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Wi-Fi Tethering Without Root & Bootloader Unlock?

I'm searching for a way to Wi-Fi tether without being rooted & bootloader unlocked. This is one of the primary use cases for my phones, and I've been able to do it for years on Windows Mobile without any additional modifications. I'm pondering a move to the Nexus One but I'm still a bit wary of rooting/bootloader unlocking since it is irreversible. Is there a solution for people like me?
(It must be Wi-Fi tethering, Bluetooth and USB are nice but won't cut it. I have a handful of devices I need to connect such as a Nintendo DSi, iPod Touch, and various laptops).

If you want wifi tether, you have to root.
I don't understand why everyone is so apprehensive to root their phone. It's a painless process. You could go from stock to wifi tether in probably less than 10 min if you read all the steps ahead of time and have everything downloaded and ready to go.

Unfortunately some of us are still apprehensive on the voiding of warranty, especially when we are not based in the US. Once rooted and the phone is on its own, subject to the harsh elements of an unloving world...
Perhaps once the 1 year warranty is over, I will root mine.

It's not the process I'm worried about...I agree its incredibly painless and far easier than other things I've done.
It's the warranty I'm worried about. It seems the general feeling is that HTC will still fix problems clearly not caused by rooting/bootloader unlocking, but it's not 100% official.
Back on topic: any sollutions for non-root users?

chambo622 said:
It's not the process I'm worried about...I agree its incredibly painless and far easier than other things I've done.
It's the warranty I'm worried about. It seems the general feeling is that HTC will still fix problems clearly not caused by rooting/bootloader unlocking, but it's not 100% official.
Back on topic: any sollutions for non-root users?
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That was on topic... I don't believe there's currently any way to wifi tether unless you have root.
That said, since you want to get your DS on, etc... what if you usb or bluetooth tether to a laptop then use the laptop as the wifi access point? It would be less than ideal, but it would get the job done.

True, that's definitely an option, but unfortunately my Intel 4965 wireless card in my laptop doesn't work with the elegant Connectify sollution for Windows 7, so that's not really an option either I suppose I will have to just bite the bullet and root, or stick with Windows Mobile.

Just check this link
http://gizmodo.com/5447347/how-to-tether-your-android-phone

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Maybe I'm wrong, but I isn't there a difference between Wireless tether for root users and Wi-Fi tethering. I understand there are work arounds, but I can not turn on Wireless tether for root users and connect my PS3 directly. It is not like your phone is turned into a Wi-Fi hot spot. It is an ad-hoc connection. Will the OP's DSi be able to connect to an ad-hoc connection?

Yes, it is an ad-hoc connection you're right, but nonetheless, it can allow multiple clients simultaneously like a router which is what I need. I'm actually not sure about the DS, but devices like the iPod touch and other smartphones can connect just fine.

Well if that's the case, I would just root it. Everything works GREAT! There are somany great applications that become available once you root it. I wouldn't worry about the warranty issue. I rooted my G1 and did all kinds of things with it. If anything ever went wrong it was always an easy fix. These phone are great and the developers behind all the custom ROM's are even better.

t4tav said:
I know it's not exactly what you are after, But PDAnet works over Bluetooth DUN.
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I'm using that right now via USB cable.
Works great and it's easy to use and very stable.
My N1 is rooted, do you guys have any links for a good WiFi tether app?

http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
That seems to be the popular one, although I have come across one more that I can't remember right now...
BTW what's with the Speedtest in your sig...

chambo622 said:
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
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That looks great. Just what I wanted Thanks
chambo622 said:
BTW what's with the Speedtest in your sig...
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What do you mean?

Bluetooth tethering from any android phone?

Since my useless windows phone won't tether with my transformer and therefore I can't make use of my data plan and use my tablet outside of my house, I want to buy a new phone so that I can have data access anywhere I go. Do all android phones tether with HC flawlessly or is there something I should watch out for? I'd hate to spend the $$ and not have it do the very thing I bought it for.
Right now, I'm looking at the iPhone4 as I've confirmed that it will tether with my tablet no problem. However, I'm not much of an apple fan, and giving more money to Jobs does not appeal to me at all. My other choice is the Samsung Galaxy S2. Love this phone and it runs on Droid! Can someone confim for me that the OS on this phone would let me tether with the tablet? Assuming anyone here has a phone with similar OS.
Your help is greatly appreciated!
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA Premium App

bit of nerd-picking: Droid is to Colgate as Android it to toothpaste
i use wireless tether in bluetooth mode to tether my TF to my phone, and works great. so depending on the phone you get, you might need a 3rd party tethering app (in my case wireless tether) and root, but for the most part, it should work.
I don't need a signature.

You do not need any programs to tether your phone to the TF. Doesn't even have to be rooted. Enable bluetooth on your phone. Then go into your TF, enable bluetooth. Pair your phone and TF together. Then click on the wrench icon on your TF and click on tether.
This is what I am doing on my DroidX to get online.

that wholy depends if your phone as built in profile for bluetooth tethering. my phone do not, which is why i need wireless tether to do it.
I don't need a signature.

I have built in BT tethering on my phone (I think; i see the option) and my TF and my phone both say "paired but not connected"....
How do I get them to connect?

Have any of you connected using wireless hotspot from an android phone to the TF?

SndChsr said:
Since my useless windows phone won't tether with my transformer and therefore I can't make use of my data plan and use my tablet outside of my house, I want to buy a new phone so that I can have data access anywhere I go. Do all android phones tether with HC flawlessly or is there something I should watch out for? I'd hate to spend the $$ and not have it do the very thing I bought it for.
Right now, I'm looking at the iPhone4 as I've confirmed that it will tether with my tablet no problem. However, I'm not much of an apple fan, and giving more money to Jobs does not appeal to me at all. My other choice is the Samsung Galaxy S2. Love this phone and it runs on Droid! Can someone confim for me that the OS on this phone would let me tether with the tablet? Assuming anyone here has a phone with similar OS.
Your help is greatly appreciated!
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA Premium App
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Are you sure that you will be able to tether to the Transformer with an IPhone? I have a 3g IPad and have tried with both PDANet and My Wi 4 and have been unsuccessful.
I can tether to a Windows phone and an Iphone with the IPad and the two programs but not to the Transformer. I have tried Wifi- but the Transformer never detects the hotspot. I have also tried bluetooth- where I get a "tethered" notification on the Transformer but I also get "no internet connection".
I started a thread on this a couple of days back:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1091205

finalhit said:
bit of nerd-picking: Droid is to Colgate as Android it to toothpaste
i use wireless tether in bluetooth mode to tether my TF to my phone, and works great. so depending on the phone you get, you might need a 3rd party tethering app (in my case wireless tether) and root, but for the most part, it should work.
I don't need a signature.
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I also have Wireless Tether for my Verizon Fascinate. I am using version 2.0.5-Pre9. I set the app in Bluetooth mode and it set itself to discoverable. Well, I already previously paired my device so I just turned on Bluetooth on the Transformer and clicked the wrench next to the Fascinate. Unfortunately, I only have the option to rename the device. No connections are being made. Any suggestions?
If we can't connect via ad-hoc wifi or bluetooth, is there an infrastructure wifi app that we can use?

SndChsr said:
Since my useless windows phone won't tether with my transformer and therefore I can't make use of my data plan and use my tablet outside of my house, I want to buy a new phone so that I can have data access anywhere I go. Do all android phones tether with HC flawlessly or is there something I should watch out for? I'd hate to spend the $$ and not have it do the very thing I bought it for.
Right now, I'm looking at the iPhone4 as I've confirmed that it will tether with my tablet no problem. However, I'm not much of an apple fan, and giving more money to Jobs does not appeal to me at all. My other choice is the Samsung Galaxy S2. Love this phone and it runs on Droid! Can someone confim for me that the OS on this phone would let me tether with the tablet? Assuming anyone here has a phone with similar OS.
Your help is greatly appreciated!
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA Premium App
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Transformer (as all Honeycomb devices) only has problems with ad-hoc networks. If you get a new phone, that is able to tether an actual Wifi hotspot you should be fine.
Your Windows Phone should be able to tether ad-hoc networks right? I made a guide how to enable this on your Transformer. Only thing is, you need to be rooted. If you want to check out, go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14089118#post14089118

CarsnGadgets said:
Have any of you connected using wireless hotspot from an android phone to the TF?
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Yep sure have, do it all the time works like a charm

I use the Wifi Hotspot feature of Stock Android 2.2 on my HTC Desire to tether my transformer. No dicking around with Bluetooth or 3rd party apps required.
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Ultraman666 said:
Yep sure have, do it all the time works like a charm
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That is so annoying!!!!
Why won't the Transformer connect to an IPad 3g created hotspot??!!
My laptop will, an IPhone will, my Windows 6.5 (sorry) phone will.
Why won't the Transformer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is it an "android" thing?

I'm able to bluetooth tether using the latest wifi android tether (version 2..not the beta v3) with my dell streak to my TF, if i use wifi tether it will kill my streak's battery in now time..using bluetooth might be a little slower but my dell streak battery last 3-4 times more...
I'm not been able to pair it with my epic 4g tho

Eyedoctor2 said:
That is so annoying!!!!
Why won't the Transformer connect to an IPad 3g created hotspot??!!
My laptop will, an IPhone will, my Windows 6.5 (sorry) phone will.
Why won't the Transformer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is it an "android" thing?
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I guess then your ipad probably creates an ad-hoc connection, which honeycomb doesn't like, as i said before. It's just a suggestion though, don't know anything about the ipad. If so, try the solution i posted earlier.
Sent from my rooted X10i using awesome custom roms

Wi-Fi Tethering Question

Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask, or whatnot. Just so many darn sub-categories..
Anyways, I've had a HTC Inspire 4G before, thought I would love an iPhone 4s, well I jailbroke it and such, and still missed Android. So today I purchased another Inspire 4G on eBay.
It'll arrive Saturday, and I wanna root it, and flash it with a custom ROM.
Is CM7 or CM9 better? I was curious about CM9, since my Inspire is only single-core with 512mb of RAM. Isn't that borderline?
Alright my main question is: I want free Wi-Fi tethering on my Android, someone told me when I flash it to CM7, I can enable Wi-Fi tethering, and AT&T won't ever catch it. Is that true? Cuz I had an app on my iPhone from Cydia, that allowed me to tether Wi-Fi for my laptop, and it worked amazing. I really want that on this Android phone, but also want a program that works well, and that won't get caught easily by AT&T (I guess it needs it's own VPN, instead of using AT&T's).
Thanks for any and all help, and sorry again if I posted in the wrong section. -EG91

The main thing you need is for your computer to-be-tethered...you need an addon for your browser that Allows you to change your agent settings. Super user agent For firefox works great

Gotcha..
Hmm, so it won't be like the real Wi-Fi hotspot then? Cuz on my iPhone, I could press the Wi-Fi tether button, then find the wireless signal on any phone or laptop, and connect to it easily.
I was hoping I could do something like that with my Android..

EliteGeek91 said:
Gotcha..
Hmm, so it won't be like the real Wi-Fi hotspot then? Cuz on my iPhone, I could press the Wi-Fi tether button, then find the wireless signal on any phone or laptop, and connect to it easily.
I was hoping I could do something like that with my Android..
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Just Root the Device. Then Download and Install THIS

USB Tethering

It doesn't natively work on the Infinity, but I'm stubborn. If anyone can give me some direction as to how best to tackle this, it would be helpful. Maybe someone else had already started on something similar, or if not, at least a starting point.
Mind you, I'm trying to tether FROM my Sprint phone TO my tablet.

BlaqueJacque said:
It doesn't natively work on the Infinity, but I'm stubborn. If anyone can give me some direction as to how best to tackle this, it would be helpful. Maybe someone else had already started on something similar, or if not, at least a starting point.
Mind you, I'm trying to tether FROM my Sprint phone TO my tablet.
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Have you tried connecting your Sprint phone via bluetooth? I noticed that when I paired mine, it showed up as a possible tether point but I don't have data on my plan so couldn't test it.
I also think this thread needs to be moved to the Q&A forum.

I doubt you'll get it working through USB. I dont think the Infinity has drivers for that.
There's tons of solutions to get it going over wifi, and if you want something a little more power efficient try a combination of PDANet for Tablets on the Infinity and FoxFi on your phone to tether over bluetooth.

Sigh... the entire point to this thread being in the Development forum is to develop the drivers needed to make it work.

BlaqueJacque said:
Sigh... the entire point to this thread being in the Development forum is to develop the drivers needed to make it work.
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Unfortunately, unless you have already developed such app, this post does not belong in the development forums, which are for apps/ROMs that have already been developed, not for posts about apps/ROMs that you would like to have developed.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 2

Already posted in Q&A. Pretty much the sames answers you received there. Dude, just wifi/BT tether... No one is gonna hack the wireless network on your phone to get free 4G internet.

Obviously I need to go elsewhere, then. I thought this would be good place to go for aid with app development, and instead all I get is 'you're dumb, do it this way' and 'Development is for apps already developed, not for those in development' as seems to be the case. Thanks anyway, I suppose.

Not trying to give you a hard time and certainly didn't mean to insinuate you're dumb. You're just asking for something that doesn't really NEED to be done and really can't be done (at the moment). There are already lots of good solutions for what you're ultimately looking to do, tether your phone to your tablet to access the net. Being stubborn about doing it via USB just doesn't make sense (unless you're not really being honest about wanting simple internet access and you need USB tether for other reasons). Who would want wires when you can do it wirelessly? Wires suck... lol.
Hopefully you'll stick around and enjoy the community. Lots of smart nice people here ready to lend a hand.

Grave digging
I've found a need for this or at least a work around. I work offshore and internet is restricted to 1 device per person. My tablet cannot tether back to my PC but my mobile can. I can usb tether my phone to my PC while on wifi. However you cannot bluetooth tether while on wifi so my tablet becomes useless. Please if you're thinking I should just bluetooth or wifi tether using my data I will ask you to log off life and KYS because as I said earlier I work offshore there is no data. Is there a way to bluetooth tether while on wifi??

Jotokun said:
I doubt you'll get it working through USB. I dont think the Infinity has drivers for that.
There's tons of solutions to get it going over wifi, and if you want something a little more power efficient try a combination of PDANet for Tablets on the Infinity and FoxFi on your phone to tether over bluetooth.
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It does have the drivers for it, but it requires a change in the framework to allow it to use the USB device when you plug it in. I have this enabled in cm.
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Verizon has finally killed FoxFi tethering for people still on unlimited data plan

Verizon has finally killed FoxFi tethering for people still on unlimited data plan
As of right now(8pm EST, 11/20), I have personally verified this with at least 11 family members and co-workers/friends from different parts of the country. All have the paid version of FoxFi and Verizon Note 5 on unlimited data plan. Hotspotting just stopped working within the last 48 hours.
Guess the party had to end sooner or later.....
I wonder how I can contact FoxFi developer to verify that the problem isn't on his/her end? I know my Note 5 has not received any updates in the last 10 days, so not sure how Verizon is doing this.

Foxfi's Developer contact email should be on there Google play listing. And yeah I can second your verification of it not working, not sure how though being that there was no system nor app update.

It's not working for me either, thanks for posting this as it saves me a device wipe!

Not working for me as well my friends. I've emailed the developer so hopefully they will have a fix !

[ImperialDev]JonesLabs said:
Foxfi's Developer contact email should be on there Google play listing. And yeah I can second your verification of it not working, not sure how though being that there was no system nor app update.
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I just looked up the reviews section for FoxFi in Play Store. Hundreds of people are now crying bloody murder because Verizon has killed/blocked FoxFi.
I guess there's no point in emailing the developer about this. Don't want to take up their time... hopefully they'll find a cure soon? (not hopeful this time... I have a feeling that Verizon is blocking this forever)

centerwaters said:
I just looked up the reviews section for FoxFi in Play Store. Hundreds of people are now crying bloody murder because Verizon has killed/blocked FoxFi.
I guess there's no point in emailing the developer about this. Don't want to take up their time... hopefully they'll find a cure soon? (not hopeful this time... I have a feeling that Verizon is blocking this forever)
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Yeah I think that by now they already know of this issue by now. And also sadly yes, I have the same feeling this is permanent.

Well , let's go ahead and root .

jandk1974 said:
Well , let's go ahead and root .
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someone has figured out how to root the Verizon Note5 already!!!??? :fingers-crossed:

Honestly I hope that they find a fix.....and yes it's been great for years now.......since my HTC THUNDERBOLT. LOL

Verified as of 6:43pm 11/20/15 i lost foxfi wifi mode im using the usb tethering now which is ok since my comp has bluetooth so it can give off wifi signal to my ipad ...70gb a month for me...guess verizon got pissed off lol...hope foxfi can be op and fix this :/

I have Verizon unlimited plan. Using Galaxy S5. Pdanet/Foxfi stopped working today 11/20/15. This happened on 8/27/15 and my mobile hotspot was up and running again the next day.

Mine stopped working as well. Verizon note 5. So sad. Are there any alternatives? USB tether is so impractical. Any other app work?

DCLXVI7 said:
Verified as of 6:43pm 11/20/15 i lost foxfi wifi mode im using the usb tethering now which is ok since my comp has bluetooth so it can give off wifi signal to my ipad ...70gb a month for me...guess verizon got pissed off lol...hope foxfi can be op and fix this :/
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I haven't done USB tethering in ages... can you give me a rough idea on
how to accomplish this between my Verizon Note 5 and my laptop?
Thanks!

ShiftySheik said:
I have Verizon unlimited plan. Using Galaxy S5. Pdanet/Foxfi stopped working today 11/20/15. This happened on 8/27/15 and my mobile hotspot was up and running again the next day.
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It started acting up for me on my GS5 late yesterday, but after several attempts it reconnected and was online until early this afternoon when I shut it down to go shopping. Saw someone post on the Play Store listing that they may just be having problems with the subscription-service right now. It's taking more than the 30 seconds FoxFi allows before giving up, which is what prompts the popup to appear. I sure hope this is just a glitch. Can't imagine Verizon wants the headache of a massive FCC/FTC complaint, but with the record of thumbing their nose at regulators (broken FIOS promises) maybe it is over.
Worst case, I'll setup a low-power PC just to share the network connection out through LAN into a wireless-router and voila!

I too am grandfathered in the Verizon unlimited plan and foxfi stopped working between yesterday and today. .....it's likely the subscription service. ...I say this because we had no OTA update in over a month. I don't see how Verizon or any other providers could accomplish this feat without an update ? We will hopefully be back to norm in a day or so....fingers crossed!

centerwaters said:
I haven't done USB tethering in ages... can you give me a rough idea on
how to accomplish this between my Verizon Note 5 and my laptop?
Thanks!
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Haven't used the USB teher in a long time. Basicly you install FoxFi/pdanet on your Note 5. Connect the Note 5 charging cable to the USB your laptop. You then have a wired internet connection on your laptop.

You know it seems more of a foxfi vpn issue.

How?
"Worst case, I'll setup a low-power PC just to share the network connection out through LAN into a wireless-router and voila!"
Not so much about the low power PC, but the simple act of sharing the connection over a wireless network so other devices can use it, such as tablets and consoles.
I have been trying to do this for nearly 4 hours. I'm tech literate enough to usually be able to figure things like this out, but I'm just not finding success. Do you have a walkthrough or could you point us toward a good one?

Relatively easy, this should get you started
It is pretty easy. I started with USB using Easytether and then moved to Foxfi and wireless. But I had to return to USB this evening in order to watch TV. It is NOT as handy. I was running my home wireless network off my phone. Now, I'm carting the phone around to devices (not optimal) because the USB speed, at least it seems, >> Bluetooth, at least in my setup. For both Foxfi and Easytether it meant
(1) installing software on the phone (Foxfi/PDAnet), which should already be in place​(2) installing client software on your laptop/computer/... from PDAnet​pdanet. co/a​(3) Connect two devices with a standard USB cable, but use a high quality one not a cheap one it matters.​
There were some changes but they were relatively easy and understandable, probably 2/10 on the amateur tech difficulty scale (e.g. unchecking "Activate WiFi hotspot" in Foxfi and checking "activate USB tether" instead, and jumping back/forth from phone and computer software). Still haven't figured out how to get good HD video from the Internet to my TV, but I think is because currently I am limited by the video on my laptop. But it is a problem and so can be solved, ETA 1am. This might get you by until you have a plan B. Good luck to you.
I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS SITE I was starting to pull out a few hairs and this thread was a great reality check. I am not alone.
centerwaters said:
I haven't done USB tethering in ages... can you give me a rough idea on
how to accomplish this between my Verizon Note 5 and my laptop?
Thanks!
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Kmose734 said:
"Worst case, I'll setup a low-power PC just to share the network connection out through LAN into a wireless-router and voila!"
Not so much about the low power PC, but the simple act of sharing the connection over a wireless network so other devices can use it, such as tablets and consoles.
I have been trying to do this for nearly 4 hours. I'm tech literate enough to usually be able to figure things like this out, but I'm just not finding success. Do you have a walkthrough or could you point us toward a good one?
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Basically, it's sharing or bridging the PDAnet adapter to Ethernet, then piping it into a wireless-router. Might need to manually set IP, Gateway, and DNS on the PC.
http://www.howtogeek.com/213638/how...et-internet-connection-with-all-your-devices/
It can get exotic and mind-boggling, but I've done it before. Might also want to consider Connectify or the built-in WLAN hotspot feature in Windows 7, 8, and I think 10 has it now too, or the PDAnet hotspot beta. What have you tried, and what's your hardware and OS config?
Just found and tried this, and it's working great!
http://virtualrouter.codeplex.com/