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WiFi Tether problems

I am running the latest MIUI with the InvisibleK kernel. I get the tether to start and allow access, I connect to it with my computer, but it always says limited access. It never actually connects. Is this a kernel issue, a ROM issue, or what?
Thanks in advance.

Not sure if this is still a requirements for wireless tether, but do you have the android.tether folder on your SD card with the proper file in it? Also try toggling your access control and allow your computer on the access control list. Those are the only things I can think of off the top of my head.
*It's IncREDible*

I have not changed anything from what the ROM installed. I downloaded the WiFi tether app from Google's code page.

I reverted back to my backup of SkyRaider4. The computer connects every time now with the WiFi Tether, but it now tells me there is no internet access... I am thoroughly confused.

RyanTX said:
I reverted back to my backup of SkyRaider4. The computer connects every time now with the WiFi Tether, but it now tells me there is no internet access... I am thoroughly confused.
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I've been having issues running CM 7 with the built in tether. I finally got it to work for awhile when I downloaded an older version of wifi tether. It's still iffy, though.

pjd2011 said:
I've been having issues running CM 7 with the built in tether. I finally got it to work for awhile when I downloaded an older version of wifi tether. It's still iffy, though.
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Where did you find an older version?
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I have the DNS set to the Google servers - 8.8.8.8. Would this be causing problems?
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I found a version of wireless tether from mid 2010 on the google code page and it finally works...
Thanks everyone for your help.

I'm using version 2.0.7 and it's absolutely flawless. We just moved and haven't gotten internet set up yet and it's all I use, I've put a couple of gigs through it in a day without a single issue running my laptop and PS3. I was running SR4.0, now I'm on the gingerbread leak. No problem with either. Hope this helps.

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I'm using version 2.0.7 and it's absolutely flawless. We just moved and haven't gotten internet set up yet and it's all I use, I've put a couple of gigs through it in a day without a single issue running my laptop and PS3. I was running SR4.0, now I'm on the gingerbread leak. No problem with either. Hope this helps.
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Wow that's a lot of data! I think I'm on 2.02 now, its old. Lol
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I'm running the Reemption ROm and have never been able to get Wireless Tether to work, but hacking the DNS settings for Mobile Hotspot works perfect.

mark-in-dallas said:
I'm running the Reemption ROm and have never been able to get Wireless Tether to work, but hacking the DNS settings for Mobile Hotspot works perfect.
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I can't believe you haven't flashed a ROM in that long, or you flashed and went back. GB has a lot more to offer than froyo these days.
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RyanTX said:
I can't believe you haven't flashed a ROM in that long, or you flashed and went back. GB has a lot more to offer than froyo these days.
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Actually I just reflashed Redemption 2.4 today, cause my phone was starting to strange stuff.
I've tried a number of ROM's but keep coming back to Redemption. But, once there's a really stable GB ROM where everything works I'll probably make the move.

[Q] App to remove VirginMobile crapware from Triumph

Looking for an app to remove the un-uninstallable apps that come with the Triumph. I rooted my phone, but have not installed any ROMs. I prefer the stock ROM at this time.

Titanium backup. Just be wary and make a back up of everything first. a lot of un-uninstallable apps are needed for the phone to operate properly. Like my phone needs the stock music player for Bluetooth to function correctly.
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+1 on Titanium Backup, I've always used Root Uninstaller but it's getting a bit silly (in terms of ads, hoops to jump through, etc). And I'm pretty sure TB can uninstall anything. Heck, it even has a silent mode.

Thanks guys, I had tried Titanium Backup to first remove AirG chat. It warned of the force removal and I tried anyway. It looked like it was it was going through the motions then rebooted, but the app was still there and even opened!

Optimus V Prime said:
Thanks guys, I had tried Titanium Backup to first remove AirG chat. It warned of the force removal and I tried anyway. It looked like it was it was going through the motions then rebooted, but the app was still there and even opened!
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I don't think that's supposed to happen! Reboot? What the... heck. You have to be rooted to use that app, and it checks for everything else too...
Try Root Uninstaller? Or just using a root explorer (File Expert is a good free one), mounting /system as read-write, and then deleting AirG's app manually? (Or just moving it to the SD card for safekeeping?

I'm rooted so I don't know what happened, I'll try root installer.
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Haro912 said:
Titanium backup. Just be wary and make a back up of everything first. a lot of un-uninstallable apps are needed for the phone to operate properly. Like my phone needs the stock music player for Bluetooth to function correctly.
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Streaming via bluetooth or bluetooth in general ?
I replaced stock Music with Google Music Beta app and it looks like bluetooth works with no changes.

http://forum.sdx-developers.com/index.php?topic=5341.0

velishka said:
Streaming via bluetooth or bluetooth in general ?
I replaced stock Music with Google Music Beta app and it looks like bluetooth works with no changes.
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Might just be the revo but it's Bluetooth in general
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Honestly, I was hesitant to try a custom rom and tried using Titanium to remove bloatware, but after backing up my stock image in clockwork and giving TG-Reloaded a try, I can honestly say I never plan on going back. No bloatware, Gingerbread (which adds more than you would think), great support from Wyzor (it's creator), and better battery life. There's really no reason not to give it a try. If you dislike it, just revert to your stock backup and call it a day.

Sorry if this is the wrong place, but could you point me in the right direction on how to root this phone? I just got mine today and would love to remove some of the crap VM puts on here.

JTAKER said:
Sorry if this is the wrong place, but could you point me in the right direction on how to root this phone? I just got mine today and would love to remove some of the crap VM puts on here.
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Look here:
http://androidforums.com/triumph-all-things-root/455603-guide-rooting-your-motorola-triumph.html

I rooted my triumph this weekend using the Terminal emulator method that b-randon14 came up with, I found out about it by watching a youtube video called motorola triumph terminal root easy method. very clear instruction and went off like a charm! Its easy! But back on point, you will need to root your phone and then install titanium backup to access the files and remove the bloatware. I removed all of it with no ill effects and my phone is way faster!

Sorry if posting in the wrong place, but couldn't find any other posts with this, I flashed a new rom and soon as I setup everything . I got
an email from Samsung saying thanks for activating your nexus S, just wondering if maybe something in the rom caused this or?? Running Triumphant Sense-ation 2.2
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Did you save a recovery image before you flashed? As for the samsung email I would think its the rom,looks like someone lifited some Nexus code. JMHO.
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Grendel Prime said:
Did you save a recovery image before you flashed? As for the samsung email I would think its the rom,looks like someone lifited some Nexus code. JMHO.
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I flashed from fresh wiped data,dalvik, and format, i guess was just something in rom, ahh well went back to miui V2,
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A good rom is hard to find. Good luck!
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henslo said:
Sorry if posting in the wrong place, but couldn't find any other posts with this, I flashed a new rom and soon as I setup everything . I got
an email from Samsung saying thanks for activating your nexus S, just wondering if maybe something in the rom caused this or?? Running Triumphant Sense-ation 2.2
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yes, its most likely the rom itself, inside the coding of your phone is a build file which lets whatever your phone is connecting to see what phone it actually is
our device isnt listed as being compatiable with alot of games and apps, even tho it should be
so as you may have seen yourself the marketplace on a pc shows you more apps and games then the marketplace on the phone itself, by editing the build file to make it show as a different device(in ur case a nexus) opens the market on the phone itself to show much more apps and games and such to download, altho all of them may not work correctly alot of them will
ive never run with the miui, but if you want a good rom and like the CM7 line of roms id say check out the G60Style Final, everything except hdmi works of course lol
wifi and bt still disable deep sleep but having them both on should no longer max out cpu or cause reboots
also the best thing for removing stock crapware in my opinion was listed and linked on page 1 somewhere, the stock app removal tool

no free wifi tether on gingerbread :(

so i did the ota update to gingerbread and now my barnacle wifi tether doesnt work. when i try to run the app it shows an error saying the DCHP port is already in use and in the notification tray the little white tethering icon pops up. so it seems to me that the phone tries to launch the built-in tethering app that you have to pay verizon for. i tried using app quarantine but that doesnt even recognize the app/setting so idk how to turn it off.
if i switch to a custom rom would that eliminate that stock app and the issue?

So - you had Barnacle working on your D2G?? My computer would connect, but would not 'see' any internet connection. Also barnacle would not list any clients when my computer was connected. When I went to uninstall, I noticed that the app was for EVO... I never tried/knew the app existed before the OTA update to GB. I have also noticed that half the reviews say 'does not work on D2G' so I'm wondering what the difference is between this phone and every other Android phone on earth and if anyone is working on a fix??

yea i had used it for quite some time, with ipods and computers. it was a life saver on road trips. i dont remember when i downloaded it but i never noticed anyone saying it didnt work or that it was just for the evo. and i got mine straight from the market too.
but yea this ota update screwed it up with the built-in app/settings. i dont know any way to fix it so i posted this in hopes that someone can program a workaround or something. im also gonna check out other roms. the pros of gb outweigh this problem so i dont wanna switch back to froyo

ok so i tried the Venus rom and that didnt work either. it has the same stupid vzw tether app that gets in the way. to me it looks like any GB based rom is outta the question, unless they found a way to remove that app. im back on the stock froyo (had some stupid issues with SBF that wasted a lot of time) i guess ill live with bad battery life and wait to update to GB when this gets fixed

There is no “stupid Verizon app” anywhere. There's the baseband (radio firmware) which does that.

i just call it that cuz its frustrating. and are you saying there is no way to get rid of this or work around it??

There were threads on how to alter baseband settings to make tethering work; I can't really find one right now, but I'm sure I saw them either in this forum section, or in droidforums' D2G section.

So it's a radio firmware that tells the app to take control? hmm. I'll look around for something as well for the D2G. I'll post any results. But yes as for now i downgraded to 2.2 again. need my tethering. #against the system.

Look into Open Garden. It is another tethering app (free in market)
D2G running Hexen(Final)(Froyo)

Does it work on ginger bread thou?
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Its free. Download it and try...
D2G running Hexen(Final)(Froyo)

Made the leap to CM7GB and can confirm, Open Garden on cm7gb works great. Free in the market...
D2G CM7GB

[Q] SGS4G Mac Users - Kies/Gingerbread

I am trying to upgrade my stock 2.2 Froyo phone to 2.3 Gingerbread through Kies, using a MacBook Pro.
I am running Mac OSx 10.6.8 and can not get my phone to be recognized by Kies Mini, despite trying every configuration of USB options.
Has anyone encountered a similar issue? I also cannot even mount my SD card anymore, even if I choose "mass storage," so perhaps my problems are rooted somewhere else?
Any help is appreciated, I have tried searching XDA as well as other forums, Google, Samsung/TMo's sites, to no avail.
TY in advance!

Look a couple of posts down
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Have you followed the mac installation guide on the official T-Mobile site that has the kies download link?
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Have you followed the mac installation guide on the official T-Mobile site that has the kies download link?
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That is what I have tried following, with nothing going on. Finally, after several tries of going into "Kies (Firmware Update)", Kies Mini gave me an error msg that said "current connection mode is not supported by kies."
Do you use a mac?
TY
Oh and to the first responder, I looked at everything on the page when you said that. Thanks for wasting my time. Saw nothing remotely related or helpful, except for someone with a rooted phone having trouble in "download mode," which I can't even get to. My phone is legit stock -- because I am lazy, etc.

"The device is not supported by Kies Mini."

I'm not a Mac guy, so I can't really help there. Given that it's even having issues in mass storage makes me wonder if you would have the same problem on a different Mac or a PC. Would you have the chance to try that?

I use Macs, and honestly I only used Odin on a friends PC to initially install Gingerbread, since then I've been downloading my roms and other files directly to the phone and using CWM to do everything. I'm done trying to use my Mac with this phone since Samsung doesn't support isync as they should.
I'm just waiting for the devs here to get their new roms up before upgrading to the official build.
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ToiletSalesman said:
That is what I have tried following, with nothing going on. Finally, after several tries of going into "Kies (Firmware Update)", Kies Mini gave me an error msg that said "current connection mode is not supported by kies."
Do you use a mac?
TY
Oh and to the first responder, I looked at everything on the page when you said that. Thanks for wasting my time. Saw nothing remotely related or helpful, except for someone with a rooted phone having trouble in "download mode," which I can't even get to. My phone is legit stock -- because I am lazy, etc.
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wasting your time? There's like ten recent posts with people unable to update. with many solutions. I think your last statement says it all.
If you have windows on a virtual machine try Odin. Other than not using another PC, you may be sol..
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Yeah ok well thank you for being so helpful then. Ended up having to use an old XP computer at a friend's. It took forever, but I have gingerbread now. I am running stock with Screen Filter set at about 40% most of the time, and I am getting INSANE battery. Like I have not used it too much at work but I would usually have about 40% right now, maybe lower because I have been checking it periodically/texting.
I am 90% at 3 p.m... 7 hours after I took it off of the charger... Is this what I should have been getting all along? Did I have a virus or just a really ****ty battery hogging app? My phone used to always say it was the screen using all of the battery power.
Or is my phone calculating more battery than it really has?

Glad you got it working! Enjoy the crazy battery life. How fast it goes down really depends on usage per person but I believe most people reported better battery on GB vs. Froyo.
I tend to turn off my wifi when not in use, GPS is always off, display brightness is at the minimum, etc - basic things one can do to help the battery life. I've not attempted the under-volting or anything others have used to get even more life from the battery.

[Q] phone overheats with ROMs

Hi everyone,
I'm having overheating issues with the custom ROMs put up in the forums here. It's really frustrating because I love the interface but I can crashes and overheats pretty often.
I was running a rooted i727r with official ICS, I used ROM manager to flash to paranoid android ICS and JB, I also tried liquified (I think that;s what it's called) and everything runs great except I sometimes get overheating (up to 45 degrees celcius) at which point the phone just shuts itself off. And the worst part is that the battery gets super drained when that happens. I have done nothing to trigger and has happened when it was in my hand as well as in my pockets when in sleep mode.
I don't want to run official ICS, so if there is a solution, I'd be really grateful!
Also on an unrelated note, I can't get swype to work on these custom roms, does anyone have an idea?
Thanks in advance!

Use clockwork mod or twrp to flash and if you haven't yet, try your roms with the stock kernel.

Don't use rom manager and do some reading.
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dac1227 said:
Use clockwork mod or twrp to flash and if you haven't yet, try your roms with the stock kernel.
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I tried using the CWM, it didn't help. Which version should I have? I was getting the same problem. I wiped everything twice as instructed too.
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Don't use rom manager and do some reading.
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I tried, but was getting the same problem. I'm glad to read but I don't know where or what to look for. I'll take any advice you may have

Well the stickys AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE would be a start
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ROM Manager can and will brick your phone if you use it to flash ROMs on a Skyrocket. Read up and learn before doing things like that.
Stay on stock rooted and see if the problem persists. If it doesn't, switch to a TW-based ROM and use the stock kernel. If your phone is still cool, then move with caution into AOSP territory (which seems to be where you want to go) and consider UC'ing/UV'ing AFTER you've read up on them and understand the possible side effects.

my phone gets hot sometimes, but usually when i'm browsing for a while. doesn't seem to be overly hot though but definitely hot to the touch
using CM10 alpha 3
fornoggg said:
Hi everyone,
I'm having overheating issues with the custom ROMs put up in the forums here. It's really frustrating because I love the interface but I can crashes and overheats pretty often.
I was running a rooted i727r with official ICS, I used ROM manager to flash to paranoid android ICS and JB, I also tried liquified (I think that;s what it's called) and everything runs great except I sometimes get overheating (up to 45 degrees celcius) at which point the phone just shuts itself off. And the worst part is that the battery gets super drained when that happens. I have done nothing to trigger and has happened when it was in my hand as well as in my pockets when in sleep mode.
I don't want to run official ICS, so if there is a solution, I'd be really grateful!
Also on an unrelated note, I can't get swype to work on these custom roms, does anyone have an idea?
Thanks in advance!
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I don't mean to sound defensive, but I've read all the stickies...they tell me how to do things, not WHY to do things (kinda like a recipe book). I might be ignorant in the technicalities, but I know my way around following instructions. Telling me to just READ is not helping me, telling me WHAT to read or WHERE to go is better, and I'll be glad to read.
I took your many advices and flashed back to the semi-official ICS using the CWM recovery. The overheating and crashing problems are no longer happening, at least not during all of today which is a good sign in my eye. I still don't have an indication why it wasn't working when I used to the ROMs provided in the development section. I follow the instructions to the tee and I still had the problem (even when I used the CWM instead of ROM manager pro).

I was having severe heating probs. I never let it get so hot that it autoshutdown but I'd do it manually. I found that there was a serious wakelock happening and even while awake media scanner was going nuts. On it's own it just chewed up the battery but combine a high useage app with media scanner and the phone got hot. I ended up doing a stock rom install via Odin, reformatting my ex sd card. It's been good ever since. You haven't been using Zedge by any chance??
Stew

No it wasn't installed because I loved the roms built in ringtones but I did notice that it was taking longer than usual to read the media from the external sd card...do you think it had something to do with that?
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No it wasn't installed because I loved the roms built in ringtones but I did notice that it was taking longer than usual to read the media from the external sd card...do you think it had something to do with that?
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Could be. Try pulling everything off your sd card and put on your pc. Format the card and put everything back on.
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It is the Media card...a couple of my friends have had the overheating issues on their devices. I would suggest formatting the media card on the PC as previously stated. If that fails then try another SD card since it could just be the SD card.

Thank you all, I will give this a try and report back!
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I was having severe heating probs. I never let it get so hot that it autoshutdown but I'd do it manually. I found that there was a serious wakelock happening and even while awake media scanner was going nuts. On it's own it just chewed up the battery but combine a high useage app with media scanner and the phone got hot. I ended up doing a stock rom install via Odin, reformatting my ex sd card. It's been good ever since. You haven't been using Zedge by any chance??
Stew
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To solve media scanner consume battery during phone start .... Disable media storage via startup manager app and rescan media using f5 media scanner app... Download both from play store.... Help save alot of juice
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I will opt to say that it might be more related to how you are using the phone.
I've ran plenty of custom roms even OC to 1.9ghz but the phone will get hot no matter what with heavy wifi usage or talking I must say.
With that said, the custom rom will most likely not help unless you aim for roms that aim for that kind of purpose.
Others may beg to differ but that's my 2centz.

Alright, so I did what some of you said and disabled the media storage at start up. The crashes and overheating are fixed! But, now I can't see my pictures that I stopped in the external sd card when I'm browsing for them through my files or through the gallery. I can, however, see them through third party file browsers. It's there a way that I can at least see them them in my gallery? I tried f5 but it didn't work.
Thanks in advance
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