'm rooted. I try to connect and it just never seems to connect - and then my wireless connection on my laptop has to be turned off and then back on to function at all - its like the ad-hoc network just doesn't want to work on my phone. I have also tried various other tethering applications to no avail.
n2ishun said:
Get the "root checker" app from the market, run it.
VERIFY that you are rooted....then try wireless tether 3.0 or above.
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thanks, that's one of the first things I did, just to be sure. I have tried each of the betas, including the latest (beta5) that just came out. I have tried tethering to my laptop (win7), my touchpad, and my hackintosh dual boot, both the windows 7 and osx side. None of them can connect. Whenever I start the wifi tether app, I do get the Access control denied error, but I assume everyone is getting that due to the kernel?
Make sure you guys have the superuser app installed. You can get it in the market.
Already installed.
From what I've read on support pages of tether apps, they haven't included the drivers for the Photon so rooted devices will only give you adhoc tethering. Some devices can't make an adhoc connection, such as android tablets.
Makes sense to me. I'm new to Android, is this something (the drivers) that will eventually be incorporated into the various wifi tether applications as the phone is "out" longer?
Tdogg0406 said:
Makes sense to me. I'm new to Android, is this something (the drivers) that will eventually be incorporated into the various wifi tether applications as the phone is "out" longer?
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It's not always the case. It's completely up to the developers of those apps to. There are plenty of phones that have been out much longer than the Photon that aren't yet supported.
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BT tether !!

Ok maybe its just me not finding this out till right now but you can Pair your Phone to your Tablet, then in Settings hit Internet access via tether and Bam !!
Internet Access !! Not rooted
Figure I pass this along to those that dont know.. Free interwebs !!
Yup. 10char
Paired my galaxy s II to my tablet through bluetooth. I enabled bluetooth tethering but still can't get an internet connection. Under bluetooth settings it says next to the galaxy s II - Paired but not connected
you have to hit the little wrench next to it and go to enable internet access
hmm the wrench gives me -
xxxxx options
Rename Device
Unpair
Pofiles
xxxxx being the name of my phone and nothing underneath profiles
if able to, use wifi tethering instead. BT slowestof tethering methods. but if wifi won't work, BT is better than no connection at all. Barnacle or Wifi Tether are good apps to use. phone with internet connection needs root for it to work. so o guess if your phone not rooted and BT tether works, its better than nothing. lol
cyi1 said:
hmm the wrench gives me -
xxxxx options
Rename Device
Unpair
Pofiles
xxxxx being the name of my phone and nothing underneath profiles
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Right underneath rofile is where the Use for internet option is..
I have a droid X
Connect both via bluetooth then hit wrench and enable internet access
maybe it doesnt work on all phones ?
demandarin said:
if able to, use wifi tethering instead. BT slowestof tethering methods. but if wifi won't work, BT is better than no connection at all. Barnacle or Wifi Tether are good apps to use. phone with internet connection needs root for it to work. so o guess if your phone not rooted and BT tether works, its better than nothing. lol
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My Tether app stopped working till I use the Tether Patch but just havent gotten around to it, Bluetooth tether isnt that slow, seems pretty fast to me..
jackelbait said:
My Tether app stopped working till I use the Tether Patch but just havent gotten around to it, Bluetooth tether isnt that slow, seems pretty fast to me..
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its decent. if you do a speedtest.net comparison of the 2 tethering methods, wifi always alot faster. BT is good though. as long as you able to tether, that's all that matters, no matter the method used.
jackelbait said:
Right underneath rofile is where the Use for internet option is..
I have a droid X
Connect both via bluetooth then hit wrench and enable internet access
maybe it doesnt work on all phones ?
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I have a galaxy s2 with juggernaut rom but it doesnt work. maybe it's not for all phones
i can pair it as you said but I can't get on the internet. It takes me to the Verizon tether page telling me I have to pay for tethering. I have a rooted Droid X but don't have any tethering apps installed. I thought for a minute you found a way around this.
cyi1 said:
I have a galaxy s2 with juggernaut rom but it doesnt work. maybe it's not for all phones
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Doesn't Work with my revolution but I don think bluetooth works properly on that either lol
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Doesn't work on my Evo 3D as well
Wow that sucks its not working for any of you..
My Droid X is rooted but I am not using any of those and nothing asked for Superuser access
Not sure why it works for me. I have Wifi off and Just Bluetooth on
I connect both of them and it says they Paired but not connected, Then I click the wrench next to them and choose Use for internet access..it says connected
then I go right to google.com and it just works
I have the latest updates from Asus also
Works with my droid 2!
I had to press the wrench next to it and turn internet access off and back on again before it kicked in.
Now I want to upgrade to a 4G phone even more...
You have to be rooted and have a kernel that supports wifi tether. Thenn you have to run a .zip patch through the recovery screen just Google your device and include wifi tether and/or patch. There are hundreds of how to writeups.
toyotaking88 said:
You have to be rooted and have a kernel that supports wifi tether. Thenn you have to run a .zip patch through the recovery screen just Google your device and include wifi tether and/or patch. There are hundreds of how to writeups.
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Or use Bluetooth for the lucky few that it works for, no need for rooting or patching etc etc
chipworkz said:
i can pair it as you said but I can't get on the internet. It takes me to the Verizon tether page telling me I have to pay for tethering. I have a rooted Droid X but don't have any tethering apps installed. I thought for a minute you found a way around this.
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easy solution then. if u rooted already, just Google the wireless tethering apk and Barnacle apk. and you should be able to tether over wifi without having to pay for the plan. as long as you have a data connection and don't go overboard on the tethering like doing huge downloads n such.
Yeah I know I can install the apk's and make it work but I am a little afraid of getting caught and losing my grandfathered unlimited data plan. I read once where they can see that you are tethering since the MAC address of the device using the data is embedded in the transmission or something like that.
Any Verizon phones successfully connected?
If you have a Verizon phone and can bluetooth tether please say which model you have. I unfortunately bricked my HTC Incredible trying to follow some convoluted process for downgrading and then rooting.
So, yeah, I have to get a new phone and would like to know which one I should get that will allow me to bluetooth tether without rooting.
BTW, I am getting really frustrated with Android and the tweaking, hacking, and manipulating just to get functions to work. I don't have an Apple bone in my body, but I envy them for ease of use.

Wireless Tether, am I misunderstanding?

I flashed Scott's Cleanrom ICS 4.2 and followed his instructions for the wireless tether.
When I go through all of that shouldn't I be able to go online with my laptop through the wireless tether on the phone? When I go into the available wifi networks my phone doesn't show up on the list.
Am I not understanding how this works?
Thanks-Dan
C'Mon guys, help a brotha out. 175+ views and no replies?
Thanks-Dan
Well, the answer is.... yes, probably. I'm not running that ROM at the moment, but ICS gave us the ability to tether in infrastructure mode, rather than merely ad hoc.
Having said that, there are variables out there that may be causing the issues you are having. I'm sure you have double-checked the settings and have set up wireless tether per Scott's instructions. So, here are your options (IMHO):
1) Try to find another tether app (such as Barnacle) to see if that might work.
2) Try to find an updated or different version of WiFi Tether.
3) Try the many different settings in WiFi Tether to see if they work for you.
4) Try a different ICS ROM to see if it works for you. (RezROM ICS does work for me)
5) Pay for Verizon's Hot Spot.
Good luck!
Thanks for the reply. I will triple-check all the settings again and go from there.
I had a similar problem - I was unable to see my wifi network until I renamed it.
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The way I make it work was renaming the SSD and creating a password.
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TRY THIS
Go to www.downloadandroidrom.com scroll down to apk and click on it.
Next click on wifiteather.
Next click on wifi_teather_v3_0-pre14.apk
Close to the bottom of the page will be a Download Here link click on it.
If your using a PC place it on the root of the sd card if your using your phone make sure unknown sources is checked in the settings>applications menu.
Next go to the market and download and install apk installer.
Open apk installer on your phone and click on <ext_sd>
Next click on wifi_teather_v3_0-pre14.apk and click install.
After it installs click open and go to the menu sceen.
Go to settings and check Routing fix.
Next click on the access control and press on enable.
next click on the main screen to start wifi tether and click allow access from superuser.
Now check your wifi on your computer Android Tether should come up click connect.
Now on your phone go back to access control and your computer name should come up.
Click on your computer name and click apply on the bottom of the screen.
This sounds like a lot but it works.
Thanks guys, I had to rename the network and set the security. I thought I could just leave it unsecured but I guess not. It works now...
Thats good I never had to do that. But that is the only reason why I rooted my phone was for the wifi tether.
But ...
... Do any these options allow other mobile devices to see your hotspot? I'm running stock on my rooted Rezound. I tried WiFi / Wireless Tether, Barnacle, Open Garden, etc ... They let my laptop connect, but not mobile devices. I actually like Sense, and I don't really want to bother with other ROMs right now ...
Any ideas?
bloodymurderlive said:
... Do any these options allow other mobile devices to see your hotspot? I'm running stock on my rooted Rezound. I tried WiFi / Wireless Tether, Barnacle, Open Garden, etc ... They let my laptop connect, but not mobile devices. I actually like Sense, and I don't really want to bother with other ROMs right now ...
Any ideas?
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The only two ways I was able to achieve wireless tether with infracture mode was to buy the vzw hotspot feature and / or install an ICS ROM. I can attest that RezROM ICS handles the free wireless tether app flawlessly for me (after which I killed the VZW premium service).

[Q] Good mods for the Evo3D to tether Chromebook

Hello XDA,
it's it's time for me to root my EVO3D.
I'm actually pretty happy with HTC's widgets and the setup I have now, but the phone is sluggish and I can't stand Sprint's apps that show up every time I upgrade.
I rooted my old phone in the past (it was an HTC hero) successfully with cyanogen, but the last time I checked this mod doesn't exist for the 3D, at least not a stable one. I liked cyanogen because it was really well balanced, slick and fast. I need something as transparent as possible. I'd also like to be able to use the 3D camera if possible, but if I have to give it up for a really good mod, I don't really mind.
The most important thing for me is tethering. I am about to get the new Chromebook and I need it to recognize the phone and tether through it. Does anyone here have any experience with it? I'm using EasyTether for now which has been really good to me, but there's no way to install it to a chromebook without some development patch which I don't think I want to apply right off the box.
So, what do you guys suggest? What is a fast Mod? I would def. need the Google App package, but I really don't need any car-related set up or apps (I live in NYC) and I don't care about radio or sports TV or any of the other Sprintcrap.
beholder121 said:
The most important thing for me is tethering. I am about to get the new Chromebook and I need it to recognize the phone and tether through it. Does anyone here have any experience with it? I'm using EasyTether for now which has been really good to me, but there's no way to install it to a chromebook without some development patch which I don't think I want to apply right off the box.
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You should be able to use the Wi-Fi Tether app from the Play Store except on Sense 4.x ROM's if you are rooted, and if not you can try FoxFi in bluetooth mode (wi-fi is not supported on the Evo 3D). ClockworkMod Tether is similar to Easy Tether and doesn't require root, but again there are no drivers to support the Chromebook as a client.
ramjet73
ramjet73 said:
You should be able to use the Wi-Fi Tether app from the Play Store except on Sense 4.x ROM's if you are rooted, and if not you can try FoxFi in bluetooth mode (wi-fi is not supported on the Evo 3D). ClockworkMod Tether is similar to Easy Tether and doesn't require root, but again there are no drivers to support the Chromebook as a client.
ramjet73
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Ramjet,
Which Rom would you suggest then? There are a couple of choices and I'm just not sure where to begin. Just to be clear, I don't need the phone to pick up Wi Fi, as the chromebook can do it itself; I need to be able to use the dataplan, preferably with the usb cable because it keeps the phone charged for longer periods.
Thanks!
beholder121 said:
Ramjet,
Which Rom would you suggest then? There are a couple of choices and I'm just not sure where to begin. Just to be clear, I don't need the phone to pick up Wi Fi, as the chromebook can do it itself; I need to be able to use the dataplan, preferably with the usb cable because it keeps the phone charged for longer periods.
Thanks!
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The problem is finding the drivers for your Chromebook to use a USB tethering program. As long as your phone is rooted you can use Wi-Fi Tether with your phone connected via USB to charge, and even use it as an access point for other devices at the same time should the need arise.
Regarding the ROM, most 3.6 Sense ROM's run Wi-Fi Tether fine, but if you want to narrow it down you can be the guinea pig for our new ROM Information Thread.
ramjet73
Well I now rooted my phone and I'm trying to play with the wifi tether, but my chromebook won't connect. I see it under networks and it tries to connect, but can't. Any suggestions?

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