I've exhausted every search engine looking for a solution. Does the Streak 5 have the BT PAN profile? Either natively or through a custom ROM. I don't care for wi-fi tethering because of battery drainage and heating issues. My goal is to connect my iPad to the Dell when I'm not near a hotspot.
Looneytoon98 said:
Does the Streak 5 have the BT PAN profile?
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Only object push. Bluetooth is very badly supported on android.
Maybe a 3rd party app will work: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.silentlexx.bluetoothpan
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I've exhausted every search engine looking for a solution. Does the Streak 5 have the BT PAN profile? Either natively or through a custom ROM. I don't care for wi-fi tethering because of battery drainage and heating issues. My goal is to connect my iPad to the Dell when I'm not near a hotspot.
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And the Bluetooth tethering speed is pretty bad also, thus lower power consumption... make a choice, speed or battery and you can use PDANet I think
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Using the lapdock, how realistic is it for me to want to use logmein via browser and leave my laptop at home? I know the connection speeds are a huge factor, but aside from that am I being foolish in thinking I could actually do some real work via firefox/atrix/lapdock?
How much of boost in performance is there when hacks are applied to webtop?
Thanks in advance!
Kim
webtop/lapdock is for light duty stuff. think of it as an extension of your phone with a bigger screen and hardware keyboard. mouse optional. wireless mouse is plug and play so you don't have to lose bluetooth to a bluetooth mouse. touchpad has settings so it's usable now. no scrolling though. i personally am hoping hdmi mirroring w/landscape comes soon. firefox is fine, but i'd rather try to see how versatile android is without losing the ram and resources to webtop.
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Using the lapdock, how realistic is it for me to want to use logmein via browser and leave my laptop at home? I know the connection speeds are a huge factor, but aside from that am I being foolish in thinking I could actually do some real work via firefox/atrix/lapdock?
How much of boost in performance is there when hacks are applied to webtop?
Thanks in advance!
Kim
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I know it's an old post but what the heck, I'm bored...
I use my Lapdock most of the time just for that. I'm a network administrator and I connect to many Servers and client computers through LogMeIn without problems.
Cheers!
Rayan
Perhaps I was being complacent, but I just assumed the prime would hop on the 5ghz network in my house....but in fact I can only see the 2ghz network. Anyone have input on this?
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Hmmm.... problem ?
I can connect to my 2.4 gHz wap at work. Can't connect to the 5 gHz.
Ohh crap! Please no! **** me!
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The TP has a Broadcom BCM4329 chip which does support 5GHz mode of operation. However, Asus did not include the support for running the device at that mode, either in software or due to the type of antennas used. Could be for saving power..
Perhaps we might see a custom ROM which enables this mode of operation.
This sucks! I just got my prime and I can't use the 5ghz speeds in my house to stream HD video.
I've tried the 2.4ghz N speeds but the max speed is about 65mbps...nothing close to the 130mbps that my laptop gets. And, this is next to the router.
When I tried to stream HD video from my home server, it is a bit choppy and has lots of dropped frames.
Any suggestions???
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Sorry, I should add that I was accessing the network videos through ES File Explorer and playing them on MX Video Player.
Well ****. This is pretty surprising to me.
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i noticed the same.. fail. my xoom did it
tdrussell said:
Well ****. This is pretty surprising to me.
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Though I would agree with you that it's a major bummer, I don't know why it's surprising,. This limitation has been mentioned before, research is your friend...especially when you're giving them $500 of your hard-earned money.
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This limitation has been mentioned before
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^^^^^
This.
It was on the front page for a while in the same thread discussing the single speaker. It is wierd that the chip supports it but they disabled it.
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The TP has a Broadcom BCM4329 chip which does support 5GHz mode of operation. However, Asus did not include the support for running the device at that mode, either in software or due to the type of antennas used. Could be for saving power..
Perhaps we might see a custom ROM which enables this mode of operation.
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Don't know why it was disable and I don't think the hardware is there it can't be for power savings the iPad 2 has it
I don't think its fair to say the consumers in general are going to be able to spot the fact that this doesn't have 5ghz. You'd have to be somewhat technical and do a lot of digging. As long as the wireless N standard has been around, it is very odd to me that they disabled this.
5ghz is great for streaming video and I'm having a lot of trouble with 2.4ghz streaming clean HD video.
azzurrony said:
5ghz is great for streaming video.
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It's also good for router wars when you're fighting interference from your neighbors.
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I don't think its fair to say the consumers in general are going to be able to spot the fact that this doesn't have 5ghz. You'd have to be somewhat technical and do a lot of digging. As long as the wireless N standard has been around, it is very odd to me that they disabled this.
5ghz is great for streaming video and I'm having a lot of trouble with 2.4ghz streaming clean HD video.
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I would say consumers in general are using 2.4ghz and the somewhat technical are using 5ghz. Personally I tried using 5ghz in my house but the range limitation put me back on 2.4ghz since I didn't want access points set up all over the place.
I dunno i think they should have still made it available. If it sucks the power up then people can switch. I am forced to use 2.4ghz at home because my phone doesnt support it but being that i will be using the tablet instead it be nice to switch back to 5ghz.
The hardware supports it so thats good atleast, which means asus or a dev can enable it in the future.
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While the 2.GHz band is narrower and frequently more crowded, it isn't inherently slower -- at least not so much that it would cause the video streaming problems cited here. Using WiFi Analyser I am able to see the channels in use in my area by WiFi and changed the channels used by my router. My initial change failed - maybe I chose a channel with a lot of non-WiFi traffic on it. But my 2nd choice worked brilliantly. I can stream HD from my Twonky over WiFi with no problems.
Hi Guys,
Well that's my question after all. I have read in some pre-Release reviews that the Xperia S would support WiFi direct.
I just got mine a couple of days ago and I couldn't see anything.
Does someone has the same question?
Thank you all
Verstuurd van mijn Sony Xperia S
It dose/will
Android 4 aka ICS is needed
Thanks man. Lets sit and wait then.
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Hi today ICS came out, but still I have trouble to locate wi-fi Direct functionality.
If anyone can shine light on it, would be great.
Wondering the same thing. Hmmmmm
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same here, haven't found yet.
Wifi direct works with wifi direct enabled device (wifi media house player, WIDI enabled tv, wifi stereo players)
If you do not own some kind of gadgets with this WIDI or DLNA support you cant even start it.
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electrash said:
Wifi direct works with wifi direct enabled device (wifi media house player, WIDI enabled tv, wifi stereo players)
If you do not own some kind of gadgets with this WIDI or DLNA support you cant even start it.
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I have a Bravia with wifi-direct support, still I don't see the option in the phone, a friend of mine with a Galaxy S II has it on wifi options...
newalopez said:
I have a Bravia with wifi-direct support, still I don't see the option in the phone, a friend of mine with a Galaxy S II has it on wifi options...
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That's not the same thing, that's DLNA.
WiFi Direct is supposed to work between devices that have the feature WITHOUT requiring a central modem/router. As in, if you turn your home network router OFF you can still get a wifi direct phone to connect to a wifi direct device like a blu ray player or TV. It's supposed to be much better as you don't have the phone sending data to the modem and then to the TV/Bluray instead it's sent directly to the device, usually at a close distance.
ICS is supposed to have WiFi Direct option built in, it's very odd that it's not there on XPS with ICS especially considering the Sony whitepaper specifically mentions that it has Wifi Direct capability (not all wifi phones have the feature as wifi direct needs a different type of chip).
I'm wondering whether it even actually has the capability or they made a mistake in the documentation. On Samsung phones as well as some other brand phones the feature was available even in Gingerbread as they made an effort to code it in themselves whereas ICS has the feature itself built-in, your phone just needs to have the specific chip to take advantage of it.
Hello people,
This is not the normal complaint thread about WiFi and Bluetooth issues, so please don't flame without reading.
I have managed to reproduce and NOT reproduce the WiFi speed issues when streaming data or audio thru Bluetooth, and I have found a pattern.
I'm almost sure it is a Software issue. With the Prime running WiFi and Bluetooth over the same chip/antenna it is normal to have a speed drop when using both, but not to bring WiFi speed to a crawl (300kbps tops).
So, what I'm asking for is information about the Bluetooth device you are using, if you can give me brand and specific model better, the more information I have about the device the merrier
Second, I need information about your Wifi speed with stream and without stream or at leleast if you have major speed drops or your if Prime works well.
Ill be going this weekend to Saturn or something to try top-notch super expensive Bluetooth devices and see the results.
What is the pattern you found? It might explain why some people bt/wifi works fine and others dont.
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What is the pattern you found? It might explain why some people bt/wifi works fine and others dont.
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Something about the Bluetooth profile being used by the tablet when connecting to devices.
I posted some videos about my prime being able to stream HD video while listening to it through Bluetooth. And some speed tests while using my AKG 830BT headphones.
What was my surprise when using the cheaper Motorola DC800 Bluetooth receiver or headphones? The issue everyone was complaining about here, WiFi speeds of 150K... which of course is useless for anything but chatting.
Doing some research I've found out that those motorola devices use older BT versions (2.0) and one of them does not have HQ A2DP audio.
Long story made short, after testing a few of the BTdevices I own, I found out some of them cause issues while others not.
That's why I'm asking now here, users with and without issues to post their BT Device Models/Brand so I can search which BTprofiles are being used and if some of them are causing issues.
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Something about the Bluetooth profile being used by the tablet when connecting to devices.
I posted some videos about my prime being able to stream HD video while listening to it through Bluetooth. And some speed tests while using my AKG 830BT headphones.
What was my surprise when using the cheaper Motorola DC800 Bluetooth receiver or headphones? The issue everyone was complaining about here, WiFi speeds of 150K... which of course is useless for anything but chatting.
Doing some research I've found out that those motorola devices use older BT versions (2.0) and one of them does not have HQ A2DP audio.
Long story made short, after testing a few of the BTdevices I own, I found out some of them cause issues while others not.
That's why I'm asking now here, users with and without issues to post their BT Device Models/Brand so I can search which BTprofiles are being used and if some of them are causing issues.
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This makes sense though since it most likely is a hardware issue. A2DP is high bandwidth. The identified cause of our woes is the fact that wifi and bluetooth are on a single module. So when A2DP is being used, most of the modules time is used on bluetooth and less on wifi, thus slowing down speeds. The solution from ASUS was using RMAs to add another module so that one is dedicated to wifi and the other to bluetooth.
I could be wrong though.
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This makes sense though since it most likely is a hardware issue. A2DP is high bandwidth. The identified cause of our woes is the fact that wifi and bluetooth are on a single module. So when A2DP is being used, most of the modules time is used on bluetooth and less on wifi, thus slowing down speeds. The solution from ASUS was using RMAs to add another module so that one is dedicated to wifi and the other to bluetooth.
I could be wrong though.
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It would make sense, if it wasn't backwards!
The High Quality A2DP Profile audio is the one NOT killing my WiFi speeds. Every time my Prime connects to an older device using one of the other profiles the WiFi speeds go to hell.
Both WiFi/Bluetooth being in the same Module can cause speed drops, but not completely kill WiFi Speeds.
These are my speeds when using the AKGs Headphones:
No BT stream: 24.91 Mbps.
BT Audio streaming: 18.13 Mbps.
(video and stuff here)
That speed difference IS the one caused by both running on the same chip.
Same tablet, same router, but I change the headphones and the speed wont go past 150kbps. Doesnt matter if the prime is sitting on the router.
Anyways, I'm asking the people who was complaining about the speed (and those whose Primes do work)to feed some info, it is not like I'm gonna waste others time Ill do the research and tests. Just need a bigger data pool.
Go for it. Good luck
Sony DR-BT101 (headset, not an ear piece)
I was told by Asus they have a "fix" with new hardware if I wanted to RMA my device. I just don't know how effective the "fix" is.
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Go for it. Good luck
Sony DR-BT101 (headset, not an ear piece)
I was told by Asus they have a "fix" with new hardware if I wanted to RMA my device. I just don't know how effective the "fix" is.
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How bad is your WiFi loss, partial loss (normal from using WiFi/BT on same chip) or total, like going down to 150K~?
I have never measured as I just don't use the combo anymore. I know it happens, got frustrated, and use my wired ear buds after the first few weeks of owning the tablet. It does have the signal degrade though. The headset is about 2yrs old.
I can test it out when I get home. The work wifi is limited to 750kb download speeds per user.
I have a Netgear WNDR3700V1 with fibre 35/35mbit
Using the Plantronics BT300 headset the wifi drop to under 1 mbit or almost zero, YouTube buffers.
Without BT I have full speed above 30mbit at least.
The only way to "avoid buffering and dropouts" is to use a WN3000 Netgear Extender in same room where the Prime is.
This way I manage to listen to Youtube without drops.
So if the signal is still stron the loss is "not bad", but how many do have 35mbit up and down with fibre.
Those with low speed, will still have drops.
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Just got my 16GB WiFi Tablet Z running 4.1.2 (build 10.1.C.0.370) a few days ago and I've noticed that while I have my Bluetooth headphones connected (to avoid using those pesky port covers ) the WiFi performance of the tablet becomes very poor and erratic. The tablet doesn't disconnect from any networks, it maintains a connection and the signal strength shows no change but pages become very slow to load (if they load at all) and YouTube videos will not buffer properly. It will then work fine for a few minutes but then have issues and become unusable afterwards.
I've had this issue every WiFi network I've tried. 2 in the house (2.4Ghz) and a 5GHz one along with the mobile hotspot on my phone.
I've never had this issue on any other device I've had (OG Nexus 7, HTC One, HTC One X+, Samsung Galaxy Note, ASUS Transformer TF100) so
I'm wondering if this is a software issue that may be fixed with the upcoming 4.2 update or a custom ROM or is it still there on other ROMs and it is a hardware issue?
Thanks
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Hi
Just got my 16GB WiFi Tablet Z running 4.1.2 (build 10.1.C.0.370) a few days ago and I've noticed that while I have my Bluetooth headphones connected (to avoid using those pesky port covers ) the WiFi performance of the tablet becomes very poor and erratic. The tablet doesn't disconnect from any networks, it maintains a connection and the signal strength shows no change but pages become very slow to load (if they load at all) and YouTube videos will not buffer properly. It will then work fine for a few minutes but then have issues and become unusable afterwards.
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Thanks
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First Time i connect with Bluetooth (Keyboard) the Wifi connect was lost...i had to restart the Tablet.. I hope it is only a Software Problem
This is a known issue for this specific tablet. It's on the Sony mobile discussion forums for tab z. Bluetooth and wifi work fine separately it's just when they are on together that issues appear. For me, wifi didn't stop working all together, it just took far too long to even load the most basic of websites. No response from one just yet.
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UPDATE: Just updated to 4.2.2 and from what I have experienced, it seems as if they have fixed the issue. I can use my Bluetooth headphones and listen to music without any Wifi problems
Could anyone else confirm this?
573W1E said:
UPDATE: Just updated to 4.2.2 and from what I have experienced, it seems as if they have fixed the issue. I can use my Bluetooth headphones and listen to music without any Wifi problems
Could anyone else confirm this?
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I am still facing this issue.