[Q] 4.2.1 Tethering on sprint possible workaround. - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

This issue may effect more than just sprint GNex users, i'm not sure. Ever since 4.2.1 has hit our developers hands i've had nothing but issues tethering my internet. Unfortunately for me tethering is my only means of internet, so this poses quite a problem for me. One easily solved by going back to a 4.1.x rom, but who whats to downgrade, what's the fun in that?? I have messed around with different 4.2 roms and found a few that act differently and i'm hoping that the devs can collaborate and get a system together what works flawlessly like 4.1 did.
First rom up: Paranoid Android 2.99 PIE 4.
No tethering at all on this rom. Tethering turns on and technically works fine but there is an error with SecPhone.apk and data is dropped on phone until tethering is turned off.
2nd Rom: Black Bean 7.
Half-ass tethering. Tethering runs well enough at first, but any drop in data, and my phone can't reestablish a data connection. Again causing a problem with SecPhone.apk.
3rd Rom: CMK v2.
Tethering seems to function flawlessly on this rom. Connection reestablishes after a call just like it should. I'm hoping that whatever this dev did to make the tethering work we can get on all of our 4.2.1 roms.
So my next question. Can I fix the issue by installing CMK's SecPhone to PA and have tethering working? Does the problem lay in the SecPhone app or is it just an innocent bystander crashing when something other go haywire?

Try sourcery rom. Has the tethering capabilities of cmk and all the features if PA plus much more. Auto hide navbar and keep screen off when plugging in charger are a few exclusive features with many more.

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Tethering broken by 4.2?

I have a takju galaxy nexus on T-Mobile. I have never had any issues ever since i added tethering onto my data plan.
Yesterday I applied the 4.2 update to my stock galaxy nexus via adb side load. Ever since then, wifi tethering to my laptop had been very slow and inconsistent while tethering to my Nexus 7 has worked properly.
Has anyone noticed any similar issues?
Also, I can slide to delete/archive in gmail, but pinch to zoom hasn't worked so far.
Anyone have any ideas?
Tarzanman said:
I have a takju galaxy nexus on T-Mobile. I have never had any issues ever since i added tethering onto my data plan.
Yesterday I applied the 4.2 update to my stock galaxy nexus via adb side load. Ever since then, wifi tethering to my laptop had been very slow and inconsistent while tethering to my Nexus 7 has worked properly.
Has anyone noticed any similar issues?
Also, I can slide to delete/archive in gmail, but pinch to zoom hasn't worked so far.
Anyone have any ideas?
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There's a setting in gmail that enables the pinch to zoom. I remember reading it somewhere - it's not obvious. I think it's called auto-fit or something. Sorry, I don't have it installed so I don't know what the setting is called for sure.
Tethering broken in 4.2
Same here. WiFi Tethering doesn't work. WiFi Tethering for Root users doesn't work either.
Working on mine.
Yakju now flashed to Takju. Nexus 7 and my notebook (T420) can perfectly use the connection from my GN.
I installed the USB drivers on the same WinXP laptop that I was having problems with and tried the USB tethering option.
USB tethering worked perfectly on the laptop, which points to a problem with the wireless radio on the phone or the laptop.
To try to stay on the safe side, I did a factory reset on the Galaxy Nexus (which still left me at 4.2) and tried again. Still the same issues with the laptop, and fine on the tablet......until just a minute ago...
....I *just* started having some connectivity issues with the Nexus 7 (slow, doesn't connect sometimes). I pulled the phone out of wireless mode and hooked it back up to the laptop and USB tethering works perfectly.
I am starting to wonder if the wifi hotspot feature has been messed up somehow by the 4.2 update.
Laptop is a Lenovo Thinkpad T60 2007-FVG
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Restarted Android wifi hotspot. Nexus 7 connectivity via wifi seems fine, but some sites won't load. www.xda-developers loads fine, but forum.xda-developers.com gives me an HTTP Error 500
Just installed the GNEX OTA my phone has been bugging me about for the past 48 hrs. Wanted the new camera app and Gmail zoom, so I finally took the plunge. Wifi Tether is now broken (note: mine was working fine on 4.1.2, contrary to some other things I've read about that OTA breaking it).
Tether starts "with errors". Log shows failures at the "Configuring AP" and "Starting AP" stages. All other launch stages succeed. Program says it is running but no signal is broadcast that my other devices can detect.
Hopefully my 4.1.2 backup will get me back to operational. The 4.2 changes are nice, but not worth losing tether for.
ajd6c8 said:
Just installed the GNEX OTA my phone has been bugging me about for the past 48 hrs. Wanted the new camera app and Gmail zoom, so I finally took the plunge. Wifi Tether is now broken (note: mine was working fine on 4.1.2, contrary to some other things I've read about that OTA breaking it).
Tether starts "with errors". Log shows failures at the "Configuring AP" and "Starting AP" stages. All other launch stages succeed. Program says it is running but no signal is broadcast that my other devices can detect.
Hopefully my 4.1.2 backup will get me back to operational. The 4.2 changes are nice, but not worth losing tether for.
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Craig Gomez found a fix for this .. it was a problem in Framework. Check MMuzzy's 4.2 thread under VZW Development
Thanks for the tip.
Question: this is a ZIP with folders:
LocationServicesAndTetheringFix.zip\META-INF\com\google\android
- update-binary
- updater-script
LocationServicesAndTetheringFix.zip\system\framework
- framework-res.apk
Not sure what to do with this. How do I apply the fix?
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I tried to use Clockwork to apply the .zip. It aborted the install.
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Vote for this on the known issues page: http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/issues/detail?id=1661&sort=-id
I just got my takju nexus upgraded to 4.2, tested tethering and it still works fine. (To tablet)
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^same. Ota last night, never had an issue tethering my laptop, and s2 this morning. Working fine here.
adbFreedom said:
Craig Gomez found a fix for this .. it was a problem in Framework. Check MMuzzy's 4.2 thread under VZW Development
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Shouldn't be the issue, because only Verizon and Sprint provision the tethering app. Its been like this since ICS.
ajd6c8 said:
Wifi Tether is now broken (note: mine was working fine on 4.1.2, contrary to some other things I've read about that OTA breaking it).
Tether starts "with errors". Log shows failures at the "Configuring AP" and "Starting AP" stages. All other launch stages succeed. Program says it is running but no signal is broadcast that my other devices can detect.
Hopefully my 4.1.2 backup will get me back to operational. The 4.2 changes are nice, but not worth losing tether for.
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This exact thing with the WiFi Tether app happens for me as well. Also, the native Android USB tether and Wifi tether don't work. Native Wifi tether gives me a "network authentication key mismatch" error on my Windows computer if my hotspot is configured for WPA2, and if it's open with no encryption, I get an unknown network error (something about Windows detecting no configuration issues, but being unable to connect to any outside websites). USB tether is also broken--it worked once, but it took ages to initialize, and since then I can't get it to work whatsoever. I never had this problem in 4.1.2 or any previous Android version, and it only started once I upgraded to 4.2.
Considering downgrading to get tethering functionality back, 4.2 is an absolutely lackluster upgrade, and with all of its bugs my phone is quite unstable and less-useful...
There is workaround:
I set security to WPA PSK
and password: qwertyasd (whatever doesn't matter i guess)
And in windows i have changed adapter settings:
IP v4: Auto
(if not working try to set foolowing:
ip 192.168.43.x x-> number from 2 to 254 if it's not working after connecting again change to diffrent number
mask: 255.255.255.0
gateway: 192.168.43.1)
DNS:
primary: 8.8.8.8
secondary: 4.4.4.4
And it's working....
Sorry for bad english.
Regards from Poland
I did a lot more testing with other devices and the wifi tethering phone seems to be working properly. False alarm.
I guess maybe my laptop might be about to break....
4.2 seems awful so far. I can't seem to save images from e-mails anymore (the "save" option is always greyed out), the gallery crashes when I click in a certain spot on the screen (button with three circles?), tethering is completely broken, waking the phone up is now buggy, slow, and generally problematic (lockscreen disabled, not sure if it's the same with the lock screen), trying to "paste" text into a text input box in Chrome is now impossible because a long press now causes some kind of infuriating auto-zoom which promptly clears the "paste" button from the screen, text is randomly deleted and the text input cursor jumps wildly when pressing the backspace key... this is about the most annoying sequence of bugs I can imagine.
Android 4.2 added zero useful features apart from Swype, which I could have gotten from the market anyway. Kind of absurd to push this unpolished nonsense OTA.
_anony said:
4.2 seems awful so far. I can't seem to save images from e-mails anymore (the "save" option is always greyed out), the gallery crashes when I click in a certain spot on the screen (button with three circles?), tethering is completely broken, waking the phone up is now buggy, slow, and generally problematic (lockscreen disabled, not sure if it's the same with the lock screen), trying to "paste" text into a text input box in Chrome is now impossible because a long press now causes some kind of infuriating auto-zoom which promptly clears the "paste" button from the screen, text is randomly deleted and the text input cursor jumps wildly when pressing the backspace key... this is about the most annoying sequence of bugs I can imagine.
Android 4.2 added zero useful features apart from Swype, which I could have gotten from the market anyway. Kind of absurd to push this unpolished nonsense OTA.
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Anony, something is wrong with your phone or the OTA went wrong. I just tested all the issues you are referencing above on my 4.2 GNex and cannot reproduce any of it. The save is not greyed out on pictures (only tested .PNG), the three circles in gallery open up picture editing options, (thank you for pointing this put, I didn't notice it before), tethering works fine, and I have not experienced any issues with waking up the phone.
With that said, I have experienced force closes and unexplained battery drain, but I am fairly sure they are caused by Ingress and not related to 4.2, although I cannot be 100% sure.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
I've been keeping an eye on the google wireless tether website and they have an experimental apk out but it still doesn't work for me on 4.2..at least they r aware of it and are working on it..u can check it here
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
_anony said:
This exact thing with the WiFi Tether app happens for me as well. Also, the native Android USB tether and Wifi tether don't work. Native Wifi tether gives me a "network authentication key mismatch" error on my Windows computer if my hotspot is configured for WPA2, and if it's open with no encryption, I get an unknown network error (something about Windows detecting no configuration issues, but being unable to connect to any outside websites). USB tether is also broken--it worked once, but it took ages to initialize, and since then I can't get it to work whatsoever. I never had this problem in 4.1.2 or any previous Android version, and it only started once I upgraded to 4.2.
Considering downgrading to get tethering functionality back, 4.2 is an absolutely lackluster upgrade, and with all of its bugs my phone is quite unstable and less-useful...
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I'm also in the same situation when it comes to tethering not working on Jellybean 4.2. When I go back to 4.1 everything is working just fine. I'm curious to know why this only affects a small group of people who have flashed a 4.2 roms.
Hardknockz313 said:
I'm also in the same situation when it comes to tethering not working on Jellybean 4.2. When I go back to 4.1 everything is working just fine. I'm curious to know why this only affects a small group of people who have flashed a 4.2 roms.
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Unlocked GNex - since update to 4.2, wifi tether does NOT work IF configured for WPA-2.
It DOES work if configure to WPA.
Have not yet applied 4.2.1 update.
How many of you installed 4.2 via OTA and how many of you installed it via ADB or with a 3rd party ROM?
I did not wait for the OTA. I used adb, but the file I used was supposed to be the official takju 4.2. I even received the 4.21 upgrade a few weeks later.

[Q] tethering app that works with mmuzzy's 4.2

since i can't post in his actual thread, what tethering app works with mmuzzy's 4.2 rom. the one i have always used for 4.0 and 4.1 no worky on 4.2
tHaNkZ!!!
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I believe that Android built-in tethering should work without a problem, it does on mROM
My tethering isn't working when I try to use any 4.2 Rom.... and it seems like the issue isn't being addressed or looked into because for every 1 person who is having this issue, there are 100 who are not. There's obviously something specific to our devices we must have done previously for it to only affect a few of the people who are attempting to flash to Jellybean 4.2, so hopefully it will get noticed by someone who can figure out a solution to the problem.

Wifi Tether CM10

Tethering keeps throwing me an error on CM10 - as expected, Dman has said that he removes it from all of his roms.
Is there a workaround for this? I looked around and found the fix for the ICS leak, but I'm not eager to give that a try unless someone can confirm it works with CM10.
It works for me in cm 10 with foxfi from playstore. In cm 10.1 it doesnt work though
Oddly enough, the stock wifi tether in the settings started working after installing FoxFi
Tyfighter said:
Oddly enough, the stock wifi tether in the settings started working after installing FoxFi
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Wow same thing worked for me even after uninstalling foxfi the native app works. Nice
pacman rom has always worked for me without needing to install anything .... I need it for work from time to time so that holds me to 4.1 ..
The CM 10.0 build available also has a flawless Wifi and USB Tethers. (Haven't tested the BT one)

[Q] Is WIFI Tether working?

I haven't been able to get my wifi tether working. I've searched for hours but most of the post aren't very recent. I've tried adjusting the settings to many different combinations as mentioned in three other posts. I'm on baseband MC2, JB 4.1.2 and have tried two roms...Swampmonster 2.2/2.3 and Macks Allstar 5.0, as well as using both my PC and laptop to connect. I've used the TrevE mods that come with both roms as well as a couple of apps from the play store.
The same thing happens with every attempt, I connect to the AP but don't get any connection to the internet...DNS server is not responding.
I've recently changed from big red over to sprint and have had my N2 for about a week now. Is this a Sprint thing or is it just my unfamiliarity with my Note 2?
Any help would be much appreciated. Dexter's on tonight.....
Also tried WolfRom and USB tethering, still no connectivity
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It's been working for me, basically. I'm on a stock deoxided MC2 ROM with Perseus kernal. I get an error but I don't know what it is, since the log gives another error about no file existing. The error I had before trying to reinstall WiFi and BusyBox was a routing fix failed error.
I used this at work for at least six hours to connect a tablet and laptop. I figure I'm using around 2GB to 6GB each night.
Unfortunately, you're going to have to keep experimenting. I suggest trying with just the defaults settings. See what happens. If not, try changing Driver reloads or none. Unfortunately, it's just a lot of trial and error.
lovekeiiy said:
It's been working for me, basically. I'm on a stock deoxided MC2 ROM with Perseus kernal. I get an error but I don't know what it is, since the log gives another error about no file existing. The error I had before trying to reinstall WiFi and BusyBox was a routing fix failed error.
I used this at work for at least six hours to connect a tablet and laptop. I figure I'm using around 2GB to 6GB each night.
Unfortunately, you're going to have to keep experimenting. I suggest trying with just the defaults settings. See what happens. If not, try changing Driver reloads or none. Unfortunately, it's just a lot of trial and error.
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Thanks. I don't give up easily...I'll get it working if possible. I'm just wondering if Sprint is blocking the tether because I connect right away with no errors but the "DNS Server is not responding".
I see you're from the bay area. I grew up in SF but haven't been back in a long time. I miss the beach...
izombie13 said:
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Hey Zombie, why u messing with my thread
jksell07 said:
Thanks. I don't give up easily...I'll get it working if possible. I'm just wondering if Sprint is blocking the tether because I connect right away with no errors but the "DNS Server is not responding".
I see you're from the bay area. I grew up in SF but haven't been back in a long time. I miss the beach...
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Sprint should be blocking you unless there is something off on your phone. My issue, I think, has to deal with the BusyBox Linux binary library that got loaded. I'm assuming maybe a phone wipe and reflash may fix it.
Yea, I'm near the wine valley, actually. Although, I prefer to be back in San Diego.
I installed Goodness Noteworthy v1.0.8 ROM and get good wifi tethering of 3G. I haven't tested 4G as I don't get it yet.
I'm just running stock rooted MC2 with updated CSC data (Garwyn's) and the separate TrevE version of the Wifi Tether APK works like a charm. My kids just used it on 3G and LTE all the way down I-95 in Florida. Sometimes it would boot them all off when switching from LTE to 3G, but they'd reconnect without issue.
Not sure if that helps you, other than I'm using the very latest MC2 OTA and maybe you're still using a ROM based on the leak? I'm not a dev, so if I'm talking out of my posterior just disregard!
Got it working
I'm still not sure why I had problems when nobody else did on the respective threads for the roms I mentioned above.
I did get it going though...For the touchwiz roms I had to run ISWAT tether unlocker while my tether was active (It's on the Play Store).
Right now I'm running LiquidSmooth's AOSP rom and the native tether works great. I've been bouncing back and forth between nandroid
backups; I like TW most of the time but when I want to tether or am looking for speed/responsiveness I switch over to AOSP.
Just to make sure, have you tried this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40234725
I flashed it on deodexed stock MC2 and it works great, even with tablets and an iPod Touch.
I got it working with Treve mod
WifiTether_TrevE_Mod_11_20_2012_insmodv3.apk
Had to change one settings, or else it wouldn't appear on PC
Change Device-Profile to Generic ICS/JB wlan0
Credit for file link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34465068&postcount=1
I've got it working on deoxidized rooted stock rom. I'm using the latest beta from July 20, 2013 (TrevE Mod Wifi Tether. The only setting I needed to change was to Driver Reload 2.
wifi-tethering
Now, I'm also using the Wifi -Tethering . its still working now.
you can find info from rootnote2.com
Is the problem of wifi tether under AOSP rooms on this device totally insoluble?
I've never found an answer to it, only directions to fixing it under TouchWiz or vague changelog entries about having 'fixed wifi tether' on Carbon and such, which did no such thing.
Standard wifi tether app 3.3b2 fails to start an access point. TrevE mod claims to start fine in the app's log, but no access point shows up on a scan. The mobile hotspot function in system settings also starts up, and even let's devices connect, but there's no data transfer.
I understand that there's something bad going on with Samsung's release of wifi drivers, so I'm just hoping that someone somewhere has looked into this.

[Q] Remove stock wireless tether

Hello, I use my unlimited data as home wifi, and have been for a while, but I am always afraid that somehow the veri$on tether app (more like fee) will somehow trigger, right now I am using the TikTak rom (for around 10 minutes) and it seems like it's not in this rom at all (the verizon tether deal) can anyone confirm if this is the case, or point me to another rom that doesn't have it?
I'm not real particular with my roms, as long as everything major works and I can still tether. my default is the stock rom just rooted, I like sense and all it's features (though I don't use them all) but am as I said impartial.
squat251 said:
Hello, I use my unlimited data as home wifi, and have been for a while, but I am always afraid that somehow the veri$on tether app (more like fee) will somehow trigger, right now I am using the TikTak rom (for around 10 minutes) and it seems like it's not in this rom at all (the verizon tether deal) can anyone confirm if this is the case, or point me to another rom that doesn't have it?
I'm not real particular with my roms, as long as everything major works and I can still tether. my default is the stock rom just rooted, I like sense and all it's features (though I don't use them all) but am as I said impartial.
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tiKtaK has working native wifi tethering and bypasses/does not trigger any Verizon specific restrictions.
Hopefully that answers your question...?
santod040 said:
tiKtaK has working native wifi tethering and bypasses/does not trigger any Verizon specific restrictions.
Hopefully that answers your question...?
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Really? I didn't see that on there, I had a .apk for FoxFi on my storage, and it didn't seem to work on tiktak, so I switched back to wifi tether (the app) I'll pry a little more into that and see how well the native tether works.
also, is there a way to turn off fastboot in tiktak? I had trouble booting into recovery.

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