Hello all,
I currently have the iPhone 4 and I hate it. I want to move up to the S3 but the only thing preventing me puling the trigger is tethering.
Currently I have a jail broken iPhone and MyWi installed for free tethering. Is there an alternative to MyWi for the S3? Can a rooted S3 be a WiFi hotspot (Infrastructure not AdHoc)?
Thanks in advance,
-NJDevils28
njdevils28 said:
Hello all,
I currently have the iPhone 4 and I hate it. I want to move up to the S3 but the only thing preventing me puling the trigger is tethering.
Currently I have a jail broken iPhone and MyWi installed for free tethering. Is there an alternative to MyWi for the S3? Can a rooted S3 be a WiFi hotspot (Infrastructure not AdHoc)?
Thanks in advance,
-NJDevils28
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Rooting an android phone allows you tether without most carriers noticing.
Depends on carrier also
kls629 said:
Rooting an android phone allows you tether without most carriers noticing.
Depends on carrier also
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Ok, awesome answer!
Here is another question. Is there a TuT out there to root and tether? Is it AdHoc or Infrastructure? I need infrastructure as my stock Nook can not connect to AdHoc.
Thanks in advance.
Open Garden Tethering is amazing for a rooted phone. Kinda slow (but that's because my LG Ally is slow, and it only has 3G)
My phone has tethering built in as stock and yes it is infrastructure. My phone is from the UK if that affects your question
Some carriers in some countries like to remove or restrict the tethering option. If you're not in such a country then tethering ie. Portable Hotspot is available by default in Android. There is not need to root or install any special app.
When activated your phone will appear as a regular wireless network, ie. infrastructure.
@JSale i am awesome?
in addition we've set up a network on a demonstration with 10 sgs3 on the same tethered connection, so clients number is not limited to 5 like it was on sgs2
sorry, the language is hungarian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMlYzzo75rg&sns=em
daisun said:
@JSale i am awesome?
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First person to get it so far
JSale said:
My phone has tethering built in as stock and yes it is infrastructure. My phone is from the UK if that affects your question
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I think it may. Knowing the nickle and dime mentality of the US Carriers, I can see them disabling that function in the OS.
If it is built into the OS and then disabled by the carrier could a Rooted Device be re-enabled?
-NJ
Has anyone had any issues with tethering with the S3? Used to have a GalaxyS on the Three network and it was fine. Got the S3 and it constantly drops net access. Connection between the phone and my laptop is fine, but there are issues with DNS server etc. and on the same network. had a new handset yesterday after advice and help from Three and Samsung and still the exact same issue.
They seem clueless. Does anybody have any idea what the issue could be and has anyone else had the same problem? Tethering via wifi hotspot or usb cable is the same.
Sorry, maybe I should mention that tethering is allowed on my plan.
Does anyone have any idea at all please?
anybody? anyone else had this issue?
i'm having issues with tethering.
If i set security to open it seems to be ok. With any level of security my windows 7 pc cannot connect via wifi.
i've read comments on other forums regarding problems with this.
I've not been able to test out my S3 tethering on 3 yet. Have you had any luck since? I have noticed that the connection while surfing on the phone keeps dropping though.
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If you use an International Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300) on AT&T you can tether for free anyway. You can also get away with paying $10 a month for Unlimited Internet.
No need for root. Tethering is already built into the menus.
Had to return the phone and cancel my contract in the end. Three uk say it's a software issue with samsung. I have flagged it with samsung.
Pre installed on orange UK phone
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Wireless tethering (called portable Wi-Fi hostpost in the settings) worked fine on my international unlocked phone out of the box (no rooting, installing apps, etc.). I'm a bit frustrated I can't connect to AdHoc networks though, but that's an android issue. At least I found a way to use my home computer's internet on the phone via usb with 'reverse tether'.
Tethering the S3
I seem to be having the same problem when tethering using the security option under ONLY ALLOWED DEVICES,
Security is configured under WPA, WPA PSK, and WPA2PSK, i get as far as adding these settings to the ALLOWED ONLY LIST, but when you go to connect on the Wi-Fi screen, and where it says Only Allowed Devices, it says NO DEVICES,
And so the only way to make it works is by using the OPEN option, but be warned this will allow outside users to tap in to your network.
Contacted Samsung on three occasions up to today, all they would confirm was that using the OPEN setting would compromise your security, ive asked them to confirm that the security Only Allowed option does actually work in real time , ive asked them to configure it at their end and tell me the step by step method.
will report back what they say.
I did take the phone back to the shop to get them to configure this secure setting, they failed and said try and cope with the open setting for now.
Reading the above posts that Three have said its a software problem doesnt sound good, sounds like im going to have to return mine as i do internet banking.
any news that you guys have on this aspect would be wellcome.
Cheers,
PS, i should say i am tethering to a Sony Vaio windowes 7
Hi folks i hope you can help,
Lately when i'm trying to access the internet on my phone (Samsung Galaxy S3) it keeps going to a blank web page and tells me that its unavailable because my phone is tethering. The problem is its not and hasn't been tethered to anything since i got it new. I've tried looking through the phone and tried numerous searches but i cant find anything i think would help me.
Has anybody else had this problem that could point me in the right direction ?
Thanks in advance folks
Wullie.
What have you tried?
You could do things like:
- Switch to airplane mode and back
- Enable tether and disable
- Reconfigure your wifi settings
- Reboot
It appears that NO one is able to tell me whether an i545 S4 is capable of wifi tether and how to do it. Nor can I find a decent explanation regarding the root capabilities of same. Did the switch from the 9505 versions to the i545 have a dramatic affect on Developer options? And if so are steps towards a fix in place at this time. I have left multiple messages and received no response. None of it was on this forum that's why I'm asking here, cause you seem to be the most organized and well informed I have found. I used Kingo root and have root access but I'm unable to wifi tether. Is there anything out there that I can download to enable Wi-Fi tether on this device.
Thank you,
Sincerely
Michael S Bauges
Try downloading power toggles from the play store and switching on the hotspot from from your notification toggle bar.
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itsdubai said:
Try downloading power toggles from the play store and switching on the hotspot from from your notification toggle bar.
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Ok, the problem before was it would say "checking for subscription status" . Then it would say " error, no connection available". I'm a give it a try and hope for the best, thanks
Unwanted lock pattern
I have another problem you might be able to help me out with. I downloaded Foxfi trying to get Wi-Fi tether and it required me to put a password screen lock in the form of code in order to use it after I found out the wifi didn't work I deleted it but the pass word screen lock remains and I don't want it. Thanks again for your help!
No luck
mshawn3 said:
Ok, the problem before was it would say "checking for subscription status" . Then it would say " error, no connection available". I'm a give it a try and hope for the best, thanks
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I tried 3 different toggles, SVTB USB tether lite, power toggles, and hotspot toggle. When activated each of them first does a subscription check and then turns the toggle off.
Keep losing my Google account after connecting to wifi
If your on version MJ7 or MK2 here is a link to a thread where you can enable thether provioning on the I545 (assuming you have a rooted phone)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2512981
mshawn3 said:
It appears that NO one is able to tell me whether an i545 S4 is capable of wifi tether and how to do it. Nor can I find a decent explanation regarding the root capabilities of same. Did the switch from the 9505 versions to the i545 have a dramatic affect on Developer options? And if so are steps towards a fix in place at this time. I have left multiple messages and received no response. None of it was on this forum that's why I'm asking here, cause you seem to be the most organized and well informed I have found. I used Kingo root and have root access but I'm unable to wifi tether. Is there anything out there that I can download to enable Wi-Fi tether on this device.
Thank you,
Sincerely
Michael S Bauges
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what base is your phone and are you rooted?
base & root
decaturbob said:
what base is your phone and are you rooted?
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My phone has root access thru KIngo root, and the base modelMJ7.
Hi guys,
The three network have blocked/stopped tethering on some pland, and restrcited it to 2GB on some others. Is there a way to bypass this?
I have a Note 2 I want to turn tethering on, and a samsung galaxy tab i want to use it on.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
No one knows?
Still can't figure it out, does anybody know anything?
I've tried user agent switching and using a vpn, neither worked .
Hello, I don't know if there is already a fix for this but I couldn't find one. I am using muniz_ri's TetherAddOn for the stock OB1 Lollipop firmware. I am using a MetroPCS GS5 running on the ViSX ROM by AxAtAx.
Only thing changed was my APN to regain data.
The only issue I'm having is that whenever 4G (WCDMA) is enabled, the Hotspot works wonderfully.
When 4GLTE is enabled under mobile networks, all devices say that they cannot connect to the Internet.
I am trying to figure out if the LTE uses a different Protocol or something else that blocks it out. If WCDMA works, why can't 4GLTE?
I'm not an android wizard but I do know some basics. This is just beyond my reach and would love to see if there is a way around that "block"