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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.
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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...
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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?
I have a tp2 on verizon. When i plug in the phone if i choose Internet Connection Sharing will i be charge the extra phone as modem fee by verizon, or is it like the wifi router in it being free?
I think they are going to charge you unless you run the silent teather thing. I think it was called ICSInstall.CAB. Ive been using the usb teather for a while since installing that and have not seen any charges.
Although thats one of the things Im concerned about with the new verizon mr2. Im hoping that still works without getting nailed by the big V.
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im using energy rom so i shouldnt have that problem
htmlfreak117 said:
im using energy rom so i shouldnt have that problem
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The tethering in Energy Rom does not let verizon see you tethering. I have used his rom recently and have tethered with no additional charges on my bill. I have even used it to play games online. You can surf safely using your TP2.
I can't say with 100% certainly but I believe you can use WiFiRouter as well. It's pretty slick. You run it and connect to the internet then you can connect to it with any other wifi device. It does have encryption as well so you can create a secure (well, semi-secure) hotspot. Pretty quick too. I found this thread which has lots of user feedback if your interested:
http://www.omniahub.com/wmwifirouter-turn-smartphone-into-wireless-router/
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I think they are going to charge you unless you run the silent teather thing. I think it was called ICSInstall.CAB. Ive been using the usb teather for a while since installing that and have not seen any charges.
Although thats one of the things Im concerned about with the new verizon mr2. Im hoping that still works without getting nailed by the big V.
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Wouldn't just using the USB Tether product hide the tethering from Verizon without having to use the cab that you mentioned?
I just purchased Samsung Captivate and is missing PC Internet option. Is there any way to bring it back?
I noticed that too, so I rooted my phone and side loaded a wifi tether app, you can find the link in one the stickes for faq's about the captivate. Of course the next step would be to load a custom rom like Cognition or Auxura. I'm running Auxura right now and it's pretty awesome. Hopefully this helps!
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bkhams said:
I noticed that too, so I rooted my phone and side loaded a wifi tether app, you can find the link in one the stickes for faq's about the captivate. Of course the next step would be to load a custom rom like Cognition or Auxura. I'm running Auxura right now and it's pretty awesome. Hopefully this helps!
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This is absolutely one of the top five posts I've seen on the net and the best one on xda.
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Thank you for the reply, I will try to root my phone.
Which method of rooting do you recommend?
This is my first android phone, so to learn about it and what's going on in it I used the update.zip that just roots it. Did everything to it piece by piece until I got comfortable with it. I don't like those one in all wonder drugs that people made. I learned doing it myself.
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I just now got the update from JH6 to JH7, and this option is now missing from the USB selection screen!!
With the UK USB drivers, my PC was happy chugging along through 3g on my captivate with rather impressive transfer rates -- I canceled my land line internet connection it was so good! I'm really not interested in rooting the phone, as I feel very comfortable with the level of consistency I've been having compared to other horror stories. My GPS is even decent the majority of the time.
My question -- is there a way to revert back to JH6 without loosing all of my data? Or better yet, another way to gain back the tether without root?
I believe PDAnet will let you tether without root. Look in the market or google it. Flashing back to JH6 via ODIN is the only way to go back, and you will have to reinstall what you don't backup.
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I just now got the update from JH6 to JH7, and this option is now missing from the USB selection screen!!
With the UK USB drivers, my PC was happy chugging along through 3g on my captivate with rather impressive transfer rates -- I canceled my land line internet connection it was so good! I'm really not interested in rooting the phone, as I feel very comfortable with the level of consistency I've been having compared to other horror stories. My GPS is even decent the majority of the time.
My question -- is there a way to revert back to JH6 without loosing all of my data? Or better yet, another way to gain back the tether without root?
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Just a word of advice to keep an eye on your data usage. I'm assuming you are on AT&T, and if you are just now getting the update, you are probably on a 2gb data plan. If that's enough to get you by on your home pc, that's awesome.
A great program for this is 3g Watchdog, free on the market.
Luckily I'm grandfathered in a corporate plan, and only the iphone data plan has the limited use services. With the android phone, I'm still on unlimited data.
PDAnet is not available on the market, at least not from the Market app on the captivate, perhaps it may need to be side-loaded?
It really sucks that the market pulled ryans OCLF because that was TRULY the easiest way to root period. You could flash the leak as it has everything you need to tether.
EDIT: seems I need to catch up, the easiest way in the world to root is back on the market, RyansOCLF, pay the 1.99 its worth it, even if you dont use the lag fix you can root 2.1 in 2.1 secs.
I have a Samsung Epic (2.2, one click root), and from what I have read on this forum, apparently there are some phones where the Xoom and wifi tether don't like each other because of some sort of ad hoc protocol, whatever that means. My Evo was OK to tether, but the Epic/Galaxy no dice.
I downloaded the tether program here as recommended on another thread, but that didn't work either.
So basically I want to be able to wifi tether the Xoom to my Epic phone, the easiest way possible. I would even do a tether via USB cable if that is possible. If not, I think I would rather root the Xoom (if that is what I have to do) because I am more familiar with rooting than playing with ROMs.
Thanks.
Anyway, links, specific reading, or direct advice would be appreciated.
ualdriver said:
I have a Samsung Epic (2.2, one click root), and from what I have read on this forum, apparently there are some phones where the Xoom and wifi tether don't like each other because of some sort of ad hoc protocol, whatever that means. My Evo was OK to tether, but the Epic/Galaxy no dice.
I downloaded the tether program here as recommended on another thread, but that didn't work either.
So basically I want to be able to wifi tether the Xoom to my Epic phone, the easiest way possible. I would even do a tether via USB cable if that is possible. If not, I think I would rather root the Xoom (if that is what I have to do) because I am more familiar with rooting than playing with ROMs.
Thanks.
Anyway, links, specific reading, or direct advice would be appreciated.
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I don't tether, but wanted to respond to you, to get the ball rolling.
Yes, you can usb tether, but I'm not certain about the requirements.
There's also a way to get ad hoc working on the Xoom.
See this thread for a flashable zip file: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1106130
I hope this helps.
okantomi said:
I don't tether, but wanted to respond to you, to get the ball rolling.
Yes, you can usb tether, but I'm not certain about the requirements.
There's also a way to get ad hoc working on the Xoom.
See this thread for a flashable zip file: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1106130
I hope this helps.
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Thanks for the response. I completely missed that thread in my search on this forum.
I haven't really searched for a USB tether option as I didn't think it could be done but now I will search for that too.
Whats up, this is my first thread posted here, so my apologies in advanced if something isn't right.
I'm a long time android user with a decent amount of experience rooting and applying hacks. I'm not a programmer or anyone who has found any glitches hacks my self, so my skill level is probably around the 'Script Kiddy' level, maybe a little better.
Since the intro of Google Fi, I've given up on rooting non stock Android phones. I usually only rooted so that I could install CM or ASOP based roms. Since my old Nexus 6p and new Pixel 2 XL are native to android I never needed to root them. And for my Nexus, which is rooted - it was just for ****s and giggles. Fast forward a couple months, and I've moved. The only coverage I can get with any carrier is Verizon. Because I work from home, having a fast and stable connection is my lifeline.
Right now, I've got my N6P running Resurrection Remix with Magisk Root velcroed to my wall next to my router. It runs a USB tether to my Asus router and then the router distributes the connection to all my devices and what not as it should.
(For anyone wondering if this works, YES IT DOES, very well. Setting it up in the Asus router FW is like 2 clicks and done.)
(sorry for long intro)
So my two questions for the community are:
Does anyone know of a proven/recent method of using root to rerout USB tether traffic to the devices Phone data vs tether data. I've tried using the USB tether app by Fabio Grasso. It didn't seam to make any difference in the speed of my connection (I had to get a WeBoost cell booster to get those full LTE bars. That helped a lot with the consistency of the connection). That being said, I've only been running this setup for less than a week, so it might be too early for me to see where my data was counting with VZW (Red H**ler). The things that are really important to this, is that It has to provide a USB tether that uses the native tether drivers, like the default USB tether app in android - there's no way to install USB drivers to a router. Any help on this would be super awesome! VZW gives me 22gb of Phone data, after 22gb it will only get throttled IF there is network congestion. That is unlikely in my area. Otherwise I will be stuck with 15gb of tether data and a hard throttle to 600k after that...
Is there a kernel that I can flash to my N6P that can help with battery life? maybe a way to reduce the number of cores that are in use? I noticed that it struggles keeping up with battery charge. My train of thought is that because the device has been repurposed to a fullblown cell modem, it doesn't need anything fancy. Like all I want, is data... so maybe underclocking the CPU??? I'm just not sure because it seams like its already doing nothing because it just sits on my wall plugged into the router.
Thanks for the help!! Also, I'm not offering payment, so don't consider this a paid request. But because this is really important to my lifestyle and work, I would gladly send 250 ETN to anyone who can provide a real solution or point me in the right direction .
Also to any Admins. If rewards are strictly prohibited, please comment before removing. I will gladly remove that part.:good: