Can anyone tell me how to get Wifi Teather to work with an ICS kernel ? I don't want a non-root solution that requires some additional software on the clients, and if possible, i'd avoid having to install some non-ICS ROM.
I've wasted a whole day but always run into the same issue:
rooted GB works fine: Download "Wifi Teather" from market, configure for Device Profile "Samsung Galaxy S2", perfect!
Using rooted ICS (I927UCLJ3_I927UCALJ3_I927UCALJ3_HOME.tar.md5), same configuration of "Wifi Teather" results in a
red "failed" in "Enabling NAT rules". Everything else stays green. And of course this means that clients can tether with the glide, but they do not get routed correctly (eg: can ping only the glide but nothing further from the tethered client).
This was the rooted stock ICS installed from Odin after clear data/cache/dalvik, format root. I also tried to apply the tethering fix for the leaked ICS kernel (i927_9SEP12_tetheringFix.zip) (of course after another clear data/cache/dalvik/format-root). And i tried to overwrite the kernel with LiteKernel-4.0-20130121.zip, and i tried to remove with Titanium Backup the Tethering Manager apk.
All this stuff did not change the output of "Wifi Teather" at all.
Then i install IcePop ROM, and "Wifi Tether" works fine there, no problems with "Enabling NAT rules". Alas, i can not use IcePop because it has removed Exchange Email, and thats one of those pieces you can not re-install from market or backup AFAIK.
So, what the heck is needed to make "Wifi Tether" work with stock ICS rooted ? Does it work at all ? I've been reading forum posts up and down the wazoo, but any claims to it working have been very unspecific.
*sigh*
Interesting
Been playing around a bit more:
The stock ICS built-in Wifi Hotspot option (under settings) does actually work fine once i applied i927_9SEP12_tetheringFix.zip. Before installing that fix a popup window from the provider comes up telling me i should pay $611/min - or some other text with the number 611, can't quite remember .
But the "Wifi Tether" app does not work with stock ICS neither before nor after installing of that framework fix. I wonder whether this indicates an error in the "Wifi Tether" app. Then again, it works in IcePop.
Wrt. to the way the provider sees or does not see tethering - does it make a difference whether one uses the built-in tethering option or the external app "Wifi Tether"
Learning by doing
So, now i flashed dmans stock ICS rom UCL33-ATT-NEW.zip from here, and lo and behold, the "Wifi Tether" app works, and the build-in tether option does of course not work (not applied the framework fix).
So... The only difference over the real stock update from ATT (rooted with su binary) seems to be that dmans stock is deodexed, zipaligned and batch optimized. "Wifi Tether" is stating that it's installing some stuff binaries et. al. Is it possible that it fails to do so on a system thats not deodexed/xipaligned or batch optimized ? I don't quite understand this.
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I just rooted my Evo, using the unrevoked method, and my main reason for doing so was to be able to use the Google WiFi tether app.
The root appears to be successful by all counts, but after installing the WiFi tether app, I cannot use it. I get an error saying "Unable to start tethering" and this is even after using the very latest v2.0.2 build from 6/12.
Anyone else run into that? How can I fix it?
Thanks in advance,
-R
Run unrovoked again, make sure its rooted for sure and that the superuser is in the app list. I ran into the problem before, and for some reason the superuser wasnt working correctly.
I use this with unrevoked. Tethers two simultaneously.
Has wpa security.. It's also fun. lol
Hey all.
If this has been posted already, I am sorry for a repeat post. I haven't seen a fix.
I recently did the OTA update on my Galaxy S3 to Android 4.1.2 and I think that is pretty much the only thing that I have changed.
I had to go back to my stock recovery in order to get the update, but I never changed my recovery back to CWM.
The phone says that I am still rooted, I have the superuser icon in my apps so I assume that I am rooted.
Whenever I click on the app it says that I am granted superuser permission.
I am using the WiFi tether TrevE Mod and it worked in the past with my ipad.
It starts to tether, stating that I have superuser permission, but then it says:
"Tethering started with Errors!
Please check 'showlog'.
I check for the WiFi option on my ipad and my ipad is not there.
I unistalled and reinstalled the program and it has the same issues.
I go to the "show log" and it says "unable to open the log-file. File does not exist"
I am out of ideas what to try next and I ask the forum for advice.
Thanks to all!
Mike in St. Louis
This is a kernel issue. Some stock kernels don't allow wifi tethering, even if you are rooted. Flash a different kernel and profit.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1643826
That'll help you if you don't know how
The problem was that I lost root. Thanks!
Hello,
I an running stock rooted 4.2.2 on vzw gnex. I have been using wifi tether since I got the phone and now with 4.2.2 it is not working. I get started with errors warning. log shows failed to configure AP and start AP.
I tried MWALT2s disable of native tether check which seem to run fine in recovery but I still get the same errors.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2176954http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2176954
Has anyone with stock rooted 4.2.2 been able to get wifi tether working?
Thanks,
Pupule
pupule said:
Hello,
I an running stock rooted 4.2.2 on vzw gnex. I have been using wifi tether since I got the phone and now with 4.2.2 it is not working. I get started with errors warning. log shows failed to configure AP and start AP.
I tried MWALT2s disable of native tether check which seem to run fine in recovery but I still get the same errors.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2176954http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2176954
Has anyone with stock rooted 4.2.2 been able to get wifi tether working?
Thanks,
Pupule
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the wifi tether app no longer works but the built-in tether does. there's a copy of a modified version of wifi tether floating around (actually, in this Q & A forum thread!) that some are saying does work but I have not tested it myself (yet)
{edited to add} well, I just installed the hacked version of wifi tether and it works perfectly. the link to it is here in the Q & A thread so you should be able to find it. you will need "unknown sources" checked to allow it to install...
I just got a wifi only 16GB Nexus 7 2013 and one of my first priorities was to get it online via my SGS3. Tethering via wifi was easy enough, but I wanted bluetooth tether for power savings and ease of use. Unfortunately Tmobile had removed the bluetooth tether option from the SGS3, so I loaded a custom ROM that did include it. I then discovered that Google had removed the bluetooth tether client from the Nexus, but research showed that it did have it in at least one Jelly Bean release, so I had to do the following:
Load a stock JB image: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
TowelRoot: http://towelroot.com/
SuperSU via Play Store
Disable system (not app) update nag: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34274623&postcount=1
Load respective FoxFi/PDAnet apps on both devices and follow bluetooth connection wizards
Profit!
Notes:
I had to use FoxFi/PDAnet because I chose JSS15R which already had the bluetooth internet client removed. If you find otherwise or try JSS15Q, let us know. Of course, using FoxFi/PDAnet also negated the primary reason for loading a custom ROM on the SGS3, but I like it better anyway.
I just recently rooted my HTC one m8 from T-mobile, it is on Lollipop.
After rooting I downloaded the app "WiFi Tether Router" I know it works, because I've used it in the past with an older phone. But this time it didn't work after implementing the settings suggested by the developer on the device configuration site, I got curious and decided to check the native hotspot app, all it does is show a message saying "PROCESSING..." but never turns on, if I leave it working eventually the screen will turn off and the process will stop.
On the website, it is recommended to remove an app named "TetherGuard" I tried to do it, but only found a file named "Tethering Guard" I tried to remove it using "ES File Explorer File Manager" but couldn't do it, at the end I ended up using "Titanium Backup" to freeze it.
I'm new into rooting, all I did with my older phone was to root it in order to install "WiFi Tether Router" ... Can anyone please help with this?
I am having same problem with Verizon M8 rooted and running SkyDragon on T-Mobile. :crying: Everything else is working fine.