[Q] Bluetooth tethering - Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I would like to use the "bluetooth PAN tether" option in wireless tether to tether to my EEE Transformer.
The options are greyed out for bluetooth in the settings for wirless tether, and I've spent a few hours looking around the Epic 4G threads on normal google searches all I've found is that it won't work because the kernel isn't compiled with the proper kernel option.
I wanted to put a link here but if you google "epic 4g wifi tether bluetooth greyed out" it's the Issue 924 page on the google code link.
I'm running Simply AOSP 3.1.1, and my buddies are running the same rom, and I believe the options were greyed out on ACS 1.1.0 as well.
Does anyone have any ideas or have any experience with this problem? Maybe I need to run a different kernel, however I'm not sure about the compatibilities between different roms.
Thanks for any help you may have, and also thanks to all devs for always making my epic better!

Unfortunately, I don't have the answer.
But I am curious, why would you prefer to tether by bluetooth rather than Wifi Ad-Hoc/Infrastructure? It seems to me that these methods are more stable/secure, and just all around easier to use.

I'm interested in the lower power consumption, and I'm not worried about the lower data rate. Although I wasn't aware of security issues with bluetooth, I should look into it though.

The other detail I should mention is that the transformer doesn't tether ad-hoc without rooting, and I'm not ready to root it yet. I'd also be fine with wired tethering if it worked but it hasn't so far.

Well with midnight rom 6.0 beta 1, the bluetooth option returns. I haven't gotten it to work yet but it's at least available. Does anyone know if gingerbread is supposed to be able to wired (USB) tether to honeycomb tablets?

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[Q] Portable Hotspot

I have a Sprint TP2 and have loaded the latest FRX07 build. Under Wireless & Network Settings, there's an option for tethering and portable wifi hotspot .
I have tried this feature and it works great, including on my non-rooted Asus Transformer, which doesn't accept Ad Hoc connections.
I realize most people use third party applications like Barnacle to wifi tether. Barnacle however creates an Ad Hoc, which can be used by the laptop, but not the Transformer.
Is there a reason to avoid the built in feature in Android?
EMB Driver said:
I have a Sprint TP2 and have loaded the latest FRX07 build. Under Wireless & Network Settings, there's an option for tethering and portable wifi hotspot .
I have tried this feature and it works great, including on my non-rooted Asus Transformer, which doesn't accept Ad Hoc connections.
I realize most people use third party applications like Barnacle to wifi tether. Barnacle however creates an Ad Hoc, which can be used by the laptop, but not the Transformer.
Is there a reason to avoid the built in feature in Android?
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I prefer the built-in wifi hotspot as well - the only reason to avoid it would be if it doesn't work - some have issues when you disable wifi tethering, it won't re-enable at best, and at worst it reboots the phone.
I just tried it and couldn't get it to work, but I have in the past - if it's working for you great! I don't see any reason you can't continue using it. Like you already said, it throws up an actual AP as opposed to an ad-hoc network - which is fantastic.
The wifi tether worked in the past (frx05 I think). The only gotcha is that whenever you went to activate WiFi tethering, you would need to go into the settings and hit OK without changing anything.
The reason for this is that the WiFi driver seems to ignore the settings passed on by the tether app until it's reapplied via hitting OK. The only other thing to note is that AFAIK the power-down code from the WiFi is still missing, so it might create a power drain even after turning off tether(wifi).
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Thanks for the responses.
I boot into android and once it finishes initializing, I select the hotspot to on, and it connects to the Transformer. All the apps appear to have access to internet.
Thanks for the tip on the powerdrain. I'll keep an eye on it.
I"m finding it very glitchy with the FRX07 and the default wifi tethering. However, Barnacle wifi tether is working without any problems. I even got a reboot once from using the default tethering. Just thought I let you guys know. Not sure if the 3rd party app will be slower or not though.
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I"m finding it very glitchy with the FRX07 and the default wifi tethering. However, Barnacle wifi tether is working without any problems. I even got a reboot once from using the default tethering. Just thought I let you guys know. Not sure if the 3rd party app will be slower or not though.
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Barnacle works, but uses ad-hoc instead of an actual AP. The built-in wifi tethering never really quite worked right...
There's also the XDAndroid wifi tethering app - just like Barnacle, it creates an adhoc network.

Tether to Tablet

I hope this is in the correct section, to me it is a question.
I have the ET4G and am getting a Samsung Galaxy 10.1 16G from work. It is wifi only.
I am running unnamed rom on EG30
I know I should be able to use the hotspot hack to tether the tablet.
I don't have a great knowledge of bluetooth as I have never really used it.
Can I pair the phone to the tablet and tether that way also?
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but again, I don't have a great knowledge of bluetooth and how it works or what it can do.
Thank you in advance for the help.
Not a dumb question at all. I believe the hotspot hack is wifi only. There is an app called "wireless tether" which I believe at one point had Bluetooth tether but is only wifi now. Bluetooth is a different kind of radio. Google it to find out the exact difference. Is there any particular reason you want to pair it with Bluetooth?
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Using my Evo to tether when I had my tab was pretty easy using the Sprint hot spot. All you really need to do is start it and use the wifi setting on the tab to connect. Make sure you get the password from your device.
I never really had much success with Bluetooth tether to share the internet connection. Transferring files was pretty straightforward.
Wifi tether app (I can upload but you really should go by their site and read up on it) required adhoc support on the GT, as I couldn't get secured to run with the Evo. May be a bit different with the GS2.
Really, if you have the native hot spot running, use it. Will work with little effort and I found it reliable.
Thank you both for the help.
Wasn't really looking to use blue tooth to tether, just wondering if it was in some way better. I guess more wondering if it would just use the phone signal to connect to Sprint network where the tablet wouldn't.
I have the hoyspot hack up and running fine, that is what I use for my laptop all the time. Why pay the cable company $60 a month.
I guess I was just wondering if one was better.
Thank you both for the help.

[Q] ? about google codec wifi tethering app

I can get the wired usb tether to work fine but it seems to be slower. Using FoxFi but it seems to mess with my phone. I have NEVER gotten wifi tether to work, irregardless of my phone version or rom, so I was wondering what people have installed on both phone and comp that allows it to work. My wireless card enables ad-hoc so that doesn't seem to be the problem. I just want a simple wifi tether, not a hotspot because i don't want others to use it, that's what FoxFi is for when I have guests. I just want to get wifi tether to work to see if it works how I'm hoping it does. Any help is appreciated
Does your computer support Bluetooth? BLuetooth tethering sounds like it more like what you are looking for. I've honestly never heard of a "WiFi" tether outside of the hotspot usage.

Native Bluetooth Tethering

I keep seeing some people saying that native bluetooth tethering works and then others saying it doesn't. So for those that it does work for, I'd like to know what your setup is. On my Gnexus it worked tethering to my Nexus 7 for about a week, then suddenly stopped working. However the wifi tethering works just fine. Bluetooth tethering will work through the pdanet & foxfi method although this causes my nexus 7 to run at full power all the time making for insane battery drain.
So please, any input into this matter would be appreciated. I do not want to have to use the pdanet & foxfi method. The native bluetooth tether works much nicer.
I am capable to send files between the devices via bluetooth as well, but not tether anymore. It was working up until couple weeks ago, and now, it won't. I have seen people on the same rom and kernel have the functionality work just fine.
Not one person has an opinion?

[Q] Bluetooth Tethering

My SGS3 doesn't have the option "Bluetooth Tethering" under Settings/More/Tethering and portable hotspot. I've seen numerous posts/videos saying to simply check that box to get bluetooth tethering working. I want to tether my Note8 via bluetooth to my SGS3 i747m.
Is this option disabled by my carrier (Bell)? If so, with a rooted phone, is there an easy way, on the stock rom, to re-enable it?
Tethering is allowed on my plan, Wifi tethering works fine, but I want bluetooth for the power savings and ability to leave it on all the time with minimal hit to my battery life.
I tried FoxFi, and got bluetooth tethering working that way. However, I found that many apps check for wifi/cellular connectivity, and when there is none (since I'm on bluetooth), they complain about having no Internet access and refuse to work, while other apps that don't check work fine. Is this the case with the built-in bluetooth too, or a side-effect of the FoxFi/PDANet Tablet apps doing dirty tricks to make things work?

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