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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.

Wifi tether app.

FIX!!! EDITED POST!!!!!!! AS OF NOVEMBER 16
WI-FI HOT SPOT FIX!! Encrption enabled!!!
I did it this way and it worked for me. I downloaded this app supersu and installed it with superuser also installed.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...infire.supersu
Apparently the supersu adds more permissions than superuser which helps this app to work. I then opened the modded Wi-Fi tether app and supersu will ask u if to allow this app. Accept it and then try the Wi-Fi tether app. Encryption will not work. I have my settings to the Samsung galaxy S 3. I also changed the network name to something else aside from android tether. I then uninstalled supersu. I then reconnected to the wifi tether app and it works flawless. Again ENCRYPTION WILL NOT WORK.
Dls5375 post has the link to download the modded wi-fi tether app. Hope it helps.
martin26765 said:
do this:
make sure you have installed busybox( stericson) latest version. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox&hl=es (install the app then enter the app and install modules and then reboot)
uninstall tether modded app, then install superuser(different from superU) from play store( yeah you have to have both superuser and supersu, at least that worked for me).Open superuser, now close it( just hit home button), install modded wifi tether, dont touch anything just hit the start tethering.
Now it will work, rebember not to use encryption just enable acces control and it will be just fine.
Link to modded wifi tether:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ns29ojayj5styz8/WifiTether_TrevE_Mod_11_12_12.apk
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Read for encryption enabed for wifi tethering
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1988735&page=9
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Not much help, but the sprint jb port by doc gave me tethering using the native hotspot app
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Any info on that
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/...roid.wifi.tether&feature=search_result#?t=W10
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So..this is my latest tragedy....JB broke this...I tried the Sprint version (TroyE?) and it no werkie either. We need a hack ASAP! Else I roll back to ICS.../sigh

It would seem the latest JB update for TMO has closed the loophole for Wifi Tether.

Easy10pins said:
It would seem the latest JB update for TMO has closed the loophole for Wifi Tether.
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Same here, updated to stock JB with superuser access - wi-fi tether is not working anymore.
This was the only reason I needed the superuser. Is it possible that T-Mobile added some service controlling this feature? I think they did this on S1 or S2 phones and we had to freeze that service.

I have just installed the modded wifi tether app that works on JB. I don't know how to upload it here. Send me a message so I can email it to you guys.
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http://forums.androidcentral.com/sp...652-wifi-tether-jellybean-here-confirmed.html
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okvasnikov said:
Same here, updated to stock JB with superuser access - wi-fi tether is not working anymore.
This was the only reason I needed the superuser. Is it possible that T-Mobile added some service controlling this feature? I think they did this on S1 or S2 phones and we had to freeze that service.
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I am just like you that is the main reason I need root. I rarely tether but its always good to have it there in a just in case. I tried every way possible on the wifi app and nothing. My wifi still has ics and it runs perfect on her phone.

Anyone got a fix for this?
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gejenn said:
I have just installed the modded wifi tether app that works on JB. I don't know how to upload it here. Send me a message so I can email it to you guys.
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Thanks gejenn
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Mine is working with Sprint version TroyE but i have problem to have it encryption.

velozolano said:
Mine is working with Sprint version TroyE but i have problem to have it encryption.
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That's good but no encryption is a little scary.
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I also noticed on titanium manager a new tethering provision app. Don't know if this helps.
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Anyone?
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I remove it all does is fc tmobile hot spot
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So I take it there is no fix around this?
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I'm going back to ics until a fix is found
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kt0ce said:
I'm going back to ics until a fix is found
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Really. You'd go back . Just pay for the service. Jeez people.
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monkeypaws said:
Really. You'd go back . Just pay for the service. Jeez people.
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Yes let me pay for something I already pay for. This is my opinion.
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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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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....
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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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Wifi tether who has it working what app

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Does anyone know if they have wifi tether what app are u using if so
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Long story short. Wireless tether for root works. BUT it'll kill WiFi. You can only use one or the other per reboot. Unless something has changed.
Edit. On ZVB anyway
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engine95 said:
Long story short. Wireless tether for root works. BUT it'll kill WiFi. You can only use one or the other per reboot. Unless something has changed.
Edit. On ZVB anyway
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WiFi Tether for Root, or Wireless? I have WiFi Tether for Root but it requires a slew of steps to work, I've read.
Haven't gotten it to work with the suggested settings, but haven't bothered spending the time to utilize a workaround.
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Can someone tell me what are using for wifi tether?
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This thread may help you, if you have time to kill:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34037922
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Each device is different. You should look for support for the device in question rather than something completely different.
Try device profile = generic wlan(0)
Setup method = netmasterd
Reload wireless driver checked

rcml01 said:
Does anyone know if they have wifi tether what app are u using if so
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No this isn't my thread as I'm an at&t lgog user but I playing with now as I type this and Wi-Fi tether for root does work with some fiddling to setup but upload speeds are the same as if I were using the phone but download speeds are horrid trying to fix this now more than happy to post settings when I get it right p.s no Wi-Fi issues after using the app
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Wifi Tether work on 4.4.2?

I have flashed several different 4.4 roms and I can't get the wifi tethering to work. I have tried the native built in wifi tethering and also Treve Mods wifi tethering app. It turns on for me, my laptop recognizes it but it can never connect to it while using the native tethering app. I have read that for some people it is working just fine. How did you get it to work? Thanks.
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scottypeterson said:
I have flashed several different 4.4 roms and I can't get the wifi tethering to work. I have tried the native built in wifi tethering and also Treve Mods wifi tethering app. It turns on for me, my laptop recognizes it but it can never connect to it while using the native tethering app. I have read that for some people it is working just fine. How did you get it to work? Thanks.
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My phone in OMNIROM 4.4.2 have the same issue, native built in wifi tethering can enable. But no one can't find it.:crying:

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scottypeterson said:
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CM11 works perfectly.
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DatDude123 said:
CM11 works perfectly.
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Are you doing anything special to get it to work? I've literally tried every single 4.4 rom out there and can't get it to work on any of them lol. It's the only thing keeping me on Touchwiz.
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scottypeterson said:
Are you doing anything special to get it to work? I've literally tried every single 4.4 rom out there and can't get it to work on any of them lol. It's the only thing keeping me on Touchwiz.
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No, native works like a champ.
D

Is it working on Omnirom now?
Anyone got it working (either native or wifi-tether or other app) on the Omnirom nightlies? I presume it should work if CM11 is working but wanted to make sure- one of those vital things for me....