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[Q] Wifi Tethering on JellyBean

Hi,
I'm running Vicious V3, and am having issues with wifi tethering. Everything seems fine when I turn on hotspot and my PC will attempt to connect, but as soon as my PC obtains an IP address, 4G/3G drops out on my phone. If i turn off hotspot, my data connection returns with no issues.
Anyone else see this?
Thanks

same problem here...
I'm having same problem. Well, not exactly the same but still. My stock hotspot has never worked in ICS Roms either. I was using wifi tether app and it was working like a charm. But since I got the jelly bean, none of the wi fi tethering apps work. I guess I'm waiting on the update of the app itself.
I've tried Vicious 1 JB, and V5 as well. same problem.

Wifi tethering works fine for me on CM9, so it at least works in ICS ROMs afaik. I've been planning on flashing mROM stock JB soon so I'll have to try that out. Maybe I'll try Vicious as well to see if I have the same issue.

Thanks for replying. Yes like I said. It used to work great in ICS Roms but not in Jelly Bean. Please let me know what to do!!!
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lak601 said:
Thanks for replying. Yes like I said. It used to work great in ICS Roms but not in Jelly Bean. Please let me know what to do!!!
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Works fine for me now on all JB ROMs I've tried. The tethering apps dont work on JB, but the native wifi tether does. If you dl MoreQuicklyPanel from the play store, you can toggle hotspot from the notification window. I dont have the wifi tether plan from Verizon, and AFAIK using the native hotspot in JB doesnt get back to verizon for charges.

Thanks for the reply. I lost you when you mentioned
"If you dl MoreQuicklyPanel from the play store, you can toggle hotspot from the notification window. I dont have the wifi tether plan from Verizon, and AFAIK..."
What should I try to do from Play Store???
When I tried to use the natives wifi tethering, it connects to the other devices but there is no data bytes being exchanged. It's almost like you're connected to the internet but the web sites do not load up.
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Wifi tether doesn't work with jelly bean.

Anyone having problems with wifi tether? I am on mrom 1.3 and jelly bean 4.1.1 and I cannot get it to work. No devices find it. Anyone have this problem?
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the built in wifi tether works fine on every jb rom/kernel ive tried.

simms22 said:
the built in wifi tether works fine on every jb rom/kernel ive tried.
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I keep gettong message to call customer sercice when i try to use ot.

joshtb86 said:
I keep gettong message to call customer sercice when i try to use ot.
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thats your carrier wanting you to pay for the tethering service. yes, they know.

simms22 said:
thats your carrier wanting you to pay for the tethering service. yes, they know.
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Right, but i had no problen with wifi tether on stock rootes 4.0.4. My qiestion is about peoples experiwnce with it onjb, and id they have experienced this or alternatives.

joshtb86 said:
Right, but i had no problen with wifi tether on stock rootes 4.0.4. My qiestion is about peoples experiwnce with it onjb, and id they have experienced this or alternatives.
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i had no problem for the 2+ years i was tethering and using it as my home internet. then one day a few months ago, i got the same message from tmobile. point is, it only takes one time. it has nothing to do with jelly bean or ics, or gingerbread. now i pay $15 a month to tether and use it as my home internet.

Alright, thanks. I hope that is not the case.
Does anyone else have any other experience after switching to jelly bean? Anyone replicate this problem or have an app that works?
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Also, I have tried wireless tethering, which is based on same open source software.
It says it started tethering with errors and to check the log, which then says that the log doesn't exist and it can't open it. Same error with opengarden tethering.
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i have the same problem
joshtb86 said:
Anyone having problems with wifi tether? I am on mrom 1.3 and jelly bean 4.1.1 and I cannot get it to work. No devices find it. Anyone have this problem?
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my epic 4G has a wifi tether app ( the yallow one ) anyway when i use it to connect my Google Nexus 7" tablet before i update to 4.1.1 it works but after i updated to the latest jelly bean my nexus wont even find the signal anymore,
BTW i tried SVTP WiFi Hotspot and USB Tether - Lite it works but is it safe or does the carrier detect that , thanks

I am on Verizon, and I had a lot of issues when I first moved to jb on 4.1. Originally I used wireless tether app, as I used it on every other version I had. It would not work. I even tried using barnacle from the party site, and same thing.
I finally switched to 4.1.1, and just used the built in tether, and it has been working fine for about 3 weeks now. I never got a message about being to call tech support, but then again this is Verizon and I am not sure who your provider is.
It might be like someone said above about them knowing you are using it, and you need to call to set it up. If that is the case, that sucks.
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Its finding a UA string reporting it as a desktop browser. Download a UA string spoofer for your desktop browser to make it report as a mobile browser.
This thread has good information on the subject: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1677490

joshtb86 said:
Anyone having problems with wifi tether? I am on mrom 1.3 and jelly bean 4.1.1 and I cannot get it to work. No devices find it. Anyone have this problem?
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Yup seems like jb broke the app, I can tether with the native app but on Sprint that knocks you off wimax and only leaves you with 3g. I can confirm its a jb thing because its working fine on my wife's evo that is still on 2.3 also worked fine on ICS. Like others it seems to start up fine but my tabblet won't pick it up.
something clever goes here...

After alot of hit and misses I finally got internet access using pdanet, foxfi, and enabling bluetooth network access. It's not the best but it was wiresless and free.
joshtb86 said:
Anyone having problems with wifi tether? I am on mrom 1.3 and jelly bean 4.1.1 and I cannot get it to work. No devices find it. Anyone have this problem?
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joshtb86 said:
Anyone having problems with wifi tether? I am on mrom 1.3 and jelly bean 4.1.1 and I cannot get it to work. No devices find it. Anyone have this problem?
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Same thing unable to tether since jellybean update to my Xoom.
Only connects via home wifi networks

Wifi tethering not working for me on stock or cm10

Ok I am on the new unlimited data plan that just came out. I was rooted on the stock rom.
T mob pushed me a text last night saying wireless tether has been blocked for me. I was using the wifi tether app from the play store and it seems I cant use it. I also tried foxfi and its not doing anything.
So I flashed cm10 thinking I could get around it and I saw I couldnt tether still with it?
Edit using uvlh2 radio
Was still using stock kernal
Any ideas guys?
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Which radio/baseband are you running? If you've updated to the newest leaks, ie. LI2 or LI3...somehow wifi tethering isn't working. But i've gone back to LH2 and everythings good.

Uvlh2
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I had the WiFi Tether App v3.1 beta working on H2 on ICS. It will not work on any JB with the same radio.
On frosty's JB ROM, hotspot in settings wanted to start up, but it immediately tried to get me to upgrade to tethering plan - and then would close when I wouldn't.
It only FC'd on Xquizi JB, and the beta will not work there either. The beta had worked on the ICS ROM's I had tried - including Xquizi's. Did not use it enough to be sure TMo would not block it though.

Are you saying it functions but ur getting the upsell page? If that's the case the baseband shouldn't matter. They block ur tethering based on your user agent. Make sure ur not using internet explorer. Best way around it is Firefox w/ the user-agent switcher add-on.

I'll keep that in mind. I however had the text from t mob saying its been blocked. It can still connect to the net but I get the up sell page.
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billard412 said:
Are you saying it functions but ur getting the upsell page? If that's the case the baseband shouldn't matter. They block ur tethering based on your user agent. Make sure ur not using internet explorer. Best way around it is Firefox w/ the user-agent switcher add-on.
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Third party app just does not work at all with JB - hop developer is working on it,

gaww said:
Third party app just does not work at all with JB - hop developer is working on it,
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Thanks explains why it's not working -.-
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Third party app just does not work at all with JB - hop developer is working on it,
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Why do you say that? I have CM10 + stock kernel and baseband and the wifi tether app works great.

gaww said:
Third party app just does not work at all with JB - hop developer is working on it,
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OP's problem is different. His T-mobiles fault. I have been running into it too. Here is how I am currently working around it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1883120&page=4
I am still looking for a better solution.

Wi-Fi tether on 4.2.1?

I have tried a number of 4.2.1 ROMS and still have yet to find one that will let me tether my laptop. I have tried the native wifi tether...and the tethering app... It used to have no issues working with my laptop on 4.1...but since I jumped to 4.2 I can't seem to get anything going here.... Is there a working wifi tether or am I SOL...

cirenj said:
I have tried a number of 4.2.1 ROMS and still have yet to find one that will let me tether my laptop. I have tried the native wifi tether...and the tethering app... It used to have no issues working with my laptop on 4.1...but since I jumped to 4.2 I can't seem to get anything going here.... Is there a working wifi tether or am I SOL...
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Im currently using this ROM and native wifi tether works perfectly fine. I should add that I'm on R6, 4.2( R8 is the current one which is 4.2.1) as I've had no need to update it.

Ok..as soon as I can find a R6 ROM I will give that a shot and see what gives... My laptop connects but it says "limited connectivity" ... basically no internet...
Would the kernel make a difference? If I ran a 4.2 kernel?

Works with the Paranoid Android ROM and Franco Kernel as well.

Damn...PA is a R8 release? What the hell is wrong with mine then..LOL

cirenj said:
Ok..as soon as I can find a R6 ROM I will give that a shot and see what gives... My laptop connects but it says "limited connectivity" ... basically no internet...
Would the kernel make a difference? If I ran a 4.2 kernel?
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If you still can't find R6 let me know, I'll upload my copy

I don't tether my laptop since I only use it at home, but I tether my nexus 7 all the time and it works fine on 100% stock and rasbean with trinity.
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iLeopard if you could that would be great...it seems like everyone has switched over to R8 builds from what I can see...

Is it at all possible that it could be a kernel issue in 4.2.1 for me? The laptop connects fine, just no internet access...

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iLeopard if you could that would be great...it seems like everyone has switched over to R8 builds from what I can see...
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OK give me a few hours, my upload is terrible, only 1 mbps up
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works with rasbean jelly rom amd trinity kernel.

Took a while, but here it is:
R7

Pretty sure all custom ROMs has this built in. Sounds like it may be an issue with something else.
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miketoasty said:
Pretty sure all custom ROMs has this built in. Sounds like it may be an issue with something else.
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That's true, however for whatever reason this function was not fully functional in quite a few of the ROM's i've used in the past.

I been trying to get my vita to work with my tether on R8 and muzzy ROM and it connects fine but won't connect to PSN servers. But I hear some people got it to work on 4.1
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Use 4.2.1 liquid and sourcery on my gnex. Tether both my laptop and N7 to it no problem with the built in ROM hotspot.
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Use 4.2.1 liquid and sourcery on my gnex. Tether both my laptop and N7 to it no problem with the built in ROM hotspot.
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I'm using rasbean and with trinity kernel. And I can't get it to work either. Using wifi tether it gives me errors and won't show the created network. It has errors in the log creating "ap". If I try to use the builtin app it creates an "ap" and allows me to connect, but it won't actually let me to browse the Internet. This is over two rasbean roms and the stock kernel and trinity kernel. I've tried changing the device to the gsm version and I have also tried using different apps. Open garden, barnacle, etc. So I do know what else to do.

Thanks ...

1454 said:
I'm using rasbean and with trinity kernel. And I can't get it to work either. Using wifi tether it gives me errors and won't show the created network. It has errors in the log creating "ap". If I try to use the builtin app it creates an "ap" and allows me to connect, but it won't actually let me to browse the Internet. This is over two rasbean roms and the stock kernel and trinity kernel. I've tried changing the device to the gsm version and I have also tried using different apps. Open garden, barnacle, etc. So I do know what else to do.
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I would first try flashing it clean. Wipe System/Data and Factory reset. Then before installing anything test the Native tether to see if it works. I suggest using Cyanogenmod because many ROMs are built off of it, but that is your choice. I also suggest you try connecting another device to the AP to make sure the problem is not your actual laptop. Try tethering a tablet or another phone and see if it works.

[Q] Updated phone, re-rooted it, can't use WiFi Tether now?

Hey guys! As the title says, I updated my phone from ICS to Jelly Bean, re-rooted it, and now I can't use WiFi Tether. I changed the device profile to "Generic ICS/JB (wlan0) when I first got the app on ICS in order for it to work, and it doesn't work on that setting now. I've tried many other settings, and none of them work either. It says that tethering has started, the log doesn't show any errors, but when I try to connect with various devices, they just won't connect to it. Am I missing something? Thanks in advance!

I remember reading that tethering does not work on jb ROMs. Im pretty sure there is a jb ROM that does claim it works, just to lazy to find you a link
can it USB tether?
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Look for the WiFi Tether-TrevE Mod.

I couldn't get tethering to work on Touchwiz JB even with TrevE mod, which is a shame because my phone is unlocked and on a carrier that does support tethering, yet it's still being blocked by Tmobile. Grr. Anyways, that's part of the reason I switched to AOKP. I highly recommend it.

WiFi Tether-TrevE Mod works for me on a stock JB rooted SGS2.

Haven't tried the Treve mod one yet, I'll give that a try and I'll post results, thanks!
Edit: So with that app, none of my devices see the network (my pc, my other phone, and my PS Vita).
I haven't tried USB tethering with it, because the only reason I tether with it is to play my Vita online when I'm not at home, so I have no use for USB tethering

Just use Jedi ROM Tricks wifi theter works in the rom :thumbup:
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Just use Jedi ROM Tricks wifi theter works in the rom :thumbup:
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I'm not a big custom rom fan, but after checking the page out for that one, I like what I see and I think I'll be attempting that tomorrow. Thanks for the tip =]

wifi tether works on aosp based roms prior to 4-22