I'm running DK28 and Wireless Tether 2.0.5 RC1, and see only WEP support in the settings.
Running 2.0.5 RC1 on Evo with Froyo 2.2.1, the settings menu shows WPA2 support.
The two phones' Wireless Tether settings menus are different, as if I'm running different versions (but I'm not). One with WPA2, the Epic only with WEP.
How come?
snovvman said:
I'm running DK28 and Wireless Tether 2.0.5 RC1, and see only WEP support in the settings.
Running 2.0.5 RC1 on Evo with Froyo 2.2.1, the settings menu shows WPA2 support.
The two phones' Wireless Tether settings menus are different, as if I'm running different versions (but I'm not). One with WPA2, the Epic only with WEP.
How come?
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They don't have working code to run infrastructure mode on the epic yet. Simple as that.
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They don't have working code to run infrastructure mode on the epic yet. Simple as that.
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Thank you sir.
Any idea of an ETA for a working infrastructure mode?
I don't think anyone is working on it.
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In my opinion this is the single most important thing for someone to work on. Anyone have the knowledge and time?
F1reF1ghter said:
In my opinion this is the single most important thing for someone to work on. Anyone have the knowledge and time?
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Why is it so important? There's the "Access-Control" option if security is your concern.
face_palm said:
Why is it so important? There's the "Access-Control" option if security is your concern.
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Using wifi at work would be one reason. Most employers are going to be using WPA rather than WEP (doesn't apply to me as I get yelled at if I use my work's wifi...).
Kcarpenter said:
I don't think anyone is working on it.
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Well supposedly (sp) BTthomas was working on it, however i dont see it being done anytime soon especially with official froyo being out yet, also if you look in the android development jr the guy that brought mobile ap to stock 2.1 rom which is infrastructure and awesome changed his thread to a WIP "Work in Progress" We might see it when the source drops possibly, if that comes b4 2012..
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Why is it so important? There's the "Access-Control" option if security is your concern.
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I use my phones (me = Evo, wife = Epic) for my only internet access. I cut the cable bill to save money. I have set up a router to repeat the Wireless Tether infrastructure signal of my Evo. (This way my entire network can use the signal, even wired computers) Currently, my wife's phone does not have the capability to broadcast in infrastructure mode, therefore the signal can't be repeated or passed on to wired computers on my network.
But, for most to who don't use their phones this way, it is still a much better signal with my Evo broadcasting an infrastructure signal.
Does that cover it?
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question: do you have to pay for sprint's mobile hotspot to use mobileap? I flashed the dk17 viper rom to my epic last night and it keeps saying something under the lines of my sprint pcs username and pw couldn't be authorized...
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question: do you have to pay for sprint's mobile hotspot to use mobileap? I flashed the dk17 viper rom to my epic last night and it keeps saying something under the lines of my sprint pcs offense and pw couldn't be authorized...
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MobileAP is notorious for having issues unless it is perfectly integrated into the ROM. Try using Wireless Tether, it is available for free just do a search for it on here. IMO it works much better than Sprint Hotspot, and there is no need to pay for it. If you still have problems (I can never get neither MobileAP nor Wireless Tether working properly on my phone), try using a wired tether app such as PdaNet or Wired Tether. These require the usb cable to be plugged in, but there are far fewer compatiblity issues. Hope this helps!
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Already have the wifi tether app and have used pdanet before. Both work.. Just, I was hoping got quicker speeds through mobileap..
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abro22 said:
question: do you have to pay for sprint's mobile hotspot to use mobileap? I flashed the dk17 viper rom to my epic last night and it keeps saying something under the lines of my sprint pcs offense and pw couldn't be authorized...
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Actually im curios too... do you have to pay to use MobileAP?
apatcas said:
Actually im curios too... do you have to pay to use MobileAP?
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Nope, it is a free solution to tether your existing 3G or 4G data connection wirelessly. You just need to have it baked into whichever ROM you are using, as it is not a standalone .apk.
abro22 said:
Already have the wifi tether app and have used pdanet before. Both work.. Just, I was hoping got quicker speeds through mobileap..
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I'm not sure about speed, wired tether would surely be the fastest as there is no loss of speed from wireless data transfer. PdaNet is very slow IMO, I don't use it anymore due to this. MobileAP shouldn't be too much faster than WifiTether, as they are both using essentially the same protocol to do the same thing, just different ways of going about it. Keep following the ViperROM thread, I'm sure BT will get a fully functional MobileAP mod working shortly
yeah the sprint hotspot is a sprint app (obviously, lol) that you will have to pay for to use. the MobileAP in the vipeROM is in Settings > Wireless > Mobile AP. Its not going to be any faster than wireless tether, the benefit is that the above are both infrastructure mode while wireless tether is ad hoc. some devices cannot connect to ad hoc connections.
i tested the vipeROM mobile AP and my lappy could connect successfully and cant connect to ad hoc. it looks like he swiped it from the captivate since there was att related text in it, lol. but it works, data worked, i jsut got messages every few seconds about not being able to register me or something like that, but it continued to work, lol. hope this helps
So on my permrooted Shift with 4G antenna on and max signal (middle of NYC) I can easily tether to my laptop. However, once tethered and running a speedtest I'm only downloading at a meager .50 Mbs! The speedtest directly from the phone is upwards of 8. Is this the experience of everyone else so far as well? Perhaps we need to wait on a new kernel or the app itself to be updated?
Thank you!
Same for me. I am in Minneapolis. I get pretty much 3G speeds even on 4G. I am just glad it would work in a pinch. Maybe the wireless tether app needs an update I am thinkinh.
yeah unfortunately for me I was hoping to be able to use this as my primary internet source. Oh well I know there was a fix that came out for the evo, I'm sure something similar will be found for the shift.
Yes my speeds are terribly slow!
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I had the same issue as you and it's just wireless tether. Use EasyTether, it works great.
rajing said:
I had the same issue as you and it's just wireless tether. Use EasyTether, it works great.
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If I had a need for it a lot I would maybe consider it but for $10(to be able to use https) I think I can do without.
rajing said:
I had the same issue as you and it's just wireless tether. Use EasyTether, it works great.
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Alright...I'm in it for 10 bucks. Will report findings.
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Although using EasyTether registers much faster speeds on a speedtest (almost 5 Mbs), it's FAR from stable. The hangups cause it to run about as slow as using wireless tether for root users.
My advice is to stay away from EasyTether and save your money. The boys at EasyTether will have a fix or we'll see some code to change up the system like was available on the evo to max it out.
I'm getting my money back lol.
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yeah unfortunately for me I was hoping to be able to use this as my primary internet source. Oh well I know there was a fix that came out for the evo, I'm sure something similar will be found for the shift.
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What kind if speeds did the EVO get after the update?
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I thought that one of the benefits of Froyo was that we'd have Wifi tethering, but it doesn't seem to be an option.
My question is; How do I enable Wifi tethering? Do I need to root and install Barnacle, or is there another non-rooting way?
If I need to root, is there a new one click root that I should use?
bkolodny said:
I thought that one of the benefits of Froyo was that we'd have Wifi tethering, but it doesn't seem to be an option.
My question is; How do I enable Wifi tethering? Do I need to root and install Barnacle, or is there another non-rooting way?
If I need to root, is there a new one click root that I should use?
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One click root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770388
Then download from here:
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
I downloaded the wireless_tether_2_0_7-pre1.apk version.
Tested it last night and it works.
One click took a few tries but now I have it installed
After a few tries I was finally able to root.
I installed the Wireless Tether, but I can't see my phone after starting tethering.
Is there a special way to set it up? Shouldn't it just show up in available networks?
bkolodny said:
After a few tries I was finally able to root.
I installed the Wireless Tether, but I can't see my phone after starting tethering.
Is there a special way to set it up? Shouldn't it just show up in available networks?
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I didn't do anything special. Mine just popped up in the available networks..
Take a look at the log and see if there were any errors.
After rooting, the wireless tethering app in the market worked great for me. I wish there was a way to do wired tether without having to use pdanet or easy tether, but oh well.
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You do realize this is a service you have to pay for, right? The functionality was there from jump...you just had to pay to enable it. Nowhere was it said you'd be getting this for free....
But as others have directed...rooting your device then installing Wireless Tether is your way around this.
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blazinazn said:
I didn't do anything special. Mine just popped up in the available networks..
Take a look at the log and see if there were any errors.
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No errors.
I just checked on a windows computer and it saw the phone.
I'm trying from a Galaxy Tab and that doesn't see it. Why not? Any ideas?
bkolodny said:
No errors.
I just checked on a windows computer and it saw the phone.
I'm trying from a Galaxy Tab and that doesn't see it. Why not? Any ideas?
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Ooh, i'm not sure what I linked you for the wifi tethering will work with the tablet. You might want to try Capslock's suggestion
Quis89 said:
You do realize this is a service you have to pay for, right? The functionality was there from jump...you just had to pay to enable it. Nowhere was it said you'd be getting this for free....
But as others have directed...rooting your device then installing Wireless Tether is your way around this.
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Why should I pay for something that I can get free?
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Ooh, i'm not sure what I linked you for the wifi tethering will work with the tablet. You might want to try Capslock's suggestion
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Why wouldn't it work with the tablet? Is it because it's in ad-hoc mode?
Is there another way to accomplish tethering with the galaxy tab?
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Why wouldn't it work with the tablet?
Is there another way to accomplish tethering with the galaxy tab?
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I think the guy thought you were trying to produce the WiFi signal from your tab, not have your phone produce the signal and have your tab receive it.
I suspect it's because the tether app you have only works in adhoc mode, and not infrastructure mode.There's a thread in the Themes and Apps forum where someone got infrastructure mode working, install that version.
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I suspect it's because the tether app you have only works in adhoc mode, and not infrastructure mode.There's a thread in the Themes and Apps forum where someone got infrastructure mode working, install that version.
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I suspect the tab doesn't support adhoc wifi. Go to the android tether sight
and download the latest 3.0-pre version. As of right now its up to pre10. The 3.0 versions support infrastructure mode. And so far it works well on my epic with EB13.
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I suspect the tab doesn't support adhoc wifi. Go to the android tether sight
and download the latest 3.0-pre version. As of right now its up to pre10. The 3.0 versions support infrastructure mode. And so far it works well on my epic with EB13.
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I'll try that one.
That worked!
Thanks
maybe
That could be.
Issue was ad-hoc. The latest (experimental) version has infrastructure mode (I think it turned on Sprint's Hotspot - hopefully I won't get charged).
marioc21 said:
I suspect the tab doesn't support adhoc wifi. Go to the android tether sight
and download the latest 3.0-pre version. As of right now its up to pre10. The 3.0 versions support infrastructure mode. And so far it works well on my epic with EB13.
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could you please tell me where to get this latest version? i can't find it in the market. i have the same problem. my tab or other cell phones won't recognize my wifi tether through my epic. my computer does tho.
thank you so much!
tedum88 said:
could you please tell me where to get this latest version? i can't find it in the market.
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http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
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http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
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thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have dk28... and I try to use wireless tether pre 3.0 with 4g connection... it reboots when it starts tethering.. please help
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I like pretty much everyone else has at least 1 months Verizon 3G coverage that I do not intend to keep. Especially since I have a Rooted EVO 4G with WiFi tether, and Sprints unlimited Data....
But for some reason the Xoom will not FIND my EVO 4G WiFi. A colleage in an opposite office has a device (iPhone) which finds and connects to the EVO 4G WiFi hot spot no problem, but not the Xoom. It fails to even see it !!
Anyone else had this issue (tethering Xoom to a Cellphone WiFi Hotspot)
Anyone have any idea's on how to fix it? I have tried security settings, changing SSID, changing WiFi channels, changing IP ranges etc etc. Nothing has worked so far
Please, search before posting.
The xoom cannot connect to an ad-hoc network, like from your evo. Check the thread regarding tethering with Bluetooth instead.
There may be a fix but I don't think there is right now.
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I haven't read all of the posts on this to narrow down the exact reason, but I can tell you that the Xoom can connect to your EVO. I have been WiFi tethered to my EVO 4G since last Thursday using the stock Sprint application.
For what it is worth ... by the way my EVO is not rooted.
Having same issue!!!
I am not sure what to do I have a atrix and it wont recognize it either I am probably going to have to return it
can't tether it to my atrix either. crazy.
reezy23 said:
I am not sure what to do I have a atrix and it wont recognize it either I am probably going to have to return it
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As stated earlier, unrooted Xoom devices are unable to connect to ad hoc wifi spots. A good way to test if your phone is an ad hoc devise just flip by Mc Donald's, if your Xoom can see the free hotspot your devise is emitting an ad hoc network. (PS3'S and other similar gadgets cannot connect to ad hoc)
I can almost guarentee it is not your Xoom.
Sirchuk said:
Please, search before posting.
The xoom cannot connect to an ad-hoc network, like from your evo. Check the thread regarding tethering with Bluetooth instead.
There may be a fix but I don't think there is right now.
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I read pretty much read every post on WiFi tethering (The forums actually do a search for you when you type the title of your new thread) and I was not happy that they answered my question. They are all variations of the same subject, but not specific to mine...
As it goes I have fixed the Issue. All it took was re-downloading the WiFi Tether application from the Market place and all is working. No idea why the Xoom couldn't see the WiFi network and an iPhone could but it's fixed now. So Bye Bye Verizon
A WELL happy Xoom and EVO 4G owner - Android Rulez !!
So what should I do to get it to recognize my atrix?
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So what should I do to get it to recognize my atrix?
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In this order: try his method by redownloading the app, also try restarting the devices before the attempt. If this don't work verify that your atrix is not emitting an ad hoc network. If its not, exchange your Xoom.
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So what should I do to get it to recognize my atrix?
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Not having the same hardware might be the fundamental problem but this is what I suggest....
1) - Make sure you have super user permissions...
2) - Un-install and then re-Install WiFi tether... https://market.android.com/details?id=android.tether&feature=search_result
3) - Start the WiFi tether app on your Atrix perhaps changing the SSID to something other than default, then search for the Hotspot on your Xoom.
Fingers crossed it will locate it, connect to it, and maybe it work...
I wanted to start a bounty for getting adhoc support for the HP touchpad. I actually prefer the WebOS vs. Honeycomb (I own the Asus Transformer and the Touchpad) due to some many bugs in Honeycomb. Any developers out there want to make some money, here's your chance.
I'm willing to chip in $50, half the cost of what I paid for the tablet just to get ad-hoc support.
I will update the bounty in the title each day if people chip in.
Dear mod,
Please close this thread as I shall be moving it over to Precentral.net
http://www.webos-internals.org/wiki/Ad-Hoc_Networking
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http://www.webos-internals.org/wiki/Ad-Hoc_Networking
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Here's the quote from the discussion thread from the wiki:
"It seems the HP Touchpad uses wpa_supplicant, similar to Android, rather than wifidriver, as the previous did. Any workarounds? Breakingspell 05:11, 23 August 2011 (UTC)?
Noob alert!! What is Adhoc?
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Noob alert!! What is Adhoc?
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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_ad_hoc_network
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[Q] Ad-hoc patch for wifi tethering?
Is there an ad-hoc patch for wifi tethering in the works for the Touchpad? I tried searching on preware and could not find any.
Since the wifi-tether apps on android market use ad-hoc mode instead of infrastructure mode, the touchpad cannot see the wifi connection on my Photon 4g phone.
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Here's the quote from the discussion thread from the wiki:
"It seems the HP Touchpad uses wpa_supplicant, similar to Android, rather than wifidriver, as the previous did. Any workarounds? Breakingspell 05:11, 23 August 2011 (UTC)?
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Do you know where the file is on the Touchpad?
knownboyofno said:
Do you know where the file is on the Touchpad?
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I'm not sure on the Touchpad. But on Android it is in /system/bin.
Edit: I found a thread stating the location is @ /etc/. The thread is trying to get connected to corporate wifi networks.
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Is there an ad-hoc patch for wifi tethering in the works for the Touchpad? I tried searching on preware and could not find any.
Since the wifi-tether apps on android market use ad-hoc mode instead of infrastructure mode, the touchpad cannot see the wifi connection on my Photon 4g phone.
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This is what this thread is for. It's to get a developer to make a adhoc patch as none exists for WebOS on the Touchpad as of yet.
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The wifi-tether apps on android market use ad-hoc mode instead of infrastructure mode, the touchpad cannot see the wifi connection on my Photon 4g phone.
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Not always true. Android wireless tether on my rooted Evo 3D gives me infrastructure mode.
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Since the wifi-tether apps on android market use ad-hoc mode instead of infrastructure mode, the touchpad cannot see the wifi connection on my Photon 4g phone.
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It depends on your phone. Most newer phones are indeed capable of running in infrastructure mode.
Posted on precentral.net since that is where a lot of webOS development occurs and of course that is where a lot of the patches on preware come from.
http://forums.precentral.net/webos-patches/259326-patch-request-connecting-ad-hoc-wi-fi.html
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I wanted to start a bounty for getting adhoc support for the HP touchpad. I actually prefer the WebOS vs. Honeycomb (I own the Asus Transformer and the Touchpad) due to some many bugs in Honeycomb. Any developers out there want to make some money, here's your chance.
I'm willing to chip in $50, half the cost of what I paid for the tablet just to get ad-hoc support.
I will update the bounty in the title each day if people chip in.
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Do you have an android phone that you would like this to tether with? This is why I wanted Ad-Hoc support on the touchpad.
Last night I played around with the Wifi Tether app and found out that if I select "Change Device-Profile" to a different phone model (Samsung Fascinate, for example), you can then "Change Setup-Method" to "Softap for Samsung (master) " and this will allow the Touchpad to find your phone's wifi tether.
If this isn't useful for you, well...hopefully it will help somebody out.
Well Tether works great on my Epic 4g. It is rooted running stock rom. I used it with my TP the other day for about 6hrs and no problem at all. Youtube, Facebook and everything else worked great.
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Do you have an android phone that you would like this to tether with? This is why I wanted Ad-Hoc support on the touchpad.
Last night I played around with the Wifi Tether app and found out that if I select "Change Device-Profile" to a different phone model (Samsung Fascinate, for example), you can then "Change Setup-Method" to "Softap for Samsung (master) " and this will allow the Touchpad to find your phone's wifi tether.
If this isn't useful for you, well...hopefully it will help somebody out.
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I have a Nokia N8 Phone. I use the JoikuSpot App to create a hotspot. Unfortunately for me, it's an ad-hoc network.
It seems like i should move this thread over to precentral. Precentral seems to be more popular for dev work on the touchpad.
yes, on android there is a way to change your tether to infrastructure mode but unfortunately not all phones support infrastructure tethering due to hardware limitations; such as the original droid and many other android phones
The new beta (3.1 i think) of Wifi Tether for Root supports infrastructure mode. I'm using it with my Droid Charge, which is unsupported, but I just changed my device settings in the app to Samsung Fascinate, and it worked fine.
jdbuckeye2009 said:
The new beta (3.1 i think) of Wifi Tether for Root supports infrastructure mode. I'm using it with my Droid Charge, which is unsupported, but I just changed my device settings in the app to Samsung Fascinate, and it worked fine.
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Your Droid Charge isn't "unsupported" it has the available hardware to use infrastructure mode.
Unfortunately, as we have already established, there are many phones that allow you to broadcast in infrastructure mode (if you have the right program/right profile) but there are many phones such as the droid 1 and incredible 1 that do NOT have the hardware required to run infrastructure mode no matter what our wifi tether's profile is set to.
This works on my Motorola photon... i was VARY mad that i could not tether with out paying the $30 for tethering... so i downloaded this and tested EVERY SETTING I COULD!! but this worked for me!!! and so far on 3 other Android phones..
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
wifi_tether_v3_1-beta6.apk
Install it
Run it
Menu-Settings
Change Device-Profile
Select: Samsung Galaxy S
Change Setup-Method
Select NetD (Master)
Back to main screen
Click start tethering... now you will get 2-5 pop ups with errors DONT WORRY just look for the network and disregard the errors on the phone
And now you are good to go. I have used this on my Photon (MoPho) running STOCK rom with root.
Have fun tethering. let me know if it works for you!