I have just received my transformer prime and I am having trouble tethering my GSM galaxy nexus. The firmware has been upgraded to the latest build of ICS for both devices. I get a notification telling me that the connection via bluetooth tethering has been successful but I am unable to use it. I have also tried pdanet tablet with no luck. Is it possible to tether the phone with the tablet via bluetooth at all? Should I just bite the bullet and use wifi instead?
i know your talking about bluetooth, but if you mean ad-hoc... its been removed from ICS ... sorry
What do you mean by ad-hoc tethering? I have seen this term around the forums but not sure what it refers to.
I am able to do do wifi tethering just fine on my prime. The reason I would like to try it over bluetooth is to save battery on my phone.
You're in for some trouble. I have a Gnex and a Android Tablet. There's an issue with the Gnex dating back to last year where the BT connection will drop after a few minutes. Its a gigantic pain in the ass and to date I haven't found a fix.
Running 4.1.1 / BBand I9250XXLF1
I am trying to share my Galaxy Nexus' internet connection via bluetooth with my tf201.
I can get them paired, and connected, and the internet works (although a little slow)but after about 30 seconds the internet stops working. If I make the tf201 reconnect to the GNex it immediately works again for another 30 seconds.
How can stop the connection from turning off?
I don't know how to fix that specific problem; my bluetooth tethering has worked quite reliably for me.
You may want to take a look at the FoxFi app for your phone. It offers both wifi and bluetooth tethering without rooting. That may help you get a better connection.
not helpful, i know, but my Atrix will not do internet via bluetooth to my prime, and My Atrix 2 does amazingly well. idunno.
Again, not helpful, but I've no problem tethering my Prime to my Galaxy Note via Bluetooth. My Note is running a leaked ICS build too, so I was quite surprised that it works so flawlessly.
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Dave
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It looks like the Droid DNA has some tethering/hotspot connectivity issues when connected to some Apple devices such as the iPad. The 4g connection would just drop on a random basis when tethering using the official options in settings. Hotspot issues have somewhat been confirmed in the Slashgear review of the phone. Anyone have any solutions?
I'm glad somebody posted this. I was at the airport, all excited to try out my fancy new hotspot, but got disappointing results. It initialized fine and my computer was able to connect to both the phone and the internet. But the 4G constantly dropped to the point where it was basically unusable. I'd get ~30 seconds of blazing fast speed, followed back a DNS lookup error that would persist for seconds to minutes. Hoping it's a software issue.
I have not had any problems with my hot spot. I was able to play a few hours of CoD black ops 2 with no lag or disconnections.
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ComputerGeek said:
It looks like the Droid DNA has some tethering/hotspot connectivity issues when connected to some Apple devices such as the iPad. The 4g connection would just drop on a random basis when tethering using the official options in settings. Hotspot issues have somewhat been confirmed in the Slashgear review of the phone. Anyone have any solutions?
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I've also not had any hotspot problems. I'm rooted though and using wifi tether from the market and it has been working flawlessly. It has an option to ping servers and download a few packets at set intervals in order to prevent DNS issues and connection drops, works like a charm.
I think issues with the stock wifi app is common on Verizon. Before my DNA I had a droid Incredible that had connection issues. If only doing light web browsing the app seemed to work ok, but if you went to a site with a large number of images, or tried to watch a video, or download a file it often would lose the network. I looked into the problem and it seems like the app had issues with most phones. My solution was to root and install Wifi Tether. Not only do I like the functionality of Wifi Tether better but i never had anymore issues after installing it.
With my DNA the stock app seems to be much better. I've been getting download speeds around 15-30 Mb/s all day. I'm still considering rooting for Wifi Tether though for the functionality and stability.
I have to return the DNA because I need to be able to tether to my iPad and Macbook. The phone does tether properly to my Windows 7 notebook though. I really don't feel like using a third party solution for tethering/hotspot functionality.
I have problems when I use my iPad. Very annoying.
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ComputerGeek said:
It looks like the Droid DNA has some tethering/hotspot connectivity issues when connected to some Apple devices such as the iPad. The 4g connection would just drop on a random basis when tethering using the official options in settings. Hotspot issues have somewhat been confirmed in the Slashgear review of the phone. Anyone have any solutions?
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I picked one up on launch day and used it for about a week, everything was fine except the data dropped repeatedly with the Mobile Hotspot app. I went back to the store I bought it from and there wasn't any more! They found a store at Stonestown that had 2, so I zipped over there and they swapped it out. We tested it by swapping out the Sim card on the original unit, after I also did a factory reset, but it was still bad. So got a fresh one and it seems to be better but when I first turn Mobile Hotspot on, it drops a couple times but then its good and stable. Not ideal, but usable whereas the first one was not. Hopefully they'll give an update for this, it'll be super badass when this is solid.
I'm still having issues with my DNA hotspot. It works for a few minutes, then the connection drops.
Internet works fine on the device itself, but tethered devices have problems.
I've tried in multiple locations. I've tried with the following devices: iPad, Android tablet, MacBook Pro, Dell Windows laptop. The result is always the same. My devices are able to connect to the hotspot on the DNA, Internet works briefly, then stops working.
Made a few calls to Verizon tech support, and I've done all the troubleshooting with both tier 1 and tier 2 reps. Next step will be swapping out the device at the store...
Glad to see I'm not the only one having these issues... Tethering to either my iPad or Macbook pro over wifi is horrible. My workaround has been to use USB or bluetooth tethering instead. I haven't tried any of the 3rd party tether apps yet, though since I'm rooted I'll probably get them going at some point.
I just swapped out my DNA at my local Verizon store. So far, the results have been mixed.
My connection pauses briefly, then kicks back in after 20-30 seconds. This is slightly better than before--my connection just plain stopped.
Laptop and Android tablet are faring better than my iPad. The connection with my iPad 4th gen. freezes and doesn't come back.
Verizon reps said there were no known issues. But clearly I am not the only person having problems with hotspot.
Tempted to root, cyanogen mod, and wifi tether the old fashioned way...
Either that or take my DNA back and just get the iPhone. By the way, my wife's iPhone 5 is attached to my account and works flawlessly with all devices and in all locations. Her smug smile is starting to grate on my nerves!
Never used the stock tether app but i use the rooted wifi tether app with the following settings as my main source of internet on my laptop without any issues
Profile - HTC rezound
Method - Netd-Ndc (master)
Wifi-Driver reload - (check)
MSS clamping - (check)
Routing fix - (check)
I don't have any issues when tethering with my Windows 8 installation, but tethering with my Linux installation has been iffy.
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I just swapped out my DNA at my local Verizon store. So far, the results have been mixed.
My connection pauses briefly, then kicks back in after 20-30 seconds. This is slightly better than before--my connection just plain stopped.
Laptop and Android tablet are faring better than my iPad. The connection with my iPad 4th gen. freezes and doesn't come back.
Verizon reps said there were no known issues. But clearly I am not the only person having problems with hotspot.
Tempted to root, cyanogen mod, and wifi tether the old fashioned way...
Either that or take my DNA back and just get the iPhone. By the way, my wife's iPhone 5 is attached to my account and works flawlessly with all devices and in all locations. Her smug smile is starting to grate on my nerves!
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My 17" MBP kept timing out trying to connect to the stock Hotspot.
I had this same exact problem with the I first got my Rezound, and then it got fixed in an update later on. Can't believe they're having the same exact problem again!
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My 17" MBP kept timing out trying to connect to the stock Hotspot.
I had this same exact problem with the I first got my Rezound, and then it got fixed in an update later on. Can't believe they're having the same exact problem again!
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I was afraid of that. I've heard of other people having problems with other HTC phones and the Apple devices that try to tether. Guess I'll just have to wait for the fix.
Well, I called VZW today, they had told me that it IS a known issue and HTC has not responded yet... so they forwarded me to HTC and HTC had told me I needed to send my phone in. I called VZW back and they are sending me a new device! will follow up once I get it.
For me its my Android Tablet and Windows 8 PC that is connecting to my phone. So its not just apple products.
On my third DNA already. Still having the same problems with hotspot. At this point there is no sense in swapping devices. Guess i will just have to wait for them to fix it with a patch.
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weasel0x00 said:
Glad to see I'm not the only one having these issues... Tethering to either my iPad or Macbook pro over wifi is horrible. My workaround has been to use USB or bluetooth tethering instead. I haven't tried any of the 3rd party tether apps yet, though since I'm rooted I'll probably get them going at some point.
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Just installed the Wifi Tether App from the app store, and used the settings that Cdoan34 posted above, it it works reliably for me. I think there's something messed up with the way the stock tether app interfaces with the radios or something. Using the stock thether app you can see the 4G/3G icon flap on and off like the phone can't keep the data connection up.
A few months ago I got rid of GS3 due to the WiFi tether crapping out every 10 to 15 minutes at work.
requiring me to restart the tether
Yes tethering is allowed, I have the wonderful unlimited 3UK "The One Plan" all you can eat data inc tethering
I updated my GS3 to the at the time latest 4.0.4 generic UK rom.
How is the tether now ?
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I can't tell you how is the update because I still don't have it... but I have experienced same kind of issues, specially when connected from my Macbook.
Tether from my Motorola Atrix 4G was far way better, I must say that.
Anyway, what I did to "solve" the issue (not completely), was install FastDormancy Toggle application, to disable fast dormancy since I think it is not supported by my network. Also, in my Macbook network preferences, in advanced, under Hardware, I set MTU to custom, and entered 1453 as adviced in a forum.
I must say it works better now, although not perfect as it used to work in my motorola Atrix.
I am waiting for my Jelly Beam upgrade to see if this gets fixed. If it is not, my next smartphone will be definitively another motorola.
so Motorola androids have good hotspots?
Yes they do
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hi everyone. recently I've bought iPad air 2(working bluetooth(4.2) only / no wi-fi/no cell). so i decided i will tether over BT(4.0 LE) from moto e2. I don't know why, but up and down speed is limited to 0,18 kbps. I tried tethering from another device asus t00q(4.0) and got 1.6 Mbps. Meanwhile tethering from moto to my old iPad 2 (BT 2.1) I got 0.5 Mbps.
I am really confused why moto is working like that. I assumed that the problem is within standards, but i don't know how to turn off Low Energy(LE) mode in bluetooth of my moto e2. Please help...
Hi
I have the Moto e 2 to and to me Bluetooth tethering is always slower. Can't you use normal Internet tethering?
Unfortunately, no wifi and cellular don't work.