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How many devices can hook up using the Wifi tethering?

Does the WiFi tethering work the same as the Hotspot?

fechina said:
Does the WiFi tethering work the same as the Hotspot?
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Yep, sure does. I've only had 4 devices connected at once, so I can't say how many it will support, but it worked great on an 8 hour drive to NYC with 4 teenagers in the car.

Cool, Thanks a lot!!! Now I can get rid of that extra $30...LOL

Which program do I need to load from Market for the WiFi Tethering?

Don't get the one from the market. Do a Google search for "Wireless Tether For Root Users" and get the latest version, which I believe is -pre9.

chazglenn3 said:
Don't get the one from the market. Do a Google search for "Wireless Tether For Root Users" and get the latest version, which I believe is -pre9.
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I've got pre8 working and using it to post this reply through my laptop. Is there a big difference between the two versions?

The one from the market didn't work for me either, I googled wtfr and downloaded it right from there site.
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erikivy said:
Yep, sure does. I've only had 4 devices connected at once, so I can't say how many it will support, but it worked great on an 8 hour drive to NYC with 4 teenagers in the car.
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What kinds of speeds were you guys getting because every time i use it i can only get about .5 mbs down?

villalva_evo4g said:
What kinds of speeds were you guys getting because every time i use it i can only get about .5 mbs down?
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I didn't do any kind of speed test on the trip, but when I've tested in the past, the download speeds were almost exactly what they were when tested on the phone itself. That speed, of course, varies quite a bit, but in general it should be nearly as fast as normal speeds on the phone.

[APP][Wireless tether for root users] Now with more Infrastructure!!!

I had nothing to do with creating this. Just thought you guys would want to know that the lastest Wifi tether has been uploaded and it's supports Infrasructure Mode on 2.2 ROMs (Including CM6)
Major props to Harald Mueller for this! Don't hesitate to donate for all this guy's hard work!
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They are the 3.0 versions.

Dude SWEET!!! i have to donate to him..
Question is the sprint hotspot suppose to activate with this??
Cause it did then i clicked activate sprint thingy and it reboot my phone. lol

davidrules7778 said:
Dude SWEET!!! i have to donate to him..
Question is the sprint hotspot suppose to activate with this??
Cause it did then i clicked activate sprint thingy and it reboot my phone. lol
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Yep the app starts the sprint tether I think.
What did you hit to make it reboot? It did reboot once when I turned the tether off but I don't know if it's done that consistently.

ipaq3115 said:
Yep the app starts the sprint tether I think.
What did you hit to make it reboot? It did reboot once when I turned the tether off but I don't know if it's done that consistently.
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I checked the sprint, activate tether box, lol should i try again?
Yep Thats what caused the reboot lol, oh well i wont check that box anymore. Does the sprint hotspot settings work?

davidrules7778 said:
I checked the sprint, activate tether box, lol should i try again?
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Oh, haha, I don't think you have to mess with that. The app starts that up all by itself. Should just see the button turn yellow and it'll be on.

ipaq3115 said:
Oh, haha, I don't think you have to mess with that. The app starts that up all by itself. Should just see the button turn yellow and it'll be on.
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ya, thats cool tho that it brings it up, tho i wish it didnt need to stay in my notification panel, with the wireless tether as well.
it worked great and i feel like its way faster too.

davidrules7778 said:
ya, thats cool tho that it brings it up, tho i wish it didnt need to stay in my notification panel, with the wireless tether as well.
it worked great and i feel like its way faster too.
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Yeah, I don't think there is any way of getting around that. Small price to pay for some awesome Froyo tether
It's definitely just as fast or faster than mobile AP was.

do we still require a kernel that supports this? or has anyone gotten it to actually work. i know its an experimental build, but it didnt work for me. my lappy could see it, which is good because it cant even see ad hoc, but it failed connecting.
edit: hmmm, ya i see now its working for you. i still have old wifi tether installed, maybe thats it?

ok last time i mess with that, For heads up dont mess with any of the sprint stuff, it makes your phone reboot then makes it pop up an error when trying to connect, if you do just clear the app data and start over and it seems to work now

amosher13 said:
do we still require a kernel that supports this? or has anyone gotten it to actually work. i know its an experimental build, but it didnt work for me. my lappy could see it, which is good because it cant even see ad hoc, but it failed connecting.
edit: hmmm, ya i see now its working for you. i still have old wifi tether installed, maybe thats it?
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Yeah, he said to remove old versions I think.
I've tested it on stock DK28, ViperROM 4.0.2c and CM6 Beta0 All of them worked just fine,

amosher13 said:
do we still require a kernel that supports this? or has anyone gotten it to actually work. i know its an experimental build, but it didnt work for me. my lappy could see it, which is good because it cant even see ad hoc, but it failed connecting.
edit: hmmm, ya i see now its working for you. i still have old wifi tether installed, maybe thats it?
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Worked perfectly to me and connected to my ipod touch no problem first try, and i had the old one installed, and then i uninstalled and still work,
Just a note dont mess with the sprint hotspot that pops up with it, it will just **** it up and you will have to clear data on the app or uninstall and reinstall again.

ipaq3115 said:
Yep the app starts the sprint tether I think.
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No. The app "talks" directly to the kernel. There is "something" implemented in the framework which detects that necessary kernel-setup-steps were performed.
It's not using the official hotspot-app/feature at all - only kernel-stuff (that's why it even works on CM6).

ipaq3115 said:
Yeah, I don't think there is any way of getting around that. Small price to pay for some awesome Froyo tether
It's definitely just as fast or faster than mobile AP was.
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Hey thats cool, and it is faster then mobile ap, i just was streaming netflix on my ipod touch with this and it loaded at least 2-3 times faster.
Probaly faster considering this is the sprint hotspot its activating. too bad i can't use all those sprint settings lol, oh well as long as its fast works on 4g and infrastructure. YAY

harry_m said:
No. The app "talks" directly to the kernel. There is "something" implemented in the framework which detects that necessary kernel-setup-steps were performed.
It's not using the official hotspot-app/feature at all - only kernel-stuff (that's why it even work on CM6).
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Ahhhh, that makes sense. The sprint stuff is just confused As it should be.
davidrules7778 said:
Hey thats cool, and it is faster then mobile ap, i just was streaming netflix on my ipod touch with this and it loaded at least 2-3 times faster.
Probaly faster considering this is the sprint hotspot its activating. too bad i can't use all those sprint settings lol, oh well as long as its fast works on 4g and infrastructure. YAY
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Should be able to set all of the same settings in the tether APP

So this is the same as MobileAP(works on ps3)?
Is there any advantage MobileAp have over this?

harry_m said:
No. The app "talks" directly to the kernel. There is "something" implemented in the framework which detects that necessary kernel-setup-steps were performed.
It's not using the official hotspot-app/feature at all - only kernel-stuff (that's why it even works on CM6).
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Well i guess if i could unistall the sprint hotspot some how i could, avoid that, the only reason it pops up is because this app uses the official sprint hotspot stuff, as seen in the mobile ap thread, someone bought the subscription and helped this guy make this work.

Brilliant! ...thanks for sharing!
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lviv73 said:
So this is the same as MobileAP(works on ps3)?
Is there any advantage MobileAp have over this?
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Besides looking prettier and no sprint hotspot popping up with this, no this is better!!! and faster then mobile ap.

is it possibile to get rid of sprints hotspot or is it always there besides cm6?

davidrules7778 said:
Well i guess if i could unistall the sprint hotspot some how i could, avoid that, the only reason it pops up is because this app uses the official sprint hotspot stuff, as seen in the mobile ap thread, someone bought the subscription and helped this guy make this work.
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You could try ... but I think that notivication is triggered by the "system-framework" and not by the hotspot-app. The key were some dmesg-dumps to see which parameters are passed to kernel. Since I know the bcm4329-driver a little bit it was not that hard ... but it took some time and around 70 mails to/from "formula84" (the guy who was very helpful with testing/logs).

Re-install OEM wifi hotspot app after CM7?

Would like to know if it's possible to reinstall the sprint wifi hotspot app after upgrading to CM7.
I know there is one that it's built in but work pays for the hotspot and I'd like to test and see what the differences are.

If I'm not mistaken the sprint hot spot app only works with sense man not cm7. Try wifi tether from the market.
~ d3rk

dirkyd3rk said:
If I'm not mistaken the sprint hot spot app only works with sense man not cm7. Try wifi tether from the market.
~ d3rk
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Tis correct, but on the other hand, wireless tether won't work on CM7, and if you do use it, you'll have to reboot to get wifi working. He'd have to use barnacle tether, which doesn't tether 4G. If you need to 4G tether, you'd have to flash over to sense to use, or use the native teher or barnacle if on CM7.

teh roxxorz said:
Tis correct, but on the other hand, wireless tether won't work on CM7, and if you do use it, you'll have to reboot to get wifi working. He'd have to use barnacle tether, which doesn't tether 4G. If you need to 4G tether, you'd have to flash over to sense to use, or use the native teher or barnacle if on CM7.
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Ahhh. Got it! No wonder wireless tether never worked(only tried it 3 times). Thanks for your vote back in that other thread, I'd give you a vote as well man. You'd have more of a shot than I would.
~ d3rk

dirkyd3rk said:
Ahhh. Got it! No wonder wireless tether never worked(only tried it 3 times). Thanks for your vote back in that other thread, I'd give you a vote as well man. You'd have more of a shot than I would.
~ d3rk
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Yea, I tried it several times and that was the final break down conclusion; so semi hassle, it is what it is though. And thanks, but you'd have a better shot from being around longer.

teh roxxorz said:
Yea, I tried it several times and that was the final break down conclusion; so semi hassle, it is what it is though. And thanks, but you'd have a better shot from being around longer.
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What's the deal with it? I've seen this asked multiple times. Is it the wireless tether app that's not working or is it the actual rom/kernels?
~ d3rk

dirkyd3rk said:
What's the deal with it? I've seen this asked multiple times. Is it the wireless tether app that's not working or is it the actual rom/kernels?
~ d3rk
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The wireless tether app works, just not on gingerbread. So it'll work on sense roms. And you need a netfiler enabled kernel as well. But on sense, you can use it just fine, on CM7, ect, it hangs on the starting tether, back out, then it starts with errors, then you have to reboot to get your wifi working.

Hum I'm connected with the CM7 tethering app on 4g as I type this now.
It's works perfectly for me.
I wonder if it's due to the fact that I pay for the hotspot service?
I also did the gps And vvm fix.

translux said:
Hum I'm connected with the CM7 tethering app on 4g as I type this now.
It's works perfectly for me.
I wonder if it's due to the fact that I pay for the hotspot service?
I also did the gps And vvm fix.
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What I think is going on is, it says you're connected to "4G" but when you run a speed test it doesn't get 4G speeds that it would on your actual phone. Its been a debate for a while now. That's what people mean when they say 4G tethering doesn't work. You should speed test 4G while tethered, the test it on phone only.
~ d3rk

dirkyd3rk said:
What I think is going on is, it says you're connected to "4G" but when you run a speed test it doesn't get 4G speeds that it would on your actual phone. Its been a debate for a while now. That's what people mean when they say 4G tethering doesn't work. You should speed test 4G while tethered, the test it on phone only.
~ d3rk
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That's correct, you can be on 4G, but it'll only tether 3G speeds.
I've tested it myself.

Speed test using same app and same pop EVO is the hotspot IPad is client
EVO 3.80 Mbps down 1.18 Mbps up
iPad 4.0-2.8 Mbps down 1.00 Mbps up
Also no issue with using wifi after tethering.

Sprint Hotspot working for free?

So, I just got my S3 today and immediately rooted it. I mainly just want to tether wirelessly. I don't care to flash new ROMS just yet.
Anyway, before I froze the Sprint Hotspot app with Titanium, I opened up the app just to look around. On my old school Evo 4G it would always tell me I would need to activate the service to use the feature. I just used the free android tether.
I started it up and it is working? I tethered it to my iPad... Is this normal?
I didn't get a notice that it's a paid app or anything.
I checked my account, online, and it still shows wireless hotspot as an option to subscribe to, but it is not listed as part of my plan options.
I am wondering if I use it if Sprint is going to just add it to my bill. When I was with Tmobile I got EDGE data for free for 2 years because of some glitch... I lost it when I upgraded.
Maybe this is a similar glitch? Just wondering of this has happened to anyone else?

No, they can't just add it to your bill. It either works or doesn't work.
In your case, it must just be a favourable fluke that it is working, but I'll wager that eventually down the road you'll get the standard message about subscribing to a hotspot plan.
On a side note, have you tried FoxFi? It's a tether app that does not require root.
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LordLugard said:
No, they can't just add it to your bill. It either works or doesn't work.
In your case, it must just be a favourable fluke that it is working, but I'll wager that eventually down the road you'll get the standard message about subscribing to a hotspot plan.
On a side note, have you tried FoxFi? It's a tether app that does not require root.
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To add to this, you won't find FoxFi in the play store. Sprint took it off for all sprint users. Instead, you'll have to google FoxFi, find their website, and install the APK.

Just tried foxfi , could not get it to work on my sprint g3

LordLugard said:
No, they can't just add it to your bill. It either works or doesn't work.
In your case, it must just be a favourable fluke that it is working, but I'll wager that eventually down the road you'll get the standard message about subscribing to a hotspot plan.
On a side note, have you tried FoxFi? It's a tether app that does not require root.
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I just tried tethering on my stock non rooted Galaxy S III and it worked as well. I i don't have a subscription either so it makes me wonder if it works as a trial or something.
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FoxFi works perfectly fine on my Verizon GSIII and its completely stock.

JS_racer said:
Just tried foxfi , could not get it to work on my sprint g3
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works for both a friend and I on spring with a SGSIII

I tried both the Sprint Hotspot and FoxFi on my rooted stock Sprint Galaxy S3. Neither one worked.

this is what the cool kids are using for tethering lol. http://android-wifi-tether.googlecode.com/files/wifi_tether_v3_2-pre1.apk set device profile for galaxy nexus(cdma and gsm both work) in the settings. foxfi sucks. its nice if u dont wanna root but if ur already rooted its pointless to waste ur time with it. someone had to say it.

billard412 said:
this is what the cool kids are using for tethering lol. http://android-wifi-tether.googlecode.com/files/wifi_tether_v3_2-pre1.apk set device profile for galaxy nexus(cdma and gsm both work) in the settings. foxfi sucks. its nice if u dont wanna root but if ur already rooted its pointless to waste ur time with it. someone had to say it.[/QUOTE
Foxfi doesnt seem to work on unrooted Sprint phones
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evoer said:
Foxfi doesnt seem to work on unrooted Sprint phones
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I can CONFIRM that the current version of foxfi does not work on an unrooted Sprint SGS3. Also, the android-wifi-tether is not working, either, on a ROOTED Sprint SGS3 (LG2 - haven't tried it with LG8 release yet).
Sprint seems to be trying pretty hard to prevent its users from wifi tethering (without one of their wifi data plans).

On my current phone foxfi and the andorid tether app both act up. They let me connect for a while and then they just stop working. It may be the phone though. If I do usb tether though I can stay one for days.
I cant wait till I get my s3 next week though.

rfs830 said:
On my current phone foxfi and the andorid tether app both act up. They let me connect for a while and then they just stop working. It may be the phone though. If I do usb tether though I can stay one for days.
I cant wait till I get my s3 next week though.
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I can't get WIFI to work at all, but USB tethering via Easytether works great.

Never tried foxfi unrooted but can confirm it doesn't work on my rooted phone. WiFi tether works just fine for me tho(on all modems: Len,lf9,lg2,lg8). I think the problems people are having is just because of the phone being new. I don't think iT has anything to do with sprint trying to block it.

billard412 said:
Never tried foxfi unrooted but can confirm it doesn't work on my rooted phone. WiFi tether works just fine for me tho(on all modems: Len,lf9,lg2,lg8). I think the problems people are having is just because of the phone being new. I don't think iT has anything to do with sprint trying to block it.
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FoxFi says on their site (right now!) ...
"*Support for the new Galaxy S3 and the new ICS update for Epic Touch are being worked on. Should be compatible soon in a future update."
My GS3 is not rooted yet. FoxFi didn't work ... neither Wifi, nor BlueTooth mode for Hotspot. BUT, the Sprint basic Hotspot is working even without me enabling it in my account. Hmmm.
Will try to root and try the google base wifi tether sometime soon.

tethering
Yeah the sprint app is working for me too and I don't have a tethering plan either.

Can I get your address to send you the bill?
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lol thats funny!
Naddict said:
Can I get your address to send you the bill?
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yousefak said:
To add to this, you won't find FoxFi in the play store. Sprint took it off for all sprint users. Instead, you'll have to google FoxFi, find their website, and install the APK.
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JS_racer said:
Just tried foxfi , could not get it to work on my sprint g3
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nerdydesi said:
FoxFi works perfectly fine on my Verizon GSIII and its completely stock.
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AlpineMan said:
I tried both the Sprint Hotspot and FoxFi on my rooted stock Sprint Galaxy S3. Neither one worked.
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foxfi doesn't work on sprint sgsIII...darn!

If you can't get the Wi-Fi tether app from the market to work...using gnex cdma, set your device profile to generic ics.
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[Q] Any MODs to remove tethering cap ?

Just wondering if there are any MODs that remove the tethering limit that T-Mobile gives ?
on my Nexus 5, i was able to tether over 25-30GB a month without a problem.
now im back to my 5GB limit ..
Thanks .

Im not bashing you I say to each his own but this is why they made tethering caps to begin with.

UltimateEnd said:
Just wondering if there are any MODs that remove the tethering limit that T-Mobile gives ?
on my Nexus 5, i was able to tether over 25-30GB a month without a problem.
now im back to my 5GB limit ..
Thanks .
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Not yet

ThePagel said:
Im not bashing you I say to each his own but this is why they made tethering caps to begin with.
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Not yet
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Some rules are just made to be broken, if I stream Netflix all month long , what's the difference if I buy a mini HDMI cable and connect to my TV ,.. than to simply tether. ?
Thanks jp

UltimateEnd said:
Just wondering if there are any MODs that remove the tethering limit that T-Mobile gives ?
on my Nexus 5, i was able to tether over 25-30GB a month without a problem.
now im back to my 5GB limit ..
Thanks .
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Was using these mods a while back, Not sure if they still work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47848091&postcount=243
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/nexus-5-tethering-block-t2512674/page76

tarroyo said:
Was using these mods a while back, Not sure if they still work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47848091&postcount=243
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Cool. Thanks. I'll try em.
I wonder if the same flashable zip I used on the nexus 5 would work on other devices ?
Don't wanna end up with a bricked device.

No it will not work tether. They changed. It on lg g3

Most of the MODs don't work on the G3, so far, at least none that I have seen/tried so far. It has to do with the way the G3 uses the APN and IPv6 (IPv4 works, but LTE is spotty and it also breaks tether, from what I've read), ThePagel can explain is far better than I, if he so wishes.
The best way to get it to is via the app "Wifi Tehther App", which works perfectly and masks your tether use as mobile data use and not as hotspot use.

JustLok said:
Most of the MODs don't work on the G3, so far, at least none that I have seen/tried so far. It has to do with the way the G3 uses the APN and IPv6 (IPv4 works, but LTE is spotty and it also breaks tether, from what I've read), ThePagel can explain is far better than I, if he so wishes.
The best way to get it to is via the app "Wifi Tehther App", which works perfectly and masks your tether use as mobile data use and not as hotspot use.
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I can vouch for the wifi tether app. I've been using it relentlessly and I've had zero issues.

JustLok said:
Most of the MODs don't work on the G3, so far, at least none that I have seen/tried so far. It has to do with the way the G3 uses the APN and IPv6 (IPv4 works, but LTE is spotty and it also breaks tether, from what I've read), ThePagel can explain is far better than I, if he so wishes.
The best way to get it to is via the app "Wifi Tehther App", which works perfectly and masks your tether use as mobile data use and not as hotspot use.
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Sorry what. Are the. Settings. Are you using

jpeps3 said:
Sorry what. Are the. Settings. Are you using
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Wifi Tether App G3 Settings
You can also check out his app page on other configurations and settings with the app here.