Hi,
I have been trying to connect my Fire to my tethered connection (I have a Motorola Backflip with CM7).
I tried setting up infrastructure mode tethering but it seems that is unsupported by my phone (http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/35365-wifi-tethering-problem/)
Now I'm trying the other way around, enabling connections to an ad-hoc network from the Fire. I tried this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1353322
But it didn't do anything.
Any ideas of an alternate method? or if this will be even possible (is the hardware capable and it's only a matter of time before someone finds a work-around?).
Thanks!
There's no developer published wpa_supplicant replacement for Kindle Fire's system/bin/wpa_supplicant till now.
So I find ZT-180 Adhoc Switcher.apk is so well to switch Kindle Fire to support Kindle Fire
download link:
ZT-180 Adhoc Switcher.apk(174.35K)
http://dl.dbank.com/c0qlpiozc1
A lot of ways to setuo WiFi hotspot with laptop, but Bzeek is the most useful one and it supports both Win XP and Vista.
Bzeek(supports XP & Win7)
http://www.bzeek.com/static/index.html
download:
http://www.bzeek.com/static/bzeekPlugin/bzeekPlugin-setup.exe
I met a problem with Bzeek as well as lots of guys met that after restart the Windows, Bzeek is alway Off instead of On, even you can't turn it On.
So I check google and found that
Personal Hotspot Status
Your Personal Hotspot is Off
Some of the Bzeek settings are not yet in effect. Please restart your computer for the Bzeek settings to take effect. If the problem persists, please contact Bzeek for support.
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Maybe the Bzeek service is not running for some reason on your machine.
If it is not solved after boot you can run services.msc and make sure the bzeek service is running.
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It's a BUG for Bzeek due to their lack of maintance?
So manually if you like, you should go to
Start > Run > services.msc
Open Windows System Services
Get Bzeek Service and make it START
For easy use I build .bat file to TURN ON or TURN OFF Bzeek Free WiFi service effeciently. You can download them here
BzeekTurnOn.bat(18B)
http://dl.dbank.com/c04pwaal9s
BzeekTurnOff.bat(18B)
http://dl.dbank.com/c04pwaal9s
included scripts are simple so you can build your own:
net start bzeeksvc
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for START
net stop bzeeksvc
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for STOP
Install ZT-180 Adhoc Switcher.apk
Before running it you'd better ROOT your Kindle Fire for higher user ability.
Run ZT-180 Adhoc Switcher
You should see Switch to Infrastructure mode / Switch to Ad-hoc mode button.
Click Switch to Infrastructure mode and it turns to Switch to Ad-hoc mode then you can click Settings button to set SSID and WEP password if possible.
I put into Bzeek Free WiFi as SSID as I'm using Bzeek and WEP is not selected for Bzeek. If you use other name and with WEP, just do your way.
Now the button display Switch to Ad-hoc mode, just click it and turn it to
Ad-hoc Mode, click Enable WiFi button and it will connect to Bzeek Free WiFi rapidly
Then it will ask you put in your Bzeek username and password, finally you can share the internet with WiFi Ad-Hoc from your laptop happily!
I post this method to a Chinese forum and you can check screenshot images and download links there better.
http://bbs.mydoo.cn/thread-54577-1-1.html
Succeeded to connect to any Ad-hoc
The method can be shorten as below
1. Go find ZT-180 Adhoc Switcher.apk , just google it, there will be several links.
2. Install the apk on a rooted KF.
3. Open it, tap settings before switch to Ad-hoc Mode
4. Input the SSID of the Ad-hoc WIFI you want to connect to. Also fill WEP (if needed) area.
5. Switch to Ad-hoc Mode. Wait a minute and you'll find your KF is connected to the Ad-hoc specified above.
There will be a "x" on KF's WIFI mark, but it doesn't matter, the ad-hoc link is working.
I tested connecting to my PSP, iPhone, Laptop(win7, ad-hoc wizard provided by OS), so I think it support all kind of Ad-hoc. Did a ping test to iPhone and Laptop for confirming. Ping works, so I think it should work fine.
P.S.
Seems it has nothing to do with Bzeek. Just use any ad-hoc.
Nice. Thanks for sharing this!
Does it have to be rooted? Has anyone tried unrooted?
Thanks PenDave.. Been working on this for 2 days, I had zt-180 on my phone (did'nt work).. Tried your methode and SUCCESSSSSS,,,
Nice tip, works great!
Finally able to connect to my KF to my OG Droid running Wifi Tether. All this time I thought it was a kernel problem.
Only problem I'm having is reconnecting to my KF to regular WiFi. I turned on "Infrastructure Mode", tried rebooting. Seems radio is stuck in "Ad-Hoc mode" now. Any ideas?
EDIT: After spending hours with "adb shell" to route out the problem, a "router reboot" fixed my connectivity problem. Nothing like that fresh noob feeling!
Can't get a connection between my HTC Inspire HD and my KF. Apparently ZT180 only supported WEP, so I tried turning security off entirely and still no connection. The KF wireless dialog says 'attempting' over and over but no dice. Any thoughts? Do I have to do something to my phone too?
You may have to reinstall the binary config in wifi tether on your phone, available in the menu option on the app main screen.
Has anyone found a way to connect the Kindle Fire to ad-hoc mode WITHOUT having to root?
Check out this post. My KF is rooted, my Inspire HD is not.
agFinder said:
Check out this post. My KF is rooted, my Inspire HD is not.
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This link from agFinder works on my Hero cdma. Used ver 2.0.7 Feb 2011.
Unfortunately we have to use ZT-180 Adhoc Switcher.apk on the kindle (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1375528
see that link for info, post #2 is the simple answer.
But then we can't use Amazon Video in root mode...still looking for a way to switch to ad-hoc without being rooted...anyone?
let it rooted - use ota rootkeeper from the market - temporary unroot - force close amazon video from applications - start amazon video again
@B63:
This morning I have been noticing that Wi-Fi connection has full strength connected to an access point, but has X next to it. Able to surf the internet, open IMDb and watch trailers, get updated for my location showing theaters near my location. Google maps show my location and Android Weather able to update location and weather. Lot more apps that require internet connection are responding quickly. The adhoc switcher is not running. The X sign will not go away in spite of rebooting KF and Access Point few times. Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks
had this with adhoc switcher to my work laptop - but every connection worked fine, so i did'nt care
thaught that it's because of some closed ports on our proxy
maybe the hotspot you used has also some closed ports
Hi
Hi, Ive installed the adhoc switcher.
But when i open the app, it says "ZT-180 Adhoc Switcher is not responding. Would you like to close it?" Choose "Wait" or "OK".
Is it not compatible with this Kindle FIre?
Im trying to create a wifi hotspot using my Nokia E72 with Joikuspot, which is only in Adhoc mode wifi. And my kindle fire unable to detect it?
Btw im using this ROM \
[ROM][ICS] |April 29| Energy™ -.¸¸.·´¯ ICS CM9 3.0 Kernel / Lightly Themed
Any advice? Im new to kindle fire and any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks!
johansons said:
Hi, Ive installed the adhoc switcher.
But when i open the app, it says "ZT-180 Adhoc Switcher is not responding. Would you like to close it?" Choose "Wait" or "OK".
Is it not compatible with this Kindle FIre?
Im trying to create a wifi hotspot using my Nokia E72 with Joikuspot, which is only in Adhoc mode wifi. And my kindle fire unable to detect it?
Btw im using this ROM \
[ROM][ICS] |April 29| Energy™ -.¸¸.·´¯ ICS CM9 3.0 Kernel / Lightly Themed
Any advice? Im new to kindle fire and any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks!
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From my experience ZT-180 Adhoc Switcher won't work with ICS ROMs. I have tried on multiple versions (Energy, Reloaded, MIUI).
I found this a few minutes ago because I'm having the same problems (I have a Nokia E71 with Joikuspot as well). Will try this out tonight when I get some free time.
http://www.hackillusion.com/how-to-enable-ad-hoc-wireless-networks-on-samsung-galaxy-note/
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pbrian138 said:
From my experience ZT-180 Adhoc Switcher won't work with ICS ROMs. I have tried on multiple versions (Energy, Reloaded, MIUI).
I found this a few minutes ago because I'm having the same problems (I have a Nokia E71 with Joikuspot as well). Will try this out tonight when I get some free time.
http://www.hackillusion.com/how-to-enable-ad-hoc-wireless-networks-on-samsung-galaxy-note/
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I see. Im new to android, this is my 1st experience using android platform. I have posted in my ROM thread asking about this but there isnt any reply. I thought that this ROM can run adhoc connection as stated from the 1st page of the ROM thread. Hope can get this adhoc connection worked as ive got no other source of getting online other than from my phone
I can confirm that the Galaxy Note wap-supplication doesn't work with the KF.
I am, like others here having problems using ZT-180.
Kindle Fire 7" HD rooted.
ZT-180 will open (though I do receive the error in attached screenshot), and I can enter the SSID of the my network.
I enter the SSID of the network that is being broadcast by my Android mobile phone, and I switch the Ad-hoc mode.
Once I do so, the internet connection is disable on the Kindle and it does not connect to my broadcasted ad-hoc network.
Has anyone had luck specifically using ZT-180 to connect to an ad-hoc being broadcast from their Android mobile phone? Is there a step or a setting that I may be missing? All that I have done on the Kindle is a) download ZT-180 , b) enter SSID of network , c) switch to ad-hoc .
Thanks.
my phone can see any wireless network just fine and even can see any network encryption changes but for unkown reason the connect button feels like the cancel button
when i try to connect to any encrypted network it ask me for the password then nothing happens
i tried installing different firmwares and they all do the same thing
now what?!
oh...i tried wifi fix.zip and it missed up the network enable/disable key so i restored my phone back to my 2 days old backup which also suffer from the same problem
i am on CM9 BETA4
when this problem happend i was using the internet on my phone and all the sudden the net access was down so i checked the router log very fast and the last thing i seen on the mikrotik wifi server log was my phone connecting with too many diff mac address (6 of them) with the same ip
i checked the wifi server if my phone's ip or mac was banned and the answer was no
i have one place left and it is the phone itself can a virus unbind the wifi connect key?
turned out that the phone for some unknow reasons doesn't connect to any wifi network with space in ssid name
changed the ssid from space to under score and everything is working again on CM9 B4
So, like everyone else i've been waiting forever for this stupid update to come out.
I finally get it today, and the stupid thing won't connect to WiFi?!
Anyone else have this issue yet? :crying:
OK so turns out that it will connect, to a standard WPA/psk ap. My main ap has a Mac filter enabled, even with the devices Mac in (or filter off), it won't authenticate...
While in range of the secured Wi-Fi network to which you want to connect, you actually need to go to Settings --> Wi-Fi Settings (on the watch), and tap on the network name. It will then ask you to input the password on your phone. After you do that, it should work.
Oh... I just reread your 2nd post, and see that your issue is not a password issue. Nevermind.
Still, good information for others.
This would be great if there were a way to input password on the watch... that way, if you forgot phone, but had watch with wifi access, you could still use it.
mine is updated. My 360 still doesn't show Me the option to even connect to WiFi.
I have a htc one m8
Same issue
I have a Cisco Aironet 1142N and it is spitting out authentication errors when my Moto 360 attempts to connect to wireless. I have checked I am entering the correct WPA2 passphrase correctly on the phone. Anyone found a solution yet?
Hi, I've bought 2 days ago a new fire tv stick, everything working fine except wifi.
First I coudn't connect ("connection to %s") and I found out that was a special character on the wifi password.
Then was the wifi password encryption (WPA2 TPIK wasn't supported), and changed it to WPA2 AES solved it.
Then every day the wifi connection is lost (after an initial good connection) and the fire tv stick start act like crazy, I can't reconnect (on setting is written "connected" but isn't true), I can't rescan, I can't insert the network manually. The only thing I could do to let the wifi working is to restore the default setting.
Now I have and "old" Netgear DGN2200v4 ADSL router, I use the channel 1 (but I switched also su auto and other number), and the wifi bandwith is only 2.4Ghz.
What can I do to let this thing working? beside throw it out of the window?
thank you in advance
Since I've purchased the note 10 +, I've had some wifi connection issues. The phone never stays connected, or will drop wifi frequently. Normally once a day. Now though, it is much more common, and it is for longer periods of time. I'll be casting something to my tv, and then the video will drop due to the phone trying to "reconnect" to the wifi. Has anyone else seen similar issues?
No issues here with WiFi. Do you have any other devices that exhibit this issue? What have you tried so far in terms of troubleshooting?
I've tried resetting the router, and doing a factory reset on the device. Also, I've tried it on another wifi network and it does it there as well. No other devices that I have on my wifi exhibit the same behaviour. I was hoping with a software update it would get better but it is getting worse.
Do you have a case on your phone?
Any settings made in advanced wifi settings?
Tried app like wifi analizer? Both to check the received wifi strength and also possible wifi congestion...
Are the problems only while casting to TV or also when streaming of Internet?
Did you try change in wifi settings in router, like extended lease time or assigning fixed ip-adresses to both TV and phone, change of wifi channel, switch between 2.4GHz and 5GHz?
OnnoJ said:
Do you have a case on your phone?
Any settings made in advanced wifi settings?
Tried app like wifi analizer? Both to check the received wifi strength and also possible wifi congestion...
Are the problems only while casting to TV or also when streaming of Internet?
Did you try change in wifi settings in router, like extended lease time or assigning fixed ip-adresses to both TV and phone, change of wifi channel, switch between 2.4GHz and 5GHz?
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The wifi network is fine. Both in signal and congestion. The phone is set to be on the 5 ghz. And I've never had any issues with it on any other device. I lose signal frequently. I only used the casting example to help people understand what's happening.
Now there is a problem with many routers. Even expensive models may not solve the problem with an Internet connection. I also had problems connecting to wi-fi. The phone was disconnected from the router once every few days. I called the guys who connected the Internet to me, but they said that everything was fine on their part. They sent me a master, he looked, but could not do anything except how to change my router. A few days later, I realized that the problem was not solved and started Googling the problem on the Internet. I came across a forum where they advised me to enter this ip 192.168.1.1 and after a couple of manipulations, I was able to fix my problem.
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Now there is a problem with many routers. Even expensive models may not solve the problem with an Internet connection. I also had problems connecting to wi-fi. The phone was disconnected from the router once every few days. I called the guys who connected the Internet to me, but they said that everything was fine on their part. They sent me a master, he looked, but could not do anything except how to change my router. A few days later, I realized that the problem was not solved and started Googling the problem on the Internet. I came across a forum where they advised me to enter this ip 192.168.1.1 and after a couple of manipulations, I was able to fix my problem.
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Are you just talking about the programming page of Netgear's routers? Netgear also has apps for that...
larazimmer said:
Now there is a problem with many routers. Even expensive models may not solve the problem with an Internet connection. I also had problems connecting to wi-fi. The phone was disconnected from the router once every few days. I called the guys who connected the Internet to me, but they said that everything was fine on their part. They sent me a master, he looked, but could not do anything except how to change my router. A few days later, I realized that the problem was not solved and started Googling the problem on the Internet. I came across a forum where they advised me to enter this ip 192.168.1.1 and after a couple of manipulations, I was able to fix my problem.
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How did entering your router's default IP address fix your issue? What changes did you make to your router's configuration?
Just saying that you entered that IP address and making a couple of manipulations doesn't help the OP.