I am having trouble with wireless tether on my phone. Whenever I have it running, it stops working after about 10 minutes. Any device says it is still connected, but all web pages just time out. If I go in to airplane mode or restart the phone, the connection starts working fine again, until it times out. I have tried Wifi tether for root users, FoxFi and the entitlement check, but I have the same results with all three.
otnemem32 said:
I am having trouble with wireless tether on my phone. Whenever I have it running, it stops working after about 10 minutes. Any device says it is still connected, but all web pages just time out. If I go in to airplane mode or restart the phone, the connection starts working fine again, until it times out. I have tried Wifi tether for root users, FoxFi and the entitlement check, but I have the same results with all three.
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Iv been having this issue for a few months and I tried searching around, couldnt find anything thats exactly like my problem
anyways, I have tried different versions of wireless tether and stil have this problem
80% of the time I launch the app, and start the tether, my laptop will recognize it and connect for only about 10 seconds. after the 10 seconds, my laptop will disconnect from the phone like the wifi network has been lost for "android_tether"
I have to keep start and end tether and reconnect and disconnect on my laptop's end as well... and finally if I am lucky, after rebooting both devices, it will randomly work without flaws.
what is the issue?... what can I do?...
thank you very much xda.
bigjoe87865 said:
Iv been having this issue for a few months and I tried searching around, couldnt find anything thats exactly like my problem
anyways, I have tried different versions of wireless tether and stil have this problem
80% of the time I launch the app, and start the tether, my laptop will recognize it and connect for only about 10 seconds. after the 10 seconds, my laptop will disconnect from the phone like the wifi network has been lost for "android_tether"
I have to keep start and end tether and reconnect and disconnect on my laptop's end as well... and finally if I am lucky, after rebooting both devices, it will randomly work without flaws.
what is the issue?... what can I do?...
thank you very much xda.
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Which application are you using to wirelessly tehter? are you using any kind of encryption?
If you are running a custom rom there should be a setting under the wireless settings heading where you can activate and deactivate wireless tethering, i use this feature in place of any other tethering application as it seems to work the best with and without encryption.
I've got a Xoom wifi and I use the Fascinate as a tether for 3g when I'm on the go. I've got stock Froyo ED01, rooted.
I use the yellow icon Wireless Tether app (http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/) which has infrastructure mode, with the following settings:
1. Device Profile - Samsung Fascinate
2. Auto setup method
3. Wifi encryption enabled
4. Passphrase present
5. SSID "1"
6. Hide SSID checked
7. Channel "auto"
8. Wifi driver reload checked
9. Enable access control checked
Rest of the settings are the default
The problem I face is I turn on wifi tether, the Xoom connects (I get a notification that the Xoom (mac address id) connected and can use the internet with out any problems. Then some time around 1 hour - 3 hours, I get another notification that the Xoom is connecting again (phone vibrates). After this second connection, my phone works for like 10 seconds then just restarts. It shuts off and immediately I can see the samsung logo. After the phone restarts I can use wifi tether app again, but it happens again after a while of using it (1-3 hours).
On a related topic, I noticed that if I stop the wifi tether manually, I cannot use the wifi tether app again until I restart the phone. If I do try to run the program again without restarting I just get stuck on the "start tethering" notification forever. The yellow tether icon is there in the notification bar, but it isn't functioning at all. I have to restart the phone to get it to work.
It's kind of annoying, but more importantly, is this an issue a lot of people face and is it causing any damage to the phone?
Try using 2.0.5
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Just try not to use your phone while tethering, I too have experienced this and it's always when I'm using the phone and wifi tether gets killed. then everything freezes and the phone reboots.
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ive had this problem as well tethering on my vibrant
After using the wifi tether app once, I need to turn on wifi, wait about 10 seconds and make sure it can see the networks, then shut off wifi, then I can reconnect to wifi tether.
Hi everyone,
I have the following problem:
I turn on WiFi sharing, and connect to it with my PC (Win 7). After a while (40-60 minutes) the sharing stops. The blue icon stays in the notification bar and my PC keeps reporting "connected", but nothing goes through. I cannot ping the internet, and sometimes not even my phone (sometimes pinging 192.168.43.1 works, sometimes not). I run Gingerbread 2.3.4.
If I turn off WiFi sharing and try to turn it back on, it reports "Error" on the phone, but if I now try again it works flawlessly for another 40-60 minutes.
I tried Barnacle WiFi Tether (it was even more unreliable), and some other types of Tethering apps.
I don't want to use USB tethering, because sometimes I need to connect with more PCs.
Any solution?
Is that with continous use on wifi? I.e. is there any lengthy periods where you're not actually using data, like reading a document for 10 mins?
My wifi tends to drop the connection after x amount of mins idle, it will show connected also, but it has to be disconnected and reconnected to work again, unless im downloading continously or watching a video (not letting the wifi connection idle).
Its 'normal' from my experience.
One thing you can try however is go to settings --> wifi --> menu key --> advanced and set wifi sleep policy to Never, see how that works for you?
Hi!
No, actually I am playing League Of Legends (an online game) continuosly. The connection seems to hold on longer if I am just browsing the net, but eventually it always gives up.
It was not a problem with ICS 4.0.3, but there the 3G gave up and it was really hard to get the connection back, so it was even more unusable.
Did you try altering the wifi sleep policy? See if that helps
I think the Wifi sleep policy only affects normal Wifi usage where the phone is the client. Anyway, I checked and it is already set to "Never", as you suggested.
Update: I was using XWKI4 with Nimphetamine kernel until yesterday. I have tried KI4-CFRoot kernel too, but that wasn't any better. Finally, yesterday I updated to KL1 stock kernel. I changed only the kernel, so it is a KL1 kernel with an otherwise KI4 ROM.
The sympthoms seem to have disappeared now. WiFi sharing works flawlessly. Fingers crossed...
Running stock, clean install of .12. My Hotspot (which I do pay for, so that isn't the issue) isn't behaving at all. The phone is broadcasting the network and devices can authenticate, but they're not being routed to the Internet once they're in. "Limited connectivity" or "No Internet" statuses on my PC, lack of IP config details on my iPod/Pad.
I called VZW support last night and the guy had me shut the phone off, then he reset something on his end and had me turn it back on again. For an evening it ran like a top. Today I'm right back where I sarted. It *can* work, it just isn't.
Interestingly, when I run Mobile Hotpot, it gives no indication of trouble, but in the Tethering & mobile Hotspot menu in Settings, when i run the Hotspot, I get "Error" showing up in there. Doesn't say what kind of error, no detail/debugging, just "Error."
To recap:
ICS .12, stock
WiFi network ok, Routing not (apparently)
"Error" in settings when Hotspot is on.
Only thing I've seen that sounds anything like this was an APN issue on a different carrier's ICS phones post-update. I'm stumped at this point and like my odds better here than I do calling Verizon again...
I am having the same problem after OTA ICS, I can turn my hotspot on and it says connected to 1 device (my laptop) and when I try to connect to the wifi it takes a while and says "limited connection" and will not work. If I go to my mobile settings it says hotspot...error. usb tethering (internet connection mode) still works but the wifi hotspot doesnt at all, I thought they were supposed to fix this!
I just upgraded my Verizon Galaxy S3 to CM10.1 Milestone build, running jb 4.2.1. When I use the built in wifi ap, as soon as i turn it on, it says "no internet connection" on the phone. On my computer, the network name does show up. If the ap is configured with any security, on the computer it will say "connect timed out" when i try to connect. When i make the ap open, the computer will connect to it. However, since my phone drops it's internet connection as soon as the ap is turned on, my computer gets nothing from being connected to the ap. I also tried using "WiFi Tether" app. When I start it, it says "tethering started but with errors" and in the log it shows that "configuring ap" and "starting ap" failed. It doesn't even show up in my list of wifi networks on the computer.
Both wifi tether app and the built in wifi ap worked perfectly fine in CM10. Any suggestions as to the fix? It's a CM10.1 Milestone build, so I would think they'd notice something like wifi tether not working for a MILESTONE build!? Maybe I have to upgrade my radio or find the source code for the wifi ap somewhere? This especially sucks since I just cancelled my Comcast internet, so i'm 100% dependent on my phone! Please help! :crying:
Hi I have the same problem as you! Have you figured out a way to fix it yet?
awesomeo3000 said:
I just upgraded my Verizon Galaxy S3 to CM10.1 Milestone build, running jb 4.2.1. When I use the built in wifi ap, as soon as i turn it on, it says "no internet connection" on the phone. On my computer, the network name does show up. If the ap is configured with any security, on the computer it will say "connect timed out" when i try to connect. When i make the ap open, the computer will connect to it. However, since my phone drops it's internet connection as soon as the ap is turned on, my computer gets nothing from being connected to the ap. I also tried using "WiFi Tether" app. When I start it, it says "tethering started but with errors" and in the log it shows that "configuring ap" and "starting ap" failed. It doesn't even show up in my list of wifi networks on the computer.
Both wifi tether app and the built in wifi ap worked perfectly fine in CM10. Any suggestions as to the fix? It's a CM10.1 Milestone build, so I would think they'd notice something like wifi tether not working for a MILESTONE build!? Maybe I have to upgrade my radio or find the source code for the wifi ap somewhere? This especially sucks since I just cancelled my Comcast internet, so i'm 100% dependent on my phone! Please help! :crying:
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hellothere123 said:
Hi I have the same problem as you! Have you figured out a way to fix it yet?
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Unfortunately the entirety of the internet was completely useless, but I did find a simple solution. I ended up running the 20130124 nightly build. Funny thing is i just went to look at my phone, and it claims i'm running the M1 build, but i'm sure i not. But i just used the CM updater (system settings, about phone, cm updates) and installed the 0124 nightly from there. Everything works great, except for when using the bluetooth for music in the car, the bluetooth connection is all choppy and unbearable. But the voice bluetooth connection for handsfree calling works just fine. So try that. But the next monthly build should be coming out in a couple days, and I'll probably upgrade it. Even the one i'm using occasionally says "no network connection" and it never reconnects, even when there's strong signal. So I just have to reboot it and it works great again for a while.