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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

Did 2.3.5 cripple your tether?

I posted this in two other threads but both got ignored.
As soon as I updated to the 2.3.5, tethering seems to be no longer supported. The option is there, but as soon as I activate the tether, 3G goes away. I have to turn off the tether, then manually switch mobile data off and on just for my 3G to come back.
Is this their way of getting people to finally pay for it?

Yes.. one of the features of the update was removing tether if you were not paying for it. No biggie though... you have a Nexus.. just unlock it and download one of the apps off the market.
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Since my phone had none of the reception issues this update was supposed to fix & reading alot of posts saying that it really didn't do much for those issues, I think I'll skip the update prompts & keep my free tethering.

highwayman1224 said:
Since my phone had none of the reception issues this update was supposed to fix & reading alot of posts saying that it really didn't do much for those issues, I think I'll skip the update prompts & keep my free tethering.
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Agreed I just flashed the new radio and that's good enough for me

NYYFan325 said:
Agreed I just flashed the new radio and that's good enough for me
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hmm can i just get back to 2.3.4 and flash the radio too?

Wow, Thats a bunch of Bullcrap that they removed the tether!! Oh well the Native app never worked with 4 g anyway..Just wondering, is there an app that allows us to tether in infrastructure??

nickespi said:
Wow, Thats a bunch of Bullcrap that they removed the tether!! Oh well the Native app never worked with 4 g anyway..Just wondering, is there an app that allows us to tether in infrastructure??
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yes wifi tether 3.0 pre 14 works with infrastructure i believe

Are we sure they removed tether and didn't just break it? Is it in the release notes somewhere?

Mine works fine with newest update

Mine is broken too, wifi tether works fine as always

NYYFan325 said:
Agreed I just flashed the new radio and that's good enough for me
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I would initially agree, but the speakerphone update is so much better than in 2.3.4 . I use speakerphone way more frequently than tethering..

i never used the native tethering anyway

hellcatt said:
i never used the native tethering anyway
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wireless tether for root users http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/

Works fine here.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk

So you have the 2.3.5 update and no root and can use the stock wifi tether still?
dmora01 said:
Works fine here.
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I am a little confused why Google allowed sprint to do this. Whether you you use the tether or not and regardless of how easy it is to get it back it doesn't sit well with me that Sprint is calling the shots with this phone now. One of the major appeals of this phone is the pure Google experience, which is now the partial Google experience. I wonder if this had anything to do with the delay of the OTA, maybe sprint was holding out until google let them kill the tether? Anyways, it doesn't instill a great amount of confidence in google for this phone and future nexus devices. I still like the phone and there is nothing on sprint I would rather have, I'm just a little pissed at how they tucked this into an update that was much anticipated and stripped some of our "pure googleness".

I don't understand this...i dont pay anything extra for tether, and i can still tether on stock 2.3.5. Why are some people unable?

i just flashed the new KE5 radio(found in the ns4g dev section), and im not seeing any issues. still on 2.3.4 tho.. i dont see any reasons to update to 2.3.5 especially if this is a problem. i tether wayyyy too much.

Manual versus OTA update
mcosmi said:
I don't understand this...i dont pay anything extra for tether, and i can still tether on stock 2.3.5. Why are some people unable?
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So I have a two day new Nexus S and I did the manual update last night. Now when activating the mobile hotspot the 3g or 4g icons go away and it does not have connectivity anymore.
Now, I have read conflicting info about whether this is happening just to those who did the manual update and if you did OTA it still works. Can anyone confirm this?
If that is the case, then I need to return this one and get another and just be more patient next time to get the update officially OTA. =)
Not that I am tremendously worried about the tethering/hotspot being free, but I am uneasy that doing this manually may have screwed things up in as of yet other unknown ways. Like if I do pay for hotspot/tethering someday it might still not work right, etc.
Thanks!

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mcosmi said:
I don't understand this...i dont pay anything extra for tether, and i can still tether on stock 2.3.5. Why are some people unable?
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Did you manually update or did you wait for it to be pushed to your phone? I'm stock and wasn't rooted and I manually updated and my tethering both usb and wifi hotspots are not working.
Also I notice in the kernel version that it's longer than when I was on 2.3.4 mine says 2.6.35.7-g3cc95e3 [email protected] #1
Is that normal?
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Charge Tethering and Hotpost alternatives

Whats everyone using on their rooted Charges for this? I found PDA net to be ok but the connection is somewhat unstable. It runs great for 10 minutes then drops out. The actual cellular connection is fine, I live in the middle of a 4G sweet spot in a major city and the signal is through the roof.
I have yet to be able to get any WiFi Hotspot app to work, Android WiFi Tether and Barnacle. Both seem to have some sort of error in their logs but the app thinks it is broadcasting and working properly......but it's not, it's not actually broadcasting the SSID.....
So what actually works for everyone?

Try Open Garden(on the Market). It's pretty ****ing slow and only works for text-based sites. Sites with flash/videos are going to take a while to load. I'm still looking for an app that actually uses the 4g connection to its fullest.

blarrick said:
Try Open Garden(on the Market). It's pretty ****ing slow and only works for text-based sites. Sites with flash/videos are going to take a while to load. I'm still looking for an app that actually uses the 4g connection to its fullest.
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PDANet, when it works well, uses the full 4G connection.

I've been using Android Wifi Tether with the Fassy profile and Samsung broadcasting. When it first starts up, it works well, but you have to restart your phone if you want to use it again after turning it off.
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blarrick said:
Try Open Garden(on the Market). It's pretty ****ing slow and only works for text-based sites. Sites with flash/videos are going to take a while to load. I'm still looking for an app that actually uses the 4g connection to its fullest.
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I'm using Open Garden and get fantastic speeds on 4G. 3G's fairly slow, but that's just the way 3G is.

Ok I still got nothing. Only thing working is PDANet. None of the wifi tethering apps are working. They try but there's always some sort of error. Also tried barnacle. What settings are people getting to work?
Am I understanding this wrong? I am supposed to be able to allow other devices to connect to my phone wirelessly and use its data connection right? I never even see the SSID on any other devices no matter what I do.

I'm using WiFi Tether v3.1 Beta 2 and it's working great.
You can download it here: http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
The only problem with it is when you end a tethering session and want to start another you have to reboot. I rarely use it so it's not an issue for me but I'm getting pretty awesome speeds with it on my iPad.

vegasjones said:
I'm using WiFi Tether v3.1 Beta 2 and it's working great.
You can download it here: http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
The only problem with it is when you end a tethering session and want to start another you have to reboot. I rarely use it so it's not an issue for me but I'm getting pretty awesome speeds with it on my iPad.
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You are using it on the charge? Please tell me what settings you are using. I tried that one too and it won't work.

Android Wifi Tether works fine for me. Gives errors in the log, but still works great.

Yep, on a charge. Im using the Samsung Fascinate profile.

Barnacle
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Shadowchasr said:
Barnacle
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Barnacle is not working. What settings are you using?

vegasjones said:
Yep, on a charge. Im using the Samsung Fascinate profile.
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I also had to choose the Softtap for Samsung option for it to work. Thanks.

Verizon Tethering unstable

Im currently using the wifi tether app to teather on my rooted s3 and for some reason i randomly disconnect from internet on my computer every so often. Im not sure whats going on or whats causing it but its a real issue when i'm running a game and randomly dc 3 times in 30 minutes =/
does anyone have any ideals on how to fix this? or is anyone else having the same problem?

- Make sure your phone has good or better reception and leave it in the same spot.
- Check the power settings on your computer, make sure the wireless card doesnt go to sleep.
- Make sure you run your app when plugged in to AC power.
Other suggestions:
- Use USB tether instead - like it or not its more reliable.
- Try a different app.
Hope some of this helps..

Yeah this problem is all phone/app side. I had a stable connection with my old phone. Ill try to find a better app
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YES. Both FoxFi and Wifi Tether work poorly on my Verizon GS3. Speedtests are slower while tethering on my GS3 than when using Wifi Tether on my old Thunderbolt in the same room/same time/same server. Sometimes the SSID won't be detected by my computers and sometimes both apps will simply stop connecting to the internet after initially starting up fine.
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Tweek900 said:
Yeah this problem is all phone/app side. I had a stable connection with my old phone. Ill try to find a better app
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Have you had better luck with FoxFi than with Wifi Tether? I've had unreliable results with both on the GS3.

Buddy Revell said:
YES. Both FoxFi and Wifi Tether work poorly on my Verizon GS3. Speedtests are slower while tethering on my GS3 than when using Wifi Tether on my old Thunderbolt in the same room/same time/same server. Sometimes the SSID won't be detected by my computers and sometimes both apps will simply stop connecting to the internet after initially starting up fine.
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Have you had better luck with FoxFi than with Wifi Tether? I've had unreliable results with both on the GS3.
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i need something thats going to work. my pings jumps way high all the time and i get dced quite a bit. any idea's on what i should do to help fix this? My old x2 never had this problem

FoxFi works well for me and doesnt disconnect w/ verizon.

dz2k said:
FoxFi works well for me and doesnt disconnect w/ verizon.
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Are you rooted?

i am rooted but dont think this particular app requires that.

dz2k said:
i am rooted but dont think this particular app requires that.
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It doesn't require root
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Yeah, I know, but I was wondering if being rooted messed with the tethering capabilities of my GS3. I'm rooted and all tethering apps have been working poorly.

I use FoxFi on a rooted VZ S3 running Beans RC2 ROM. Not issues with wifi dropping or speeds. Are you performing the test on the same computer as with your old phone?

mjb32803 said:
I use FoxFi on a rooted VZ S3 running Beans RC2 ROM. Not issues with wifi dropping or speeds. Are you performing the test on the same computer as with your old phone?
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Yeah same everything besides phone. Same 3g same spot in room, tbh today i switched back to my old phone just to stop the lag =/ im running the stripped stock rooted rom and wifitether. But like other people here are saying seems like a ton of issues. On this phone i had to mod my radio card could that be the issue with the s3?

This all sounds like another variation of this thread on XDA VZW s3 General
I don't have 4g so I can't see if my phone has an issue there *but* I do have issues on 3g.
If you have poor battery life and your calls sound like you're on the verge of losing the call even though you're in a known area you haven't had issue before, you could be experiencing the same issues others are experiencing. Verizon, as a result, has labeled by device DOA, even though I am tethering on it at this moment to type this.

ancashion said:
This all sounds like another variation of this thread on XDA VZW s3 General
I don't have 4g so I can't see if my phone has an issue there *but* I do have issues on 3g.
If you have poor battery life and your calls sound like you're on the verge of losing the call even though you're in a known area you haven't had issue before, you could be experiencing the same issues others are experiencing. Verizon, as a result, has labeled by device DOA, even though I am tethering on it at this moment to type this.
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Im only using 3g but i feel the issue is just with tethering not phone use. Idk if its the app or the radio card or whats going on but a fix or an idea would be amazing

Does anyone have any more information on this?

Check the temperature of the phone. I recall people in the Sprint epic forum having issues once the device got hot. Tethering will do that.
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tpike said:
Check the temperature of the phone. I recall people in the Sprint epic forum having issues once the device got hot. Tethering will do that.
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Oddly enough i don't have any issues with tempature. Although just the other day for just a couple hours I noticed some slow speeds while tethered with my x2 that I'm using again until I can fix the s3 tethering. Makes me wonder if verizon is throttling me and if so how I can check or what I can do

Tweek900 said:
Oddly enough i don't have any issues with tempature. Although just the other day for just a couple hours I noticed some slow speeds while tethered with my x2 that I'm using again until I can fix the s3 tethering. Makes me wonder if verizon is throttling me and if so how I can check or what I can do
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Call and ask. I think they call it "Network optimization" or some such ****.

Tweek900 said:
Im currently using the wifi tether app to teather on my rooted s3 and for some reason i randomly disconnect from internet on my computer every so often. Im not sure whats going on or whats causing it but its a real issue when i'm running a game and randomly dc 3 times in 30 minutes =/
does anyone have any ideals on how to fix this? or is anyone else having the same problem?
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my phone itself gets 20 down and 15 up on 4g
speed is crap, my phone is rooted, with foxfi and wifitether, im getting about 3.5 down and .7 up tethering to nexus 7.
my wife also with a gs3 unrooted using verizon hotspot gets .7 down and .5 up
both phones and the nexus 7 were about 12 inches from one another when i did the test

Whoa.. lame. Are you connecting via Bluetooth by chance?
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Nexus 5 ratted me out to T-Mobile for tethering my nexus 7.

I'm using easy tether app with VPN and Bluetooth connection. Kind of slow, makes it seem like working at work is a better idea. Help, any better way to fix that's less clunky
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trjcasper said:
I'm using easy tether app with VPN and Bluetooth connection. Kind of slow, makes it seem like working at work is a better idea. Help, any better way to fix that's less clunky
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I use IbVPN but with another phone. So far it works. I assume any VPN solution would work.

Boy, that is probably the most misleading topic ever.
Anyway, the Nexus 5 has nothing to do with being caught tethering as your carrier can tell you're doing it by the user agent of the browser (the most typical method of detecting tethering) and other ways as well.
As for a workaround, there are several available but there's no guarantee on any of them that you won't get busted even so.
It's a chance you take - the carrier tells you it's against the service agreement and you choose to do it anyway; if you get popped and lose your service, the blame lies solely with you alone.

The user agent in this case is android using dolphin browser. Should appear Amy different than my phone.
I'm not whining, BTW, I'm aware of risk and consequence and adult about it. I'm also cheap, so after having used several nexus phones in the past the exact same way and never getting popped sure makes it look like the 5 is the problem doing the reporting about tether use.
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trjcasper said:
The user agent in this case is android using dolphin browser. Should appear Amy different than my phone.
I'm not whining, BTW, I'm aware of risk and consequence and adult about it. I'm also cheap, so after having used several nexus phones in the past the exact same way and never getting popped sure makes it look like the 5 is the problem doing the reporting about tether use.
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This is bad news. I have always been able to tether any tablet through my Nexus device on Tmobile and browse with the stock browser and Netflix app. I have a feeling, Google is playing dirty and sending T-mobile/provider some kind of notice that tethering is now 'on'. I wish they'd develop an app like they did for Google Glass that proxying packets for ANY tethered device. Stick it to the carrier. Especially, Verizon.