Hi All
Was wondering if someone can help me out. I have a WiFi compatible dash camera and to get footage from it without removing the microsd card i need to connect to it via WiFi. But because the connection doesn't have a internet connection it doesnt stay connected.
I have come from a OnePlus phone to the 4a (my first ever google phone) and i cant seem to find this option anymore. Was just so handy to be able to connect to the camera via WiFi while still having mobile data.
Was this a OnePlus only option? Or was it removed or moved in A11? Anyone able to point me into the correct direction?
Thanks in advance
If I understand correctly, I think you are wanting to put the phone in hotspot mode. That would allow the camera to connect as if your phone is a wireless router using your phone's data connection. You'll need to swipe down twice from the top to show quick options. If you don't see one called Hotspot, swipe to the side to reveal additional quick options. I know this works on unlocked Pixel 4a phones.
Hope this helps.
aaronzimm75 said:
If I understand correctly, I think you are wanting to put the phone in hotspot mode. That would allow the camera to connect as if your phone is a wireless router using your phone's data connection. You'll need to swipe down twice from the top to show quick options. If you don't see one called Hotspot, swipe to the side to reveal additional quick options. I know this works on unlocked Pixel 4a phones.
Hope this helps.
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Nah not quite right. The dash camera has its own WiFi hotspot which you can connect too to view the footage and saved videos etc. But because there is no internet connection the pixel wont stay connected, the only way i can connect to it is to put my phone into airplane mode and connect to the camera.
I'm just trying to find out if its possible to stay connected to the dash camera via WiFi and still remain connected to my mobile data at the same time.
I remember an option in the one OnePlus phones where you can allow the phone to determine which connection is better, WiFi or Mobile Network, and it will connect to that. For example if i would connect to my home network and moved just on the boarder of it it would flick over to 4G so that i would still have some sort of internet connection while still connected to the WiFi so that when i would get back in range it would just flick over.
So what im trying to do is the same thing. Because the dash cam doenst have a internet connection i want to be able to connect to the dash cam with no internet connection but still use my mobile data as my internet source.
This is what it looks like in the OnePlus phone https://forums-images.oneplus.net/attachments/1180/1180298-d92e7795edbf40894ba4164fe89fc486.jpg which is obviously not present in the Pixel under Settings > WiFi > WiFi preferences.
Thanks
I don't see it here. I used to have that setting as well on my LG G7.
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Hi my name is jacob and I am a new on XDA and i have started a new thread because I have been all over the internet looking for a solution to this problem and none of them work. After i waved through all of the b******* i decided to come and see if any of you veterans can solve my problem.
i have been messing around with root and custom roms here recently maybe for a month and so far its great breathed new life into my old phone. Although I am having trouble with hacking my mobile phones hot spot (phone specifications and model listed below) i have tried everything wifi tether by TreVe, (hope I'm typing that right) changing tethering.dun in global settings database, (worked great until T-mobile eventually found me out) and everything else related to that. I am looking for a hack into my hot spot where T-mobile wont know s*** and it will work indefinitely. Reason why is I need internet for school and work purposes at home but, I live with my father and hes is on parole and can not have internet service at his home. I am a beginner but do have a little bit of sense in what I am doing if someone would kindly walk me through steps on how to completely unlock and hide my hot spot usage from T-mobile it would be greatly appreciated.
Also new thread for hacking native hot spot methods on any rooted android device.
My phone
Samsung Galaxy S2
carrier: T-mobile
model: SGH-T989 Hercules
no custom kernel (I understand I need some kind of net filter but can not find that online)
custom rom version: carbon 4.4.2 nightly
Thanks XDA community :good:
It won't be wireless, but PdaNet+ and USB tethering works just fine with a computer as long as you select the "hide tether usage" option. The program on the computer side also has a feature that turns your computer's wi-fi into a wi-fi router, which'll allow you to connect other devices.
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It won't be wireless, but PdaNet+ and USB tethering works just fine with a computer as long as you select the "hide tether usage" option. The program on the computer side also has a feature that turns your computer's wi-fi into a wi-fi router, which'll allow you to connect other devices.
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yes i have tried PDAnet and that does not work for my needs as i also play the occasional online game with my PS4 I forgot to mention that sorry. I have tried to send out a wifi signal from my computer through CMD on my computer and none of my devices pick it up even though CMD says the signal is going out also done this with ADhoc networks with a LAN cable but did not work either. Thanks for the suggestion :good: I probably should have went into more detail with my post but I did not want to make it to terribly long sorry.
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It won't be wireless, but PdaNet+ and USB tethering works just fine with a computer as long as you select the "hide tether usage" option. The program on the computer side also has a feature that turns your computer's wi-fi into a wi-fi router, which'll allow you to connect other devices.
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May it possibly hide my online gaming if I figure out a way to get reverse WiFi on my computer working will it still hide that or will it be detectable. I see my self as a somewhat computer buff but I put myself to shame when i cant get a reverse WiFi connection going from my computer. seems like a lot of trouble to go to for internet i wish there was a way to unlock native tethering and not jump through hoops. It would seem that it would be a simple fix and should also be free anyway since it is dealt with the phone's hardware not through the carrier american cell network providers are greedy that is like getting xfinity internet but before you can send internet to your devices you have to pay thirty dollars extra.
When you USB tether your phone to your computer with PdaNet+, all you have to do is select the "WiFi Share" option and set it up like any other hotspot (network name, password, etc). Couldn't be easier. I don't know how well this'll work for playing PS4 (or whatever) games, but I can use this setup to watch Netflix or youtube on my well enough.
There are ways to use the native hotspot on an Android phone, but all the "hacks" are done on the computer side. VPNs, browser masking, etc.
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When you USB tether your phone to your computer with PdaNet+, all you have to do is select the "WiFi Share" option and set it up like any other hotspot (network name, password, etc). Couldn't be easier. I don't know how well this'll work for playing PS4 (or whatever) games, but I can use this setup to watch Netflix or youtube on my well enough.
There are ways to use the native hotspot on an Android phone, but all the "hacks" are done on the computer side. VPNs, browser masking, etc.
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i will try this method browser masking right now unfortunately don't have the money to buy a VPN maybe one of the ad supported free versions will suffice will report back tomorrow.
jacobis16 said:
i will try this method browser masking right now unfortunately don't have the money to buy a VPN maybe one of the ad supported free versions will suffice will report back tomorrow.
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Method not working i still get the T-mobile up sell page through VPN's of all kind it masks the internet going through the computer but not the phone where the service originates. They still detect everything I am doing. I understand T-mobile has bots going through their lines that detects devices that are not mobile devices and shuts them down. If maybe there is a way to block T-mo completely from a mobile device and just sounds ridiculous but I know someone out there can find a way I have heard of peoples mobile data usage and their mobile hot spot gauge has not moved only mobile data was detected. I am not sure if this was false statements and was made up.
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Hi Jacob, I got my Note 3's native personal wifi hotspot connected to my ps4 with around 18Mbps Download and 6Mbps Upload, I adjusted the APN settings on my phone and managed to get around the data restriction.
I can post the exact settings I changed if you think it might work for you?
I am wondering if there is an app that will allow me to create a wireless access point with a WiFi only device. I have tried most of the hotspot apps in the Play Store, but none of them seem to work. Foxfi won't start because it can't detect an Internet connection. Some of the other apps "start" but there is no notification and I can't find the network on my other devices.
I am trying to connect a camera to my tablet through WiFi. The camera does not support WiFi Direct, so it must be connected to an access point first. Right now, I can connect the tablet and camera by creating a hotspot on my phone and connecting both the tablet and camera to my phone's hotspot. However, I would like to be able to do this without having to use a third device. The hotspot on my phone still works even if I turn mobile data off, so I think that a WiFi only device should be capable hardware-wise.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you in advance!
I picked up a new dash cam for my car, which requires WiFi to connect to it to pull the videos off it, watch the camera feed live, etc. There is no internet connection on the dash cam, for obvious reasons, and the phone lets me know about it. It makes the connection, it knows there is no connection to the internet, and that is perfectly fine with me. I need to be on that "broken internet" in order to do what I need to do with my devices.
When I'm at home, I have my android switch over to the dash cam wifi. It connects, it informs me that I'm connected. Cool. I switch to the app, try to get a live feed, or look at what is on the device, and it times out. I go back to the wifi settings, and its switched back to my home wifi.
If I go and forget my WiFi connection settings, the phone stays on the dash cam WiFi indefinitely. So I know the phone and camera is working fine.
What I'm asking the community is for suggestions on how I can "Lock" the WiFi connection to what I select, and not allow the phone to switch to a not-required better connection to the internet. I'm interested in whatever option is in the phone itself, or an app, paid or free. I don't want to have to keep forgetting my home WiFi to get onto the Camera. I COULD I guess just drop the WiFi itself while I do what I need to do....
I'm running a rooted One+2 using Lineage 14.1. I've seen suggestions about going into the advance WiFi options and turning off the phones ability to switch networks, but, I don't have that check box.
Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks in advanced.
So this has been one of the annoyances I've had with android for awhile but never really put any research in to it to know if its normal, or more so - why this would be normal. If I want to connect to certain devices that run as a wifi hotspot, but don't provide internet access - android does not appear to use those connections. The workaround seems to be to disable cell data and then I can connect to the device. Currently on a Nexus 6p on 7.1.1. The wifi will connect, but i can't hit the device unless I wack cell data. I guess really the two questions that matter are 1) is this normal? and 2) is there a workaround? Tried it on the fiance's iphone and it works without issue.
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As in the title, I'm finding it very annoying just to share my phone's wifi connection to my pc via usb tethering. My oneplus 5t just does it, no need for some stupid workaround. The 7 pro is forcing the wifi to disconnect upon enabling tethering. I found a workaround, but i feel like it's just a stupid bug.
The "bug" is going in the hotspot and tethering settings, first having my usb connected. Then enabling usb tethering (it will kill wifi), then turn wifi back on.. Which still leaves usb tethering on. Not an ideal way just to enable wifi tethering..
In most cases you cannot have both WiFi (on the phone itself) and USB tethering activated at the same time. The reason is quite logical from the standpoint of the phone...it generally uses WiFi for its own internet access...at times...and it uses WiFi to share internet access with an external device like a laptop. So the phone can get confused when you use USB tethering to share an internet connection with a laptop and then turn on WiFi also...the phone is not sure what you are trying to do.
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In most cases you cannot have both WiFi (on the phone itself) and USB tethering activated at the same time. The reason is quite logical from the standpoint of the phone...it generally uses WiFi for its own internet access...at times...and it uses WiFi to share internet access with an external device like a laptop. So the phone can get confused when you use USB tethering to share an internet connection with a laptop and then turn on WiFi also...the phone is not sure what you are trying to do.
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Try VPN hotspot from play store, it allows you to share your Wi-Fi, I use it for that purpose. Use the repeater option, and you can access configuration in the top right corner.
JhinCuatro said:
As in the title, I'm finding it very annoying just to share my phone's wifi connection to my pc via usb tethering. My oneplus 5t just does it, no need for some stupid workaround. The 7 pro is forcing the wifi to disconnect upon enabling tethering. I found a workaround, but i feel like it's just a stupid bug.
The "bug" is going in the hotspot and tethering settings, first having my usb connected. Then enabling usb tethering (it will kill wifi), then turn wifi back on.. Which still leaves usb tethering on. Not an ideal way just to enable wifi tethering..
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You can't tether your Wi-Fi through USB, and if you figure that out, let me know
jaseman said:
In most cases you cannot have both WiFi (on the phone itself) and USB tethering activated at the same time. The reason is quite logical from the standpoint of the phone...it generally uses WiFi for its own internet access...at times...and it uses WiFi to share internet access with an external device like a laptop. So the phone can get confused when you use USB tethering to share an internet connection with a laptop and then turn on WiFi also...the phone is not sure what you are trying to do.
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One would use wifi usb tethering when: You want to share an WIFI (as opposed to usually slower Data) internet connection with a computer that has horrible connectivity.
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You can't tether your Wi-Fi through USB, and if you figure that out, let me know
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The bug part already shows the workaround i had to use to share wifi through USB.
It's annoying to me because the oneplus 5T does it instantly.