Neither are rooted. I saw the feature on my phone and turned it on. I was able to pass my WiFi through to the tablet. I mistakenly thought it worked.
Yesterday I was at a restaurant and tried but when I tried the check Internet Access in the pairing dialog, it would immediately uncheck the box.
Is Sprint putting out a signal to not allow this?
I have not rooted these last two devices because I need the security. I run much of my company through these devices and can't risk it. But being able to tether, even just Bluetooth or USB would help these aging peepers.
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Back when I had a jailbroken iPad & iPhone I had an app that was installed on both devices that made tethering crazy easy. When I turned the screen on the iPad and it didnt detect a wifi connection, it would automatically connect to my phone via bluetooth(could be wifi as well) for an internet connection. Does such an app exist for Android, or is this something I am going to need to do manually?
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Back when I had a jailbroken iPad & iPhone I had an app that was installed on both devices that made tethering crazy easy. When I turned the screen on the iPad and it didnt detect a wifi connection, it would automatically connect to my phone via bluetooth(could be wifi as well) for an internet connection. Does such an app exist for Android, or is this something I am going to need to do manually?
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Even easier on Android no extra apps needed.
Just turn on tethering on your phone whatever phone it is and then connect to it via normal WIFI....simple as that.
Well it is from my S3 to Note 2014.
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some of us are still on verizon unlimited and don't get the "free" tethering. i believe pdanet / foxfi may do that. i'm not actually sure as i've always been rooted with roms that have tether unlocked.
I work in a dead zone, so I have wifi but no mobile data.
With my new Pixel 2 XL, I cannot USB tether that wifi connection to my laptop. When I try to tether with no mobile data, or mobile data turned off the phone still tries to do a subscription check.
For reasons I do not care to discuss, I cannot connect my laptop directly to the wifi at work, I have to connect through my phone, which I can no longer do. Apparently, the subscription check was turned off by default on the Nexus 6P and so I never had this issue. Now my Pixel 2 XL will not let me share a wifi connection to my laptop via USB/ The phone has to check with my career if it will be ok to share a connection that is not theirs?
Is there a way to fix this? The whole reason I bought the google phone is that I didn't want to have to root and manually update it all the time. I'm ok with rooting it if there's a way to fix this using root, then turn off root so I can still get auto updates, but of course, it's never really been that simple in the past with other devices.
So far the only solution I can think of is to buy a second phone (another Nexus 6P) and carry them both so that I can wifi to USB tether?
Can anyone advice on getting the Razer Phone to successfully set up tethering using the Wi-fi hotspot facility. I have tried doing this using all the security options (WPA2 PSK, WPA PSK & None), changing AP band and different channels, but it times out on any device that I try to connect to the Razer. Is there something else that I need to do to get it to work. I have tried apps from the app store as well but the devices still time out. I have a tethering allowance on my phone contract as well.
Thanks in advance for any help that you can provide.
It should just work like any other android phone.
I did change my passkey to eight 8s for ease of use but it worked.
Is your network blocking hotspot? Also try using a different machine to see if that connects, if it does then you might need to delete some of your old wireless connections from your pc/laptop as it could be causing an issue.
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I'm sure there may be something out there but honestly, I'm in a pinch and do not have time to search. I've always rooted my phone and purchased Foxfi for those times I do not have Wi-Fi on my laptop and need to do connect quickly. Today was one of those days as I needed to send a document, while I'm on vacation as I forgot to do it prior. I'm visiting my parents and they do not have internet (yes they are old school or as I call them... ancient) and could not connect my laptop. At times like this, Foxfi was my savior, into now when I went to turn it on my phone and I received a message that the app no longer works. Can anyone provide me with some background as to what happened and why? I'm running Android 8.1.0 / Oxygen 5.1.1 on my OnePlus 5. I've used the app before on this phone, so I know it use to work. Thank you.
Well, I don't know why it's not working, but why are you just not using the built in Portable Hotspot option? You can change the SSID, the password as well, you can do 2.4GHz and 5GHz, and there is a very convenient quick tile for turning on and off this hotspot.
You can find it by searching for "Tethering & portable hotspot" or by going to the Settings > Wireless & Network section: More > Tethering & portable hotspot.
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I just tried FoxFi, and it's not working for me either, saying the my carrier might not support tethering, which is not true. It offered me to download PdaNet+, with a new version of tethering, "WiFi Direct Hotspot (new!)", and this application is working and it seems to keep the licence from FoxFi, so you'll not have to buy it again.
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(Before we begin, I have searched the forum (and the Googles) and found no answers. While this doesn't mean I'm perfect at searching, if anyone can find this quickly, I'd still appreciate being pointed in the right direction. And all snarky comments will be accepted with a grimace and some self-deprecating humor at my expense).
Does anyone know a work around or a way to enable bluetooth tethering on SM-N975U from ATT? We have the unlimted elite plan with 30 GB hotspots enabled on each of our 6 lines, but for some reason ATT decided to neuter how I choose to connect my hotspots. I called and complained, got bumped up to tier 3 support and no one feels like helping. You would think paying $450 a month for service and phones would warrant at least a solution but no, they said suck it.
I have an android auto radio in my truck and I just want to get into the car, and drive, not have to stop, pull out my phone, turn on the hotspot and wait. Is that so [email protected] much to ask ATT???
Anyways, anyone have a solution for this besides using an NFC tag stuck somewhere in my truck, buying a new phone or getting a dedicated hotspot?
Thanks!!
Chad
You mean wifi tethering? That's how you tether it to other phones and computers.
You need a password from AT&T to set it up.
Pretty straight forward even with older laptops and phones.
Once done it works pretty well.
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You mean wifi tethering? That's how you tether it to other phones and computers.
You need a password from AT&T to set it up.
Pretty straight forward even with older laptops and phones.
Once done it works pretty well.
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Not quite, bluetooth tethering is an android feature where when your device connects via bluetooth to certain devices it enables the mobile hotspot on your phone. ATT has removed that option from the mobile hotspot function on our devices. I can still use my Note as a hotspot for my car's head unit, but i have to open the phone and turn mobile hotspot on in order to connect.
It's just an inconvenience, but it doesn't make any sense because I'm already paying for the feature (Mobile Hotspot). Why are they limiting on how I turn the [email protected] thing on???
https://support.google.com/android/answer/9059108?hl=en
"Tether by Bluetooth
1. Pair your phone with the other device.
2. Set up the other device's network connection with Bluetooth.
3. On your phone, swipe down from the top of the screen.
4. Touch and hold Hotspot Wi-Fi hotspot.
5. Turn on Bluetooth tethering."
This isn't supported on ATT's version of the Note 10 Plus
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Not quite, bluetooth tethering is an android feature where when your device connects via bluetooth to certain devices it enables the mobile hotspot on your phone. ATT has removed that option from the mobile hotspot function on our devices. I can still use my Note as a hotspot for my car's head unit, but i have to open the phone and turn mobile hotspot on in order to connect.
It's just an inconvenience, but it doesn't make any sense because I'm already paying for the feature (Mobile Hotspot). Why are they limiting on how I turn the [email protected] thing on???
https://support.google.com/android/answer/9059108?hl=en
"Tether by Bluetooth
1. Pair your phone with the other device.
2. Set up the other device's network connection with Bluetooth.
3. On your phone, swipe down from the top of the screen.
4. Touch and hold Hotspot Wi-Fi hotspot.
5. Turn on Bluetooth tethering."
This isn't supported on ATT's version of the Note 10 Plus
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Stupid Q, why use it if you can tether using wifi?
Isn't it less secure than wifi?
On my 10+ running on unpatched Pie it certainly is.
It's just called Bluetooth Tethering. You're still tethering through Mobile Hotspot (wifi). It just sees you're connected by Bluetooth to a device you allow to use your mobile hotspot and starts the hotspot automatcially.
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Once you set up wifi tethering it will do the same thing once the device gets in range as long as you leave wifi and the tether enabled.
Yes but the mobile hotspot times out after you're away from the device for so long. That's the beauty of the Bluetooth tether because bt is on all the time.
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Yes but the mobile hotspot times out after you're away from the device for so long. That's the beauty of the Bluetooth tether because bt is on all the time.
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Mine would reaquire within a few seconds unless I powered down one or turned off wifi.
That said AT&T is a pain, but the other major carriers are worse in many respects.
AT&T actually gives better tech support than their partner, Samsung. Scary.
Anyone else have any thoughts? I'm trying to enable my mobile hotspot automatically when my Note 10+ connects by bluetooth to my truck's android head unit. This way the head unit will have wifi access through my phones mobile hotspot. Bluetooth tethering is how Android accomplishes this but ATT has neutered our UI to remove this feature even though I pay for mobilie hotspot on my account.
Thanks!
I don't use this but can't you get the phone to recognize the truck unit and directly bt link to it?
Example:
https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/articles/00204703