I have several android devices, a Verizon Galaxy S3 running Cleanrom, Nexus 7, and am looking at getting a MK808. I stay at a hotel frequently and would like to sometimes take my xbox. The problem is you have to go through the webportal to connect, so its impossible to do this without a laptop right now. What I am to do is by using any of the devices above, log into the webportal using the devices wifi, then connect the device via usb to ethernet adapter, and run ethernet to the xbox and share it.
So my question is, is this possible with those devices?
Ive searched and seen some driver packs for honeycomb and what not, but, not sure what to do in this situation. I figured I'd start posting here rather than double posting in the & and S3's forum.
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I have a Kindle Fire I recently flashed CM10.2.1 Otter onto. I'm working on a project in which a wired network connection to the tablet is necessary. I cannot use any type of wireless connection for this. I am using a powered USB hub along with a USB OTG cable to host peripherals like keyboard and mouse. I have a CAT5 to USB adapter I need to get working on the Kindle. So far it looks like there aren't any drivers for USB ethernet adapters built into the kernel.
My question is where do I go looking for such drivers, and where can I go to learn to get them to work? If there aren't any drivers written for my kernel, where do I start learning to create them? I know writing/installing drivers is a tough job, but I want to make it work. I have experience as a programmer. Surely there is a small community somewhere centered around kernel developments for the Kindle Fire. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong part of the forum? Anyone have a website to suggest perhaps? Also any advice regarding my developments here would be nice. Thanks.
hello. i'm sorry this question may sound like a total noob question and i am not worthy, but humbly ask for some help.
i currently have a rooted Nexus 5 on stock 4.4.3 and appradio3...trying to get them to mirrorlink with each other via ARUnchained. Based on 3 months of trying to find the correct solution, i'm still not able to make ANY sort of connection between the two. I have the USB extension from the dongle and HDMI cable from the back of AppRadio3 connected to a slimport that I connect to my Nexus 5. I believe I've made the correct connections, but nothing happens on the head unit. It doesn't even try to make a connection....everything is still grayed out (the APP icon and Pandora)
Before, I've tried using the "Start Diagnostic" feature on ARLiberator to which all the marks were green. When I start connection, it immediately disconnects.
I'm starting to believe something is not correct on the hardware part, but I'd really appreciate ANY sort of guidance.
Thanks!
Have we gotten to the point where the Android tools in general use are available for a capable android computer, like say a Z2 tablet or one of several Galaxy phones just to name a few?
My Z2 has 23.0.1.A.4.44 which I understand is not rootable. At the same time the Lollipop update is supposed to be just any time now. Should I root it now or wait and see what happens after the update, which I'll assume will be nothing to make it easier to root. Any suggestions as what to do? Root now and see if it will update and keep root or just wait? I can hardly stand the idea of this not being rooted.
Has anyone had any luck making a Z2 connect to adhoc wifi? I've studied the OLSRD patch and a few other methods and I'm a bit unsure about which method would be best and easiest. In fact, I have several devices I'd like to be able to connect to a simple adhoc wifi.
If anyone can point me to a ground level and upwards networking tutorial that doesn't carry a person too fast that is slow in that department, I'd appreciate it. I know the WLAN on most all of my androids tested will see adhoc wifi but the wpa supplicant thing seems to be the problem that google has ignored to the point they say it's now moot. I wish I could say I agreed.
Going further, if I make a usb micro to micro cable to connect these various devices, would it even be possible to hard wire tether the Z2 (and/or) other various android devices that way?
The only cables similar I can find are micro a to micro b and they are mostly called OTG. My understanding is that the Z2 will accept a or b and so will some of my samsung handhelds. I don't guess I know for sure.
Have we gotten to the point that hard wiring androids to each other would ever be of benefit? The wifi direct, near devices and NFC beam things on my devices equipped seem hit or miss at best if not inexplicably inoperative. Can you wirelessly one click root an android or flash a rom?
Please pardon my ignorance and thank you for your tolerance. I'd like my android world to be easier and more logical when it comes to simple things and it would be nice not to need a windows PC to tinker with my androids.
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Has anyone had any luck making a Z2 connect to adhoc wifi? I've studied the OLSRD patch and a few other methods and I'm a bit unsure about which method would be best and easiest. In fact, I have several devices I'd like to be able to connect to a simple adhoc wifi.
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Ad-hoc WIFI is supported via WIFI DIRECT, look under Settings > WIFI > Advanced > WIFI DIRECT
Advanced is the 3-dot menu in the top-right corner of the screen.
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Have we gotten to the point that hard wiring androids to each other would ever be of benefit? The wifi direct, near devices and NFC beam things on my devices equipped seem hit or miss at best if not inexplicably inoperative. Can you wirelessly one click root an android or flash a rom?
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Yeah support seem to be a hit and miss thing.
And as far as I you can not root a phone wirelessly.
I don't see that wifi direct is the same as actual adhoc. I have no less than 5 wifi direct devices, not all activated, and in the case of my spg512 cannot be activated, and it doesn't seem to work on any of them.
However, my pc's have zero problem seeing and connecting to the wpa supplicant skipped broadcasted wifi from my rooted s4 via barnacle.
Turning that off and trying the wifi direct with the same s4 and any other of my devices, gets nothing. None of these devices have any problem hooking up to starbucks or hotel wifi.
I have to wonder also if the infrared on the devices so equipped could be made to transfer data like a nearly 10 year old windows mobile phone can.
I must be doing something wrong or have many broken devices because the ones I can get to pair, all fail to transfer files to each other.
Of course the wifi direct sure isn't going to tether any of them to the internet.
Hello, how's it going everybody? Long time reader here, first time poster. After doing countless hours of research that which didn't turn up any conclusive results, I'm turning to the Android Gods.
Here's the situation:
1) I'm on the starving student budget and attempting to create a network as efficiently as possible.
2) I have 4 rooted Android devices: Sony Xperia E3, Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime G530W, Galaxy S4 I337M (i9505 CM13 ROM flashed), Galaxy Tab 3 (CM13 ROM flashed).
3) I have a Linksys WRT54G router with DD-WRT flashed.
4) I have a desktop PC (Ubuntu), a laptop (Ubuntu), and a soft-modded PS2.
The goal is as stated in the subject title of the thread. Currently, with USB tethering on either of the Samsung devices, I am able to tether a Wifi connection to my desktop PC. My desktop PC doesn't have a wireless adapter to connect to the wireless network, and I was able to determine that Android can tether a Wifi connection over USB.
What I am hoping to do is use USB tethering in order to tether this existing Wifi network from the Android device to the WRT54G router and create another network. A piggyback if you will. From what I've researched, I know the following options exist:
1) Buy a router with an existing USB port
2) Bridge the connection from the PC to the router (huge electricity costs)
3) Buy a Raspberry Pi and bridge as above (less of a power drain)
4) Solder USB ports into the router (will only handle USB 1.1)
5) Put the router in Repeater/Repeater Bridge Mode (cuts speeds in half) Client/Client Bridge Mode (only provides LAN connections - no Wifi)
What I am trying to determine, and have been unsuccessful in doing so, is whether a simple MicroUsb to RJ45 adapter leading into the router's WAN port while USB tethering will simply do the job. The question has been asked a few times (going by Google searches here), but no one has provided a definite answer as to whether this works, USB-OTG or not.
I'm unsure as to whether the router will require a specific kernel or driver, (I've only been able to find information on USB tethering to a DD-WRT router that has native USB ports) or whether it'll work right out of the box. If it were to light up stating that it has a network connection, that would be fantastic, but I'm not quite an expert on the topic and don't have the resources to spend on a failed experiment.
If anyone knows the answer to this question, please let me know. Again, I'm trying to do this as cost efficient as possible, starving student here. If there's another possible solution that I haven't pointed out or considered, please go ahead and specify it. It'll be much appreciated.
Can anyone shed any light on whether this is possible? Perhaps I should rephrase the question to, "Can someone with a Micro-usb to Ethernet adapter try this out and let me know if it works?"
Please and thanks
I want to be able to plug my new Galaxy Tab S3 (T-820) into my desktop computer or laptop via the USB C cable and not just move files back and forth, (which works fine), but ALSO have access to my desktop's internet connection through USB. I don't want to use WiFi.
I have an Ethernet to USB C dongle, which works fine, but it doesn't allow me to share files or charge my tablet. I'd like to be able to do all three at the same time.
In many of the "How To" articles out there where "Reverse Tethering" is described, they helpfully list the various buttons and widgets to click in order to enable this feature. However the authors always refer to menu items and buttons which don't appear under my tablet's settings. They're not just greyed out. They're simply absent. So that doesn't work.
Neither do any of the various apps on the Google Play Store and elsewhere which promise to provide reverse tethering. They just don't work.
SO...
Being new to the Android (and the smartphone) universe, I did a ton of homework and have so far figured out how to...
Root my tablet. (Done!)
Wade through the swamp of TWRP, ODIN, etc., while tripping spectacularly over the various speed bumps and permission walls provided by the likes of Samsung and Google's paranoid anti-theft (and it would seem from my use case, their anti-happiness) feature set.
Successfully install different flavors of Android.
Install both Magisk and Xposed and try their tethering unlockers with negative results.
After a week of little sleep, I've managed to get through all of this torturous nonsense and amaze myself by not having bricked or totally spoiled my tablet. It still functions! After all the warranty-voiding BS I've crammed through it, I'm feeling quite lucky.
However... I still don't have the ability to tether/reverse tether!
I've learned a lot, but I still feel mostly like a dazed and confused script kiddie (remember when 'script kiddie' was a term? Well for me, it still applies nicely.) I'm trying my level best, but various elements of this whole exercise remain opaque. This is my first post in any forum asking for advice because I finally hit the outer bounds of my DIY energies and pride.
So, if you will indulge my humble request, what I want to know is...
1. Is my tablet even capable on a hardware level of performing a reverse tether, or has the manufacturer locked that feature out so that even a ROM which promises to turn it on will fail to do so?
AND...
2. If it IS possible for a ROM to turn on the tether/reverse tether feature, which one is it and where can I find it?
2a. If there is another solution.., what is it?
I'm currently on...
Android Version 8.0.0
Samsung Experience version 9.0
Kernel Version 3.18.71-13482624
Build Number R16NW.T820XXU1BRE2
I bought this unit off Amazon; it was a refurb and I didn't get it through some cellular provider nor do I have a phone plan. I don't know where this tablet originally came from, but it was all new, sealed and shiny in the box when I got it.
Thanks!
I can appreciate losing a week of sleep. But I don't understand why you need to reverse tether. Enable WiFi and there you go. I think the last time I needed to tether a device through my laptop's internet connection would have been the 1990s.
FWIW the USB-C connector on the TAB S3 is different because if you want to drive an HDMI monitor you need a DisplayLink chip enabled dongle and DisplayLink Presenter app running on the Tab S3. Whereas on my TAB S4 I can just plug any regular old USB-C -> HDMI dongle and display on the monitor. So odds are trying to get reverse tethering working on the Tab S3 is going to be an exercise in futility.
Hi there, you still looking for reverse tethering for android? i found & use this for a while... you can check github link here : https://github.com/Genymobile/gnirehtet
working well on my S3.
Holy cow, it works!
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Hi there, you still looking for reverse tethering for android? i found & use this for a while... you can check github link here : (link)
working well on my S3.
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What...? It worked?! Thank-you!
It's hard to believe how much effort and research I'd put into this, how many promising fixes I tried and which failed. In truth I'd given up weeks ago and found myself scornfully looking at the expensive tablet by my desk, wondering if I should hang on to it for its limited uses or sell it on eBay.
Thanks for posting! I can now do what I wanted with this machine.
For others, just follow the directions on the github link provided in the previous post.
I just scrolling around to find fixes for wifi issue - it connect & reconnect every times when on my office connection. Since me unable to use wifi, i try to find the work around using LAN connection. Then i found that.
Happy i can help others. Cheers mate.