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[Q] Tethering: Can Sprint detect tethering to an android tablet?

Please, be gentle, since this is my first thread ever.
I was reading up on this information at AndroidPolice.com regarding Sprint blocking tethering apps from the Market.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...locking-tethering-apps-in-the-android-market/
In Art Russ's G+, some people were commenting about the ability of Sprint reading NAT Headers to find out whether you're tethering or not
https://plus.google.com/111991876596496628445/posts
I'm not actively using tethering, in fact I haven't even rooted the E4GT yet, but I did have my former Evo3D rooted to tether to my Asus Transformer.
Now my wife has CM7 on her HP Touchpad, and I still have my Asus Transformer. I'd like to be able to tether to them if we're on a trip somewhere away from the house, but I don't like having "big brother" knowing that I'm doing so.
Summarizing, can they detect tethering, more specifically, to Android (Honeycomb/2.3 version CM7 uses on Touchpad) tablets? figured maybe if the machine tethered was running android it would end up being the same or similar "header" (or whatever is called/checked) and wouldn't matter, but I could be way far off.
Please, let me know. Also, please, no bashing; in case this was answered previously. I took the time to search but didn't find this specific case commented after the "iPhone effect". If you find this has been answered elsewhere, please provide me with a link to that discussion so I can read up on it.
Thank you, and best regards.

I don't know about Sprint (I haven't heard of any instances myself) but AT&T has been sending notices to people about automatically changing their accounts to a more expensive tethering plan for awhile now. With AT&T it doesn't seem to matter what you tether to, they catch you. There's posts in either the Atrix forums or Inspire forums on Xda about it, I forget which.
Edit: The thread is in the Atrix general forum, there's over 400 posts.
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i tether to my laptop and asus transformer like crazy and have never had any probs with sprint as of yet. the sprint techs and employees at my local store all have rooted phones with wifi tether as well so they prob would be first to stop when they know that sprint is gonna start cracking down.

can you explain how
ravizzle said:
i tether to my laptop and asus transformer like crazy and have never had any probs with sprint as of yet. the sprint techs and employees at my local store all have rooted phones with wifi tether as well so they prob would be first to stop when they know that sprint is gonna start cracking down.
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Just wondering if you can explain how your tethering please? Everything I've tried tells me its not available with my carrier which is sprint.
I don't need this feature to often, but i do need it.
Thank you for your time.

sisterpete said:
Just wondering if you can explain how your tethering please? Everything I've tried tells me its not available with my carrier which is sprint.
I don't need this feature to often, but i do need it.
Thank you for your time.
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Download Foxfi to your phone, its off the market so do a Google search for it and then get PDAnet Tablet app for your tablet or PDAnet for your desktop or laptop. They all work flawlessly for tethering...

Ive been running custom roms on my E4GT that come with a hacked version of Sprints Hotspot and i tether my tablet,laptop,etc...and ive been doing it for about 7 months or so and ive never had any problems or issues from Sprint. I also do the same thing with my Evo 4G thats runnin MikG 3.11 rom,that also has Sprints Hotspot hacked for free use. However i have heard of a few ppl recieving letters from sprint bcuz they were using a hacked Sprint hotspot,or wifi tether app,for free,but they only recieved those letters bcuz they were using around 40GB,or more, data a month. One excuse to use would be that u stream Netflix to ur LCD/LED tv via ur devices micro hdmi output to the hdmi input on ur tv. just my 2 cents.

jromankvcc said:
...ability of Sprint reading NAT Headers to find out whether you're tethering...
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Can sprint detect tethering? Almost certainly yes, by any number of ways - NAT info, web browser user agent string, types of traffic.
Are they actively seeking out users tethering at the current time? Not that we know of.
I've been (very infrequently) tethering on Sprint since Windows Mobile 6.x, and had no trouble. Think of it like your neighbor's open WiFi - using it sparingly and infrequently, and no one will notice or mind. But if you start torrenting/downloading like crazy, eventually someone's going to smack you. (all of us?)

awoolf said:
Can sprint detect tethering? Almost certainly yes, by any number of ways - NAT info, web browser user agent string, types of traffic.
Are they actively seeking out users tethering at the current time? Not that we know of.
I've been (very infrequently) tethering on Sprint since Windows Mobile 6.x, and had no trouble. Think of it like your neighbor's open WiFi - using it sparingly and infrequently, and no one will notice or mind. But if you start torrenting/downloading like crazy, eventually someone's going to smack you. (all of us?)
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There are apps that mask that type of information at the present moment. This question is asked every couple of months. I suggest you google search and look up the hundreds of threads about this and see if anyone has gotten themselves in any trouble. Remember the ones who tether and not like the user above said not the ones who use torrents...
If you do find 1 just 1 please post back here I would like to meet them....

Wifi-direct

Hey guys
I treid today to use the wifi direct function but i cant configure like the sgs2,.
Tryin to send a movie from a sgs2 to my GN but it didn't work anyone an idea or some help
Thnx in advance
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Same here. This morning I tried to setup Wifi-Direct on GN but was a no go. My SGS2 has Wifi direct configuration where you can name your device and setup password etc plus scan for other devices. GN however doesn't have anything like this and you can only turn it ON or OFF. SGS2 scanned for 2 mins and wasn't able to see GN.
Do I need any applications or is there something that myself and OP is missing?

I tried this this morning with a coworker who has a GN too but couldn't figure it out. I also tried the beam thing which says you can just magically hold them back to back and it works? Are there apps that need to be installed to get these things working?
Anyone have any links to literature on beam and wifi direct?

Bump.
This thing does seem odd enough to be worthy of some bumping.
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what is wifi direct?

citrix80 said:
what is wifi direct?
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It's a new technology that should allow compatible devices to connect to each other over wifi to transfer files without an access point. Pretty much an ad hoc type network.
I would assume we should be able to use it to connect to other GN but it MAY just be OS support and we need an actual application to make it work?

Bump. This is incredibly annoying.

Zenoran said:
I tried this this morning with a coworker who has a GN too but couldn't figure it out. I also tried the beam thing which says you can just magically hold them back to back and it works? Are there apps that need to be installed to get these things working?
Anyone have any links to literature on beam and wifi direct?
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Beam works fine. Try opening a homepage, and it will ask to transmit when touching another Nexus
Sendt fra min Galaxy Nexus

Seems like maybe they have only baked the API into the OS, but we need devs to create apps that make it useful, based on the Platform Highlights for 4.0 and the Demo app they released. Bummer. Some patient waiting to do, I guess.

I've searched the market for a "wifi-direct" app but there doesn't seem to be one.
Anyone else found anything?

Apparently not a very popular option among people out there.

bump. ytd nite trying to transfer all the songs and ringtones from my GalNote to GalNex using wifi direct, then dunno how to proceed cz totally cant find any settings or configuration in GalNex. enabled both wifi direct, den GalNote can detact my GalNex but failed to connect :X

Bump. My brother has sgs2 and I looked dumb trying to try wifi direct....nothing happens. No options besides on/off
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Me too, I tried setup my gn wifi direct, but it w/o any setting, then i use my bro s2 to search my gn mobile, s2 search the name called android xxx, i think this is my mobile, bcs when i off my gn wifi direct, s2 cant search any mobile, when i tried connect my gn mobile, but finally after i wait over 2 mins it still not success.

I think we can conclude if you need to check with forums on the internet and still haven't started transmitting anything two weeks later, it's not a very "direct" sort of technology.
So people at the office have Wifi-direct and I have Android beam. And neither works with each other.
This is Android-awesomeness right now.

Anyone found out how it works? sorry for the bump but good be very useable...

I haven't tried this but it is at least a suggestion. Try opening the gallery, opening a picture and then hitting the share button. Maybe there is an option in there for wi-fi direct?
EDIT: Nevermind. Looks like I mis-understood what this feature was.
Check out this to see if it helps?
http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/WiFiDirectDemo/index.html
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/wifi/p2p/package-summary.html
"remember that the feature is supported only on Android 4.0 (API level 14) and higher versions of the platform. " So looks like you have to connect to another device running ICS

wifi is there but not functional yet
guys in galaxy nexus the capability to use WIFI direct is there but not programmed and left to be added as an add on or so .. developers need to make a program or even a rom to enable this feature but most likely google will adapt the samsung software for wifi direct just like SGSII ..
hope someone just develop it soon

Yep it's purely an api for developers to use in order to connect to the same app(or another one with an official api) running on another device.
Google may very well add this into the gallery and so on, but for now it's a developer option. The implementation on the sgs2 on the other hand does not allow for developers to add in AFAIK and it's purely for use in the samsung apps.

I compiled and installed that WifiDirectDemo app and it doesn't really work. The GN and SGS2 see each other but the connection does nothing.

AOSP tether patch.

Has there been anything developed that can be applied to the stock ROM (rooted) to enable the AOSP tether, overriding Verizon's tether?
If not, why?
Is it a kernel issue? Can it be done on a stock ROM at all? Etc...
If you believe it to be possible, can you guide me toward information so that I can dive into this rabbit hole? I have background in development, though I've never touched Android, the OS, or the kernel, so I'm looking for a good place to get started.
I understand that I can just install a custom ROM, but that is not the answer to the puzzle I'm trying to solve.
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http://www.droidforums.net/forum/galaxy-nexus-development/188611-official-wifi-tether.html

This is not AOSP tether. I have considered poking around in its source though.
As I remember it, my OG Droid needed a kernel modification to run android-wifi-tether where the Nexus doesn't. Figure it might be tapping into something existing.
As I said before, never played around with any of the dev stuff on Android, so feel free to correct my way out left speculation with fact.
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This is not AOSP tether. I have considered poking around in its source though.
As I remember it, my OG Droid needed a kernel modification to run android-wifi-tether where the Nexus doesn't. Figure it might be tapping into something existing.
As I said before, never played around with any of the dev stuff on Android, so feel free to correct my way out left speculation with fact.
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Confused - if it works, why does that matter? Just curious.

I see that devs have it worked out in their ROMS, so I wondered if it was available as a patch in the same way that battery percentage patches have been in the past.
The Android-Wifi-Tether is a good piece of software, but I figure that whatever is built into the OS is probably WAY more stable. I've always had problems with the software for one reason or another and I'm currently having stability issues on the Nexus.
I'm also interested to be able to learn more about how tethering operates on the backend because I'm currently having issues with my tethering speed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436598
I could possibly avoid the speed issue by installing another ROM or trying to wipe and see if that fixes it, but that would not actually SOLVE the problem. I want to know why.
Note, should my speed issue go away I would still be interested in getting AOSP tether running.
TLDR; I'm curious too.

you should try this: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.koushikdutta.tether
it can't be blocked by verizon, and it's made by the creator of clockwork mod.

I did try Tether in an attempt to determine if android-wifi-tether was the culprit of my speed problems and I had the same slow results. Aside from that, my interest is in getting the AOSP tether into a patch. I'm setting up to poke around inside the source code now.
Wish me luck!
http://source.android.com/source/initializing.html

The only difference between carrier tether and aosp tether in ICS is provisioning.

http://www.galaxynexusforum.com/for...e-wifi-hotspot-using-unrooted-phone-free.html

Just add a tether widget using Switch Pro Widget and it overrides the check. Easy, free tethering.

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The only difference between carrier tether and aosp tether in ICS is provisioning.
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I tried the tether widget you shared. I'm getting 4G speeds with it, but still not with any other tether program...
Can you point me to some more info about the above quote? I'm not being a smart-butt. Just genuinely curious as to the deeper answer of why. It seems as though the other tether apps are pulling from the 3G radio.
I just thought of a way to test it... Make a phone call while tethering and see if it dies. Not sure if the Nexus has SVDO, but I'll turn off LTE to ensure that it's riding on 3G and make a second test to confirm.
I can't make a call right now, so I'll try later and post results.
I'm still interested in how this is circumvented by the widget and why the 3G is being used be the other tether programs, if this is actually what is happening.

Hmm...
Funny business going on. I just tried android-wifi-tether once more for kicks and now it's running on 4G speeds.
Rebooted the phone to make sure that it stuck and it did.
Not sure why, but still interested to know.
Out in left field (but still reasonable) speculation is welcome.
Sad that I will not get to try and test my 3G theory. I do have my clockworkMod backup and might try it all tomorrow and see what results I get.

hgray said:
I tried the tether widget you shared. I'm getting 4G speeds with it, but still not with any other tether program...
Can you point me to some more info about the above quote? I'm not being a smart-butt. Just genuinely curious as to the deeper answer of why. It seems as though the other tether apps are pulling from the 3G radio.
I just thought of a way to test it... Make a phone call while tethering and see if it dies. Not sure if the Nexus has SVDO, but I'll turn off LTE to ensure that it's riding on 3G and make a second test to confirm.
I can't make a call right now, so I'll try later and post results.
I'm still interested in how this is circumvented by the widget and why the 3G is being used be the other tether programs, if this is actually what is happening.
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I can confirm also that using a WiFi hotspot toggle will override the Verizon hotspot check. I saw this on another forum and tried it out. It works flawlessly. Apparently this worked on Thunderbolts on VZW but not on other devices. If I had to guess, they implemented the check in a very rudimentary way that is bypassed by using a toggle. The toggle likely just executes a command to enable the hotspot whereas the toggle in the settings has a check in place first and then the command is executed. Either way, it works and I don't have any issues at all.

A more apt title for this thread would be "Verizon tether patch", seeing as AOSP has tethering and doesn't need any patching to enable it, like you do on American carrier-phones.

After digging around in some source code and stumbling upon some relevant topics both here and other forums, I see that this is something that happens before compile. I suppose it would be possible to replace recompiled versions of these files, but I don't know enough about what I'm doing here to make that happen at this point.
A few other people have been down this road of inquisition for ROM development. The answers were out there, I just didn't have the right keywords until I started poking in the ICS source code.

Can someone try out a music streaming app for me?

Sup
Since everyone here is essentially on the same hardware and network, I want to know if anyone else is having the same issues I am.
I can not get the 1.fm app to work on the Sprint network (3G or 4G). It will only work if I am on a WiFi network.
I enjoy listening to Chillout Lounge, and I'd like to listen to the station in my car, but I keep getting a message saying "Internet Connection Lost.....Reconnecting".
I want to see if it's a problem with my phone, a problem with the sprint network, or maybe a problem with my modem firmware.
If anyone can get it to work, let me know what Modem you have.
Thanks.

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Since everyone here is essentially on the same hardware and network, I want to know if anyone else is having the same issues I am.
I can not get the 1.fm app to work on the Sprint network (3G or 4G). It will only work if I am on a WiFi network.
I enjoy listening to Chillout Lounge, and I'd like to listen to the station in my car, but I keep getting a message saying "Internet Connection Lost.....Reconnecting".
I was to see if it's a problem with my phone, a problem with the sprint network, or maybe a problem with my modem firmware.
If anyone can get it to work, let me know what Modem you have.
Thanks.
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Well considering the first 3 post on the download page talks about connection issue I doubt it is just you. How is your 3g and 4g connections? Do you have a problem with other streaming apps?

tazfanatic said:
Well considering the first 3 post on the download page talks about connection issue I doubt it is just you. How is your 3g and 4g connections? Do you have a problem with other streaming apps?
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My 3G and 4G connections are quite good actually. I've even tethered my laptop through 4G and used RDP to connect to a remote machine and it seems quite stable. RDP can certainly have issues if the connection has issues.
But I've also seen issues when tying to use Rad.io. Which makes me think it's not just a software issue.

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My 3G and 4G connections are quite good actually. I've even tethered my laptop through 4G and used RDP to connect to a remote machine and it seems quite stable. RDP can certainly have issues if the connection has issues.
But I've also seen issues when tying to use Rad.io. Which makes me think it's not just a software issue.
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Okay what about like Pandora or Ihart or any of those? I could be a memory issue on your phone but I doubt it. It just might be how those apps work are written etc.

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Okay what about like Pandora or Ihart or any of those? I could be a memory issue on your phone but I doubt it. It just might be how those apps work are written etc.
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Don't get me wrong, I do appreciate the help, but have you taken a moment to load the app I mentioned? It would be a lot more helpful if someone can test this app on their phone.
I honestly don't care about Pandora. It's not the program that is giving me a problem. What I need is for someone to confirm they are having similar issues that I am having with the programs I am trying to run. I don't want to run a ton of tests on my phone before it is determined the issue is even in my phone.
Just to let you know, Pandora does seem to work, but I'm not trying to get that program to work.

Working for me on wifi and a crappy 3G signal.
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hotpocketdeath said:
Don't get me wrong, I do appreciate the help, but have you taken a moment to load the app I mentioned? It would be a lot more helpful if someone can test this app on their phone.
I honestly don't care about Pandora. It's not the program that is giving me a problem. What I need is for someone to confirm they are having similar issues that I am having with the programs I am trying to run. I don't want to run a ton of tests on my phone before it is determined the issue is even in my phone.
Just to let you know, Pandora does seem to work, but I'm not trying to get that program to work.
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I would if it wouldn't lead to more questions. My point is your phone and your connection seems to work fine with another app. So my diagnosis is a app issue not your phone or network
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Working for me on wifi and a crappy 3G signal.
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Turn WiFi off see if it works
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I would if it wouldn't lead to more questions. My point is your phone and your connection seems to work fine with another app. So my diagnosis is a app issue not your phone or network
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How on earth does that lead to more questions. You are seriously over-complicating a simple request. Download the app, try using it on the cell network, let me know the results. That's all I am asking for.
I'm just trying to collect information. You are doing everything except give me the information I am requesting. So if you aren't willing to help me by doing this simple task and give me the results, then please go away.
Thank you.

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Working for me on wifi and a crappy 3G signal.
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Which station did you try out. I'd like to try it on my end.

hotpocketdeath said:
How on earth does that lead to more questions. You are seriously over-complicating a simple request. Download the app, try using it on the cell network, let me know the results. That's all I am asking for.
I'm just trying to collect information. You are doing everything except give me the information I am requesting. So if you aren't willing to help me by doing this simple task and give me the results, then please go away.
Thank you.
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You know I am going to change my response it isn't worth it have a great day!

Not a good attitude op!
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Not a good attitude op!
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I'm sorry, sometimes the only way to get the message across to people is to just be blunt about it. I was just trying to get some information that he was refusing to provide.
He was making suggestions that were aimed at diagnosing my phone. Before I can take that step, I need to determine if the problem is even in my phone. For that, I need people to try the app on their phones. If the majority of people that test the app say it is working for them, then I can determine my next step and go from there.
I'm not asking for anyone to do anything that would harm their phone or have them invest more than a couple of minutes of effort. The reviews on the Play Store page do not provide the information I am looking for. They are just commenting that it doesn't work. I am trying to find commonality.
If you were cooking something and go up to another person and ask them if what you are cooking needed a little salt, and without even doing a taste test, they start asking if I used a lot of garlic or have the temperature set up to high, then they are not being helpful. And having to remind them that all you want is their opinion on the salt, and they still refuse to do a taste test, it gets a little annoying.
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Sorry, my bad.

I tried the 90's station and one other (the default when the app loaded). It worked on wifi and it worked with a poor 3G signal (wifi off).
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Just tried a few others (trance, reggae) and they worked on both wifi and 3G
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mawst95 said:
I tried the 90's station and one other (the default when the app loaded). It worked on wifi and it worked with a poor 3G signal (wifi off).
Just tried a few others (trance, reggae) and they worked on both wifi and 3G
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Thanks,
I just noticed something new when I tried to play that station
While at home, when I play a station, I get a little message saying "Lost Internet Connection....reconnecting" and it does try to reconnect, but just keeps looping the same error. Now that I'm at work, I get a new message saying "Internet Connection Error. Please try again later" and it stops trying to play anything.
This kinda leads me to thinking it might be an issue with the actual sprint network in my area. But I'd still like some more people to try it out to get a clearer picture.

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I'm sorry, sometimes the only way to get the message across to people is to just be blunt about it. I was just trying to get some information that he was refusing to provide.
He was making suggestions that were aimed at diagnosing my phone. Before I can take that step, I need to determine if the problem is even in my phone. For that, I need people to try the app on their phones. If the majority of people that test the app say it is working for them, then I can determine my next step and go from there.
I'm not asking for anyone to do anything that would harm their phone or have them invest more than a couple of minutes of effort. The reviews on the Play Store page do not provide the information I am looking for. They are just commenting that it doesn't work. I am trying to find commonality.
If you were cooking something and go up to another person and ask them if what you are cooking needed a little salt, and without even doing a taste test, they start asking if I used a lot of garlic or have the temperature set up to high, then they are not being helpful. And having to remind them that all you want is their opinion on the salt, and they still refuse to do a taste test, it gets a little annoying.
Sorry, my bad.
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Dude I was helping diagnose not your phone but the APP if other streaming apps work then I would say Sprint and your phone are good but the app is having a issue. Also in my first post I stated what I saw on the first 3 reviews. So before you state I wasn't trying help you try again. Good day.
david zavala - December 11, 2012 - LG Optimus One with version 1.1.1
Lost of connection
Keeps saying internet connection lost. Please fix for optimus V
Spam
Andrew Labig - March 21, 2013 - Motorola Droid X with version 1.1.1
Doesn't connect
Internet connection error guess I'll have to suffer through ads on the shoutcast stream
Spam
Pavel Krayzman replied on March 24, 2013
Stay tune, next version will have software decoding solution that can solve your issue. Btw, did you try same thing on WiFi? Did it work for you?
Alice Lin - January 8, 2013 - Version 1.1.1
Ok need a
Love the variety of music n options except connection will hang time to time

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Dude I was helping diagnose not your phone but the APP if other streaming apps work then I would say Sprint and your phone are good but the app is having a issue. Also in my first post I stated what I saw on the first 3 reviews. So before you state I wasn't trying help you try again. Good day.
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Other streaming apps are NOT working. I already stated the Rad.io will not stream the same stations in post #3.
And those reviews don't have enough information to conclude it is a problem with the app. Only that it is not working for them. If I could talk to those people I would, but I can only talk to the people here, which is why I want to see if anyone else has the same problem. If I can find someone with the same problem, then we can go to the next step, which would be looking for the common elements (modem, rom, location, etc)
Knowing if the app works or not for other people is far more helpful for me. Through all this, have you even tried the app on your phone? Hell, you might even like the app because most of those stations play some really good stuff you don't normally hear on a typical radio station.

hotpocketdeath said:
Other streaming apps are NOT working. I already stated the Rad.io will not stream the same stations in post #3.
And those reviews don't have enough information to conclude it is a problem with the app. Only that it is not working for them. If I could talk to those people I would, but I can only talk to the people here, which is why I want to see if anyone else has the same problem. If I can find someone with the same problem, then we can go to the next step, which would be looking for the common elements (modem, rom, location, etc)
Knowing if the app works or not for other people is far more helpful for me. Through all this, have you even tried the app on your phone?
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Trust me I understand what you are saying in post 5# you answered Pandora another streaming app is working. I know you don't want or care about Pandora it was to test if Sprint was the issue which appear to not be the case. And honestly at the time I was not in a position to d/l or test had crappy reception at where I was when I answered you the last time. And at home is bogus because I have a Airrave. I am at work now and d/l to test. To me reviews show a possible issue seeing one was like 2 days ago complaining about the same thing even some of the good comments suggest connection issues. (did have another review but after rereading it the user had other issues)
Testing right now got 5 or 6 bars 4g and same issue and I am in the bean. So I stand by what I said in post 7 (See screenshot)

tazfanatic said:
Trust me I understand what you are saying in post 5# you answered Pandora another streaming app is working. I know you don't want or care about Pandora it was to test if Sprint was the issue which appear to not be the case. And honestly at the time I was not in a position to d/l or test had crappy reception at where I was when I answered you the last time. And at home is bogus because I have a Airrave. I am at work now and d/l to test. To me reviews show a possible issue seeing one was like 2 days ago complaining about the same thing even some of the good comments suggest connection issues. A Google User - September 19, 2012 - LG Optimus One with version 1.0.7 beta
Works great** on my LG Optimus S
GREAT!!** Nice variety of styles rangeing numerous channels w/crystal clarity! [**SOLE negative] I can/able to get internet access/connection ONLY via community TWC WiFi "hotspot" (@times: mobile network... barely!!) Thus, constant buffering / gaps occur. But, my connection limitation aside, 1.FM still allows for great listening!! {{ especially after phone's positioned for optimum reception }}
Testing right now got 5 or 6 bars 4g and same issue and I am in the bean. So I stand by what I said in post 7 (See screenshot)
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Thank you. That screenshot tells me a lot. I am assuming you are rooted, so I'm hoping someone who isn't rooted can try it (fat chance of that considering this is XDA, but I can hope).
And one of the issues with those reviews is there is almost no mention of what network they are running on, so I can't use them to determine if it's a problem with the program on certain networks.
The reason I didn't care for Pandora is because it doesn't work like the 1.fm program (or other internet radio station apps). Pandora can't tune into the broadcast stations I like to listen to.

hotpocketdeath said:
Thank you. That screenshot tells me a lot. I am assuming you are rooted, so I'm hoping someone who isn't rooted can try it (fat chance of that considering this is XDA, but I can hope).
And one of the issues with those reviews is there is almost no mention of what network they are running on, so I can't use them to determine if it's a problem with the program on certain networks.
The reason I didn't care for Pandora is because it doesn't work like the 1.fm program (or other internet radio station apps). Pandora can't tune into the broadcast stations I like to listen to.
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I understand they don't work the same but streaming is streaming proves network is good (which is my only point). I know there is a lot of unknown with the reviews but it can be a indication that it isn't you.
And to answer your question yes I am on TPR a stockish ROM.

[Q] [noob] Unlocked LS970 Bluetooth tethering

So I have done days worth of searching and have not found a fix for what I am looking to for.
I have unlocked my LGOG LS970 in hops I would be able to use the blutooth tethering as Sprint has it on lock down. I was not to my surprise. My old Evo never had an issue after I rooted it. I have downloaded many many apps that say they enable the tether with no luck. I am trying to share my internet connection with my Parrot Asteroid. The only apps I have found require you to download the adjacent program to the device as well as the phone, so in this case I am not able to do that.
Is there a ROM or program that will allow me to share my internet connection with my deck via Bluetooth?
I tried the hotspot apps to for WiFi and it would not work either.
Thank you for any help.

I haven't had any problems with mine. What rom are you using? Are you rooted? Do you have experience with android?
And just do you know, give us a bit of information about your phone, but don't bloat the thread. Give us info, read through it, trim it up, post.

jonahly said:
I haven't had any problems with mine. What rom are you using? Are you rooted? Do you have experience with android?
And just do you know, give us a bit of information about your phone, but don't bloat the thread. Give us info, read through it, trim it up, post.
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So I have an LG LS970 on Sprint.
I used this method to unlock and root the phone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050582
I am running the factory ROM, and have not upgraded to another as of yet, perhaps that is my issue. My Blue tooth tether worked for one day after I first rooted and then stopped. From reading around is that Sprint is a little tricky and you have to use a proxy to bounce your IP off of to get away from the extra charges. I can use bluetooth but not for data sharing.
I am now using a proxy server but still no luck on the tether.
I have some experience with Android but from a user standpoint. The only other phone I rooted was my Evo a few years ago and CyanogenMod made that effortless..
I hope this helps
Thank you!

josh95mx said:
I can use bluetooth but not for data sharing.
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Any luck with this yet?
jonahly said:
I haven't had any problems with mine.
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What ROM are you using that it is working on?

josh95mx said:
So I have an LG LS970 on Sprint.
I used this method to unlock and root the phone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050582
I am running the factory ROM, and have not upgraded to another as of yet, perhaps that is my issue. My Blue tooth tether worked for one day after I first rooted and then stopped. From reading around is that Sprint is a little tricky and you have to use a proxy to bounce your IP off of to get away from the extra charges. I can use bluetooth but not for data sharing.
I am now using a proxy server but still no luck on the tether.
I have some experience with Android but from a user standpoint. The only other phone I rooted was my Evo a few years ago and CyanogenMod made that effortless..
I hope this helps
Thank you!
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No idea man.. try rom hopping and seeing which ones work Then find a favorite and stick with it.