Hi all,
I have a Mate 10 Pro, still love it after all these years. It is still running Android 8, rooted, and yes I still do need root.
I am trying to squeeze a bit more life out of it, but I have hit a snag. I have an Android Auto head unit in my car that has AA Wireless. I can use AA wired with my Mate 10 Pro, but AA Wireless has a problem, apparently a common one - I can connect to the head unit, but since I am using WiFi for that, I have no internet connection. EMUI doesn't seem to be able to use LTE for internet, and wifi for AA wireless.
I don't really want to get a new phone, mainly because there is nothing available that I really like much.
Anyway... any thoughts? Is it worth trying Lineage from OpenKirin, or something?
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In light of all the recent wifi issues with the Asus Transformer Prime. I got thinking.. Would it be possible for the prime to theoretically use a USB wifi dongle as the receiver through the keyboard dock?
Obviously android since gingerbread has had USB hosting and the ability to use mice, keyboards, game controllers and other devices, but how about a USB wireless networking adapter?
Thoughts?
Interesting thought and I have no idea... For average use wifi suffices but might be a nice option when going to a place where wifi is crap (like vacation house or something).
Iwas thinking the samething. The question is would there be driver issues with the USB device?
Not quite yet
If you are simply talking about a Wireless N Wifi dongle, there would be little gain, While not the best, a properly functioning Prime gets reasonable WiFi performance. Witness mine, which I regularly see 15-20 Mbit downloads speeds, so not great, but certainly acceptable.
If insetad you want a 3G wireless stick, at the present this is not an option. Honeycomb and even ICS do not provide support for these natively, though a rooted device I believe can be made to work with 1 or 2 3G sticks. When talking 3G, the best move is just root your phone and tether to that, but watch to 300 Mb game downloads folks. AT&T will make your head spin with the $ if you go over the measly 2 Gb plan (I was grandfathered in on an "Unlimited' data plan, and lost it... no biggie, they still bust you if you repeatedly use high bandwidth.
Good evening
I was wondering if there is any other thoughts on using a USB WiFi dongle with the prime. The reason I ask is that I note several retailers are starting to get stock in the UK and I am on the verge of purchasing.
The only issue I have is the WiFi range issue as I work on an offshore oil rig which has a WiFi network and I can currently use this within my cabin on a night with my net book to surf the net. However as there are a fair few partitions and a good distance etc between the WiFi router and the cabins, I don't think the Primes WiFi range would be sufficient (based on others posting issues when they are trying to pass through a few walls).
If a USB WiFi dongle could be made to work i would buy a prime tomorrow, otherwise I think I am going to stick with the net book for a while longer and wait for another model / manufacturer with Tegra 3 (I really don't want to follow the crowd and get an Apple!)
Many thanks!
Chris
Should knlw what that could be a good idea. THERES a guy in developement thread named Saturnde. He has made a thread called new or added drivers or something. He compiled a list of new drivers into a zip file for support of new USB devices that aren't normally supported by prime. He said if you want drivers for a particular device tl let him know. He will need name of device n model number or something. Won't hurt to run it past him and see if its feasible or possible. Let us know how it goes.
SmartAs$Phone said:
If you are simply talking about a Wireless N Wifi dongle, there would be little gain, While not the best, a properly functioning Prime gets reasonable WiFi performance. Witness mine, which I regularly see 15-20 Mbit downloads speeds, so not great, but certainly acceptable.
If insetad you want a 3G wireless stick, at the present this is not an option. Honeycomb and even ICS do not provide support for these natively, though a rooted device I believe can be made to work with 1 or 2 3G sticks. When talking 3G, the best move is just root your phone and tether to that, but watch to 300 Mb game downloads folks. AT&T will make your head spin with the $ if you go over the measly 2 Gb plan (I was grandfathered in on an "Unlimited' data plan, and lost it... no biggie, they still bust you if you repeatedly use high bandwidth.
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Can you syggest a wifi dongle that i can use in an android tablet (my tablet's wifi is "broken")
Hey all,
I'm getting myself a tablet instead of a smartphone as in my opinion they are the jack of all trades and the master of none.
So what I'm looking for is a basic phone that has great battery life as well as the ability to tether the internet to my tablet, anyone have any experience that may help?
My Tablet of choice is the Asus Memo pad 10
Thanks,
Fenlig
Fenlig said:
Hey all,
I'm getting myself a tablet instead of a smartphone as in my opinion they are the jack of all trades and the master of none.
So what I'm looking for is a basic phone that has great battery life as well as the ability to tether the internet to my tablet, anyone have any experience that may help?
Thanks,
Fenlig
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I've bought to my mom a Galaxy W, but at the same price you can now find the Galaxy Ace 2 (here about 170 Euro). You can then root them, improving the battery life. Wifi tethering works without root, just download a good app from the Play store.
get a galaxy ace...decent cheap phone which supports tethering
Have you considered bluetooth tethering? It's supported by non-smartphones (basic Nokia S40 models and others) meaning your phone battery will last far, far longer if that's your main concern. Android devices can definitely connect through others via bluetooth for tethering, you would just need to test non-smartphone handsets for compatibility.
Hi all, I am having problems with my TrekStor tab. I bought an BT 3 mouse from ebay which is not working well with my tablet device. I thought that its defect or something bcs many things from ebay are so I tested with my laptop and Motorola XT 910 and it all works with no problems.
Problem is sometimes it wont pair or when it's paired it wont connect to my bt mouse, but so sometimes it wont recive data from my phone via BT. It happens in a day or two that it actually works but when am not around for maybe 10min bluetooth goes gray and mouse is disconnected and any attempt to connect it fails.
Now I dont know is there any way to test my BT on my tablet, I am realy losing my brain, I've searched through internet for weeks, tryed everything and no result. Shoud I go to store and give them to test it?
I am using tablet alot for studying and surfing so I realy need it and wont be probably able to give it for repairs for two months so i would like to try anything I can to from here.
Thanks for help and sorry for my bad english.
Tablet is TrekStor Surftab Xiron 10.1, quad core, 2gb ram, 16gb memory running Android 4.2.2. Built in Germany.
Anyone?
Interested in these three boxes but the specs seem similar with the exception of the Mecool having Kodi 17, TX8 has 32GB internal storage and an extra USB port, and the H96Pro lacks 802.11 ac.
Anyone have a suggestion as to which one of these would be the best one to buy? The small price difference is negligible to me.
TX8: http://www.tinydeal.com/tx8-s912-23...20ghz-4k-h265-bt40-smart-tv-box-p-161406.html
Mecool: http://www.tinydeal.com/mecool-bb2-...roid60-kodi170-dual-wifi-tv-box-p-161513.html
H96Pro: http://www.tinydeal.com/h96pro-s912-2gb16gb-android60-kodi-161-5ghz-wifi-bt40-tv-box-p-161177.html
I just made the leap myself.
So I can't speak from experience with the latter two boxes, but I recently purchased a TX8 ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01L...rds=QacQoc&dpPl=1&dpID=518FnFtx+gL&ref=plSrch )on Amazon and I love it! Right out of the box, everything works with very minor bugs. The Bluetooth connection works well IF you can get your devices to connect. The launcher/third party connection manager gets in the way of any prompts Android tried to display. Pairing anything that requires a passcode is impossible. I had an older tablet keyboard with its own USB dongle and it works great. The other, bigger, issue is the ability to get OTA updates is still a pipe dream. It said it had it. The function is there, yet it fails to connect to any server it's looking for. It came rooted, so I'll try to sideload something and see if it works. Other than that, this thing rocks! Not a single slow down, buffer, studder, or freeze. Perfect emulator box when paired with two Bluetooth controllers. Hope this helps. Any ideas on fixing my OTA update problem, let me know.
Hi Everyone,
First let me say this site is awesome and I really appreciate what you all do here. I have had my LG G Pad for a while now and I always loved it. The main use was Kodi and Miracast to my 55" TV using a Microsoft wireless USB display adapter. I believe it was running Lollipop from AT&T and always worked pretty good. However, I had started to notice it lagging etc and wanted to clear off all the AT&T bloatware. I was able to get it rooted to Lineage, but in doing so, I lost the main feature I use the tablet for, Miracast. I was able to find the "cast" under the display options, but it will not detect the Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter.
Does anyone know of a fix?
Thanks