So basically my WIFi stopped working a few days, that "Unable to scan for networks" bug and i decided to flash a new ROM. Eventually i managed to get some 4.0.4 one working buuut the Wifi usb tethering was broken or something, so i decided to try and go back to the stock ROM (as a few other roms, including the CM11/12, weren't booting). I downloaded the European/Eastern European ROMs from this topic but for some reason the Tethering was still not working. My main phone's tethering is working perfectly fine but i don't want to ruin its battery by letting it charge all the time so i want to get my Explorer fixed. Any idea what could be causing this?
tl;dr : Stock ROM, usb tethering is not working, need help
PS: Tried the tethering on other PCs, didn't work. 3rd party tethering DOES work but it really kills the speed, hardly an option.
If you can't think of a solution please post ROMs that you know have USB tethering working, that's really the only thing i care about.
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Hey.
I've tried so hard but i cant get WiFi tether to work.
I've flashed some custom kernels which claims to have WiFi tethering working, but still!
can someone please tell me how to?
set your static ip on the computer to 192.168.2.100
set the subnet mask to 255.255.255.255
set the default gateway to 192.168.2.254
set the dns to 192.168.2.254
then install a terminal emulator on your phone and enter;
ping 192.168.2.100
now you should have connection, its scetchy so just wait if its not instantanious
JD
Used my tether (WI-FI spot) last night at a music store to download some drivers for a midi controler for my DJ software. just turned on the sprint app, and my laptop found it really quick downloaded the drivers for the program i was gonna test and i was done, just like that.
yey EVO!!!
wifi troubles
had the same trouble after the nand unlock wouldn't connect, i replaced the 2_0_5 pre with the 2_0_2-pre14 and it worked
good luck hope this helps
After the first stage root, I installed DamageControl 3.0 and both 4G and wifi tether wouldn't work for me. Installing Fresh fixed my issue.
Although I only saw people fixated on the 4G issue and nobody mentioning tether, it seems to me the two were related in some way.
I have not unlocked NAND yet. What was your process; where are you with your device?
2_0_5 works fine on my evo, its nand rooted. I just trun it on, no need to set anything. Then I fire up the laptop and just click connect to my androidtether. Transferred over 500MB this morning on it no troubles.
i have a question.. wireless tethering has been working for me very well, on wednesday i even had it connected for like 3 consecutive hours.. researching some homework for my humanities class.. but now it disconnects randomly.. with no warning or notification anyone know what can be the cause of this? its very annoying..
just download the one from the market. the one included in most roms doesn't appear to work for anyone either.
I have ran Fresh v0.2 and currently v0.3. I've never had any issues using Wireless Tether included with this ROM.
Those having issues: You are rooted corrected? If you are try the typical uninstalling/reinstalling. Titanium backup would allow you to backup the App and reinstall it. If that doesn't work try a different Rom.
Process of elimination.
2.0.2 works well on my ipad.
I am rooted with SimpleRoot, but that alone did not work with Wifi Tether. So i went ahead and rooted with Unrevoked...WifiTether works well after that. Good Luck.
so... i am about to pull out all of my hair trying to sort out an issue!
ever since root, i have not been able to connect to any wifi!
i have tried 3 different roms, latest versions of each
CM7
RCMix
MIUI
on all 3 of them, when i try to connect to a free wifi hotspot, or my wireless hotspot at home, or a friends wireless hotspot... the connect button is always greyed out and will not allow me to connect.
steps to root were done by attn1 hack kit v10c
i have wiped data and cache and all of the good stuff before installs
ive also flashed the PD98IMG radio, in hopes that it was a radio issue
so... it is still doing the same thing, so, i dont know what to do anymore, it is driving me nuts that i cant use wifi!
ANY THOUGHTS?
please help!
thanks!!!
I run into the same issue occationally on my evo. What usually fixes is
1. Turn off wifi
2. Forget/delete any stored networks ( usually my home network)
3. Re enable wifi
Let me know if it works for you.
what exactly do you see when trying to connect "Obtainig IP" or does it time out or something?
For no apparent reason, my phone won't connect to wifi. Says ERROR on wireless connections. It's a rooted device. Tried different roms. Same error.
Anyone?
have you tried a different router or wifi location?
If you have your phone rooted try flashing a diffrent kernel to see if that fixes the problem
he said he tried different roms....
I am also seeing something similar. Running stock froyo ROM with Overstock kernel. What I've noticed is that this doesn't seem to happen when the phone is first booted. After running for a while, the wifi toggle just stops working; resulting in the "Error" status as mentioned by OP.
The only ways around it is to:
a) Reboot, or
b) Use the 'airplane' mode toggle to switch to airplane mode and back, and the wifi toggle works again.
If there was a simple solution around it, that would be great.
I got excited when I saw your airplane mode idea... But it didn't work! Will try a different colonel
Have a look at this thred
I had much the same problem and followed the advice in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=907772
Mine does this whenever I arrive home. If I come to work the WiFi connects right up. But when I get home, the WiFi doesn't connect and shows "error" in the settings.
Going to/from airplane mode worked on my first Captivate (1007 running Paragon RC6 ROM), but it doesn't work on my new Captivate (1101, rooted, stock Froyo). The only thing that works for me is rebooting the phone.
Wifi Fix
Use FXR Wifi Fix app. Worked for me.
Ya sometimes it's just a hotspot acting funny...
My wifi only works one time after I take the battery out and start the phone. If I try and turn it on a 2nd time under wifi it says error.
The wifi does this on any custom rom I have tried and also on the stock att rom.
I pretty sure it is a hardware issue and I am wonder what board inside the phone contains the wifi receiver?
I have a cracked screen and I am going to replace it and I and since I am going to tear the phone down why not try and fix the wifi.
Or does anyone have any ideas on what could fix it?
The wifi does this on any custom rom I have tried and also on the stock att rom.
Phone is out of warranty and I don't have insurance on it.
Does the wifi connect to other devices?
Have you tried resetting the router?
You can also try wifi fix - which I believe is in the market.
You can also try playing with the settings to configure the cell to the wifi - but with that I'm not sure how it works.
I'm making the assumption that there is nothing wrong with the hardware of your phone. If there is a problem, well, then just disregard what I said.
Sent from a dream.
I have tried connecting to different wifi networks other than my own and the only way it will work is if it hasn't been turned on since the last battery removal and it will only work once and give the same error if I try later to connect on my network.
I have try the apps on the the market and none have worked.
So this makes me think it is a hardware issue.
Did you try cleaning the contacts and all of that? There are a couple of threads that talk on how to clean them, and the phone, and a few other things. Try them progressively until something more drastic.
Sent from a dream.
maybe try an different battery...
I installed CM9 on my phone and it seems to be working fine, except few issues. One issue is that when I enable WiFi Hotspot, it fails to start.
When I go in settings, I can provide settings for WiFi Hotspot. After that, when I enable it, I see in notification area that wifi is being disabled, but after that hotspot option becomes enable again, wifi remains enabled and not hotspot is available for my computer to connect to.
I installed a teethering app from Play store and that works, but that creates an adhoc network only. I was able to use wifi teethering with HTC image, before installing CM9.
I have S-ON.
Does anyone else has seen this issue, especially with Cyanogenmod 9 Stable (cm-9.1.0-doubleshot.zip) on this phone
I've been using the CM9.1 + drain fix + USB fix ROM you'll see in the development section since November. I'm on r8, but they're up to r9b now. This is much better than the plain CM9.0 for our device as it fixed a couple of major issues like battery drain and slow USB transfer rates. I used WIFI hotspot and tethering for the first time last Thursday, and it worked first time no problem. No additional apps needed. Got my laptop hooked up to the internet and able to VPN into work network in a moving car (somebody else was driving honest!). Not sure if that helps answer your question directly, but it certainly works in CM9 series ROMs, and if you don't have 9.1 you should go get it1.
davidf9 said:
I've been using the CM9.1 + drain fix + USB fix ROM you'll see in the development section since November. I'm on r8, but they're up to r9b now. This is much better than the plain CM9.0 for our device as it fixed a couple of major issues like battery drain and slow USB transfer rates. I used WIFI hotspot and tethering for the first time last Thursday, and it worked first time no problem. No additional apps needed. Got my laptop hooked up to the internet and able to VPN into work network in a moving car (somebody else was driving honest!). Not sure if that helps answer your question directly, but it certainly works in CM9 series ROMs, and if you don't have 9.1 you should go get it1.
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Thanks davidf9. I will try CM9.1.
From where I can get drain fix and USB fix?
Couple of other issues, I am seeing are: 1. no keyboard lights for caps lock or Alt buttons. 2. For some reason my barcode/QR reader/Google gogle apps are not able to lock on bar codes and when they snapshot they get scrambled image. Also, some other apps (like 3d compass) having distorted view from camera. Camera app itself working fine.
Have you see any of these issues with CM9.1?
The battery drain and USB drain fixes are built into the ROM by scverhagen, you don't need to separately apply them.
As to your other questions, the caps and alt LEDs don't work for me either I just hadn't noticed! I don't have any problem with my QR code scanner, but I don't use the other things you mention so can't comment.
I installed scverhagen's build cm-9-1-(3-0-53)-r9b.zip (MD5 1c16aafa8d0220d44b5b7ea22e7fb24c) from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32192055. I cleared Delvik cache, battery stats cache and cache partitions before installing it.
It fixed camera / QR Code Reader issue, but HotSpot issue is still there.
I did some more research and found some suggestions about "fixing permissions", turning wifi off and rebooting. I tried these and got Hotspot temporarily once, but on next try it failed.
I guess I need to collect logs and see what's going on. Thanks for your help.
You did a factory reset/wipe while in recovery as well didn't you? Several guides around here recommend doing the whole sequence several times over. Look for some of Strapped365's posts.
As I said, the hotspot worked for me first time, no problem. Just what was built into CM, no new apps. Must have been lucky. Sorry can't help further.
I didn't do a Factory Reset this time . I did that for when installing Cyanogenmod ROM, but I didn't had time to reinstall all apps and do all the settings again this time around. May be I will retry on weekend.
Thanks for the great help.
If S-On, you'll always have to fastboot flash boot boot.img thru ADB or your network never will work.
The PROPER way to wipe before a flash is as follows:
1. Wipe dalvik TWICE.
2. Under 'Mounts & Storage' format system.
3. THEN factory reset on the first CWM page.
These are the minimum requirements for a complete wipe.....
Thanks. I didn't do step 3 for this ROM installation. I am thinking of taking a Titanium Backup of all the apps, following your steps and then restoring apps after installation.
I am hoping this will save me from hassle of re-installing all the apps and configuring them.
That it will do. Just be aware that reinstalling them in a different ROM with their data sometimes causes an issue with an app. It will put them all back though....just not on your different pages that you may have them on.