So I just got an S3 (Sprint version) and rooted it right away. I have left it as a stock ROM. I have been using "Wireless Tether" (green colored icon) on my HTC Evo 4G for the past 2 years without any issues.
When I got my S3, I found what looked like an updated version of "Wireless Tether" in the Play store. This time it is a yellow colored icon.
I saw someone say that the profile they used on it was for the Galaxy Nexus CDMA.
I tried that and I could have sworn it worked when I tested it.
Well, today, I actually needed my tether and no device I own is picking it up, although it is appearing to function correctly. It grants it superuser permission and then says it is running.
But nothing.
I have tried FoxFi as well with no luck.
I then used Titanium Backup to backup the version I have been using on my Evo and Dropboxed it over to my new phone.
I installed it and then opened it up.
It was granted superuser permission just fine too.
I turned on tethering... and once again, it appeared to be working... but no device is detecting a Wifi signal.
Is there any app that works to wifi tether on a stock rooted ROM?
Any reason why these may not be working?
Any help is super appreciated! Thanks!
Also I just realized this got posted in the i9300 section and not the correct one... I dont know how to move it.
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iomega311 said:
So I just got an S3 (Sprint version) and rooted it right away. I have left it as a stock ROM. I have been using "Wireless Tether" (green colored icon) on my HTC Evo 4G for the past 2 years without any issues.
When I got my S3, I found what looked like an updated version of "Wireless Tether" in the Play store. This time it is a yellow colored icon.
I saw someone say that the profile they used on it was for the Galaxy Nexus CDMA.
I tried that and I could have sworn it worked when I tested it.
Well, today, I actually needed my tether and no device I own is picking it up, although it is appearing to function correctly. It grants it superuser permission and then says it is running.
But nothing.
I have tried FoxFi as well with no luck.
I then used Titanium Backup to backup the version I have been using on my Evo and Dropboxed it over to my new phone.
I installed it and then opened it up.
It was granted superuser permission just fine too.
I turned on tethering... and once again, it appeared to be working... but no device is detecting a Wifi signal.
Is there any app that works to wifi tether on a stock rooted ROM?
Any reason why these may not be working?
Any help is super appreciated! Thanks!
Also I just realized this got posted in the i9300 section and not the correct one... I dont know how to move it.
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Well, incase anyone was wondering, I just flashed a custom ROM instead and now it works fine.
Wish it would have worked on stock ROM, but oh well.
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I recently got the Droid Razr Maxx rooted it and installed wifi tether. when i open up wifi tether it works fine but at the drop down bar i get the stock wifi saying something about configuring the wifi. Should i worry about the stock wifi reporting back that im using the tether option or should i just keep using it?
thanks
That's weird. Is wifi turned off? Can you post a screenshot?
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That's weird. Is wifi turned off? Can you post a screenshot?
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I get the same thing, always have.
stupidchicken03 said:
I get the same thing, always have.
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The touch to configure hotspot is the stock app for tether, if you're running the rooted version just ignore it and it may go away after a while. Either way you don't want to let VZW know you are tethering even with an unlimited data plan but no hotspot payment.
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thats exactly what i get. I rooted my razr and im using the RAZRX V1.0 rom. I thought that the message from the stock hotspot would go away when i changed the rom but the message "tethering or mobile hotspot active" still pops up. I have a rooted htc thunderbolt and that message never popped up when i used the tether. It could be that i have a custom rom on it but im not sure. should i worry about that message popping up or continue using the wifi as is?
thanks
I only started getting just problem after updating to the latest Asia.en rom. also after updating to the latest asia rom, the wifi output seems to be greatly reduced.
Glad others are having this problem. Just got the Maxx and updated to the newest OTA and then rooted. I get that message every time I start a tether app (Open Garden and Wifi Tether).
This is seems like some people get the message, while others done under the same conditions. Maybe it's the root method we used, I used motofail.
I dont think its the root method because i used droid razr root and im getting that message.
I wouldn't worry about the mobile hot spot pop up. Just ignore it.
Hi All,
My first post on here and am a n00b. Be gentle.
I have an HTC EVO 3D with Boot 1.5 unlocked the HTC method. Running SteelROM 2.73 (latest available).
What an awesome ROM. Battery lasts two days without having to charge now and phone runs much faster.
I am having a few issues, one of them being a real annoyance. For some reason, the phone likes to go to the Edge network. Before I rooted and changed the ROM, I never actually saw the edge network icon before. Now I see it all the time. Are there any other tweaks that I was supposed to do after installing the SteelROM ROM?
Another thing I noticed (and this may be the way it is) is I now have the ability to use the Sprint wifi, but it only connects at 3G even though I have a 4G connection (my 4G actually gets disconnected when Sprint wifi active). Is this normal? I have since switched to the WifiTether app which seems to work on 4G.
One last thing. Is there any way to get rid of the facebook, footprints, friendstream, etc from the image (which I believe is part of the HTC Sense install)?
Thanks again for your help.
I have seen edge network only on att'iphones. Use root explorer to delete those app u dont want. Open r.ex. system app and delete the app u want, or you can use adb or the terminal emulatot .. i hope i helped
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[email protected] said:
Hi All,
My first post on here and am a n00b. Be gentle.
I have an HTC EVO 3D with Boot 1.5 unlocked the HTC method. Running SteelROM 2.73 (latest available).
What an awesome ROM. Battery lasts two days without having to charge now and phone runs much faster.
I am having a few issues, one of them being a real annoyance. For some reason, the phone likes to go to the Edge network. Before I rooted and changed the ROM, I never actually saw the edge network icon before. Now I see it all the time. Are there any other tweaks that I was supposed to do after installing the SteelROM ROM?
Another thing I noticed (and this may be the way it is) is I now have the ability to use the Sprint wifi, but it only connects at 3G even though I have a 4G connection (my 4G actually gets disconnected when Sprint wifi active). Is this normal? I have since switched to the WifiTether app which seems to work on 4G.
One last thing. Is there any way to get rid of the facebook, footprints, friendstream, etc from the image (which I believe is part of the HTC Sense install)?
Thanks again for your help.
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By the edge icon I'm guessing you're talking about 1x symbol....either way teh thing is the stock rom never shows 1x even if service is really only 1x, so the steelrom is just showing you true connection. As the other post said to remove the apps you want gone use a root explorer program i.e Root Explorer or ESFile Explorer (Enable Root in the settings menu) and navigate to /sytem/app to remove the .apk's and the widgets if you choose. And the last issue is completely normal with the stock tether app...it will disconnect 4G and use 3G.
OK, so to recap, stock rom is a liar and doesn't show true connection (good to know).
Sprint tether is only available in 3G so just use the Wifi Tether app.
If I want to remove an app, just remove the apk from system/app.
Thanks for the responses.
I LOVE THE HELPFULNESS! This is what XDA is about!
Pretty green to this. I rooted my razr and it was running like a dream. Quickoverclock advanced, wifi tethering worked great. Got tripped and changed my google password which affects all my syncing. Should have engaged brain and asked before I did the following. Reset to factory specs from settings. It was the only way that it would let me change the google password in the phone prerooted or the only way I knew how to change...and V was no help. I knew the stock version better than any of their reps..
That being said, The phone still allows tethering. The superuser apk is still there but I was going to use the razrutility by mattl but will not work. I have no bootstrap now, lost my overclock...Basically it works like an unrooted phone with wifi tethering enabled. When I use the DroidRzr Utility Bat is responds with designated path unknown. I mean it is OK, the main thing I wanted to do was tether but there were some other things I liked and they are gone. If I can return it to bone stock, I can unroot it again. I got that down... Just don't know how to get past this. Anyone have a suggestion?
Try reinstalling the apps you used to get boots trap and over clock.
Btw you could have removed the google account from account settings and not had to factory reset. Its done now so we'll try to help.
Also, how did you over clock? The kernel is locked at the moment so does not allow this.
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Which software build are you running?
Sorry to post a new thread if this is duplicated, can't find the specific topic for not-rooted Razr yet...
I am running stock not-rooted ICS and I did do a factory reset after the update.
ICS has been running nicely on my Razr, but last night I needed tethering and couldn't get it running. It did use to work with GB, and I *am* paying for the tethering service (corporate).
Tried Settings => Tethering & Mobile Hotspot => Mobile Hotspot (tap to turn on). This turns the feature on for a few seconds, it provisions, then places a quick notification, then turns off. I've repeated this numerous times.
Can also duplicate this in Mobile Hotspot Settings. Configure Mobile Hotspot stays greyed out, so can't configure.
Is there something I'm missing?
can't reproduce this,
stock ics non-rooted razr maxx
I've been trying since I flashed .211.... My experience was about the same worked at first then out. I can connect and shows connection with limited connectivity. Can't get data to run correctly works for maybe a second the goes out. I give up sucksssssss. I may go back to gingerbread I need my tether... The guys at foxfi are working on it. Hopefully they figure it out.
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On the same boat...
Hi, i have installed an Stock ICS:
673.94.324.XT910.PSHAsiaRetail.en.03 / 4.0.4
My device is rooted, i did a full clean install of ICS and also i am not able to tether when it worked just perfect on GB after doing this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1435619&page=2
I tried the same tips on that thread but it makes no difference on ICS, i have tried the native option, WiFi Tether beta version with different device profiles: Generic ICS, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Motorola Droid Razr (on this one the error is: "Setting ad-hoc mode.. Failed")
I hope someone can figure out how to make this work as it did on GB.
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Sorry to post a new thread if this is duplicated, can't find the specific topic for not-rooted Razr yet...
I am running stock not-rooted ICS and I did do a factory reset after the update.
ICS has been running nicely on my Razr, but last night I needed tethering and couldn't get it running. It did use to work with GB, and I *am* paying for the tethering service (corporate).
Tried Settings => Tethering & Mobile Hotspot => Mobile Hotspot (tap to turn on). This turns the feature on for a few seconds, it provisions, then places a quick notification, then turns off. I've repeated this numerous times.
Can also duplicate this in Mobile Hotspot Settings. Configure Mobile Hotspot stays greyed out, so can't configure.
Is there something I'm missing?
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I don't mean to be cheeky, but given you are totally stock and paying for the service, I'd be burning up the lines to my provider for not providing for a paid for service. In the meantime, FoxFi from the play market should hold you over.
Call 'em up and make 'em fix it!
Cheers,
SteveRN
Actually just discovered the problem last night. I will be calling them when I get home from work today...
That said, I would much rather work here with all you wonderful foks here at XDA than to be in an automated phone message tree for 3 hours.
Well, I called VZ support from my office. They verified all my account stuff and looked over the phone -- all looked good.
Then they had me reboot the phone.
Now it works.
Duhhh.
I'm looking for a way to use my "retired" HTC Incredible 4G (ADR6410LVW) as a GPS puck. It was my wife's phone for 2 years and the screen is cracked, the battery is in bad shape, the camera lens is smudged, and it's been mistreated by each of my children. So it's in pretty rough shape, but I got it for a good price, and it still seems to work.
Because my tablet (rooted Kindle Fire 1st edition - stock ROM) doesn't have an internal GPS, I need to tether it to the phone to get mock GPS coordinates for several mapping applications. For this purpose, the phone works with TetherGPS if both devices are on the same (external) WiFi.
The problem is that with the provided Mobile Hotspot app, the software won't allow a connection unless there is a data source (i.e. Verizon network). Since the phone is de-activated, no source exists, so the mobile hotspot won't turn on. I will be using this in vehicles far from WiFi and I have no plans to re-activate a phone just to get a GPS. Maybe there is a way to trick the app into thinking there is a data source, I'm not sure.
I've also tried Android WiFi Tether, but I run into permission errors on the phone, and it doesn't seem to be working. I've learned from this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19935112&postcount=40) that I may need root access to use Android WiFi Tether.
I'd prefer not to root the phone if I don't have to, but if that's the only way, I'll do it. I learned from reading this post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2214653) that IF I want to root my phone (and do a lot more which may or may not be necessary), I need to flash update 2.17.605.5. My phone already has firmware version 2.19.605.2, so if I was to go that route, I have no idea whether I should just do a factory reset, backload the old firmware, or what.
Can someone please point me in the right direction?
You are correct that most non-carrier based WiFi Tether apps do require root. I tried experimenting with the app I use (WiFi Tether for Root Users) by changing my radio mode to GSM Only (i.e. mobile data is on, but not really going anywhere), and my laptop connected to the phone just fine.
Regarding rooting your phone, the thread you referenced for rooting is for older firmware. Since you're on 2.19.605.2, you will want this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2664460
cwaskey said:
I'm looking for a way to use my "retired" HTC Incredible 4G (ADR6410LVW) as a GPS puck. It was my wife's phone for 2 years and the screen is cracked, the battery is in bad shape, the camera lens is smudged, and it's been mistreated by each of my children. So it's in pretty rough shape, but I got it for a good price, and it still seems to work.
Because my tablet (rooted Kindle Fire 1st edition - stock ROM) doesn't have an internal GPS, I need to tether it to the phone to get mock GPS coordinates for several mapping applications. For this purpose, the phone works with TetherGPS if both devices are on the same (external) WiFi.
The problem is that with the provided Mobile Hotspot app, the software won't allow a connection unless there is a data source (i.e. Verizon network). Since the phone is de-activated, no source exists, so the mobile hotspot won't turn on. I will be using this in vehicles far from WiFi and I have no plans to re-activate a phone just to get a GPS. Maybe there is a way to trick the app into thinking there is a data source, I'm not sure.
I've also tried Android WiFi Tether, but I run into permission errors on the phone, and it doesn't seem to be working. I've learned from this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19935112&postcount=40) that I may need root access to use Android WiFi Tether.
I'd prefer not to root the phone if I don't have to, but if that's the only way, I'll do it. I learned from reading this post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2214653) that IF I want to root my phone (and do a lot more which may or may not be necessary), I need to flash update 2.17.605.5. My phone already has firmware version 2.19.605.2, so if I was to go that route, I have no idea whether I should just do a factory reset, backload the old firmware, or what.
Can someone please point me in the right direction?
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Got My Rum - Now What?
junkmail9 said:
You are correct that most non-carrier based WiFi Tether apps do require root. I tried experimenting with the app I use (WiFi Tether for Root Users) by changing my radio mode to GSM Only (i.e. mobile data is on, but not really going anywhere), and my laptop connected to the phone just fine.
Regarding rooting your phone, the thread you referenced for rooting is for older firmware. Since you're on 2.19.605.2, you will want this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2664460
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Thanks for the link to the updated method. I was able to follow the instructions (with only minor detours) and got my rum. My phone is now showing S-OFF in the bootloader. However, when I reboot, I get a blank screen except the status bar on the top. When I switch to "Disk Drive", my files and such appear to still be intact based on browsing from my PC. But I can't see them on my phone.
How do I get back to a usable screen on my phone?
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Thanks for the link to the updated method. I was able to follow the instructions (with only minor detours) and got my rum. My phone is now showing S-OFF in the bootloader. However, when I reboot, I get a blank screen except the status bar on the top. When I switch to "Disk Drive", my files and such appear to still be intact based on browsing from my PC. But I can't see them on my phone.
How do I get back to a usable screen on my phone?
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That's an odd problem... Since you can get to your files via PC, I recommend backing up your files to your PC, then install a fresh RUU (older ones can be found here).
Installing the RUU will nuke all of your files and essentially make your phone "factory fresh", but you will remain s-off. (Once you're s-off, you should stay s-off pretty much no matter what you do, unless you intentionally make your phone s-on, but do not do that unless you really know what you're doing...).
After RUU, you'll need to install a superuser program (superuser or SuperSU) to (re)gain root.
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That's an odd problem... Since you can get to your files via PC, I recommend backing up your files to your PC, then install a fresh RUU (older ones can be found here).
Installing the RUU will nuke all of your files and essentially make your phone "factory fresh", but you will remain s-off. (Once you're s-off, you should stay s-off pretty much no matter what you do, unless you intentionally make your phone s-on, but do not do that unless you really know what you're doing...).
After RUU, you'll need to install a superuser program (superuser or SuperSU) to (re)gain root.
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Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, it looks like those RUU files have been taken down.
I wonder if my problem started with the script from mdmower. I had to run it multiple times before I got it to work; it turns out two lines had to be run immediately after each other and I was waiting for the first to finish before typing in and running the second. I wonder if the second line did something that can be undone by re-running it with different options? I have no idea what ln or -s are. Here is the script I'm talking about.
Code:
adb restore fakebackup.ab
adb shell "while ! ln -s /data/local.prop /data/data/com.android.settings/a/file99
Got it working
I was able to get it working by doing a factory reset in twrp. I lost all my data, but I had backed up to my PC first, so I can re-install.
Thanks again for the help!
Back to square one
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I was able to get it working by doing a factory reset in twrp. I lost all my data, but I had backed up to my PC first, so I can re-install.
Thanks again for the help!
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So my apps are re-installed on my phone, and Wifi Tether has root access, but I still can't connect my phone to my other devices. Neither my Kindle Fire nor my PC can see my phone's Wifi, whether the house Wifi is on or off. I tried installing the Wifi Tether on my rooted Fire and that also didn't allow me to connect the two devices.
So am I SOL - no tether without an internet stream? Is there another way to pass GPS coordinates from a de-activated phone to a wifi device? It seems like it should be such an easy thing to do.
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So am I SOL - no tether without an internet stream? Is there another way to pass GPS coordinates from a de-activated phone to a wifi device? It seems like it should be such an easy thing to do.
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I would expect that your devices should see and be able to connect to your phone's WiFi tether, but they won't be able to go anywhere unless your phone has a mobile data connection.
Maybe with the device connected to the phone, you could use something like BlueNMEA or perhaps adapt GPSTether to work? (Both apps on Google play)
If you figure it out, please post how you did it, as others may be looking to do the same thing. Good luck!
Still trying to figure this one out. I guess if it was easy, I wouldn't have learned so much along the way.
According to the Android-Wifi-Tether site (http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/wiki/Setup_HTC_Desire_Incredible) the Droid Incredible is a special case. No mention of the Incredible 4G, so the workaround probably doesn't apply.
I guess I should try other Wifi tether apps and see if that's the problem.
Have you tried a custom ROM? I powered up my fireball last night with CM11 and I could connect my nexus 5 to it. I didn't get a chance to power up my old Nook Color to check if it shared location info. But it connected to the hotspot fine.
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Still trying to figure this one out. I guess if it was easy, I wouldn't have learned so much along the way.
According to the Android-Wifi-Tether site (http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/wiki/Setup_HTC_Desire_Incredible) the Droid Incredible is a special case. No mention of the Incredible 4G, so the workaround probably doesn't apply.
I guess I should try other Wifi tether apps and see if that's the problem.
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Success!
I installed CM11 on the phone. It now creates a WiFi hotspot with no internet access that my Kindle can access, and allows me to TetherGPS. I had to re-install all my apps on the phone, but I think I got that straight finally. Both the built-in WiFi tether and the Android WiFi Tether app seem to work.
So it must have been a limitation with the original OS that was keeping it from working.
If you'd have asked me two weeks ago if I thought I'd ever hack into and modify an old cell phone, I'd have said no way. Thanks to everyone who helped along the way.
Glad it worked out. Congratulations on the learning journey.
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cwaskey said:
I installed CM11 on the phone. It now creates a WiFi hotspot with no internet access that my Kindle can access, and allows me to TetherGPS. I had to re-install all my apps on the phone, but I think I got that straight finally. Both the built-in WiFi tether and the Android WiFi Tether app seem to work.
So it must have been a limitation with the original OS that was keeping it from working.
If you'd have asked me two weeks ago if I thought I'd ever hack into and modify an old cell phone, I'd have said no way. Thanks to everyone who helped along the way.
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Excellent. Glad you figured it out and got it working!