[Q] AOKP - "Wifi direct" function - what is it?? - Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
Can anyone explain what is the function of WIFI direct in the AOKP ROM? This function is found in the settings menu, more... (just below the wifi/BT enable button).
Thanks,
Allisson

Actually it is in stock rom as well (well, a hardware feature that is). It allows the tab to communicate with other wifi direct capable devices for file exchange, media streaming, etc.
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Glad you asked , I have it on my hox and had no idea
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Wifi direct work fine on AOKP, but only with this app here. For me, work fine on Galaxy s1 + Galaxy s2, both running Rom ICS AOKP M6.
Or, you can use this excellent app, which is as wifi direct but without wifi direct.
If i helped, please press my thanks button.

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[Q] Is galaxy tab 10.1 "WI-FI Direct" cerified?

Perhaps every one knows about the functions of wifi direct and how useful it is, on galaxy s2 it is very simple to connect the device to others with the same capability of wifi direct as you can find it in settings menu,
how about galaxy tab 10.1? although I could not find anything in the menu but still have the question if it is possible to use the device on wifi direct??
on some websites I saw wi-fi direct as a spec of galaxy tab 10.1, but could not find a clue on how to use it
I tried the Wifi Direct with my SGS2 and GT10 but it didnt work
On some website i read that Samsungs Implementation of WI-FI Direct is not like it should be because you can only connect with devices that have this feature.
According to the Specifications from the Wi-Fi Alliance only one device needs to have the Wifi Direct feature. EDIT: And this may be the reason why the GT10 doesnt have it
claudekenni said:
I tried the Wifi Direct with my SGS2 and GT10 but it didnt work
On some website i read that Samsungs Implementation of WI-FI Direct is not like it should be because you can only connect with devices that have this feature.
According to the Specifications from the Wi-Fi Alliance only one device needs to have the Wifi Direct feature. EDIT: And this may be the reason why the GT10 doesnt have it
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so it seems samsung has disabled this feature for the tablet
taha_e said:
Perhaps every one knows about the functions of wifi direct and how useful it is, on galaxy s2 it is very simple to connect the device to others with the same capability of wifi direct as you can find it in settings menu,
how about galaxy tab 10.1? although I could not find anything in the menu but still have the question if it is possible to use the device on wifi direct??
on some websites I saw wi-fi direct as a spec of galaxy tab 10.1, but could not find a clue on how to use it
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on the official galaxy tab specs site it says (wifi direct ) http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxytab/10.1/spec.html
where the F is this feature in our tab
Missing WiFi direct on Gtab 10.1
I was just noticing that, too. I have the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus with Android v3.2 on it, and there's an extra option in the "Wireless and networks" settings area for "WiFi Direct settings" but on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 with Android v3.2 that option is not present. I'm betting the functionality is present but it's just missing the required setup function. I noticed, also, that WiFi Direct is listed on the 10.1's specs. Unfortunately, no firmware-update love appears to be forthcoming from Samsung for the original Tab 10.1.
Look,
There is the Galaxy Tab 7.0, which I Would think, doesn´t have this options,
but now you have the galaxy tab 7.0 plus, with more features than the earlier model,....
So If there would be a galaxy tab 10.1 plus, the feature is guaranteed there included...., or a firmware update/upgrade comes..... and incude it....
greets
Since the new GS3 advertises their new S-Beam feature which uses WiFi Direct heavily, perhaps it would be to their benefit to make sure as many Samsung products have Wifi Direct enabled.
I wonder if NFC must be present in order for that to work entirely or not.
I have succeeded in getting a Wi-Fi Direct connection between two HC 3.2 10.1's (both P7510). Much good as that may be. I was not running any specialised software but could connect cleanly.
Disadvantage: after disconnect from Direct Wi-Fi the machine kept on scanning for Wi-Fi connections, even though the 'normal' Wi-Fi was switched off. A reboot fixed this.

[Q] Tendering App

Howdy,
Just purchased my new Samsung Tab 10.1 yesterday and successfully rooted it but havent decided on a ROM yet. But what I need right away is a good tethering app so I can use my "wifi only" Tab out in the field. Can someone please recommend a nice tethering app for my brand new 10.1?
Also, is CM7 available for the 10.1 yet? If not is there a nice ROM for the 10.1 that has risen to the top yet? I sure miss CM7.
Thank you!
[email protected] said:
Howdy,
Just purchased my new Samsung Tab 10.1 yesterday and successfully rooted it but havent decided on a ROM yet. But what I need right away is a good tethering app so I can use my "wifi only" Tab out in the field. Can someone please recommend a nice tethering app for my brand new 10.1?
Also, is CM7 available for the 10.1 yet? If not is there a nice ROM for the 10.1 that has risen to the top yet? I sure miss CM7.
Thank you!
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i have tab 10.1 3g, in that there is inbuilt USB & WiFi tethering, not sure about WiFi only version.
[email protected] said:
Howdy,
Just purchased my new Samsung Tab 10.1 yesterday and successfully rooted it but havent decided on a ROM yet. But what I need right away is a good tethering app so I can use my "wifi only" Tab out in the field. Can someone please recommend a nice tethering app for my brand new 10.1?
Also, is CM7 available for the 10.1 yet? If not is there a nice ROM for the 10.1 that has risen to the top yet? I sure miss CM7.
Thank you!
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If you have the 3G tab, go to Settings > Wireless and networks > Tethering and portable hotspot. Boom! There you go!
Now, if you have a WiFi only Tab, umm... you're... not supposed to be able to tether with that...
The whole point of tethering is to take a device's connection to a -mobile- network, and share it out to other devices via USB/Bluetooth/WiFi... Since a WiFi only Tab doesn't have a connection to a mobile network... yeah...
I think what you're asking is, what's a good tethering app for your -phone- so you can share your -phone's- connection to your Tab. Right? That being the case, you might want to give us some more information about THAT device, since that's the one you need to focus on.
Tethering App
You're right. My new phone will arrive this afternoon. It,s a brand new ATT Samsung Galaxy S II. And about 30 minutes after I recieve it, it will be successfully rooted.
Also, is CM7 ready for the S 2? If not, what ROM does everyone recommend?
Thank you.
OK- here is what you really want to know-
a) Your phone has CM7 [click here]
b) The hotspot created by that phone is an "ad hoc" connection, not natively supported by the SGT. To fix that you will need this. You MUST read the whole thread- it has the hint you need.
Ok, I give up. What's the hint I'm looking for?
It looks like you will need to open up that ROM in the link to get the wpa_supplicant file and replace the one on your Tab. I assume that's all that's needed to enable ad-hoc networks. The only question i have is if that file will work ok since it's from an 8.9 ROM. Be sure to backup your current wpa_supplicant file in case there's an issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1083182
The tab 10.1v ad-hoc fix, does work on the 10.1. Tasks ROMs do have ad-hoc enabled. Not sure if the 3.2 ROM he has enables yet, but I'm sure he'll add it. Task has been very good at adding what users need/request.
I believe I may have not worded the start of this thread correctly. Here is what I'm trying to do;
1. I have a brand new AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Smartphone with a 2gb Data plan.
2. I also have a brand new Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Tablet WiFi ONLY.
3. I want to use the the Tablet out in the field by tethering off of my Galaxy S II Smartphone with the Data plan.
Is this what's described above? It appears to me to be the other way around. If it is does anyone know a thread or App that let's me tether my Tablet off of my Smartphone?
Thanks...
That's exactly what they're saying. First you need to use any application (it might even support it natively) that enables your S2 phone to make an 'ad-hoc' connection.
BUT your Tab won't natively support connections like that, so you have to use one of the fixes provided in this thread to enable it (replacing your wpa_supplicant file with one that supports ad-hoc connections should do the trick).

VPN L2TP/IPSec Galaxy S2 Problems Cyanogen 7.1 NB - 116/Siyah 2.5.2

Hi
I have a Galaxy S2 running Cyanogen Mod 7.1 Nightly Build 116 - this seemed to run the L2TP/IPSec VPN with no real problems over my phone network, I now have the Siyah kernel 2.5.2 installed via CWM runs great good battery life - only problems I've found Google Books refuses to open - force close everytime and my VPN (L2TP/IPSec) refuses to work properly over the phone connection.
It connects correctly - and when I visit a website it loads for about 5-6secs then the phone hard locks I have to hold the power button down and then turn back on. Strangely this problem does not occur if I VPN over my home Wifi - works great
I am new so I cannot post (less than 10 entries) to siyah's development thread - does anyone have a similar issue? My only option is to redo the 116 build and stick with cyanogens standard kernel, unless someone has a solution (exactly the same problems with siyah 2.5.1 GT)
Thanks
HI Krazeyivan
I have similar issue while using my at&t variant galaxy s2/i777 which turns off after connecting to hideipvpn server using L2TP/IPSEC VPN. It used to work fine on my galaxy S device but not on s2 for unknown reason.
I tried the same settings on Xperia play and it works just fine.
I am hoping that someone would post a solution for this, if not I still have 29 days to return the device for another branded one. Until then fingers crossed.
Please post it here on the thread if you find any solution.
alternate solution i guess: strong VPN with PPTP VPN but there is no trial offer and you have to pay 21 usd for three months (min pckg). Dont know if it works for sure, but it has encryption disabled and DNS to be filled in, looks promising but i found some forums where people complain that strong vpn PPTP is useless.
alright cheers now
You should try the stock kernel from CM. There is not much difference anyway.
Stock kernel is no help for me, I've tried few roms and kernels mixed, But it doesn't fix

[Q] Wi-Fi Direct disabled in JB ROM

Hi,
Probably this question was already asked, but I did a lot of searching and could not find a concrete answer.
When I had ICS ROM on my S2, Wi-Fi Direct was working fine and I was able to share files with other S2 phones running stock ICS. But after I flashed JB ROMs (first Jelly King AOKP and now Jelly Bam AOKP) the Wi-Fi Direct is disabled. I know it is present in options menu after I turn on WiFi. There seems to be a blank row which when clicked does nothing. (attached screenshot). Also the options Search for devices and Rename device are disabled and greyed out.
Is this a known issue in JB and there is no fix? Or are there any JB ROMS in which Wi-Fi Direct works.
Are there any workarounds? Please help!
Thanks!
I have noticed this too
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Why your Wireless Access Point read all formal rooms ?
poshtvane said:
Why your Wireless Access Point read all formal rooms ?
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sorry didn't understand what you meant..
Can someone pls help me out!
Thanks!
This is an issue with Galaxy S i9000. With CM9 / other ICS ROMs , there is a seperate WiFi Direct section which works, but in CM10 / other JB ROMs, the WiFi Direct screen is the same as in your Galaxy S 2
Wifi direct work fine on CM/AOKP, but only with this app here. For me, work fine on Galaxy s1 + Galaxy s2, both running Rom ICS AOKP M6.
Or, you can use this excellent app here, which is as wifi direct but without wifi direct.
If i helped, please press my thanks button.
You use AOSP/AOKP which I believe don't support the natively built in WiFi direct function. However, you can use apps for this: airdroid and WiFi explorer are just two great apps.
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I use neat rom 4.0...
I can not send files via WiFi direct to another sammy stock 4.0.4, but I can receive ICS
may not be done between jb and ICS?
I have not tried sending another jb...
thanks
philippe734 said:
Wifi direct work fine on CM/AOKP, but only with this app here. For me, work fine on Galaxy s1 + Galaxy s2, both running Rom ICS AOKP M6.
Or, you can use this excellent app here, which is as wifi direct but without wifi direct.
If i helped, please press my thanks button.
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Thanks so much! Fast File Transfer is doing the job just like Wi-Fi Direct. :good:

[Q] Wi-Fi direct on aokp

Hi.
Searched everywhere, couldn't find anything.
Maybe you Gurus here could help out.
How could I use the wi-fi direct functions on an aokp milestone1 rom?
Neither stream music, and movies to my TV, nor sending files via wi-fi direct. doesn't work for me.
...There's an wi-fi direct option in WLAN Settings. But doesn't show anything.
Thx for your help.
regards
DroidShift79 said:
Hi.
Searched everywhere, couldn't find anything.
Maybe you Gurus here could help out.
How could I use the wi-fi direct functions on an aokp milestone1 rom?
Neither stream music, and movies to my TV, nor sending files via wi-fi direct. doesn't work for me.
...There's an wi-fi direct option in WLAN Settings. But doesn't show anything.
Thx for your help.
regards
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I had exactly the same problem with my galaxy s2 i9100, and asked it here, but got no answer!
kpdeepu said:
I had exactly the same problem with my galaxy s2 i9100, and asked it here, but got no answer!
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Too bad.
If someone tell's us 'it's not working' would be good, so we can stop searching.
DroidShift79 said:
Hi.
Searched everywhere, couldn't find anything.
Maybe you Gurus here could help out.
How could I use the wi-fi direct functions on an aokp milestone1 rom?
Neither stream music, and movies to my TV, nor sending files via wi-fi direct. doesn't work for me.
...There's an wi-fi direct option in WLAN Settings. But doesn't show anything.
Thx for your help.
regards
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kpdeepu said:
I had exactly the same problem with my galaxy s2 i9100, and asked it here, but got no answer!
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Hey guys I found this link and thought it may at least give you some closure(or hope) on the wifi direct issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1889145 (scroll down to Idan73's post)
I've been searching for a couple days myself but I guess it's just disabled currently in CM10 and AOKP roms. Wifi direct is an overlooked feature but I find it to be very useful; much better than bluetooth(like 1000x better). Hopefully it should be implemented soon after devs figure out how, though I won't hold my breath. I'm using JellyBam rom atm and it's the only thing missing in my opinion
Edit:
If you want a similar functioning app that is just as good as wifi direct(acts almost the exact same way), you could try this :https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.floriandraschbacher.fastfiletransfer&hl=en
The app uses WiFi Tethering to establish a connection between two devices without internet, so effectively it acts just like WiFi direct and is probably the best alternative we'll get. Works on older phones too such as the galaxy S and the receiving phone doesn't need the app installed to receive the file, which is a plus and makes it better than wifi direct in that regard. Gave it a 5 star rating on the play store in the hopes that app development is continued and the app is not abandoned. Just found out about it otherwise I would have linked it earlier (google searches save lives lol). Hope it's helpful to you guys.
Thanks for your words.
Tried out a lot of things.
But now I'm back on my own cooked deodexed stock rom
Wifi direct work fine on AOKP, but only with this app here. For me, work fine on Galaxy s1 + Galaxy s2, both running Rom ICS AOKP M6.
Or, you can use this excellent app here, which is as wifi direct but without wifi direct.
If i helped, please press my thanks button.

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