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Tethering help

Ok so when I try to tether my phone to the PC(windows vista 32 bit) it will connect but only for like five minutes then it only gets limited connectivity. I've tried to diagnose from the PC but keeps telling me I need to contact my service provider. It will connect but goes back and forth. Would anyone be of assistance. Please and thank you
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Which tehering app u using? Locsl, mobile ap or wifi tether app for rooted phones?
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When i used mobile AP it also gave me limited connectivity for a while so i turned it off and then back on and it worked fine... im not sure what the problem was though

are you using wired tether or wireless

Ok guys I'm using stock tethering with USB. I've tried disconnecting and reconnecting and it will give full connectivity then it will drop to local only then in a few more minutes it will drop to limited connectivity. I just don't get it. It will connect but just losses connection like crazy. I will try a few apps and report back, in the mean time any help or ideas on what to do are welcome.
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GDofWR420 said:
Ok guys I'm using stock tethering with USB. I've tried disconnecting and reconnecting and it will give full connectivity then it will drop to local only then in a few more minutes it will drop to limited connectivity. I just don't get it. It will connect but just losses connection like crazy. I will try a few apps and report back, in the mean time any help or ideas on what to do are welcome.
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I've only used Mobile AP and Tether app to do tethering, never had an issue on those. Best of luck.

are you letting your screen turn off, and are you running any battery saver apps that turn off moble web when the screen turns off.?

flyinbird93 said:
are you letting your screen turn off, and are you running any battery saver apps that turn off moble web when the screen turns off.?
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Yes I let the screen go off. And I don't run any kind of battery saver apps. I will try to set the screen to always on I give it a shot
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Is ur phone charging while tethering? I dont use usb much. Either AP or wifi tether app. Sometimes it gives me adb error and I reboot my phone.
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Here is the wireless tether app for rooted phones that I use http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
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dtowngs4g said:
Is ur phone charging while tethering? I dont use usb much. Either AP or wifi tether app. Sometimes it gives me adb error and I reboot my phone.
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As a matter a fact it is charging when I plug it in. Is it not supposed to? And thanks ill give the app a try later today.
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GDofWR420 said:
As a matter a fact it is charging when I plug it in. Is it not supposed to? And thanks ill give the app a try later today.
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I dont think it matters if the phone is charging or the screen is off/on. I used to tether with the stock app all the time no problem while charging and screen off for a long time.

I just recently started getting limited connectivity. I only use our stock Mobile AP. I have never used the usb cable to tether. I wonder if it is a result of something we flashed..
If we can figure this out I will be very happy!

Jerry D said:
I just recently started getting limited connectivity. I only use our stock Mobile AP. I have never used the usb cable to tether. I wonder if it is a result of something we flashed..
If we can figure this out I will be very happy!
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I agree. It would seem it is due to some unforeseen issue that I would not no anything about. It seems like when the phone goes to sleep that's when the trouble starts. I haven't been able to test this theory as I haven't had access to a PC for a day or two. Will report back with you guys cause I'm gonna try a few apps and see if keeping the screen constantly on will help if it does then we will know it is something to do with the phone sleeping while tethering. Thank you much for your guys input..
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GDofWR420 said:
I agree. It would seem it is due to some unforeseen issue that I would not no anything about. It seems like when the phone goes to sleep that's when the trouble starts. I haven't been able to test this theory as I haven't had access to a PC for a day or two. Will report back with you guys cause I'm gonna try a few apps and see if keeping the screen constantly on will help if it does then we will know it is something to do with the phone sleeping while tethering. Thank you much for your guys input..
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Heading home from work. Will have my laptop soon. I'll do some testing too.

flyinbird93 said:
are you letting your screen turn off, and are you running any battery saver apps that turn off moble web when the screen turns off.?
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I always turned my screen off and never had an issue before. This is recent issue for me. I'm not running any battery saver apps..I did recently flash a ROM that came with Bali 3.3 uv.
I never uv and actually flashed Bali 3.3 (no uv) this AM. Could the under volting be causing it? The last time I tethered was two days ago so I don't know if I still have the issue with Bali 3.3
Thanks

Ok. I have done some testing and definitely have come up with a fix for us. Is it a temporary or permanent fix? I'm not sure just yet. This is what I did.
Turned on my Acer laptop/let it boot up.
Turned on our stock Mobile AP as a wireless tether. I got limited access.
I right clicked on the signal status bars icon.
I got a popup with 3 choices one of which was STATUS.
I clicked on STATUS and the limited connectivity icon (triangle with ! In it) almost immediately disappeared before my status window popped up.
I HAD FULL CONNECTIVITY.
I browsed a little.
I shutdown/started up my pc 3 times and had full connectivity each time.
I then, for40 mins, downloaded ROMS, Kernels, Mods ect from xda and rootzwiki using wireless Mobile AP with no issue our loss of connection. I worked it good!
I am now shutdown and waiting for an hour to pass (another 30min) to test if I will have full connectivity immediately on connection.
I'll check back in soon. Hopefully I'm on the right track!
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My phones screen was off the entire time.

Jerry D said:
Ok. I have done some testing and definitely have come up with a fix for us. Is it a temporary or permanent fix? I'm not sure just yet. This is what I did.
Turned on my Acer laptop/let it boot up.
Turned on our stock Mobile AP as a wireless tether. I got limited access.
I right clicked on the signal status bars icon.
I got a popup with 3 choices one of which was STATUS.
I clicked on STATUS and the limited connectivity icon (triangle with ! In it) almost immediately disappeared before my status window popped up.
I HAD FULL CONNECTIVITY.
I browsed a little.
I shutdown/started up my pc 3 times and had full connectivity each time.
I then, for40 mins, downloaded ROMS, Kernels, Mods ect from xda and rootzwiki using wireless Mobile AP with no issue our loss of connection. I worked it good!
I am now shutdown and waiting for an hour to pass (another 30min) to test if I will have full connectivity immediately on connection.
I'll check back in soon. Hopefully I'm on the right track!
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My phones screen was off the entire time.
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R u running icbinb rom?
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GDofWR420 said:
R u running icbinb rom?
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No. Audiophile Funk in the trunk as of yesterday but I was getting it on Black Ice too. Just started happening 10-14 days ago

@GDofWR420
Ok. I started pc/let it boot up and run. I then turn on Mobile AP (wireless).
It showed connected but there were no bars and the blue wheel was spinning..still early in its connecting process I'm sure.
I got the limited connectivity icon on the signal status bars and it said Limited connectivity in the popup.
I right clicked the signal status bars and immediately got Full connectivity. I didnt even get The 3 option popup with the STATUS option.
I'm still fully connected as I write this. My phones screen off the entire time.
I'm going to shut down pc and reboot phone and see what happens...I'm sure it is something we flashed and when the devices "talk back and forth" something happens.
Forgive my noob speculations and non technical replies. I'm REALLY NOOB with pc's lol.
If all we will have to do is right click the signal status bars here and there that wont be to bad.
I'm going to Odin stock (probably not tonight) and see how that works for us also...
BTW; I have been using your CWM advance restore guide and I'm loving it! Wish you did it months ago! What a time saver! Thank you for that.

Wifi not working at all

All of a sudden my wifi is not working at all. It says scanning, connecting, disconnecting.....over and over again.
I was working last night no problems.
Yesterday I odin'd back to stock with the ee4 package and pit file because my set up was running really slow and laggy, so I was going to start fresh.
I've tried rebooting and pulling the battery while the phone is on. nothing fixes it.
Any thoughts?

putney1477 said:
All of a sudden my wifi is not working at all. It says scanning, connecting, disconnecting.....over and over again.
I was working last night no problems.
Yesterday I odin'd back to stock with the ee4 package and pit file because my set up was running really slow and laggy, so I was going to start fresh.
I've tried rebooting and pulling the battery while the phone is on. nothing fixes it.
Any thoughts?
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Try this:
Settings>Wireless & Network>Wi-Fi Settings
Disconnect from the wifi access point that you're currently connected to, give it a few seconds, then reconnect.
If that doesn't work, go back into Settings>Wireless & Network>Wi-Fi Settings and go to "Manage Networks" if there are any Wifi access points in there, delete them, then try to reconnect.

spc_hicks09 said:
Try this:
Settings>Wireless & Network>Wi-Fi Settings
Disconnect from the wifi access point that you're currently connected to, give it a few seconds, then reconnect.
If that doesn't work, go back into Settings>Wireless & Network>Wi-Fi Settings and go to "Manage Networks" if there are any Wifi access points in there, delete them, then try to reconnect.
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Tried both of those suggestions.....still nothing. Thanks tho
It has to be a setting or something.....

putney1477 said:
Tried both of those suggestions.....still nothing. Thanks tho
It has to be a setting or something.....
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Try going back to Settings>Wireless & Network>Wi-Fi Settings
this time, scroll down and select "Advanced." Once in there, set your "wifi sleep policy" to "never."

spc_hicks09 said:
Try going back to Settings>Wireless & Network>Wi-Fi Settings
this time, scroll down and select "Advanced." Once in there, set your "wifi sleep policy" to "never."
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Do you think its possible that it broke? I was working just fine this morning and all last night, I switched it back to 3g when I left for work this morning.

putney1477 said:
Do you think its possible that it broke? I was working just fine this morning and all last night, I switched it back to 3g when I left for work this morning.
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I doubt that it broke, it has to be some type of setting. Give me a little bit to check mine out and see what I can find.

spc_hicks09 said:
I doubt that it broke, it has to be some type of setting. Give me a little bit to check mine out and see what I can find.
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no rush, I really appreciate the help

Try resetting your router
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I encountered the same problem today. I've tried everything in the previous posts but I still have no wifi connection. I do have two routers setup in my home. I'm able to connect to the Verizon router but not to my Apple Time Capsule.
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I think the probelm is my router. None of my WiFi capable devices are able to pick up the WiFi signal. Will try rebooting my router.
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I unplugged the power to my router, then I plugged it back in and now my wifi has been restored.
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Sweet if I helped help a brother out and hit the thanks button
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The "Thanks " button has been pushed.
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Lmao thanks lots of of people don't bother with it
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[Q] Wi-Fi disconnect while phone sleeps on Bionix build #4?

Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing the wifi not staying connected while within a wifi network anytime the phone goes to sleep, or shows both wifi & data connection active at the same time? It seems to disconnect the wifi when phone goes to sleep and when I wake the phone, it goes through the connection process and stays at obtaining the IP address for +/-15mins. Is this an isolated issue or is it a common thing with all non official GB custom ROM 's? Just to note, I changed the wifi scan interval from 15 sec - 120 sec after I flashed the ROM. Been on the ROM now for about a week and a half and so far this is the only thing I noticed as strange. Overall this ROM rawks!!!
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Not sure about your specific rom.. But Juice defender will allow you to set wifi persistent, etc..
*Kingpin... get it?*

mrrick said:
Not sure about your specific rom.. But Juice defender will allow you to set wifi persistent, etc..
*Kingpin... get it?*
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So when set to persistent, how much battery will it be consuming with that setting?
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xolanir said:
So when set to persistent, how much battery will it be consuming with that setting?
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Not sure specifically.. But you can set it by location.. Like, if your on your home network, or at the office. I usually don't pay attention to the power it uses because I use the setting for home and im always by a charger..
*Kingpin... get it?*

mrrick said:
Not sure specifically.. But you can set it by location.. Like, if your on your home network, or at the office. I usually don't pay attention to the power it uses because I use the setting for home and im always by a charger..
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Alright thx. Will try it out and see if it will help.
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[Q] how to avoid sleep mode during the night?

During the night my HTC one s s3 goes into some kind of sleep mode, which turns off my internet or WiFi connection, preventing me to receive messages via Skype, gTalk... or emails. Is there any way to avoid going in this mode, some kind of "always on", I don't know... I couldn't find a setting for this, searched everywhere... Thanks in advance
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If you go into advanced settings under Wi-Fi, you can tell Wi-Fi to never sleep. That should solve your issue?
Also, are you on stock?
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npiper05 said:
If you go into advanced settings under Wi-Fi, you can tell Wi-Fi to never sleep. That should solve your issue?
Also, are you on stock?
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Not the same thing. If I remember right this turns all data off and also does other things as well and the only fix I can think of is the tweak app that some roms have.

Stock 4.0.4 Europe. WiFi is set to never sleep (keep WiFi on during sleep >> ALWAYS) and it sleeps all right during the night. Any setting for 3G? I have an unlimited data plan, so it would be ok to keep it always on.
Edit: best WiFi performance is set off. Would this make any difference?
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saculetz said:
Stock 4.0.4 Europe. WiFi is set to never sleep (keep WiFi on during sleep >> ALWAYS) and it sleeps all right during the night. Any setting for 3G? I have an unlimited data plan, so it would be ok to keep it always on.
Edit: best WiFi performance is set off. Would this make any difference?
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Don't think it will since its a power saver feature that you having issues with but like I said it can be turned off with custom rom.

WiFi bug? On/off

I was about to upload my screen shots into the battery thread when I realized that my WiFi had been used. But it's been manually turned off since the day I got the phone as you can see. You can check the screen shots. Any one have any ideas?
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tvdang7 said:
I was about to upload my screen shots into the battery thread when I realized that my WiFi had been used. But it's been manually turned off since the day I got the phone as you can see. You can check the screen shots. Any one have any ideas?
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You have to go into the wifi settings and uncheck the always scan. Its under the advanced wifi settings.

Settings, wifi, advanced, "scanning always available" makes your wifi available for location purposes even if you have it "off" in settings. Do you have this box checked?

Go into WiFi settings and then go to advanced settings and disable "Scanning always available".
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Thanks I will try it out I think that is a pointless feature.
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Strange, my always scan is off on my n4 and WiFi had been off all day at work. When I got home you could see where it had been on briefly throughout the day, not to concerned but I suspect always scan isn't being disabled fully when it's unchecked?
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Gigabitex2 said:
Strange, my always scan is off on my n4 and WiFi had been off all day at work. When I got home you could see where it had been on briefly throughout the day, not to concerned but I suspect always scan isn't being disabled fully when it's unchecked?
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NSA just looked for some files on your phone, nothing to worrie

Lmfao, as long as they don't find out it was me who shot that satellite down the other day!
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I had this exact same issue and was going to post on this 'bug'. It can really drain your battery over night! Luckily, unchecking the 'always on' feature under Advanced really did make the timer stop ticking.

Tell me about it. noticed this on 4.3 - its a battery killer

when you first login it says wifi will be scanned and used to better determine location even when off ... I clicked that permission off in my initial loading of the phone...curious if that is the issue?

Anyone have a problem were the music is playing but cant hear it sometimes ?

Mine has the same issue no matter what settings I use.
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