I love my Motorola Xoom. It is almost a perfect device, but the only thing that is destroyng my pleasure is my not being able to connect to my phone's hot stop. I have downloaded "Mobile Wi-Fi Router from the OMarket. I am able to connect to my phone through my desktop PC, but MyXoom tablet is not able to find it. Please fellow Xoomers help me fix my problem.
I was having the same problem.
The old WiFi tethers broadcast in ad-hoc networks, which android can't see.
I downloaded the newest version of WiFi Tether and it can broadcast in infrastructure mode and my Xoom was able to connect to that.
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
Drains the battery on my Epic pretty quick though.
I check the post but I do not see a download for a HD2. Do you know how my phone might be able to work? Thank you.
I just used the v3.0 one and it works perfectly on HD2 - no problem connecting to WiFi hotspot
I downloaded the app on my HD2, but the app is not compatible. Is it possible you could walk me through? Thank you.
IIRC I just downloaded it and side-installed the apk as one would any standard application. I think you probably need to be rooted however. What rom are you running on your HD2?
I am running the original 6.5 windows mobile.
That explains things - the application is an Android app as denoted by the .apk extension and therefore won't install on WM 6.5.
I left WM roms far behind. As soon as Cotulla released his magldr and the first NAND Android rom (31/12/10) I've never used another WM rom. Just flash your HD2 to a NANDroid rom and problem solved. If you want to stick with WM though you will have to look for another solution that runs on WM.
I'm not sure that there are any WM WiFi solutions that use infrastructure mode as it seems they only work in ad-hoc mode. If you don't want to flash your phone then you will need to get the Xoom to recognise an ad-hoc connection. I have seen some posts on this forum of people trying to do this but AFAIK they haven't succeeded yet.
ClydeB1 said:
That explains things - the application is an Android app as denoted by the .apk extension and therefore won't install on WM 6.5.
I left WM roms far behind. As soon as Cotulla released his magldr and the first NAND Android rom (31/12/10) I've never used another WM rom. Just flash your HD2 to a NANDroid rom and problem solved. If you want to stick with WM though you will have to look for another solution that runs on WM.
I'm not sure that there are any WM WiFi solutions that use infrastructure mode as it seems they only work in ad-hoc mode. If you don't want to flash your phone then you will need to get the Xoom to recognise an ad-hoc connection. I have seen some posts on this forum of people trying to do this but AFAIK they haven't succeeded yet.
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Same here. I bounced back and forth between WinMo and Android on my HD2 during the SD card months, but when Magldr came out I went green and never looked back. Still, while I was in WinMo I looked and looked for a ROM that could do infrastructure mode (for my PS3, Wii, etc.) and had no success. It has to be enabled at the driver-level, and it looks like the newer Android drivers for the wifi chip in the HD2 support infrastructure mode and the old WinMo drivers don't. To make matters more depressing, the drivers aren't open source (as far as I can find) they're only distributed as binary modules, so we can't easily tweak the driver to enable the mode in WinMo.
Short answer, while nothing is impossible - this may as well be. Welcome to Cyanogen Mod 7, my friend.
[Q] xoom can't connect hd2 wifi hotsopt
My hd2 system is android 2.3 with WiFi Tether for Root Users 3.0-pre12. xoom could find it but when i cilck connect. xoom always show obtainting ip adrress.
Why?
Who knows how to solve this problem?
Thanks!
I have a HD2 with android 2.3.2. Its the tytung version. Build in wifi tether works fine for me.
I have a HD2 with android 2.3.2. Its the tytung version. Build in wifi tether works fine for me.
wvtjplh said:
My hd2 system is android 2.3 with WiFi Tether for Root Users 3.0-pre12. xoom could find it but when i cilck connect. xoom always show obtainting ip adrress.
Why?
Who knows how to solve this problem?
Thanks!
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Try the earlier wifi tether version 2_0_7. I also had some issues with the newer experimental version, but this one works fine.
Exceedingly similar posts merged. Please search before starting a new post. Next time I'm simply deleting.
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I'm not sure that there are any WM WiFi solutions that use infrastructure mode as it seems they only work in ad-hoc mode. If you don't want to flash your phone then you will need to get the Xoom to recognise an ad-hoc connection. I have seen some posts on this forum of people trying to do this but AFAIK they haven't succeeded yet.
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Ad-hoc WiFi connections now supported apparently - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1033314
The solution is upgrading to Windows Phone 7 which has WIFI that transmits in infrastructure mode or if someone here is kind enough to create a downloadable WM7 WIFI Reuter cab compatible with Windows Mobile 6.5.
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I have 2 G1's both are running cyanogenmod 4.2.15.1. One has a data plan, and the other does not, is there any way to connect the non-data G1 to the other through wifi tether? Every time I try, it just doesn't show up as an availiable network to connect.
Ask Google about enabling ad-hoc mode. Or you could tether through Bluetooth PAN:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=666988
I didn't try this, but both approaches should work.
Do you have some knowledge on unix systems?
I do remember hearing about Android not being able to connect to any ad-hoc wifi. I am not aware of anyone being able to do it.
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mytharak said:
I do remember hearing about Android not being able to connect to any ad-hoc wifi. I am not aware of anyone being able to do it.
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Then now you are ;-) Many people use ad-hoc mode, there are plenty of howtos in the internet.
I've done it before... I use the WiFi tethering app available through Google Code. The project is Android-WiFi-Tether (sorry, I'm too new to post links). I don't know what app you are using to tether, but check the settings to see if it's got the SSID hidden.
but have you been able to use wifi tether to share the phone's connection with another Android phone? I've never had to, but I do remember hearing about problems with it. Then again it was a while ago and things could have very well changed.
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Yes, I have been using that exact version of wifi tether. Iphone, samsung, and blackberry phone can connect, but no matter what I try I just can't get the g1 to even see the connection. I have changed the ssid, enabled WEP encryption, and even changed the channels to no avail............I guess it just wasn't ment to be LOL. I can't even connect using the bluetooth PAN option either
Ehh... again, from the beginning...
It is possible to use both ad-hoc and BT PAN on G1, but they are not supported officially, so you must do some hacking. Wireless Tether for Root does it for you, but it can start server only, not connect to existing networks and I don't know whether there is an app which simplify that second task.
You could try to find some app or howtos about doing it manually - through hacking. As I mentioned before, there are plenty of them in the internet.
Finally...
I would like to thank everyone for the help, I finally got it done, I just had to edit some settings using the terminal. If there is anyone else out there wanting to do the same as me, just search for ...How to connect to Ad Hoc networks using Tmobile G1 Android at hydtechblog"dot com"
Newest CM (5.0.7) sees and connects my Ad-Hoc network normally! :-D
Brut.all said:
Newest CM (5.0.7) sees and connects my Ad-Hoc network normally! :-D
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yet another reason to get the nexus one, but then again mine does now too LOL
So the client phone can be hacked to be able to recognize and connect to ad-hoc, but this generally requires root access....... correct?
I have been unsuccessful at getting my wife's non-rooted Eris to my rooted Droid.
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So the client phone can be hacked to be able to recognize and connect to ad-hoc, but this generally requires root access....... correct?
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Yeah, exactly
Also there are patches floating around to add ad-hoc support (to connect to them like to normal AP networks), so maybe some roms have it, but most (all?) of devices just can't use ad-hoc on original rom.
I would have just used wired tether...
Never had a problem with ANY android device I've connected to my g1.
I just like to keep things simplistic in specific situations...
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Ok, I've been searching, reading and still can't seem to find the answer. This really should be easier! In any case I need some help before I lose my mind...LOL
Viewsonic Tablet: Android 2.2
Rom: VEGAn-TAB -V 1.0.0B5.1
Trying to tether to to WM 6.5 using WMWifiRouter 2.0.
My Viewsonic tablet detects the ad-hoc mode with without any problem, connects and gets an IP address.
The problem, I can't seem to access the internet through this ad-hoc connection.
I've used the same setup on various laptops without any issues.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
First thing I would check is to see if you can tether any other device through the phone - it may not be the tablet at fault. I run almost the same config, except I use the HTC Wifi Router on my phone, and I have no issues getting out.
BigJohn
I have no problem tethering other devices. I've tethered windows XP , and Vista PCs, even an Iphone. I don't really think it's the tablet either but I can't think of anything else to try.
Alright, So I just bought a US Wifi Xoom yesterday and got all the updates up to Android 3.2.. So far so good. Now I'm trying to tether it to my touch pro 2 (windows mobile 6.5). So the first obvious problem I came around was that the Xoom is not able to detect ad-hoc networks. I searched the forums and found that the only way around this was to root the xoom and change some files/settings not something that I am comfortable doing yet with android (I'm an android Noob). The other way around this would be to get the Touch Pro 2 to broadcast the SSID in infrastructure mode and I wasn't able to find any programs that were capable of doing that (I currently have Tom Codon's Wifi Sharing App and ICS Control 0.2.1) So I then went ahead and tried tethering via Bluetooth to find out that the Xoom only supports tethering to NAP devices and my Touch Pro 2 (as of now) is only able to set up a PAN.
Does anyone know of a way to tether these two things together preferable without rooting the Xoom?
If the only way for a Xoom to tether to a Windows Mobile 6.5 device is to root the Xoom, could someone provide me a link to a guide for Noobs rooting the Xoom (I did find the 1 Click app, however I wasn't able to download it.. it was a password protected file on mediafire.com) An app that rooted the device for me would be ideal.
Thanks in advance.
I'm using WMWifiRouter on my Win 6.5 phone (Omnia II - Verizon). You'll need to use the bluetooth tether option. It's not the fastest but it works.
+1 to Bluetooth tether on the wifi router app for Winmo. That would be the only way to do it without rooting the Xoom.
If you do root the Xoom (which is easier than you probably think) you can flash the zip file in my signature (via ClockworkMod recovery) to add ad-hoc connectivity to the Xoom.
This is the best guide for beginners IMHO: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130996
Either way best of luck.
What version of WMwifirouter are you guys using? I know everything before 0.91 is free but I don't know if it supports bluetooth networking.
I use Android myself but a google search lead me to this post on PPC geeks.
"go to settings-connections-wifi-network adapters
then go to remote NDIS HOST
For Bluetooth. go to the "Bluetooth PAN Driver"
use the settings below for Bluetooth tethering to work:
192.168.0.1
255.255.255.0
gateway: leave blank"
Thought it might help if you find a version of wifirouter to use.
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I use Android myself but a google search lead me to this post on PPC geeks.
"go to settings-connections-wifi-network adapters
then go to remote NDIS HOST
For Bluetooth. go to the "Bluetooth PAN Driver"
use the settings below for Bluetooth tethering to work:
192.168.0.1
255.255.255.0
gateway: leave blank"
Thought it might help if you find a version of wifirouter to use.
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I'm assuming the settings-connections wifi network adapators remote ndis host is for the windows mobile phone? I'm done see where remote NDIS Host shows up.
As for the Bluetooth PAN Driver, I tried running the wm6btpan and when I execute it on the phone, I get Error 1062.
I have a TP2 and a Xoom.
I would suggest rooting, flashing CWR and then the ad_hoc enabling patch.
It is quite simple to do, follow the link someone posted above...
Hi all
Is ad-hoc mode supported in Honeycomb 3.2? For me it's the only way when tether with my old Windows Mobile 6.5...
Thanks!
would be nice if somebody answered this question .... ?
it's come up a couple of times since the update without response.
as a side-note, if anybody has managed to internet-tether through a wm6.5 phone (like my htc hd2) either by wifi or bluetooth * WITHOUT RE-FLASHING THE PHONE TO ANDROID * (not interested in doing that) then how did you make it work?
ironically (and frustratingly), my older WM6 htc tytn II (kaiser) internet-tethers with the asus via bluetooth straight out of the box, so it can be done.
I can confirm that after Update to Honeycomb 3.2 my HTC LEO(WM6.5.x) can
share data (Internet)over Wifi-Router!
Test it few minutes before
leonore said:
I can confirm that after Update to Honeycomb 3.2 my HTC LEO(WM6.5.x) can
share data (Internet)over Wifi-Router!
Test it few minutes before
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fantastic news! and thanks for the report. i've been vacillating about whether to accept the 3.2 update. this tips the balance for me.
leonore said:
I can confirm that after Update to Honeycomb 3.2 my HTC LEO(WM6.5.x) can
share data (Internet)over Wifi-Router!
Test it few minutes before
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ahhhah! this rocks!!!
From the start this update was kind of disappointed for me... until now: with these great news it's more balanced (the lag's stock browser will kick me the ass for sure, I don't know what is the reason for leaving this bug unresolved )
Thanks a lot for your time leonore
I assume I'm doing something wrong but I'm using non rooted 3.2 and when I tried to see if I could use it with Joiku on my Nokia the Transformer would not see the hotspot, although my laptop had no problem connecting to it. If adhoc is working is there some setting that has to be changed for it to see it?
My Tf does NOT support ad-hoc. Stock 3.2.
I have not heard anything from the release notes anywhere about Android 3.2 now supporting Ad-Hoc networks. But to the OP, I tried everything to get my WM6.5 phone to tether to my GTab 6 months ago and never could get it to work properly because my WMWifiRouter program on my WinMo phone created a Ad-Hoc network. I could connect to any laptop but no Android systems. In the end, I just went and bought a new Android phone and tethering was a breeze. I never looked back...
this is weird. Leonore, how do you share the connection with the phone? what software are you using? the only way I know with a WM is WMrouterwifi. I haven't the last version but I guess it only supports ad-hoc mode...
Bye the way, you can easily share your wm6 internet through Bluetooth with WMWifiRouter. It works great!
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Bye the way, you can easily share your wm6 internet through Bluetooth with WMWifiRouter. It works great!
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really? I read TF was unable to connect via bluetooth due to some sort of limitation in the driver (something like ad-hoc case) . I'll give it a try right now.
Do you have some special configuracion / software on TF? are you rooted?
Dauntless said:
Bye the way, you can easily share your wm6 internet through Bluetooth with WMWifiRouter. It works great!
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I never tried tethering through Bluetooth just because of the speed limitation. I guess if you just needed a quick fix but it brings back the old memories of 14.4k dial-up... lol
JoTeC said:
I never tried tethering through Bluetooth just because of the speed limitation. I guess if you just needed a quick fix but it brings back the old memories of 14.4k dial-up... lol
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Bluetooth's 2.0 data rate is around 2 Mbits, quite low but enough for me as a temporal access. I'll use it only on vacations time, in my summer place. It's a very little town and in that place 3g really sucks.
Dauntless said:
Bye the way, you can easily share your wm6 internet through Bluetooth with WMWifiRouter. It works great!
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uaah! I tried it and it works like a charm!!! without additional software in the TF, and the battery drains slower than wifi.
I guess this way is easier than wifi, there is no need to configure DHCP, the only thing is the pin code.
This saved the day pal, I was very displeased with the missing support for ad-hoc in 3.2. For me it's a very basic feature.
Thanks a lot Dauntless!
I'm using Barnacle Wifi Tether on my Xperia X10 and my TF tethers to it just fine.
I'm also using "Auto-Tether" and I'd highly recommend it; it allows you to enable tethering and to turning tethering on and off from the TF...very handy...you don't even have to take your phone out of the holster!
EDITED TO CORRECT; I just realized that I wasn't REALLY able to connect; I had to use the special WPA_supplicant file here on XDA...so the answer is....nope....not until you root and use that replacement WPA file.
Hi Olopeich,
in my own cooked HTC LEO Rom with Wifi_Router
connect,but i think BT is always better,too
leonore said:
Hi Olopeich,
in my own cooked HTC LEO Rom with Wifi_Router
connect,but i think BT is always better,too
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hang on, so you are saying the stock hd2 wifi router app doesn't work but what does work is some unspecified cooked rom of yours?
what have you done to make it work then?
re. bluetooth tethering, this definitely does not work on the hd2 using wmwifirouter (BT option greyed-out) or ny any other means that i can fathom.
as i said BT DOES work with my old wm6 tytn II, both in wmwifirouter and directly via the OS.
can anybody else confirm ad-hoc wifi tethering now working in 3.2?
can anybody else confirm ad-hoc wifi tethering now working (or not) in 3.2?
I just checked and I still cannot see ad-hoc networks from the TF running 3.2. So, it is confirmed that 3.2 still does NOT support ad-hoc networks.
Hi everyone,
Is it possible to enable Bluetooth DUN Profile support in the Transformer so that I can use my 3G cellphone (Symbian S60v3) as a Bluetooth dial-up modem?
Thanks!
No, it is not possible and will likely never be possible unless someone modifies the android code. I've been studying the problem for a while but can't seem to make any headway.
http://code.google.com/p/android/is...un&colspec=ID Type Status Owner Summary Stars
This stuff i now working perfecly in any linux system!
What would they need? Port ppp and some code from network-manager? Probably the mobile phone providers database also.
Does anyone know what is the reason why this is not implemented?
I have an HTC Desire HD (DHD), I was hoping to use the BT DUN or PAN from the TF to the DHD when I was out an about, seems this wont work.
Then I thought, OK, if I connect the TF to the DHD with USB, I can use tethering, that does not seem to work either.
Any thoughts?
You MAY be able to get BT-tether to work between your tablet and your cellphone if you install pdaNET on both, and your cellphone supports BT-DUN. I believe stock Android kernel doesn't support BT-DUN, but if it's rooted and the custom ROM supports it you're in business.
For me I go with wifi-tether ... it's much faster.
USB-tether would make sense, cos you can charge your phone at the same time (with your dock, I suppose). Problem is there's no phone driver for the Android tablet and I don't think there will ever be.
So, in short, if you have a Symbian phone there's no way to have Internet access in the TF101 through the phone.
This is not good news...
[Q] Bluetooth Dial-up Networking Profile (DUN) in 3G firmware?
Does anyone know if the 3G firmware version supports Dialup Networking through Bluetooth?
The complexity of supporting DUN should not be much bigger than supporting GSM SIM cards, right?
There is no joy for us blackberry users either.
I think that dual-booting a standard Linux distribution is probably the way to go...
According to lilstevie Network Manager is starting to work.
Then it's just plug and play, hopefully
Hi I am not expert so please forgive me if i am answer wrongly .
I manage to use bluetooth internet sharing to my TF but I am using Iphone 3gs and use Internet Tethering option.
Is that what you want ? I never tested using nokia phone.
As far as I know, tethering requires the mobile phone to act as a wireless access point.
Symbian does not support this natively.
I did find an application that would implement it, but it was purchasable only.
And I'm trying to find a free solution.
I managed to get this working in CyanogenMod 7.1... in theory it should work on any Android 2.3.7 based OS.
I'm going to write a howto geared for the end-user later tonight, but for now my notes are here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1352936