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I haven't used my tether for a few days now, but I know it was working fine before the last update. I'm rooted and running LG2. Im using wifi tether for root. It starts fine and says it is running, but it's not broadcasting. Even I try to do a manual connection to the SSID it wont connect. I didn't think that last update changed anything with that, but like I said, It worked fine before that.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks!
Edit: sorry saw the last sentence saying you were rooted, my bad. Do you plug your phone in when running it? For some reason wifi turns on when you plug the phone in.. And that can mess with tether. I usually plug in, reboot (its fast enough lol) then run tether, which will take over the wifi feed on its own.
Did you have root after the update? If you're rooted, you have to wait for a rooted update to come out on here. Otherwise, an OTA update can mess that up. Not sure if that's the case here but thought you'd like a quick reply..
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sjr19 said:
Edit: sorry saw the last sentence saying you were rooted, my bad. Do you plug your phone in when running it? For some reason wifi turns on when you plug the phone in.. And that can mess with tether. I usually plug in, reboot (its fast enough lol) then run tether, which will take over the wifi feed on its own.
Did you have root after the update? If you're rooted, you have to wait for a rooted update to come out on here. Otherwise, an OTA update can mess that up. Not sure if that's the case here but thought you'd like a quick reply..
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NP....I am plugged in, but the wifi says it is off. I turned the wifi on and I get the "what the hell" mesage, then I turn it back off and start root again and still get the same results. I will try rebooting the phone and see if that helps. Thanks!
EDIT: Sorry....I meant I start tether again....not root!
sjr19 said:
Edit: sorry saw the last sentence saying you were rooted, my bad. Do you plug your phone in when running it? For some reason wifi turns on when you plug the phone in.. And that can mess with tether. I usually plug in, reboot (its fast enough lol) then run tether, which will take over the wifi feed on its own.
Did you have root after the update? If you're rooted, you have to wait for a rooted update to come out on here. Otherwise, an OTA update can mess that up. Not sure if that's the case here but thought you'd like a quick reply..
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OK so the reboot didn't help, but unplugging my phone did. If I start the tether with my phone unplugged it works, but it stops working as soon as I plug it in again. So now how do I fix that? LOL! Thanks for the help though....at least it will work until the battery dies!!
Karma79 said:
OK so the reboot didn't help, but unplugging my phone did. If I start the tether with my phone unplugged it works, but it stops working as soon as I plug it in again. So now how do I fix that? LOL! Thanks for the help though....at least it will work until the battery dies!!
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Yeah, something with hooking the charger up is a mess, and it's a bit of trial and error, it might take more than one reboot while hooked up. What you might want to do now, if you're off battery, is turn off tether, plug in the charger, wait like 3 seconds, then re-activate tether to get it to control wifi again?
Karma79 said:
OK so the reboot didn't help, but unplugging my phone did. If I start the tether with my phone unplugged it works, but it stops working as soon as I plug it in again. So now how do I fix that? LOL! Thanks for the help though....at least it will work until the battery dies!!
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Try going into settings in WiFi Tether and changing Device Profile to Samsung Galaxy Nexus (CDMA/LTE). Then while still in settings hit menu and (Re)-Install binaries/configs. Worked for me. Only difference is I'm on Verizon but that shouldn't matter. :good:
Any luck, Karma?
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Any luck, Karma?
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I am able to get it to work by jumping through all the unplug/replug disable/reenable hoops......but then the tether just stops running automatically after like 10-15 mins..... I just read about the power save settings so I turned that off and I'm going to try that now and see what happens.
Thx portrub! That is the profile I am using, but I havent tried reloading binaries. I'll give that a shot too!
Thx for all the help guys!
UPDATE: Ugh....no luck. The wifi still shuts off automatically........it's really hard to play D3 while im at work when I keep losing connection!! LOL!!
portrub said:
Try going into settings in WiFi Tether and changing Device Profile to Samsung Galaxy Nexus (CDMA/LTE). Then while still in settings hit menu and (Re)-Install binaries/configs. Worked for me. Only difference is I'm on Verizon but that shouldn't matter. :good:
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I tried doing this and it stayed running about twice as long, but it still automatically shuts off.......a step in the right direction though! Thanks!!
Hey any luck Karma? I have the same issue...its driving me crazy..it just drops the connection after 10-15 minutes and i have to manually restart constantly.
Try bluetooth tether instead, that's what I am using for my N7
I just saw this update now, you guys have to uncheck the box that says "Disable wake-lock"
sjr19 said:
I just saw this update now, you guys have to uncheck the box that says "Disable wake-lock"
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My wifi tether is still turning off when pluggin in power and after about 15 - 20 mins of use. Any suggestions? I've tried all these things and none work.
I have 2 GS3s, both stock rooted to get the wifi tether working and this is only happening on one of them.
OK not for nothing but I can't even get this to work at all is there a update for the app ?
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mobgod said:
OK not for nothing but I can't even get this to work at all is there a update for the app ?
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I ended up uninstalling the wifi tether app, rebooting the phone, re-installing the wifi tether app and it resolved the problem! Working fine now!
JE1058 said:
I ended up uninstalling the wifi tether app, rebooting the phone, re-installing the wifi tether app and it resolved the problem! Working fine now!
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Did that still nothing anything I need to change? Just won't show up on PC where I can even try to connect. Do I need a different app Ect.... I'm using Wi-Fi tether
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so, this morning i was trying to transfer files from my computer to my phone, and the connection randomly dropped. i received a notification
that my "samsung device hardware ids" are unrecognizable or something to that effect, and then nothing would transfer to my phone in any capacity..
i continually get an error saying "cannot transfer files, the device is not responding or has been unplugged"
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i toggled the mount as camera PTP option and back to MTP, which sometimes fixes it, same problem.
i thought it may have been the ROM i was on, (i had just flashed it) so i restored a backup (2 different ones actually), same problem.
thought it was my computer (windows 7) freaking out, so i rebooted. same problem, (although after the reboot, the invalid samsung hardware ids notification stopped appearing)
updated and rolled back drivers, same problem.
resorted to kies, thinking it would update or something, no dice.
it's weird because, my computer can see all my files, and so can kies. but i can't transfer anything in or out..
i honestly have no idea how i triggered this, i was simply transferring files like i always do. (and i am using the cable the phone came with)
i don't really want to odin back to stock just yet. considering i have no means of backing up what's on my phone to my computer, and there are things on there i haven't had a chance to back up...
any advice, or ideas i haven't tried, anything at all will help.
(i also did a search for my problem and didn't find any pertinent info to this specific problem, unless i overlooked something.. in which case, i'm sorry for the duplicate question )
My first recommendation would be to reinstall the drivers from Samsung's website. Then try another computer. All else fails, ODIN back to stock and try that. If that doesnt work, take laptop into T-Mobile and show them that its not working. Might be a hardware fault
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My first recommendation would be to reinstall the drivers from Samsung's website. Then try another computer. All else fails, ODIN back to stock and try that. If that doesnt work, take laptop into T-Mobile and show them that its not working. Might be a hardware fault
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hopefully it's not a hardware problem.. but i d/led the drivers from the samsung website, rebooted both my compy and my phone, same problem.. so i guess next step is to odin back... bummer.. and i would take my computer to them to show it not working.. except my computer is a rather large desktop rig... heh.. but thank you for your reply and advice. i'll update when i odin back, i suppose..
well... i guess i figured out the problem... upon odin-ing back to stock and trying transferring stuff again, it worked...
although, i must mention that i also found that one of the files i was trying to transfer had gotten corrupted somehow.. and was causing most of the errors, (a hurt-pride way to say, the corrupted file WAS the problem)... so.. basically caused a lot of problems myself, and came to the conclusion that it was operator error. thanks for the advise i got though. sorry for the inconvenience and the time spent reading and replying
Glad you got it figured out, but just for the future try sgs3 Easy UMS. Search it here on xda. Its an app that mounts external sdcard as UMS.
Also you could try a wireless transfer program like SwiFTP. I never transfer files via usb cable anymore.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Glad you got it figured out, but just for the future try sgs3 Easy UMS. Search it here on xda. Its an app that mounts external sdcard as UMS.
Also you could try a wireless transfer program like SwiFTP. I never transfer files via usb cable anymore.
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Oh, thanks for the info, I'll look into that app and a wireless alternative see how it fares for me.
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Just noticed a couple things...SwiFTP is now on play store but is just called FTP Server now and is a paid app.
Here is the webpage for it and you can download a trial version there, this was all changed and app updated a few dats ago.
http://ppareit.github.com/swiftp/
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Oh alright, thanks again for giving me that info, its very helpful. Haven't been around a computer to try recently, but will do so when I am.
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Does this happen to anyone else? Quite often if I've been using the N2 in my home, when I go out and about my phone will not be connected to mobile data (3G) and I have to toggle airplane mode for it to kick in?
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Does this happen to anyone else? Quite often if I've been using the N2 in my home, when I go out and about my phone will not be connected to mobile data (3G) and I have to toggle airplane mode for it to kick in?
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Not had this myself, sounds like the cellular connection is going to sleep and not waking when your note 2 polls for a connection. Are you on a stock rom or a custom, can you post your android version number as well, will help anyone else who posts who may have more information for you.
If your rooted you could try pulling a log at the time you switch connections see if that yields any useful data.
Same here on a german device. I use manually select the Provider. Then it connect. Thank you for the tip with the airplane mode. But I search a way to kick this big. In a german forum a member says that a Fullwipe helps.
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Its a stock rooted ROM version JRO03C.N7100XXALJ1
Can anyone tell me what to look for in order to create a log? (I don't expect a tutorial just someone point me in the right direction).
The problem is intermittent.
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Its a stock rooted ROM version JRO03C.N7100XXALJ1
Can anyone tell me what to look for in order to create a log? (I don't expect a tutorial just someone point me in the right direction).
The problem is intermittent.
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Give this a go, should allow you to create a log during the time you have the problem then you can see what android is or is not doing at the time.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726238
Not something I have had myself but my gf has this same problem with her gs3. After having a look around our seems to be fairly common on the gs3 so any help with a fix would be great. I can only assume that it's something that will be fixed with a fw update from Samsung.
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I have the same issue and so does my girlfriend on her SIII.. Can be really annoying as I might leave somewhere with wifi connectivity expecting the phone to automatically connect to 3g and I miss things like whatsapp messages with no warning :/
When I realise I do use the flight mode trick to fix it but it's annoying that it happens.
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androidizen said:
Give this a go, should allow you to create a log during the time you have the problem then you can see what android is or is not doing at the time.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726238
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I've got Catlog now, next time it happens I'll open it up. Its behaved today mind.
I'd love to help but those l logging apps require root access on jellybean and I'm not rooted
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Hi,
Mine has thuis issue too. Hope new firmware csn solve it.
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So heres the problem,
my wife's gs3 recently upgraded itself to jelly bean . in the process it lost wifi connection to our home network. I've looked endless for a fix and cant find a thing that will bring back the wifi. SOOOOO..... Im hoping someone knows how to STOP the phone from checking for jelly bean.
thanks in advancw
1. Open up the Galaxy*S3*phone dialer
2. Dial *#0011# to enter service mode
3. Press the menu button and select “WiFi”
4. You should see that the “WiFi Power Save Mode” button is “ON”
5. Press it to turn power save “OFF”
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try that
if not
tell her to try factory reset
if you're root'd, try clean cache and dalvik(make sure you make backups)
I've tried that but no go. Any other advice
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I can't say I get your issue when you say to stop checking for jellybean ?
Are you rooted ? If not try a factory reset or reflash kies .
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I've tried that but no go. Any other advice
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as far as the wifi problem goes, there's a thread here in Q&A (perhaps on page 2) that has recently dealt with similar wifi issues. give that a search.
when you talk about OS updates, your carrier (which carrier are you?) notifies you about them. your phone is not searching or pinging for them. most users have the option of pushing an update off temporarily if they dont want it yet or at all. my wife was notified of the update and opted to go ahead with it. she had multiple problems afterwards until i did a full wipe and reflashed the stock firmware. hit me back
If you are on AT&T you can probably get a new phone for that problem. I had the same problem with my skyrocket post ICS update and I walked in and they played with it a bit then gave me a new phone.
Hi guys,
Few days ago my S3 received official 4.3 android update, and weird things happening after that.
When I connect to internet, via wi-fi or data, phone automatically download a small file named "files.zip". And it happening every time I turn on wi-fi or data... I can`t find this file in downloads or anywhere else. When I try to open, it says "cannot open".
Second weird thing - browser often redirect me to a advertising or span webs. For instance, I try to open youtube.com, it opens different web with advertisement.
Anyone have an ideas how can I fix this?
We need proof screen shots video something
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Yup, could you go to about phone, take a screen of the software info and post? Thanks
He stated he can't find the file, BUT when he tries to open, it say cannot open file???? How weird is that.
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topnoch said:
Hi guys,
Few days ago my S3 received official 4.3 android update, and weird things happening after that.
When I connect to internet, via wi-fi or data, phone automatically download a small file named "files.zip". And it happening every time I turn on wi-fi or data... I can`t find this file in downloads or anywhere else. When I try to open, it says "cannot open".
Second weird thing - browser often redirect me to a advertising or span webs. For instance, I try to open youtube.com, it opens different web with advertisement.
Anyone have an ideas how can I fix this?
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post a screen shot or go back under the bridge troll.love to know how a sprint phone works in Lithuania
this post says you have a international s3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35395057#post35395057
if that is the case. your in the wrong forum. no way its a sprint phone. if you claim it is a sprint phone. we need proof as in it would never work there.
topnoch said:
Hi guys,
Few days ago my S3 received official 4.3 android update, and weird things happening after that.
When I connect to internet, via wi-fi or data, phone automatically download a small file named "files.zip". And it happening every time I turn on wi-fi or data... I can`t find this file in downloads or anywhere else. When I try to open, it says "cannot open".
Second weird thing - browser often redirect me to a advertising or span webs. For instance, I try to open youtube.com, it opens different web with advertisement.
Anyone have an ideas how can I fix this?
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You might be in the wrong forum. Your profile says you're in Lithuania, using a GSM provider there. Is that still the case?
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kaos420 said:
post a screen shot or go back under the bridge troll.love to know how a sprint phone works in Lithuania
this post says you have a international s3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35395057#post35395057
if that is the case. your in the wrong forum. no way its a sprint phone. if you claim it is a sprint phone. we need proof as in it would never work there.
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Calm down...lol he is probably just in the wrong forum.
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bigpappags3 said:
Calm down...lol he is probably just in the wrong forum.
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learn to read you quoted me saying that.
kaos420 said:
learn to read you quoted me saying that.
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I'll try to learn. Who knows it might not stick...
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kaos420 said:
post a screen shot or go back under the bridge troll.love to know how a sprint phone works in Lithuania
this post says you have a international s3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35395057#post35395057
if that is the case. your in the wrong forum. no way its a sprint phone. if you claim it is a sprint phone. we need proof as in it would never work there.
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So sorry, I definitely went to wrong forum
I`ve attached few screens. Maybe I can found the true in this forum.
topnoch said:
So sorry, I definitely went to wrong forum
I`ve attached few screens. Maybe I can found the true in this forum.
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damn your luck were still stuck on 4.1.2 if your having the issues you say you are with what sounds like maleware. have you installed anything to check phone. over here we have apps like lookout security. i kno nod makes a phone app. you could always do a factory reset back to out the box state. reinstall apps one by one to check it out. sound like you have a app with crap in it.
kaos420 said:
damn your luck were still stuck on 4.1.2 if your having the issues you say you are with what sounds like maleware. have you installed anything to check phone. over here we have apps like lookout security. i kno nod makes a phone app. you could always do a factory reset back to out the box state. reinstall apps one by one to check it out. sound like you have a app with crap in it.
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Factory reset helped to solve "files.zip" autodownload problem, but phone is still laggy. It takes 3-5 seconds to turn on screen when I press power button in sleep mode. Applications become laggy. I will try to reflash 4.3 via KIES, if the problem remain, back to 4.1.2 will be optimal decision.
Thanks for help guys, and sorry again for getting lost in galaxy s3 forums