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Captivate Update Removes USB Tethering

When I got my Captivate and first plugged it in to my laptop, I was surprised when I was greeted with four options on the screen, Kies, Music Device, Media Device, and USB Tethering. Of course, I tried out USB tethering and it worked nicely.
It looks like the latest OTA update just removed that functionality. The option isn't presented when I connect to my laptop. I wonder if they removed it all together or just hide the option.
Of course, there are several other tethering options available, so it's not a great loss, but I thought people might like to know about it. I'm just glad the update didn't brick my phone! Now if I could only fix the problem with the phone turning itself off randomly when it sleeps. This update doesn't seemed to have helped with that problem at all.

Captivate PC Internet (Tethering) Option Gone?
Wow, thanks for the heads up, I kind of figure that may happen they give a little and take a lot. Did you have the dreaded GPS issue and if you did was it fixed? Have you checked to see if the PC Internet option was removed from Settings>Applications>USB Settings?
Thanks Roger

Yes, the OTA took off the usb tethering option in USB settings. GPS does not seem to have been fixed on my end at all. Been about a minute, and navigation is still trying to get a lock.

Autarkhis said:
Yes, the OTA took off the usb tethering option in USB settings. GPS does not seem to have been fixed on my end at all. Been about a minute, and navigation is still trying to get a lock.
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Thanks, I'll hold out for the Froyo update.
Roger

Why not use pre8?
From a phone on an app

What is pre8?
I just did the update and now I'm screwed. I'm at work with a bunch of homework to do and can't tether. How can I fix this before tomorrow night? I don't want to root my phone and can't use pdanet because my laptop doesn't have Bluetooth.

why not flash cognition ? That has mobileap in it...
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Since I don't want to root my phone are my only options to either add Bluetooth to my laptop and pay for pdanet or add tethering to my plan?

jamespaulritter said:
Since I don't want to root my phone are my only options to either add Bluetooth to my laptop and pay for pdanet or add tethering to my plan?
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Have you looked into the 1-click factory restore option?
i dont think that it requires root to work.

I just broke down and bought easy teather works great.
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still having a little bit hassle on having a lock or fix location. always needs the help of network. GPS alone is kinda........urrrrggghhh!

If you are ok with a USB cable, I found a way to still use tethering over the USB cable after the OTA update. It is just not a straight forward as it was before. Here is how I got it to work on stock ROM, no root access.
Plug in USB cable and connect to PC. Select Mass Storage mode (when you have activated the Ask on connection in the USB Settings - Application menu under Settings). Fully connect you phone to the PC, by pulling down the Status bar and selecting the USB connect line and making the internal (and optional if you have installed external) Memory card visible on your PC. The on the PC disconnect the USB drives again (you have to disconnect first on the PC) and then end the USB Mass Storage mode by pulling again down the Status Bar on the phone and turn off the USB connection. Then when you unplug the USB cable and replug it and now select the Kies connection type, it will successfully connect to Samsung Kies. If you now have Samsung Kies on your PC installed (the UK version)you can select there the Tethering and start it and you can connect and your phone will do Tethering.
I tried it several times and every time it worked. This is not as elegant as it was before, but at least if you need an internet connection and your phone is the only way to get to it, you can still tether.
Hope this will help someone out there who needs a PC connection!

thgoepel said:
If you are ok with a USB cable, I found a way to still use tethering over the USB cable after the OTA update. It is just not a straight forward as it was before. Here is how I got it to work on stock ROM, no root access.
Plug in USB cable and connect to PC. Select Mass Storage mode (when you have activated the Ask on connection in the USB Settings - Application menu under Settings). Fully connect you phone to the PC, by pulling down the Status bar and selecting the USB connect line and making the internal (and optional if you have installed external) Memory card visible on your PC. The on the PC disconnect the USB drives again (you have to disconnect first on the PC) and then end the USB Mass Storage mode by pulling again down the Status Bar on the phone and turn off the USB connection. Then when you unplug the USB cable and replug it and now select the Kies connection type, it will successfully connect to Samsung Kies. If you now have Samsung Kies on your PC installed (the UK version)you can select there the Tethering and start it and you can connect and your phone will do Tethering.
I tried it several times and every time it worked. This is not as elegant as it was before, but at least if you need an internet connection and your phone is the only way to get to it, you can still tether.
Hope this will help someone out there who needs a PC connection!
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For anybody who is wondering this worked fine for me as well. I selected UK for my location and language. I'll post back up letting you know whether or not it works selecting USA. Once configured and installed, it takes roughly 60 seconds to be up...

thats excellent. i do have Kies installed. I'll give it a shot tonight.

Wifi lost while charging from computer
Can any confirm since the update, wifi connections are now lost while charging from computer via the usb port. Edge or 3g is available if you turn off wifi before connecting. With wifi on, disconnect the usb from the computer and wifi access is again available on the phone.

Running Easytether now. Doesn't require root and seems to work fine. Available on the market, if you pull your sim card. $10 for the full licensed version.

Samsung Kies is free software specifically for the galaxy s series and allows you to tether.
The link is below. being a new member they wont let me post an actual link.
**in.samsungmobile.com/support/softwaremanuals/software.do?phone_model=GT-I9000&sw_type=SW**

Is there a way to re-enable the tethering option through the source code or rooting? Also if Froyo is OTA from AT&T, I would assume they would continue to keep this option hidden/removed. Am I right?

Zman28SS said:
Is there a way to re-enable the tethering option through the source code or rooting? Also if Froyo is OTA from AT&T, I would assume they would continue to keep this option hidden/removed. Am I right?
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Yea, check the android development section. The Cognition ROM re-enables both USB and Wireless tether...

Tethering was not removed by the update. You don't need Kies installed, you don't need root, and you don't need any tricks. If you select the "Kies (firmware update)" mode, tethering works fine, assuming you've installed the USB drivers and created the necessary dial-up networking connection for the USB mode.

Samsung S2 - using it as modem

Hi..
I recently bought samsung galaxy s2 and have a few doubts regarding a few features..
The situation is something like this-
My phone is connected to the internet via wifi..
Phone is connected to laptop via usb cable..
And i want to access the internet on my laptop is it possible??
The issue here is -
My laptop (lenovo R60, 2006 make, Win XP) network card seems to be incompatible with the high speed modems.
As when i hover over the network icon in the tool tray it shows 54Mbps and the wifi in the phone is shown as 65 Mbps..
So i suppose this is the problem with the NIC card for the laptop.. Am i right in assuming this?
Please help me resolve this issue..

Sure, use usb tether app. it does 3g, not sure about wifi, but worth a try: https://play.google.com/store/apps/..._apps#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwOSwiY29tLnBkYW5ldCJd

try it with kies
it should let you do that

I just make sure only WIFI data is enabled from the drop menu, and then settings-wireless-tethering then check the USB tethering option

I have tried USB tethering its giving problem with the config file given there for Win XP..
While installing the new hardware using the new hardware wizard it is unable to find the config file downloaded onto the desktop itself..
Tried downloading the PC studio 3.2.2 for samsung and using the network wizard there.. But that too wasnt connecting .. Gives me an option of only removing some connections , which are not there in the first place..
Is there any other alternative for that config file available?
And will switching off mobile data enable usage over wifi on its own? I need it to be wifi only as i do not have any data plans for 3g enabled on my phone..

Thanks a lot.. That USB tether app works.. :good:
And it connects via wifi of phone as well..:victory:

Found that my rooted gs2 phone works fine for usb tether with the juggernaut ROM installed. unfortunately I couldn't tether with the phone connected to the WiFi. I will have to remember that app on the market if the need arises.

Syrusoo said:
Found that my rooted gs2 phone works fine for usb tether with the juggernaut ROM installed. unfortunately I couldn't tether with the phone connected to the WiFi. I will have to remember that app on the market if the need arises.
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I first tried slickmod 3.6, tried a bunch of other roms afterwrads, but none of them as easy to use and i love the look of it.
You could try this if you don't want an app filled with permissions / ram usage that can be fixed rather easily
[just a question do you have any of the 3 Kies processes running: kies, tray agent, KiesPDLR.exe in task manager while trying to use your phone as a wifi usb?]
Im running slickmod3.6 and all i need to do is enable wifi only from the awsome looking drop menu and then settings tick usb tether and i get my wifi data speed/limit Im pretty sure I tried that with stock Telstra firmware and did not work. Why would i want a permission hungy app for if it's not needed, it has a very modded look to it its great, plus i added some xtras.
Just a thought try uninstall the drivers, download kies (Set all 3 kies processes to not start at boot, msconfig should do it). Only use it when you need to. let it update the drivers (note the new version n.o drivers for future ref) If that dont work uninstall the driver again, and then click scan for hardware changes, let windows update find it.
Failing that, I have quite a few driver packages I have collected with the odin setup zip that I can host on my skydrive just pm me.
Also when uninstalling drivers, and you run into problems delete the ghosted drivers as well, by default you wont see them.

[SOLVED] internet sharing, wifi, usb, linux and other problems

Hi all,
I love my phone, and the roms all these prouds guys are releasing out there. I'm currently on CM9 by Dhiru (alpha12).
My problem is that i really need the thetering feature that Android OS provide; is necessary for me, but i faced a lot of problems with my i9003!
when i was in GB Stock, i was able to share internet via Wifi and Bluetooth to my linux box (yeah, i'm on linux) without any issue, but for the usb theter (the best way to do it for battery and security related stuff) i hadn't any luck. I passed to CM9 for all the features it provides, for the good loking and couse is really better that GB in all parts!
But now, i not only be unable to theter via usb if also with bluetooth and wifi!!! wah
So now i would like to know if someone can point me in the right direction to find a way to use theter on my phone!!
Ah, no WEP tether here plz
P.S.
with a galaxy y i can succesfully usb tether on my box...
P.P.S
srr for my awful english

Use a 3rd party app for internet tethering!

Tethering in Cm9 alpha12 don't work. Its a known bug. You can use apps from play store.
Sent from my GT-i9003

amifiq said:
Tethering in Cm9 alpha12 don't work. Its a known bug. You can use apps from play store.
Sent from my GT-i9003
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wifi tethering with third party apps works only because set the wifi in ad-hoc mode instead master mode, and i won't to set my shared connection in this way, also because of WEP enc.
The usb tethering apps works only (i suppose couse never tried) for private driver installation; that means no universal way, that mean i need to install these apps and proprietary drivers on the machine i want to use, and again is not feasable!
so, these 2 options are not a solution.
And i have to say that the usb tethering seems to be broken in linux on i9003, couse i can succesfully usb tether (wifi ofcourse work) from a galaxy next!

Try this app. The phone was recognized without doing anything when I used it (linux, I had to install Samsung drivers on Windows)

wow
loSconosciuto said:
Try app. The phone was recognized without doing anything when I used it (linux, I had to install Samsung drivers on Windows)
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You're Brilliant!!! this app worked almost flawlessy!!
On my archlinux box i had only to enable usb0 via ifconfig and ask dhcpcd for the ip!!!
Really, u solved a tons f problems! very thanks! i wanna dig about this app and why the embedded way is not working properly
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howto edit title for [SOLVED] mark?

j0llyb0x said:
You're Brilliant!!! this app worked almost flawlessy!!
On my archlinux box i had only to enable usb0 via ifconfig and ask dhcpcd for the ip!!!
Really, u solved a tons f problems! very thanks! i wanna dig about this app and why the embedded way is not working properly
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howto edit title for [SOLVED] mark?
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It worked for me.
I tried native thetering on my laptop using a network-manager (useful when you have to manage several wifi networks..) and everything worked without really doing anything, no ifconfig, dhcpd etc, I just plugged the phone. Maybe if you do things manually there's something extra to do, I've never tried it because in my case "no network-manager => cable avaible => no need of thetering", but I might try one day.
Anyway the app I suggested is working great, it's as fast as native thetering, at least it was fast when I used it, it has a very nice interface and it bypass all the thetering restrictions your provider might set ;D
The only problem I have with it is that whenever I use it, I need to toggle "USB debug" to make this one work again without a reboot, but that's a minor thing. And another thing I noticed is that (in CyanogenMod) even though the data usage is correctly calculated, there's no "android-usb-theter" in the list and the traffic is equally spread. But as long as it keep tracks of it it's ok.
To edit the title: edit the first post > "Go advanced" and there you should see the option.

Mmh dunno,
but i'm on Chanogen 9 with i9003, and on a ubuntu box and network-manager running i hadn't any luck with the native theter, intead, with a galaxy mini it worked with both system out of the box... maybe is my phone

loSconosciuto said:
Try this app. The phone was recognized without doing anything when I used it (linux, I had to install Samsung drivers on Windows)
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Tried this app.. Tethering works fine, but my external sd card, that is my micro sd does not show up on my comp (running Windows) in usb mass storage anymore.
When I installed this app and connected it to the it installed a mass storage driver, maybe that is responsible. How do u fix it??

ivAnash said:
Tried this app.. Tethering works fine, but my external sd card, that is my micro sd does not show up on my comp (running Windows) in usb mass storage anymore.
When I installed this app and connected it to the it installed a mass storage driver, maybe that is responsible. How do u fix it??
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Mmh, why did you use it if usb tethering is working fine under windows?
yes, probably is that driver that force to use it; did you used to have mass storage working before using that app?
and the drivers, was provided by the software itself, asked by windows or what? where did you got it?
can you just uninstall it and try if work again?

I installed the tethering app.. when I connect the phone to the comp after that, the driver gets installed on its own ..and the external SD does not show up any more .. Both storage work fine in mass storage mode prior to the above driver installation ..

USB does not recognize my phones

I have a MTCD head unit MX (witson) with Android 5.1, my problem is that the USB port cannot recognize my phones, A note 4 with Android 6.0 (eRobot ROM) and a Samsung GT386T no rooted with stock ROM 4.4.2. The USB port works find with a usb stick, I can play music, pictures, etc. but not my phones. Both have the USB debugging enable.
When I plug a phone it is charging but nothing happens, my note 4 after a few minutes pop a windows saying that there is a problem with the connection MTP and that I need to download samsung Sync etc.
What I want to do is to use the mirror link function.
Any of you know something about this issue?
Thanks in advance for your help.

paniqueado said:
I have a MTCD head unit MX (witson) with Android 5.1, my problem is that the USB port cannot recognize my phones, A note 4 with Android 6.0 (eRobot ROM) and a Samsung GT386T no rooted with stock ROM 4.4.2. The USB port works find with a usb stick, I can play music, pictures, etc. but not my phones. Both have the USB debugging enable.
When I plug a phone it is charging but nothing happens, my note 4 after a few minutes pop a windows saying that there is a problem with the connection MTP and that I need to download samsung Sync etc.
What I want to do is to use the mirror link function.
Any of you know something about this issue?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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I believe i read that there is a specific app that you have to run on these to do the mirror link...easy connect, maybe? Did your HU come with an instruction booklet? I was looking through mine earlier and it went over in detail how to setup mirroring through that app.

Yes, when I tried to use EasyConnected is when I saw the problem. The app waits for my phone to be connected, It says that it must be turned on USB debugging, but it is on. Then I checked in the File manager and the USB was not enable there, like if nothing is plug it. If I plug a USB memory it works fine.
I will try today to do a factory reset.
Thank you!

paniqueado said:
Yes, when I tried to use EasyConnected is when I saw the problem. The app waits for my phone to be connected, It says that it must be turned on USB debugging, but it is on. Then I checked in the File manager and the USB was not enable there, like if nothing is plug it. If I plug a USB memory it works fine.
I will try today to do a factory reset.
Thank you!
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You ever get this solved? My easyconnected never stays connected. WiFi and USB both are garbage.
WiFi randomly disconnects.
USB also disconnects asks me to allow USB debugging every couple of minutes. The phone never remembers the headunit, so it constantly asks me again to allow connection. Must be a crap RSA fingerprint coming from the headunit.

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You ever get this solved? My easyconnected never stays connected. WiFi and USB both are garbage.
WiFi randomly disconnects.
USB also disconnects asks me to allow USB debugging every couple of minutes. The phone never remembers the headunit, so it constantly asks me again to allow connection. Must be a crap RSA fingerprint coming from the headunit.
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Nope, Still does not work for me. Same symptoms as you. I already tried with 3 differents phones, factory reset and different versions of easyconnected.

I seem to have USB connection working now with only one "allow USB Debugging?" popup, only when I first connect.
What I did was turn wifi off on the headunit. I am not sure why it worked, but I just wanted to turn everything not needed off, and see if the headunit would stop disconnecting all the time. So far so good. I can probably live with one annoying popup, instead of one every few minutes.
Of course you have to keep the screen on the phone on, and the battery in the phone will deplete faster than the headunit charges it, but still an improvement. I had a 30 minute drive today, and the USB never disconnected!

paniqueado said:
Nope, Still does not work for me. Same symptoms as you. I already tried with 3 differents phones, factory reset and different versions of easyconnected.
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paniqueado, try the da_anton ROM. I just installed it and easyconnect finally works as it should. I just plug in my phone to the USB and it fires right up! One prompt if any on the head unit, and NO disconnects whatsoever.

USB issue

Hi, I'm having this issue with my Galaxy S6 (SM-G920F):
One day fast charging stopped working, but standard charge was working perfectly, OTG was working, Odin too. MTP wasn't working!
One day I plugged my phone at the wall, and it didn't show that it's charging, after some reboots it started charging well (not fast charging). Sometimes I have to wait 0% for charge it again, but if I use a PC instead of the wall adapter it works (sometimes not, but I just need to reboot it)! So I'm able to charge the phone only from a PC if the battery is not at 0%.
I checked if OTG and Odin are still working... MTP is not working, I can't event hear the USB plug-in sound from Windows, if I go in Odin mode, Windows says: "unknown USB device" and it won't work, I tried to reinstall drivers, but nothing.
So right now:
- Charging from the wall won't work well.
- Charging from a PC works better.
- Fast charging won't work.
- OTG is working.
- Odin is not working anymore.
- MTP is not working, PC doesn't find the mobile, I also can't hear the USB plug-in sound from Windows.
I tried different things: re-calibrate the battery, restore the stock firmware via Smart Switch, flash some ROMs... But nothing.
I can't understand why some days ago Odin and wall charging (not fast) were working but MTP wasn't, now none of thease are working.
The only thing that works well is OTG.
Right now I'm using OdexLite ROM with stock kernel, but I tried different ROMs, Samsung's stock included.

Hello
I have a same problem .
Please help.

check if in the setting there is an option: start manager, try to turn on MTP application.

SM-G920I with same trouble, tried on fedora linux
Hello XDA, I'm facing the same issue with my Galaxy S6 (SM-G920I):
MRealFantasy said:
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One day fast charging stopped working, but standard charge was working perfectly, OTG was working, Odin too. MTP wasn't working!
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- Charging from the wall won't work well.
- Charging from a PC works better. will try this soon
- Fast charging won't work.
- OTG is working. didn't try this
- Odin Heimdall is not working anymore.
- MTP is not working, PC doesn't find the mobile
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I tried unsuccessfully to make my Fedora 24 and Fedora 25 detect the device, also tried on a MacOSX. It just charges, not only doesn't detect on download mode, as it doesn't even detect normally for file transfer etc.
Could it be an automatic update that killed MTP and fast charging? I've been searching the web for three days already searching for an alternative to flash/root or whatever to try to downgrade it and see if works with older version, but I couldn't. The device is 2yo, but is as new, I changed the battery and the connecting board on authorized service also with no good results. I hope I can make it work again! I appreciate any insight the community could have on this issue.
Cheers!

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check if in the setting there is an option: start manager, try to turn on MTP application.
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Yes is turn on MTP