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First post. So, I have a Evo but I won a iPad (wifi only) online the other day and i'm thinking about keeping it or selling it. I know Sprint has a Hotspot option that you can use on the phone but I don't want to pay $30/month for it which is crazy in my opinion. I downloaded EasyTether off the appstore so I can tether for free which is great on my laptop, but if I keep the iPad and take it around with me i want to be able to get online with it, so it would be great to have the Hotspot functionality on my phone. I know you can activate hotspot functionality by rooting the Evo, but I just updated to 2.2 and as far as I am aware there is no 2.2 root option yet.
So in the meantime I guess I was just wondering if anyone who has a iPad uses the Evo's hotspot functionality. I was also curious in general how it performs over 3G with wifi devices and if there is any option like Easy Tether so you can use hotspot functionality for free until there is a root for 2.2 on Evo?
Thanks for any input/answers and I look forward to contributing to the forums.
If You Root Your Phone You'd Now Be Able To Use Froyo (2.2) With Wireless Tether 2.0.5-pre7 I'm Actually Posting This From My LapTop On Fresh 3.1.0.1 Using The Above Named Wireless Tether.. My Girl's Cousin Has A WiFi Only Ipad And I Was Letting Him Use My Wifi Tether To Connect And It Was Working Flawlessly.. Congrats On Winning The IPad
We took a trip to the mountains a week ago. I used the EVO hotspot utility to connect my laptop and my wife's ipad and my son's ipod touch to the internet all at the same time! Worked like a charm! just remember to change the default setting at set a new SSID and password.
I believe that if you can connect with your laptop you should be able to connect with your iPad. I've always been able to connect with my iPad whether it was adhoc or AP mode.
Well i started paying for the 30 bucks option becuase the free wifi cap my speeds real bad and i was rooted back then but now im stock with rooted icons wierd but dont work but works awsome the hotspot for me i have 3 360 coneected amd 2 ps3 and my msi netbook connected and works bad ass i love it yea some lag but it ok for me
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persibro said:
I believe that if you can connect with your laptop you should be able to connect with your iPad. I've always been able to connect with my iPad whether it was adhoc or AP mode.
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Well, I can connect my Laptop to my Evo via USB using EasyTether Lite so I can get online with my laptop for free but I need free Hotspot functionality so I can use it with my iPad, but idk what I could do since I updated my Evo to 2.2.
I don't know if this will help you but there is a chance you can downgrade your Evo and then root it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715915
hold your ipad differently, or buy a case.
koneeak said:
If You Root Your Phone You'd Now Be Able To Use Froyo (2.2) With Wireless Tether 2.0.5-pre7 I'm Actually Posting This From My LapTop On Fresh 3.1.0.1 Using The Above Named Wireless Tether.. My Girl's Cousin Has A WiFi Only Ipad And I Was Letting Him Use My Wifi Tether To Connect And It Was Working Flawlessly.. Congrats On Winning The IPad
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I find people that type with caps on the first letter of every word to be very annoying. And there's no point.
persibro said:
I believe that if you can connect with your laptop you should be able to connect with your iPad. I've always been able to connect with my iPad whether it was adhoc or AP mode.
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I know that iPods (3rd gen) aren't able to connect to AP networks, since I've hosted from my laptop before and it couldn't see it.
zamardii12 said:
Well, I can connect my Laptop to my Evo via USB using EasyTether Lite so I can get online with my laptop for free but I need free Hotspot functionality so I can use it with my iPad, but idk what I could do since I updated my Evo to 2.2.
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If you want the iPad, keep it. It sound like the iPad can connect to even AP infrastructure networks. Although I'm pretty sure the Hotspot app, and wireless tether, both aren't AP network (although I don't know what it hosts, that's not my area ).
Basically, Hotspot would work if you felt like $30. Otherwise I'd wait for 2.2 to get rooted.
I honestly don't know what I'm saying anymore cause I'm watching tv and writing this. And there's models...
Oops I wasn't aware that EasyTether was done through USB. In that case, since you don't have root and upgraded to 2.2, you can either set up internet sharing on your laptop and connect using adhoc mode, or pay the $30 for the official tethering.
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Oops I wasn't aware that EasyTether was done through USB. In that case, since you don't have root and upgraded to 2.2, you can either set up internet sharing on your laptop and connect using adhoc mode, or pay the $30 for the official tethering.
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or you can pay $0 to root your phone, install any 2.2 ROM, and use android wifi tether.
Froyo (Android 2.2) has Wi-fi Hotspot capability: no need to root
Froyo (Android 2.2) has Wi-fi Hotspot capability: no need to root
Either 1: Open up your Apps page and look for the widget "Wi-Fi Hotspot" (on my Desire it is placed just before the YouTube widget"
or 2: open Settings, Wireless & networks and select "Portable Wi-fi Hotspot"
This has allowed me to connect my iPad via my Desire's data connection.
the desire on official froyo unrooted has a hotspot widget preinstalled as mentioned above.
my friends iphone and laptop spotted it fine. so no reason why an ipad wouldnt find it.
i note that evo can connect to many devices as can be seen from other posts here, but the htc desire has a max limit of 2 devices via the wifi hotspot at a time, although i dont know if you could connect more devices by using usb tether and bluetooth tether at the same time too. you dont need apps from anywhere for wifi or usb tether on 2.2 official version. i dont know if 2.2 allows bluetooth tether but if satnav devices can piggy back to net connection on phones i dont see why tethering cant be done but might be slow. there are apps on cnet for wifi and blueetooth tethering (cnet editor reviewed apps).
I believe the Sprint approved version of Froyo has Android WiFi removed and replaced by their own app.
Now that it's possible to root, I installed wireless-tether 2.0.5-pre9.
My iPad connects, but no Internet access!
Ipad works fine
I use the Wireless Tether with my IPAD all the time works great I am using Fresh 3.3.0.1
Hotspot and wireless tether are both AP, zune hd doesn't do adhoc and i was able to connect to my evo with it
was just curious i just updated to valek 3.0 and loving it. and its the frist rom ive used with print usb tether and hotspot unlocked. when i have sprints usb on i cant connect to 4g network it scans and reconnects. but when i use easytether 4g is fine. is sprints tether only 3g or whats the deal with that. anyone know a work around to get 4g working or am just stuck with easytether or something.
just curious i wanted to try out sprints tether before i bought easy tether or PDAnet.
thanks
Stock Hotspot
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Stock Hotspot
This is a known issue, and I don't think anyone has come out with a fix for it yet.
The Vaelpak version of WiFi Tether works flawlessly on Ricsims Stock Turbo 3.70 however, and it is basically the same version of your ROM without the Vaelpak theme.
No need to purchase PDAnet or easy tether.
thanks for the reply i use this as my main internet connection at home through my desktop and dont have a wifi usb dongle paying for one would be just like paying for pdanet so i just use usb tether but ive used up my pdanet "trial" lol and easytether just doesnt seem as good so just wanted to try out the stock sprint usb tether but if i cant get 3g then maybe ill buy pdanet.
again thanks for the reply
Are there any ROMs out there that support both wired & wireless tethering while using both 3G and 4G?
The posts I see about it are people saying they can get one or the other working at either 3G or 4G, but not in all combinations.
Thanks
n00bhackin said:
Are there any ROMs out there that support both wired & wireless tethering while using both 3G and 4G?
The posts I see about it are people saying they can get one or the other working at either 3G or 4G, but not in all combinations.
Thanks
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Any sense ROM will support Wireless 3G and 4G tethering, using the "wireless tether app." Using the hacked sprint hotspot will only allow 3g wireless tethering, 4g is not unlocked with that. As for wired tethering, the phone's native USB tether will work on 3G, and not 4g I believe.(almost all ROMS have USB tether unlocked) To get around that, use PDANet (from the Market) or Easytether (from the Market). Both of those apps allow 3g and 4g wired tethering on any sense RoM. Hope that helps clear things up a little.
Thanks.
I wonder what causes the trouble for 4G wired tethering.
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The program is designed to work, if it's not, we have a problem.
What tethering app do we have that is working with the E4GT.
i am interested too...any non root solutions.
Sprint hotspot doesnt work?
The newest version works. Version 3.1 beta 6. Just enable the Access control. I didn't change any settings..
http://db.tt/tqc770f
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JohnCorleone said:
The newest version works. Version 3.1 beta 6. Just enable the Access control. I didn't change any settings...
http://db.tt/tqc770f
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+1 works for me
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A link including qbkings video...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1268548
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The video demoing it on an Epic 4G (original)? It works for the most part as long as you don't need encryption or Infrastructure mode.
I think there is a new profile needed for Wifi Tether + some kernel work possibly.
BTW for those not rooted EasyTether does work with USB connection to Win/Linux/Mac. I'm holding out for an unroot method before rooting for WiFI so this is working in the meantime. The free version works for most things but you must buy ($10) to get https pages.
Can someone please elaborate on how to get wifi tether working? I have rooted succesfully and even enabled Access control in the app as John stated above but it still isn't connecting. What is the additional work that is needed? PLEASE HELP! Thanks!
USB debugging I think has to be enabled also.
I have that enabled, still not working
Same here... no SSID being broadcasted.
I can't get wifi tether to work at all it keeps using ad hoc mode and my laptop never connects what setting do you guys have
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It's only goign to do ad-hoc for now. I think there is either some kernel work or rom customization to support some of the Infrastructure mode features or maybe just a new profile in Wifi Tether since it doesn't recognize the phone currently and falls back to the generic profile.
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USB debugging I think has to be enabled also.
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How do you set that?
BUMP
Anyone have any luck with this yet? Ad hoc mode is useless to me. Need infrastructure/AP mode, please.
How to use Wireless Tethering for Root Users on Epic 4G Touch
After reading hundreds of pages on this website & others, here's what I've concluded after 12 days with my new Epic 4G Touch:
1. The entire Samsung Galaxy S2 series may be unable to broadcast anything but AD-HOC. However, if infrastructre can be achieved, I expect someone on XDA or Cyanogen to accomplish it within 30 days.
2. Most receiving devices (such as a notebook, netbook or tablet) can be tweaked so that they can recognize AD-HOC. It involves replacing the wpa_supplicant which is commonly found in your system/bin folder. Google your device name, AD-HOC and wpa_supplicant and you'll likely be directed to web pages with the solution for your device.
3. If you're trying to tether an Epic 4g Touch to an Acer A500 Tablet I have a much simpler solution for you: Root it and then install the Taboonay custom ROM which will instantly modify your tablet WiFi so it sees ALL available AD-HOC signals.
4. After trying nearly half the different version of wireless tether, I found thee WiFi V3.1 beta 6 to work flawlessly without changing anything on my Epic 4G Touch.
NOTE: Until this is a VERY stable custom ROM I suggest simply rooting, installing ClockworkMod Recovery, SuperUser 3.0 which is required by WiFi Tether.
I've been tethering with pdanet because I want to hide my tether usage. Does sprint ever send out warnings/ultimatums about tethering without their "service"? I'm only using 4g if that matters.
Been able to tether my laptop &netbooks with both versions of wireless tether that I tried. My issues arise when trying to connect my Samsung 10.1 tablet, the AndroidTether is not coming up as a internet option, has anyone gotten their 10.1 to connect to their epic touch4g?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1083182&page=4
This thread solved the wireless tethering issues on my galaxy 10.1 tab
I would like to be able to connect my PS3 to my 3G/4G connection via a WIFI router. I have a Cradlepoint CTR35 3G router as well as a Zoom 4501 3G router that I have attempted to USB tether and WIFI tether (using the repeater feature) my phone to. I am on Caulkin's 2.8.1 rom, EL29 modem, which has the unlocked Sprint hotspot and USB tethering features. On both routers, I am unable to get the "3G connected" light to turn on indicating internet access. Are there any routers that are compatible with the Epic 4G Touch? Is there a better way of doing this? My PS3 does not see the AD-HOC connection if I just use the Sprint Hotspot app. My laptop connects directly just fine to both USB tethering and WIFI tethering. I greatly appreciate your input! Thanks
rushnatu said:
I would like to be able to connect my PS3 to my 3G/4G connection via a WIFI router. I have a Cradlepoint CTR35 3G router as well as a Zoom 4501 3G router that I have attempted to USB tether and WIFI tether (using the repeater feature) my phone to. I am on Caulkin's 2.8.1 rom, EL29 modem, which has the unlocked Sprint hotspot and USB tethering features. On both routers, I am unable to get the "3G connected" light to turn on indicating internet access. Are there any routers that are compatible with the Epic 4G Touch? Is there a better way of doing this? My PS3 does not see the AD-HOC connection if I just use the Spring Hotspot app. I appreciate your input! Thanks
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Use the hot spot app in calks it does infrastructure
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I have Caulkin's 2.8.1 and under apps it has a Sprint Hotspot app. That is what I am using for the WIFI tethering attempts. I need to do some further testing with the WIFI tethering to the router, but my main concern is to be able to USB tether to a router that supports the Epic 4G Touch and currently neither of the 3G routers I have purchased work in USB tether or WIFI tether.....need some insight. Thanks
rushnatu said:
I have Caulkin's 2.8.1 and under apps it has a Sprint Hotspot app. That is what I am using for the WIFI tethering attempts. I need to do some further testing with the WIFI tethering to the router, but my main concern is to be able to USB tether to a router that supports the Epic 4G Touch and currently neither of the 3G routers I have purchased work in USB tether or WIFI tether.....need some insight. Thanks
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Hook the p$3 up to the epic touch the phone is the router and will work fine with ps3 ... Why u want to hook phone to router ? The phone is a router with hot spot app
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rushnatu said:
I would like to be able to connect my PS3 to my 3G/4G connection via a WIFI router. I have a Cradlepoint CTR35 3G router as well as a Zoom 4501 3G router that I have attempted to USB tether and WIFI tether (using the repeater feature) my phone to. I am on Caulkin's 2.8.1 rom, EL29 modem, which has the unlocked Sprint hotspot and USB tethering features. On both routers, I am unable to get the "3G connected" light to turn on indicating internet access. Are there any routers that are compatible with the Epic 4G Touch? Is there a better way of doing this? My PS3 does not see the AD-HOC connection if I just use the Sprint Hotspot app. My laptop connects directly just fine to both USB tethering and WIFI tethering. I greatly appreciate your input! Thanks
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The Sprint hotspot app creates an infrastructure connection, and not adhoc.
I don't see why you are trying to connect the Epic Touch to yet another router when it IS itself a router via the hotspot app, and up to 8 devices.
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LordLugard said:
The Sprint hotspot app creates an infrastructure connection, and not adhoc.
I don't see why you are trying to connect the Epic Touch to yet another router when it IS itself a router via the hotspot app, and up to 8 devices.
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what your saying is true.. and yes the person did say ad hoc doesnt work, but if you read it, he also stated just using the hotspot app doesnt work.. regardless, my suggestion would be to just get internet at home and buy a regular router id like to see you play a high end game online with a 3g/4g connection lol.. either your phone is messed up, or your not setting it up properly.. because like ppl have said, the hotspot app turns your phone into a wireless router already..
I just tested connecting the PS3 to my E4GT using the Sprint Hotspot app on Calk's ROM and it works perfectly fine.