As the title say I want to know if there is a way to turn on WiFi hotspot without turning off WiFi I saw this feature in one of my friend's phone he was running 2.3 (Gingerbread). Is there anything like this for KitKat (4.4.2) ? Please recommend external apps or method.
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arun483 said:
As the title say I want to know if there is a way to turn on WiFi hotspot without turning off WiFi I saw this feature in one of my friend's phone he was running 2.3 (Gingerbread). Is there anything like this for KitKat (4.4.2) ? Please recommend external apps or method.
Thanks
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So what you want to do is connect to WiFi hotspot and WiFi at the same time?
arun483 said:
As the title say I want to know if there is a way to turn on WiFi hotspot without turning off WiFi I saw this feature in one of my friend's phone he was running 2.3 (Gingerbread). Is there anything like this for KitKat (4.4.2) ? Please recommend external apps or method.
Thanks
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its not software related, its built in to the phone itself. most phones cant handle both connections at the same time.
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So what you want to do is connect to WiFi hotspot and WiFi at the same time?
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No turn on hotspot to provide WiFi to other device without turning off WiFi so that it will not consume my mobile data
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Kobro said:
its not software related, its built in to the phone itself. most phones cant handle both connections at the same time.
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I guess there might be somethong
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If so it isn't possible to do it manually only trough apps, I suppose.
Try search Google for it if not successful try search in Google Play you might find something
If still not successful then I'm out of options
Edit: Unless you find out a way to create 2 different Wi-Fi's with the same connection. To do it you will need to go to your Internet Connection Settings trough your IP in any browser to find the IP go start than search CMD press ENTER then type Ipconfig and it should be under IPv4. Then copy your IP place it into browsers address bar pres enter. You will be provided to enter login and password. So type admin to login and admin to password. And from there you are all alone.
arun483 said:
No turn on hotspot to provide WiFi to other device without turning off WiFi so that it will not consume my mobile data
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Whuuut?
So, where's the data connection coming from then?
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If so it isn't possible to do it manually only trough apps, I suppose.
Try search Google for it if not successful try search in Google Play you might find something
If still not successful then I'm out of options
Edit: Unless you find out a way to create 2 different Wi-Fi's with the same connection. To do it you will need to go to your Internet Connection Settings trough your IP in any browser to find the IP go start than search CMD press ENTER then type Ipconfig and it should be under IPv4. Then copy your IP place it into browsers address bar pres enter. You will be provided to enter login and password. So type admin to login and admin to password. And from there you are all alone.
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Already tried that ipv4 thing there is nothing related to there
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Planterz said:
Whuuut?
So, where's the data connection coming from then?
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From wifi to which I am already connected
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arun483 said:
From wifi to which I am already connected
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So, if you already have wifi, why do you need to use your phone as a hotspot, if one already exists? Or are you looking to use it as a repeater?
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So, if you already have wifi, why do you need to use your phone as a hotspot, if one already exists? Or are you looking to use it as a repeater?
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I think he wants to enable both the things just to increase his router range? Isn't it?
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Already tried that ipv4 thing there is nothing related to there
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Then I'm out of options
its 2015 is there anything we can do about this?
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Basically what I wanna do is use my phone to tether my Xbox. I have the Nexus S 4G rooted running cyanogenmod 9 nightly. I don't have a computer so I'm kind of lost. Every time I try to tether it didn't work. So any help would be appreciated.
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YourWorstPoison said:
Basically what I wanna do is use my phone to tether my Xbox. I have the Nexus S 4G rooted running cyanogenmod 9 nightly. I don't have a computer so I'm kind of lost. Every time I try to tether it didn't work. So any help would be appreciated.
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Here's the latest wi-fi tether app ... that should get you going.
wmdunn said:
Here's the latest wi-fi tether app ... that should get you going.
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Thank you. Is there a certain way you have to set it up? I'm only getting like .2kbs.
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YourWorstPoison said:
Thank you. Is there a certain way you have to set it up? I'm only getting like .2kbs.
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The only steps I take when using the tethering app is change the ssid to my personal choice, and then open the access control and set it up for security by only allowing my laptop to connect. As for the d/l speeds, that really depends on your individual situation. Since I have wimax available, my speeds are very good. Hope this helps ...
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The only steps I take when using the tethering app is change the ssid to my personal choice, and then open the access control and set it up for security by only allowing my laptop to connect. As for the d/l speeds, that really depends on your individual situation. Since I have wimax available, my speeds are very good. Hope this helps ...
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Thank you. I'll try messing with it more when I get home.
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YourWorstPoison said:
Thank you. I'll try messing with it more when I get home.
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Here's specifically what I do ...
Leave the device profile on auto, leave the setup method on auto, do not enable encryption. Check the boxes on access control, vibrate on connect, and disable wake lock. Next, I start the tethering ... once connected, go into access control through the menu, where you will see the mac address of your connected device. Check the box, and save through the menu. This will secure your signal so that no one else can connect. I then will turn off the tethering and then re-start the tethering app. This will allow the access control to start with the saved configuration. Sorry if this is too elementary ... just wanted to be helpful with the details.
wmdunn said:
Here's specifically what I do ...
Leave the device profile on auto, leave the setup method on auto, do not enable encryption. Check the boxes on access control, vibrate on connect, and disable wake lock. Next, I start the tethering ... once connected, go into access control through the menu, where you will see the mac address of your connected device. Check the box, and save through the menu. This will secure your signal so that no one else can connect. I then will turn off the tethering and then re-start the tethering app. This will allow the access control to start with the saved configuration. Sorry if this is too elementary ... just wanted to be helpful with the details.
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Leaving the device on auto & auto put my tether in an 'ad hoc' network. If you want it to be more like an actual wireless router then change the device profile to Google Nexus One and Setup Method to softap(master). That will create an 'infrastructure' network meaning just about anything with a wireless connection should connect to it. My friends PS3 can't connect to ad hoc networks, so I played around with it for a bit.
Hope this helps in anyway.
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Here's specifically what I do ...
Leave the device profile on auto, leave the setup method on auto, do not enable encryption. Check the boxes on access control, vibrate on connect, and disable wake lock. Next, I start the tethering ... once connected, go into access control through the menu, where you will see the mac address of your connected device. Check the box, and save through the menu. This will secure your signal so that no one else can connect. I then will turn off the tethering and then re-start the tethering app. This will allow the access control to start with the saved configuration. Sorry if this is too elementary ... just wanted to be helpful with the details.
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I came home and messed with it and got it working. Thank you guys for the help.
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YourWorstPoison said:
I came home and messed with it and got it working. Thank you guys for the help.
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anytime, bro. Glad you got it working.
I'm currently running cm10.1
My question is... is there any application on the play store that allows me to have a password on my wifi ap? I know wifi tether works but I need a password. My neighbors keeps connecting to it when I have it on. They completely eat my data... LOL in one hour they used 3 gig
PureLife90 said:
I'm currently running cm10.1
My question is... is there any application on the play store that allows me to have a password on my wifi ap? I know wifi tether works but I need a password. My neighbors keeps connecting to it when I have it on. They completely eat my data... LOL in one hour they used 3 gig
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in tethering settings there should be an option to set a passkey.
sticky78 said:
in tethering settings there should be an option to set a passkey.
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Yes there is but then my device won't connect.
PureLife90 said:
Yes there is but then my device won't connect.
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what teathering app are you using? try the treve mod apk. it's in the synergy rom but available elsewhere on xda.
If you don't mind touchwiz, CleanROM has unlocked native wifi tether with WPA encryption, I don't think trevE's app has encryption, at least it didn't last time I tried using it, or maybe I'm just an idiot and couldn't figure it out Lol.
DarthStalker has built in tether working with password...
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DarthStalker has built in tether working with password...
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What rom does he have?
Edit * just kidding that is the rom. That's not android 4.2. I'm looking for help for a 4.2 rom
I use the trevE Mod on my S3 and have it set with a password AND I have to approve any device connecting.
It's in Settings, then check Enable WiFi encryption. You can even change the passphrase. Then scroll down a bit more and check Enable Access control.
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Hi all. At home I turn off my wifi when I go to work (to save the 1p of electricity it probably costs. Way to go, Al Gore!) and when I turn it back on, my nexus 5 doesn't remember the password. My nexus S was the same.
This recommends switching my router to WEP (it's currently WPA-PSK), however I'm not sure I actually CAN change this in my router settings. Shouldn't it just work anyway, or is it a router problem? Should I just stop turning off the router? This feels like it shouldn't be a problem... hmmm.....
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Phone loses wifi password
Both my Nexus 4 running stock KitKat and previous Galaxy S1 with CyanogenMod 10.2 used to occasionally 'lose' their wifi passwords if disconnected and would ask for saved passwords to be re-entered before they would log in again. This would happen with WPA2 networks - I'm not sure whether it also applies to WEP.
Rebooting the phone usually solves the problem - I put it down to a bug in the software.
Does anyone have a better solution?
WEP is not a solution! Assuming that it would reconnect fine if its not rebooted, just dont reboot the router. Turning it off is not normal or expected behaviour
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My galaxy nexus forgets WPA passwords when I turn off the Wi-Fi it doesn't seem to matter if the router has rebooted or not.
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Hmm - this is the first I've ever heard of this issue. I agree with rootSU though - WEP is not the solution. It is very insecure. (BTW, if your router supports it, go to WPA2 instead of WPA)
Can you try this a friend's house with their WiFi router to see if it is a problem with the router? You said that your phone doesn't remember the password - does it popup a dialog box asking for the password? Or does it just not connect automatically?
Are you on the stock ROM? or custom?
While I don't shut off my router, I do reboot it once a couple of weeks or so, and my phone(s) signs on automatically.
I don't think it is a router problem, since I had the same issue to with other routers in the past and I didn't have any problem with mine, until one day I tried to connect to another Wi-Fi to test something, and I had to disconnect from mine as it was in range. since that day my phone can not save the network it is like it is a new ssid every time.. I have tried wep and wpa2 with no luck.
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was this ever resolved? I'm having the same problem.
same here
I have the same problem. Stock, nonroot T-Mobile nexus 5. Any solution?
Wait what? Why would you turn off your router? Do you unplug your clocks and microwave/fridge? Makes no sense.
Listentodave said:
I have the same problem. Stock, nonroot T-Mobile nexus 5. Any solution?
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Dave what router do you have and which ISP are you with? I wonder if there might be a commonality we can use to debug this.
dez93_2000 said:
Dave what router do you have and which ISP are you with? I wonder if there might be a commonality we can use to debug this.
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Happened at 2 locations. 1 was Comcast the other FiOS. Never had the issue with my gs3. It shows the network and I have to re input the password
WEP can be hacked with a phone, it's that insecure. Don't use it, try using WPA2 .
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I had this issue before, the problem was that there are duplicate entries of the same network in /data/misc/wifi/*wpa_supplicant.conf
I tried and delete only the duplicate entries but I still had issue, I didn't try much with that and just deleted all entries and entered my WiFi passwords all over again and that did it for me.
I had this issue about 2 years ago, on many different phones and the issue even transfers to new phones when the Google account syncs the WiFi passwords.
I hope this is it and it fixes your issue.
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moisesgl said:
I had this issue before, the problem was that there are duplicate entries of the same network in /data/misc/wifi/*wpa_supplicant.conf
I tried and delete only the duplicate entries but I still had issue, I didn't try much with that and just deleted all entries and entered my WiFi passwords all over again and that did it for me.
I had this issue about 2 years ago, on many different phones and the issue even transfers to new phones when the Google account syncs the WiFi passwords.
I hope this is it and it fixes your issue.
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What is the best way to delete those files? Root file manager on the phone? Or go in through a USB connection on my PC?
Listentodave said:
What is the best way to delete those files? Root file manager on the phone? Or go in through a USB connection on my PC?
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I did it with root and root file explorer, i did not delete the file, i opened it and deleted the entries there for the wifi passwords saved, they will be easy to identify.
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They look like this
network={
ssid="INFINITUMBA15"
psk="2939253472"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
priority=735
}
I deleted all the ones like that, synced Google account just in case, rebooted just in case and entered WiFi password. After that I tested that the password saved if I turned WiFi off or the modem off and it worked.
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moisesgl said:
I did it with root and root file explorer
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Cheers for the intel. You reckon that'd be possible without root? Looking at that folder unrooted in Astro file mananger & it says 'data' is empty... and I can't see the root directory when plugged into a PC.
Thanks!
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Cheers for the intel. You reckon that'd be possible without root? Looking at that folder unrooted in Astro file mananger & it says 'data' is empty... and I can't see the root directory when plugged into a PC.
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you do need root.
moisesgl said:
you do need root.
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thanks dude. I should really root anyway, but this genuinely constitutes a bug so I'll file it on the google forums, since google reads them and addresses the problems on there.
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Still drunk from the weekend....!
dez93_2000 said:
thanks dude. I should really root anyway, but this genuinely constitutes a bug so I'll file it on the google forums, since google reads them and addresses the problems on there.
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Still drunk from the weekend....!
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Just in case you have not done this already, I had opened a ticket with this issue back when i did not know what it was here:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?can=2&start=0&num=100&q=moises.ganem%40gmail.com&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Owner%20Summary%20Stars&groupby=&sort=&id=58863
it has been updated explaining the issue now.
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Just in case you have not done this already, I had opened a ticket with this issue back when i did not know what it was here:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?can=2&start=0&num=100&q=moises.ganem%40gmail.com&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Owner%20Summary%20Stars&groupby=&sort=&id=58863
it has been updated explaining the issue now.
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Nice one. I'll link to this on my ticket then, save them looking at the same thing twice, and add some weight to yours.
Other people with this problem, please 91 this on moisesgl's ticket for visibility.
Can anyone recommend a way to bypass the mobile Hotspot authorization or an app they're using to activate the Wi-Fi Hotspot?
GreenLantern said:
Can anyone recommend a way to bypass the mobile Hotspot authorization or an app they're using to activate the Wi-Fi Hotspot?
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Flash Tmobile or Unlocked firmware
ShrekOpher said:
Flash Tmobile or Unlocked firmware
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Does the Tmobile firmware allow the VoLTE? Don't believe the unlocked does, use that frequently just because of bad reception in home.
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Does the Tmobile firmware allow the VoLTE? Don't believe the unlocked does, use that frequently just because of bad reception in home.
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I haven't tried the Tmobile firmware on this device, but had no issues on my S7e or my S8+. Didn't have wifi calling though, but I don't use that anyway.
I just flashed the unlocked firmware on it and I could use it just fine.
I'd like to know as well. Don't want to lose volte & Wi-Fi calling by flashing a different firmware.
manny05 said:
I just flashed the unlocked firmware on it and I could use it just fine.
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could you please post the download link for the firmware you used? :good:
and what is the model number on your device?
I have a N950UZKAATT. :fingers-crossed:
funkie.dude said:
could you please post the download link for the firmware you used? :good:
and what is the model number on your device?
I have a N950UZKAATT. :fingers-crossed:
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[GUIDE][Switching Carrier][Flashing Carrier][Flashing Unlocked] SM-N950U/U1
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8/how-to/guide-sm-n950u-u1-t3685884
Got it working last night using a method I found I think on the S8 section.
Use "BK disabler" and search system for "tether", disable all 3. I have attached a screen shot of them.
Set up your tether options, and make sure to Enable Wi-Fi sharing.
Now try to connect to any Wi-Fi network using a wrong password. While it's trying to connect quickly enable mobile hotspot, then turn off Wi-Fi.
I did it multiple times last night, it worked every time.
if you're looking for just an app then netshare no root tethering works, but since you have to use a proxy, it only allows internet to programs where you can configure proxy settings.
manny05 said:
[GUIDE][Switching Carrier][Flashing Carrier][Flashing Unlocked] SM-N950U/U1
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8/how-to/guide-sm-n950u-u1-t3685884
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Thanks a lot. i'll give this one a try
ajent said:
Got it working last night using a method I found I think on the S8 section.
Use "BK disabler" and search system for "tether", disable all 3. I have attached a screen shot of them.
Set up your tether options, and make sure to Enable Wi-Fi sharing.
Now try to connect to any Wi-Fi network using a wrong password. While it's trying to connect quickly enable mobile hotspot, then turn off Wi-Fi.
I did it multiple times last night, it worked every time.
if you're looking for just an app then netshare no root tethering works, but since you have to use a proxy, it only allows internet to programs where you can configure proxy settings.
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May I ask what firmware is your AT&T device running?
Hi I updated from BRA8 to CRB8 and lost my ability to have a hotspot. I am using it on AT&T and now have the bloatware. Can anyone help?
I just got the Note 8, updated it all the way. I guess I'm screwed on the hot spot?
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Hi I updated from BRA8 to CRB8 and lost my ability to have a hotspot. I am using it on AT&T and now have the bloatware. Can anyone help?
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BRA8 was working with this hotspot bypass?
Use "BK disabler" and search system for "tether", disable all 3. I have attached a screen shot of them.
Set up your tether options, and make sure to Enable Wi-Fi sharing.
Now try to connect to any Wi-Fi network using a wrong password. While it's trying to connect quickly enable mobile hotspot, then turn off Wi-Fi.
testrak said:
BRA8 was working with this hotspot bypass?
Use "BK disabler" and search system for "tether", disable all 3. I have attached a screen shot of them.
Set up your tether options, and make sure to Enable Wi-Fi sharing.
Now try to connect to any Wi-Fi network using a wrong password. While it's trying to connect quickly enable mobile hotspot, then turn off Wi-Fi.
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Can you share screen shot, it didnt post. Thanks!
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Can you share screen shot, it didnt post. Thanks!
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4358673&d=1513083269
testrak said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4358673&d=1513083269
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hmnmm that first one is missing
There's a program around the net called wifirouter but I think it's only working on rooted devices
Like topic says, is there a way to always activate VPN when switching to mobile data?
For example when i am using wifi at my home i dont need or want a VPN. But when i leave my home and i am no longer able to use my wifi i want to automaticaly turn on VPN.
Johndoe8585 said:
Like topic says, is there a way to always activate VPN when switching to mobile data?
For example when i am using wifi at my home i dont need or want a VPN. But when i leave my home and i am no longer able to use my wifi i want to automaticaly turn on VPN.
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I use NordVPN. The app has a setting for automatically connecting on WiFi, mobile networks, or both.
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Sorry did not see no questions in general, i will make a new thread in Q/A. How do i delete a thread?
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If you look at the bottom of your post, you should see a Delete button. It may be easier to see using a PC.
Otherwise, you can use the Report button on your post and use the "Report Reason" text area to send a message to the moderator team requesting your thread be deleted.
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I use NordVPN. The app has a setting for automatically connecting on WiFi, mobile networks, or both.
If you look at the bottom of your post, you should see a Delete button. It may be easier to see using a PC.
Otherwise, you can use the Report button on your post and use the "Report Reason" text area to send a message to the moderator team requesting your thread be deleted.
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Aha okey. I was hoping for a solution within Android. I use wireguard for VPN. And when support comes to AsusWRT im going to setup a wireguard vpn server on my router to get access to my own DNS server and adblocker.
Windscribe has an always on option as well, just be careful, if the vpn doesn't connect, usually neither will you. I forget sometimes and have to troubleshoot until i discover it's always the VPN.
The only native Android option that I'm aware of, at least in AOSP, is "Always on" VPN. Different flavors of Android from different manufacturers may have additional option.