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[Q] Tethering only works sporadically...?

Hey Peepz,
I rooted my GS3 and installed WiFi tether. Selected the Samsung Galaxy Nexus profile and the general ICS/JB profile.
The problem is that WiFi tether only works sometimes, so I enable it. work with it. turn it off and maybe 2 or 3 hrs later turn it on again - it says "press to stop tethering" but no WiFi hot spot is visible to my devices (iPad, Laptops, etc). Then i turn tether off, on, off, let it sit there, restart the phone and once ever other try (dozens and dozens of trys) it works.
Is there something I am missing? Btw I have two GS3s and the same happens to the other one as well...

Yeah same here. I have to start stop a few times then I see the wifi network.
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Mofo84 said:
Yeah same here. I have to start stop a few times then I see the wifi network.
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Have you seen a pattern? I haven't had much time with the phones yet (approx. 2 to 3 days). I tried turning off WiFi before tethering but have not found a solution yet. are there any other apps I should try? is WiFi tether the only one? It seems like thats the one people are using...

Are you running any custom roms? Native tether works perfect for me. Other than that i think the Wi-Fi tether for root users 3.2 beta is the best after that
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Try turning your screen off to 10 min instead of 15 seconds. I tried that and it worked for me. Don't know if you guys are using juice defender but that might be an issue as well.
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I have it at 1 min, but I'll try that.
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Nope I'm using the stock, I just rooted it. That's all. When you say, native what do you mean the tmobile app?. I don't have a tether contract, just regular unlimited data...
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ami2510 said:
Nope I'm using the stock, I just rooted it. That's all. When you say, native what do you mean the tmobile app?. I don't have a tether contract, just regular unlimited data...
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Oh okay native as in the one in more settings. I think the T-Mobile app shortcuts to that. But nvm that doesn't play nice if you're stock rooted. Why not run a custom Rom and use it? I don't have a tether plan and it works fine for me
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Same prob. with my Teth.
I got the same problem with my USB tethering. I plug in my CPU, it's working perfectly for 5 minutes, after that, everything stop. Same with my WIFI Hot Spot. Dunno what's the problem ?!? Maybe it will work fine with Jelly B ! Hope it comes fast for videotron.

Teo032 said:
Oh okay native as in the one in more settings. I think the T-Mobile app shortcuts to that. But nvm that doesn't play nice if you're stock rooted. Why not run a custom Rom and use it? I don't have a tether plan and it works fine for me
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I haven't tried that one, in fear that t-mo will just say: hey we want money!
I will try the WiFi tether beta when I have the chance... where can I get it? Market?

It's not in the market. I'll try to find a link. You can Google it.
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http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
Edit: oops i guess it is on the play store. Always thought they had an earlier version
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Teo032 said:
It's not in the market. I'll try to find a link. You can Google it.
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http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
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Thank you bro-migo. I'll try this asap! Let's see if that helps other people as well...
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Plug your cell phone in your pc then Go in your setting > more > port. Modem > modem USB
Click on it and it suppose to work if you have win 7
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Geniusssx said:
Plug your cell phone in your pc then Go in your setting > more > port. Modem > modem USB
Click on it and it suppose to work if you have win 7
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Are you talking about usb tethering? i don't see that option on my phone. Screenshot?
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Teo032 said:
Are you talking about usb tethering? i don't see that option on my phone. Screenshot?
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I'm not ta lking about USB tethering. I'm talking about WiFi tethering
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ami2510 said:
I'm not ta lking about USB tethering. I'm talking about WiFi tethering
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I was asking the guy i quoted
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Mine works, however after a few minutes, the data craps out. Any suggestions? I'm using the auto profile. If I leave it for a few hours, turn it back on, then it usually works again for a few minutes. Is this something Wind is doing to stop you from using lots of data? I have an unlimited plan.

Do you mine sharing your settings. If I use wifi tether straight out of the box, default everything I'm getting redirected to the Tmob page which says my cost will be $14.95 per. When I change profiles to say Generic Ics/JB and change to channel 6 I still connected to the phone but I get no "internet connection". I've checked ipconfig and of course it shows I've connected to the phone and dhcp has assign me an ip, 192.168. something but I got nothing. Right now I'm fu***ed. I so wanted to call comcast and tell them... well you know!
I still may just pay the $14.95 to Tmob instead of $70 to Comcastm makes sense. Before tmob shut me down I was getting 8-10 down and 1-1.5 up on my lappy thru the GS3!
Any tips or suggestion would be greatly appreciated!

If you get the upsell page then change the user agents. What Rom are you using... why don't you use native tethering? When it says no internet connection... just wait awhile until it reconnects you should get internet after that.
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I'm using cm10 nightly and I did use the hotspot option thru the phone to test the speed. I knew Tmob would get wise and block me which they did hence the sell thru page. So I down loaded Wifi Tethering and installed but wasn't too sure about the setting? I also installed the user agent pluggin for Chrome. Then I selected "Chrome on Windows" as my common user agent and here we are.

What WiFi teather app?

Does anyone have a WiFi teather app confirmed to be working on or OGs? With or without root?

I am using pdanet tether and receive 1\2 the signal strength but still looking for a wifi hotspot app that will work.
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Try wireless tether from app store. Set to Generic...all good
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Edit. Actually called Wifi Tether for Root

engine95 said:
Try wireless tether from app store. Set to Generic...all good
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Edit. Actually called Wifi Tether for Root
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i tried wifi tether for root users and set it to generic but it starts with the errors with "setting channel, setting essis, setting ad-hoc mode, activating wifi interface, and loading wifi driver" any ideas how to fix that?

Set it to generic ICS/JB WLAN0
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engine95 said:
Set it to generic ICS/JB WLAN0
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Has anyone tried foxfi??

I tried the free version but only the bluetooth dun would work and at half speed. I have not rooted my phone and don't plan on doing so at this time
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I got mine on Samsung Galaxy nexus (CDMA/lte) and on auto using WiFi tether app....
Sent from my LGOG!!!!! Boom..

engine95 said:
Try wireless tether from app store. Set to Generic...all good
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Edit. Actually called Wifi Tether for Root
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Who is the maker of this app and do you need to root the phone to make it work?
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Yes you phone needs to be rooted foxfi doesn't work....
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ok tried a couple different times with this app but
why is it I can not get speedtest.net to come up and all my web pages are pretty slow to load on my laptop
any further configuration settings needed for this WIFI tether app

No other settings that i know of. But I'm really starting to wonder about the radio on this phone. It just seems to have good and bad moments. With WiFi also.
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Are you able to get to speedtest.net on the computer you WiFi into your phone with to see what difference is between the 2 tests
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At work, so no. Honestly, never been concerned with speeds. As long as it works im fine. Might be able to test later with my tablet tho.
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Still think the radio in this thing is not that great. Reception fades more with this phone than the one it replaced. And that one sucked too.
Anyway, speedtest was all over. Anywhere from 300k to a best of 1900. Ran it probably 8 or 9 times.
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If run the speed test app on the phone what do you get
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About 1300-1400k. Which is about right.
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I normally get 13 megabytes per second to 22 megabytes per second down and around 10 megabytes per second up on my phone when I tether via bluetooth dun I get about 6 megabytes per second down and 2 megabytes per second up on my PC. After root in using wifi tether I am NOT able to get to speedtest.net to check on my PC
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Skip75 said:
I normally get 13 megabytes per second to 22 megabytes per second down and around 10 megabytes per second up on my phone when I tether via bluetooth dun I get about 6 megabytes per second down and 2 megabytes per second up on my PC. After root in using wifi tether I am NOT able to get to speedtest.net to check on my PC
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I think you mean 'megabit'

pjsnyc said:
I think you mean 'megabit'
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No mbp mega bytes per second
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Setting up Wifi Tether

I might be a noob, but when i had my tablet i didn't need any apps to hotspot my network. But i got this phone now and rooted it. But i dont know what configuration to get it working
Any help given is helpful
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Generic ICS/JB wlan0 ...settings in WiFi tether that'll work.
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Chemistry Rom HELP!

Love this rom. I'm on V6, and so far every thing is smooth and functional except native hotspot. Tried reflashing, both dirty and clean but nothing. My PC can see and connect but no internet. I've searched this site but the few I've found with this same problem weren't answered. WiFi Tether works but phone gets hot. Suggestions very welcome. Thanks XDA community.
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Sorry, thanks.
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I dont think any developers have been able to get native hotspot working. And for the record, your phone would heat up regardless because tether is a very memory intensive process
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I used to have an evo lte and WiFi Tether made it hot where as the native hotspot did not.
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mdgain said:
I used to have an evo lte and WiFi Tether made it hot where as the native hotspot did not.
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I have an evo shift and both native tether and wifi tether make it hot.
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Others with this same rom say the native hotspot is working. I am just trying to find out if it is a settings issue or a mod flash or something else.
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Its going to get hot, as its an intensive process. You can try reducing the power on the transmit, but other than that change you rom governor and scheduler is the only thing you can do.

Thx, but I'm trying to get the native hotspot working.
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Hotspot mod?

I am new to the LGOG from the note2 so please be kind..
Is there a hotspot mod for the stock deodexed rom?
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neudof said:
I am new to the LGOG from the note2 so please be kind..
Is there a hotspot mod for the stock deodexed rom?
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Use a WiFi tether app. WiFi tether for root from the Playstore, or the Trevor? version of it on xda. If you can't find them let me know and I'll get you the links a little later.
EDIT: Found some links. One has the TrevE WIFI tether that some people use.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2138144
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40940526&postcount=11
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engine95 said:
Use a WiFi tether app. WiFi tether for root from the Playstore, or the Trevor? version of it on xda. If you can't find them let me know and I'll get you the links a little later
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This. WiFi tether seems to work well for most people. Be aware that after turning it on you will probably need to restart the phone for wifi to work again afterward.

Xiutehcuhtli said:
This. WiFi tether seems to work well for most people. Be aware that after turning it on you will probably need to restart the phone for wifi to work again afterward.
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Crazy
On the galaxy devices i have used these apps and the moded hotspot and never had to reboot to get on wifi. Is this a common issue on the LGOG?
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neudof said:
Crazy
On the galaxy devices i have used these apps and the moded hotspot and never had to reboot to get on wifi. Is this a common issue on the LGOG?
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It's common for our JB. Any stock ROM requires a reboot per WiFi or tether.
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engine95 said:
It's common for our JB. Any stock ROM requires a reboot per WiFi or tether.
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I have always been able to go from WiFi to tether but not back. But yes, it's a stock jb issue.
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Xiutehcuhtli said:
I have always been able to go from WiFi to tether but not back. But yes, it's a stock jb issue.
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I never did figure out any rhyme or reason to it. I just always reboot. Thanks for the info. :beer:
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engine95 said:
I never did figure out any rhyme or reason to it. I just always reboot. Thanks for the info. :beer:
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Always happy when I can provide a learning opportunities to the squirrels of America. You Sir are most welcome.
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Nope i tether on trev mod im rooted on lg ui play xbox stream movies from my phone using bubbleupnp app to my xbox crazy while watchingyoutube videos i used an unistaller to take bloatware off best i could until i could put a bad ass rom like venom on my phone but until then yup love my lg cant wait to get the lgg2 greatest phone eva lolzzzz
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The new version of the Wifi Teather App works without having to reboot. Just enable Wifi Driver Reload 2 option under settings.
https://code.google.com/p/android-w...e=wifi_tether_v3_4-experimental1.apk&can=2&q=

gearslam said:
The new version of the Wifi Teather App works without having to reboot. Just enable Wifi Driver Reload 2 option under settings.
https://code.google.com/p/android-w...e=wifi_tether_v3_4-experimental1.apk&can=2&q=
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What settings are you using? Every time I have Wifi Driver Reload 2 selected, it won't tether properly. It looks fine on the phone, but the computer won't pick up the signal.

I've used PDAnet and haven't had any problems switching between hotspot and back. Hotspot works great and switching back is easy (no reboot). I use it all the time for my tablet when no WiFi is available. Just thought I'd mention it.