Heres a how to for you android phone users to get mobile data from your phone through bluetooth. We know honeycomb wont play nice with ad-hoc wireless but it will allow you to connect using bluetooth.
I have a an OG droid running Bugless GPA15 2.3.3 build @ 1GHZ.
First download 'wireless tether for root users' from here and install it on your mobile device:
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
You MUST have a rooted handset for this wifi tether apk to work. The TF however does NOT need root access.
Step 1: on TF, go to settings>wireless & networks>tethering and portable hotspot and make sure that "Bluetooth Tethering" is UNCHECKED, this is NOT what we want
Step 2: on TF, go to settings>wireless & networks> enable airplane mode
Step 3: on TF, go to settings>wireless & networks> enable bluetooth
Step 4: on your android phone, go to settings>wireless & networks (or equivalent)> enable bluetooth
Step 5: Make sure that both devices are discoverable, so that they can see one another, should be in settings>wireless & networks>bluetooth settings
Step 6: on your android phone, open Wireless tether and go to MENU>settings>and check the "use bluetooth", then back to application homescreen & click the middle of the screen to start tethering.
Step 7: on TF, go to settings>wireless & networks>bluetooth settings>select your phone in order to pair it with your TF
Step 7a: a box should pop up on both devices, select Pair on both devices
Step 8: If done correctly your phone will appear under 'paired devices' in the TF menu, and yellow exclamation point (with the device name) will be displayed on your android handset in wireless tether showing that you have a user connected to your network.
Step 8a: If you have issues click the wrench next to the device name in your TF bluetooth settings menu and make sure in profiles it it says 'Tethering'.
Step 9: TA-DA, if it worked then in the bottom right hand corner of your TF should have two bluetooth icons, one should indicated that your bluetooth is turned on and the other should say bluetooth tethered, you are now using your phones internet data plan on your TF.
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I've got a Captivate on AT&T running Cognition rom, and the Transformer connects to its Wifi Access Point feature with no issues.
My Xperia X10 is not supported (not on the list) and I didn't see a generic one..
Any suggestions as to what I could use (or even another app to accomplish the same thing?)
kingwp1 said:
I've got a Captivate on AT&T running Cognition rom, and the Transformer connects to its Wifi Access Point feature with no issues.
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your captivate is probably broadcasting a REAL wifi signal and not a ad-hoc wifi connection like us with our archaic cellphones have to deal with
rpavich said:
My Xperia X10 is not supported (not on the list) and I didn't see a generic one..
Any suggestions as to what I could use (or even another app to accomplish the same thing?)
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you shouldnt have any issues running a build for a different device. try downloading and installing one of the apk's and give it a whirl.
Something that I noticed with just a rooted D1 was that although I was able to technically bluetooth tether (TF showed bluetooth tether) I was not able to access the internet. Issue was solved installing a ROM (I went with Cyanogen 7.0.3)
Should there be a noticeable difference between wi fi and BT tethering? I tried to tether via bluetooth and it was terribly slow and I wasn't sure if that is to be expected.
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Thank you very much. Very cool, sent from my tf tethered to my d1 running cm7
does this use less battery than wireless tether?
Why is this better than the wireless hotspot? Bluetooth isn't all that fast generally.
My friend has a droid 1 and I have a Nexus One, we broadcast all the time to tablets, notebooks, etc. I'm ATT and he's VZW.
Most phones cannot broadcast a true wifi connection only adhoc wireless, which honeycomb wont recognize, hence the bluetooth
Hmm, seems odd that honeycomb would have such a limitation. I'm assuming this will be solved in the future with custom roms?
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heres to hoping
TF Bluetooth Tethered to iPhone
I tried doing wi-fi tethering but it doesn't work with the iphone since MyWi creates an ad-hoc hotspot. The Tf101 is not able to see it.
But Bluetooth tethering works just fine, with my jailbroken iphone 4.
Hmm, I tried this exactly as described but can't get the TF and Droid to connect. It just says "paired but not conneted" and nothing happens.
make sure that wireless tether is set for bluetooth mode and that you clicked start tether before you connect the tf and the droid. Also clcik the wrench to the side of the droid in the bluetooth menu on the tf and make sure it says tethering if not click it.
slowhatch said:
make sure that wireless tether is set for bluetooth mode and that you clicked start tether before you connect the tf and the droid. Also clcik the wrench to the side of the droid in the bluetooth menu on the tf and make sure it says tethering if not click it.
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Yup, did all that in that order and still nothing. Clicking the wrench does show "Tethering" with "Use for internet access" as the sub-text, but clicking that just makes it show "Connecting..." for a few seconds and then back to "Use for internet access"
I guess I should have read more closely, I don't have the right kernel, it was right there in the FAQ's...
I just wanted to note, that "Wireless Tether for Root Users" from the Market is actually totally unnecessary. You can do all of this with an unrooted phone and unrooted tablet if you just skip "Step 6". It is completely unnecessary, at least for my Droid X and other phones that I've tried.
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I just wanted to note, that "Wireless Tether for Root Users" from the Market is actually totally unnecessary. You can do all of this with an unrooted phone and unrooted tablet if you just skip "Step 6". It is completely unnecessary, at least for my Droid X and other phones that I've tried.
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This is only the case with newer devices. Mine will do nothing if i dont use the app
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Why is it impossible to use the tethering by BT between the Archos Gen 8 and more android phone ?
fortunately on the nexus one i wil be create a hotspot
but for another phones have you a solution ?
Hy with Samsung Galaxy 9000 it works very easy. Build up a Mobile Hotspot on the SGS and Connect with to the Archos, works perfectly.
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why it don't work for anothers phones
n1 by eg ?
You can get it to work on N1 too ... but I don't think it is built into the phone though.
I use CyanogenMod 6 on my N1, and there are only options to do Wifi Hotspot (which burns battery power like there is no tomorrow) or USB tehtering.
But if you use the app called Wireless Tether, you can use BT tethering between your Gen8 and your phone.
Rockstar from ArchosFans' forums made a vid on how to do that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN4hBqIyI-U
i use the same
but for many android phones it is not possible
Yeah, I've been posting this same question all over the place begging for someone to help me tether to my Moto Cliq (rooted with tethering enabled). I even asked Archos and they sent me some generic response that didn't help at all.
I know my Cliq can tether, cause my PC can connect to it. But with my Archos, all I get is the "paired, but not connected" nonsense. No matter what I do. It's the same with my N900 as well. I am starting to think that the Bluetooth module on the Archos is defective. But I don't have any other Bluetooth devices to test it out with.
This thing is almost useless to me without tethering as a possibility.
most phones (including android ones) provides ad-hoc wifi tethering only (via 3rd party software), and archos cannot detect ad hoc wifi network.
henrylim said:
most phones (including android ones) provides ad-hoc wifi tethering only (via 3rd party software), and archos cannot detect ad hoc wifi network.
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Android does not officially support AdHoc Networks. Once we have root we can make this work easily.
I did a walk through for bluetooth pan with a Droid X: http://forum.archosfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=43001
I tried the same with my wifes inc and it didn't work.
iPhone 4 and BT Tethering
1. Remove all previous BT pairing between iPhone and Archos 70.
2. Se both BT to active and discoverable.
3. Once you see iPhone under "bluetooth devices" in Archos, get it paired.
4. At this point, you will see that status on Archos is "paired but not connected"
5. In Archos, goto "Cell phone tethering", you should be asked to set up a tethering profile for Bluetooth or USB. Select Bluetooth and a new iPhone PAN profile will be setup.
6. Select checkbox for "Tether"
7. At this point, you will see Archos device in iPhone changed to "Connected", and a blue bar at the top says "Internet Tethering".
Bear in mind if iPhone or Archos goes to sleep, my experience is that the Internet connection is gone, no matter if the connection status remains. Therefore, please do not allow iPhone or Archos to go to sleep while you are using the Internet tethering connection.
Hope this works for you.
cajl said:
i use the same
but for many android phones it is not possible
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WiFi Tethering has been introduced with Froyo for most phones. Before that you needed root and some app doing it.
WiFi Tethering with my Desire works great, but I wasn't able to setup Bluetooth Tethering between them. Like there are profiles missing to establish a network connection.
Try the Toshiba Bluetooth Stack, there is a 30 day free trial and it give you PAN. I have a HTC Eris and bluetooth tethering is not possible, it crashes the phone.
I have an Espresso running CM 6.1 and WiFi Hotspot works... Will I be able to use it with the Archos 70?
HTC Magic with Cyanogenmod 6.1 and the app 'Wifi Tethering' in bluetooth mode works perfectly.
I thought wifi tethering was going to eat the battery too.
Was able to tether from ~90% to ~10% for over 6 hours continuously on an Evo running cm6.1.1 with the built-in mobile hotspot.
I posted a .apk in post #3 that has worked for all the rooded android phones i have tried.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=887018
use mifi or similar product, i use a product from ZTE and work well. better don't use your android phone for wifi thetering, it will drain your phone battery much faster
use you phone to search for "google wireless tether" and download the apk this is free and works great for BT tethering between my 101 and moto droid 1.
henrylim said:
1. Remove all previous BT pairing between iPhone and Archos 70.
2. Se both BT to active and discoverable.
3. Once you see iPhone under "bluetooth devices" in Archos, get it paired.
4. At this point, you will see that status on Archos is "paired but not connected"
5. In Archos, goto "Cell phone tethering", you should be asked to set up a tethering profile for Bluetooth or USB. Select Bluetooth and a new iPhone PAN profile will be setup.
6. Select checkbox for "Tether"
7. At this point, you will see Archos device in iPhone changed to "Connected", and a blue bar at the top says "Internet Tethering".
Bear in mind if iPhone or Archos goes to sleep, my experience is that the Internet connection is gone, no matter if the connection status remains. Therefore, please do not allow iPhone or Archos to go to sleep while you are using the Internet tethering connection.
Hope this works for you.
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This does not work for us with Sprint. Sprint uses CDMA not GSM. No APN on my Sprint HTC Hero. Tethering works perfectly with my Laptop and my HTC Hero using Bluetooth. NOT with Archos 70 IT.
crc111 said:
This does not work for us with Sprint. Sprint uses CDMA not GSM. No APN on my Sprint HTC Hero. Tethering works perfectly with my Laptop and my HTC Hero using Bluetooth. NOT with Archos 70 IT.
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Uhh... I'm not having problems tethering with BT, Archos 101 and Sprint (HTC) Hero. Not at all sure what makes you think CDMA vs GSM has to do with this.
2.0.5pre7 wireless tether.
Has anyone got this working yet, I am having problems with bluetooth connection with my iphone 4. it has a hard time seeing the xoom, but the xoom sees the iphone fine. When i finally get it to pair it says "Connection Unsuccessful Xoom is not supported" is there any way around this, also i am using my wii without the on demand service.
I'll definitely watch this thread. I have an iPhone 3Gs and for now only the PDAnet free version. It works nicely to create a WiFi hotspot for my Nook Color but the verdict for the Xoom is still out. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple makes it harder to tether non-Apple products.
I don't think the iPhone supports Bluetooth DUN profile (dial up networking) natively or by default.
Why not use any of the wifi tether apps? You might need to jailbreak.
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I don't think the iPhone supports Bluetooth DUN profile (dial up networking) natively or by default.
Why not use any of the wifi tether apps? You might need to jailbreak.
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That's a bummer! I wish that software wouldn't always limit or cripple hardware capabilities...
FWI - Using MyWi implies the jailbreak
im using an iphone4 jailbroken with Mywi 3g and my xoom doesn't seem to see the wifi network that it creates. My only conclusion is that the xoom doesnt see ad hoc networks. can anyone confirm this.
P.s. i cant get Mywi 3g bluetooth tethering working either
Android by default doesn't support ad-hoc networks. The only phone I have seen that does is the droid x and that's because motorola added it in
I can confirm the Xoom (and most android devices) don't work with Ad Hoc networks.
I can also confirm that using a jailbroken iPhone4 with MyWi you CAN tether using bluetooth.
I followed these directions to get bluetooth tethering to work:
1: on XOOM, go to settings>wireless & networks>tethering and portable hotspot and make sure that "Bluetooth Tethering" is UNCHECKED, this is NOT what we want
2: on XOOM, go to settings>wireless & networks> enable airplane mode
3: on XOOM, go to settings>wireless & networks> enable bluetooth
4: on your android phone, go to settings>wireless & networks (or equivalent)> enable bluetooth
5: Make sure that both devices are discoverable, so that they can see one another, should be in settings>wireless & networks>bluetooth settings
6: on XOOM, go to settings>wireless & networks>bluetooth settings>select your phone in order to pair it with your XOOM
7: a box should pop up on both devices, select Pair on both devices
8: on XOOM, once the pairing is complete (still inside bluetooth settings), select the phone, it should say paired but not connected underneath it
9: The two devices should connect, and if it works then the bottom right hand corner of your XOOM should have two bluetooth icons, one should indicated that your bluetooth is turned on and the other should say bluetooth tethered.
Note: That I had to use MyWi to setup Bluetooth laptop tethering NOT the Bluetooth on demand option.
Hope this helps.
tbayne said:
I can confirm the Xoom (and most android devices) don't work with Ad Hoc networks.
I can also confirm that using a jailbroken iPhone4 with MyWi you CAN tether using bluetooth.
I followed these directions to get bluetooth tethering to work:
1: on XOOM, go to settings>wireless & networks>tethering and portable hotspot and make sure that "Bluetooth Tethering" is UNCHECKED, this is NOT what we want
2: on XOOM, go to settings>wireless & networks> enable airplane mode
3: on XOOM, go to settings>wireless & networks> enable bluetooth
4: on your android phone, go to settings>wireless & networks (or equivalent)> enable bluetooth
5: Make sure that both devices are discoverable, so that they can see one another, should be in settings>wireless & networks>bluetooth settings
6: on XOOM, go to settings>wireless & networks>bluetooth settings>select your phone in order to pair it with your XOOM
7: a box should pop up on both devices, select Pair on both devices
8: on XOOM, once the pairing is complete (still inside bluetooth settings), select the phone, it should say paired but not connected underneath it
9: The two devices should connect, and if it works then the bottom right hand corner of your XOOM should have two bluetooth icons, one should indicated that your bluetooth is turned on and the other should say bluetooth tethered.
Note: That I had to use MyWi to setup Bluetooth laptop tethering NOT the Bluetooth on demand option.
Hope this helps.
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Thanks for the attempt, but still no luck. my iphone 4 doesn't see the xoom under bluetooth.
It took me several tries but it DOES work.
Are you using a "registered" version of MyWi?
Did you setup "Laptop Tethering" in MyWi?
At step 8, you have to tap once on the phone in the list and then it connects.
Where, exactly, are things going wrong?
Terry
tbayne said:
It took me several tries but it DOES work.
Are you using a "registered" version of MyWi?
Did you setup "Laptop Tethering" in MyWi?
At step 8, you have to tap once on the phone in the list and then it connects.
Where, exactly, are things going wrong?
Terry
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Im not using a registered version of MyWi. I dont want to buy it if its not going to work. I don't think this is an issue, since i cant even get the xoom and iphone4 to pair
i have set up laptop tether in MyWi
My main issue is that my iphone does not see the xoom in bluetooth settings.
My Xoom sees my iphone and when i hit pair, it cycles through but doesn't pair with it. i have both set to be discoverable.
any suggestions
look for "tetherme" on Cydia, 2 bucks gets you hotspot and an infrastructure network, no additional carrier fees
Ok,
I had this same issue - more than once. It's a two way pairing and it took me several tries to get it right. You WILL get prompted on each device, and must accept the pairing on each device for it to work.
Try restarting the iPhone and the Xoom.
Make sure the devices are in close proximity.
Then make the iPhone and Xoom discoverable.
Initiate the pairing from the Xoom - if it's working then you will see the pairing message on both devices... takes about 30 seconds for the dialogs to pop up if I am remembering correctly.
Let me know.
Terry
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Did you setup "Laptop Tethering" in MyWi?
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What do you mean setup laptop tethering?
In MyWi i press Laptop from the home screen then i press bluetooth. But i am not sure where the setup actually is.
g2theno said:
My main issue is that my iphone does not see the xoom in bluetooth settings.
My Xoom sees my iphone and when i hit pair, it cycles through but doesn't pair with it. i have both set to be discoverable.
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I am somewhat the same i can see the phone from the xoom but not the xoom from the phone. and Every now and then i am able to actually pair the devices but when i go to connect them it says that it is not supported and then the xoom wont actually connect
tampabuc2004 said:
What do you mean setup laptop tethering?
In MyWi i press Laptop from the home screen then i press bluetooth. But i am not sure where the setup actually is.
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On the Bluetooth "screen" in MyWi, there are two sections... the one at the top is for OnDemand tethering of iOS Devices. If you scroll down (working from memory here - I am at work and don't have my iPhone in hand as a reference) you will see a section for setting up laptop tethering.
tbayne said:
I can confirm the Xoom (and most android devices) don't work with Ad Hoc networks.
I can also confirm that using a jailbroken iPhone4 with MyWi you CAN tether using bluetooth.
I followed these directions to get bluetooth tethering to work:
1: on XOOM, go to settings>wireless & networks>tethering and portable hotspot and make sure that "Bluetooth Tethering" is UNCHECKED, this is NOT what we want
2: on XOOM, go to settings>wireless & networks> enable airplane mode
3: on XOOM, go to settings>wireless & networks> enable bluetooth
4: on your android phone, go to settings>wireless & networks (or equivalent)> enable bluetooth
5: Make sure that both devices are discoverable, so that they can see one another, should be in settings>wireless & networks>bluetooth settings
6: on XOOM, go to settings>wireless & networks>bluetooth settings>select your phone in order to pair it with your XOOM
7: a box should pop up on both devices, select Pair on both devices
8: on XOOM, once the pairing is complete (still inside bluetooth settings), select the phone, it should say paired but not connected underneath it
9: The two devices should connect, and if it works then the bottom right hand corner of your XOOM should have two bluetooth icons, one should indicated that your bluetooth is turned on and the other should say bluetooth tethered.
Note: That I had to use MyWi to setup Bluetooth laptop tethering NOT the Bluetooth on demand option.
Hope this helps.
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Hey man, I followed your directions exactly and i can't seem to get the Xoom to get the tether.
I am using a new xoom obviously, and an Iphone 3gs with a paid version of miwi.
I have the bluetooth connection status on my bottom screen, but no others dealing with bluetooth.
They paired fine, and i understand what you meant about the laptop bluetooth and not on demand, and followed the directions perfectly..
The last few steps confused me slightly, is it suppose to say "Connected" or Paired but not connected? I've tried both and neither seem to work.
Please help, I payed 800 for the xoom so i wouldn't have to have a 2 year contract only to find out i cant connect to the miwi ad hoc connection, so if you can help me you will be saving me 35 a month, and i will be able to tether to my unlimited data package iphone.
i will love you
and thank you all up and down this forum.
I am at work right now, and it's a "no cell phone or tablet" zone. Later this afternoon I will see if I can nail down the specifics so others can duplicate what I did.
Terry
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First of all i uninstalled MyWi but im sure this would have worked with it. I only uninstalled it because i like how tether me enables native tethering.
I installed Tetherme Cracked version on iphone 4.. once done reset phone
In order to get them paired but not connected( theres a difference)
make sure your Xoom's Bluetooth is on
turn on bluetooth tethering under Tethering and portable hotspot on your Xoom
make sure your iphone and xoom are discoverable
find your iphone on you xoom and click it
you should get a message on both of your devices to pair hit Okay
then you will see your iphone is paired but not connected
go back and unselect bluetooth tethering under tethering and portable hotspot
mine connected automatically after that and tethering was a go
Let me know if it works for you
Ok!
Both my devices say they are connected, but mywi says there is no active connections, and my xoom doesn't have any other icon besides the bluetooth one.
I've tried a few time, rebooting both devices, and just messing around with the connections.
My Xoom is telling me as far as tethering goes for the bluetooth to my iphone that it's tethered. but it just won't. It will show that its tethered whether i have mywi up or not.
g2theno said:
GOT IT FINALLY
[...] Then you will see your iphone is paired but not connected
go back and unselect bluetooth tethering under tethering and portable hotspot
mine connected automatically after that and tethering was a go
Let me know if it works for you
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Congrats! Did you try browsing the internet or such?
g2theno said:
I installed Tetherme Cracked version on iphone 4.. once done reset phone
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I would advise paying for the software, its the only way that we as users are able to get such great software from the Android and Jailbreak community
g2theno said:
turn on bluetooth tethering under Tethering and portable hotspot on your Xoom
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And this worked perfect for me, i am now able to connect with MyWi over bluetooth.
Is there Any way to tether TF with Android Phone after Carriers' Crackdown on Tethering?
I have all the apps i could possibly need installed on my phone, yet even after paired with my transformer via BT, and the transformer showing it being connected to the internet. I get 0 data going from my phone to transformer.
I've tried PDAnet 3.0, Barnacle and WIFI Tether. No dice.
And you can rule out not knowing how to do it, I've been tethering for the past year only started being an issue after the crackdown.
3G Hotspot Hack
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Not sure what you mean by 3g Hack... but i found something that works. Freezing data manager service with Titanium made everything work again. How exciting! Though, i think data transfer is super slow...
Have I missed something? Crackdown on tethering?
Edit : looks like its US only at the mo.
Can a carrier tell if data is from the phone or via tethering????
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Is there Any way to tether TF with Android Phone after Carriers' Crackdown on Tethering?
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One word: Sprint
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I tether just fine on my mytouch 4g running cyanogen mod 7. I dont think carriers notice if you tether another android device because on their end it just looks like an android device accessing it, not a laptop or such. I think they check user agent strings. I've honestly never had a problem tethering on TMO and never got any text or anything about it being blocked. I do keep an eye on my data usage just to make sure I dont raise any red flags in their system. I havent tried tethering my laptop since the crackdown but I did install a plug in for firefox that allows you to change the user agent string so the servers think it's an android device accessing the network
Hey Guys, been following this thread since I ordered from Best Buy, finally decided to join and post. I have mine coming on the 12th hopefully.
I read about the crackdown on tethering but from what I understand they are just making the tethering apps not show up in the market, they are not necessarily doing anything to prevent tethering.
I am currently using wireless tethering on my droid 2 with the Ipad 1 and have been for quite some time without a problem. Hope that helps and love this forum, thanks guys...
Tethering with my iPhone via bluetooth. So far, no warrant of arrest yet from AT&T.
doronster195 said:
Is there Any way to tether TF with Android Phone after Carriers' Crackdown on Tethering?
I have all the apps i could possibly need installed on my phone, yet even after paired with my transformer via BT, and the transformer showing it being connected to the internet. I get 0 data going from my phone to transformer.
I've tried PDAnet 3.0, Barnacle and WIFI Tether. No dice.
And you can rule out not knowing how to do it, I've been tethering for the past year only started being an issue after the crackdown.
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One thing to note is that Honeycomb doesn't recognize Ad-Hoc networks. You may be having problems if you're trying to set up your phone as a wi-fi hotspot. Trying using the bluetooth tethering options.
Hi, i've just found out how to connect my phone (xperia x10) to my just arrived transformer.
I've been looking all through the forum to find out how to share my phone's connection but i didn't find any solution so, i hope, my reply will help at least you not to waste time any further
Simply install "PdaNet Tablet" both on your tablet and your phone (yes, PdaNet TABLET also on your phone).
This is how it worked for me:
1) Start "pdanet tablet" on your transformer and set the proxy hostname and port as stated in the program (127.0.0.1 and 1234)
2) Start "pdanet for tablet" on your phone and click "enable pda server"
3) Wait a few seconds
4) Allow your phone to open bluetooth and be visible
5) On your tablet, on the "pdanet tablet" screen click "tap to discover new phones"
6) On your tablet click on your phone's name
7) DONE!
I hope this helped
Crazy idea, wait for it....pay.
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Hi, i've just found out how to connect my phone (xperia x10) to my just arrived transformer.
I've been looking all through the forum to find out how to share my phone's connection but i didn't find any solution so, i hope, my reply will help at least you not to waste time any further
Simply install "PdaNet Tablet" both on your tablet and your phone (yes, PdaNet TABLET also on your phone).
This is how it worked for me:
1) Start "pdanet tablet" on your transformer and set the proxy hostname and port as stated in the program (127.0.0.1 and 1234)
2) Start "pdanet for tablet" on your phone and click "enable pda server"
3) Wait a few seconds
4) Allow your phone to open bluetooth and be visible
5) On your tablet, on the "pdanet tablet" screen click "tap to discover new phones"
6) On your tablet click on your phone's name
7) DONE!
I hope this helped
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Then the connection will drop after browsing 2-3 web pages.
At least that's my experience with the PDANet Tablet.
Email client and GMail client do not seem to work either.
I hope they will fix it and make it stable, its a good solution for people with stock ROM (both phone and tablet).
There multiple threads dealing with how to get Bluetooth tether to work here is how.
First you need a rooted Android phone.
You must have a phone that running a kernel that has "CONFIG_BT_BNEP" compiled into the kernel you are using.
Otherwise it won't work.
1. Download Android Wifi Tether App version 2.0.7 (do not download higher versions because bluetooth option is not there.
2. Go to your phone turn on bluetooth.
3. Go to your TF -> Settings -> Wireless & Network -> Enable Bluetooth.
Then in TF make Discoverable under Bluetooth Settings.
4. Now you can pair the phone with the TF by scanning for device under your phone.
Hit confirm to pair on both devices. You will notice that both devices will show the other device as "paired but not connected."
5. You need to now go to Wireless & networks settings under the TF -> Tethering & portable hotspot -> enable Bluetooth tethering.
6. Now go to the Wireless Tethering app on your phone. Menu -> Settings -> Enable Use Bluetooth, Enable Discoverable, Enable Access-Control
7. Exit out of the Settings in the Wireless Tethering app. Enable Bluetooth Tether.
8. Go back to the TF under Bluetooth Settings you should be able to tap the your phone device and get the tethering option.
9. You may need to allow the TF on your phone's Wireless Tethering app.
To get Bluetooth File Transfer to work download the Bluetooth File Transfer app from Market to both devices then you are done. No rooted device needed.
Bumping this so people who need to see it, see it. Also added to ultimate thread. Good job.
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Wifi Tethering works but need bluetooth tether at work since I can't use wifi due to wifi policy. Followed the steps above and still no go for me. I have htc evo Myns 2.2. Any other suggestions?
kauaiboymo said:
Wifi Tethering works but need bluetooth tether at work since I can't use wifi due to wifi policy. Followed the steps above and still no go for me. I have htc evo Myns 2.2. Any other suggestions?
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Try get Bluetooth File Transfer to work on your phone and the TF. Were you at least able to achieve that?
First of all thank you for the guide, it worked flawlessly with my TF and Droid X its just the wording causes a bit of confusion for me. Not sure if you meant disable or enable and the option was already unchecked for me.
unable Bluetooth tethering.
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I did this just last night and tethered to my DX. I didn't have the Wireless Tether app, so I had to go find it - not on the market since the carriers are *****ing about tethering, but I was able to find it from the developer.
Set it to BT tethering, paired the devices and hit the wrench icon on the TF, and BAM! Tethered!
I won't use it very much at all, but I'm taking a couple weeks off and will likely do a 4 day road trip with a friend, so having a connection out on the road will be nice.
Just a heads up.. running a rooted D1 I was able to get my TF to bluetooth tether but not to share the 3G. Installed a ROM (CM7) and was good to go with 3G bluetooth tether working like a charm.
Is this more efficient than wifi tethering?
Antiskunk said:
Is this more efficient than wifi tethering?
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Saves way more battery than wifi tether and also better speed.
Bluetooth options are disabled under wifi tether. I have enabled bluetooth on my rooted thunderbolt and the TF and both see each other. But I cant proceed further.
I tried this and the wifi apk said I didn't have the correct kernel and so this didn't work...and some of the options were greyed out.
I have an X10 with cobrato's MIUI installed and the stock kernel.
Mine worked great the last time I used it (a couple of weeks ago) but now it won't connect to my phone.. No idea why
tornadog said:
Bluetooth options are disabled under wifi tether. I have enabled bluetooth on my rooted thunderbolt and the TF and both see each other. But I cant proceed further.
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Same issue here using a HTC Inspire 4G. Gets through Paried but not Connected step but on the phone the bluetooth options under Wireless Tether settings are grayed out.
habanosrus said:
Same issue here using a HTC Inspire 4G. Gets through Paried but not Connected step but on the phone the bluetooth options under Wireless Tether settings are grayed out.
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try wifi tether 3.0 experimental pre 14 (google it) works on my epic 4g
habanosrus said:
Same issue here using a HTC Inspire 4G. Gets through Paried but not Connected step but on the phone the bluetooth options under Wireless Tether settings are grayed out.
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Are you using version 2.0.7 I linked in the OP? I am also on Inspire 4G. Of course I assume your phone is rooted.
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Are you using version 2.0.7 I linked in the OP? I am also on Inspire 4G. Of course I assume your phone is rooted.
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Nope....no dice...same thing with 3.0....
FrayAdjacent said:
I did this just last night and tethered to my DX. I didn't have the Wireless Tether app, so I had to go find it - not on the market since the carriers are *****ing about tethering, but I was able to find it from the developer.
Set it to BT tethering, paired the devices and hit the wrench icon on the TF, and BAM! Tethered!
I won't use it very much at all, but I'm taking a couple weeks off and will likely do a 4 day road trip with a friend, so having a connection out on the road will be nice.
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You shouldn't have to use a tethering app to use the bluetooth tethering on the droid x. You can set up the tethering through the stock wieless and network menus on the DX and transformer.
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Try get Bluetooth File Transfer to work on your phone and the TF. Were you at least able to achieve that?
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Tried bluetooth file transfer but keep getting errors when sending a picture to my Transformer. Any other suggestions?
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Just a heads up.. running a rooted D1 I was able to get my TF to bluetooth tether but not to share the 3G. Installed a ROM (CM7) and was good to go with 3G bluetooth tether working like a charm.
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more details please. running what version cm7?
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Are you using version 2.0.7 I linked in the OP? I am also on Inspire 4G. Of course I assume your phone is rooted.
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Yes, phone is rooted running Cognition HD 1.01 and confirmed version 2.0.7 Wireless Tether.
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i will try to make this a step by step how to bluetooth tether to my transformer. (for us dummies) if you are advanced see the end of this post.
things to know:
1.- i will be mentioning the bluetooth settings screen a lot so, the way you get there is apps/settings/wireless&networks/bluetooth settings.
2.- for my example my phone is rooted but, my transformer is stock
phone: rooted using wireless tether
TF: not rooted
things to do/have before anything:
1.- INSTALL wireless tether ( at the time of this post im using version 2.0.8pre1)
2.- OPEN wireless tether
donate screen CLOSE or DONATE (up to you)
PRESS Green icon in the middle to STAR tethering
ALLOW superuser rights
PRESS green icon in the middle to STOP tethering
ALLOW superuser rights (yes again)
EXIT and REBOOT phone
MY NOTES: ok you made it this far you can now tether to other devices that accept the ad-hoc type connection. (im not explaining any deeper because this is for us dummies)
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ok are you ready? i am
1.- phone: open wireless tether and go into settings
1.- TF: go to bluetooth settings screen and turn bluetooth ON
2.- phone: scroll down and check Use Bluetooth AND Discoverable
2.- TF: do nothing
3.- phone: press BACK once to go back to the main screen (screen with green Icon)
3.- TF: do nothing
CHECK POINT: on this screen it should now say Bluetooth on the top-right corner
4.- phone: press Green icon to start tethering
PRESS YES to the bluetooth permission request then...
4.- TF: press Find Nearby Devices
5.- phone: press PAIR (screen with the bluetooth code)
5.- TF: press PAIR (same screen with the bluetooth code)
CHECK POINT: on the TF there is now a bluetooth icon on the bottom right corner
6.- phone: do nothing
6.- TF: on your bluetooth settings screen SELECT your new found device ("Droid" in my case)
CHECK POINT: bluetooth icon should now have 2 little arrows
CONGRATULATIONS YOUR AWESOME TRANSFORMER IS NOW CONNECTED BROWSE AWAY
thank you guys for reading this and if you have any questions dont be shy and post them.
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FOR ADVANCED USERS
do not make the mistake to pair your phone using the bluetooth settings on each device. you MUST use the settings INSIDE wireeless tether to make phone discoverable.
MY NOTES: one day i will become an advance user
i think i can i think i can!!!
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Ok. Great instructions btw. I have a Droid Incredible and would like to blue tooth tether my TF to my droid, but, it sounds like i need to root my droid. I was trying to avoid doing this but I'll listen to your comments. Also, will the TF get a 3g connection this way?
Thanks!
appreciate you posting this. I guess now is a good time to root EVO4G phone? Now I just need the instruction for that.
I did everything you have described. Step by step I have paired my ROOTED HTC EVO 4G and Transformer. But in the end when I click on new found device I DONT HAVE BLUETOOTH TETHER PROFILE and neither bluetooth icon with 2 little arrows. Nothing is going on, just two paired devices. Not connected. Wireless tether is running in bluetooth mode. What I did wrong? I have last update on TF 8.2.3.13-20110511
I'm having issues with this. I believe I've done things correct. On my transformer I get the note that I am connected to my evo 4g (running cm7 stable) and clicking on the little wrench tells me its "tethered". The main list of devices notes that I am "connected" to my evo. However any attempts to use the tether for internet result in nothing. I'm not sure if the issue is on my evo, or on the TF.
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I did everything you have described. Step by step I have paired my ROOTED HTC EVO 4G and Transformer. But in the end when I click on new found device I DONT HAVE BLUETOOTH TETHER PROFILE and neither bluetooth icon with 2 little arrows. Nothing is going on, just two paired devices. Not connected. Wireless tether is running in bluetooth mode. What I did wrong? I have last update on TF 8.2.3.13-20110511
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I have the same issue. Paired but not connected on the TF and when I select the phone on the TF it does nothing.
Rick
I will try to install CyanogenMod on my EVO, just to check if my ROM causing this problem. Tell you later =)
dredge999 said:
I have the same issue. Paired but not connected on the TF and when I select the phone on the TF it does nothing.
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it doesnt change from "paired but not connected" to "Connected" on Step #6?
i have done every step about 6 times now, and i got friends who have done it without my help and they got it going. i will see if posting some screenshots help your guys.
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I will try to install CyanogenMod on my EVO, just to check if my ROM causing this problem. Tell you later =)
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any feedback will be noted, hopefully we can help our great trasformer community and have this going for ALL of us.
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I have the same issue. Paired but not connected on the TF and when I select the phone on the TF it does nothing.
Rick
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Mine pairs, and is connected. It simply will not use the paired connection to get out to the internet through my evo. I'm /confused.
I have good news and a bad news. I successfully flashed my EVO 4G from Warm Z to Cyanogenmode 7 (V7.0.3.1 (05/06/2011).
And i FINALY got phone and Transformer connected!! That means I SEE Bluetooth tethering profile inside of found device which is my EVO. YEah!! ..... BUT I DON'T HAVE AN INTERNET CONNECTION =))
Wireless tether (i tried 2.0.7 and 2.0.8 EXPERIMENTAL) shows me VERY SLOW outcome traffic couple bites a sec, but no income traffic through the phone.
That is all I have for now. Any Ideas?
oxpecker said:
Mine pairs, and is connected. It simply will not use the paired connection to get out to the internet through my evo. I'm /confused.
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Same problem man =)
BTW! Based on my own expirience now I can tell: YOU CAN'T CONNECT your phone and transformer if you have Warm Z TwoPointTwo ROM!
oxpecker said:
Mine pairs, and is connected. It simply will not use the paired connection to get out to the internet through my evo. I'm /confused.
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Same for me.
Evo
sorry for asking by what is the advantage of bluetooth tether?
m3m3 said:
sorry for asking by what is the advantage of bluetooth tether?
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From what I hear, less battery consumption.
CoolWaters said:
From what I hear, less battery consumption.
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Damn... I have changed 4 ROMs in the past hour. Same problem. Connected but no internet. May be fcuk that bluetooth tethering? =)) WiFi is WAY easier! I dont think that power consumption is MUCH lower!
ok so im starting to see a pattern here,
EVO + bluetooth tether + transformer = fail
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From what I hear, less battery consumption.
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GeLopez said:
ok so im starting to see a pattern here,
EVO + bluetooth tether + transformer = fail
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Yep! This is pretty much what we have so far I hope somebody will prove me wrong.
Sigh... I rooted my Evo few days ago in preparation for getting the tranformer with the goal to tether them via Bluetooth. Rooted the Evo and installed Wireless Tether and test running it (and it seeemed to be working, I was happy).
Transformer arrived yesterday and I have been trying since to get it working.
BT tether does not work (Can never get the wrench icon to show the BT PAN Tethering) - I still use the stock Sprint ROM btw. I was thinking to install custom ROM today (CM7) but some of you have tried and it does not seem to work either.
The Wifi tether also seemed to work, the Transformer recognized it and get the IP and connected, but then when you browse from the transformer, nothing comes out..
lie_ui said:
Sigh... I rooted my Evo few days ago in preparation for getting the tranformer with the goal to tether them via Bluetooth. Rooted the Evo and installed Wireless Tether and test running it (and it seeemed to be working, I was happy).
Transformer arrived yesterday and I have been trying since to get it working.
BT tether does not work (Can never get the wrench icon to show the BT PAN Tethering) - I still use the stock Sprint ROM btw. I was thinking to install custom ROM today (CM7) but some of you have tried and it does not seem to work either.
The Wifi tether also seemed to work, the Transformer recognized it and get the IP and connected, but then when you browse from the transformer, nothing comes out..
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Wifi tether on CM7 + Evo works and works well. Use the one in settings with CM7, not the Wifi Tether app.
Bluetooth is still borked for my Evo + Transformer tethering.