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I just purchased Samsung Captivate and is missing PC Internet option. Is there any way to bring it back?
I noticed that too, so I rooted my phone and side loaded a wifi tether app, you can find the link in one the stickes for faq's about the captivate. Of course the next step would be to load a custom rom like Cognition or Auxura. I'm running Auxura right now and it's pretty awesome. Hopefully this helps!
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I noticed that too, so I rooted my phone and side loaded a wifi tether app, you can find the link in one the stickes for faq's about the captivate. Of course the next step would be to load a custom rom like Cognition or Auxura. I'm running Auxura right now and it's pretty awesome. Hopefully this helps!
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This is absolutely one of the top five posts I've seen on the net and the best one on xda.
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Thank you for the reply, I will try to root my phone.
Which method of rooting do you recommend?
This is my first android phone, so to learn about it and what's going on in it I used the update.zip that just roots it. Did everything to it piece by piece until I got comfortable with it. I don't like those one in all wonder drugs that people made. I learned doing it myself.
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I just now got the update from JH6 to JH7, and this option is now missing from the USB selection screen!!
With the UK USB drivers, my PC was happy chugging along through 3g on my captivate with rather impressive transfer rates -- I canceled my land line internet connection it was so good! I'm really not interested in rooting the phone, as I feel very comfortable with the level of consistency I've been having compared to other horror stories. My GPS is even decent the majority of the time.
My question -- is there a way to revert back to JH6 without loosing all of my data? Or better yet, another way to gain back the tether without root?
I believe PDAnet will let you tether without root. Look in the market or google it. Flashing back to JH6 via ODIN is the only way to go back, and you will have to reinstall what you don't backup.
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I just now got the update from JH6 to JH7, and this option is now missing from the USB selection screen!!
With the UK USB drivers, my PC was happy chugging along through 3g on my captivate with rather impressive transfer rates -- I canceled my land line internet connection it was so good! I'm really not interested in rooting the phone, as I feel very comfortable with the level of consistency I've been having compared to other horror stories. My GPS is even decent the majority of the time.
My question -- is there a way to revert back to JH6 without loosing all of my data? Or better yet, another way to gain back the tether without root?
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Just a word of advice to keep an eye on your data usage. I'm assuming you are on AT&T, and if you are just now getting the update, you are probably on a 2gb data plan. If that's enough to get you by on your home pc, that's awesome.
A great program for this is 3g Watchdog, free on the market.
Luckily I'm grandfathered in a corporate plan, and only the iphone data plan has the limited use services. With the android phone, I'm still on unlimited data.
PDAnet is not available on the market, at least not from the Market app on the captivate, perhaps it may need to be side-loaded?
It really sucks that the market pulled ryans OCLF because that was TRULY the easiest way to root period. You could flash the leak as it has everything you need to tether.
EDIT: seems I need to catch up, the easiest way in the world to root is back on the market, RyansOCLF, pay the 1.99 its worth it, even if you dont use the lag fix you can root 2.1 in 2.1 secs.
Hello all, I just got a G2X and am super stoked about it. I have been using a blackberry storm for past 3 years and wanted an android phone. I was able to get it brand new for 290. I am on the 60/month unlimited everything no contract plan from TMobile (great deal).
I am in the IT industry (QA Analyst) but have never been a hardware guy or really to much into cell phones and modding but I am super excited to get it rolling.
Suggestions on the path to take on getting my G2X to optimal performance? Currently running Gingerbread and already installed some apps I'd rather not wipe and redownload but will if I have to.
Also I get no service in my lab, one of the selling points for me on the phone was the wi-fi feature for calling and what not. Does wifi work for texting as well? I turned it on but it doesnt seem to be working to well.
Thanks for the help and I am going to continue poking around to learn on my own so that I can help others in the future.
IMO, the g2x must be rooted to achieve optimal performance. I had so many issues, I took the plunge and put Phoenix blood on it( now Hellfire Phoenix). It is stable, fast, and doesn't require a battery pull twice a day. I use wifi calling in my basement and it does texting just fine. You can also sign up for a free Google voice number for free texting, voicemail, and can be used as voip. You can also put on an overclockable kernel for extra "umph".
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Anyone with the AT&T HTC One X been able to find a way to enable tethering?
I know that Roger users get tethering enabled for free, unfortunately AT&T doesn't give us the same courtesy in the US.
I found this trick listed for enabling Tethering on the Galaxy Nexus that works on non-rooted devices.
"Elixer 2
Pros: Free
Cons: Confusing to setup at first
1. Install Elixer2
2. Install Elixer2 Widgets
The way I think this works is, you need to install Elixer2 to give you tons of tools and information about your device, so that the widgets work correctly.
Elixer2 Widgets gives you widget tools to create widgets for your device.
You can create a "Wi-Fi AP (Hotspot) toggle" widget that turns on Portable Wifi Hotspot. Doing this bypasses the wireless carrier check, and allows you to modify your AP settings to create a Hotspot."
I was curious if anyone knows if the Elixer 2 trick works on the AT&T HTC One X too?
Or perhaps someone else has been able to figure out another way since there isn't a root method available yet for the HTC One X.
Tasker widget might be able to do this as well.
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Tasker widget might be able to do this as well.
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Ah, has anyone tried using Elixer 2 or Tasker to enable tethering on an AT&T HOX?
You can tether on any device. Just install the right app or root. However, within a few hours to a few months, att will see and give you a warnign to stop tethring. If you continue, they auto-upgrade you to a tethering line. There is no way to go around it.
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You can tether on any device. Just install the right app or root. However, within a few hours to a few months, att will see and give you a warnign to stop tethring. If you continue, they auto-upgrade you to a tethering line. There is no way to go around it.
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That is not true that they will eventually detect. I have been using tethering for a while on my iPhone and it hasn't been detected. It all has to do with that you need to make sure to use the right APN.
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You can tether on any device. Just install the right app or root. However, within a few hours to a few months, att will see and give you a warnign to stop tethring. If you continue, they auto-upgrade you to a tethering line. There is no way to go around it.
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That's what custom ROM's are for. I don't abuse tethering, I do it occasionally and have never received any type of warning from ATT. Proper custom ROM's remove all kinds of traceable software back to the carriers. (e.g. CM9)
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That's what custom ROM's are for. I don't abuse tethering, I do it occasionally and have never received any type of warning from ATT. Proper custom ROM's remove all kinds of traceable software back to the carriers. (e.g. CM9)
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I am very aware that with a custom ROM or even a root app like Wifi Tether that you can easily enable tethering. However, I am trying to find out if there is a solution to get it working if you are not rooted.
Right now there is no custom ROMs or even a root for the AT&T HTC One X so the custom ROMs or even Wifi Tether are not an option. So back to my original question does anyone know if Elixer 2 or Tasker work for enabling tethering on the HTC One X?
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I am very aware that with a custom ROM or even a root app like Wifi Tether that you can easily enable tethering. However, I am trying to find out if there is a solution to get it working if you are not rooted.
Right now there is no custom ROMs or even a root for the AT&T HTC One X so the custom ROMs or even Wifi Tether are not an option. So back to my original question does anyone know if Elixer 2 or Tasker work for enabling tethering on the HTC One X?
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I understood that, sorry for side stepping on the topic. I got caught up answering that there is a way around the carrier knowing about your tethering.
I don't know how much similarity between HTC's tethering code and Samsung's tethering code, I tried your apps mentioned above on my Samsung GS2 running latest AT&T ICS leak and it didn't work. It does bypass the account checking but there is no internet connection from the tethered devices what so ever. The new tethering code for these Samsung devices in ICS leaks are much difficult to bypass now than the ones in GB.
We will know it once we have AT&T HOX in hand.
This is the easiest solution that works on all android devices.
http://code.google.com/p/proxoid/
Proxy server and adb port forwarding ftw
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That is not true that they will eventually detect. I have been using tethering for a while on my iPhone and it hasn't been detected. It all has to do with that you need to make sure to use the right APN.
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I guess its luck of the draw then lol, i tetherd like 300 mb 2 monthes ago and got an att text warning 3 days later.
Just as an update, the Rogers RUU is online now, you can find it in the DEV section. Those who wanna attempt to flash its boot.img and system.img to an AT&T phone, knock yourselves out!
Not saying it's gonna work necessarily...
Easy Tether always worked for me. It uses the Android debugging mode. You need to use USB but whatever. Totally worthwhile (costs about $10 one time fee) and I'm not sure how they would detect this. IF they gave you a hard time you could simply explain that you develop Android apps and that you're not tethering. They may buy that.
When tethering is enabled through the device via normal means, then I think they would know about it...But if you're going through the debugger, I just can't see how they would know.
If they ever did or worse yet, IF any carrier is collecting data about user agents, etc. to see if you're using a desktop browser...Then I think that's a severe privacy concern.
I would hope anyone getting a warning from a carrier would because they have a rooted phone and they have the actual tethering system feature enabled for which the operating system likely sends up some sort of flag to notify the carrier (hence why people are saying it depends on what ROM you're using). OR because of their usage patterns, ie. heavy usage in short periods of time. A phone can only have so many browser tabs open and use so much data in a short period of time. They have this stuff down to a science.
However...If you're tethering to check your e-mail, browse a little, do work, and like me...build web sites and what not from Starbucks (because their free WiFi doesn't allow you to use SSH) then I really can't imagine you'd get an angry letter.
Again, this is all speculation...I use Sprint and never had an issue. However, come Sunday I will be switching to AT&T for the better looking HTC One X...Oh right and for the working 4G. Despite half the storage space.
Elixir 2/Widgets does not work on my ATT HOX for the mobile AP. I still get the "call 611 to enable tethering" popup.
Has anyone tried Foxfi from the market?
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FoxFi does not support wifi for any HTC phones, only Bluetooth (as stated in-app).
Foxfi keeps giving me some cryptic error message "fail to open bluetooth". Being unable to root / tether and downgrade from 32gb to 16gb (and in actuality 9.96 gb) is really pissing me off...
Edit: Easy Tether works. Just using the free version so far, no issues yet. Will know more extensively in the next few days.
Clockworkmod
I use tether from clockworkmod. cost $4.99 USB only though
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Edit: Easy Tether works. Just using the free version so far, no issues yet. Will know more extensively in the next few days.
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Looking forward to hearing about this, really bugging me that I can't tether (Damn it AT&T).
rooted ATT HTC One X via one click root
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WiFi Tether version 3.1 beta14
Settings:
- Device Profile: Generic ICS
- Enable Routing Fix
Works Perfect
Okay, I am sure this has been talked to death by some people here....but....I have been trying to get WIFI Tether to work between my HTC One S (rooted TMO) and Wifi Galaxy Note 10.1, no such luck until tonight. Now it WORKS!
I have spent days searching threads and everyone had the same advice, go with Barnancle or Foxfi....I downloaded both...Barnancle never would run right and I could never see it on my Tablet. Foxfi...well, after I read that I had to download stuff to the tablet, I gave up on using it. So, back to square one....Wifi Tether has worked for the IPOD and I decided to give it another try....
I went the route of downloading Google Chrome to my HTC
I downloaded User Agent Switcher Chrome addon and changed User to XOOM
I then started Wifi Tether made sure my setting was Generic ICS(JB)
I also checked on Routing Fix
Then restarted Wifi Tether
The tablet recognized it and connected!!!!!!!!!
I was able to access the internet!
Now, here is my question.....What am I missing?....This seemed to easy and I fear I am missing something, am I supposed to run Chrome on the Tablet? User Agent Switcher on the Tablet, too?....Keep Google Chrome open on HTC while WiFi Tether is connected?...These are the details I never found answers to....
Otherwise, do I just turn on Wifi Tether and connect my Tablet as I would to any Wifi?....and this should be the usual process... I spent so long looking for an answer I feel that this is too easy of a solution, not that I want it to be more complicated .
I don't use tethering too much, but it comes in handy when trying to keep the kids quiet in non child friendly places.
Any advice would be great. Thanks:fingers-crossed:
I believe tmous gives a courtesy 200MB now before they redirect you to buy a tether plan. And their new price tiers include 500MB with the option to buy more. Wouldn't be surprised if they're allowing it to get people used to it so if/when they lock it down more people will buy it.
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Hello,
I have a rooted verizon S3 i535. I'm one of the lucky to be on the unlimited grandfathered plan.  Anyways, I've been using wifi root tether for months and all of a sudden it just stopped working (yes I do have updates disabled, still on 4.0), well technically the wifi portion of the tether broke, it still starts but just no longer broadcasts the SSID. I also downloaded the SVTP wifi hotspot app (non-root) and that worked for a few days, it still starts up but I the wifi broadcast is now messed up on that device (can't connect with anything to the broadcasted network).
So anyways, I really need to get tether working again, I figure something is ****ed up likely with my S3, and I don't have too much time to **** with this, so I figured I'd just ROM it and start over. (Unless someone has some better advice?)
The only thing I really care about is wifi tether. What is a good ROM that you would recommend for me to use to get this back?
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It not hardware otherwise your wifi wouldn;t work at all. Verizon keeps closing paths to free tethering. You might want to go modern and install one of the great developer ROMs here that has built in tethering. Synergy, hyperdrive, MORA, etc, others, have working tethering and many other additional features.
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It not hardware otherwise your wifi wouldn;t work at all. Verizon keeps closing paths to free tethering. You might want to go modern and install one of the great developer ROMs here that has built in tethering. Synergy, hyperdrive, MORA, etc, others, have working tethering and many other additional features.
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Yeah that's what I want to do, which ROM would you recommend? I've never installed a custom ROM and don't care about features above and beyond stock android, jsut tetheting. That's the really important one for me.