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How to get internet on your phone via USB

You may also call this reversed USB tether.
This might come in handy if you're near a computer (Win XP/Win7) and there's no Wifi to connect to etc..
So after some research and trying I've found some information on how to do this.
Requirements:
* Android 2.2 (or an older version with a root tethering app)
* ADB from Android SDK, or a rooted Android 2.2 with terminal in root mode
STEP 1:
Install USB drivers from Android SDK.
STEP 2:
Connect USB cable and activate USB Tethering.
You should see a new network interface. (On XP you might need to install the RNDIS driver manually, see below)
If you're also missing RNDIS driver on Win7, look here.
Win XP manual driver install Android USB Ethernet/RNDIS: (You can skip this if you're on Win 7)
1. Download the following configuration file inside the *.zip attached to this post (tetherxp.inf) to your Windows XP computer.
2. Use the USB cable that came with your phone to connect your phone to your computer.
3. On the Android phone, press Home > Menu > Settings to open the Settings application.
4. Press Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot.
5. Check USB tethering.
6. When Windows XP’s New Hardware Wizard opens, select No, not at this time and click Next.
7. Select Install from a list or specific location and click Next.
8. Click Browse to browse to the directory where you installed the configuration file you downloaded in Step 1 and click Next. Windows XP uses the configuration file to configure itself to support USB tethering with the Android phone. (This might take a while)
9. When Windows XP finishes installing the software for Android USB Ethernet/RNDIS, click Finish.
STEP 3:
Bridge the 2 network interfaces.
STEP 4:
Setup usb0 interface of your phone. You have to options:
1. From your computer, execute:
./adb shell netcfg usb0 dhcp
2. Or in a root terminal on your phone, type:
su
netcfg usb0 dhcp
You should now be able to connect to Internet on your phone using your computer's Internet connection.
Try to do a ping www.google.com to be sure.
STEP 5:
To shut down the reverse-tethering, first unbridge interfaces on your computer:
sudo ifconfig eth0 down
sudo ifconfig usb0 down
sudo ifconfig br0 down
sudo brctl delbr br0
sudo ifconfig eth0 up
sudo dhclient eth0
Then on your phone, uncheck the USB Tethering option.
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It is working now. After setting up ICS type in console emulator on your phone:
ifconfig usb1 192.168.2.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
route add default gw 192.168.2.1 dev usb0
iptables -F
iptables -F -t nat
setprop net.dns1 8.8.8.8
setprop "net.gprs.http-proxy" ""
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Hope this helps some one who wants this to the right direction.
And maybe we're able to create an app to do this all automated.
Known issues but does not apply to all users:
1. Internet in browser application does not work.
2. Can't ping domain name.
For a little more info check out the sources, this includes the Linux version too.
Sources: Google android, Mycila

Nice info
Going to post a link on the hero forum where someone was wanting to do this. I wonder if this will work on a froyo hero too...

it would be cool if one of the devs could write a small app to switch this on n off great find tho shoemeistah

Thank you for the guide, It worked fine. There are several things not working though:
- can't download apps from market, they stuck on "downloading"
- my google account don't sync
- other apps don't update themselves. For example my twitter app won't show any new tweets until I open it and manually press "refresh"

I searched for this long time ago, even created a thread about it awhile back, didnt have luck like you did though
I gave up on it eventually, it would be nice to make an app out of it.
mind asking how did you confirm the net to be working on browser? by pinging google.com?
since i saw the last line you put "Internet in browser application does not work."

You can do that in the terminal

[U][B] Internet connection on your Android phone via your PC [/B][/U]
I think I found the best solution. Check it out connectify.me
I wanted to use my PC wired internet & I was astonished that this wasn't available in my HTC Desire & 1st Android device!. I looked over the net, I found many options but most asked for a rooted device! I didn't want to root my brand new Desire.
Connectify is an easy to use software router for Windows 7 computers. After downloading and installing the lightweight application, Connectify utilizes your computers' built in Wi-Fi card to wirelessly share any available Internet connection: a cable modem, a cellular card, or even another Wi-Fi network. Other Wi-Fi enabled devices including laptops, smart phones, music players, and gaming systems can see and join your Connectify hotspot just like any other Wi-Fi access point and are kept safe and secure by password-protected WPA2 Encryption.
I tried it & it's working perfectly for me .. It's a free app.
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Phone: HTC Desire (SIM Free)
Type: Desire
Build: HTC Desire 2.2, 2.10 (kernel: htc 2.6.32.15)
Baseband: 5.09.05.30
Network: UMTS auto (EGY)

By me it didn't work. Using OpenDesire with Froyo 2.2
So I made it work, by edititng the .inf file.
Here the file for USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C02.
For all which still have a problem(USB TETHERING ON DEVICE MUST BE ACTIVE, ALSO THE IDs DIFFERS BETWEEN CONNECTED WITH ADB OR NOT), go into the device manager -> open the device -> goto tab details -> choose device id
look at it, you see somewhere vid_XXXX and further pid_XXXX
open my file -> goto line 31 -> change vid_YYYY and pid_YYYY with what you see in your device dialog. the same you do on line 35. be careful with 0 or o.
Regards
Ralph

I am also using connectify, easy to install, set it up, connect with Desire, anything works fine.

Thanks GhostOfTheNet.
chrismast said:
I am also using connectify, easy to install, set it up, connect with Desire, anything works fine.
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I appreciate the recommendations for other solutions.
But as you can see this thread is for a internet solution at places where is no Wifi available.
So please keep it on topic, thanks!

browser & webviews
Any idea why browser won't work?
I'm interested in testing against internal sites (of course no WAP here.. cuz they be scared i guess).. both Browser and embedded webviews.

connectify great program.works fine

its a default feature in hd roms but that doesnt work in all programs

Connectify doesn't work correctly with my Galaxy 5. It keeps connected for a short time then disconnects and then, connects again, connect, disconnect...
Does anyone know how to fix it?

Thanks Man

plz make a video tutroial of this
its difficult to under stand

does it actualy work?? anyone tried this and actualy worked??? just a simple yes or no.
thanks

small proble plz solve it
hi
I have a small problem in it when my device is not in usb tethering mode
i can see it in my adb devices
as soon as is start usbtethering it say no device found
plz help me

thanks a lot !!!

realy nice guide! Thanks!

Got Ad-hoc wifi working on my Xoom! (binaries inside)

I've managed to build a version of wpa_supplicant that has ad-hoc enabled, by forward porting the patch in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=754961
After building and a couple of tests, it works.
To install, you need a rooted Xoom, of course, and just push the file to system/bin/wpa_supplicant.
Because zipfiles don't store permission, you have to make it executable as well.
Code:
adb remount
adb push system/bin/wpa_supplicant /system/bin/wpa_supplicant
adb shell chmod 755 /system/bin/wpa_supplicant
I also had to change the permissions on /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf for some reason:
Code:
adb shell chown system.wifi /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf
Then reboot, and try it!
It works with my Nokia N8 with JoikuSpot; I can't tether it any other way as the N8 doesn't support the PAN Bluetooth profile, and Android doesn't support DUN.
Don't forget to backup your files, and I am not liable, etc, etc.
The code I used is here:
https://github.com/kelvie/android-wpa_supplicant

Ok heres what happened to me..
I was able to push the first file and when I input the adb shell code it said the device was not connected I am rooted and had no problems rooting or access shell before
So I got a little cocky and thought that the port 5037 that adb communicates with was blocked so I typed adb tcpip 5036 to see if I could get shell access on that port well now when I type adb remount it immediately tells me error: device not found....help!
Got myself stuck without wifi (error)

Thanks for developing such a great app. If i m not wrong i think its working with all 3G carriers.
You can also turn your Motorola Xoom tablets to WiFi hotspot without rooting by enabling setting which are given here http://goo.gl/mgwdn

Also my xoom has been in debug mode and now all of a sudden I noticed that its not entering debug mode when connected there used to a little icon come up and not anymore it acts like nothing yet i can access it on my computer by going my computer and I see Xoom

Ok I got debugging mode back and xoom is plugged in now my problem is when the daemon server starts in adb shell it starts on port 5038
So when I try to copy "adb shell chmod +x /system/bin/wpa_supplicant" it still says device not found and thats if I copy and paste it exactly if I type adb shell it gives me the # Symbol then i put it "chmod +x /system/bin/wpa_supplicant" and it says bad mode
One good thing is I can now type /remount again so what I am doing wrong still stuck without wifi ;\

Ok I've tried everything except reflash my devices I've literally only been able to do step 1 which leaves me with no wifi because i cannot execute the shell commands so please a little help it's been a long night messing with this appreciate your time and I'd love to get this working!

kelvie said:
I've managed to build a version of wpa_supplicant that has ad-hoc enabled, by forward porting the patch in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=754961
After building and a couple of tests, it works.
To install, you need a rooted Xoom, of course, and just push the file to system/bin/wpa_supplicant.
Because zipfiles don't store permission, you have to make it executable as well.
Code:
adb remount
adb push system/bin/wpa_supplicant /system/bin/wpa_supplicant
adb shell chmod +x /system/bin/wpa_supplicant
I also had to change the permissions on /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf for some reason:
Code:
adb shell chown system.wifi /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf
Then reboot, and try it!
It works with my Nokia N8 with JoikuSpot; I can't tether it any other way as the N8 doesn't support the PAN Bluetooth profile, and Android doesn't support DUN.
Don't forget to backup your files, and I am not liable, etc, etc.
The code I used is here:
https://github.com/kelvie/android-wpa_supplicant
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Ok...I tried this and got the same "bad mode" error at the
"adb shell chmod +x /system/bin/wpa_supplicant" stage.
So, I instead did "adb shell chmod 700 /system/bin/wpa_supplicant" and that was successful, so I finished the steps listed and can see my cell on my Xoom. I have a Windows Mobile 6.5 cell and my Xoom can NOW see my ad-hoc network. Thanks a lot Kelvie.

If not for the SDCard update from BRD, I think this thread would be getting alot more attention.
Not to be too mistrusting, but I am hesitant about loading this on my Xoom when it is posted by a new user with only one post.

Fusius said:
Ok...I tried this and got the same "bad mode" error at the
"adb shell chmod +x /system/bin/wpa_supplicant" stage.
So, I instead did "adb shell chmod 700 /system/bin/wpa_supplicant" and that was successful, so I finished the steps listed and can see my cell on my Xoom. I have a Windows Mobile 6.5 cell and my Xoom can NOW see my ad-hoc network. Thanks a lot Kelvie.
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Hey that worked instantly love you!

PengLord said:
If not for the SDCard update from BRD, I think this thread would be getting alot more attention.
Not to be too mistrusting, but I am hesitant about loading this on my Xoom when it is posted by a new user with only one post.
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I completely understand where you're coming from; but check my github repo, and google for me, I do leave a small internet trail...
I (mostly used to, don't do much anymore but answer the odd email) maintain an open source project (Basket for KDE), and try to participate in open source communities as much as I can.
I just did this to tether my Xoom Wifi to my phone, as I had no other way to get internet on the go.

Nice work. I tried to do this myself last week but ran into trouble just getting wpa_supplicant from the Android git to compile (with or without the changes)

First off, wow man thank you so much. I've been playing with this for a while and I've tried a number of different wpa supplicant files but they failed to initiate a scan of wireless networks. I just tried this one and it works great. I wanted to explain a different way to install it however for the people having ADB issues.
First you want to turn off your wifi. I have used the ADB method a couple of times but I find it easier to use Root explorer. Save the file to your Xoom, Copy it using root explorer, navigate to the system/bin folder and click mount R/W then paste the file into the folder replacing the original (make sure to make a backup!) then long hold on the file and view permissions, check all the boxes in the first two columns and the first 2 in the last column. (chmod 775) You can then restart your wifi and enjoy ad-hoc networks (no reboot needed.)
I've done this a couple of times and it works great. Thanks again.

First off, thanks a ton to the OP for getting this working!
Also, thanks to mr_wrong_0 for the root explorer directions. Not that I'm incapable of using the command prompt, it was just easier to do it this way.
mr_wrong_0 said:
First off, wow man thank you so much. I've been playing with this for a while and I've tried a number of different wpa supplicant files but they failed to initiate a scan of wireless networks. I just tried this one and it works great. I wanted to explain a different way to install it however for the people having ADB issues.
First you want to turn off your wifi. I have used the ADB method a couple of times but I find it easier to use Root explorer. Save the file to your Xoom, Copy it using root explorer, navigate to the system/bin folder and click mount R/W then paste the file into the folder replacing the original (make sure to make a backup!) then long hold on the file and view permissions, check all the boxes in the first two columns and the first 2 in the last column. (chmod 775) You can then restart your wifi and enjoy ad-hoc networks (no reboot needed.)
I've done this a couple of times and it works great. Thanks again.
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Thanks so much for this! No issues at all. Wifi Xoom is tethered to my HTC Hero now.

Congrats on a killer mod! We are making progress nice and steady.

Installed, works great.
Thank you.

Great, thanks for your hard word.
I do have a question for those how have done this hack. I currently have an old iPhone 3g with tetherme installed and use Bluetooth tethering to give my Xoom (wifi only) internet access. This works great for me.
Is there are speed/battery life advantage to using wifi tethering instead?
Cheers

I don't know for sure. From what I understand wifi is potentially faster than bluetooth, but it can vary from device to device. I have noticed that my Epic seems to stay cooler and use less battery when broadcasting an Ad-hoc network vs broadcasting in infrastructure mode (using wifi tether 3.0.) But I've never been able to get my phone to tether with bluetooth so I don't know about battery life. One advantage of connecting over wifi is file sharing via apps like wifi file explorer. I have used that a lot to transfer files between my Xoom and my phone as well as the computer.

Noob question
Hello all,
Thank you very much for the patch.
I would like to try it out, but before that, I need to make sure of one thing;
If I root my Xoom, will I still be getting future updates from Motorola for the device if there is one? Or once I root it, is it impossible for me to update them from the manufacturer?
Thank you!

Thanks so much to the OP! I've been waiting for a reason to root my wifi Xoom. SDCard access was tempting, but I think this is the thing that pushes me over the edge!!
Thanks!!

[DEV] Backtrack 5 on T-mobile SGS2 3/5/2012 (NEED KERNEL DEVS!!!)

DISCLAIMER:
I am not responsible for you bricking your device.
BOTTOM LINE
WHAT IS BACKTRACK?
Ok ladies and gentlemen. I guess I should have started with this. But, as another poster stated, if you don't know what Backtrack is, then you don't need this. But, I have to clarify some misconceptions as well. No one has stated correctly what Backtrack is. Backtrack is more than a tool to crack wifi passwords. Its an entire security distro. It it literally packed with thousands of tools to do everything a security tester or "hacker" needs. It is packed with metasploit (google it), sslstrip, nmap,wireshark, just to name a few. Why would they make an entire linux distro just to hack wifi routers? If you have questions, just ask.
Now with that out of the way. Backtrack runs on an image that is never mounted to your system. Nothing is replaced. It is basically a side load which can be turned on or off whenever you want while the phone is on. There is no flashing involved what-so-ever. It is so easy a caveman can do it.
This is a persistant version.
Finally on our device. Everything is fully functional with the exception of using anything that involves packet injection and setting your adapter to monitor mode (yes, this means you cannot crack WEP/WPA yet). The concept is just that we have to modify the wifi adapter driver to accept monitor mode as well as allowing packet injection. Everything else works perfectly.
NEEDED APPS
7zip PC ONLY
Terminal Emulator (Free)
AndroidVNC (Free)
(Optional)
Tasker (Paid)
NOTE: You will need approximately 3.5GB of free space on your internal SDcard (not the removable SD Card at /sdcard/external_sd/)
FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS SPECIFICALLY
INITIAL SETUP (only needs to be completed once)
1. Create a folder called "bt" on the base of your Internal sdcard (directory should look like it does below:
/sdcard/bt
2. Download the following scripts and put them directly to the new "bt" folder you just created. The directory should look like it does below:
bt
installbt.sh
startbt
stopbt
/sdcard/bt/bt
/sdcard/bt/installbt.sh
/sdcard/bt/startbt
/sdcard/bt/stopbt
3. Download this version of busybox for temp use and put it in the following directory shown below (you may need Root Explorer to change permissions to create the directory tree and upload the file):
busybox
/data/local/tmp/bt/busybox
NOTE: /data/local/ should already be there as well as tmp. You will have to create the "bt" folder in that tree. You must have the directory tree and file shown exactally as shown: /data/local/tmp/bt/busybox . If you don't, you can't complain to me why you are getting errors.
4. After you verify that those 5 files are in that directory, then you can proceed to downloading the bt.img file below and put it in the "bt" directory as shown below:
Update
Download each of these and use 7zip to extract the bt.img from them.
bt.7z.001
bt.7z.002
bt.7z.003
bt.7z.004
bt.7z.005
bt.7z.006
bt.7z.007
bt.7z.008
bt.7z.009
bt.7z.010
NOTE: these files total approximately 3.3GB
Extract on your PC and upload to:
/sdcard/bt/bt.img
5. After you have completed the above steps, reboot your phone and re-verify all the above files are in their correct directories:
/sdcard/bt/bt.img
/sdcard/bt/bt
/sdcard/bt/installbt.sh
/sdcard/bt/startbt
/sdcard/bt/stopbt
/data/local/tmp/bt/busybox
6. Open Terminal Emulator and type the following commands. If you recieve any errors then the above steps were not completed correctly, so go back to setp 1.
$ su
# cd sdcard
# cd bt
# sh installbt.sh
# startbt
# bt
7. At this point you have installed Backtrack and have a Backtrack 5 shell.
8. Now the good part. To open the GUI of Backtrack, enter the following command:
# ui
9. Nothing? Be patient. Look at the output and take note of the number "X" located at "localhost:X" from the X desktop line of the output. The VNC server is running at port 5900 so you must add "X" to get the new server port for Backtrack, ie. X=1, then 5900 + 1 would give you 5901 as the new server port.
10. Open AndroidVNC and enter the following info:
Nickname: whatever you want
Password: 12345678
Address: 127.0.0.1
Port: whatever you got from your little math problem above
Username: leave blank
Change Color Format to 24-bit color (4 bpp)
11. Now all you have to do is connect after you have created the connection.
START EACH TIME
1. Open Terminal Emulator and type the following commands.
$ su
# cd sdcard
# cd bt
# startbt
# bt
# ui
2. Open up AndroidVNC and connect to the privously created connection.
SHUTDOWN
1. Tap the settings softkey and tap disconnect (to disconnect you from the VNC server).
2. In Terminal Emulator, type the following commands:
[email protected]: # killui
[email protected]: # exit
# stopbt
# exit
# exit
3. This will close it all out for you, but to ensure a full shutdown, reboot your phone.
Thats all!!!!
Optional Automation
If you have Tasker, then you can add some automation that will automatically execute the Terminal commands and open AndroidVNC.
Download the following file and put it in the following directory which should look like this after it is added:
bt.prj.xml
/sdcard/Tasker/tasks/bt.prj.xml
Then open Tasker. Then go to Settings > Preferences > UI and uncheck "Beginner Mode" and touch the gree checkmark.
Now under the buttons across the top (Profiles, Tasks, Scenes, Variables), you will see a very faint arrow pointing down. Touch and drag down and a tab(s) will be seen across the top. touch and hole the tab with the house. Touch "Import". A "Project File Select" window will pop up. If the file does not show up, then touch the back arrow, and click on the "tasks" folder. Then click on the file "bt". Then a tab at the top will be created that is labled "bt". At the bottom right of the app, make sure that the button says "on". Now exit out of the app. Go to your favorite screen and long click the screen. Next, add a widget, the touch tasker. A window will pop up with alot of entries. Go to the bottom and find "bt on" and touch it. After that, another window will pop up. At this point you could just click the green checkmark and be done. But another thing you can do (optional) is touch the button to add an icon, then check the green checkmark.
Now you will have an icon on your screen that will automatically boot up backtrack and bring you straight to the UI. The next step you want to do is have an icon that will turn it off. To do this, Go to your favorite screen and long click the screen. Next, add a widget, the touch tasker. A window will pop up with alot of entries. Go to the bottom and find "bt off" and touch it. After that, another window will pop up. At this point you could just click the green checkmark and be done. But another thing you can do (optional) is touch the button to add an icon, then check the green checkmark.
Now you will have an on and off button for Backtrack!!!
Please thank me if you like this and donate if it helped you!!!
If you are also a DEV that would like to help on modifying the wifi drivers to allow injection and adding monitoring, please contact me ASAP.

Very awesome !! Can't wait for monitor mode working !
Ty and im following this thread intently
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No problem. Im trying to work on it but honestly. I may need some serious DEV helpers to mod the drivers.

Good work man thank u
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Could this essentially help me in helping my neighbor remember his wifi password
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im rly sry but what is this for something for wifi?

Sorry I know this is going to sound noobish, what is this used for? Why would I want it?
Dfjcisnv

If you don't know what this is for then you don't need it lol
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Thank you, both of you. I admit after I hit submit I went and googled backtrack. While I guess its a cool party trick, in my opinion of course, I wouldn't have any use for this. Its cool that it is working and the effort the OP put into this, so I apologize if this is taken in the wrong context.
On the other hand, im looking to run Ubuntu on this phone and hook it up to my TV, using a Bluetooth keyboard and utilize the full functionality of this device.
Dfjcisnv

slightly off topic but I have Back Track 5 and a wireless router capable of packet injection. I have no idea how to install the drivers for it on my computer. I read through the instructions but its very complicated anyone familiar with doing this could you pm me?

This is something I can use and appreciate your work. Unfortunately, the links are down.
Thanks in advance
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I just a notification from the host saying that I violated their bandwidth restriction and disabled the link permanently. Can anyone help me out with a host that will allow a 3.26GB file for hosting?
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OP updated!!!!
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When someone gets it running on their device, please let me know what you think. Also add anything that you would think is benefitial.

Could this methods be used loosely to "flash" other Linux distros?
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Yes if that distro offered an ARM version of their distro. Then you just need to write a couple scripts to launch the .img file.
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Some of you are PM'img me questions about something now working and they are all due to file downloads. Not to sound like an a$$hole, but go back to the directions and follow the directions specifically. Re-download the files and try it again.

YES! you rock!

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YES! you rock!
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Thanks. Just need a little help with the drivers to complete my mission.
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Very very awesome!

Happy Chick APK on Ouya Not Showing Up

So like the Google Play Store, if you install Happy Chick on the stock Ouya Rom it won't show up in the Apps or Software menu. Anyone know a work around, possibly be able to just rename it within the apk to get around it?

The same for me. Any solution?

Hi, don't know if anyone will read this, but here it is:
I suppose installing a custom ROM would also do the trick, but if you want to keep the Ouya ROM (keep in mind that this is not a pretty solution, and that it requires a PC running on the same network as the Ouya):
- Download the ADB tools and install them on your desktop PC
- Activate network ADB on the Ouya (development menu)
- On your PC, go to the ADB folder and type "adb shell am start -n com.xiaoji.emulator/.Entry"
If this does not work, try "adb connect <IP>" with the IP shown on your TV, and then the shell command.
You can create a .BAT file to launch it, which is a cheap hack but works.

Test Infrared

Hi there,
upon installation of a new TV and reprogramming the remote it seems that I cant control my Android TV shield anymore via Infrared.
Is there a way to test if the commands arrive?
I don't want to root my device.
In linux there was irw but I have no clue if it will work under Android .
Thanks in advance
Guy

Sounds to me like the problem lies with the Remote. If this were a Harmony Remote, then the answer would be as simple as telling you to redownload, and install the correct Shield TV Profile again.
But, for personal interest sake is this a 2015, 2017 16Gb or the Pro? 'Cause the new '17 Slim & Lite Shield TV does it like S0NY, and removed it to cut it's costs. So by that matric it couldn't work.
But, if I wanted to somehow diagnose this on a Command Line. I think I would do it something like this: (Note you will need a Laptop, or PC. Perhaps a Phablet with Android Terminal might even work)
Code:
$ adb devices
- to see if the Shield turns up. (Note: You will of course need to enable the Developer Settings, and turn ADB on first.)
Code:
$ su
- You may or may not need this but, to be S(uper)U(ser), you have to be root.
Code:
$ adb shell
- With this you now access the Shield (Or, other 'Droid type Boxen) On the command line leve!.
At which point you type this:
Code:
$ cat /proc/kmsg | grep -v -e CTS_ -e 'need set max' -e gpufre
- Which should start a running log. Now this may well be too busy, the first time you run it. 'Causing you to quickly swipe command + c to break it. But, on the second attempt it should be stable enough to show you any 'raw' inputs it receiving over the IR.