I'm having an issue where apps won't install or update when connected to my home wifi. I have localized the problem to something with the Wifi because the problem persists over the 4 android devices in the house: rooted HTC evo 4G lte, rooted epic 4G touch, stock (non rooted) evo design and a stock (non rooted) nexus 7. With the 3 phones, play store updates with no issues when connected to 3g data and if I go to a friends house, the nexus updates no issue with that wifi. Everything else with the wifi works, I'm even posting this from the nexus 7 over wifi.
I've tried the standard clear play store data, but since the problem persists over all 4 devices, I feel it's more Internet localized.
Any suggestions to try things?
Thanks
mgriffin13 said:
I'm having an issue where apps won't install or update when connected to my home wifi. I have localized the problem to something with the Wifi because the problem persists over the 4 android devices in the house: rooted HTC evo 4G lte, rooted epic 4G touch, stock (non rooted) evo design and a stock (non rooted) nexus 7. With the 3 phones, play store updates with no issues when connected to 3g data and if I go to a friends house, the nexus updates no issue with that wifi. Everything else with the wifi works, I'm even posting this from the nexus 7 over wifi.
I've tried the standard clear play store data, but since the problem persists over all 4 devices, I feel it's more Internet localized.
Any suggestions to try things?
Thanks
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Check your home wifi router. Probably looks like a problem of it, and not phones.
Do all devices have the latest version of play store?
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Hi. I have both a nexus 7 as well as an HTC evo. Neither device works with my work open wifi network. The common thread is that they are both android ICS devices. The network is open but requires the user to accept an agreement before use. Both devices connect to the network, but never bring up the web agreement/authorization page and eventually simply time out.
I really need to have wifi at work and will likely sell the devices if I cannot get them working. I really don't want to do have to do so. Please help!
Sunburn74 said:
Hi. I have both a nexus 7 as well as an HTC evo. Neither device works with my work open wifi network. The common thread is that they are both android ICS devices. The network is open but requires the user to accept an agreement before use. Both devices connect to the network, but never bring up the web agreement/authorization page and eventually simply time out.
I really need to have wifi at work and will likely sell the devices if I cannot get them working. I really don't want to do have to do so. Please help!
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I had the same issue on my Guingerbread, download an app called wifi fixer that worked for me every time it runs as a service in the background and keeps the wifi active.
Does anyone have a solution? I literally will sell this tablet if I can't solve this issue because I'll be working at this place for at least 3 years and need wifi access.
Is it a certificate issue? An IP issue? Please help
The issue isn't a dropped connection. It connects fine but never brings up the authentication page. Instead the phone does nothing because its dependent on wifi data once it has a full connection. *BTW i tried wifi fixer. it didn't help
Hey MoPho's - so the google wifi tether app works great with 4g / sprint and a laptop - read a few preliminary posts on how this might not work on tablets (adhoc issues), such as the Nexus 7; that I picked up the other day.
Has anyone had any success with any form of tethering with our photon and this one?
I've read some posts of using PDANet on one the tablet and FoxFi on the phone to get some functionality working via Bluetooth - however, not everything [app or system specific] is functioning.
Well, I'm just on a rooted stock only sprint rom - it would be cool if by chance you had this tablet [nexus 7] or something similar to where you were able to get data/internet functioning fine via our carrier's data through either bluetooth or wifi tethering. Thanks and cheers.
sirscrubsalot said:
Hey MoPho's - so the google wifi tether app works great with 4g / sprint and a laptop - read a few preliminary posts on how this might not work on tablets (adhoc issues), such as the Nexus 7; that I picked up the other day.
Has anyone had any success with any form of tethering with our photon and this one?
I've read some posts of using PDANet on one the tablet and FoxFi on the phone to get some functionality working via Bluetooth - however, not everything [app or system specific] is functioning.
Well, I'm just on a rooted stock only sprint rom - it would be cool if by chance you had this tablet [nexus 7] or something similar to where you were able to get data/internet functioning fine via our carrier's data through either bluetooth or wifi tethering. Thanks and cheers.
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Got my Nexus 7 last week and I love it
I think this will answer your question.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qelM3i0UAE
mof9336 said:
Got my Nexus 7 last week and I love it
I think this will answer your question.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qelM3i0UAE
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Ah, yes - thanks for this I'll have to try this in the evening sometime - I hope this will give some better/full functionality over the BT maybe...
I did try the PDANet installed on the N7 and FoxFi on the Photon for bluetooth - tried connecting to sprint 4g prior to it and then paired the BT between each other and it seemed to work. Only web browsing seemed to work for me in this case, trying to send an email via Gmail app didn't seem to work.
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Ah, yes - thanks for this I'll have to try this in the evening sometime - I hope this will give some better/full functionality over the BT maybe...
I did try the PDANet installed on the N7 and FoxFi on the Photon for bluetooth - tried connecting to sprint 4g prior to it and then paired the BT between each other and it seemed to work. Only web browsing seemed to work for me in this case, trying to send an email via Gmail app didn't seem to work.
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The only prob with this method that I found is you can only use 3g not 4g when tethering
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The only prob with this method that I found is you can only use 3g not 4g when tethering
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Indeed so (at least for now perhaps). Just came in to reply and say this exactly
I'm on the nexus 7 as we speak connected via the instructions/video above + tethered to my photon (with google wifi tether v3.1 beta 14) and an ad-free data on-off by antonio la rocca on google play market)
I was able to see the SSID on the photon and enter my password via wpa2.
Got a popup message saying that not subscribed to hotspot service from sprint / the 4g kept dropping -
So disabled that and left default 3g - which works so far. At least Gmail from my previous post is working...sent test email from nexus to gmail photon app.
Would be sweet if there was a 4g workaround... maybe another profile?
Before the nexus 7, I was using the same wifitether app without data enabler widget to tether my laptop and used the droid cdma profile, and I was able to use 4g on that... didn't enable MSS clamping until now...
The 4g at least allowed uninterrupted voice and data...
Maybe some others have some more input, but thanks again for confirming that.
One other thing I noticed was that the wifi widget hangs upon closing everything - needed to reboot photon / perhaps I need to look over the disconnect process better - just canceled it from the top. Not a major issue, just pointing out.
sirscrubsalot said:
Indeed so (at least for now perhaps). Just came in to reply and say this exactly
I'm on the nexus 7 as we speak connected via the instructions/video above + tethered to my photon (with google wifi tether v3.1 beta 14) and an ad-free data on-off by antonio la rocca on google play market)
I was able to see the SSID on the photon and enter my password via wpa2.
Got a popup message saying that not subscribed to hotspot service from sprint / the 4g kept dropping -
So disabled that and left default 3g - which works so far. At least Gmail from my previous post is working...sent test email from nexus to gmail photon app.
Would be sweet if there was a 4g workaround... maybe another profile?
Before the nexus 7, I was using the same wifitether app without data enabler widget to tether my laptop and used the droid cdma profile, and I was able to use 4g on that... didn't enable MSS clamping until now...
The 4g at least allowed uninterrupted voice and data...
Maybe some others have some more input, but thanks again for confirming that.
One other thing I noticed was that the wifi widget hangs upon closing everything - needed to reboot photon / perhaps I need to look over the disconnect process better - just canceled it from the top. Not a major issue, just pointing out.
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This is a little late. Just got my nexus7 and use FoxFi Pro (can't give a link because the powers that be decided to throttle that. I'm about sick of moderators, politicians cops and the general "I'm da law" types, but I digress) it cost $7. Use the Bluetooth tether from FoxFi and no problems so far. And yes, it works on 4g since you aren't using the wifi. Haven't bothered with PDAnet tho it comes with it. But so far it's great. I did lose connection once and had to change the network name on the wifi and did get a note saying that my Sprint account does not include tether...but so long as I'm not going overboard on g's I don't think they'll even notice.
I am currently living in a dorm and my school does not provide internet access. I have been using my Razr Maxx (I am rooted and on the latest ota jellybean update) for internet since September. I have been using the stock Verizon hotspot app with my unlimited data plan.
I have tried many different settings and apps but it is very rare for me to keep a stable connection longer than one hour. What typically happens is that all devices stay connected to the network but non of them have internet access. When I look at the app the device names sometimes change to "unknown". I have been researching for a while and have found nothing helpful. Has anyone else experienced this problem?
I know that WiFi tethering is not intended for such heavy use, but it is almost finals and I want to have a stable connection to get my work done.
Does anyone have any tips or ideas for making the best out of WiFi tethering features on the Razr MaxX?
What's up, man? I am bumping because I am having similar problems. I read that Verizon has installed some kind of way to prevent the Wifi Tethering apps with the new JB OTA update. I manually upgraded to JB with mattgroff's technique and immediately rooted.
FoxFi now does not work but Wifi Tether is just really unreliable now. Sometimes it works great, sometimes it quits working in a manner similar to yours about five minutes after reboot.
I was having similar problems I have always used WiFi tether for root users and suddenly had problems after the update well I found out that having multiple tether apps was the issue. If your stock tether works don't download any other apps, even from the play store.
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fuzzychinsagrero said:
I was having similar problems I have always used WiFi tether for root users and suddenly had problems after the update well I found out that having multiple tether apps was the issue. If your stock tether works don't download any other apps, even from the play store.
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I was under the impression (although I could be mistaken) that everything from wifi tether apps on the play store to the stock Verizon hotspot app doethe same thing with a few variations. I tried using PDAnet/FOXfi and all the symptoms seemed to be the same. It seems like an issue with the phone itself more than the apps that control this feature. But again, I've been wrong before.
Unreliable wifi makes for an unhappy end of the semester
fuzzychinsagrero said:
I was having similar problems I have always used WiFi tether for root users and suddenly had problems after the update well I found out that having multiple tether apps was the issue. If your stock tether works don't download any other apps, even from the play store.
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Does it really make a difference? If so, why?
Not really sure how it does, just know that I was having similar issues and I uninstalled all other WiFi tether apps and it worked. Also I've read that if you boot into S.S. you can try wiping cache and dalvik and flash the ROM again. (Gapps if needed by the way). I've done that for any type of WiFi problems add well.
I just rooted and installed Android Revolution HD on my HTC One. Since I did that it seems like the download speeds via Google Play kind of suck when downloading over 4G vs the stock ROM. The Facebook App could be downloaded in 10 seconds on stock ROM and like a minute via ARHD. I tried to look at the forums and they said to change the network, but I do not have that option to go from GSM to WCDMA or LTE. I do not have any of those options on Mobile Data.
Anyone have suggestions?
I also am having this problem.
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I just rooted and installed Android Revolution HD on my HTC One. Since I did that it seems like the download speeds via Google Play kind of suck when downloading over 4G vs the stock ROM. The Facebook App could be downloaded in 10 seconds on stock ROM and like a minute via ARHD. I tried to look at the forums and they said to change the network, but I do not have that option to go from GSM to WCDMA or LTE. I do not have any of those options on Mobile Data.
Anyone have suggestions?
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AT&T HTC One. Flashed with Android Revolution HD 13.3. Android ver 4.2.2.
Download speeds over regular 4G are 500kbps (very very slow.) Have not tried on 4G LTE speedtest.
Did you find a fix? Has anyone else seen this?
There are many threads seeking a solution for this, but they are all tucked into phone-specific forums and I can't find any that address a general method for current version of Android (4.2.2).
Want to: run apps that demand to have WiFi on+connected, even when I'm on 3G/4G. (Specifically, I'd be happy if I could get Xfinity TV Player to run on my rooted stock Nexus 4 over HSPA, but again, hoping this thread will attract info about tricking apps in the general case.)
Tried: A) qaWifiOnlyMode.txt, B) running WiFi Tether For Root Users and quickly turning wifi on after launching. Neither worked.
Cheers
Hi, It's really bizarre... there are a few apps and methods to do this thing in what we call "closed source jail" AKA iOS ... and it is really amazing to discover that there isn't single method that works on our beloved open platform AKA Android?!?
Anyway, This is the only thing that still unavailable for android...
Cheers...
The Xfinity TV app requires you to be on Verizon Wireless for it to work on 3G/4G. It's a deal Comcast has with them.
I'm on T-Mobile with a Nexus 4 with LTE enabled & want that app to work without wifi, as well.
Perhaps there's just 1 line of code that looks for Verizon service???
The Connectivity Manager would play a role for certain:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/ConnectivityManager.html
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This thread seems a litte old but if anyones interested, Hack connectivity did the trick for me. If you have xposed installed it'll just take you a few minutes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2632471