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WiFi Tether App problems

Hey everyone I need some help, I am rooted with a Samsung Epic 4g and I really want to get wireless tether app to work. I can find the network on my comp but when I attempt to connect it just says network is taking longer than normal to connect. I rerooted and tried it all again, nothing helps. Also I can't get wired tethering to work on the phone either. Am I doing something wrong? I have gotten the WiFi Tether to work on a windows xp system. I am running Windows 7 64bit. Thanks!

what version of wireless tether are you running? the one off the market or off the developers page?

I am using the one off of the market. Should I download a different one?

WiFi Tethering
fishtaco254 said:
I am using the one off of the market. Should I download a different one?
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I have never had success with the Android Market Tethering apps.
I know that each tethering app is designed for a specific firmware.
For example:
Android WiFi Tethering For HTC Evo 4G - Android 2.1 (Eclair)
or
Android WiFi Tethering For Samsung Galaxy I7500 - 1.5 (Cupcake)
You can go here to see what I am talking about:
http :// code.google .com/p /android- wifi-tether/
I hope this helps
just take out the spaces between the words

I'm using "Wireless Tether" from the market and it's working without any problem on my Motorola Milestone XT720 (Android 2.1)

Use the one off the developers page the one with the samsung fascinate. I did wireless tether works great now faster than the barnacle one (more bars).
2.1 sprint epic stock rooted
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which pre are you using? I downloaded pre11... should i try pre6? Are you using windows 7? These are the specs i'm curious about. Thanks alot for the replies

[Q] Can't Tether or connect via bluetooth with HTC EVO

Hi,
I have the wifi-only XOOM (nonrooted) and a rooted HTC EVO. I can pair and connect each device with another blue-tooth device, so I know that both have blue-tooth working.
I can't get the Xoom and EVO to connect via blue-tooth. It says "paired but not connected" and when I try to click on it to connect it, nothing will happen (on other items it will search...then connect). The only options available to me are rename device and unpair.
I've rebooted, nothing works. I've tried the instructions for tethering, and just trying to get the blue-tooth connection to work.
1. Has anyone successfully paired the wifi only xoom with the evo?
2. Any ideas or suggestions for me?
Thanks. This is really frustrating because the tethering is the reason I bought the wifi only xoom.
Edit: I thought I typed this, but it is not showing. Somewhere on XDA are the instructions for wireless tethering, (sorry don't have link handy) and I have followed them. Doesn't work.

I rooted my EVO with CM7 and the Hotspot software came pre-installed. I just tether to my xoom with that, no problems. It's pretty fast on 3G.

jstersd said:
I rooted my EVO with CM7 and the Hotspot software came pre-installed. I just tether to my xoom with that, no problems. It's pretty fast on 3G.
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My EVO has Myn’s Warm TwoPointTwo - [RLS 5 - 01/07/2011] which has the wireless tether built in. Is your xoom rooted or non? Mine is not.

yeah, it would be great if someone could figure out how to tether via bluetooth with an EVO to the Xoom; my wife has a non rooted evo, and a wifi only xoom, and wishes she could tether..
My rooted EVO does wifi tether easily to the xoom, but, it wont tether via bluetooth either; it shows "paired", but never connected..
Anyone figured this out yet?
thanks

same here. I have rooted Evo with vaelpak 3.2 on it and the wifi tether app works great but I can't get Bluetooth to tether at all. I hear that is a faster connection so I want to try it but the is no option to tether after clicking the wrench

wase4711 said:
yeah, it would be great if someone could figure out how to tether via bluetooth with an EVO to the Xoom; my wife has a non rooted evo, and a wifi only xoom, and wishes she could tether..
My rooted EVO does wifi tether easily to the xoom, but, it wont tether via bluetooth either; it shows "paired", but never connected..
Anyone figured this out yet?
thanks
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I have the same problem running a rooted evo with MYN 2.2 RLS5. Paired but not connected is the only thing I can get. I download the newest wireless tether app and could not get it to work.
I can can tether using Wireless tether using an open connection but when I try to encrypt I cannot get it to work. I sure would like a fix before my trial runs out on the xoom.

scramer said:
Hi,
I have the wifi-only XOOM (nonrooted) and a rooted HTC EVO. I can pair and connect each device with another blue-tooth device, so I know that both have blue-tooth working.
I can't get the Xoom and EVO to connect via blue-tooth. It says "paired but not connected" and when I try to click on it to connect it, nothing will happen (on other items it will search...then connect). The only options available to me are rename device and unpair.
I've rebooted, nothing works. I've tried the instructions for tethering, and just trying to get the blue-tooth connection to work.
1. Has anyone successfully paired the wifi only xoom with the evo?
2. Any ideas or suggestions for me?
Thanks. This is really frustrating because the tethering is the reason I bought the wifi only xoom.
Edit: I thought I typed this, but it is not showing. Somewhere on XDA are the instructions for wireless tethering, (sorry don't have link handy) and I have followed them. Doesn't work.
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I do not have an EVO, I have a droid OG , but ran into a similar problem. I made a video on the subject. I apologize if this does not work for you but try it out. I recommend unpairing your devices first and start where the video starts. I had to unpair to get mine working. Since your rooted it shouldn't be a problem and take a minute to try it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEsSy1272po

if your phone is rooted, its super easy to tether via wifi; hundreds of posts all over this board and the internet about it.
its tethering via bluetooth that doesnt seem to work on an evo..

sleeplessninja said:
I do not have an EVO, I have a droid OG , but ran into a similar problem. I made a video on the subject. I apologize if this does not work for you but try it out. I recommend unpairing your devices first and start where the video starts. I had to unpair to get mine working. Since your rooted it shouldn't be a problem and take a minute to try it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEsSy1272po
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Thank you but I never receive the part that says tethering under the wrench, it only says unpair and rename device.

wase4711 said:
if your phone is rooted, its super easy to tether via wifi; hundreds of posts all over this board and the internet about it.
its tethering via bluetooth that doesnt seem to work on an evo..
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Thanks, I find all of the tether wifi posts, and I can do that. I thought I had seen that some evo users were able to tether by bluetooth, but maybe not. Maybe when the sd card slot patch comes out it will fix it.

Xoom Wifi...Issues connecting to WiFi Tether (Evo)

Hi All...
So after much wait, I decided to jump on the Tablet band wagon.
I opted to get a WiFi only tablet as I had all intentions to Tether my Evo (Rooted).
I am now aware of the Ad-Hoc WiFi issue with the Xoom after doing some research and all i can say is W T F!?.
Is there ANYWAY to get this thing to connect to my WiFi Tether Evo ?
I've downloaded the experimental 3.0 WiFi Tether app from Google code...The Xoom now picks up AndroidTether..but will not connect. Stuck at "Obtaining IP Address"...
I'm close to returning this thing...I was going to wait for the Acer Iconia to drop in a few weeks but got impatient...I might stick to the original plan...
Any Ideas ?
Does the Xoom need to be rooted to get it to connect?
WHATS THE DEAL WITH THIS?!
Thanks.

I don't have any issues tethering my wifi only zoom to my evo. I am using the hacked sprint hotspot app that comes in Calkulin's Evio2 rom. I think you can download just the hotspot app and install it on any deodexed rom.
Here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=785271

I'm running CM7 on my evo, and I use the built in wifi hotspot on that. I dont think the Evo hacks can tether 4g, but the 3g tether is great. Browsing speeds are fast and reliable, but I wouldnt use it for youtube or anything like that.

The Sprint HotSpot app doesnt tether 4G, right? Or does it?
I'm on CM7 RC4.

Turn on Bluetooth and use the bluetooth feature in Wireless Tether and not WiFi.

stevenege said:
Turn on Bluetooth and use the bluetooth feature in Wireless Tether and not WiFi.
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Cant get the Xoom to discover my Evo.
I havent even had a chance to enjoy the Xoom..what a headache.

Bluetooth tether doesn't work on the evo. I just use the hotspot built into CM7 on mine, never had an issue with it. 4g works too.
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I am rooted on my evo with the stock rom. Running wireless tether 2.0.5-pre11. Works like a champ with the XOOM.

Bauxite said:
Bluetooth tether doesn't work on the evo. I just use the hotspot built into CM7 on mine, never had an issue with it. 4g works too.
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Are you on RC4?
I literally JUST fixed my problem...
Just flashed over to a Sense rom from CM7 RC4..
The Normal WiFi Tether app (non-experimental) works just fine.
I'd love to stay on CM7....

if it werent for the quick tether i'd be on MikZ i think. It's stupid ammounts of fast and HTC has some of the best apps IMO

I had this exact problem last week. Neither the latest version of Tether, or the Experimental 3.0 worked.
I finally installed one of the fixed Vaelpak versions and it worked great. Let me know if you need the file and I can get it to you.

jwischka said:
I had this exact problem last week. Neither the latest version of Tether, or the Experimental 3.0 worked.
I finally installed one of the fixed Vaelpak versions and it worked great. Let me know if you need the file and I can get it to you.
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If you can use the Vaelpak version and encryption, I would like to have it.

Really I wasting wasn't aware of this problem. But I just tried it with wifi tether and it worked fine...How can we get the bluetooth tether to work on the evo? I am rooted but am using stock rom ...and wifi tether worked fine

jlewis11 said:
Really I wasting wasn't aware of this problem. But I just tried it with wifi tether and it worked fine...How can we get the bluetooth tether to work on the evo? I am rooted but am using stock rom ...and wifi tether worked fine
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My rooted Evo running myn 2.2 RLS 5 works fine running unencrypted using wireless tether and 3g or 4g. A no go with bluetooth.
Encrypted tether is a no go also.

I am running Sprint Lovers ROM on my EVO and have no issues with tethering the Xoom. I have done it with both the modded Sprint Hotspot app and the WiFi Tether app.

Will the WIFI Tether work with a temporary root ?

[Q] Going absolutely nuts trying to tether TF to my captivate

Hi Guys,
In the last three days I've learned how to root my captivate, side-load apps, installed barnacle and wifi tether, all in the hopes of using my TF while on the road with my Captivate.
Unfortunately I cant get BT or Ad Hoc tethering to work.
I get the paired but not connected error when using BT
My TF is 8.2.3.13 so I can't root (without downgrading to 8.2.3.9 which I'm kind of afraid to do).
Does anyone know if I need to install a custom rom on my captivate in order to get the BT to tether?
I've probably read 100 threads in hopes of getting this to work, but at this point I might have to return the TF and get an ipad (yuck) just to get some connectivity for working on the road.
Any suggestions would be very very appreciated.
Regards,
wunshot

I'm assuming you want to use internet from your phone to tether to the tablet correct? Installing a custom rom is one way of achieving this. I use cognition rom which comes with the ability to tether through wifi. You need to activate that on the phone and have the tablet connect to the phone's wifi network.
I'm not sure if you were doing this but you cannot create an ad hoc network on the tablet and connect the phone to it to tether. The phone has to be the host and the tablet the client.
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You don't want bluetooth. SirSid is on the right track suggesting the custom ROM although there are other ways that might not be as simple.
You want to turn on Mobile AP (Access Point) which turns your Cappy into a wifi hotspot and you're good to go. Go check the Captivate forums on how to achieve Mobile AP without much trouble. If you try to use it on a stock froyo cappy it will warn you about needing a tethering plan with ATT, you can easily remove the plan check using TiBu and it's all spelled out in the Cappy forums.

wunshot said:
Hi Guys,
In the last three days I've learned how to root my captivate, side-load apps, installed barnacle and wifi tether, all in the hopes of using my TF while on the road with my Captivate.
Unfortunately I cant get BT or Ad Hoc tethering to work.
I get the paired but not connected error when using BT
My TF is 8.2.3.13 so I can't root (without downgrading to 8.2.3.9 which I'm kind of afraid to do).
Does anyone know if I need to install a custom rom on my captivate in order to get the BT to tether?
I've probably read 100 threads in hopes of getting this to work, but at this point I might have to return the TF and get an ipad (yuck) just to get some connectivity for working on the road.
Any suggestions would be very very appreciated.
Regards,
wunshot
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I use Captivate all the time and I can turn on the mobile hotspot and have my TF connect to it.
Atleast I'm not aware of being able to do BT tethering on a Captivate. I'm interested to know, if its even possible. Lets post a thread on the Captivate forum.

Thanks for the quick response. Yes, i plan on using my phone as the wifi host. I will give that cognition rom a shot. Im assuming the cognition rom creates the wifi network using infrastructure rather than ad hoc...is that the case?
Regards,
Wunshot

wunshot said:
Im assuming the cognition rom creates the wifi network using infrastructure rather than ad hoc...is that the case?
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Have no idea, I know it just works, it's actually a part of Android since Froyo, it just needs to be enabled and/or not checked if you don't have a tether plan.

I think cognition just uses the defualt android AP app. It creates the network in infrastructure mode if I remember right.
In any case, it just works
(Its located in Settings >> Wireless and network >> Mobile AP)
It supports bluetooth tethering as well, but the tablet would need to recognize it as a bluetooth modem. I have not tried that yet. Using a usb tether would probably be best if it works however. Using wifi tether drains battery faster than than my car charger can charge my phone. I still manage to loose battery even when its plugged in.

Sweet...I'll install cognition when I get home and see where I stand. Thanks for the advice...I'll updater you in a few hours with my results

OP, I have a rooted cappy with firefly rom on it. Super easy to do and its stable and allows for wifi hot spot without stupid ATT finding out you are tethering.
http://www phoenix-hq com/firefly/
It is a legit stable rom. I am able to wifi tether easily with my TF, no problems.

I'm on a stock froyo captivate Mobile AP works fine for tethering, can't figure out bluetooth. I tried for a couple of hours but gave it up Mobile AP works great, although I hear bluetooth saves battery?
EDIT: sorry it's a rogers captivate, i believe US is still on 2.1 nvm!

wunshot said:
Thanks for the quick response. Yes, i plan on using my phone as the wifi host. I will give that cognition rom a shot. Im assuming the cognition rom creates the wifi network using infrastructure rather than ad hoc...is that the case?
Regards,
Wunshot
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I don't understand why your getting into the Ad-hoc thing. Any rooted ROM you install on the Captivate, you can make your phone a Wifi hotspot via Mobile AP settings. That would create a Wifi network from the phone, and you can connect to that network in the TF.

wunshot said:
Hi Guys,
In the last three days I've learned how to root my captivate, side-load apps, installed barnacle and wifi tether, all in the hopes of using my TF while on the road with my Captivate.
Unfortunately I cant get BT or Ad Hoc tethering to work.
I get the paired but not connected error when using BT
My TF is 8.2.3.13 so I can't root (without downgrading to 8.2.3.9 which I'm kind of afraid to do).
Does anyone know if I need to install a custom rom on my captivate in order to get the BT to tether?
I've probably read 100 threads in hopes of getting this to work, but at this point I might have to return the TF and get an ipad (yuck) just to get some connectivity for working on the road.
Any suggestions would be very very appreciated.
Regards,
wunshot
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I tested my Capativate with CyanogenMod 7 rom. It has "Tethering & portable hotspot" feature built-in. I tried it on my friend's TF yesterday and it actually works great!!!

I put cognition on my phone and it worked like a charm.....thanks!

Galaxy 7.0 plus tab doesnt see my cell phone wifi hot spot

for some reason my GT-P6210 doesnt pick my cell phones wi fi hot spot... my ipad picks up the cell wifi hot spot wit zero issue.... any suggestions?

I am sure you tried it already, but you may want to turn the wifi off and then back on, and/or reboot your device.
P_

Yea tried that that....

The 7+ can't connect to ad-hoc hotspots...
If you're phone is running an ad-hoc hotspot instead of infrastructure, you won't be able to tether to it.
AKA... Samsung/Atheros sucks.

thanx... I tried a different app and that solved the issue

I am having the same problem, so would really appreciate it if you let us know which app solved the problem. Thanks in advance

barleystubble said:
I am having the same problem, so would really appreciate it if you let us know which app solved the problem. Thanks in advance
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https://market.android.com/details?id=com.wifi.hotspot

I'm using Wireless Tether 2.0.5-pre9 on my rooted Evo 4g. I'm using the pre9 version because there was talk on an evo root forum about other versions not working.
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Needs a modified wpa_supplicant file
The GT 70+ needs a modified wpa_supplicant to allow it to see adhoc WiFi networks. The reason slyd0997 was able to get tethering to work was because they are using an EVO 4G phone and that phones WiFi hotspot is infastructure and not adhoc. Until a modified wpa_supplicant file is made available for this tab (I would do it myself but have no idea how too), tethering to a WiFi hotspot on a phone that is adhoc and not infastructure is out of the question. Modified wpa_supplicant files are available for other tablets (eg: Motorola Xoom) so we know it can be done. Is there anyone with the knowledge and access to a GT 7.0+ that would like to take this challenge on? I know that there would be a community of very gratefull GT 7.0+ users who would be forever in your debt and would name their first born child after you if you could do this. Okay, Okay...you might have to settle for just gratefull......

USCanthony said:
The GT 70+ needs a modified wpa_supplicant to allow it to see adhoc WiFi networks. The reason slyd0997 was able to get tethering to work was because they are using an EVO 4G phone and that phones WiFi hotspot is infastructure and not adhoc. Until a modified wpa_supplicant file is made available for this tab (I would do it myself but have no idea how too), tethering to a WiFi hotspot on a phone that is adhoc and not infastructure is out of the question. Modified wpa_supplicant files are available for other tablets (eg: Motorola Xoom) so we know it can be done. Is there anyone with the knowledge and access to a GT 7.0+ that would like to take this challenge on? I know that there would be a community of very gratefull GT 7.0+ users who would be forever in your debt and would name their first born child after you if you could do this. Okay, Okay...you might have to settle for just gratefull......
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Not likely to happen - after chatting with garyd9, it sounds like Samsung put some Atheros-specific customizations into wpa_supplicant and is not releasing the source for these modifications (they're playing games with the dual-license nature of this item). So a standard wpa_supplicant likely won't work.

you can tether to your phone to your tab via bluetooth...it works using my mopho

I use this, it works great on my SII.
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list