I checked out some threads but i wasn't able to find anything. I had a windows machine and was wire tethering just fine with my rooted htc hero but now i have a mac and i am wondering if there is anyway to wire tether to my mac as well? I have wireless tether for root users on my phone version 1.60 i could just use that but when i enable wi-fi encryption it still is an unsecured wireless network when i try and connect to it, i am not sure what to do? Any help would be great.
I know PDA net free works good on macs my brother has been using it on his older MacBook for a couple of months now just fine
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Also u could Google USB tether for root users and download the one from Google.code and that works really good as well
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Ok thanks ill try those out.
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i have been using wifi tether 1.6 with my mac with no problems but i cant for the life of me get it to connect to my wii...any help will be appreciated
Wii does not support connecting to an adhoc wireless network. No way to do it, I have tried a million different ways.
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not what i wanted to hear...thanks though
boydroid said:
not what i wanted to hear...thanks though
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I know, doesn't work on the DS either. Sucks but it is what it is.
On the bright side, evo users can now make a full infrastructure network. Arguments to up grade are getting more and more convincing.
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Hey I was wondering if the native USB tether on cm6.1 is it free like USB for root users or is it like the normal USB tethering on sprint stock roms were u have to pay extra also how stable is it
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Bierce22 said:
Hey I was wondering if the native USB tether on cm6.1 is it free like USB for root users or is it like the normal USB tethering on sprint stock roms were u have to pay extra also how stable is it
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Are you talking about data tethering? That's free (But you still have to pay the phone bill) because your phone is telling your computer "Hey, here's some internet!" and your phone is telling sprint "Hey, I'm just using the internet for myself and I'm not sharing it." Just like using wireless tether.
Yea that's what I was wondering because on stock sprint rom it does USB tethering the same way but it wont tell u right away that it charges u sprint will just bill u at the end of the month by how much KB used I actually called them about it so I was just making sure the tethering built into cm settings is still free I do have unlimited everything btw lol
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I just moved and dont have internet yet and want to tether my phone via usb to my desktop but I can't get an internet connection. Im on windows 7 64bit. Thanks in advance.
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I just moved and dont have internet yet and want to tether my phone via usb to my desktop but I can't get an internet connection. Im on windows 7 64bit. Thanks in advance.
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Wifi tethering. If you need to charge too, you can use USB for that and still use wifi for the data.
My desktop doesn't have wireless. So I need to use usb tethering
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Well... a driver is a peice of software that lets any device and computer communicate... im gonna go out on a limb and say that you proabably need drivers to tether.
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Well... a driver is a peice of software that lets any device and computer communicate... im gonna go out on a limb and say that you proabably need drivers to tether.
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Well I figured that haha do you have an idea of where I can find the drivers?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
Ya you do cuase I tried to tether to a computer and on xp I had to get drivers to tether.
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You have to have a rom that has tethering enabled. On fusion I went to wireless network. There is a selection for Tethering select that and you should see a check box. You need to check that.
As long as you have the usb drivers installed for the captivate windows will see the phone as a network connection in the network connections section of control panel. Select the android connection and you should be on the internet.
BTW this is all on Windows 7 64bit pro. I would hazard a guess that all flavors of Win 7 will be the same and Vista would be similar. As for XP not sure its pretty old.
Thanks for the help everyone, I actually got it working with the Captivate drivers yesterday thanks to studacris' link. It's really irritating trying to find stuff like that from mobile haha. Thanks for the help though
(Not to hijack, but just because it relates to drivers and tethering.) A few months ago, I was able to tether to a wifi router over a usb cable through the captivate using a right-out-of-the-gate ubuntu 10.10 install (diagram that sentence - I dare you). In other words, ubuntu pc-usb-captivate tethering-wifi.
So if you have an ubuntu install with no wifi access, the captivate should be able to do it for you. I realize this isn't the op's situation, but it might be a good thing for someone to keep in kind if they don't have a wireless card yet.
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I just got a new Win7 64bit laptop, had to install Both the Samsung USB Drivers, AND Kies Mini to get tethering to work.
Just the Samsung USB drivers were not enough.
What i did i went to walmart and bought bluetooth chip for 20$ installed the solfware and simply paired them it work fine it was slightly slow for you tube but none the less it was like carring a modum in my pocket
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Has anyone found a functional wireless tethering method? Or do any of the roms listed in the development section have tethering enabeled? Ive tried wifi tether several different versions with every setting combination and cant get it to work. Shows devices connected but no internet connection
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Google's WiFi Tether app is a must-get:
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
Set the Device Profile in settings to LG Optimus S
I leave my Setup Method as 'Auto' and have no problems tethering a number of devices. Many people choose to set theirs to Softap. IMO I've seen no difference between the two so try both and choose which one you think works best for you.
Thanks joey but ive tried that setup and it will show connected but no actual internet. The main device im trying to connect is a wii.
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I don't have a wii to test, but I've used the tether for rooted users to connect my computer and Kindle Fire with no issues whatsoever.
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Thanks joey but ive tried that setup and it will show connected but no actual internet. The main device im trying to connect is a wii.
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My Wireless Tether app was doing that same thing. I think Verizon does something on their end to block it.
You can use "Open Garden" from the Play store. It works. Used it this weekend.
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Open garden works well. The only problem i could see was if the Wii doesn't like ad-hoc networks as tje tether apps I have seen are all Ad-hoc
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Ill give open garden a try tonight and see if its wii friendly
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I'm having an issue connecting other devices to my hotspot via wireless tether on my HTC One M8. I'm currently on ViperOne 1.3.1 ROM, stock kernel. The devices I try to share my network with (ps3, 360, iPhone, M7) will pair with my phone with no problem but it won't let any device connect to my network. Can someone please help me?
I also have an htc one M7, also ViperOne ROM but have no issues tethering other devices to that device.
have you done this with any other device? as far as i know hotspot is just an internet bridge and doesn't create a lan, basically it treats all devices conected as one... i might be wrong though, but even when i had legal hotspot on my old verizon contract i wouldnt get a lan just Internet
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now that im reading more thoroughly i missread the question...
i had the same problem on stock, i fixed it by using the second option here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51786725
you might need to flash the zip too idk since you're in a custom rom, but the script manager thing did the trick for me
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now that im reading more thoroughly i missread the question...
i had the same problem on stock, i fixed it by using the second option here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51786725
you might need to flash the zip too idk since you're in a custom rom, but the script manager thing did the trick for me
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BIG THANKS! It worked, no problem! I REALLY appreciate you taking time to help me.