I have been searching for this particular problem but I didn't find anywhere and seeking a solution here which I think is the most suitable place.
I want to tether Wi-Fi data and not the cellular data. Reason is that one can use Wi-Fi data freely from many other sources and like to use that in our laptop instead of the expensive cellular data.
I have figured out two methods, but that have their own limitations.
(i) One can use USB tether (easytether apps) to use wi-fi data. In this method the positive thing is that one can tether either of the data i.e. wi-fi data and cellular data. But the thing is that we need a cable always, once we use wifi hotspot then we only can use cellular data. In this method the disadnantage is we always need a cable and sometime it frequently gets disconnected.
(ii) Second method is using bluetooth one can tether the Wifi data. For example using Foxfi apps one can use Wi-fi data by activating Bluetooth DUN ( and there could be many more apps like Foxfi). But the disadvantage is internet is very slow even when the wifi data is high speed.
One obvious question is if I need wifi data then why do I need to tether through the phone. But there are situation when I can't connect the wifi directly due to some reason. Secondly, suppose the main wifi has got some proxy authentication but in my phone I could connect the same wifi but without the proxy authentication and if some how I tether that to laptop then I can connect internet directly without any proxy.
So I curious to know is there any way to tether the Wifi data (not the cellular data) using hotspot or any other way.
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I have currently gone over my broadband limit with my ISP, so I am using wifi tethering on my SGS3 to access the internet as I have a truly unlimited data plan. However I noticed that I cannot use the internet connection on my phone while I am tethering, I have always been able to do this with previous phones, is there a way it can be done with SGS3?
It does work for me and there is no reason why it shouldn't.
Are sure sure your data network is not just overloaded or flaky?
Well it's not a network restriction because I used the exact same sim in my DHD yesterday to tether and I could access the connection on my phone too
works for me too.
I have a few cameras that create their own WiFi hotspots (GoPro and Eye-fi) to establish a connection with my phone. When I connect to their WiFi, I can get photos, but I lose my internet. I'm sure I can figure out how to use the phones WiFi hotspot feature, but that has always made my phones heat up and quickly die. I'm wondering if there is a way to connect to a non-internet hotspot (camera) and my Verizon data connection at the same time.
So I found an app that will allow you to create a WiFi Hotspot in infrastructure mode and not ad-hoc. The phone itself needs to be rooted in order to bypass your carrier's network authentication and set itself up as a WiFi Hotspot setting, but any devices you are trying to connect to the Hotspot will not have to be rooted. The name is WiFi Tether Router and is in the play store. It is a very very useful app. The encryption works lol and so many other things as well. You'll just have to see for yourself! I was able to use it successfully on a my non-rooted Asus tablet connecting to my rooted 4G LTE phone. Worked flawlessly and I didn't have to change hardly any configuration settings, only just the network ssid and password and the channel, but other than that it was great. It also has a data monitor to show data sent and received and total amount of data used, along with managing the clients connected to the Hotspot. Enjoy!
This may seem like a dumb question but... is there a way or an app to essentially turn on WiFi hotspot feature so that I can make an ad-hoc LAN but NOT let all the devices connected access the internet?
Example: I enable WiFi hotspot on my phone. I still have a cellular data connection so I can browse the web, stream music, etc. but any other device that connect to my phone's hotspot does NOT get my data connection, they are just on the LAN the built in android hotspot creates.
I don't want to let other users "run up" my data usage but I want the other users when they connect to my hotspot to be all on one network.
I have a bootloader unlocked Motorola Moto X (original, 2013) and rooted and I use Tasker. Maybe after I enable the hotspot feature I could modify some IP tables via a Tasker app to "enable/disable" internet blocking.
Or maybe there's an app out there for this? I suppose another alternative would be disable mobile data and then enable hotspot (if that's even allowed) but the pitfall there is then my phone doesn't have internet either.
Thanks,
Mike
So I live in Scotland with Three mobile phone service, they have an all you can eat data plan which I currently use. Occasionally, when I travel to see family I need to have the ability to tether my phone as their rural broadband speed is only about 0.5mbps.
I've used PDAnet+ to tether, which masks when I go over my tether limit (8gb) but I always need to bring my latptop. I'd like to be able to connect my phone via USB to a travel router which allows USB tethering to share the connection but it still only allows me a tether limit of 8gb.
Will routing the phone and installing a rooting software allow me to mask my tethering via USB + Router or is this method only for phones where tethering menu option in settings has been disabled by the service provider?
Mickey