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I managed to get the keyboard to connect on a regular basis. The problem was with pairing it initially in the Bluetooth settings. With the keyboard paired, nothing I did would get it to actually work with the unit. However, once I unpaired, and then tried to hidd --connect again, it worked! For a little while... But for some reason, after under a minute of use, the keyboard stopped working and I had to do the hidd -connect again.
Any suggestions for keeping it permanently attached? I would try using EasyConnect again, but I don't want my network dropping every time it scans...
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Specs:
ViewSonic G Tablet from Woot
ROM: Vegan-tab 5.1.1
I bought a Microsoft Bluetooth Keyboard 6000 to use with my gTab, but I'm having a devil of a time trying to connect it. Hopefully someone has heard of these issues and has a thought or two?
I tried using "Bluetooth Keyboard Easy Connect" from the market. It told me I needed something called "Bluez Tools" and gave me a download button, which I pressed. It told me it successfully downloaded them.
When I pair the keyboard, EasyConnect goes through the motions of connecting. Tells me it is getting super user, tells me it is connecting to the keyboard, and then suddenly tells me the keyboard is disconnected. No amount of rebooting fixes this. At some points, it gives me a message about invalid Bluez Tools.
So I try to do it manually using steps in this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9993128&postcount=37
Fortunately, he attached the Bluez Tools needed, which I moved over to my device using SSHDroid on the device (from market) and an FTP client (FileZilla). I checked system/xbin and only "hidd" was missing, so I copied that in.
I then ran through the steps in the above mentioned post using Putty to attach as a shell.
# hciconfig
This brought up the config information as in the post, everything looked good. However:
# hcitool scan
At this point I saw the "Scanning..." message and then nothing. Suddenly putty told me the connection dropped. I reconnected and tried again several times, but got the same thing.
Then I looked at my device and noticed that, as soon as I did the scan, my wifi dropped! What? It went into scan mode, found my router, and re-attached, but of course this dropped the connection with Putty.
I tried to connect to the keyboard anyway:
# hidd --connect 00:07:61:4B7:CE
(well, I used the actual mac address of the keyboard, that is from the example post above)
Doing this ALSO dropped my wifi connection.
Why is using these tools causing my wifi to drop? Are they causing wifi to scan instead of BT? Is there a setting I am missing? I finally had to uninstall EasyConnect because everytime it polled for a connection it was dropping my wifi.
Regardless, it DID actually manage to connect once and the keyboard worked like a charm! But I rebooted and couldn't get it to work after that.
I also can't get it to work using a local command line client either. I used "Android Terminal Emulator" (from market) and tried the commands there. None of the tools work. When I try to run hidd (as su) I get "Can't get device information: host is down". However, it didn't drop my wifi...
I also tried GScript Lite, but that gives me the same errors the terminal emulator did.
At this point I'm at a loss for what else to do.
Any suggestions?
See my thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13072977#post13072977
I used BT KB Easy Connect and have no problems (so far). Try it out, but note step 4 of the pairing process.
Hope that helps.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=332736
I have managed to get the athena working as a wireless access point using the technique from the above thread - I have connected an N95 and a toshiba portege successfully and browsed the internet through my athenas connection over wifi with ONE slight drawback - after about 5 seconds the wifi disconnects and I cannot browse any more - up until then it literally whizzes the page up. This is very frustrating as im sure the athena COULD provide very fast wireless internet to my laptop etc (based on these initial few seconds!)
All I want to know is has ANYONE managed to get this working with their athena? users of other handsets report success but I have tried everything and it just doesn't work...if you've got this working and staying connected then please post your exact procedure here
It works great, Here is what I did
I have gotten this working and it works pretty good except for it disconnects after 10 minutes but that is an Internet Sharing "Feature". The exacts procedures that I followed are:
1. I copy the attached .dll to the Windows/ directory.
2. I open up Internet Sharing and connect to Bluetooth PAN
3. I then go to Wifi settings then the Network tab and change the IP information for IEEE 802.11b/g Compatible Wifi to 192.198.1.1 and the subnet to 255.255.255.0
4. I then go back to the Wireless tab and click "Add new"
5. I put in whatever network name. Check the box for "This is device-to-device..."
6. I turn off all data encryption and then press next, then finish.
7. The network should show connecting. I then connect my device. It probably takes about 20 seconds to establish the connection.
Let me know if you have any questions.
MWillis561 said:
I have gotten this working and it works pretty good except for it disconnects after 10 minutes but that is an Internet Sharing "Feature". The exacts procedures that I followed are:
1. I copy the attached .dll to the Windows/ directory.
2. I open up Internet Sharing and connect to Bluetooth PAN
3. I then go to Wifi settings then the Network tab and change the IP information for IEEE 802.11b/g Compatible Wifi to 192.198.1.1 and the subnet to 255.255.255.0
4. I then go back to the Wireless tab and click "Add new"
5. I put in whatever network name. Check the box for "This is device-to-device..."
6. I turn off all data encryption and then press next, then finish.
7. The network should show connecting. I then connect my device. It probably takes about 20 seconds to establish the connection.
Let me know if you have any questions.
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Do you have to repeat #1 each time?
Does this replace Bluetooth PAN?
Is there anyway to automate any part of this process?
THANKS!!
but HOW?
It seems so easy that I'm ashamed to ask ... well almost!
How did you managed to copy the dll in the \WINDOWS directory?
I have tried, and tried and gave up. Al I got every time is access denied.
Where is it the magic?
Thanks for a brilliant idea.
You do not have to redo step 1 every time and it does replace the Bluetooth PAN. Make a copy of the original .dll file from your windows/ folder first. That way you can just copy it back overif you need to use Bluetooth PAN. Right now they are working on editing the Internet Sharing application to create a whole new chose for Wifi access point. Also there is no program yet to automate this whole process. There are some people who are working on it. I will post to this thread when they release something.
I used activsync to do it. If you use normal file explorer it won't work. If activsync doesn't work download the trial of resco explorer. It will allow you to do it.
the procedure i implemented is a little simpler and simply involves clicking on a mortscript which is provided in the original link. It automatically overwrites the dll and initiates internet sharing. You do not need bt pan selected - it will work with usb also. (you will also need mortscript 4.0 on your ppc but this is easy to google. You will also need to create an ad hoc connection as per the thread above. You then run the mortscript and turn on wifi. (it MUST be done in this order to work). When i first posted this thread it would connect perfectly but subsequently the 'wifi connected' symbol would turn into a triangle and no further downloading would be possible from the connected computer (all this within a few seconds). Now today i did a hard reset of my athena, followed the procedure again and it works perfectly! I also turned off power save mode. I tested by connecting an n95 and the speed is great, connection was maintained for the full hour until i disconnected - even when the devices were left for ten minutes. I tested the mortscript on a tytn following the same procedure. This device is running windows black satin. Again the disconnect problem occurred despite initial success. This leads me to believe that either a program or setup procedure is causing this bug. It certainly needs further investigation
leoni1980 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=332736
I have managed to get the athena working as a wireless access point using the technique from the above thread - I have connected an N95 and a toshiba portege successfully and browsed the internet through my athenas connection over wifi with ONE slight drawback - after about 5 seconds the wifi disconnects and I cannot browse any more - up until then it literally whizzes the page up. This is very frustrating as im sure the athena COULD provide very fast wireless internet to my laptop etc (based on these initial few seconds!)
All I want to know is has ANYONE managed to get this working with their athena? users of other handsets report success but I have tried everything and it just doesn't work...if you've got this working and staying connected then please post your exact procedure here
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I just used WifiRouter ( use search it's posted in several threads ) works great only thing i found is that you sometimes have to like either open your browser to force a data conenction to happen or use gprs monitor to initiate the connection then wifirouter picks up on that and sets everything from there. I must admit the extra step is a pain as it worked without the need of it with my former vario II, but will not complain as works great. only other thing i always do is under the wireless settings i set for Best Perfomance as beest battery wil have it drop the connection after periods of no activity.
Hey guys,
I have been keeping my eyes out for the tun.ko module to come out in one of the kernels, and it finally did in the 1.76 GHz kernel. I had to reinstall VPN connections after flashing the kernel, and then VPN connections would tell me that my VPN was connected properly. However, I can't get data to pass through the VPN. No pings to the remote end, no RDP, nothing.
Anybody else get this working?
Thanks,
Seth
I thought I set up my VPN wrong >_> Well that explains it! Thanks! Same issue. I have however been able to see my phone in my router, though I can't do anything with it there in or out.
This sounds like the same issue I was having with openvpn (I assume that's what you're referring to since you're talking about the tun module). I'm running Das BAMF 1.3.2, and tun is already built into the kernel. I'm having the same problem. The VPN connects, no errors at all, even ran it in the terminal so I could see all of OpenVPN's connection output. But data is not routed through the tunnel. WhatIsMyIP still reports my Verizon IP address.
Now, on two occasions I have had success. I was able to connect and disconnect my VPN all I wanted and everything worked. However this only lasted for the current phone 'life cycle', ie it failed again after the next reboot. I can't find a pattern or anything, it seems that it will randomly work after a reboot, but not that often... 1 out of 10 maybe? I didn't waste my time trying to nail down a ghost.
I think I solved the OpenVPN problem. There's an option in OpenVPN settings called 'Fix HTC Routes'. If you check it, you can get the link to view the issue tracker. Essentially it deletes a few routing tables after OpenVPN starts up. For some reason, it doesn't seem to work on the Thunderbolt. Perhaps that option is using a deprecated script command (ip ru del route)? Whatever the reason, the fix is simple. After connecting to OpenVPN, open a terminal and issue the following commands:
Code:
ip ru del table gprs
ip ru del table wifi
Ignore any errors you might get if the routing table doesn't exist. I don't think you need SU, and you can use GScript Lite to make the process easier on you.
I'll give this a shot with VPN Connections when I get a chance and report back. If anybody else has any success, please post here.
I have had better success, but it's not right yet for me. I am able to get some data to flow using RDP, Telnet, etc., but nothing actually works completely right.
When telnetting into routers, I am not able to actually authenticate. however, I CAN finally see the prompts.
When using RDP, it doesn't time out any more, but I don't get any video data back to my phone's screen. No login page, etc.
Those two commands also seem to time out eventually. I need to reenter them to get the data flowing again, it seems.
Anybody else have better results?
Seth
Well, without knowing which VPN you're using, I can't say. But it does seem to work with openvpn and the OpenVPN Settings market app (I have my own install of openvpn, so I don't use the related OpenVPN Installer app).
The routing tables gprs/wifi are automatically recreated when those connections are re-established. Meaning, if you are on VPN via wifi, and wifi disconnects/reconnects, then the wifi routing table is recreated. The same goes for gprs if you lose connection and it is reestablished. I don't know what the system might try to do using the built in VPN connections.
Sorry about that, the lack of info wasn't very helpful.
I'm trying to connect to my Cisco VPN. We are using group authentication as well as user authentication. The outside device is a 2811 router, and if there are any other specifics that might help, I'd be happy to provide it.
Thanks,
Seth
I have a gtablet flashed with honeycomb. I downloaded the app PDA Net on my phone and tablet. Via bluetooth, the two devices find each other fine. Bluetooth light is on via phone. Proxy is set correctly on tablet, When I go online to any site I get a PDAnet message:Fail to connect Bluetooth server (java.io.IOExcetpion: Device or resource busy)
Did I miss a step or is somthing wrong? Can someone walk me through this? I am new to the tablets, but very anxious to get the most out of it.
THanks
One more thing, in case I wasnt clear. Both devises are paired but not connected, even though the phone shows a bluetooth connection.
I was wanting to try and send a file from my phone to the tablet using blue tooth file transfer. I was able to pair my tablet to my phone through blue tooth but it will not connect once the process is done. On both devices it gave the same message to allow paring and the same identification number. I hit allow pair and it does. After that nothing happens. I hit the settings icon next to the paring and it only gives an option to unpair or rename the cell phone/pair connection.
I'm thinking it is not properly setting up the profile for the connection. When I go into the setting for my headphones it lists the profile and the options for it; voice chat, media, etc. Is this part of the problems people are having with the BT connections? Is there a setting I need to turn on or off somewhere is the OS of the tablet?
I'm using a Mytouch4g slide phone and looked on the phone to see what options are given. Hitting the paired icon for the table only gives the option to delete it. On there my connection to my laptop for blue tooth gives the profile options for transfers etc. When I get home I will try connecting the tablet to my laptop and see if the profile gets created. If it works then it has to be something between my phone and the tablet.
Connecting two complex devices like a phone and a tablet isn't (generally) the same as plugging in a USB device, or plugging a phone into a PC. The two devices will never show up as removable storage or an extra hard drive. They won't even actually be connected most of the time. However if they are paired they will "look" for each other and share files back and forth if you initiate a transfer.
Try sending a file from one device to the other.
In any file explorer, select the file you want to share, select share, select blue tooth and then select the paired device. If the two devices are properly paired you will get a message on the receiving device asking you if you want to accept the file and if you hit OK the file will be sent over the blue tooth connection.
Try the app "bluetooth file transfer" to do it. It's what I had to use to push the file from my phone to tablet through bluetooth.
I have my EVO3D paired and it always says its not connected but paired. When i ask to transfer a file (song, pic, comic, movie, etc...) it pops up to ask if i want to accept it. I press yes and it works.
Sent from my EVO 3D w/ Tapatalk
I uninstalled that bluetooth file transfer app. Its buggy and doesn't seem to work. I just use the normal built in Bluetooth capabilities to transfer files, photos, movies, etc...works great. That one app is crap, IMO.
demandarin said:
I uninstalled that bluetooth file transfer app. Its buggy and doesn't seem to work. I just use the normal built in Bluetooth capabilities to transfer files, photos, movies, etc...works great. That one app is crap, IMO.
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Must be user error. Took me all of 10 seconds to connect my thunderbolt and prime and start transferring a file.
It is not user error. I was again annoyed today that I couldn't get it work the first time and decided to tinker around again. Still same situation where it will pair and show the same security code on my phone and the tablet, sync/pair up, and that is it. After that it will not connect. It didn't matter if I tried to initiate the the connection from my phone or the tablet. But I did get a message on one attempt saying something to the effect of software preventing a connection.
I decided to try it with a coworkers phone and it was the same situation. It would discover the phone, pair, but not connect. That was another Android device. I then went to another who has an Iphone 3gs and got the same result. Except his phone gave the message saying the tablet is not supported. I'm going to try and include the picture in this post.
I tried a factory reset of the tablet thinking maybe there was something that went bonkers with the patches but that didn't work either. I'm not sure where the problem is. I've connected my phone to multiple bluetooth devices and no problems. I've only gotten the tablet to connect to my bluetooth headphones and that is it.
It would be nice to get the tablet to connect with my phone as I could then use bluetooth gps on it and do file transfers. I've tried the apps for doing such tasks and it won't sync up.
Nefariouss said:
Try the app "bluetooth file transfer" to do it. It's what I had to use to push the file from my phone to tablet through bluetooth.
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You don't need this app, bluetooth file sharing is built right into the Prime (and most Android devices).
Has anyone tried to use the usb to transfer huge file because to transer 400mb of info through bt would take a million years, I tired today to use the usb with my prime and evo and the tablet did not show me the file when I turned on the storage from the evo .
So right now had to take out the sd card which is anoying just wanted to know if anyone has been able to get this work.
What is strange is that I know the usb works fine since I have used my external harddrive and it works perfect. So I think there is something that has to do with the phone connection that it not tlakng to the tablet.
fsured said:
I was wanting to try and send a file from my phone to the tablet using blue tooth file transfer. I was able to pair my tablet to my phone through blue tooth but it will not connect once the process is done. On both devices it gave the same message to allow paring and the same identification number. I hit allow pair and it does. After that nothing happens. I hit the settings icon next to the paring and it only gives an option to unpair or rename the cell phone/pair connection.
I'm thinking it is not properly setting up the profile for the connection. When I go into the setting for my headphones it lists the profile and the options for it; voice chat, media, etc. Is this part of the problems people are having with the BT connections? Is there a setting I need to turn on or off somewhere is the OS of the tablet?
I'm using a Mytouch4g slide phone and looked on the phone to see what options are given. Hitting the paired icon for the table only gives the option to delete it. On there my connection to my laptop for blue tooth gives the profile options for transfers etc. When I get home I will try connecting the tablet to my laptop and see if the profile gets created. If it works then it has to be something between my phone and the tablet.
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I had this problem while trying to BT connect my Transformer with my Wileyfox Swift, in order to test the "File-Go" beta App from Google. After many attempts I made some progress by simultaneously pressing pair on both machines. I was then able to share files via Bluetooth, although the "File-Go" App didn't allow BT transfer.
I cannot connect to a single wifi network. Home/work/anywhere, I've read where you can enable the secret menu and do some trickery through the phone but I have the Verizon Note 2 and you can't just dial a number and get to the secret menu.
Once I did try and download this zip file with some wifi files in it that I had to overwrite on the system partition using ES file explorer (found an article covering this exact problem) but this did not fix my problem.
not to mention i've done a pure 100% factory restore to 4.1.1. to no avail. ran custom roms. no avail. Its getting very frustrating. I am unlimited so I care less than others, but some of my apps are used over the network ie: unified remote for my computer hooked to my bigscreen.
When I use a rom, it just tries to connect for one instance then doesnt do anything. on the factory image it will say authentication error every time.
I've gotten my phone to connect to my home wifi ONCE and it was very crappy connection, would lag while using the cursor on the bigscreen.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I'm very familiar with following directions and rooting/romming or even some adb commands. Let me know if there is anything I can do to remedy this situation. Thanks!!!!
Kalvin
Why is Samsung not fixing this issue?
after doing some more research everything i've found points at the problem being Wireless N.
I havent had a chance to test it out on my own yet as I am still at work but That is fine, I can change my wifi at home to G and be ok with that, but in the end that means I will not be able to connect to work/public places ever as long as they are wireless N.
Come on get with the program Sammy!!!!
Kalvin