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new weired tether problem..

ok this is strange,, so i installed tether 1.70 pre from here
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list?can=2&q=HTC+Donut
and it worked the first time i used it, so i turned it off and havnt tried using it till today, well i start my laptop and I see my wifi and android tether (hummm),
so i start the app and it says push to tether as if its off.,, I try it and it doesnt do anything.
So I uninstall, restart my phone.. AND ITS BACK! , i still see android tether in available networks (yes refreshed) but when i try to join it does nothing.
any ideas how I can get rid of this broke down app? or which is the right one to have?

i think maybe i should have got the 1.6,, but i dont remember how i even installed it in the first place, and theres no instructions on the web site..

ok weird so I uninstalled 1.7 again and installed 1.6 for htc from above site, now i show android tether and g1 tether both in available networks, the g1 connects the pc but the android one does not, and both continue to show up even when tehtering is turned off..
anyone .........?

kraash said:
ok weird so I uninstalled 1.7 again and installed 1.6 for htc from above site, now i show android tether and g1 tether both in available networks, the g1 connects the pc but the android one does not, and both continue to show up even when tehtering is turned off..
anyone .........?
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Sure. The device you're connecting to it with has the name cached. Oh, no, the sky is falling! How dare some device have a remembered connection!
Why do people always think there has to be a problem with the phone? Delete it if it bothers you.

Err I never said I thought it was the phone, and I don't remember saying that, I was worried because it wouldn't connect or delete.. thanks for the help though, it wasnt much

Issue with Wifi Tether disconnecting?

Not sure if it's a computer, ROM, Phone, or app issue, but after a few minutes or so of being connected via wifi tether, it just stops working. According to the phone, I'm still connected, but the upload/download numbers reset to zero and pages stop loading in my laptop browser. The only fix I have is to disable wifi tether and re-enable it.
Any idea what would be causing this? I'm on Fresh 2.0d and have whatever version of wifi tether came on the ROM.

Scooley01 said:
Not sure if it's a computer, ROM, Phone, or app issue, but after a few minutes or so of being connected via wifi tether, it just stops working. According to the phone, I'm still connected, but the upload/download numbers reset to zero and pages stop loading in my laptop browser. The only fix I have is to disable wifi tether and re-enable it.
Any idea what would be causing this? I'm on Fresh 2.0d and have whatever version of wifi tether came on the ROM.
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It's actually shutting off your data connection. If you take a look your data becomes dormant. If you turn of data and then turn it back it works again. I think it may be with the version. I just saw I had 2.0 and I'm going to put 1.6 back on. I'll let you know if it fixes the problem.

Here is the link for 1.6
http://android-wifi-tether.googlecode.com/files/wireless_tether_1_60_htc.apk
If you put on your sdcard and install using a file explorer it will change the script that is used and work.

Actually, I just checked, and I'm already running 1.6. Any other suggestions? Haha

are you getting a or making a telephone call when it conks out?
R

When ever your data goes to 0 is Ev in status bar white or gray? Might try doing adb logcat when you start up wifi tether or when you have the problem. I don't know what is causing the problem, but whever I turn off mobile networks and turn it back on it works fine after that.
I'm doing a logcat and using my wifi tether right now to see if I still have the problem.
Might try removing the one off your phone and push the one from the link above.

RTessi said:
are you getting a or making a telephone call when it conks out?
R
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I was having the exact same problem. Read the 2nd post..No. No calls or messages or anything when it happened to me.

Wireless tether headache

Okay, here's the search I did with old outdated info from other phones that aren't relevant to my problem:
http://www.google.com/cse?cx=partne...9-1&q=mobile+network+repeatedly+disconnecting
Regaw's latest is what I am running. I am using wireless tether, the one that came with his rom, and it will lose internet connection about every 3 minutes.
Why is this a problem? Normally I use ICQ in my job, because I work online., I am constantly having to have people resend me messages and stuff due to this. It also interrupts and breaks any large downloads I do, normally larger than 10-20mb, and causes me a big headache when I try to work in FTP (for those non-tech-savvy, working in ftp is basically working on the guts of a website to make it work)

Are you trying to use your phone while you are tethering? I have only used wireless tethering once but I was playing with the options while I was using it and it wouldnt intermittenly lose connection. I just assumed it was because I was messing with my phone.

No, my phone is sitting on my stand, charging, and I have the wake-lock off so the phone sleeps. Did the same thing when wake-lock was on, too

Check your Wi-Fi sleep policy?
I am not sure if Tether over rides that or not. Maybe you have it set to a time limit. Just guess though, mine is flawless...as with every other aspect of my life...

I haven't used my wireless tether in a while, but I was also having this problem. After about 2-3 minutes of working it would stop. It appears as thought the data connection is dropping, because I was also not able to use the browser on the phone to connect to the internet. I had to diasble the data connection and then restart it. This solved the problem 95% of the time. There were 2 things I was going to try, but haven't. If you want to try them and see if they work and let us know, they are
1.Turn off data connection, turn data connection back on and then starty Wireless tether and then connect computer to Wireless tether
2.Turn off data connection, start wireless tether, connect computer to wireless tether, and then restart data connection.
If any of these work it may be possible to get a script or an app to do this.

Kcarpenter said:
Check your Wi-Fi sleep policy?
I am not sure if Tether over rides that or not. Maybe you have it set to a time limit. Just guess though, mine is flawless...as with every other aspect of my life...
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That make me LOL, very funny!

What verison of wifi tethering are you using? I've had this problem before but that was using the newest 2.0 version of the wifi tethering. I reverted back to an older 1.6 version and i don't have any issues.

thasolution said:
What verison of wifi tethering are you using? I've had this problem before but that was using the newest 2.0 version of the wifi tethering. I reverted back to an older 1.6 version and i don't have any issues.
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With the eris based ROMs I had no problem with using the 1.6 version, but after the Sprint leaked ROMs I have tried every version and still had problems. My solution works for me, but it is a couple of extra steps that I need to do that i shouldn't have to. It's just crazy how some peop;le have problem and others don't

thasolution said:
What verison of wifi tethering are you using? I've had this problem before but that was using the newest 2.0 version of the wifi tethering. I reverted back to an older 1.6 version and i don't have any issues.
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dont have my phone by me... it's whatever version comes pre-packaged with regawMOD latest

I concur that it is weird how some people do have issues and others don't. I wish this app worked as well as the htc wifi tether app for the winmo phones.
Jerry43812,
I would just check the version then if its a 2.0 version uninstall it and then install the 1.6 version. If its the 1.6 version uninstall it and then reinstall. That worked for some of the roms that I've been using. I'm on the sprint leaked version now and it works just fine for me. I wish they would get the password working on it as well as hiding your SSID.

my friend had this problem on his hero until he turned on wake lock in the wireless tether app. leaves the screen on, but works

Cannot enable Wifi hotspot on Telstra one xl, cleanrom 4.5

Hi All,
I flashed my phone with Cleanroom 4.5 few weeks ago without any issue. Recently, I tried to enable wifi hotpot/ tethering, an error message says "There is a temporary network problem that prevent the enablemwnt of the Mobile hotspot function. Please retry later".
I try with another wifi hotspot apps, but no luck.
Wifi and 4G, 3G are working fine.
Anyone experience this issue? and how to fix it.
Thanks.

Any of the market apps do the same thing? I tried enabling my hotspot on my Telus HOX and it would work but my tablet would not be able to pull any data. Used an app from the Play Store and all is good again.

this post should be in the Q&A section.
did you flash any mods to cleanrom? flashing the att icons for example might cause this problem.
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using Tapatalk 2

Thank you for replying.
I only flashed cleanrom 4.5. This rom already changed 4G icon. Not sure that cause issue.
I tried apps on Play Store but still does not work. The apps give wiress signal but could not connect and go to internet via it.
Any ideas?

(From Scott) In 4.5 there is file called CleanMODS under Sdcard. I flashed it to remove the 4G icon and Wifi hotspot back to work now.
Thanks all.

ncanqn said:
(From Scott) In 4.5 there is file called CleanMODS under Sdcard. I flashed it to remove the 4G icon and Wifi hotspot back to work now.
Thanks all.
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I flashed CleanROM 5 using TWRP and I love it. Without remembering the issue with the AT&T icons and tethering I accepted the icons and lost tethering.
I could not find CleanMODS within the CR5 zip. I have found it in CR4.5.
How do I use it to go back to stock icons? Or can I do this within CR5?
I need a bit of a walk-through if someone could take the time? I have a Rogers HOX, unlocked and rooted.

You have to use generic ics profile for market wifi tether apps to work.

Ok, I see what you meant now but it made no difference.

WiFi Hotspot issues

I've been running CM10 on my HOXL for a while, but I noticed today that I couldn't connect to the wifi hotspot I set up on it.
I've been able to in the past so for the last few hours I've been trying every combination to achieve a working result like it was previously:
tried connecting to hotspot from several devices - none work
tried rebooting ALL devices (including phone) - still can't connect
I can connect to it as long as it's an open network, but this is no good as I want to keep the security on the hotspot
I can tether via bluetooth or I can tether using an app - but I don't want this, I want my wifi hotspot back
I've reflashed from fresh wipe - still can't connect if hotspot has a password
tried both security settings, neither let me connect (but again, open is fine)
I've reflashed back to the stock ROM (Telstra Clean ROM anyway) - this actually works, let's me connect via wifi hotspot with security
flashed back to CM10 afterwards - wifi hotspot doesn't work again.
So basically I can't connect to my wiFi hotspot if it has security applied, while my phone is running CM10 (nightlies)
Anyone share this problem / have any more suggestions to try?

xxnu said:
I've been running CM10 on my HOXL for a while, but I noticed today that I couldn't connect to the wifi hotspot I set up on it.
I've been able to in the past so for the last few hours I've been trying every combination to achieve a working result like it was previously:
tried connecting to hotspot from several devices - none work
tried rebooting ALL devices (including phone) - still can't connect
I can connect to it as long as it's an open network, but this is no good as I want to keep the security on the hotspot
I can tether via bluetooth or I can tether using an app - but I don't want this, I want my wifi hotspot back
I've reflashed from fresh wipe - still can't connect if hotspot has a password
tried both security settings, neither let me connect (but again, open is fine)
I've reflashed back to the stock ROM (Telstra Clean ROM anyway) - this actually works, let's me connect via wifi hotspot with security
flashed back to CM10 afterwards - wifi hotspot doesn't work again.
So basically I can't connect to my wiFi hotspot if it has security applied, while my phone is running CM10 (nightlies)
Anyone share this problem / have any more suggestions to try?
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Have you checked the ROM's thread? This may be a known issue and possibly with a fix you can flash.

blingblingthing said:
Have you checked the ROM's thread? This may be a known issue and possibly with a fix you can flash.
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Yup, been through there and can't find anything (at least through the few dozen pages I've skimmed). Odd thing is it WAS working up until yesterday with the ROM, now it's stopped working. I tried reverting back to an earlier ROM as well, no dice.
I can't post in the thread to ask directly in there either.

Have you been flashing nightlies? The latest updates have been generating new Mac address for your phone when you flash. Its cause several problems. I had to change my router to wepkey access only. Cause I have Mac filters on my router. Not sure if that helps. Good luck though.
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subarudroid said:
Have you been flashing nightlies? The latest updates have been generating new Mac address for your phone when you flash. Its cause several problems. I had to change my router to wepkey access only. Cause I have Mac filters on my router. Not sure if that helps. Good luck though.
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Yeah, I read that too. But my phone CONNECTS to wifi fine, the wifi is WORKING fine.
The problem is when I am trying to set it up as a hotspot that the issues are occurring.
To reiterate: it's only when I have security set on for the hotspot that I can't connect to it. (But having an open hotspot is not suitable)

No clue... I just tested hotspot and connected my wife's iPhone just fine. However I had to do a reboot to get WiFi back. They are tied in. Sorry I could be more help.
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subarudroid said:
No clue... I just tested hotspot and connected my wife's iPhone just fine. However I had to do a reboot to get WiFi back. They are tied in. Sorry I could be more help.
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And security was active in the hot spot?

Yes. Show password. Then put that in my wife's iPhone and presto data connected.
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subarudroid said:
Yes. Show password. Then put that in my wife's iPhone and presto data connected.
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Sorry, just making sure all options were covered.
Just installed 10/7, still happening.

I wonder if it would have anything to do with what radio your on? I all ways flash 1.85 cause it works best for WiFi and I don't have LTE in my area so it works well for my H. Not sure though throwing out ideas for you.
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subarudroid said:
Yes. Show password. Then put that in my wife's iPhone and presto data connected.
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Sorry, just making sure all options were covered.
Just installed 10/7, still happening.

xxnu said:
I've been running CM10 on my HOXL for a while, but I noticed today that I couldn't connect to the wifi hotspot I set up on it.
I've been able to in the past so for the last few hours I've been trying every combination to achieve a working result like it was previously:
tried connecting to hotspot from several devices - none work
tried rebooting ALL devices (including phone) - still can't connect
I can connect to it as long as it's an open network, but this is no good as I want to keep the security on the hotspot
I can tether via bluetooth or I can tether using an app - but I don't want this, I want my wifi hotspot back
I've reflashed from fresh wipe - still can't connect if hotspot has a password
tried both security settings, neither let me connect (but again, open is fine)
I've reflashed back to the stock ROM (Telstra Clean ROM anyway) - this actually works, let's me connect via wifi hotspot with security
flashed back to CM10 afterwards - wifi hotspot doesn't work again.
So basically I can't connect to my wiFi hotspot if it has security applied, while my phone is running CM10 (nightlies)
Anyone share this problem / have any more suggestions to try?
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I have the same issue running cm10 so you are not alone. For as often as I use it though its not an issue for me. The chances of someone jumping on to an open AP I roll for 10 minutes is slim. In the end remember, this is a rom still under nightly development so turbulence is to be expected.

backspace79 said:
I have the same issue running cm10 so you are not alone. For as often as I use it though its not an issue for me. The chances of someone jumping on to an open AP I roll for 10 minutes is slim. In the end remember, this is a rom still under nightly development so turbulence is to be expected.
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I'm used to the turbulence. I was rocking ICS on my Desire which was, buggy at the best of times, but I was pretty tolerant of it.
Have another ROM running on my Nexus7 as well.
Other than this the CM10 ROM is incredible! I'd love to be able to run the hotspot open, but I know it's get milked by everyone around me... I appreciate everyone's help so far, I'll keep asking around and trying different options.
I find it odd it's not happening for everyone, that it's only started happening recently for me (probably after I briefly tried paranoid android on the device, before returning to CM nightlies), and that it works fine again if I use the stock sense ROM (yuck.)

subarudroid said:
I wonder if it would have anything to do with what radio your on? I all ways flash 1.85 cause it works best for WiFi and I don't have LTE in my area so it works well for my H. Not sure though throwing out ideas for you.
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Last radio I flashed was this:
EVITA_Telstra_2.40_Radio_0.20os.32.09.15_10.113.32.28L
I *DO* have good LTE where I am, so I would LIKE to be able to use it...
Cue dumb question: I flash the ROM then flash the radio yeah?

Well, it woul;ld appear I'm not the only person facing this issue at the moment either.
Also appears that CM10 nightly might be having trouble flashing radios... stay tuned.

Exactly the same problem here. Have been dirty flashing the currently CM10 nightly every couple of days and as of 7/10 hotspot (with password) and usb tethering have been broken. Hotspot works fine without security though.. Flashed back to 2/10 and it's working fine, just have to put up with glitchy graphics a while longer

Yup you're right, I flashed back to 10/2 - hotspot works with security just fine.
How often are you checking the updates to see if the wifi hotspot works with security again?

Looks like it's all fixed with the 12 Oct nightly

xxnu said:
I've been running CM10 on my HOXL for a while, but I noticed today that I couldn't connect to the wifi hotspot I set up on it.
I've been able to in the past so for the last few hours I've been trying every combination to achieve a working result like it was previously:
tried connecting to hotspot from several devices - none work
tried rebooting ALL devices (including phone) - still can't connect
I can connect to it as long as it's an open network, but this is no good as I want to keep the security on the hotspot
I can tether via bluetooth or I can tether using an app - but I don't want this, I want my wifi hotspot back
I've reflashed from fresh wipe - still can't connect if hotspot has a password
tried both security settings, neither let me connect (but again, open is fine)
I've reflashed back to the stock ROM (Telstra Clean ROM anyway) - this actually works, let's me connect via wifi hotspot with security
flashed back to CM10 afterwards - wifi hotspot doesn't work again.
So basically I can't connect to my wiFi hotspot if it has security applied, while my phone is running CM10 (nightlies)
Anyone share this problem / have any more suggestions to try?
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Use WEP security, works fine, less secure but i dont think someone will wasting time on hacking portable hotspot.

nemanja.krpovic said:
Use WEP security, works fine, less secure but i dont think someone will wasting time on hacking portable hotspot.
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I'm confident that in the nearly 15 months since he created this thread he's probably solved his issue. Please don't dig up ancient threads like this.
Sent from my Evita.