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[Q] Sprint hotspot switch

Does anyone know of a way to control the app wifi tether with the stock hotspot widget?
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I use SwitchPro widget.
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SwitchPro, or perhaps Beautiful Weather. Forget if it has a Hotspot widget or not. I know it does have everything else though.

How do you configure SwitchPro Widget to control Wireless Tether? I just tried and it activated Sprint Hotspot instead.

I would like to know too
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I'm still wondering how you configure SwitchPro Widget to control Wireless Tether.

I guess there is no answer
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I'd just make a nice looking shortcut to it using Desktop Visualizer..Something like the attached icon, for launching the app.

Wireless Tether as in the built-in tether, or the Wireless Tether for Root Users app? I know Extended Controls can be used to toggle the built-in Android hotspot (i.e. not Sprint's).
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I would like to do it with tether for root
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firestetz said:
I would like to do it with tether for root
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I would like this feature also!!

I guess we will have to put up a bounty to get any further
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The Extended Control (paid app $.99) power widget does this. I am using it currently.

brown14you said:
The Extended Control (paid app $.99) power widget does this. I am using it currently.
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It uses wifi tether for root?
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Sorry, I misread your OP. The 'Extended Control' uses the Sprint Mobile Hotspot. (No, I am not subscribing to Mobile Hotspot plan from Sprint but it works for me). I am rooted and running latest Calkulin's custom ROM.
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It uses wifi tether for root?
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I have tried several roms and settled on fresh but have never been able to get wifi tethering through the hotspot always had to download pre9
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Nandroid and give Calkulin's ROM a try. That is what I am using. It works on his ROM and can be turned on and off using Extended Controls widget. No hassles.
firestetz said:
I have tried several roms and settled on fresh but have never been able to get wifi tethering through the hotspot always had to download pre9
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Don't know if it's what you're looking for but I used "ShareSwitcher" in the market.

watzone69 said:
Don't know if it's what you're looking for but I used "ShareSwitcher" in the market.
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Not quite what I'm looking for thanx though
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brown14you said:
Nandroid and give Calkulin's ROM a try. That is what I am using. It works on his ROM and can be turned on and off using Extended Controls widget. No hassles.
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I'm going to have to play with it some doesn't work out of the box but it is well put together this weekend I'll put it back on when I can stand to go without my phone if I screw something up
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[Q] Tethering only works sporadically...?

Hey Peepz,
I rooted my GS3 and installed WiFi tether. Selected the Samsung Galaxy Nexus profile and the general ICS/JB profile.
The problem is that WiFi tether only works sometimes, so I enable it. work with it. turn it off and maybe 2 or 3 hrs later turn it on again - it says "press to stop tethering" but no WiFi hot spot is visible to my devices (iPad, Laptops, etc). Then i turn tether off, on, off, let it sit there, restart the phone and once ever other try (dozens and dozens of trys) it works.
Is there something I am missing? Btw I have two GS3s and the same happens to the other one as well...

Yeah same here. I have to start stop a few times then I see the wifi network.
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Mofo84 said:
Yeah same here. I have to start stop a few times then I see the wifi network.
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Have you seen a pattern? I haven't had much time with the phones yet (approx. 2 to 3 days). I tried turning off WiFi before tethering but have not found a solution yet. are there any other apps I should try? is WiFi tether the only one? It seems like thats the one people are using...

Are you running any custom roms? Native tether works perfect for me. Other than that i think the Wi-Fi tether for root users 3.2 beta is the best after that
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Try turning your screen off to 10 min instead of 15 seconds. I tried that and it worked for me. Don't know if you guys are using juice defender but that might be an issue as well.
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I have it at 1 min, but I'll try that.
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Nope I'm using the stock, I just rooted it. That's all. When you say, native what do you mean the tmobile app?. I don't have a tether contract, just regular unlimited data...
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ami2510 said:
Nope I'm using the stock, I just rooted it. That's all. When you say, native what do you mean the tmobile app?. I don't have a tether contract, just regular unlimited data...
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Oh okay native as in the one in more settings. I think the T-Mobile app shortcuts to that. But nvm that doesn't play nice if you're stock rooted. Why not run a custom Rom and use it? I don't have a tether plan and it works fine for me
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Same prob. with my Teth.
I got the same problem with my USB tethering. I plug in my CPU, it's working perfectly for 5 minutes, after that, everything stop. Same with my WIFI Hot Spot. Dunno what's the problem ?!? Maybe it will work fine with Jelly B ! Hope it comes fast for videotron.

Teo032 said:
Oh okay native as in the one in more settings. I think the T-Mobile app shortcuts to that. But nvm that doesn't play nice if you're stock rooted. Why not run a custom Rom and use it? I don't have a tether plan and it works fine for me
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I haven't tried that one, in fear that t-mo will just say: hey we want money!
I will try the WiFi tether beta when I have the chance... where can I get it? Market?

It's not in the market. I'll try to find a link. You can Google it.
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http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
Edit: oops i guess it is on the play store. Always thought they had an earlier version
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Teo032 said:
It's not in the market. I'll try to find a link. You can Google it.
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http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
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Thank you bro-migo. I'll try this asap! Let's see if that helps other people as well...
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Plug your cell phone in your pc then Go in your setting > more > port. Modem > modem USB
Click on it and it suppose to work if you have win 7
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Geniusssx said:
Plug your cell phone in your pc then Go in your setting > more > port. Modem > modem USB
Click on it and it suppose to work if you have win 7
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Are you talking about usb tethering? i don't see that option on my phone. Screenshot?
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Teo032 said:
Are you talking about usb tethering? i don't see that option on my phone. Screenshot?
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I'm not ta lking about USB tethering. I'm talking about WiFi tethering
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ami2510 said:
I'm not ta lking about USB tethering. I'm talking about WiFi tethering
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I was asking the guy i quoted
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Mine works, however after a few minutes, the data craps out. Any suggestions? I'm using the auto profile. If I leave it for a few hours, turn it back on, then it usually works again for a few minutes. Is this something Wind is doing to stop you from using lots of data? I have an unlimited plan.

Do you mine sharing your settings. If I use wifi tether straight out of the box, default everything I'm getting redirected to the Tmob page which says my cost will be $14.95 per. When I change profiles to say Generic Ics/JB and change to channel 6 I still connected to the phone but I get no "internet connection". I've checked ipconfig and of course it shows I've connected to the phone and dhcp has assign me an ip, 192.168. something but I got nothing. Right now I'm fu***ed. I so wanted to call comcast and tell them... well you know!
I still may just pay the $14.95 to Tmob instead of $70 to Comcastm makes sense. Before tmob shut me down I was getting 8-10 down and 1-1.5 up on my lappy thru the GS3!
Any tips or suggestion would be greatly appreciated!

If you get the upsell page then change the user agents. What Rom are you using... why don't you use native tethering? When it says no internet connection... just wait awhile until it reconnects you should get internet after that.
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I'm using cm10 nightly and I did use the hotspot option thru the phone to test the speed. I knew Tmob would get wise and block me which they did hence the sell thru page. So I down loaded Wifi Tethering and installed but wasn't too sure about the setting? I also installed the user agent pluggin for Chrome. Then I selected "Chrome on Windows" as my common user agent and here we are.

Wi-Fi Tether Issues... Help!!

I believe my phone is rooted... & I was able to use my phone as a modem, using the wi-fi tether app, for a long time.. Then I didn't use it for months. I tried to use it today, but I don't think it's working any longer.
Are there any specific setting that I need to set, in order for it to work? Is there anything I need to look or check for, to make sure it's all good? Is there anything I CAn download to make it work for sure??
I am on Android 2.3.6
Still using gingerbread el29
sprint epic 4g touch
Any help would be appreciated!!
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Use 3.1 beta 14 and set device profile to galaxy nexus (cdma/lte) should work from there
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Where do I get it from? Do you have a link for the app, or can u tell me where I can get it at.. Please & Thank u
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http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/detail?name=wifi_tether_v3_1-beta14.apk
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also..if initially it doesn't work change setup method to ad hoc

It's not working. Not even showing up in the list of available networks on my PC. It used to work. I dunno why it stopped.. This sucks
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Might i recommend uninstalling the app and reinstalling. Change device profile in the wifi settings to galaxy nexus (cdma/Lte) should work without changing to ad hoc
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I got it to work finally. Kinda works, only Cuz I never have a signal where I live, so.thats lame. But thanks for your help!!
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Okay I just tried it today & it keeps saying it started with errors & to check the log. So I did &,it keeps failing on the "loading wifi driver" part. What does that mean??
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I keep trying to get it to work &,all it is saying is that it started with errors. & the error log said something about the wifi driver failing to load... It worked last night. Don't know why it stopped. Please help.
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I use this app it's "wifi tether for root users" I've used it on GB,ics and jb as long as you're rooted all you gotta do is click the button to start the hotspot.
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Same here... Wifi tether for root users is what I use for all platforms... GB, ICS, and KB. Reinstall the version I told you to get and do exactly what I said and it should work fine. Don't change anything except phone profile to galaxy nexus CDMA/LTE. When you change the profile in the apps settings it should say toro briefly and disappear. Make sure you have the version I mentioned above... Or pm me and I will email you the apk file. And yes you must have some signal to get any of the tether apps to work
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Did everything and i get these errors. What could be going wrong?
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hit the thanks it doesn't hurt.

Also alot of roms (assuming you are rooted) come with native sprint hotspot hacked and ready for use.
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I do have the version you mentioned, in your above reply, installed. &,did the settings like you said &,all I keep getting is the error of wifi driver loading, failed.
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Everyone I time I move to on new roms it typical updates shortly after through okay store. are you absolutely sure you are rooted? You can get root checker from the play store
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Could always try Fox Fi (If it hasn't been mentioned) should work without Root as well. (I typically don't tether much if at all so cant' really chime in on it too much) i do have a friend who uses it constantly at work with no issues.

Ok either try clear clearing cache and dalvik cache in recovery... Reboot and install the wifi apk and do it again. Our maybe get FoxFi or a Custom ROM with sprint hotspot hacked... If you p.m. i'll give you the best chances for free wifi
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Wifi tether app.

FIX!!! EDITED POST!!!!!!! AS OF NOVEMBER 16
WI-FI HOT SPOT FIX!! Encrption enabled!!!
I did it this way and it worked for me. I downloaded this app supersu and installed it with superuser also installed.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...infire.supersu
Apparently the supersu adds more permissions than superuser which helps this app to work. I then opened the modded Wi-Fi tether app and supersu will ask u if to allow this app. Accept it and then try the Wi-Fi tether app. Encryption will not work. I have my settings to the Samsung galaxy S 3. I also changed the network name to something else aside from android tether. I then uninstalled supersu. I then reconnected to the wifi tether app and it works flawless. Again ENCRYPTION WILL NOT WORK.
Dls5375 post has the link to download the modded wi-fi tether app. Hope it helps.
martin26765 said:
do this:
make sure you have installed busybox( stericson) latest version. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox&hl=es (install the app then enter the app and install modules and then reboot)
uninstall tether modded app, then install superuser(different from superU) from play store( yeah you have to have both superuser and supersu, at least that worked for me).Open superuser, now close it( just hit home button), install modded wifi tether, dont touch anything just hit the start tethering.
Now it will work, rebember not to use encryption just enable acces control and it will be just fine.
Link to modded wifi tether:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ns29ojayj5styz8/WifiTether_TrevE_Mod_11_12_12.apk
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Read for encryption enabed for wifi tethering
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1988735&page=9
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Not much help, but the sprint jb port by doc gave me tethering using the native hotspot app
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Any info on that
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/...roid.wifi.tether&feature=search_result#?t=W10
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So..this is my latest tragedy....JB broke this...I tried the Sprint version (TroyE?) and it no werkie either. We need a hack ASAP! Else I roll back to ICS.../sigh

It would seem the latest JB update for TMO has closed the loophole for Wifi Tether.

Easy10pins said:
It would seem the latest JB update for TMO has closed the loophole for Wifi Tether.
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Same here, updated to stock JB with superuser access - wi-fi tether is not working anymore.
This was the only reason I needed the superuser. Is it possible that T-Mobile added some service controlling this feature? I think they did this on S1 or S2 phones and we had to freeze that service.

I have just installed the modded wifi tether app that works on JB. I don't know how to upload it here. Send me a message so I can email it to you guys.
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http://forums.androidcentral.com/sp...652-wifi-tether-jellybean-here-confirmed.html
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okvasnikov said:
Same here, updated to stock JB with superuser access - wi-fi tether is not working anymore.
This was the only reason I needed the superuser. Is it possible that T-Mobile added some service controlling this feature? I think they did this on S1 or S2 phones and we had to freeze that service.
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I am just like you that is the main reason I need root. I rarely tether but its always good to have it there in a just in case. I tried every way possible on the wifi app and nothing. My wifi still has ics and it runs perfect on her phone.

Anyone got a fix for this?
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gejenn said:
I have just installed the modded wifi tether app that works on JB. I don't know how to upload it here. Send me a message so I can email it to you guys.
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Thanks gejenn
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Mine is working with Sprint version TroyE but i have problem to have it encryption.

velozolano said:
Mine is working with Sprint version TroyE but i have problem to have it encryption.
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That's good but no encryption is a little scary.
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I also noticed on titanium manager a new tethering provision app. Don't know if this helps.
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Anyone?
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I remove it all does is fc tmobile hot spot
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So I take it there is no fix around this?
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I'm going back to ics until a fix is found
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kt0ce said:
I'm going back to ics until a fix is found
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Really. You'd go back . Just pay for the service. Jeez people.
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monkeypaws said:
Really. You'd go back . Just pay for the service. Jeez people.
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Yes let me pay for something I already pay for. This is my opinion.
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Hotspot mod?

I am new to the LGOG from the note2 so please be kind..
Is there a hotspot mod for the stock deodexed rom?
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neudof said:
I am new to the LGOG from the note2 so please be kind..
Is there a hotspot mod for the stock deodexed rom?
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Use a WiFi tether app. WiFi tether for root from the Playstore, or the Trevor? version of it on xda. If you can't find them let me know and I'll get you the links a little later.
EDIT: Found some links. One has the TrevE WIFI tether that some people use.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2138144
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40940526&postcount=11
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engine95 said:
Use a WiFi tether app. WiFi tether for root from the Playstore, or the Trevor? version of it on xda. If you can't find them let me know and I'll get you the links a little later
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This. WiFi tether seems to work well for most people. Be aware that after turning it on you will probably need to restart the phone for wifi to work again afterward.

Xiutehcuhtli said:
This. WiFi tether seems to work well for most people. Be aware that after turning it on you will probably need to restart the phone for wifi to work again afterward.
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Crazy
On the galaxy devices i have used these apps and the moded hotspot and never had to reboot to get on wifi. Is this a common issue on the LGOG?
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neudof said:
Crazy
On the galaxy devices i have used these apps and the moded hotspot and never had to reboot to get on wifi. Is this a common issue on the LGOG?
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It's common for our JB. Any stock ROM requires a reboot per WiFi or tether.
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engine95 said:
It's common for our JB. Any stock ROM requires a reboot per WiFi or tether.
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I have always been able to go from WiFi to tether but not back. But yes, it's a stock jb issue.
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Xiutehcuhtli said:
I have always been able to go from WiFi to tether but not back. But yes, it's a stock jb issue.
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I never did figure out any rhyme or reason to it. I just always reboot. Thanks for the info. :beer:
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engine95 said:
I never did figure out any rhyme or reason to it. I just always reboot. Thanks for the info. :beer:
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Always happy when I can provide a learning opportunities to the squirrels of America. You Sir are most welcome.
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Nope i tether on trev mod im rooted on lg ui play xbox stream movies from my phone using bubbleupnp app to my xbox crazy while watchingyoutube videos i used an unistaller to take bloatware off best i could until i could put a bad ass rom like venom on my phone but until then yup love my lg cant wait to get the lgg2 greatest phone eva lolzzzz
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The new version of the Wifi Teather App works without having to reboot. Just enable Wifi Driver Reload 2 option under settings.
https://code.google.com/p/android-w...e=wifi_tether_v3_4-experimental1.apk&can=2&q=

gearslam said:
The new version of the Wifi Teather App works without having to reboot. Just enable Wifi Driver Reload 2 option under settings.
https://code.google.com/p/android-w...e=wifi_tether_v3_4-experimental1.apk&can=2&q=
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What settings are you using? Every time I have Wifi Driver Reload 2 selected, it won't tether properly. It looks fine on the phone, but the computer won't pick up the signal.

I've used PDAnet and haven't had any problems switching between hotspot and back. Hotspot works great and switching back is easy (no reboot). I use it all the time for my tablet when no WiFi is available. Just thought I'd mention it.