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I have been reading this site through out regarding common HTC problems and came across WIFI issue with HTC.
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I got this linksys router and i get connected through my laptop(s) quite easily by just entering the passkey (current security is WPA-PERSONAL) also, i have been using e72 before and it uses to get connected flawlessly too.
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I bought this HTC desire (awesome mobile) but i am unable to connect to my home wifi. I tried connecting to another secured network and by just entering the passkey it got connected for experimenting more i tried connecting to hotspot (nexus one froyo) through open connection which worked as well quite easily. It is just my home router which is giving trouble to me on my desire whereas i tried to make it work by changing different settings and even by making it open source but all in vain.
If someone has any idea how i can get it connected to linksys with settings change (any settings which can wrk on HTC) then it will be a big relief for me as this is really not working well for me
I am having the exact same problem and I have the same setup. Our problems are eerily similar. Even I owned an E72 earlier and now the HTC Desire. Pretty sure it is something to do with the Router. I jst upgraded the firmware today to the latest build, but still having the same problem. I think its probably the hardware version of the WRT54G. The version 7 is the only one having an Atheros chip. All others have a broadcom chip.
Try changing the security settings in the router to none. I used to own the 54G router. I upgraded to the E3000. My dad has the evo and we now get wireless n service.
Could you teather your phone to the Transformer so as to get 3g service?
Would you need the keyboard to do this, since it has a full size USB?
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secularhuman said:
Could you teather your phone to the Transformer so as to get 3g service?
Would you need the keyboard to do this, since it has a full size USB?
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I currently have a iPad 2 WiFi, it can tether just fine with my rooted EVO. I suppose the same will happen with the Transformer (still waiting for it).
I do not think the keyboard is needed... why anyway? I mean tether via WiFi
secularhuman said:
Could you teather your phone to the Transformer so as to get 3g service?
Would you need the keyboard to do this, since it has a full size USB?
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you can definitely tether you phone to your transformer...seems like bluetooth tether seems to be the best bet right now.
Get em paired and let the data flow!
aarofloyd said:
you can definitely tether you phone to your transformer...seems like bluetooth tether seems to be the best bet right now.
Get em paired and let the data flow!
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How do you setup Bluetooth tethering?
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Tone503773 said:
How do you setup Bluetooth tethering?
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Without having it right here in front of me....
First, your phone needs to have the wireless tether app.which means you most likly will need to be rooted. Go to the settings and switch it to the bluetooth tether rather than the wireless one. Make the device discoverable. Then go on your transformer and go to wireless & networks>bluetooth settings> check turn on bluetooth then scan for devices. It should find you phone, so select it. Once the devices are connected there should be an option on the transformer in the bluetooth settings that say something about using bluetooth data tether or something along those lines. Select that and you should be all set!
If you are still having issues let me know and i can do a more detailed (and accurate) walkthrough tonight when I get home.
Yes, you can use your phone if it provides the right sort of hot spot (infrastructure). I've tested my LG Optimus with the Transformer and it works fine. There are other tethering options if your phone does not have a hotspot, a program like PDA.net, using bluetooth (if your phone has a BT modem driver). What will not work is a program that turns your phone into an Ad Hoc hotspot, unless someone gets Ad Hoc working on the TF (should be possible, they have to change the supplicants file).
Don't know about bluetooth tethering, but my transformer connects to my android 2.2 HTC Desire wifi hotspot with no problems.
Password is stored, and it connects automatically when unconnected to my home wifi.
Mines working perfect with my g2.
Having troubles connecting to my Optimus S...
brachiopod said:
Yes, you can use your phone if it provides the right sort of hot spot (infrastructure). I've tested my LG Optimus with the Transformer and it works fine. There are other tethering options if your phone does not have a hotspot, a program like PDA.net, using bluetooth (if your phone has a BT modem driver). What will not work is a program that turns your phone into an Ad Hoc hotspot, unless someone gets Ad Hoc working on the TF (should be possible, they have to change the supplicants file).
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I wonder what are the steps. I have an HTC Hero (Sprint) on CM7 and it works fine through Bluetooth connection to WiFi-Tether.
On the contrary, my Optimus S (Sprint), i rooted it and then installed WiFi-Tether. Then I tried to tether it to my Asus (with the same settings on both sides) but I can't find the option "Tether" in the Bluetooth Settings. It just disappeared. I tried everything . Un-pairing, Changing some of the settings, Restarting both devices, everything...
So, is there something I'm doing wrong? Am I missing something? Is the "LG" name not good for the connection?
My galaxy s phone functions as a wireless hotspot so can be used by any device that has wifi ability, im not sure if this feature is specific to gakaxy s or an android feature
Funnily enough ive connected all sorts to it xbox, laptop, ipad etc
I've used the wifi hotspot built in to CM7 (infrastructure) in my car for my passengers to use my transformer with the day i took it out of the box. Haven't tried BT yet but any infrastructure type will work. I've noticed that if the app doesn't have the option to switch between infrastructure and ad-hoc, "tether" will refer to ad-hoc while "hotspot" will mean infrastructure. Good luck!
I'm a noob here so please be kind... Anyone know the settings on the Transformer to get bluetooth tethering working. I have a windows mobile HTC touch pro2 using wmwifirouter v1.25. I can pair the two devices but the Transformer never seems to connect. On the HTC, If I go to internet sharing...bluetooth pan...it says it cant connect to the transfomer's NAP network. wmwifirouter is always waiting for a connection.
Any ideas?
I've got the same problem (although using HTC HD2)
Just the same for me using an iPhone 3G
No DUN support for BT in Honeycomb.
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PublicJohnDoe said:
Just the same for me using an iPhone 3G
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I don't have any trouble tethering my iPhone 3GS using TetherMe (jailbreak).
PublicJohnDoe said:
Just the same for me using an iPhone 3G
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not sure if it makes any difference but i'm using my jailbroken, iphone 3GS and no problem whatsoever. you just have to enable it on the settings, pair it and you're in. getting 1Mmbps on my work area so i'm very pleased.
I think it depends on the bluetooth program your using and how its doing its routing. I've had no problems using Wireless Tether on my original Droid. Just flip it over to Bluetooth mode since the transformer can't see the ad hoc.
But I've also tried PDAnet and a couple other non root needed bluetooth tehter programs and they didn't work.
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No DUN support for BT in Honeycomb.
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Has anyone been able to tether with the LG G2x model? I haven't had luck bluetooth tethering to my TF with it, it pairs but thats about it
No option for tethering
You guys need to keep in mind that the carriers have been cracking down on tethering. On my Droid X there is a built in app called Datamanager or something similar, which makes it so I cannot tether my phone. Once I froze it with Titanium, I was able to bt tether my phone to the TF.
iPhone 4 BT tethered worked for me
Hi All,
I have the TF and tried BT tethering yesterday with a buddy. It works fine once you have it paired you have to go back in and connect to it in the BT Menu on the TF.
I haven't tried tethering with anything else yet.
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You guys need to keep in mind that the carriers have been cracking down on tethering. On my Droid X there is a built in app called Datamanager or something similar, which makes it so I cannot tether my phone. Once I froze it with Titanium, I was able to bt tether my phone to the TF.
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The day I won't be able to tether my TF to my phone anymore I will regret having sold my XOOM 3G I guess I'll choose my next phone carefully then!
I have a HTC Hero rooted and is running Wireless Tether. The signal can be picked up by my laptop and can be used without a problem - this means the Wireless Tether application is running without a problem.
However my Inspire cannot pick up the signal. Does anyone know why? The Inspire is rooted and has CoreDroid7 (this should be irrelevant) and can pick up all other wireless signals around the house/in the neighborhood. When I manually add it, it says "not in range, remembered"
is it a hardware limitation where the hero is broadcasting at a b/g/n spectrum?
thanks in advance
edit1: the hero is emitting wireless b signal, so the inspire should pick it up
edit2: i ran wireless tether on the inspire just for kicks and the hero picked it up (that means i know how to configure the app - which is pretty brainless... just pick default options and change the SSID)
edit3: an iphone 4 was able to pick up the hero's SSID and connect. this seem to be more of an inspire problem
last edit: i installed barnacle wifi tether on the hero and face the same problem. therefore its safe to conclude my inspire is issue. my inspire is coredroid7 with:
s-off
hboot 0.85.0019
micop-0438
radio 26.09.04.11_m2
emmc boot
even if you dont have an idea whats going on, can someone who has two andriod phones do a quick test?
what are other good radios/ril for coredroid7 other than the 3 listed under the coredroid thread? i checked the radio thread and there was no official mention of anything (except user comment on the radio that i am using works).
is it my problem bad radio/ril?
Edit: most likely not bad radio
Someone answered on the hero forum that hero only broadcasts ad hoc. So the question is does the ROM I use support ad hoc?
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Installed WiFi manager... The ssid showed up and said Android does not support ad hoc or ibss. Is there a solution around this problem?
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I had the same problem a month or so ago where my Inspire wouldn't pick up ad-hoc networks. Did some googling and found a Desire HD thread with people wanting ad-hoc support which lead me to this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=866676
Flash that. (The ADHOC.v2.zip) and then reboot and you should have ad-hoc support.
I haven't used this in over a month but ad-hoc networks would show up with an * next to the network name.
worked like a charm. thanks!
Hello
I live in the UK and am considering importing this phone (there aren't any recent slide-keyboard phones over here)
BUT is it possible to use this as a wifi hotspot? So I can tether my other devices to it?
This is very important for me but I understand that US carriers are a lot more locked-down than over here so I wonder if they've taken the function out.
Also, while I'm here, is it possible to use the bluetooth WHILE it's acting as a wifi tether? For bluetooth earphones, etc. My current phone (an aging Xperia mini pro) won't let me use both at the same time
Under the stock ROMs, you have to use a patch to enable wifi tethering. Under CM WiFi tethering works out of the box.
You can technically use wifi tethering and bluetooth at the same time, but it's not wise, at least under CM. There's some struggle right now to get 2.4Ghz WiFi and bluetooth to work at the same time under CM10.2. When both are enabled, neither run well.
The stock ROM offers USB and Wi-Fi tethering, at least on T-Mobile US; there's a "T-Mobile Hotspot" app baked-in. I haven't tried to use the hotspot with other networks, though.
Also, the T-Mobile hotspot didn't play nice with my ThinkPad T61/Intel 4965AGN combo on 32-bit Windows 7. It would never fully connect, and I actually managed to bluescreen Windows several times before giving up and using USB tethering. The same machine worked fine with Wi-Fi tethering on Linux Mint 14.
I tether my work laptop when on the go with my Relay all the time, under CM10.2. Works quite well.
daaabs said:
Hello
I live in the UK and am considering importing this phone (there aren't any recent slide-keyboard phones over here)
BUT is it possible to use this as a wifi hotspot? So I can tether my other devices to it?
This is very important for me but I understand that US carriers are a lot more locked-down than over here so I wonder if they've taken the function out.
Also, while I'm here, is it possible to use the bluetooth WHILE it's acting as a wifi tether? For bluetooth earphones, etc. My current phone (an aging Xperia mini pro) won't let me use both at the same time
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download myfi from playstore, thats my solution hehe, gl!
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Jax184 said:
Under the stock ROMs, you have to use a patch to enable wifi tethering. Under CM WiFi tethering works out of the box.
You can technically use wifi tethering and bluetooth at the same time, but it's not wise, at least under CM. There's some struggle right now to get 2.4Ghz WiFi and bluetooth to work at the same time under CM10.2. When both are enabled, neither run well.
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is this a patch??? or an app??? where can I find it please???
Here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kr.core.technology.wifi.hotspot
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If you buy this phone - do it it's great - you should at least upgrade it to CM10.2 and get rid of that T-Mobile bloatware.
Just my 2 cents