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Unable to get tethering or internet sharing working on VZW TP2

It's easier if I just post a link to the thread over at smartappsworld so I'm not stuck re-writing it all. http://smartappsworld.com/thread-t...-getting-error-692-hardware-failure-in-modem
I still have not been able to resolve these issues. Tethering worked without problems on my Q9M, but on the TP2 it gives me error 692 -There was a hardware failure in the modem - . Internet sharing isnt cooperating either. New hardware wizard in XP pops up for Generic RNDIS device. When I tried to feed it some drivers for Internet Sharing (pulled by another xda member in another thread here somewhere), XP gives me some bogus error about a missing entry in one of the .inf files that I pointed it towards. It doesnt specify which file, then it closes and there is a big yellow ( ! ) over Internet Sharing device in network devices (Driver not installed).
Thats a quick run through of the issues I'm dealing with. I really need this working as this is my only way to connect my PC to the internet. I live in boonie land where cable is nowhere in my neighborhood and dsl is too far to connect.
Yes I searched. I spent a great deal of time going through xda forums and Google... before I decided to post here. Thanks for anyones help in advance.
T.C.

I have not had a problem tethering my tp2 with verizon using Win XP Pro x64, or XP home x86.
The way that works for me is:
Run the internet sharing program, Not the VZW access manager crap.
Tell it to connect
After it connects, then plug in usb from pc to phone
The pc recognizes it as another network connection
It gets its IPs and all no problems.
Open up your choice of browser and off you go.
I have never had to install drivers to do any of this, and also it doesnt use active sync when doing it this way.
hope this helps.

I pulled the internet sharing program out of the Windows folder (made a shortcut ). The problem is when I connect to the PC. The install new hardware wizard comes up for Generic RNDIS device. This is after I clicked "Connect" in IS. I have clicked cancel , then it says install failed, your new hardware may not work properly. IS disconnects and Activesync starts syncing. I tried it the first way , letting AS sync once then turning IS on, same problem.
I dont use VZ Access Manager. I was forced to uninstall that and Activesync when suddenly the PC wouldnt recognize anything while the phone was plugged in. After that, the phones internet wouldn't work either so I then had to restore the phone to factory defaults via a hard reset. After resetting, I found that 228 wouldn't program the phone. The next day I nearly took it in to VZW. tried 228 again and it worked finally. Got my phone internet back and I'm back to trying to get IS working. I didn't install VZAM, but I do have the USB driver installed.
Are there certain files that are needed on XP for this? I am still running 32bit XP Pro if that makes any difference. Service packs maybe? I'm up to the point where I'm about to go out and buy a WiFi card and try connecting it that way. Something Has to work here.

The generic RNDIS ( Remote Network Driver Interface Specification ) drivers are part of the ActiveSync install and are needed for TCP/IP between the PC and the phone.
Install ActiveSync.
Plug in the phone.
Don't cancel the New Hardware Found - let it install the drivers.
Set up a sync relationship with the PC if you like - not needed.
When you tell ICS to connect, it should drop any other connection to the PC (Hard Drive, Active Sync) and make the Windows connect sound. Then you should see the network negotiation icon in the System Tray as it sets up the internet sharing.

When I dont cancel New Hardware wizard, it doesn't find any drivers to install. This is if I let it search for drivers automatically, and after Activesync is installed. See what the problem is here? What should normally work, doesn't. Are there key files missing in the copy of Activesync that is included on the CD from VZW? What am I missing here? When I turn Internet sharing on, on the phone, it always says something like ''Check USB cable connection'' and it never changes. The hardware wizard never finds the drivers, and when I try to point it towards driver files, it says theres an entry missing and wont install.
Grr..if you read through the other thread link above, you know how long i have been trying to get it to work. Frustrating!!

Wallking HotSpots
THE-COPS said:
It's easier if I just post a link to the thread over at smartappsworld so I'm not stuck re-writing it all. http://smartappsworld.com/thread-t...-getting-error-692-hardware-failure-in-modem
I still have not been able to resolve these issues. Tethering worked without problems on my Q9M, but on the TP2 it gives me error 692 -There was a hardware failure in the modem - . Internet sharing isnt cooperating either. New hardware wizard in XP pops up for Generic RNDIS device. When I tried to feed it some drivers for Internet Sharing (pulled by another xda member in another thread here somewhere), XP gives me some bogus error about a missing entry in one of the .inf files that I pointed it towards. It doesnt specify which file, then it closes and there is a big yellow ( ! ) over Internet Sharing device in network devices (Driver not installed).
Thats a quick run through of the issues I'm dealing with. I really need this working as this is my only way to connect my PC to the internet. I live in boonie land where cable is nowhere in my neighborhood and dsl is too far to connect.
Yes I searched. I spent a great deal of time going through xda forums and Google... before I decided to post here. Thanks for anyones help in advance.
T.C.
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I myself use WalkingHotSpots http://www.walkinghotspot.com/. It is 24.99 for a lifetime license and currently they allow you to use the license over and over when you upgrade your phone. I used it first when I had the Touch Pro and now I am using it with my TP2. It is a program that allows me to add up to 5 connections and use my TP2 as a Hotspot. Now of course it would requre you to have your TP2 connected and charging via wall outlet. But basically it will allow me to connect 3G using my WiFi. I just used it Tuesday night while at church to connect back to my business server and resolve some databases issues. My laptop was running at an excellent speed and I was online over 2 hours with no drop connections. The walking hotspot website says that it will not work with Verizon but I can personally say that it does. I do not have the Internet connection software installed on my TP2 so I am going all WiFi for my connection. I added a password and name for my Walking HotSpot so no random joe could just drive by and conect lol and I was up and running in about 10 minutes. They don't offer a free tiral but you can try it for 1 month for 6.99 and if it doesn't work you will not have wasted 25.00. Just choose to use it for a Touch Pro and you should be able to get the download. I have had it over a year now and it has come in very handy especially when I go home to visit Mom as she has no internet and walking hot spots runs my husband's laptop and mine without any issues. So whatever you ultimately do I hope you get it worked out

WMWifiRouter
I use WMWifiRouter on my phone for internet sharing. It works great. This may be an alternative for you.
http://www.wmwifirouter.com/
(the site appears to be down at the moment)

I just loaded a program called PdaNet and was really amazed at how easy it was to install. Hooked up on Verizon @ 2.4mbps - actually faster than my DSL!!!
I've only tried it a couple times but I recommend going to here http://www.junefabrics.com/pdanet/index.php and download a trial version.

WMWiFiRouter
I second the vote for WMWiFiRouter. I used it on my Mogul and now on my TP2 (both with Sprint) -- no issues whatsoever -- more importantly, no tethering fees.

For me now, when i use USB or Bluetooth over ICS, my browser has to go to 3g.vzwdun.com. It didn't use to do that before. How can I keep the device from reporting that I'm tethering...

Samsung S2 - using it as modem

Hi..
I recently bought samsung galaxy s2 and have a few doubts regarding a few features..
The situation is something like this-
My phone is connected to the internet via wifi..
Phone is connected to laptop via usb cable..
And i want to access the internet on my laptop is it possible??
The issue here is -
My laptop (lenovo R60, 2006 make, Win XP) network card seems to be incompatible with the high speed modems.
As when i hover over the network icon in the tool tray it shows 54Mbps and the wifi in the phone is shown as 65 Mbps..
So i suppose this is the problem with the NIC card for the laptop.. Am i right in assuming this?
Please help me resolve this issue..

Sure, use usb tether app. it does 3g, not sure about wifi, but worth a try: https://play.google.com/store/apps/..._apps#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwOSwiY29tLnBkYW5ldCJd

try it with kies
it should let you do that

I just make sure only WIFI data is enabled from the drop menu, and then settings-wireless-tethering then check the USB tethering option

I have tried USB tethering its giving problem with the config file given there for Win XP..
While installing the new hardware using the new hardware wizard it is unable to find the config file downloaded onto the desktop itself..
Tried downloading the PC studio 3.2.2 for samsung and using the network wizard there.. But that too wasnt connecting .. Gives me an option of only removing some connections , which are not there in the first place..
Is there any other alternative for that config file available?
And will switching off mobile data enable usage over wifi on its own? I need it to be wifi only as i do not have any data plans for 3g enabled on my phone..

Thanks a lot.. That USB tether app works.. :good:
And it connects via wifi of phone as well..:victory:

Found that my rooted gs2 phone works fine for usb tether with the juggernaut ROM installed. unfortunately I couldn't tether with the phone connected to the WiFi. I will have to remember that app on the market if the need arises.

Syrusoo said:
Found that my rooted gs2 phone works fine for usb tether with the juggernaut ROM installed. unfortunately I couldn't tether with the phone connected to the WiFi. I will have to remember that app on the market if the need arises.
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I first tried slickmod 3.6, tried a bunch of other roms afterwrads, but none of them as easy to use and i love the look of it.
You could try this if you don't want an app filled with permissions / ram usage that can be fixed rather easily
[just a question do you have any of the 3 Kies processes running: kies, tray agent, KiesPDLR.exe in task manager while trying to use your phone as a wifi usb?]
Im running slickmod3.6 and all i need to do is enable wifi only from the awsome looking drop menu and then settings tick usb tether and i get my wifi data speed/limit Im pretty sure I tried that with stock Telstra firmware and did not work. Why would i want a permission hungy app for if it's not needed, it has a very modded look to it its great, plus i added some xtras.
Just a thought try uninstall the drivers, download kies (Set all 3 kies processes to not start at boot, msconfig should do it). Only use it when you need to. let it update the drivers (note the new version n.o drivers for future ref) If that dont work uninstall the driver again, and then click scan for hardware changes, let windows update find it.
Failing that, I have quite a few driver packages I have collected with the odin setup zip that I can host on my skydrive just pm me.
Also when uninstalling drivers, and you run into problems delete the ghosted drivers as well, by default you wont see them.

[Q] Kies via Wi-Fi (not Kies Air)

Sorry... maybe a stupid question... (I've searched the net and XDA before posting it, but didn't find any valid solution, just some trace of this same problem referred to other Samsung devices)
The question is:
How can I make the option "Kies via Wi-Fi - Connect to Kies via Wi-Fi" work?
I've downloaded the last version of Kies from Samsung support and installed it on my Win7 PC. I also followed the "Wi-Fi Connection Setup Guide".
I start Kies on the PC and press the "Kies via Wi-Fi button on the GNote but my PC doesn't recognize my Note 10.1 and the scanning on the GNote gives no result.
When, in the GNote, I go to Settings-More settings-Kies via Wi-Fi I just get an Attention message ("Please use caution when transmitting information on an unsecured Wi-Fi network...."). I click OK, then there's a second message window on the bottom of which for a couple of seconds there's a Scan button that, when pressed, quickly changes to a Cancel button. After a while the Scan button reappears and, when pressed, is again changed on the Cancel button.
I can't make any headway from this stupid loop
In the meantime the Kies window on the PC shows the message "Please connect a device".
I'm not interested on Kies Air (that I think is another thing).
I just would like to quickly access my GNote from the PC (and maybe transfer some small file) without having to connect it with the USB cable (no problem with the USB cable connection: the GNote is recognized and I can access it).
The Note is usually connected to a Wi-Fi router on my PC, that is connected to Internet (that's how I can access the Internet at home with the GNote).
Probably I'm missing some setting? Or is Kies not working with this option? Anyone has successfully used this kind of connection?
Any link, advice, possible solution?
Thanks

Could be a Win7 problem: maybe connection is simply rejected since You can´t register and assign an Android device to a "home-network-group" which would allow every connection.
On my laptop I have an Intel-App called "MyWiFi" thus creating a peer-to-peer connection with Android devices. With this I don´t have problems to connect, BUT: when connected via MyWiFi I have to switch off the WiFi of my router otherwise GNote does not connect to MyWiFi .............
Better use the cable .......

Samsung Kies and MyPhoneExplorer
troed said:
Could be a Win7 problem: maybe connection is simply rejected since You can´t register and assign an Android device to a "home-network-group" which would allow every connection.
On my laptop I have an Intel-App called "MyWiFi" thus creating a peer-to-peer connection with Android devices. With this I don´t have problems to connect, BUT: when connected via MyWiFi I have to switch off the WiFi of my router otherwise GNote does not connect to MyWiFi .............
Better use the cable .......
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Thanks troed.
I see that my problem (with win7) is one of those of difficult solution (I had nightmares in the past to configure my Wi-Fi network and make it work).
In the meantime (following the tip received in an italian forum) I've found an other app, called MyPhoneExplorer, that works exactly as I intended.
It's not just for Samsung devices but for any Android device.
It consists of a client app to be installed on the tablet (small size: 564 Kb)
and a program to be installed on the PC (installer is 6.45 Mb and the portable program folder is about 17 Mb).
With this app files can be easily exchanged between the PC and the GNote through Wi-Fi.
BTW Samsung Kies installer (90.5 Mb) is huge comparing to that and, at least for me and for many other Win7 users, doesn't work on Wi-Fi in spite of what is promised and advertised.
For the second time I can't understand why a big company like Samsung can't produce a simple good and working app whilst single developers can easily do that!
(the first case is with S Note that, IMHO, is lacking some essential feature that other apps have and that prevents me form using it as my primary note taking app)
Maybe Samsung's developers don't use their company's devices?
Or maybe they have no interest in producing good working apps and prefer to put out incomplete ones to better sell their next line of products?

Forgot in my post: You also might try "Shynx"

[Q] Kies associated services Note II (Sprint)

I have the Galaxy Note II (sprint SPH-900C) and it is rooted. I wanted to stop the bloatware from running so I took some advice here and froze all the apps I did not want to run and some that were listed as safe.
When I attempt to connect to Kies wifi it will not connect or discover my laptop. So I went back in and unfroze the Allshare Cast, Allshare Dongle and Allshare service. Now it will locate my laptop and the Note says connected, the laptop says connected and downloading but does not ever populate and eventually disconnects, So it does not seem to fully connect and load the data like it does on USB, I want to connect to Kies WIFI again. My question is are all 3 of these necessary for it to connect or more importantly, exactly what services are required for the Kies WIFI to connect so it will work again and I can still have unnecessary services frozen.
This does not impact connecting to Kies using the usb, that works fine regardless which of them are frozen. So did I miss one that I need for it to fully connect?
A little more information, Kies air, using the wifi and the browser will connect and load fine with the 3 allshare services unfrozen, it is the kies and kies lite that will not load, but they say they are connected.
Any ideas? I am thinking maybe I froze a 4th service that it needs and I am not aware of it. And kies is not frozen, I did not touch it.lol
I hope I provided enough information for a decent idea of the situation.

[Q] Cant get Smart Switch to connect for backup. Help?

Hello, so I am on XtreStoLite 2.4 with my S6. Never any issues the whole time Ive ran it. However now that I have my Galaxy S8 which cant be rooted... trying to get the Smart Switch with USB connection to work.
It will NOT read up when I connect them directly, also will not connect via PC for smart switch to start its thing. (Smart Switch via wifi works, but that doesnt transfer any of my non play store apps)
Now I did try Smart switch on 2 different PCs. Both PCs DO read my S6 and I could transfer files just fine with explorer. So drivers and so are working fine. Even tried 3 USB cables and togged between usb debugging and off. I am in MTP mode as well.
Even in Smart Switch it will say "Connecting" because it detected the phone. Just never gets past that on the PC or the Galaxy S8. Just says the connection timed out and couldnt connect.
So just checking here if anyone may have any insight that may solve this. Thanks.

Mysticales said:
Hello, so I am on XtreStoLite 2.4 with my S6. Never any issues the whole time Ive ran it. However now that I have my Galaxy S8 which cant be rooted... trying to get the Smart Switch with USB connection to work.
It will NOT read up when I connect them directly, also will not connect via PC for smart switch to start its thing. (Smart Switch via wifi works, but that doesnt transfer any of my non play store apps)
Now I did try Smart switch on 2 different PCs. Both PCs DO read my S6 and I could transfer files just fine with explorer. So drivers and so are working fine. Even tried 3 USB cables and togged between usb debugging and off. I am in MTP mode as well.
Even in Smart Switch it will say "Connecting" because it detected the phone. Just never gets past that on the PC or the Galaxy S8. Just says the connection timed out and couldnt connect.
So just checking here if anyone may have any insight that may solve this. Thanks.
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may be there is error on driver you installed , try remove old driver and install latest Samsung driver you can get it from :
http://samsungusbdriver.com/wp-content/uploads/Samsung-Usb-Driver-v1.5.63.0.zip

Just "fixed" it by upgrading the to the Marshmallow version of XtreStolite. Seems it solved all the issues.