I'm currently running Assonance 5 and I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to tether using bluetooth. I have done a few searches to no avail. Has anyone had luck with this?
jojorios said:
I'm currently running Assonance 5 and I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to tether using bluetooth. I have done a few searches to no avail. Has anyone had luck with this?
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With the growth of WiFi in cellphones, why would one need bluetooth tethering
rickysa2000 said:
With the growth of WiFi in cellphones, why would one need bluetooth tethering
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better security and battery life with bluetooth i'd think
oh and also, you could stay connected to a wifi network on the phone while being bluetooth tethered, thus giving that wifi access to your laptop. i know this seems useless because most laptops have wifi too, but your phone has implicit access to att's wifi hotspots at say, starbucks and the airport, which you can't get onto with a laptop unless you pay extra.
Yeah, my main reasoning is for battery life of both.
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I keep reading that this is possible on the hero, both with and without rooting... I know this is a noob move, but will anyone forgive me and point me to the right forum to accomplish this?
Go to the Market and search for Easy Tether. There is a free app and paid app.
tried that, but it doesn't make the phone into a wifi hotspot... unless i'm missing something...
AFAIK, the only way to do what you want is to root and use this app, Wireless Tether for Root Users
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
c00ller said:
AFAIK, the only way to do what you want is to root and use this app, Wireless Tether for Root Users
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
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+1 this is the only way that I have found. And Btw this makes a wifi tether via ad hoc and therefore is not an actual hotspot. Think tether not router.
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Yeah, it's not infrastructure mode, but you can still connect multiple devices at the same time. Some devices won't connect to ad hoc though
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Since I have only ever connected one device at a time to my phone, how much slower is the internet connection when more than 1 device is attached at the same time?
Two works ok, but three surfing at once seems to push it
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What if I use my linksys router as a repeater or repeater bridge?
Hell I will try it tomorrow and let you know. I have dd-wrt flashed on my router and I can change my wireless mode to anything. i also have 2 separate wireless reapeters.
unCoRrUpTeD said:
What if I use my linksys router as a repeater or repeater bridge?
Hell I will try it tomorrow and let you know. I have dd-wrt flashed on my router and I can change my wireless mode to anything. i also have 2 separate wireless reapeters.
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Yes, that should work in theory. Don't know if it matters or not but our devices run wireless tether in ad-hoc mode, not infrastructure
c00ller said:
Yes, that should work in theory. Don't know if it matters or not but our devices run wireless tether in ad-hoc mode, not infrastructure
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I know, but I'm hoping that my router will detect it.
I saw a post on the Incredible boards that they got their wifi tether to work in AP mode... is that not possible for us?
also, I've connected up to 5 devices to my phone at once and it doesn't go too slow as long as my phone has a decent ev/3g signal.
The internet at my apartment is terrible and wireless routers seem to not works which forces me to use a wired connection for everything. This is annoying and I'd like to be on the couch or in the living room with my laptop. Is there a way that the captivate could set up a wifi hotspot via 3g? I've heard that this is possible on other phones, and I imagine it might be on the captivate, but I don't know how.
My phone is rooted and side load ready if that helps things.
Btonic said:
The internet at my apartment is terrible and wireless routers seem to not works which forces me to use a wired connection for everything. This is annoying and I'd like to be on the couch or in the living room with my laptop. Is there a way that the captivate could set up a wifi hotspot via 3g? I've heard that this is possible on other phones, and I imagine it might be on the captivate, but I don't know how.
My phone is rooted and side load ready if that helps things.
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Yes...Look in the Dev forum for the SRE v1.2.1a thread..These is a zip file to enable Mobile AP which will give you wireless tethering and usb tethering...
http://code.google.com/p/android-wi...?name=wireless_tether_2_0_5-pre8.apk&can=2&q=
hi, when im on rooted vz moto x, have Bluetooth tethering enabled and connected to my wifi only ipad, all works well, when i leave the range with my phone and than return to the ipad, i loose the connection and it wont connect manually, have to connect manually every time. any way to make the 2 auto connect? thanks
I think you could use Tasker to force a connection from the Moto X. I do the opposite - automate the connection using Tasker from my WiFi-only Nexus 7.
I'm really curious why you would BT tether with a rooted device since you can WiFi tether...?
samwathegreat said:
I'm really curious why you would BT tether with a rooted device since you can WiFi tether...?
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when i use the wifi tethring, it interferes with my car's bluetooth connection
samwathegreat said:
I'm really curious why you would BT tether with a rooted device since you can WiFi tether...?
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You can WiFi tether without root - or at least I can. But I'm not on Verizon.
The reason I use Bluetooth for tethering is that is has virtually no impact on battery life, unlike WiFi tethering. My primary use of tethering is to get traffic info in CoPilot while navigating using my Nexus 7, so the much lower bandwidth of Bluetooth isn't a problem.
UncleMike said:
You can WiFi tether without root - or at least I can. But I'm not on Verizon.
The reason I use Bluetooth for tethering is that is has virtually no impact on battery life, unlike WiFi tethering. My primary use of tethering is to get traffic info in CoPilot while navigating using my Nexus 7, so the much lower bandwidth of Bluetooth isn't a problem.
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You cannot use WiFi tether on any carrier who requires Entitlement Provisioning without either having root, or being provisioned by the carrier for the entitlement (usually you must pay for this). Not since 4.2.2 Jellybean.
Anyways, thanks for the response. I couldn't figure out a useful advantage for using BT vs WiFi, but I see that there is indeed a legitimate use for it. :good:
I can't seem to find any functionality for bluetooth tethering to my laptop with my new Z3C. I can tether to other phones via bluetooth just fine, but no luck with my laptop. Anyone else have any luck? Tried some preliminary searches and couldn't find anyone else with the same problem.
I connected my Z3 to my MacBook and transferred a file successfully. I have not tried it with my Windows PC.
scottjb said:
I connected my Z3 to my MacBook and transferred a file successfully. I have not tried it with my Windows PC.
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I'm able to connect the bluetooth to my laptop for file transfers, but internet tethering is what I'm looking for.
I am able to use the WiFi hotspot with no problems. Is there a particular reason you have to use Bluetooth? I have not tried accessing the internet connection over Bluetooth but I will give it a try, maybe later tonight.
belariad said:
I'm able to connect the bluetooth to my laptop for file transfers, but internet tethering is what I'm looking for.
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I'm puzzled why you would use bluetooth for internet tethering when it's so much slower than WiFi. Why not just use the phone as a WiFi portable hotspot?
pipspeak said:
I'm puzzled why you would use bluetooth for internet tethering when it's so much slower than WiFi. Why not just use the phone as a WiFi portable hotspot?
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I find Bluetooth is plenty stable while being better on battery life for when I need to eek out those extra minutes of life. And I only use it for low speed stuff. No torrents over cell. Obviously not necessary (wifi works fine) but just something I like to have as an option.
belariad said:
I find Bluetooth is plenty stable while being better on battery life for when I need to eek out those extra minutes of life. And I only use it for low speed stuff. No torrents over cell. Obviously not necessary (wifi works fine) but just something I like to have as an option.
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I just tried Bluetooth tethering and it worked. It was very slow but I might have exceeded my high speed tethering allotment for the month. I switched over to WiFi hot spot and it was slow too. Usually I cannot tell the difference between the hot spot on LTE and WiFi.
scottjb said:
I just tried Bluetooth tethering and it worked. It was very slow but I might have exceeded my high speed tethering allotment for the month. I switched over to WiFi hot spot and it was slow too. Usually I cannot tell the difference between the hot spot on LTE and WiFi.
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Was this on your Macbook? If not I'd be curious how you got it to work.
Yes, it was on my MacBook.
I installed PDAnet on my Galaxy S7 using USB tethering and it worked Great
Then I tried Bluetooth and and paired PDAnet on my phone with PDAnet on my laptop
it worked even better, as if I was using WiFi
Try it out guys no root needed, no DSL codes
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jotech said:
I installed PDAnet on my Galaxy S7 using USB tethering and it worked Great
Then I tried Bluetooth and and paired PDAnet on my phone with PDAnet on my laptop
it worked even better, as if I was using WiFi
Try it out guys no root needed, no DSL codes
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I would like root hate the bloating.
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I haven't tried the bluetooth feature yet. I use the USB tether because of the internet share feature when using USB and the PDAnet software on my laptop. I still need WiFi for other devices such as my TV and Rand McNally Truck GPS. PDAnet was a big save for me when I could not root.
Do you have any connection drops using bluetooth? I lose bluetooth connection to my speaker system about once a day.
TDStewart said:
I haven't tried the bluetooth feature yet. I use the USB tether because of the internet share feature when using USB and the PDAnet software on my laptop. I still need WiFi for other devices such as my TV and Rand McNally Truck GPS. PDAnet was a big save for me when I could not root.
Do you have any connection drops using bluetooth? I lose bluetooth connection to my speaker system about once a day.
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Yes.. I have notice connection drop using Bluetooth. Not sure why? If I need phone charge I use USB tether. Your right WiFi has other benefits like for multi devices. I'm a big fan of WiFi but Bluetooth or USB tether will do for now.
I rarely use WiFi on Rand McNally Truck GPS. I use my phone app to stay up to date with the weather.
jotech said:
Yes.. I have notice connection drop using Bluetooth. Not sure why? If I need phone charge I use USB tether. Your right WiFi has other benefits like for multi devices. I'm a big fan of WiFi but Bluetooth or USB tether will do for now.
I rarely use WiFi on Rand McNally Truck GPS. I use my phone app to stay up to date with the weather.
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Did you know that if you use USB Tether on PDAnet that you can use the WiFi Share (beta) on the PDAnet software on your computer. It seems to work very well. Only problem I have had is it shows up for bluetooth as an option also, but I can't seem to get it to work with bluetooth. I get an error 19.
edit: I just got WiFi sharing to work with BT. Had to reboot the computer.
Awesome!! I just tried it and it work. I connected my Rand McNally truck GPS thru WiFi Share (beta) using USB tether than I tried BT and WiFi Share on my laptop worked as well. Now we have USB Bluetooth and WIFI using only PDAnet.
jotech said:
I installed PDAnet on my Galaxy S7 using USB tethering and it worked Great
Then I tried Bluetooth and and paired PDAnet on my phone with PDAnet on my laptop
it worked even better, as if I was using WiFi
Try it out guys no root needed, no DSL codes
Downloaded at junefabrics.com
I would like root hate the bloating.
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Did you take the update that came out the 29th (I think)? What software version are you running?
I don"t think so... Software Version is G930PVPU1APB5, Android version 6.0.1, Android Security Patch Level Feb. 1 2016. I hope that helps you any.
jotech said:
I don"t think so... Software Version is G930PVPU1APB5, Android version 6.0.1, Android Security Patch Level Feb. 1 2016. I hope that helps you any.
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Ok. The most recent version is G930PVPU2APC5. This update locked down the apn settings. It would be interesting to hear if anyone on the current software version can still use pdanet for wifi hotspot.
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makane716 said:
Ok. The most recent version is G930PVPU2APC5. This update locked down the apn settings. It would be interesting to hear if anyone on the current software version can still use pdanet for wifi hotspot.
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I took the update and PDAnet still works. PDAnet does nothing with the APNs. Instead you have to install PDAnet on both the phone and PC. The wifi hotspot is on the PC side using PDAnet software to do the share.
TDStewart said:
I took the update and PDAnet still works. PDAnet does nothing with the APNs. Instead you have to install PDAnet on both the phone and PC. The wifi hotspot is on the PC side using PDAnet software to do the share.
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Yes. Usb tether works this way. And to tether through a pc and use the pc to create wifi. However, pdanet will also activate the native wifi hotspot capabilities of the phone itself. When I open pdanet+foxfi and hit "Activate wifi hotspot" it turns on the wifi hotspot of my phone. No pc involved.
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makane716 said:
Yes. Usb tether works this way. And to tether through a pc and use the pc to create wifi. However, pdanet will also activate the native wifi hotspot capabilities of the phone itself. When I open pdanet+foxfi and hit "Activate wifi hotspot" it turns on the wifi hotspot of my phone. No pc involved.
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You are correct the FoxFi part of PDAnet does have WiFi but it only works for us if we are paying for the hotspot and it then uses our allocated hotspot data. ie. I pay for 6gb a month and it will use that up. With that being the case I might as well just use it directly from the phone and not use FoxFi. If you are not paying for hotspot I do not believe it will work. If I'm wrong I'd like to know though.
TDStewart said:
You are correct the FoxFi part of PDAnet does have WiFi but it only works for us if we are paying for the hotspot and it then uses our allocated hotspot data. ie. I pay for 6gb a month and it will use that up. With that being the case I might as well just use it directly from the phone and not use FoxFi. If you are not paying for hotspot I do not believe it will work. If I'm wrong I'd like to know though.
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You're right. It's been so long since I have used an non rooted phone. Been getting free hotspot for years. Right now I have altered my apn settings for the free hotspot.
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I tried to activate Wifi hotspot PDAnet on the phone but it gave me "Hotspot Error" You are not subscribed to the Hotspot Service. Fail to activate Hotspot. Me paying an extra monthly fee for Wifi is not going to happend. This is why we need root among other things. If your Hotspot Wifi is activated on your phone then there is no need for PDAnet
It seems to have the same problem regular hotspot does for me after update. Keeps asking me to purchase plan. Have to reboot and quickly turn on. Glad that works our I'd be sol. Anyone else have a reliable method? My APN settings are locked out also now.
jotech said:
I tried to activate Wifi hotspot PDAnet on the phone but it gave me "Hotspot Error" You are not subscribed to the Hotspot Service. Fail to activate Hotspot. Me paying an extra monthly fee for Wifi is not going to happend. This is why we need root among other things. If your Hotspot Wifi is activated on your phone then there is no need for PDAnet
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Even if paying for Wifi, PDAnet does still help (not with wifi but with USB or BT tether) by not using up are allotted data. I go through my allotted data rather quickly. I'm an over the road driver and use internet for many things to include weather on my truck gps, normal things such as email and system updates, and for entertainment (Games and movies).
TDStewart said:
Even if paying for Wifi, PDAnet does still help (not with wifi but with USB or BT tether) by not using up are allotted data. I go through my allotted data rather quickly. I'm an over the road driver and use internet for many things to include weather on my truck gps, normal things such as email and system updates, and for entertainment (Games and movies).
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I'm OTR myself and I know what you mean. I use my laptop for everything its my entertainment system. TV, movies, software, games I rely heavily on tethering my laptop with my phone. I even D/L movies and save them for later where there is no Internet like the Rockies. Thumbs up for PDAnet 2 thumbs up when root is here.
I'm thoroughly aggravated. I have Boost mobile plan with a hotspot. As I live on a houseboat, it's very important to me and 8gb isn't enough. A Boost rep gave me foxfi info. But I get error that my provider won't allow hotspot so I must tether or bt. Now I downloaded foxfi on ex who has Boost but not a hotspot. He can use the option of Foxfi hotspot,tether, or bt. I'm thinking of buying separate phone just for this.
Please verify with me is foxfi working with sprint gs7? I am thinking of upgrading and need to know what phone to get. please advise, anyone?
jotech said:
I'm OTR myself and I know what you mean. I use my laptop for everything its my entertainment system. TV, movies, software, games I rely heavily on tethering my laptop with my phone. I even D/L movies and save them for later where there is no Internet like the Rockies. Thumbs up for PDAnet 2 thumbs up when root is here.
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I am the same. Not so much movies, but all sorts of software. If I had to rely on my laptop for visual entertainment as well, I don't think it or me could handle it. I already fill up 5 virtual desktops, switch between windows and Linux and would punch my own mother in face for, like, 500% more screen space, or even just the ability to lower the dpi or increase the resolution past 1366x768... But currently, even with an alfa 36N and 9dBi antenna, the WiFi here is just plain ****. The burger King WiFi accross the street is better, but I can't can never get the login page to come up. so my phone is my sole Internet source.
I will say one thing, I really regret going with the nougat beta. I've been meaning to revert back so I can reroot because the Hotspot was unlimited and much more stable. That and the beta is super sluggish, at least for me. Some of the newer features were cool, but not nearly worth giving up root. But I let it get to the point where backing up and making the switch back will be an a 6 hour engagement, and I keep putting it off.
Amazing thanks