I was finally able to get WiFi Tether working on JB, after months of trying.
Thought I would share my results.
Running Superuser v1.25 (from Play Store)
Running WiFi Tether for Root Users v3.2 beta 2 (from Play Store)
Stock Rooted Kernel
ROM: Stock w Goodies
My Settings:
Leave all settings Default except the following:
Device Profile: Generic ICS/JB (wlan0)
Enable WiFi-Encryption
Use a 13 character Passphrase (IMPORTANT!)
WiFi-driver Reload
MSS Clamping
Routing Fix
Bingo! It works!
It would not work without using a 13 character password. I never noticed the error message about this.
I used a simple pa55word12345 as a test.
Hope this helps some of you.
I've been using TrevEMod wifi for a while now and it works
TrevEMod
I'm on meanbean and works fine non encrypted
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Mine works as well. I have been using MeanBean and Viper4g and never had an issue. I did check routingfix and mss clamping though.
TrevEMod wifi Tether works for for me on the latest MeanBean, without having to set a password. Just select MSS Clamping, Wifi Driver Reload, and Routing Fix and I'm all set
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kkamichetty said:
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The method in post #109 also works for me
https://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/issues/detail?id=1661
Can you guys get it to work with LTE? I've only gotten it to work once testing by speedtest.net. The other times I'm getting 3g speeds even though my phone has 4g. I tested the phone speed and received 4g speeds while my tethered laptop received 3g speeds.
jpflaw00 said:
Can you guys get it to work with LTE? I've only gotten it to work once testing by speedtest.net. The other times I'm getting 3g speeds even though my phone has 4g. I tested the phone speed and received 4g speeds while my tethered laptop received 3g speeds.
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Are you using the native hotspot? I certainly have gotten it to tether on 4G.
And to the OP, I've gotten it to work simply by changing the Device Profile to wlan0. It starts and stops properly for me. No WiFi clamping or Routing fix selected, with an 8 char passphrase.
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aarsyl said:
Are you using the native hotspot? I certainly have gotten it to tether on 4G.
And to the OP, I've gotten it to work simply by changing the Device Profile to wlan0. It starts and stops properly for me. No WiFi clamping or Routing fix selected, with an 8 char passphrase.
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I tried it with both. I was only successful once using WiFi Tether. I will test more at a later time.
jpflaw00 said:
Can you guys get it to work with LTE? I've only gotten it to work once testing by speedtest.net. The other times I'm getting 3g speeds even though my phone has 4g. I tested the phone speed and received 4g speeds while my tethered laptop received 3g speeds.
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Similar situation on this end... more or less resolved. Phone tends to default to 3G, even in the presence of good LTE signal.
1: Open settings, Mobile Data, toggle to CDMA only, wait for 3G icon to disappear on status bar, toggle back to CDMA/LTE,
2: With Mobile Data on and phone stable, reboot. Phone connects to 4G LTE after boot cycle.
These work for me only when the phone is in its place on the windowsill, seemingly glued to 3G. Note: I live in Baltimore with generally good LTE coverage. I would like to be able to change connection priorities in EPST so that the phone's prefered data connection is to LTE, but I haven't found and tricks to do that.
tmwilsoniv said:
Similar situation on this end... more or less resolved. Phone tends to default to 3G, even in the presence of good LTE signal.
1: Open settings, Mobile Data, toggle to CDMA only, wait for 3G icon to disappear on status bar, toggle back to CDMA/LTE,
2: With Mobile Data on and phone stable, reboot. Phone connects to 4G LTE after boot cycle.
These work for me only when the phone is in its place on the windowsill, seemingly glued to 3G. Note: I live in Baltimore with generally good LTE coverage. I would like to be able to change connection priorities in EPST so that the phone's prefered data connection is to LTE, but I haven't found and tricks to do that.
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Thanks I'll see if this works on my end.
I tether lte just fine with WiFi tether
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cant get it to download from play store ...how do i get it to download
I had a similar problem as I described here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2147070
It would work perfectly after a reboot, but only once. So, every time I needed it, which wasn't that often, I would reboot the phone.
I'm not using sense anymore so I can use the built-in tether app if I need to.
Sorry, I wish I had a solution for you. Good luck!
DD83 said:
The method in post #109 also works for me
https://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/issues/detail?id=1661
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I think that is only for Android 4.2.2.
I have a sense Rom, with s-off, couldn't get stock to work. Flashed a new flash Rom. Tried tons of ways with several versions of WiFi tether. Finally found a WiFi tether treve mod used the first generic ICS/JB and auto set-up on the method type... Boom I finally have it working. Using 4G LTE no problems..
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Thanks man, I used those settings and it finally worked. Maybe it wouldn't work before because of the Setup method they kept telling me to use. But I left it default like you said and it worked.
It worked for me every time i used it. Only problem I have is that it makes my laptop go blue screen every time i connect it to my phone and my phone only. I have to use Klink just to tether to my laptop. It works on every other phone with my laptop. My laptop worked on my Evo 3D wifi tether too.
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FYI tried Barnacle WIFI Tether from the market with the temp root n it works!
also confirming this version method as well
Thanks to wrxtc714 over at www.therootofallevo.com
After you have rooted your phone you can now install the latest wifi tether app
Source: http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
The copy that is on the google code site does not work
use the one wrxtc714 uploaded here
Download:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6786574/Wifitether.apk
Once you have the wifi-tether app installed
click on the icon to get the app running
(it will give you some errors but just ignore them)
Select
Menu
Settings
Change Device Profile
Scroll through the list and choose EVO 4G
you can now start tethering
You may need to start and stop the tethering a couple times and after that it will work fine
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Mine hangs on starting, not sure if that's because my phone isn't activated or what...
will75 said:
Mine hangs on starting, not sure if that's because my phone isn't activated or what...
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i think it needs to ping the network first before beconning the network.. so since yours is unactivated try going into settings and check "don't wait for data connection." maybe that'll help.. works on mine.
Can anyone else confirm that barnacle works ?
Got it working now, +1
any other wifi tether apps working besides barnacle?
I've only tried the old wifi tether... and it was no go. My nook will connect to adhoc, and laptop are cool with it. I use barnacle as it was, since wifi tether would never work in CM7 on the evo 4G for me
Barnacle works ! check box "dont wait for data connection"
With 4g unfortunately it doesn't. tried the different methods of connecting to a web page etc.. first... at least 3g works
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With 4g unfortunately it doesn't. tried the different methods of connecting to a web page etc.. first... at least 3g works
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so wifi works but only with 3g? whats the point then? I can use pdanet with 4g.
will75 said:
With 4g unfortunately it doesn't. tried the different methods of connecting to a web page etc.. first... at least 3g works
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Ha, I had the opposite. I can only get it to work with 4G. 3g is a no go for me. I'll play around a bit more.
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so wifi works but only with 3g? whats the point then? I can use pdanet with 4g.
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well u can't use pdanet on your i-pad-ipod- i-crap anything and with barnacle u don't have to buy anything or install anything on the device your trying to connect it to. u could also try this app http://code.google.com/p/android-wired-tether/ [root required] no extra software to install on the pc it just works.
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well u can't use pdanet on your i-pad-ipod- i-crap anything and with barnacle u don't have to buy anything or install anything on the device your trying to connect it to. u could also try this app http://code.google.com/p/android-wired-tether/ [root required] no extra software to install on the pc it just works.
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don't we "3D" not have root? How would this work then?
kinextions said:
don't we "3D" not have root? How would this work then?
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we have temp root and it works with the temp root.
fedge1234 said:
we have temp root and it works with the temp root.
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do we need to do anything to get this "temp root" or is it just working already???
it doesn't just work. haus put this script together that'' give you temp root http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18734200/3DROOT-4.zip you have to have usb debugging enabled in your phone plugged into your pc and run the fr3vo bat file. more info in his thread here ---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1135100&page=167
Google wifi tether did not work. I tried barnacle tether and itmworked great.
nice!
Thanks! I never had a problem with wifi tether on my EVO 4G, but it doesn't work on the 3D with the Fre3vo temp root. Barnacle is working fine for me. Tested it using 3g, as I have no 4g signal at my house.
anyone know when and if we'll have a wifi tether alternative besides barnacle? not all my devices see the ad-hoc network.. but they did on googles wifi tether on the OG Evo..?
barnacle wifi no go
no matter what i do i cant get barnacle wifi to work with my evo 3d,I've read the threads and done everything including switching my phone between usb tether charge only,disk only and so on...keeps sayin cannot connect.
I am rooted,anyone have any ideas or maybe know of another app that works?
thanks Keith
fedge1234 said:
anyone know when and if we'll have a wifi tether alternative besides barnacle? not all my devices see the ad-hoc network.. but they did on googles wifi tether on the OG Evo..?
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Wifi tether works on the 3d too. I been using it all week.
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Subject pretty much says it all. I haven't been able to get any third party tethering apps to work with the new radio. Post your apps and the configuration you are using if it works for you
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Works for me on new radio, BAMF 1.8.6, wifi tether 2.0.7
Oh I'm glad it's just me. Can I ask what settings you are using? Adhoc or ap? Using encryption?
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I am using encryption and have access control on, and that's the only changes I made if I recall correctly. I have hardly used it, just wanted it set up on the phone so I'd have it in case of an outage because I only have 3G here. But I was able to connect to it from a tablet and browse to the Google website.
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Subject pretty much says it all. I haven't been able to get any third party tethering apps to work with the new radio. Post your apps and the configuration you are using if it works for you
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Using the newest radio, Das BAMF 1.8.6, kernel listed in sig, Mobile Hotspot works fine. I can test out WiFi Tether if you would like me to.
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Can't complain about that.
Using Open Garden WiFi Tether (encrypted), BAMF 2.1, loaded the new radio earlier and it's working fine.
Running BAMF 3.0 RC4 and today's radio, wifi-tether 2.0.8-pre1 works fine for me, but 3.1-beta1 does not work (it seems to be a wifi connection issue, not an LTE radio issue)
Distinction between Hotspot and wifi tether
Can we make a distinction between the built in Hotspot app and the Wifi tether?
I can use Wifi Tether with the new radio but I can not use the Hotspot as it tells me to contact VZW to activate it.
The question I think for me is this... Is there any way to use the Hotspot built into the radio when rooted or do you have to revert back to old rooted rom and the old mr1 radio (original radio)?
Wifi tether is working fine for me on the new radio as long as you set your screen to never lock.
I had better results with easy tether though via usb. Both seemed to work though. I'm running cm7 rc1.2
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Using 3.0 pre14 and it works on my end. I have "Routing Fix: Enable Routing-Fix (for HTC Devices)" selected.
My tethering was not working on the new radio...restarted a few times and now it works....I love it when things fix themselves, but I hate not knowing what was wrong
No go for me...
I am still on BAMF 1.6.3 at the moment because it has been so stable.
I can understand why the official VZW Mobile Hotspot app no longer works (without paying for it) because they are now charging for it.
However, I would love to know what sets that app apart from something like WiFi Tether. I have tried just about every version of that app, up to and including the new 3.1 Beta, and it just will not work for me. Neither my Xoom or my iPad 2 will connect. I do not understand how it works so well for others and not me. When I could get it to work, it would connect for a few minutes tops, and then the up/down counters would reset to 0 and my tethered device would drop.
What makes the native VZW mobile hotspot app so inherently more stable? I have a separate VZW 4G "MiFi" device I pay for and use, but there sure are times when the convenience of it on my phone would be nice, just not $30 a month nice.
If anyone has any ideas on what I could be doing wrong, please let me know. I think I am going to try BAMF 1.8.6 and a new radio, but I am not holding my breath.
Thanks,
-Rob
mobile Hotspot
robroy90 said:
I am still on BAMF 1.6.3 at the moment because it has been so stable.
I can understand why the official VZW Mobile Hotspot app no longer works (without paying for it) because they are now charging for it.
However, I would love to know what sets that app apart from something like WiFi Tether. I have tried just about every version of that app, up to and including the new 3.1 Beta, and it just will not work for me. Neither my Xoom or my iPad 2 will connect. I do not understand how it works so well for others and not me. When I could get it to work, it would connect for a few minutes tops, and then the up/down counters would reset to 0 and my tethered device would drop.
What makes the native VZW mobile hotspot app so inherently more stable? I have a separate VZW 4G "MiFi" device I pay for and use, but there sure are times when the convenience of it on my phone would be nice, just not $30 a month nice.
If anyone has any ideas on what I could be doing wrong, please let me know. I think I am going to try BAMF 1.8.6 and a new radio, but I am not holding my breath.
Thanks,
-Rob
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Unfortunately I do not believe this is Verizon's "Mobile Hot spot" .. This was inherently part of the functionality of the phone as it was built.
Verizon basically pushed another version of the wifi hotspot down that disables it unless it checks and validates you are paying them $30 a month.
The facts are they were sued back in the Motorola V710 days for crippling Bluetooth and this is no different.
They were sued also for crippling the GPS on the Samsung omnia when they were trying to make people pay for their Navigator.
Give it some time and they will be sued again.
In the meantime I am just going to keep using wifi tether for free and if they want to end my service contract ... so be it.
Hasherx1 said:
Give it some time and they will be sued again.
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Too late. They already have been.
CM7 and 2.5 radio -wifi tether not working
The MR 2.5 radio caused several WiFi tethering apps for root to not work. I went back to MR 2 radio and it is working again.
I'm using CM7 RC1.3
I spoke too soon. With the MR2 radio now tethering still fails to work. Device can connect but they act like they fail to receive DNS entries and connection to the Internet never works. This might be due to Verizon's check to see if paying for tethering is on?
Im using MR2 OTA not the leaked one. Works fine for me. Mobile hotspot is dead do to the account check . Only thing ive noticed is a Nat issue. All will connect and run fine. but if i try to join a VOIP host lets say i cant. Gives me a Nat issue error. But all else works fine and has from day one. If you keep having a issue id reflash everything. Ive had problems going from one verison of a tethering app to another. Prolly due to the loaded configs. Ive got 3 TBs i test on and they all are on diffrent roms (same MR2 OTA radio though). But Back to the Nat Issue. I have OGdroids that do not have the NaT issues my TBs have. So its Rom or Kernel issue and not Tower Side. As far as i can tell anyways. Sorry i cant help more.( and you might try Dling a Fresh copy of whatever tethering app you use. Or try Barnacle and tell it not to load configs
I'm having intermittent NAT issues as well, including with Barnacle tether. It seems pretty random. Last night I was able to stream a Netflix movie via the mobile hotspot in CM7 but couldn't with Barnacle. This morning neither tethering apps would work. Radios I have flashed: 1.39.00.0528w, 0.01.69.0602w_1
I'm thinking this is Verizon's doing?
Just wanted to pass on some info unless it's already known, if you change your profile to Droid razr (cdma/lte) everything will work, infrastructure and 4g teathering without any problems or time outs...
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A2CKilla said:
Just wanted to pass on some info unless it's already known, if you change your profile to Droid razr (cdma/lte) everything will work, infrastructure and 4g teathering without any problems or time outs...
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Thanks for posting. Do you need to turn data off before turning on 4G tethering? Does your setting work with 3G?
A2CKilla said:
Just wanted to pass on some info unless it's already known, if you change your profile to Droid razr (cdma/lte) everything will work, infrastructure and 4g teathering without any problems or time outs...
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Which version wifi tether are you using? I tried your settings with the latest version which is 3.1 beta11 and i couldn't tether to my tablet. Switching back to using Samsung Galaxy S profile let me tether again.
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Thanks for posting. Do you need to turn data off before turning on 4G tethering? Does your setting work with 3G?
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No, i didn't turn anything off, just change profile, maybe just restart phone to make surw everything was fresh and bada bing bada boom, wifi teather (3.1 beta 11) worked just like it does on my other phones (evo 3d, kyocera echo)
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Which version wifi tether are you using? I tried your settings with the latest version which is 3.1 beta11 and i couldn't tether to my tablet. Switching back to using Samsung Galaxy S profile let me tether again.
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Same one 3.1 beta 11, I was teather my friends Xbox which I know doesn't do ad-hoc or whatever it's called with only changing the profile and it worked like a charm, just change the profile and try just restarting the phone to make sure everything is fresh before use
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Hey thanks for redirecting me to your recent thread and find on the subject.
I uninstalled the old version of wifi tether 3.0 b5 and downloaded the 3.0b11 from the official google site. I tried selecting the device profile you had mentioned whilst testing from home and a laptop (I only have 3g until I leave my apartment at the moment) -BUT....
It appears that I am able to connect and be tethered via Droid Razr (CDMA/LTE) profile but - as unsecure.
If I re-select "auto" profile - I can view my photon from my laptop as secured with the 13 key passphrase. Prompted to enter the key via my windows laptop (vista business 32)
I tried changing the method from "AUTO to WPA_SUPPLICANT" but neither made a difference... (in the Droid Razr CDMA/LTE device profile) but this still shows as unsecure.
I left everything else "as is" by default on the apk.
Running stock photon sprint with shabby's AIO root.
Am I missing something?
I want to make sure that part is clear before trying out the "4g" bit when leaving my apartment to the areas I can get 4g coverage - wouldn't want to keep an unsecure photon tether going on
Hopefully, it is something I really overlooked. The tethering works (meaning I can browse via both the "auto and droid razr-cdma/lte device profiles", but the latter keeps showing up as unsecure. I did "reboot my phone" as you had suggested to another member here.
Thanks - just wanted to share this part for now.
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Hey thanks for redirecting me to your recent thread and find on the subject.
I uninstalled the old version of wifi tether 3.0 b5 and downloaded the 3.0b11 from the official google site. I tried selecting the device profile you had mentioned whilst testing from home and a laptop (I only have 3g until I leave my apartment at the moment) -BUT....
It appears that I am able to connect and be tethered via Droid Razr (CDMA/LTE) profile but - as unsecure.
If I re-select "auto" profile - I can view my photon from my laptop as secured with the 13 key passphrase. Prompted to enter the key via my windows laptop (vista business 32)
I tried changing the method from "AUTO to WPA_SUPPLICANT" but neither made a difference... (in the Droid Razr CDMA/LTE device profile) but this still shows as unsecure.
I left everything else "as is" by default on the apk.
Running stock photon sprint with shabby's AIO root.
Am I missing something?
I want to make sure that part is clear before trying out the "4g" bit when leaving my apartment to the areas I can get 4g coverage - wouldn't want to keep an unsecure photon tether going on
Hopefully, it is something I really overlooked. The tethering works (meaning I can browse via both the "auto and droid razr-cdma/lte device profiles", but the latter keeps showing up as unsecure. I did "reboot my phone" as you had suggested to another member here.
Thanks - just wanted to share this part for now.
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after i check a couple of things, still no infrastructure but 4g and 3g works fine without turning off or anything, maybe xbox had an update to support ad-hoc or whatever, all i know is that when i changed the profile tethering worked like it was suppose to...aside from no infrastructure still -_-
Which app is this on the market, I see a few that have this name on the market not sure which one it is please provide link?
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Which app is this on the market, I see a few that have this name on the market not sure which one it is please provide link?
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Just Google Android teather
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Bummer, the phone has to be rooted? I.heard that when you root the photon you lose ota updates and 4G? I am too chicken to root, how did you root? Just incase I get the courage to do it.
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i used shabbypenguin AIO one click root. u wont lose 4g just rooting. unlocking the bootloader is what breaks 4g.
see this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1217416
No root, free, wireless tethering
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23206830
using google wifi tether, do any of you get slow speeds, I get like 290 kilobyte/s downloads, but when using pdanet via usb I can get 1.1 megabyte/s (using the phone in the same location) here are my speed using just the 4G in the same location without tethering. so it seems that I want full speed I have to use pdanet via usb. I've tried different profiles on the google wifi tether app, some of the profiles kill my 4G connection, but if I leave it on auto it works fine with 4G
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Anyone else here installed Wifi Tether for Root Users? play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.googlecode.android.wifi.tether
I have an unlimited data plan and I want to make the best use of my rooted handset. I've set it up and can get online, but I'm only getting .7/3 mbps while with the speedtest.net app I easily get 10/10+
With the default install in adhoc mode it wasn't working, so I changed the default profile to Generic ICS and the Setup-Method to Auto (which I think defaults to Netd(master)) I have wifi-driver reload enabled and I have tried with and without the "Routing fix"
Anyone have any experience with wifi tether, and maybe can suggest a fix/config that will work?
zackiv31 said:
Anyone else here installed Wifi Tether for Root Users? play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.googlecode.android.wifi.tether
I have an unlimited data plan and I want to make the best use of my rooted handset. I've set it up and can get online, but I'm only getting .7/3 mbps while with the speedtest.net app I easily get 10/10+
With the default install in adhoc mode it wasn't working, so I changed the default profile to Generic ICS and the Setup-Method to Auto (which I think defaults to Netd(master)) I have wifi-driver reload enabled and I have tried with and without the "Routing fix"
Anyone have any experience with wifi tether, and maybe can suggest a fix/config that will work?
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I'm curious: what happens if you disable TetheringGuard.apk (using pm or by deleting it)? Does that make the standard tethering feature in Wifi settings work?
(I have a shared data plan with built-in tethering, so I can't try it.)
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I'm curious: what happens if you disable TetheringGuard.apk (using pm or by deleting it)? Does that make the standard tethering feature in Wifi settings work?
(I have a shared data plan with built-in tethering, so I can't try it.)
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I renamed the apk and the obex file, adding a .bak extension.
Wifi Tether speeds are unchanged.
Mobile Hotspot won't turn on (I usually get a message that says it's not on my account).
Not sure what to try next...
zackiv31 said:
Anyone else here installed Wifi Tether for Root Users? play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.googlecode.android.wifi.tether
I have an unlimited data plan and I want to make the best use of my rooted handset. I've set it up and can get online, but I'm only getting .7/3 mbps while with the speedtest.net app I easily get 10/10+
With the default install in adhoc mode it wasn't working, so I changed the default profile to Generic ICS and the Setup-Method to Auto (which I think defaults to Netd(master)) I have wifi-driver reload enabled and I have tried with and without the "Routing fix"
Anyone have any experience with wifi tether, and maybe can suggest a fix/config that will work?
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i use easytether (work blocks so many sites and irc and speeds are awful anyway) and have no issues w/ bad speeds
get 25 down / 14 up
nitsuj17 said:
i use easytether (work blocks so many sites and irc and speeds are awful anyway) and have no issues w/ bad speeds
get 25 down / 14 up
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Sorry but I'm trying to get wireless (wifi) tether working... with the "wifi tether" app. So no USB (stand alone hotspot).
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Sorry but I'm trying to get wireless (wifi) tether working... with the "wifi tether" app. So no USB (stand alone hotspot).
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yeah im just pointing out that i dont think its a throttling issue
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yeah im just pointing out that i dont think its a throttling issue
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Thanks nitsuj17. I tried EasyTether and my speeds do seem to be more normal. Although that doesn't really give me a whole lot of conclusive evidence that I'm not being throttled. I can think of two possible causes right now:
1. Wifi Tether doesn't work correctly for my phone (which is weird because my uploads rates are 10x that of downloads)
2. Either Verizon or some piece of software on my phone is detecting that I am tethering over wifi and throttling me. I'm not sure what the best way to debug this is... maybe a custom ROM will do something?
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Thanks nitsuj17. I tried EasyTether and my speeds do seem to be more normal. Although that doesn't really give me a whole lot of conclusive evidence that I'm not being throttled. I can think of two possible causes right now:
1. Wifi Tether doesn't work correctly for my phone (which is weird because my uploads rates are 10x that of downloads)
2. Either Verizon or some piece of software on my phone is detecting that I am tethering over wifi and throttling me. I'm not sure what the best way to debug this is... maybe a custom ROM will do something?
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ill try barnacle or one of the other wifi tether apps this weekend to see if its that
lol when I bought this phone at Verizon the guy told me that
1) the phone has the wireless charging built into the phone, (lol lucily they had a mat at the store so I made him look like a complete dip**** lol)
2) said that hotspot is now FREE, lmao, said I could share my internet from mt inc4g to up to whatver number devices they say for free.
am i missing something hehe?
nitsuj17 said:
ill try barnacle or one of the other wifi tether apps this weekend to see if its that
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I've tried just about every (free) app out there. I can't get any of the others to work. Android Wifi Tether is the only one that works, but with its speed limitations.
andybones said:
lol when I bought this phone at Verizon the guy told me that
1) the phone has the wireless charging built into the phone, (lol lucily they had a mat at the store so I made him look like a complete dip**** lol)
2) said that hotspot is now FREE, lmao, said I could share my internet from mt inc4g to up to whatver number devices they say for free.
am i missing something hehe?
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Wifi Hotspot is free IF you switch to the "Share Everything" plan. You're basically buying blocks of data at that point, so they don't really care how you use it. Primarily because you will most likely go over and pay overages.
Some of us have been grandfathered into Unlimited data plans. For us, wifi tether working as well as USB tethering would be amazing.
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I've tried just about every (free) app out there. I can't get any of the others to work. Android Wifi Tether is the only one that works, but with its speed limitations.
Wifi Hotspot is free IF you switch to the "Share Everything" plan. You're basically buying blocks of data at that point, so they don't really care how you use it. Primarily because you will most likely go over and pay overages.
Some of us have been grandfathered into Unlimited data plans. For us, wifi tether working as well as USB tethering would be amazing.
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yea for out plan it actually saved us $70 a month!
I had unlimited but I don't need it, I don't tether, and we have 4 mines total and we were using under 2GB total on the entire plan, so we have 4 lines with 8GB for the month, we will NEVER come close to that, unless im tethering the entire month for an unknown reason.
so ur saying since, we are in a share everything plan now i actually can tether for free??
I tried it and it wanted to charge me $20
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I've tried just about every (free) app out there. I can't get any of the others to work. Android Wifi Tether is the only one that works, but with its speed limitations.
Wifi Hotspot is free IF you switch to the "Share Everything" plan. You're basically buying blocks of data at that point, so they don't really care how you use it. Primarily because you will most likely go over and pay overages.
Some of us have been grandfathered into Unlimited data plans. For us, wifi tether working as well as USB tethering would be amazing.
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wifi tether from play store worked for me: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...S5nb29nbGVjb2RlLmFuZHJvaWQud2lmaS50ZXRoZXIiXQ..
open the app
give it root permissions when prompted
menu> settings
Change Device-Profile
Generic ICS
start tethering
my laptop:
(lte sucks today)
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
nitsuj17 said:
wifi tether from play store worked for me: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...S5nb29nbGVjb2RlLmFuZHJvaWQud2lmaS50ZXRoZXIiXQ..
open the app
give it root permissions when prompted
menu> settings
Change Device-Profile
Generic ICS
start tethering
my laptop:
(lte sucks today)
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EDIT: I did a "Restart" of the phone, instead of a "Power off". I'm not sure if that did anything, but now my speeds seem to be normal!
nitsuj17: Do you have TetheringGuard.apk and TetheringGuard.odex removed/renamed? I've currently renamed them with a ".bak" extension because I wasn't sure what they do.
zackiv31 said:
Uninstalled and reinstalled the app. No change.
I did this after a fresh TWRP install and SuperSU root. Over wifi tether on Verizon in NYC right now I can only get ~.5/1.12. On the phone itself I'm getting 2.5/3.7. EDIT: After a fresh restart, I'm getting 22/13 on speedtest.
Do you also happen to be in NYC? Wondering where I went wrong in my setup. Anything you can think of you did differently (or how I can reset mine like yours)?
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nope im in central nj...those steps above are just how it set it up after download and worked fine
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nope im in central nj...those steps above are just how it set it up after download and worked fine
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I added some notes above... it seems to be working but I had a couple last questions for you. Thanks for your help!
zackiv31 said:
EDIT: I did a "Restart" of the phone, instead of a "Power off". I'm not sure if that did anything, but now my speeds seem to be normal!
nitsuj17: Do you have TetheringGuard.apk and TetheringGuard.odex removed/renamed? I've currently renamed them with a ".bak" extension because I wasn't sure what they do.
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i still have tetheringuard in place, didnt affect anything for me
I get capped at 100kbps.
any updates to this?
i finally got my laptop to connect tonight using nitsu's power #12 (can't get a kindle fire to connect). i've got a full 4g signal but am getting 100 kbps as well...
upload is around 6 Mbps right now!
fyi... found a post that mentioned using TB to freeze the tethering guard app...
that seems to have made a noticeable difference. i'll have to do some testing over time but this is by far the best tethering speed i've been able to get.
Was there ever a fix?
i use to use FoxFi on my S3, which gave great speeds, but FoxFi has its own issues on the LG G3. Wifi Tether Router Works, but i get a fraction of the speed that my phone gets. aka, speedtest from phone gets 80mb down, but when i turn on the hotspot then run speedtest from my ipad/computer it only gets 2-4mb down.
I have rooted my phone and was wondering if anyone knows a way to turn off 3g but leave lte on.The reason for this is i live in a weak lte signal area but get the connection consistently but it constantly drops to 3g and then never switches back without me putting the phone into airplane mode and then it will reconnect.
Modify the build.prop as in this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54349766
That's the only way I know of, and I haven't tried it to know for sure.
rjbooth219 said:
I have rooted my phone and was wondering if anyone knows a way to turn off 3g but leave lte on.The reason for this is i live in a weak lte signal area but get the connection consistently but it constantly drops to 3g and then never switches back without me putting the phone into airplane mode and then it will reconnect.
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If you do this, would you still be able to receive text messages or MMS? Unless I'm wrong (and I could be) doesn't SMS/MMS go through the 3g network?
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If you do this, would you still be able to receive text messages or MMS? Unless I'm wrong (and I could be) doesn't SMS/MMS go through the 3g network?
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I honestly don't know. LTE is weak where I am so I can't test it out.
Just back up your original build.prop before, if you decide to try it.
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I have rooted my phone and was wondering if anyone knows a way to turn off 3g but leave lte on.The reason for this is i live in a weak lte signal area but get the connection consistently but it constantly drops to 3g and then never switches back without me putting the phone into airplane mode and then it will reconnect.
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I would not recommend changing these values. I only updated the ro.telephony.default_network and my phone started acting strangely. I tried values 0 through 12. I had an issue where the phone would not allow me to keep wifi off and it wouldn't connect to 3G or LTE. In order to resolve this I had to go back to 10 and reboot twice. It was not a Sprint Connections Optimizer issue from what I could tell... at least the menu option wasn't showing as checked.
If you do decide to change these values it seems that you may need to reboot twice for the new value to be picked up and sometimes you won't be able to resolve the issue without going into the settings and putting it back to CDMA/LTE.
None of the values appeared to force the phone to stay on LTE. Any one of the ones where data worked would go back to 3G a minute or so after connecting to 4G in a weak 4G area.
I used the build prop editor on the play store and then verified that the values were actually updated in root explorer.
UPDATE:
I also tried updating the ro.build.target_operator to OPEN and while I did get the brightness slider and some different icons wifi calling went away and lost the ability to select networks (Global, CDMA, LTE/CDMA, etc.) in the settings menu.
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I would not recommend changing these values. I only updated the ro.telephony.default_network and my phone started acting strangely. I tried values 0 through 12. I had an issue where the phone would not allow me to keep wifi off and it wouldn't connect to 3G or LTE. In order to resolve this I had to go back to 10 and reboot twice. It was not a Sprint Connections Optimizer issue from what I could tell... at least the menu option wasn't showing as checked.
If you do decide to change these values it seems that you may need to reboot twice for the new value to be picked up and sometimes you won't be able to resolve the issue without going into the settings and putting it back to CDMA/LTE.
None of the values appeared to force the phone to stay on LTE. Any one of the ones where data worked would go back to 3G a minute or so after connecting to 4G in a weak 4G area.
I used the build prop editor on the play store and then verified that the values were actually updated in root explorer.
UPDATE:
I also tried updating the ro.build.target_operator to OPEN and while I did get the brightness slider and some different icons wifi calling went away and lost the ability to select networks (Global, CDMA, LTE/CDMA, etc.) in the settings menu.
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I ran into the same situation as you so maybe there isnt a way yet.
I found a way to force 4G LTE only and easily control other network modes. The xposed module Xorware 2g/3g/4g switcher and Xorware all in one widget work perfectly. See screenshots for how mine is configured. Note you will need to install both xposed modules from Xorware.
Xposed modules screenshot:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Widget screenshot:
Config for Sprint LG G3:
Note I set mine up so 2g is global, 3g is LTE/CDMA, and 4g is LTE only. I usually leave it on 3g unless I am tethering on a weak 4g connection.
zambien said:
I found a way to force 4G LTE only and easily control other network modes. The xposed module Xorware 2g/3g/4g switcher and Xorware all in one widget work perfectly. See screenshots for how mine is configured. Note you will need to install both xposed modules from Xorware.
Note I set mine up so 2g is global, 3g is LTE/CDMA, and 4g is LTE only. I usually leave it on 3g unless I am tethering on a weak 4g connection.
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Set that up and it isn't working. Actually kills all mobile data connections until I go into settings and choose my "Network Mode" again. When I do go to the "network mode" screen, none of the bubbles are checked. Is this broken or am I?
-Roger
It works fine for me. One thing i noticed.... In 4g mode it connects to gsm and the spinning icon is different. It seems to be a DIFFERENT 4g network than the standard sprint Lte. Weird. I can see this by looking at the lte discovery app. Maybe this causes 4g roaming on another network? 3g settings work fine though... I get lte as i normally would and it falls back to 3g when it normally would.
Also you have to wait for a minute for everything to reconnect. Does the 3g setting work ok for u?
While I am getting 4G when forcing it it does seem that I am connected to a GSM (read, not a Sprint) tower. See screenshots for proof. It is a different tower than my normal towers.
Do you have to pay for this app?? Because it surely looks like I have to pay to use those features.
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Disregarding the fact that I can't read the other language.
Translation would be appreciated from anyone.
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Also... When I tap Change Log, nothing happens.
Just download the xorware all in one widget. That will let you use it for free.
Anyone else test this app??
"I don't suggest it though."
Note: Look at the sudden incline in one star reviews.
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I found the solution!!!!
The proper module is available in the play store. It is Intelli3G by Voidv Apps. It is free and in english. It does the GSM in a circle thing like the other guy said.
URL : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.voidvapps.intelli3g&hl=en
It has not dropped to 3G after the install. I haven't seen what happens in a 3G only part of town, but I will update you later.
UPDATE: Seems to just drop signal until you get back to a covered spot.
UPDATE2: I couldn't make calls :|
I have also switched to using intelli3G. It is a nicer design and only does what I need it to. As mentioned you will lose connectivity if you can't get a 4G signal. So doing this is really only good for forcing a 4G connection when you have a weak one. I really only care to use this if I'm traveling and need to tether since most Hotel wifi isn't fast enough for streaming Netflix. For some reason it seems a lot of the hotels I stay in are right on the border of a 4G connection... probably due to the lower penetration of the Sprint LTE band.