Well I have a nexus 5 on latest android 6.0.1 rooted.
I know I can hotspot, but when I hotspot it, disables the WiFi an uses my phone data... is there a way that I can b connected to WiFi and share the WiFi connection not my mobile data...
I had this on my iPhone 4s on iOS 6 with MyWi an it was called WiFi sharing. Is there a way to do it with my Nexus 5? I have foxfi, but it disables my WiFi an uses my mobile data.
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nemopsp said:
Well I have a nexus 5 on latest android 6.0.1 rooted.
I know I can hotspot, but when I hotspot it, disables the WiFi an uses my phone data... is there a way that I can b connected to WiFi and share the WiFi connection not my mobile data...
I had this on my iPhone 4s on iOS 6 with MyWi an it was called WiFi sharing. Is there a way to do it with my Nexus 5? I have foxfi, but it disables my WiFi an uses my mobile data.
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No you can't do this. Why would you need to in any case? If there's wifi available, there's no need to share it again through your phone?
Also, MyWi never did this either, it also just shares your iPhones cellular data connection.
g90814 said:
No you can't do this. Why would you need to in any case? If there's wifi available, there's no need to share it again through your phone?
Also, MyWi never did this either, it also just shares your iPhones cellular data connection.
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Well my iPhone 4s on iOS6.1.3 does it with MyWi so I know your wrong, but my question is can I do it with a rooted nexus 5
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Think why you wanted that function again..
The whole point of hotspot is to bridge devices that don't have data access.
Use case scenarios.. Nexus 5 hotspot and I connect my wifi only iPad to it, now iPad can access the internet.
So the whole MyWi, does exactly this.
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Here why this is good thing. You are in roaming and in the hotel where you must to pay for WiFi , but when you pay it's allow you to connect only one device. Then you can share wifi whit all your device with wifi share
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Just got my Nexus S 4G, running it 100% stock and not sure if I will ever root/ROM it yet. I can tether fine using built-in Wifi hotspot. As we know, the tether kills 4G and forces 3G when active.
I only actually have 3G at my house, so I can't test any other methods, but I am wondering if any other tethering tools will allow 4G tether? For example, Barnacle wifi or PDAnet USB... tools I've used in the past on rooted phones. And if either of these methods does work for 4G tethering... is root required? Would appreciate hearing from anyone who has 4G available nearby and has tested these methods on rooted/unrooted phones.
Thanks!
The111 said:
Just got my Nexus S 4G, running it 100% stock and not sure if I will ever root/ROM it yet. I can tether fine using built-in Wifi hotspot. As we know, the tether kills 4G and forces 3G when active.
I only actually have 3G at my house, so I can't test any other methods, but I am wondering if any other tethering tools will allow 4G tether? For example, Barnacle wifi or PDAnet USB... tools I've used in the past on rooted phones. And if either of these methods does work for 4G tethering... is root required? Would appreciate hearing from anyone who has 4G available nearby and has tested these methods on rooted/unrooted phones.
Thanks!
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Wifi tether for root users works, but it creates an ad-hoc network, so you can't connect with another android device. A laptop will be able to connect though
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Thanks... this might be the one thing that will drive me to root this phone eventually. Other than that I am fine with a 100% stock experience so far...
The111 said:
Thanks... this might be the one thing that will drive me to root this phone eventually. Other than that I am fine with a 100% stock experience so far...
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You can root and leave everything else stock. Rooting on this phone is trivial.
Non-root tether apps like Pdanet and EasyTether all run as regular apps on the phone. If running a normal app like Pandora preserves 4g status, then the 4g status should remain with those as well.
As for speed, you can look at a comparison that someone ran a few days ago across the popular USB tether apps:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153780
krohnjw said:
Wifi tether for root users works, but it creates an ad-hoc network, so you can't connect with another android device. A laptop will be able to connect though
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do you know why wireless tether works on the evo? my xoom can connect to an evo using wireless tether but my xoom cannot connect to a nexus s running wireless tether, i wonder why?
p-slim said:
do you know why wireless tether works on the evo? my xoom can connect to an evo using wireless tether but my xoom cannot connect to a nexus s running wireless tether, i wonder why?
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Using the same wireless tether app or using the hotspot functionality built into the evo?
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Using the same wireless tether app or using the hotspot functionality built into the evo?
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using the same wireless tether app, but don't worry i figured out the answer. Most androids tether thru adhoc but for some reason the evo is different and uses infrastructure mode, thats why my xoom can't pick up the nexus s signal but it can from the evo.
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using the same wireless tether app, but don't worry i figured out the answer. Most androids tether thru adhoc but for some reason the evo is different and uses infrastructure mode, thats why my xoom can't pick up the nexus s signal but it can from the evo.
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That's not entirely correct. Most newer phones have the capability to create an infrastructure network. It was more hit or miss on older phones.
The built in hotspot app does create an infrastructure network on the Nexus S. The 3rd party wifi tethering app creates an ad-hoc network though on the Nexus S for some reason. Unfortunately the built in tethering doesn't utilize the wimax radio currently.
The hardware on the nexus s does support creating an infrastructure network though, so I don't know why the wifi tethering app is creating an ad-hoc network if it has the capability to do infrastructure.
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That's not entirely correct. Most newer phones have the capability to create an infrastructure network. It was more hit or miss on older phones.
The built in hotspot app does create an infrastructure network on the Nexus S. The 3rd party wifi tethering app creates an ad-hoc network though on the Nexus S for some reason. Unfortunately the built in tethering doesn't utilize the wimax radio currently.
The hardware on the nexus s does support creating an infrastructure network though, so I don't know why the wifi tethering app is creating an ad-hoc network if it has the capability to do infrastructure.
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Yeah this is putting me between a rock and a hard spot. I can root my xoom to pick up ad-hoc but I really want to keep it stock to be able to watch movies. sigh
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p-slim said:
Yeah this is putting me between a rock and a hard spot. I can root my xoom to pick up ad-hoc but I really want to keep it stock to be able to watch movies. sigh
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Why can't you watch movies rooted? I'd never watch a movie on a phone anyway, but the problem does make me curious.
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Yeah this is putting me between a rock and a hard spot. I can root my xoom to pick up ad-hoc but I really want to keep it stock to be able to watch movies. sigh
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Maybe shoot the dev an email. The hardware supports infrastructure and the AP can clearly do it. It may be a simple error in logic preventing the Nexus s from being detected as a device capable of infrastructure.
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The111 said:
Why can't you watch movies rooted? I'd never watch a movie on a phone anyway, but the problem does make me curious.
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The movies app won't work on rooted devices. This is problematic if you use your tablet and the.movies app for renting movies.
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The111 said:
Why can't you watch movies rooted? I'd never watch a movie on a phone anyway, but the problem does make me curious.
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I want to watch movies from the native movie app but it doesn't work on rooted devices. I like to watch movies from my Motorola xoom. I will send the dev an email but I'm pretty sure he knows about this
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I didn't see this in the forums before but I was wondering if it is possible to tether a wifi hotspot on the nexus through it's wifi. I ask this because I travel 3 weeks at a time with my company and can't use Netflix, live, etc on my xbox. They have wifi and ethernet there but both have the stupid welcome page and you have to agree to terms to use the internet.the xbox doesn't have a browser that allows me to accept the webpage and I'm in North Dakota with work and I'm in constant roaming the entire time so no 3g natively of my phone to tether. So that brings me back to my question is there anyway to use the wifi they have open a browser window on my phone accept the welcome and then tether to my console?
I wonder if you can accept the TOS, jot down the IP address then quickly disconnect and force your Xbox to the same IP address given in advanced networking? Also you can tether with a laptop for sure, not sure with the phone.
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Guarantee you could use your phones browser connected to the wifi to accept the terms of service. I've done it several times with things like that.
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You can't use Wi-Fi and tether at same time, the chip can't do both at same time
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If your wifi is connected you can tether it to a computer through usb tether. I know that for sure cause I do it all the time.
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Joshhayes801 said:
If your wifi is connected you can tether it to a computer through usb tether. I know that for sure cause I do it all the time.
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Oo that's useful to know
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Joshhayes801 said:
If your wifi is connected you can tether it to a computer through usb tether. I know that for sure cause I do it all the time.
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Thanks I'm going to see if I can run my phones cable to the xbox and tether it this way, thanks for all the answers and help!
I want to know if you can transfer data to/from Android devices through Wi-Fi without a router?
Here's the story:
There is a a SGS2 from which I have to take lots of data and I don't have Wi-Fi network nor can I use Wi-Fi Direct (coz NS doesn't support it) and bluetooth wil be painfully slow. Is there any way out like making an FTP server or something like that?
I don't want to use mobile data.
It's just too puzzling...
Use public wifi hotspot and cloud server like DropBox ?
Or: USB connection to PC?
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Use public wifi hotspot and cloud server like DropBox ?
Or: USB connection to PC?
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No PC available and no mobile data to be used...I can't be using mobile data for files sizing up to hundreds of MBs...
Seems difficult but i have a feeling there is a solution...
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There's several public wi fi hot spots in Mumbai. 2 near ft. Mumbai. Barista coffee. Why can't you use them to back up your data to the cloud and transfer to the other device?
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n2d551 said:
There's several public wi fi hot spots in Mumbai. 2 near ft. Mumbai. Barista coffee. Why can't you use them to back up your data to the cloud and transfer to the other device?
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The thing is that I don't want mobile data to be involved anywhere.
I was just wondering if this can be done somehow by making one phone a server of some kind and the other a client and connect them directly.
I agree there are some other ways like you and other users have mentioned but i just want to try and use it this way.
If it's not possible then I'll just use the old fashioned way.
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smit.sanghavi said:
No PC available and no mobile data to be used...I can't be using mobile data for files sizing up to hundreds of MBs...
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Wifi does not involve mobile data. You can avoid accidental charges by toggling mobile data off.
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Wifi does not involve mobile data. You can avoid accidental charges by toggling mobile data off.
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What i mean is a direct connection between two devices...nothing between them...
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Is there a way to share out my wifi on my N5? Basically i dont want to do a normal wifi hotspot, which uses my phones data. I want to connect to a wifi AP on my phone, then share that AP out via my phones wifi
you can use 'Fqrouter2' to do that :thumbup:
here https://play.google.com/store/apps/...uter2&pcampaignid=APPU_07BFVLvgNuXYmgX-pIGQDw
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ahh awesome thanks...
of course im running Android L, Any idea if theres similar apps that i could try. Doesnt seem to be working with L
sorry, i dont know ?
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I was wondering if anyone got bluetooth tethering to work? I have a nexus 7, and turned on bluetooth tethering on my phone, and paired with the nexus 7, set to use for internet access, but, it just keeps telling me I'm offline, even though I'm connected. anyone have similar experiences or have any solutions?
Use Foxfi. It worked for me but the speeds topped out at 2.5 mb.
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pdaddy said:
Use Foxfi. It worked for me but the speeds topped out at 2.5 mb.
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I just tried FoxFi. Using wifi hotspot says that I am not subscribed to the service, and using the bluetooth tether in foxfi won't let me use it for internet access on the paired device.
Sorry I misread that. I had trouble with Bluetooth to my tablet also. It did work to my laptop though.
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