I just ordered my tf101.
Is it possible to tether to my blackberry phone to use the 3g connection from my blackberry?
If yes, do I need to root the transformer first?
Thanks
ghurty said:
I just ordered my tf101.
Is it possible to tether to my blackberry phone to use the 3g connection from my blackberry?
If yes, do I need to root the transformer first?
Thanks
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What kind of connection does your BB create? ad-hoc? Or a mobile hotspot?
Mobile hotspots will work fine without any changes, and I posted a way to tether ad-hoc here, but you'll have to root your Transformer for that.
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What I would love to see is a hack that makes use of the blackberry bridge RIM released for their playbook. Imagine being able to have the bridge on your BB with an Andriod App that allows your to use the bb for internet.
I know its wish full thinking but maybe the universe will make something happen. Still waiting on my Transformer BTW
The blackberry has bluetooth. No wifi
I searched for this a while back and came to the conclusion that it was impossible.
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Hoping someone can help with tethering a cell phone with the g tablet. I specifically have a blackberry storm 2 from Verizon with all the necessary rights to tether. The problem is the the OS I am using (Vegan) makes the tablet believe it is a phone rather then a computer so it obviously causes issues with connecting to a phone by Bluetooth. Any assistance would be great.
auen11 said:
Hoping someone can help with tethering a cell phone with the g tablet. I specifically have a blackberry storm 2 from Verizon with all the necessary rights to tether. The problem is the the OS I am using (Vegan) makes the tablet believe it is a phone rather then a computer so it obviously causes issues with connecting to a phone by Bluetooth. Any assistance would be great.
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If you get an answer, let me know...
I set up a buddy with a BB with a mobile HOT SPOT for now.
Storm 2 tether
Anyone ever figure out if tether between storm2 and gtab? Running vegan b 5.1
I have an android phone and it tethers fine. Do you see the black berry show up in your network??
I think there is an app called tether for the blackberry that lets you do bluetooth tether.
barackisbrown... Wifi tether or usb tether?
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I use wifi tether..Not sure if the gtablet can do usb tethering??
It's been asked in several different threads, there is no solution currently to tether blackberry with the gtab. There is no bluetooth dun client available to do this yet unfortunately.
I just got my G tab about a week ago and and wondering the same thing. I have a iPhone that I have jailbroken so bluetooth would be the most convenient way to tether but if anyone has any suggestions I would be grateful.
Besides the difference between Bluetooh and wife, what is the difference between those two types of tethering???
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Besides the difference between Bluetooh and wife, what is the difference between those two types of tethering???
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I don't know what the speed differences would be between the two methods but I've been using Wireless Tether on my rooted Droid X for almost two months. It turns my phone into a 3G wifi hotspot that allows up to 5 devices to connect to. Since I have an unlimited data plan with Verizon this seemed like a no-brainer to me rather than paying them an additional $30/month for a lousy 2GB to use the Verizon hotspot app the phone came with.
This has worked with no headaches and since I always have my phone with me it is convenient.
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If you get an answer, let me know...
I set up a buddy with a BB with a mobile HOT SPOT for now.
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So I installed the Nero ROM on my Vibrant and it states that I can tether, but anyone know of a way to tether it to my G-Tab? I found apps like PDA-Net, which will install just fine on my phone, but will it have issues if installed on my tablet? Pre-Thanks for the help. You guys rock ! ! !
I'm running tnt lite 4.2.1 and I'm tethering it to the gtab. The Tnt lite rom recognizes ad hoc tethering which is required using Wireless Tether on my Droid X to the gtab. I don't run VEGAn so I can't help you there.
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I want to root my Xoom so I can wireless tether from my phone. If I can't do this, I don't even want the Xoom. So, if I root it and I still don't like it(because I still have a few days before I can take it back), is there a way I can get it back to the stock software and all so I can return it? I have the wifi model.
I saw some other posts on this but I wasn't quite clear on whether they would work or not. Some were only for Verizon model and stuff so I wasn't sure.
Thanks.
Why would you want to root the Xoom?
Wouldn't you just be able to connect wi-fi by just allowing your cell phone to output wi-fi signal? I can do this without rooting my Xoom.
Hmmm, I guess I am confused by your question. Do you want to use your phone to act as the modem for your Xoom or your Xoom to act as a modem for your phone?
If it is the latter, that doesn't make much sense. So it must be the former and in that case you would need to have a rooted phone to tether your Xoom to. Your Xoom can then remain stock.
My phone is rooted. I want to use my phone's internet to tether to my Xoom. Wifi tether apps create an ad hoc wifi network for your device to be able to connect to, and if you have not heard, Motorola disabled the functionality to connect to ad hoc networks in the Xoom. Therefore, it must be rooted.
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My phone is rooted. I want to use my phone's internet to tether to my Xoom. Wifi tether apps create an ad hoc wifi network for your device to be able to connect to, and if you have not heard, Motorola disabled the functionality to connect to ad hoc networks in the Xoom. Therefore, it must be rooted.
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My stock Xoom tethers just fine to my rooted Evo so I guess I wont be of much help.
What app are you using on your Evo?
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What app are you using on your Evo?
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The hacked Sprint hotspot. Haven't tried wireless tether.
Guess it depend on your phone. Using tether on my incredible and droid 2 it is not in adhoc mode but infrastructure mode. They both show up as wireless g networks not wireless b or adhoc. I also did not know of anything you had to do to a rooted xoom to use the adhoc serivce.
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Well that app must run differently than the wireless tether because I know for a fact wireless tether doesn't work unless the Xoom is rooted.
Edit: dch921 what app are you using?
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Well that app must run differently than the wireless tether because I know for a fact wireless tether doesn't work unless the Xoom is rooted.
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You are incorrect sir. My Xoom Wifi is not rooted. And I have no problem tethering with my Droid Incredible. Not using any app. Just the native Wifi tether built into CM7.
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You are incorrect sir. My Xoom Wifi is not rooted. And I have no problem tethering with my Droid Incredible. Not using any app. Just the native Wifi tether built into CM7.
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Then I don't know what the problem is because my tether network does not show up when I scan for networks in my Xoom.
I am using cm 7 tether as well.
The newer experimental builds of wireless tether apk supports infrastructure mode. Not sure which phone you are using but here is the link to the site where the project is hosted
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/wiki/ReleaseNotesKnownIssues
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apwhitelaw
What app and phone are you trying to tether with?
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dch921 said:
I am using cm 7 tether as well.
The newer experimental builds of wireless tether apk supports infrastructure mode. Not sure which phone you are using but here is the link to the site where the project is hosted
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/wiki/ReleaseNotesKnownIssues
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Alright i have a backflip so ill try it with that but I also need it to work with an iPhone and I use MyWi 4.0 for that... I don't think it supports infrastructure mode.
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Well that app must run differently than the wireless tether because I know for a fact wireless tether doesn't work unless the Xoom is rooted.
Edit: dch921 what app are you using?
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This is 100% incorrect. I have a Rooted HTC Evo and use Wireless Tether all the time on my WiFi Xoom ( No root whatsoever).
Yeah i was already corrected on that. Just has to be in infrastructure mode. My phone has an older version without infrastructure mode.
Just another question regarding tethering. Using the free android tether program I'm only able to wireless tether to my macbook, shows up as a "device" instead on a router like my captivate used to. And I can't get any other devices or phones to tether from my phone like I used to.
Anyone got any ideas? Is this the adhoc vs infrastructure thing that I keep hearing about?
TIA
Yes this is ad hoc. It should work just the same except I guess android devices wont discover ad hoc networks. I used it on my mac Book and ipad fine
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I have searched and read many posts about tethering but am not clear about the subject. I have a Motorola DroidX phone with Verizon 3G, and a Transformer. Neither are rooted and I don't want to root them. I'd like to have internet access on the TF when I am not near a wifi hotspot.
I found some instructions a while back for how to tether via Bluetooth and it worked, but internet access on the TF (via the phone's 3G) seemed very slow - much slower than internet browsing directly on the phone. I'm guessing that the bluetooth connection was a bottleneck for speed. I have read that the latest ASUS latest firmware for the TF allows "ad hoc" tethering without rooting (not sure what ad hoc means). So maybe that opens a door for tethering other than via bluetooth?
Questions:
1. Can the Transformer take advantage of the DroidX's 3G access via a wi-fi connection between the two? And would that be faster than bluetooth? Are there instructions somewhere on how to do this? (Everything I found by searching required the phone and/or the TF to be rooted)
2. I read that Verizon prohibits tethering and is warning customers who do it. How would Verizon know that the phone is feeding it's 3G connection to the tablet? On Verizon's end, wouldn't it just look like you were using the phone to browse the internet?
Thanks for any insight you can provide.
I am currently using barnacle to tether my transformer through my x2 it does require root on the x2 though,works fine though.
dalemccl said:
I have searched and read many posts about tethering but am not clear about the subject. I have a Motorola DroidX phone with Verizon 3G, and a Transformer. Neither are rooted and I don't want to root them. I'd like to have internet access on the TF when I am not near a wifi hotspot.
I found some instructions a while back for how to tether via Bluetooth and it worked, but internet access on the TF (via the phone's 3G) seemed very slow - much slower than internet browsing directly on the phone. I'm guessing that the bluetooth connection was a bottleneck for speed. I have read that the latest ASUS latest firmware for the TF allows "ad hoc" tethering without rooting (not sure what ad hoc means). So maybe that opens a door for tethering other than via bluetooth?
Questions:
1. Can the Transformer take advantage of the DroidX's 3G access via a wi-fi connection between the two? And would that be faster than bluetooth? Are there instructions somewhere on how to do this? (Everything I found by searching required the phone and/or the TF to be rooted)
2. I read that Verizon prohibits tethering and is warning customers who do it. How would Verizon know that the phone is feeding it's 3G connection to the tablet? On Verizon's end, wouldn't it just look like you were using the phone to browse the internet?
Thanks for any insight you can provide.
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1. Yes, WIFI is faster than Bluetooth.
2. The DroidX can be used as a mobile (WIFI) hotspot. You must however either pay for the service through Verizon or root your phone. I am unaware of any other ways around it.
Your choices are
1. Pay for the wifi hotspots
2. Root and use a rom with a froyo based kernel, I have not had any luck tethering with a GB kernel.
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working fine here rooted and on 2.3.3 pre root
Is barnacle free? Not the app itself, but using it to tether. I'd only tether when I'm at my home in Upstate, NY, which is only 1-2 times a month, and it would be pretty useless for me to get an ISP up there or pay 20$ a month for something I only use 1-2
Thinking about getting a tablet without 3G, since i have a Captivate already. It would be nice to tether it to my Captivate, but I have a couple of questions.
Has anyone successfully tethered an Android tablet to a Captivate using the phone as a wireless hotspot?
Would AT&T be able to detect anything, since there is no chance the browser string would give away the fact the destination was tethered?
TIA
I use tethering all the time between my cappy and my Asus TF, works flawlessly. Not too sure about if AT&T would notice tho...
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I use Wirelesss Tether for this with no problems.
My nook picks up mobileAP but doesn't like wireless tether. Fyi, nook is android based. Same whether I'm running stock or cfw on the nook.
*so easy a caveman can do it*
I wireless tether to my xoom all the time, works great. At&t has never said anything to me.
OwenW71 said:
Thinking about getting a tablet without 3G, since i have a Captivate already. It would be nice to tether it to my Captivate, but I have a couple of questions.
Has anyone successfully tethered an Android tablet to a Captivate using the phone as a wireless hotspot?
Would AT&T be able to detect anything, since there is no chance the browser string would give away the fact the destination was tethered?
TIA
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Yeah, they will be able to detect that you're tethering if you're using the browser on the tablet. I speak from experience, I received the dreaded 'we know you're tethering' letter from ATT several weeks ago.. and I ONLY ever tethered my Asus Transformer.
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Yeah, they will be able to detect that you're tethering if you're using the browser on the tablet. I speak from experience, I received the dreaded 'we know you're tethering' letter from ATT several weeks ago.. and I ONLY ever tethered my Asus Transformer.
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They don't know
*so easy a caveman can do it*
I've tethered to my Touchpad with no trouble. Still running webOS though, so I can't comment on question one.