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Which wireless tethering app do you use?

Hey guys,
Now that Verizon's Mobile Hotspot promotion is done, what are you using to tether with your rooted Droid Charge? I am trying to use Barnacle but it keeps giving me errors.
Thanks!

Simple, Pay for the native app.
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I currently don't tether, I was planning on using this; https://market.android.com/details?id=android.tether&feature=search_result
but whenever I search for it on my Charge I can't seem to find it on the market place, and clicking the direct link just gives me an error. Hope someone has found a good wireless tether, going away for the weekend and could really use one!

lakas187 said:
Simple, Pay for the native app.
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Lame answer. Use Wireless Tether 3.1. Make sure to use the Samsung Galaxy S device profile under settings.
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list

dsmero said:
Lame answer. Use Wireless Tether 3.1. Make sure to use the Samsung Galaxy S device profile under settings.
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
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Thank you!!

I recently discovered opengarden wifi tether. Search market for opengarden and its the first app you see. Works great on my nook, laptop and wii. Broadcasts in AP mode.

sinhumane said:
I recently discovered opengarden wifi tether. Search market for opengarden and its the first app you see. Works great on my nook, laptop and wii. Broadcasts in AP mode.
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+1for OpenGarden. I have been using it on my Thunderbolt for a weeks now and haven't seen any issues.

I loaded Barnacle and rooted my phone last night, so far so good. But I am going to also try Open Garden to see it it meets my need (see my thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158476 )

so just to clarify guys, if use this tethering program, it can help me save a few bucks comparedd to paing for verizon's optional tethering service? ;-)

I've tried both the tethering programs in this thread and neither are detected on my PSP/NDS, the app also doesn't ask or tell me the SSID or passphrase, anyone know a REAL wireless tethering app where you can make it act pretty much like a router..?

blarrick said:
I've tried both the tethering programs in this thread and neither are detected on my PSP/NDS, the app also doesn't ask or tell me the SSID or passphrase, anyone know a REAL wireless tethering app where you can make it act pretty much like a router..?
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like it was linked earlier..here it is
http://code.google.com/p/android-wi...tail?name=wifi_tether_v3_1-beta1.apk&can=2&q=
set it to fascinate in settings though

I've used barnacle for almosta year on my D1 and it worked great. I even changed the ssid to virus hahaha lol never had anyone they to connect either lol. I am going to try to root this charge this weekend when I get home as I'm a trucker. So mad they stopped the free hotspot.

I use wireless tether for root 3.1 beta 1. For device profile I use Samsung fascinate for infrastructure mode.
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titanfan1017 said:
I've used barnacle for almosta year on my D1 and it worked great. I even changed the ssid to virus hahaha lol never had anyone they to connect either lol. I am going to try to root this charge this weekend when I get home as I'm a trucker. So mad they stopped the free hotspot.
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Ha ha, that is hilarious! I also use VIRUS for my SSID, keeps the hackers out lol.

where is Barnacle found?

blarrick said:
I've tried both the tethering programs in this thread and neither are detected on my PSP/NDS, the app also doesn't ask or tell me the SSID or passphrase, anyone know a REAL wireless tethering app where you can make it act pretty much like a router..?
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I have never found one, PSP/NDS probably have the same issue with connecting to Ad Hoc networks. I had to root tablet and edit a file to make it work with A500.
Open Garden seems to have a better pass through for speed, used Wireless Tether for quite some time with no issues.
I pay enough to Vz since I never go over 5G a month even with tethering I don't feel bad at all.

titanfan1017 said:
I've used barnacle for almosta year on my D1 and it worked great. I even changed the ssid to virus hahaha lol never had anyone they to connect either lol. I am going to try to root this charge this weekend when I get home as I'm a trucker. So mad they stopped the free hotspot.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14700717 <- simple method once you have the files D/L takes less than 3 minutes.

T0yman said:
I have never found one, PSP/NDS probably have the same issue with connecting to Ad Hoc networks. I had to root tablet and edit a file to make it work with A500.
Open Garden seems to have a better pass through for speed, used Wireless Tether for quite some time with no issues.
I pay enough to Vz since I never go over 5G a month even with tethering I don't feel bad at all.
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PLEASE, help me get my charge and A500 talking together! I'm rooted on the tablet, but not yet on the phone.

I used wireless tether on my fascinate with no problems. Now im using wireless tether 3.1 setting it to fascinate and it keeps kicking me offline after a few minutes any idea why
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The best and most stable. http://android-wifi-tether.googlecode.com/files/wireless_tether_2_0_8-pre1.apk

Any way to maximize WiFi strength?

In my lecture class my Xoom can't connect to the school's Wifi network but classmates with laptops can. I'm on Moray and I had this issue on stock as well. Is there a way to push something in terminal to extend the range? I know you can do it with routers but I'm just wondering.
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Omg you must go to my uni so! Same damn problem on both xoom and phone! The think that maybe they don't push enough power to the wireless radio? Or something? because it's always smaller devices
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Yeah my laptop picks up the signal. I have a Dell Mini 9 w Mac OS and it works. I am using an Airport Extreme wireless card (Apple). My laptop picks up just fine. I think our radios suck because I know people with iPhones can connect well.
By the way I attend Rutgers.
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My xoom (stock wifi) often enough gives me connection error messages while using the stock browser. I also get weird buffering issues while watching flash videos or DLNA movies. My laptop is fine.
I'm using DD-WRT on my router and compared the network throughput of my laptop and xoom when my was streaming flash/dlna videos. The laptop shows a perfectly flat connection throughput. The xoom would get a large spike and then hover at/near no network throughput. Then it would occasionally spike again, but it would also just give a no network connection error. This is streaming videos over my lan.
I am definitely not happy with the Xoom's wifi performance. Whether it is a power issue, buffer issue, or whatever.

There has to be a way to tweak a file to ''overclock'' the wifi radio. I know that's not the right term but you get it.
Do I have to attach a tin foil hat on this Xoom to get it to detect the Wifi.
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gqstatus0685 said:
Do I have to attach a tin foil hat on this Xoom to get it to detect the Wifi.
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That's the smartest thing I've read all day.....

gqstatus0685 said:
There has to be a way to tweak a file to ''overclock'' the wifi radio. I know that's not the right term but you get it.
Do I have to attach a tin foil hat on this Xoom to get it to detect the Wifi.
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Hah nice! If anything, you would have to have a know how of hardware, tear down the Xoom, find the part you are looking for, and then figure out how to modify it with the proper part. Modding anything is possible, but not for an average person. I'm thinking the only way to get a better Wifi range on the Xoom is to mod the hardware on the Xoom with your own custom Wifi antenna that will extend its range, along with some other complicated procedures. As far as I know, there really is not much you can do. Sorry 'bout that.

drhill said:
My xoom (stock wifi) often enough gives me connection error messages while using the stock browser. I also get weird buffering issues while watching flash videos or DLNA movies. My laptop is fine.
I'm using DD-WRT on my router and compared the network throughput of my laptop and xoom when my was streaming flash/dlna videos. The laptop shows a perfectly flat connection throughput. The xoom would get a large spike and then hover at/near no network throughput. Then it would occasionally spike again, but it would also just give a no network connection error. This is streaming videos over my lan.
I am definitely not happy with the Xoom's wifi performance. Whether it is a power issue, buffer issue, or whatever.
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I honestly have no such problems with wifi, so it must be related to something local to you and not a Xoom issue, as such.

I was just comparing because last week I bought my iPad 1st Gen and Xoom to class and the IPad could detect and connect while the Xoom couldn't.
I'm going to head to iFixit to see if I can get some teardown. I hope the Xoom has antennas that are physically wires.
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Weird; i have an HP Laptop with Wireless N Adapter. compared to my xoom it has the same signal strength; actually sometimes my xoom has better wifi (same apt. same distance , same seat, u catch my drift). also the cafes i used to use my laptop now with my xoom i don't feel any difference with wifi tbh

okantomi said:
I honestly have no such problems with wifi, so it must be related to something local to you and not a Xoom issue, as such.
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Not so sure. 2 droidx phones don't have that problem on the 2.4ghz channel and my laptop is fine on the 2.4ghz and 5ghz channels. The xoom is inconsistant on both.

Tether your TF700 to your Android phone via bluetooth - works great!

FYI - in case anyone is interested, I was able to easily tether my TF700 to my Android phone over bluetooth. It'll even share your phones wifi connection via bluetooth! Extremely easy to setup and it just works...
1. Install FoxFi on your phone
2. Install "PDANet for Tablets" on your TF700 (available for free in Play Store)
3. Select "Activate Bluetooth DUN" in FoxFi on the phone
4. Run PDANet for Tablets on the TF700 and configure it for bluetooth.
5. Simple pair the tablet and phone from within PDANet for Tablets.
6. That's it - you'll be tethered to your phone via bluetooth!
I can't believe how well it works.... Enjoy!
Also - Can do the same thing for wifi tethering as well. The nice thing about bluetooth tethering though is that you can actually share the wifi connection on your phone via bluetooth (something you can't do with normal wifi tethering)... Although, I guess if your phone can connect to wifi, you could just connect your tablet directly to the same wifi! But, it works nonetheless!
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Are you saying that you can use your phones mobile broadband connection (3g or 4g) on your tablet with this method?

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Are you saying that you can use your phones mobile broadband connection (3g or 4g) on your tablet with this method?
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Absolutely. It works flawlessly and without jumping through any hoops.
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Is this for those who arnt able to do a mobile hotspot? Trying to understand the advantages. You also mentioned sharing your wifi connect...don't understand the need there either. Not trying to be a smart ass by any means, just trying to understand why BT over hotspot.

Chief Geek said:
Is this for those who arnt able to do a mobile hotspot? Trying to understand the advantages. You also mentioned sharing your wifi connect...don't understand the need there either. Not trying to be a smart ass by any means, just trying to understand why BT over hotspot.
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Well, if you mean the "paid" hotspot, this method is free. Plus, bluetooth tethering should be easier on the battery as well.
Agreed about with sharing wifi over bluetooth - like I said, it works, but if your phone could connect to wifi, your TF700 should be able to connect directly to the wifi as well. Only purpose for that would be if your TF was not "allowed" to connect to the wifi due to some policy (but your work-supplied phone could) - you could just connect to your phone for wifi access...
But again, the main purpose would be for free tethering (instead of paying a monthly fee).
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I paired my phone to my tablet without any of the apps mentioned and was able to get online using the phone's 3G connection. I do have an older phone (DroidX), maybe that makes a difference as far as not needing PDANet, etc.

Forgot not everyone has the ability to do free hotspot. My phone hasn't had a stock ROM since the first handful of stable ROMs were available.
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Also, just thought of a use for the share wifi feature. AT&T has alot of free hotspots that are free to ATT devices only, often found at McDonalds. There is often regular free wifi, but the ATT only is less crowded and I usually see faster speeds. I suppose in this scenerio it would be useful too.

It's useful if your traveling with kids and they want to download a new app or something. I have actually found quite a few uses including at work to use it. I just use the hotspot though. The only bad part is that it kills your battery FAST so make sure you have a charger.

I just use Widgetsoid on my Galaxy Nexus to tether.

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It's useful if your traveling with kids and they want to download a new app or something. I have actually found quite a few uses including at work to use it. I just use the hotspot though. The only bad part is that it kills your battery FAST so make sure you have a charger.
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I have a 5200mah on my note so it'll stay live and kicking for awhile. May have to try BT and see if it's any better on battery then BT.

Chief Geek said:
I have a 5200mah on my note so it'll stay live and kicking for awhile. May have to try BT and see if it's any better on battery then BT.
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Bluetooth should be better on the battery - please post your results...
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I set up a profile with tasker so bluetooth tethering to my phone (running cm9) is automatically activated as soon as i turn on bt on the tablet. Works great.
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Am I missing something here? I thought this was a standard feature or is this method required for carriers that ban tethering?
I have a galaxy s2 running Samsung stock 4.03 on Telstra Australia and I tether by Bluetooth all the time to my Tf700t by just enabling it in the phone tethering options, pair devices and connect. Done. No hacks or apps required

you dont need any of those apps just sync phone and tablet via bluetooth and it will ask if you want bluetooth to share internet

LRiley said:
you dont need any of those apps just sync phone and tablet via bluetooth and it will ask if you want bluetooth to share internet
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Either I'm missing something or this is *not* a "Standard" feature for all carriers. In my case, I'm using a "pre-paid" phone from VIrgin Mobile. It's $35/month for unlimited everything (except phone minutes - you get 300 anytime minutes). I certainly can "pair" my devices via bluetooth, but I don't get an option to share my internet (and even thought the devices did "pair", they will not "connect" to each other).
I do know that "tethering" was an extra monthly option in my case (an extra $15/month option!).
Again, I don't see any way to tether without using these apps. The phone itself is an HTC EVO V 4G (re-badged EVO 3D) - If I try to enable the wifi "portable hotspot mode" I get an error and it just won't work. Cannot find a way to share the internet via blutooth either (without said apps).
So, I do believe that this method will be useful for some as I don't believe that you can tether for free with all carriers.
Again, unless I'm missing something!
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jtrosky said:
I do know that "tethering" was an extra monthly option in my case (an extra $15/month option!).
Again, I don't see any way to tether without using these apps. The phone itself is an HTC EVO V 4G (re-badged EVO 3D) - If I try to enable the wifi "portable hotspot mode" I get an error and it just won't work. Cannot find a way to share the internet via blutooth either (without said apps).
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I tried to tether my iPhone with optus prepaid and got an error saying it was not activated by the carrier so I am sure android must have this carrier dependant feature in place. I had to install a hack on my iPhone to get around it so I can why you may need apps to get around it for Android as well. Just thankful my carrier allows free tethering a stupid idea IMO to not allow it

Sorry a bit OT, but how does one enter the pin code for BT pairing the Asus? (I have a GNote)...I get them to pair but not to connect...I type the number keys on the asus dock and nothing happens...

fntms said:
Sorry a bit OT, but how does one enter the pin code for BT pairing the Asus? (I have a GNote)...I get them to pair but not to connect...I type the number keys on the asus dock and nothing happens...
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As I mentioned, I use wifi tethering. I also have the GNote (ATT Version, I717) running King Kang AOKP rom and never have an issue. If you flash ROMs you may be better off just using wifi as it'll autoconnect when you pop the wifi from your phone and no pairing and connecting and pin code mess. Just a thought.

Having no problems with built in bt tether....to my sensation
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Widgetsoid is probably a little better. You just create a widget for portable wifi htspot and turn it on. I use it on my galaxy nexus.
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Tether my TF700 to my Droid Incredible?

This is my first post so I hope I'm in the right category. I've read thru several posts on this subject and I thought I had it right but it dosn't work. I have FoxFi bt installed on the phone (incredible) and PDAnet tablet installed on the 700. Everything is paired but the 700 dosn't contect to the phone. I refuse to pay an additional charge to Verizon for a WiFi hot spot for the same data. Anyone solve this tehering issue?

get the app called widgetsoid. when you configure it, add Portable Wifi Hotspot. Turn it on, and it will ask you to add your password and you can change the name of the hotspot. now, check the wifi on your infinity and select the new hotspot. it will connect.
I use this on my galaxy nexus and used it on my old droid x. i am on verizon as well, and this works fine
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timrock said:
get the app called widgetsoid. when you configure it, add Portable Wifi Hotspot. Turn it on, and it will ask you to add your password and you can change the name of the hotspot. now, check the wifi on your infinity and select the new hotspot. it will connect.
I use this on my galaxy nexus and used it on my old droid x. i am on verizon as well, and this works fine
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timrock
Thank you for your response. I tryed this but widgetsoid does not ask me to input a password. It turns on the hot spot but I can't log in because I don't know the password!. There is no "tools" sign next to the hot spot configure check box like there is for all the other switches.

ecarbone51 said:
This is my first post so I hope I'm in the right category. I've read thru several posts on this subject and I thought I had it right but it dosn't work. I have FoxFi bt installed on the phone (incredible) and PDAnet tablet installed on the 700. Everything is paired but the 700 dosn't contect to the phone. I refuse to pay an additional charge to Verizon for a WiFi hot spot for the same data. Anyone solve this tehering issue?
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Dude, just root your phone and use wifi tether app from the market.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch.

I agree with triple S, just root your phone if you don't plan on returning it. My rooted droid 3 on verizon rules when i need connection on my tablet on the go.
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ecarbone51 said:
timrock
Thank you for your response. I tryed this but widgetsoid does not ask me to input a password. It turns on the hot spot but I can't log in because I don't know the password!. There is no "tools" sign next to the hot spot configure check box like there is for all the other switches.
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sorry, go to Settings (not the app, the device), More (right under Data Usage), Tethering & portable Hotspot, check the box and configure. now, when you add the widget, you just click to turn off and on. Widgetsoid is not needed, but it makes activating the hotspot much easier.
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GCq1w2e3 said:
I agree with triple S, just root your phone if you don't plan on returning it. My rooted droid 3 on verizon rules when i need connection on my tablet on the go.
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SuperSwagSauce said:
Dude, just root your phone and use wifi tether app from the market.
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Guys,
Thanks for the info.
I have been trying to avoid rooting. If I do it just gives me admin privlages right? Then what do I do? I am a noob.

Have you tried connecting them via Bluetooth and sharing the connection. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. There is a thread on it here somewhere.
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Here you go, let us know if it works.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1823533

timrock said:
sorry, go to Settings (not the app, the device), More (right under Data Usage), Tethering & portable Hotspot, check the box and configure. now, when you add the widget, you just click to turn off and on. Widgetsoid is not needed, but it makes activating the hotspot much easier.
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Chief Geek said:
Have you tried connecting them via Bluetooth and sharing the connection. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. There is a thread on it here somewhere.
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Here you go, let us know if it works.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1823533
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timrock
Yea, I got Widgetsoid installed and operating. It didn't fool Verizon. Got a message from them as soon as I connected. "WiFi hot spot cost more p/month..sign-up?". So that fix is out.
Chief Geek,
Yes, I did follow that link along with another one (58 pages of reading) that talked about the FoxFi/PDAnet tablet set up. It configures/pairs ok but will not connect. It has to be something unique to the Incredible because a bunch of other phones work fine.
Thanks a whole bunch for all your help guys! Hopefully this thread will stay alive and someone has found a way to do it. I'm not going to give Verizon more money for the same data.

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timrock
Yea, I got Widgetsoid installed and operating. It didn't fool Verizon. Got a message from them as soon as I connected. "WiFi hot spot cost more p/month..sign-up?". So that fix is out.
Chief Geek,
Yes, I did follow that link along with another one (58 pages of reading) that talked about the FoxFi/PDAnet tablet set up. It configures/pairs ok but will not connect. It has to be something unique to the Incredible because a bunch of other phones work fine.
Thanks a whole bunch for all your help guys! Hopefully this thread will stay alive and someone has found a way to do it. I'm not going to give Verizon more money for the same data.
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i guess it works for me because i have unlimited data. sorry.
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PdaNet Tablet, PDANet+, FoxFi Tethering
Hey There-
I just sucessfully tethered my TF700T with my Droid Incredible 2 over bluetooth. Interesting thing here is neither of my devices are rooted and I'm on Verizon. Here's how I did it:
Install PdaNet Tablet on the TF700. Note the "Tablet". This is not the same program as PdaNet or PdaNet+
Install PdaNet+ on the HTC phone. Note the "plus". This is not the same program as PdaNet or PdaNet Tablet.
Install FoxFi on both devices (not sure if this is necessary or not; might be as I already had this installed before I suceeded. But I believe the "plus" in PdaNet+ means that it is bundled with FoxFi already)​
Background: Now the HTC phone blocks wifi hotspot unless you pay Verizon for tethering (3G Hotspot) so you cannot tether via wifi. But you can using BT.
The Asus pad supposidly needs to be rooted and a file installed it is missing for BT DUN but...I did not find that to be the case. Working fine without root.
How to set it up: First download and install all softwares to the correct devices. On the phone side lauch FoxFi and set it up to use BT. Next launch PdaNet+ and check the box "Activate BT Dun". One the pad side launch PdaNet Tablet. Assuming your pad and phone are already paired via BT, simply press the "Connect" button and a VPN will be established between your phone and pad. Done. Assuming your pad and phone are not already paired, use the "Configure" button to select "Android BT" and follow the onscreen instructions which tell you to do the FoxFi thing on the phone side, enable BT mode, and then scan for the device. Make sure the device is "discoverable" which you set up in your device settings under Networking somewhere.​
Viola-The pad notification bar shows "PdaNet VPN link active" and "No internet connection" but the browser is active and you can connect to the internet, play store, and share the phone data with the tablet. Given my 3G connection is only 384Kbps banwidth, you won't even notice a difference between BT and wifi for tethering as they both exceed the bandwidth of 3G by a large margin (3 Mbps, 64Mbps). On 4G you might notice that BT is slower than wifi. But for free, on Verizon, with bone stock devices how can I complain. Take that Verizon. I will share my data with my devices for free as it should be. Hope they don't block this out at some point but if after testing this out for a week all is good I will drop my 3G hotspot with Verizon and go BT. I think that FCC case actually prevents them from blocking this out. How HTC does it for wifi is another story. Also I made damn sure that no 3G hotspot was active during this setup and evaluation. If after dropping my 3G hotspot and share everything data plan this fails to still work I will report back but I'm confident it still will.

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elfaure said:
Hey There-
I just sucessfully tethered my TF700T with my Droid Incredible 2 over bluetooth. Interesting thing here is neither of my devices are rooted and I'm on Verizon. Here's how I did it:
Install PdaNet Tablet on the TF700. Note the "Tablet". This is not the same program as PdaNet or PdaNet+
Install PdaNet+ on the HTC phone. Note the "plus". This is not the same program as PdaNet or PdaNet Tablet.
Install FoxFi on both devices (not sure if this is necessary or not; might be as I already had this installed before I suceeded. But I believe the "plus" in PdaNet+ means that it is bundled with FoxFi already)​
Background: Now the HTC phone blocks wifi hotspot unless you pay Verizon for tethering (3G Hotspot) so you cannot tether via wifi. But you can using BT.
The Asus pad supposidly needs to be rooted and a file installed it is missing for BT DUN but...I did not find that to be the case. Working fine without root.
How to set it up: First download and install all softwares to the correct devices. On the phone side lauch FoxFi and set it up to use BT. Next launch PdaNet+ and check the box "Activate BT Dun". One the pad side launch PdaNet Tablet. Assuming your pad and phone are already paired via BT, simply press the "Connect" button and a VPN will be established between your phone and pad. Done. Assuming your pad and phone are not already paired, use the "Configure" button to select "Android BT" and follow the onscreen instructions which tell you to do the FoxFi thing on the phone side, enable BT mode, and then scan for the device. Make sure the device is "discoverable" which you set up in your device settings under Networking somewhere.​
Viola-The pad notification bar shows "PdaNet VPN link active" and "No internet connection" but the browser is active and you can connect to the internet, play store, and share the phone data with the tablet. Given my 3G connection is only 384Kbps banwidth, you won't even notice a difference between BT and wifi for tethering as they both exceed the bandwidth of 3G by a large margin (3 Mbps, 64Mbps). On 4G you might notice that BT is slower than wifi. But for free, on Verizon, with bone stock devices how can I complain. Take that Verizon. I will share my data with my devices for free as it should be. Hope they don't block this out at some point but if after testing this out for a week all is good I will drop my 3G hotspot with Verizon and go BT. I think that FCC case actually prevents them from blocking this out. How HTC does it for wifi is another story. Also I made damn sure that no 3G hotspot was active during this setup and evaluation. If after dropping my 3G hotspot and share everything data plan this fails to still work I will report back but I'm confident it still will.
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My incredible connects but only to a limited number of sites..Try this and click on your weather widget.Then try to refresh it. I get "no network avalible" Thoughts?

ecarbone51 said:
My incredible connects but only to a limited number of sites..Try this and click on your weather widget.Then try to refresh it. I get "no network avalible" Thoughts?
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It's probably because you are tethering by Bluetooth. Not all applications take the resultant connection into account as being an internet connection. If you 'd kindly try WiFi tethering (consumes significantly more battery!), that should work.

MartyHulskemper said:
It's probably because you are tethering by Bluetooth. Not all applications take the resultant connection into account as being an internet connection. If you 'd kindly try WiFi tethering (consumes significantly more battery!), that should work.
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Thanks for your response.
If I try FoxFi WiFi, the HTC phone says"WiFi mode can not be activated on HTC phones due to an HTC hotspot lock. Please use Bluetooth Mode instead." If I use the Verizion WiFi it wants to charge me for the connection..I have the full unlocked version of PDA+(includes FoxFi).... Still looking for a go-around.

ecarbone51 said:
Thanks for your response.
If I try FoxFi WiFi, the HTC phone says"WiFi mode can not be activated on HTC phones due to an HTC hotspot lock. Please use Bluetooth Mode instead." If I use the Verizion WiFi it wants to charge me for the connection..I have the full unlocked version of PDA+(includes FoxFi).... Still looking for a go-around.
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Ah, good ol' Verizon coming in. Wasn't there a court ruling a little while stating that they no were longer allowed to charge for tethering? I can imagine it would take a while to permeate through to their customers, but they should've complied by now. Oh well...
I spotted a program that (presumably) could perform a USB tether -- I'll try and find it for you. I'll reead up a bit on the hotspot lock -- as far as I recall, some programs could circumvent it.

There are no work-around unless you root your device. I'm currently on Verizon with a DROID RAZR Maxx rooted and I use Wireless Tether for root users. Works perfectly for Wifi and I have never been charged.
I'm still trying to find a work-around for the Bluetooth connection for my tablets end, unless of course I'm over thinking it and the Nexus 7 should be able to use the Bluetooth tether with ease. Does anyone on this post happen to know an answer to that? I know PDAnet+ requires a secondary app installed on the N7, and it works, but I don't know if it works well enough for me to want to pay. The other application I've tried is Bluetooth Auto Connect and it's phone version, but that does t seem to work well either.
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MartyHulskemper said:
It's probably because you are tethering by Bluetooth. Not all applications take the resultant connection into account as being an internet connection. If you 'd kindly try WiFi tethering (consumes significantly more battery!), that should work.
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Is one of the apps not working with Bluetooth tether Google maps? Not working for me, at least...
Do you know a workaround?
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Hi there-
Back to edit this post because things have changed. Yes I was able to successfully tether but NOT fully functional I found out. Specifically I couldn't install apps from the market tethered like this! I was able to connect to most sites and browse functionally but wasn't able to download from some sites as well. They've got their hooks in somewhere despite the tether. I have now reactivated my 3g hotspot and am tethering that way for an extra $10/mo as I need the ability to use the market for new apps and updates not to mention downloading things off the internet. I believe the only way to do this for free is to root my DINC2 and install a tun.ko module. Sorry if I got anyones hopes up with this post but it was a failure in the end result without root on phone (despite root on tablet).
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That is part of the big problem I found out. A lot of apps look to the system flag for "internet available" or not despite it actually being connected. But since your notification panel says you are not connected to the internet some apps use this indication rather than trying the connection directly.
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I tried all of those PDANet and FoxFi solutions to no avail. When I got a tether working it was very slow. I rooted my Evo 4G and use it to to tether my TF700 all day in the office. I've even used it on the train commute home. Sometimes the leap is the best option. //cheers

Hi I've been trying all day to tether with my rooted lte evo. What program are you using?
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[Q] A general question about tethering.

This has nothing to do with a certain ROM or anything like that, just a general question. Now, I was wondering if my GS3 is connected to WI-FI, and NOT using any mobile carrier data, can it share that connection through USB tethering to a PC or laptop? I've looked everywhere and all people seem to do is share their DATA connection with their devices, and nothing for Wi-Fi. Thanks in advance! -YK

That doesn't make any sense. Wouldn't you just connect your laptop to that same WiFi hotspot?
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thesoldier said:
That doesn't make any sense. Wouldn't you just connect your laptop to that same WiFi hotspot?
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My bad, I forget to clarify that my PC can't connect to Wi-Fi because it's lacking a wireless card. And just my luck, there are no ethernet ports anywhere.

Then it might be time for a hardware upgrade lol. As for sharing your WiFi connection, I can see it being possible for USB tether, but I have never heard of such a thing. My guess is that there isn't much demand for said feature.
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I've known several people who demanded for WiFi tethering, too. All, business related.
To my knowledge, I do not know of a way of succeeding, due to that I've done research myself.
If anything close enough to it, would probably be USB tethering or Bluetooth tethering. But, I haven't tried those personally. Running on CM10.1, which those options are available,

I wanna saw I saw a feature like you're looking for in PDAnet. If you have a few dollars to spare I'd def throw in a PCI Wireless Ethernet Card

Oh whale.
Ah, even after all this time, there is still lack of such a feature. Oh well, just have to wait till I can scrape up a wireless card somewhere.

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Ah, even after all this time, there is still lack of such a feature. Oh well, just have to wait till I can scrape up a wireless card somewhere.
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54G usb cards run like 10-15, hell you could probably find someone willing to practically give them away on CL