Google screwed android beam, i was super excited to learn android beam had been updated to share pictures and even videos on jellybean, but guess what? android beam just activates bluetooth! and you send pictures and videos using bluetooth they take ages to transfer , how come the galaxy s iii use wifidirect ( with their marketing name "s-beam" ) ? so silly
Isnt there a way to force android beam to use wifi direct instead of bluetooth?
WiFi direct is in there along with Android beam
Samsungs S3 brings all three
WiFi direct
Android beam
S Beam
-Google
My friend has a galaxy s3 and i have the gnex and we shared pics no problem, especially speed..
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DerAmi said:
My friend has a galaxy s3 and i have the gnex and we shared pics no problem, especially speed..
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Is your friend's S3 running jelly bean?? I thought picture sharing was only available with Jelly Bean if you're using GNex's beam feature. I understand the S3 has S Beam but that won't work if you try to pair with a GNex, right?
Yep he is. You guys really should do research before creating forum topics.. Android beam uses NFC not Bluetooth. S-beam while yes using WiFi direct, the s3 also has the ability to share content through NFC.
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Where is the Wifi Direct setting in JB? I don't see it.
Nvm...found it in the Wifi settings.
I have to agree Android Beam is stupid slow. It took almost a full minute to transfer a 2mb image from one GNex to another.
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Chad_Petree said:
Google screwed android beam, i was super excited to learn android beam had been updated to share pictures and even videos on jellybean, but guess what? android beam just activates bluetooth! and you send pictures and videos using bluetooth they take ages to transfer , how come the galaxy s iii use wifidirect ( with their marketing name "s-beam" ) ? so silly
Isnt there a way to force android beam to use wifi direct instead of bluetooth?
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is your NFC even turned on? How about try going to settings>more>(check) NFC and you can see Andriod Bean via NFC
It is a chip stored in a battery do you expect it to take 2 seconds to transfer?
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Maybe not 2... but less than 10. 1 MB/s isn't unreasonable though so yeah, he probably does expect that.
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It is a chip stored in a battery do you expect it to take 2 seconds to transfer?
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That's just the antenna isn't it?
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Yep he is. You guys really should do research before creating forum topics.. Android beam uses NFC not Bluetooth. S-beam while yes using WiFi direct, the s3 also has the ability to share content through NFC.
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Maybe you should do some research as well.
In Jellybean:
Android Beam uses NFC as a matchmaker and transfer for basic things like URLs. For images, it is a matchmaker for BT.
NFC initiates connection and BT transfers.
NFC is too slow to transfer images. Are you really going to hold your devices together while you transfer a ~3+mb image for that long?
Max speed for NFC (standardized) 424Kbps. Slowest is 106. I have no idea which speed the Gnex uses, but its probably NOT the top end speed.
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It is a chip stored in a battery do you expect it to take 2 seconds to transfer?
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NFC antenna is in the battery. Not the NFC hardware itself.
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Maybe not 2... but less than 10. 1 MB/s isn't unreasonable though so yeah, he probably does expect that.
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I've transferred several mb images in a few seconds from my Gnex to N7. However it is wonky. The matchmaking process has issues. It took me 4 tries to get it to work to my N7, and Gnex to Gnex, it hasn't worked at all.
And your point? A radio needs an antenna does it not? It's supposed to be used to share light files not megabits of files. It may not be much, but again were talking about something slower than Bluetooth.
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And your point? A radio needs an antenna does it not? It's supposed to be used to share light files not megabits of files. It may not be much, but again were talking about something slower than Bluetooth.
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Maybe you missed the features of Jellybean.
http://mashable.com/2012/06/29/jelly-bean-android-beam/
My point is, IT IS for transferring pictures but the transmission medium is not NFC like you said.
It uses Bluetooth.
Also, my point about the antenna being in the battery, not the NFC chip, is to correct your mostly wrong information in this thread. You can't be going and telling people to research while you post incorrect information yourself.
The SGSIII uses Android Beam with Wifi Direct and calls it S-Beam....so there has to be a way to do the same with the GNEX!
Btw when I tried transferring an image to a SGSIII, it popped up with an error about not supporting such a big file or something. But it transferred fine GNEX to GNEX.
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The SGSIII uses Android Beam with Wifi Direct and calls it S-Beam....so there has to be a way to do the same with the GNEX!
Btw when I tried transferring an image to a SGSIII, it popped up with an error about not supporting such a big file or something. But it transferred fine GNEX to GNEX.
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Not without surgery. S-Beam uses wifi-direct as the matchmaker, Android Beam uses BT. It would likely take changes to the source code to fix it, and I don't believe Android Beam is completely open source.
Dear OP
You don' t say something sucks unless that item/services trully really sucks. In this case your GN since it's you that seems to have issues with it.
As far as Android Beam is concern everthing works fine. Perhaps it's time to get yours check?
Would like to take a sec to thank adrynalyne for clearing up misinformation all over these forums posted by people who have no clue what there talking about.
That is all.
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Would like to take a sec to thank adrynalyne for clearing up misinformation all over these forums posted by people who have no clue what there talking about.
That is all.
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Yes! thank you adrylyne, perhaps people should make their own research before they say my nexus is broken lol , or that android beam doesnt use bluetooth to transfer files
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I have had the luxury of trying a ton of Android devices, None quite like the Galaxy Nexus (Gnex). I am absolutely amazed everyday by the community, and this phone is CRAZY when unlocked and Rooted!!
My Only question is what's next?
As far as design goes I don't think they can do more. I know processing power could be added, but I'm starting to think the smartphone craziness has plateaued.
Being really gifted & creative is not one of my qualities. Lol .
But what is the next mobile craze going to be?
Are we going to get more personal (Skype), or more Avatar oriented?
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I'm always on!
My guess is more integrated voice actions/ commands, with a better tts engine.
So staying the course with speech to text dictation?
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I'm always on!
We need more phone bumping. And fist bumping. Lol.
teach a man to fish, you feed him for life. teach a man to fastboot, and you create competency. and less threads on xda.
Agreed!
Google wallet is just the beginning.
I would love NFC to be used for almost everything!
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I'm always on!
What is next?
Double Rainbows!
Jelly Bean. Tablets. Better utilization of already existing technologies. (NFC, Bluetooth)
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Close integration with argumented glasses
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As in glasses with lot of arguments? ^^
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My guess is more integrated voice actions/ commands, with a better tts engine.
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I believe i read Google is spending attention to more voice integrated commands and uses for it. The code name was the name of the voice actor who did the starship enterprise computer voice........i can't wait to tell my phone "make it so" and it does something
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Project glass looks amazing. If that's what the future looks like for google I'm all in. I just have a feeling that it's going to move to more face time then texting and voice.
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I think we will see a PC mobile integration in the coming months and the nexus devices including the nexus tablet will be leading it
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My guess is more integrated voice actions/ commands, with a better tts engine.
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Yes... but this is a sw issue...
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I get the feeling he's talking phone/hardware wise too. I think he also nailed it. Plateau... There will be quad cores and most likely someone is going to stick a 6 core in one eventually. Camera marketing will stop somewhere around 536mp meaningless as the watt ratings on most amps. But this is where I think the turning point is from that new double fast phone dropping each week on the hardware side and the next best optimizations will be software. IMO.
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Samsung Galaxy Nextus
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Samsung Galaxy Nextus
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Ha..
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I get the feeling he's talking phone/hardware wise too. I think he also nailed it. Plateau... There will be quad cores and most likely someone is going to stick a 6 core in one eventually. Camera marketing will stop somewhere around 536mp meaningless as the watt ratings on most amps. But this is where I think the turning point is from that new double fast phone dropping each week on the hardware side and the next best optimizations will be software. IMO.
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I'm hoping they nail video chat on the go! HD faces even on low end devices.
6core devices will come lol, and video gaming on the go will take over consoles.
I wonder will they remain block shape, or Glasses like Project Glass?
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Wheel accessories on the next Titanium alloy phone. Eat your heart out apple. Smart skateboard with navigation.
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@rbit I thought you had a iPhone?
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BrianDigital said:
I believe i read Google is spending attention to more voice integrated commands and uses for it. The code name was the name of the voice actor who did the starship enterprise computer voice........i can't wait to tell my phone "make it so" and it does something
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...you're thinking of Google project Majel. It received some attention on the web about 6 months ago - and it was referenced as being Google's response to Apple's Siri.
Hi all,
Since the Galaxy S3 has now been released on TMOUS, can the setup/framework/etc be ported onto the GSM Galaxy Nexus?
Is that a reasonable expectation?
There is a lot of FUD going around about how the wifi calling is device-specific and cannot be ported to any device.
I can understand that to a certain extent but the S3 and Galaxy Nexus have a lot of similar innards from what I understand so I wanted to revisit the situation.
Short answer: no because of the ril.
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Don't see it happening. The SGSIII and GNex actually don't have a lot in common in terms of insides.
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Short answer: no because of the ril.
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Don't see it happening. The SGSIII and GNex actually don't have a lot in common in terms of insides.
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Thanks for your replies guy.
TMOUS Bobsled fukin sucks balls. I'll go back and weep in my corner.
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Short answer: no because of the ril.
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This actually isn't relevant anymore. Since T-Mobile switched to IMS it no longer requires custom IRL/Kernel to authenticate over GAN.
IMS has already been open sourced: see imsdroid or andoird-ims
This should/could be supported in any current version of Android if someone took the time to figure this out and hand the know-how to do so.
Unfortunately, I am not that person, but I think this could be realized considering the information available.
I have confirmed with T-Mobile that this requires an IMS SIM card, which they have just shipped to me for free (Arrives Friday). Other than that, it should be handled at the application level.
This may be of some use to someone:
code.google.com/r/jimf-tmobile/source/browse
Tried using NFC for first time ever between my GNex and Nexus 7 and nothing would transmit. I originally had the VZW Extended battery in, but put in the original to see if that was the cause. Nothing, still no transmission. Is is possible the NFC is defective? Seems odd since it's in the battery.
I am running franco kernel 220 384mhz and Vicious Jelly Bean v1.1 for what it's worth. I really wanna see NFC in action, is it the kernel?
Is NFC enabled on both devices?
Yeah, Android Beam as well
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For me beaming Images from Galaxy Nexus to Nexus S works, but not the other way round.
And beaming videos didn't work at all, i believe.
This is with stock Jelly Bean 4.1.1 on each device. I don't think this is a hardware problem.
Yeah it's hard for me to tell if it's possibly always been defective since I've literally never tried using NFC until I tried messing with it with my Nexus 7 out of boredom, so not sure if it was cool on 4.0 and 4.1 is the problem or what. :\
Beaming "big" files (other than YT links or so) requires Bluetooth to be enabled on both devices. NFC makes the pairing process easy but the transfer itself is handled by Bluetooth...
It's quite unlikely that it is broken in both batteries. Have you tried a different ROM or wiping? If it's still happening, it's more likely that it is broken on the Nexus 7 than the Gnex
Is there a way to test the Nexus 7 nfc?
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Looks like device placement was the problem, it's working now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1779674&highlight=nfc
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Seems odd since it's in the battery.
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The NFC isn't in the battery, only the antenna... the chip is internal
So there i was cleaning my room -.-' and as i was cleaning i found my old nexus one. It was dead, so I plugged it in.
When i turned the device on, a lot of memories came to mind, as the progress google has made.
But then as i was looking trough it i noticed that it felt kind of fast for it to be a 3 years old. So I put my Gnex running jellybean next to it.
To my surprise every action was faster on the Nexus One? Odd but yeah. Openning Applications like the clock, calendar, browser, settings.
How come a three year old device is faster than the galaxy nexus, i know the gnex has a lot more things to process as well as the size of the screen, but common really? I guess im going to use it as an mp3 player now.
Screen resolution I would guess, gnex is pushing out android in HD 720p and nexus one is what 800x600 perhaps roughly. Also older versions of android I expect are much less complex than jelly bean. The only fair way to test is do a test of stock JB on each device and see which fares better then, but still you have to take into concideration just how many more pixels gnex is pushing out. Cool story though :thumbup:
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Probably differences of OS.
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So there i was cleaning my room -.-' and as i was cleaning i found my old nexus one. It was dead, so I plugged it in.
When i turned the device on, a lot of memories came to mind, as the progress google has made.
But then as i was looking trough it i noticed that it felt kind of fast for it to be a 3 years old. So I put my Gnex running jellybean next to it.
To my surprise every action was faster on the Nexus One? Odd but yeah. Openning Applications like the clock, calendar, browser, settings.
How come a three year old device is faster than the galaxy nexus, i know the gnex has a lot more things to process as well as the size of the screen, but common really? I guess im going to use it as an mp3 player now.
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You must've been high
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You must've been high
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Off of the dust from that dusty room.
Nexus One had an 480x800 display.
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Yeah! Because I love damaging my brain and self doing that. But its true. Maybe because they're both nexus. And Google had to come out with a really good phone. I still love my nexus one
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Run a game and see what happens :>
CPU in N1 is fine, so is ram, its the GPU/ amount of built in app/system storage that's the problem
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What would happen if someone successfully port Android 2.x to gnex..
Bringing back it's legacy lol
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Yeah! Because I love damaging my brain and self doing that. But its true. Maybe because they're both nexus. And Google had to come out with a really good phone. I still love my nexus one
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You could never damage your brain from THC. Just sayin.
I have both too. If you run stock on both (gingerbread vs jelly bean), there is certainly no way the gnex is slower...
For one, the touch response on n1 was pretty bad... its not slow, but to say its faster than gnex is a bit odd.
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FC1032 said:
I have both too. If you run stock on both (gingerbread vs jelly bean), there is certainly no way the gnex is slower...
For one, the touch response on n1 was pretty bad... its not slow, but to say its faster than gnex is a bit odd.
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I have both too, n1 is a quite good phone, but the touch problem is historically odd.
I just switched from 2.5 years of using the N1. The GN is better in every aspect.
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You could never damage your brain from THC. Just sayin.
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I think you meant HTC
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My N1 is sitting in it's cradle on my kitchen bar and has become an e-mail alert system--I can see the flashing track ball from most points in my main living area when an e-mail comes in.
One place the Galaxy Nexus really excels over the Nexus One is as a music player. I was never impressed with the sound quality of the N1. And with low impedance headphones, there is a periodic thumping sound/artifact, about one thump per second. The Galaxy Nexus, on the other hand, has some of the best sound quality I've heard on a portable music player--at least as good or better than my iPod Classic 120GB.
That brings up one thing the N1 had that I really miss--a microSD card slot. I wish the GN had a modern microSD slot--I'd love to have a 64GB SDXC microSD card in it. I get around this by mounting a flash drive via USB OTG that contains my music collection, but it's definitely not ideal.
sergioosvaldo1 said:
...As i was cleaning i found my old nexus one...I put my Gnex running jellybean next to it. To my surprise every action was faster on the Nexus One? Odd but yeah. Opening Applications like the clock, calendar, browser, settings. How come a three year old device is faster than the galaxy nexus, I know the gnex has a lot more things to process as well as the size of the screen, but common really?
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Put cm9 on both phones and see which one runs better.
you MUST have done something wrong..
I have the WiFi only variant and under networking options in settings, I am given the option to tether. I tried it out, and it created a hotspot which I recognized with my phone.
What is the purpose of this? To share WiFi that other devices have access to already? Maybe as a network repeater?
Would really like to know the answer.
Thank you!
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I have the WiFi only variant and under networking options in settings, I am given the option to tether. I tried it out, and it created a hotspot which I recognized with my phone.
What is the purpose of this? To share WiFi that other devices have access to already? Maybe as a network repeater?
Would really like to know the answer.
Thank you!
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INNNNteresting... the Nexus 7 2012 has that feature removed on the 3G model - much to everyone's annoyance. I wonder if this means I'll be put back in on the 2013 model...
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INNNNteresting... the Nexus 7 2012 has that feature removed on the 3G model - much to everyone's annoyance. I wonder if this means I'll be put back in on the 2013 model...
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If the Wi-Fi only model has it, I don't see why not.
Still want to figure out the purpose of this though.
I have actually been looking for something that would allow me to tether from a wireless connection.
Not that I say that stealing WiFi is good, when I go to hotels, I can often spoof my mac address to gain connectivity to the network. Wondering if I can spoof address on my nexus, then tether to my laptop, even though this could just as easily be done on my laptop.
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It extends the WiFi signal like a repeater
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It extends the WiFi signal like a repeater
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No. It doesn't.
I really don't know what purpose it would serve on a n7 WiFi. I use it in reverse, I will create a hotspot on my LTE phone so the n7 can piggyback on that when I don't have WiFi available.
you can use it to create a LAN and transfer files between devices...at very fast speeds...
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you can use it to create a LAN and transfer files between devices...at very fast speeds...
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I already use superbeam, which does a great job already. Not sure what other uses it could have.
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It s for the nexus 7 coming out...
Or maybe connect a TV and transfer movies from the nexus to your TV.
swisstourist said:
It s for the nexus 7 coming out...
Or maybe connect a TV and transfer movies from the nexus to your TV.
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LOL. This is turning into a 'what I would like for the hotspot function to do' thread
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Mine worked two days not now
MeS117 said:
I have the WiFi only variant and under networking options in settings, I am given the option to tether. I tried it out, and it created a hotspot which I recognized with my phone.
What is the purpose of this? To share WiFi that other devices have access to already? Maybe as a network repeater?
Would really like to know the answer.
Thank you!
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My hotspot worked this way two days ago but now when started then original wifi connection is lost by the nexus?
Any ideas what I may have changed?
negroplasty said:
No. It doesn't.
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It could be for remote wireless charging, via your Qi. A little known feature called Wi-Qi.
jk LOL
chrisjmart said:
My hotspot worked this way two days ago but now when started then original wifi connection is lost by the nexus?
Any ideas what I may have changed?
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I have noticed this too. I remember it would maintain WiFi connection with tether enabled, now it doesn't. Not sure if its due to the JSS15Q update or that I recently flashed Bulletproof kernel.
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