Verizon tethering stopped working - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III

So for No reason my wifi tethering will not show up on my computer when activated. Ive checked a couple comouters So its a phone issue. It worked earlier today and i havent changed anything. Im using the 'wifi tether' app. Any ideals would be great, thanks ing advance
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Ok i got its working. So here is my fix incase any one else has this issue.
I pulled up the app click the wifi button to turn on tethering and As the screen was up saying its was turning on i hit the back arrow to back out. Then turned tethering off and back on, boom it works
Weird fix but good to know just incase
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This helped my problem too, thanks

Sometimes wifi tethering is inconsistent for me too. I usually try switching profiles between generic ics to galaxy nexus cdma/lte.
Also lately I've been using the widget to switch on and off tethering rather than opening up the app and so far its been working more consistently

kthung said:
Sometimes wifi tethering is inconsistent for me too. I usually try switching profiles between generic ics to galaxy nexus cdma/lte.
Also lately I've been using the widget to switch on and off tethering rather than opening up the app and so far its been working more consistently
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yeah i've been getting random lag spikes/dc's for like 20 seconds. Pretty annoying wish i knew how to fix it

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Wi-Fi issues still present after the Gingerbread update:-(

Wi-Fi issues remain after the Gingerbread update...:-(
When I connect to a wireless network and try to stream or upload something my phone starts to lag. Now I cannot connect to a Wi-Fi network and have to reboot my phone. This is the exact behavior before the update...nothing has been fixed in this release ... I sure hope LG fixes the issues before T-Mobile pushes the OTA.
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Fxr wifi fix and rescue on the market work for i hope do the same to u
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Thanks. Will give it a try.
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Personally never had this problem. I would revert back to stock and try and get a replacement phone.
This is my third replacement and all of them had this issue. It would work fine for a while and then it would start acting up...
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really 3 replacements with that same problem? idk maybe its ur wifi at your house?
It is not my wi-fi, the phone does it on other networks and I've used my wi-fi with other devices-no issues...
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I had wifi problems.....until I switched to cynogenmod.
I was about to get a sensation, but cannot consider giving up the benifits of cynogenmod. The additional features it adds, although small, all add up to a much better user experience, not to mention that it fixes the phone.
Pecata said:
It is not my wi-fi, the phone does it on other networks and I've used my wi-fi with other devices-no issues...
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Which security type are you using on your WIFI? Maybe it's an issue with that specific protocol. Try changing the protocol back and forth for test purposes. It's possible it's one of the newer types of security and they really just aren't aware of a problem yet.
Also double check the firmware for your device. I understand that you say you've had it on other wifi and other devices work fine on your wifi, but I've had XBox's and computers that had problems with the firmware I was running but other devices worked fine.
I had the same stuttering problems as you using wifi with stock Froyo. The phone was close to unusable when streaming or downloading anything. Most of the time if wouldn't even switch from 4G to wif which was more annoyingi. With the gingerbread update wifi has dramatically improved and the switching is well under 10secs. Cm7 or anything based on it never worked for my wifi network sadly.
I have this very same problem. Turning on wifi I would still see the 4G icon and data activity. This has got to be so annoying after upgrading to gingerbread. Also now I have a new issue with the browser. This is issue is when the screen locks then unlocks the browser would automatically go back to the previous page. I mean why so many issues with this phone?

SMS failing to send.. PLZ HELP!

..for no reason at all, my texts are failing to send...
i tried rebooting, i tried resending, i tried a battery pull, nothing works.
im not rooted or ROM'd at all... aside from ADW-ex launcher, i haven't modded the phone yet...
i can still RECEIVE texts, just cant send.
Internet works, on wifi and data, market works, it's sending/receiving data...
i tried turning my data off and back on... i cant figure it out.
someone help me please!
Wrong section this should go in general. But I would do a factory reset.
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Dial 611 off your phone.
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Pay your bill...
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Try this.... att.com/esupport/solutionDisplay.jsp?solutionId=kb38686
Go to your message/settings/message centre/ +13123149810...make sure u have those number in there, if not then put them in there,it work for me. I had the same issue.
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igotdez said:
Try this.... att.com/esupport/solutionDisplay.jsp?solutionId=kb38686
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+16363848815
Worked like a charm. Thank you!
Ph0z3 said:
+16363848815
Worked like a charm. Thank you!
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Np.
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worked for me. what changed?
Somehow it's possible for the message center to get corrupted/lost... Happened to me too.
Looks like the OP solved the problem, but I have this issue with my microcell. I can text everywhere but home. I have to try resending some texts 3-4 times. There is an new iphone in the house that has no issues, nor did my old 3gs have any issues on the microcell.
My wife and I have the same issue. Granted when we aren't at home and the signal is still low we will have failed texts but at home its horrible. I think AT&T is full of crap and the Mcell doesn't handle SMS and MMS as it should.
There is a thread here called "text message issues (infused)" I can't post links yet...but it refers to microcell and texting issues. It says there are posts that discuss fixing it, but I can't seem to find anything.
The other day I only had one or two fail, but today had been worse than normal, every single text fails at least twice. Really starting to wear on my nerves.
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I have the same problem with my phone. I just got an Infuse less than 2 weeks ago. Before that I had an HTC Aria, a Palm Pre Plus, and an iPhone 3G. None of those phones had problems with the mCell from AT&T or texts, but my Infuse immediately had trouble sending texts, and only on the mCell. I guess the Infuse and the microcell don't play nice together. Wonder if AT&T will fix it? We'll probably have better luck with a dev figuring it out for us first.
I had the same issue with MicroCell with the phone on WIFI. Once I turned of the wifi, the message usually sends without a hitch. Maybe it has something to do with the cellular connection not staying alive while on wifi with the microcell?
kool2zero said:
I had the same issue with MicroCell with the phone on WIFI. Once I turned of the wifi, the message usually sends without a hitch. Maybe it has something to do with the cellular connection not staying alive while on wifi with the microcell?
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I think I tried this already, with no luck, but I'll try again once I get back home.
Sometimes it took a few seconds after I disabled WiFi, but it solves the problem 90% of the time for me.
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Sometimes it took a few seconds after I disabled WiFi, but it solves the problem 90% of the time for me.
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It also sometimes happens minus the microcell, which leads me to believe it has something to do with WiFi.... personally
You may be on to something with the wifi. I have tried it for the past two days without wifi on and all of my texts have gone through. Could just be a coincidence, I'm going to do some more testing in the next few days to see what happens turning wifi back on and off.
igotdez said:
Try this.... att.com/esupport/solutionDisplay.jsp?solutionId=kb38686
Go to your message/settings/message centre/ +13123149810...make sure u have those number in there, if not then put them in there,it work for me. I had the same issue.
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Had the same problem on my phone as well, was worried i messed up my kernal or something like that... worked like a charm. thanks!!!
Is there different messaging center #'s? I reverted back to stock so I could do the ota update to the new firmware, then I installed the community kernel and somehow it erased that #. I input the 1321....# and it works like a charm now. I dont want to get hit with any fees or surprises so just wanted to make sure the messaging center # was the same for all phones.

Wifi wonkiness and maybe smartactions?(solved)

So at first wifi seemed good, range is better than my epic, speeds good as well(throughput anyways) but I've noticed a lot of disconnecting lately and having to toggle my wifi on and off to connect a lot. I'm not sure on this next part but I believe it all started when enable smartaction features. I tried toggling, dhcp versus auto, no difference. I'm thinking that maybe there is a cache somewhere in the driver that is not clearing properly creating network handshake issues, but that is a speculated thought based on very little knowledge. A little extra info, I have experienced this on both my dual band wifi N netgear at home, and a single band wifi G netgear at work, I'm stock no root(yet). I am semi noob when it comes to networking but I do have enough knowledge to setup securely a wifi network and do basic troubleshooting. Any thoughts on this? I am gonna try disabling all smartactions as well and see what fruitation arrives from that.
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bryanfritz1 said:
So at first wifi seemed good, range is better than my epic, speeds good as well(throughput anyways) but I've noticed a lot of disconnecting lately and having to toggle my wifi on and off to connect a lot. I'm not sure on this next part but I believe it all started when enable smartaction features. I tried toggling, dhcp versus auto, no difference. I'm thinking that maybe there is a cache somewhere in the driver that is not clearing properly creating network handshake issues, but that is a speculated thought based on very little knowledge. A little extra info, I have experienced this on both my dual band wifi N netgear at home, and a single band wifi G netgear at work, I'm stock no root(yet). I am semi noob when it comes to networking but I do have enough knowledge to setup securely a wifi network and do basic troubleshooting. Any thoughts on this? I am gonna try disabling all smartactions as well and see what fruitation arrives from that.
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i had the same problem. What i did was change my wireless channel.
Almost 9 hours and no wonkiness after disabling smartactions. Ill report further in the future
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I definately think that smart actions was causing funkiness, still no issues after 24 hours now with smart actions disabled.
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When you disabled SmartActions did you use titanium backup or just disabled your SmartActions?
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zrmxp95 said:
When you disabled SmartActions did you use titanium backup or just disabled your SmartActions?
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Just disabled any profiles, I'm not rooted yet so no tb (
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I've experienced this issue since I've had the Photon Q. I used es file explorer to delete all the Motorola smart action apks in system/app. Will report back to see if it helps.
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UnicronAlpha99 said:
I've experienced this issue since I've had the Photon Q. I used es file explorer to delete all the Motorola smart action apks in system/app. Will report back to see if it helps.
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lol, don't think it was necessary to go to those lengths... Just disable any SmartActions is the suggestion.
I have a few night time / low battery smart actions - and I guess I never really use wifi during those periods. During the day when I do use wifi and the smart actions are not in use, I don't have any wifi issues.
Interesting theory for sure, especially since it is a new and perhaps only partially tested Motorola product. Would be nice if this is a workaround, at least there's something to look into .
I don't think it has anything to do with Smartactions....the couple of times I've experienced Wi-fi disconnects I never had any of those running. It seems to be more of a seemingly distance/threshold sort of thing to me.
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I don't think it has anything to do with Smartactions....the couple of times I've experienced Wi-fi disconnects I never had any of those running. It seems to be more of a seemingly distance/threshold sort of thing to me.
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I've never really experienced any disconnects that I couldn't attribute to distance...
Some here have said that wifi disconnects within feet of the router and VERY frequently. I can't say I've ever experienced that on this device...
My wifi issues were definately not range based, but I have yet to experience the issues I was having before since disabling the smart actions, but I will play around with renabling when I have some time and see if I can narrow it down, I have a feeling it was the sleep profile and I'm pretty sure I left it at defaults other than times.
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Through the STOCK phone dialer put in ##106157#. It will reset a lot of wonkiness and do another hands free activation, updating ports, PRL, etc on a level more in-depth than the System Updates option.
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I might just have to try this. Couldn't hurt right?
I'm having an issue where the WiFi is off but it keeps asking if I want to connect to access points at random intervals.
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tuscani1821 said:
I'm having an issue where the WiFi is off but it keeps asking if I want to connect to access points at random intervals.
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Not related to smart actions, but maddening nonetheless...
Go to "Settings" --> "Wifi" --> "Menu" (Bottom right) --> "Advanced" --> "Show Reminders" - uncheck.

Wifi Calling Error: ER04 "Unable to Connet"

Anyone encounter this message?
Previously the wifi calling worked fine until this morning. I am connected to a wifi network and everything else is working. Now I get this error message.
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I get this from time to time, cleared with a reboot or reset the wifi calling option in settings
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putney said:
I get this from time to time, cleared with a reboot or reset the wifi calling option in settings
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I found out this is due to a wifi problem with the wifi network I am trying to connect to.
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Fix
Bradlees said:
Anyone encounter this message?
Previously the wifi calling worked fine until this morning. I am connected to a wifi network and everything else is working. Now I get this error message.
using Blaz3r2 ROM
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All you have to do is go to settings - wifi- forget the network and reconnect and you will not have Error 04 anymore
Holy bumping old thread Batman! Lol
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tommyboy8125 said:
Holy bumping old thread Batman! Lol
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Haha!
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I'm getting frequent Er081's on my TMobile Note Edge. I've tried 3 different ISPs with speeds from 10m-500m, tweaked the QOS and COS on each, multiple wifi's etc.
It will usually initiate the call. But it won't be long before call just drops, anywhere from 15-60 mins in. My calls are always long (>30mins), and I've yet to normally terminate a call. Of course I'm now getting asked what's going on.
On one occasion, the ER081 stayed on the drop-down and wouldn't go away until I rebooted phone (Edge).
IMHO this is a wonderful feature, but TMo is not ready for primetime on this one? Is it true Note 3's and older phones work fine?

Wifi tether issue

Ive been using wifi tether with no problems until last night. When i turn it on my other devices wont see it now. Whats wrong?! Thx for any help
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A little more info wouldnt hurt. Are you stock or running a custom ROM? Did you change anything at all between working/not working. Have you tried rebooting the phone and other devices? You can also try changing settings such as SSID or encryption.
I restarted all devices including my phone. Running synergy 1.7. Also hit refresh on other devices when searching for wifi but no bueno. Didnt change anything at all just tried to use it lately and nothing is finding it
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SFniner415 said:
I restarted all devices including my phone. Running synergy 1.7. Also hit refresh on other devices when searching for wifi but no bueno. Didnt change anything at all just tried to use it lately and nothing is finding it
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Make sure your device profile is set to Generic ICS/JB(wlan0). I'm pretty sure that is the one that eschelon recommended. Also sometimes you do have to start the service, stop it, start it again. Mine acts up like that every now and then.

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