I've been trying to set up AirAudio on my generic tablet. I know there are other solutions for most purposes and I'm already using a couple (BubbleUPNP is my favourite so far).
However, I'd really like to stream from my tablet's system audio to either my phone or laptop (to get past the lack of bluetooth on my tablet).
So after installing AirAudio and it not seeing anything, I followed the recommendation to install Bonjour Browser, which also didn't see anything - same result for Zeroconf Browser.
A bit of googling suggested some settings for my router - no success.
Then, I tried installing Zeroconf Browser on my phone (Samsung Galaxy Neo) and ... all Zeroconf-enabled devices appeared! Same when I tried avahi-browse on my laptop.
So the problem seems to be that something is preventing my tablet from seeing Zeroconf devices.
Anyone have any suggestions? (apart from "buy a better tablet" or "do some better research before buying anything!" which are already echoing around my head )
A quick update - this does seem to be, at least partly, a router problem. I tried an old tp-link router that I had forgotten about, and Bonjour and Zeroconf browsers suddenly sprang to life on my tablet.
Unfortunately, the reason I replaced the tp-link router is that the adsl part fitzed out during a thunderstorm. So I now have a bit of an unwieldy setup using both routers.
In any case, I'd like to get get my Zyxel router working properly with zeroconf, and I've heard that their customer support is pretty good, so I guess I'm about to find out.
I'll post results to this thread, in case anyone else has similar problems.
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I have a Dell XPS17(laptop), Nokia N900 (phone) and a TF700 (tablet).
I am trying to get Bluetooth anything working on the TF700 with my other devices.
I am running Fedora 17 on the XPS17.
I am running JB on the TF700. Its never been rooted or flashed.
I can browse and file transfer to the N900 from the XPS17. No problems. I can access the N900s 3G data connection from the XPS17, no problem. It works well.
Nothing Bluetooth works with the TF700. It seems to pair to both devices just fine, but that is where it stops.
I want to do the following
- send files to the TF700 from the XPS.
This doesn't work, even though Fedora shows its an available bluetooth service. Fedora attempts the send, but nothing seems to arrive on the TF700.
- browse files on the TF700 from the XPS.
Fedora does not show this is an available service.
- access the N900s 3G data connection from the TF700.
In the settings menu, when I click on the N900 paired device settings, it shows a checkbox for "Use for Internet Access". When I enable that it starts Connecting... and takes forever. Eventually it returns.
When I bring up the pop up small settings menu, it displays the Bluetooth icon in the area where it displays the network connection, but says "No Internet connection". In spite of that, it seems as though I can download a web page or two in Firefox and then the connection dies.
I have no Bluetooth tether "client" software installed on the TF700.
I experienced the same behavior in ICS. I was hoping the JB upgrade would address these issues.
Any ideas on fixing this situation ?
Thanks
i used to be able to send/receive files to/from my galaxy nexus and pc. But since JB, the share option to bluetooth is not available.
bluetooth file transfer from play.
my bluetooth pairing is nightmare.... each time i pair to n900 my tf700t JB4.1.1 gets a reboot.... no problem with ICS... is there a BT driver issue with JB? i saw many other threads with JB BT issues... currently relying on Joikuspot to tether my n900 to tf700t.. gosh this is sick... overall is a good update...
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currently relying on Joikuspot to tether my n900 to tf700t.. gosh this is sick...
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I'm using Mobile Hotspot. Works really well after some tweaking. Amazing to do this on the N900, straight forward, with no hiccups whereas on an iPhone 4 you have to inform the carrier, extra charge and/or jailbreak it.
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bluetooth file transfer from play.
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I installed it. I had it installed previously (ICS) and removed it because it didn't work. Now (JB update) I can send files from the TF700 to my Linux box. Yippee.
But... I want to do TF700 file management from the Linux box (XPS17), not from the TF700 itself.a
I can do this with my N900. On my Linux box, I browse the N900 file system as a mounted device in Dolphin and remotely move, upload/download, delete files on the N900 at will. Its really slick.
It appears as though the Bluetooth File Manager uses (provides ?) OPP and FTP Bluetooth profiles when its running. And yet the available TF700 profiles don't change on my Linux box.
Any ideas on making this work ?
Why isn't JB making various Bluetooth profiles available automatically ? Is there a way to make it, like install an obex server and run it as a service ?
Its ironic that all this stuff "just works" on my 2 year old N900 with the lowly Maemo 5 OS, and it seems so difficult on Android. Caveat, I'm an Android newbie.
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my bluetooth pairing is nightmare.... each time i pair to n900 my tf700t JB4.1.1 gets a reboot.... no problem with ICS... is there a BT driver issue with JB?
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Hmmm....
Did you follow the instructions here ?
http://myn900.wordpress.com/2010/08/23/tethering-the-n900-part-3-bluetooth/
What kernel are you running on your N900 ?
What settings are you using on your TF700 ?
More troubleshooting and testing.
I connected my N900 to my Linux box via Bluetooth. In Dolphin it says its using obexftp when browsing the N900 file structure.
I installed Bluetooth File Transfer on my TF700. In BFT, I enabled starting OPP and FTP at boot. I rebooted. I checked in Dolphin and still no browsing option is available in Dolphin. I started BFT. It then told me that it was starting ObexFTP. I check Dolphin and still no browsing option is available in Dolphin. I re paired the TF700 to the Linux box. Still nothing in Dolphin.
Why isn't Dolphin seeing an ObexFTP profile from my TF700 ?
I found one difference between the N900 and the TF700.
$ ps aux | grep obex returns obexd on the N900.
There is no friggin grep on the TF700 !
$ps aux on the TF700 finds it.medevial.blueftp on the TF700. No obexd ! Therein lies the difference.
Has anyone fooled with installing obexd on Android ?
And how do it get grep on this thing ?
Sorry if these are newbie questions.
I did a small search and saw the ability to install obexd (and other libraries) from maemo.org to make BT more functional on devices like the N9000.
Would be nice if we could find something similar like that for Android....
johnlgalt said:
I did a small search and saw the ability to install obexd (and other libraries) from maemo.org to make BT more functional on devices like the N9000.
Would be nice if we could find something similar like that for Android....
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I'm going to put obexd on myself. Stay tuned.
Awesome - when you get it figured out, keep us posted!
I will.
I started digging into it. Seems there is a lot missing on Android compared to a regular Linux machine. Looks like I am going to need Busybox and do a bunch of NDK building. No biggie, just more than I thought it would be.
I'm not too happy with some of the ssh packages that are out there either.
Stay tuned.
Hi!
Did you manage to solve your issues?
I am also owner of n900+tf700 and I am heavily frustrated with this tethering reboots.
I am either using a 3g modem or Mobile Hotspot, but both these workarounds have limitations - modem is another device to have with me and Hotspot app drains battery in a matter of couple of hours.
Hi,
I cannot get my device to 'discover' a microsoft miracast adaptor I have plugged in my tv. This device supports wi-fi direct, so it should theoretically work!
What I did :
I decided to upgrade my system as it was starting to lag badly, after 2 years of use.. I wanted to upgrade to kitkat at lesat, so I could stream movies to a tv. That feature was quite attractive to me.
I acquired CM11 unofficial from this post - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2637079
full tablet wipe, (Forgot to backup SMS, argh) and it installed CM11 with kitkat 4.4.4 just fine. No problems that I can see, installed slim Gapps package - just for the play store, nothing else. Gonna install Gmail later.
Then I bought a chromecast, it was quite fiddly - It wouldnt find it on cast screen either, I discovered I needed it to run through a wifi network with a permanent internet connection. After this, it showed up on cast screen. Also, the streaming quality was complete crap - so I returned it and got a microsoft miracast adaptor - which apparently has better quality and doesn't need a wifi router!
I can't figure out how to get it to show up. The cast screen tab cannot find any devices. The adaptor sits in the tv, and it shows '"ready to connect" on there.
Since the tab for cast screen exists on my tablet, the functionality is there, and waiting to be used?
Any help please?
Do I need to do something like this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/har...experimental-enable-mirroring-device-t2812193 ?
So, no one has provided any tips yet... I'm going to go return this miracast adaptor before I can't get a refund for it.
But before I do, is there another forum category, or another place on the internet where I may be suggested to try for some troubleshooting advice?
This doesn't make sense to me - as the functionality WORKS, it is supported by the hardware, and the chromecast adaptor actually showed up before
Hello XDA-developers,
I bought a new tablet a few days ago and have a slight problem regarding the Mac Address. It keeps changing after turning on wifi every time.
I found mutliple answers to similar problems but they didn't work for this specific tablet.
Now, I need to know if there is a way to change it to a static Mac Address, it uses Lollipop 5.1 and I rooted it using KingoRoot for Windows.
I just made some search for myself and found a file called "setmacaddr" (without extension). I don't know if it's just a thing every tablet has or if it is the problem.
If you need more information about the tablet, don't hesitate asking me!
Sincerely,
Marvin
EDIT:
I rooted this tablet because it had the problem when it was not rooted. I needed to root it for the methods I tried till now. (Like I said, they didn't work)
Hello, it's me again,
does anybody have a clue at least what I can try to do?
Would help me very much!
Solution:
I solved the problem in a slighty different way.
I know this is not the best way but maybe someone just needs a similar solution!
I bought a USB 2.0 -OTG ethernet adapter² and connected it with the switch next to my pc, which is connected to the router. Thus, you are able to have stable internet connection without minding your MAC-Address in most of the time (like 99,9%). Of course, your tablet only gets internet while plugged into it, so you may only do this if your tablet remains in nearly the same place or if you are able to quickly wire it different.
² can't post the link to the product because I'm a new user. Any USB-2.0 OTG ethernet adapter should work, it just needs a micro usb otg plug.
Hey all. I wanted to make a little "Public Service Announcement" regarding an issue that I have had for quite some time and finally solved tonight. I'm hoping it will help someone else because the symptoms of the issue were very strange and an answer was not forthcoming through standard searching.
I have an HTC M8 (Verizon) and I have been having problems with my "Mobile Hotspot" feature for a while. I thought the issue happened after my first upgrade to Marshmallow, but as it turns out the issue was with my Windows 10 PCs (read on...).
Basically, I was able to connect to my phone's Wifi "Mobile Hotspot" without any problems from an iPad tablet or from my wife's Samsung phone. However, when I tried to connect from my Windows 10 PC I had very strange symptoms.
As per my profession, I consider myself somewhat an expert on Windows and networking in general (not "the expert" but "an expert" ). What was so strange about this issue was that the Windows 10 PCs would see the SSID from my phone without a problem. they would connect after providing the encryption key, and they would even get an IP address from the phone's DHCP server. But, after that, they failed to communicate on the network at all. Not even able to ping the phone (default gateway).
I won't go into the details of all my troubleshooting steps (everything from reboots to wireshark analysis), but honestly nothing worked. I determined it must be an issue with Windows 10 after having two different Windows 10 laptops fail to connect properly. I remembered that I didn't have these issues when my system was running Windows 7.
Even armed with this information I was unable to research to any suitable solution online, when I came across a post somewhere that hinted at a similar connectivity issue. The poster seemed to indicate that the Microsoft drivers caused some issues with their devices that was resolved using older vendor drivers.
Both my Windows 10 laptops in questions are quite old. They were never meant to run anything past Windows Vista/7. Because of this, the vendors didn't really offer complete driver packages for these systems for Windows 10. But, during the Windows 10 installation, the OS detected all the hardware in these laptops automatically and, until today the provided Microsoft drivers seemed totally functional.
I hunted down the latest drivers I could find from the vendors (HP/Dell) and using device manager forced the installation of those driver packages. Immediately upon update to those drivers I was able to connect 100% properly to the Mobile Hotspot and access the Internet.
As it turns out, it seems both laptops had Broadcom based cards - so I suspect the issue may be specifically with Microsoft's Broadcom driver.
Hopefully this comes up in a search for the next person having similar issues.
Hey there! i was at my local store looking for a controller and came across the Steelseries Stratus Duo, i got it and brought it home hoping that it would work nicely with my phone, the exact opposite was true, i was using Bluetooth
and it had horrible lag and often times disconnected i tried to fix the lag and connection drops, nothing worked.
And sense this has no way to update firmware (at-least at the moment) on the Bluetooth side, i am not able to use it in that mode.
I have tested this on multiple devices, some carrying the bt 5.0 chip some with bt 4.2 and some with bt 4.1
the controller says it is using a Bt 4.1 chip (that's what it says on the box)
all exhibit the same issue's as noted above. most if not all are supposed to be compatible, but all of them are glitchy. with this controller.
So i was understandably disappointed, not wanting to return the controller,i tried out something, if you have ever used steam link app for android and plugged in a USB controller? if so the application will ask you if you want to use it with your device? you can choose yes or no, i tried it and was really surprised that it worked as well as it did, absolutely no issues with lag nor random connection drops.
just REALLY SOLID PERFORMANCE.
So, that gave me an idea, what if i made a stand alone application that allows us to use the included USB receiver with android?
and add extra functionality on top of it. such as emulating other controllers for better app compatibility.
I was looking for a driver or something that can pull access from that receiver. something i can integrate into my project.
As far as i know the controller is just seen as a Xbox 360 controller so i was wondering if there is a Pre-made driver for integration with apps, that would save me a lot of time and would simplify the process quite a bit.
The app will be free and will be given to people on my discord and on host sites.
Here's a link to the discord server i created.
nevermind its not letting me post links (thats fine)
I created the discord server because other people are having this issue as well.
and that's where all the progress will be recorded. also if you have this controller and are experiencing issues you can join too!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.