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ok, so thanks to all the brilliance here i'm fully rooted and loving life EXCEPT i still can't tether to my iphone with mywi. it is set to default simply broadcasting its little wifi heart out. as far as i know mywi creates a hotstop not an adhoc connection, anyone else have this issue?
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I saw that the question had many views but no responses, so i'll go ahead and share what i've found. First, as stated some where else in another thread the tablet doesn't accept adhoc connections. Sadly, i looked everywhere online and apparently there aren't any jailbroken iphone apps that support infrastructure mode wifi.
I did however find a site that claims to open android tablets to adhoc connections, does anyone know if this is possible?
Thanks,
Mark
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ok, so thanks to all the brilliance here i'm fully rooted and loving life EXCEPT i still can't tether to my iphone with mywi. it is set to default simply broadcasting its little wifi heart out. as far as i know mywi creates a hotstop not an adhoc connection, anyone else have this issue?
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A friend who just bought a NC last night is also having the same issue. according to the research he did there are no wifi tethering applications that broadcast in infrastructure mode, they are all adhoc, including mywi.
There appear to be methods involving editing some files and statically entering your SSID info and whatnot. I'll look into it further tonight after work and get back with you.
It's an Android shortcoming. There's a fix... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=754961 but unsure if it'll work with our NC since we don't have a ROM dump yet. If this doesn't work worst case scenario we lose WiFi. And the dump is needed to restore the replaced file mentioned in the posted thread, otherwise a hard reset of the NC would be necessary.
perhaps somebody here could be tolerant enough to assist or direct me to concise clear info to such a likely passe situation.
Phone again, stock from VZW and fully updated.
Barnacle installed from market.
I have a few questions;
1)Superoneclick seemed to only install "superuser" on my phone. Does this mean the busy box and abd things, of which I have no idea what to do with, is only accessible via my win7 64 bit pc while the phone is connected to it via usb?
2)How do I optimize this phone with stock rom and remove "bloatware" as well as eliminate intrusive programs? Are there any threads which ID these as well as their functions?
3) Jrummy Droid Overclock installed, several versions in fact, and the best I could do was make the phone extremely laborious and finally reverted back to stock settings before uninstalling. I did have to click the "experimental" box to make it able to scale the stock rom.
Any thread or info as to some failproof settings to make this stock thing work much better/faster?
4) Can this phone, usb tether the data connection without any paid apps or limitations regarding secure sites and such?
Interestingly enough, I'm finding the search functions on this forum to be impossible on my handheld and just about the same from my pc. From the handheld, it wanted me to assemble pix which my touchscreen or keyboard didn't seem to allow.
From the pc, 'no matches found' or something to that affect.
Also, when I was having problems recalling my login info, had almost given up deciding instead to reregister, I got a denial message based on having a verizon wireless IP. Weird.
I'm rereading the beginners info and it would be nice to be able to simply make my stock rom'd droid better.
Feel free to tell me if I'm pissing in the wind and need to just do different roms and or kernals. However, I'd like to just keep it simple for now.
You are able to download Busybox straight from the Android Market: https://market.android.com/details?id=stericson.busybox&feature=search_result
You can tether your phone to create a wireless hotspot, but I'm not 100% sure about USB tether.
skadude66 said:
You are able to download Busybox straight from the Android Market: https://market.android.com/details?id=stericson.busybox&feature=search_result
You can tether your phone to create a wireless hotspot, but I'm not 100% sure about USB tether.
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Yes and thanks, I snagged barnacle for that. It works fine although I'm either too green to make it secure, or the WEP stuff is broken.
That is why I'd like the option to have a more secure hardwire tether.
I know I can do pda.net and some other apps, it seems to me that it should be able to do that perhaps just with some tweaks.
So when I extracted superoneclick on my pc, I see busybox and such in that file. I just did the one click and nothing else, not even on my phone.
It is interesting how fast such basic topics become inundated with miles of confusing info to bewilder a virtual computer twit.
It looks like what you want to do is basically create a wireless hotspot with your phone? Because I use Wireless Tether for Root Users and I am able to encrypt it and set up a secure connection.
Here's what I pulled from the Barnacle website:
How do I use WEP?
Barnacle support 40 and 104-bit WEP. In Settings find Wireless Security and enable WEP, then type in the key. For 40-bit WEP, type in 5 ASCII characters or 10 hex digits. For 104-bit WEP, type in 13 ASCII characters or 26 hex digits. Passphrase is not supported.
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It looks like what you want to do is basically create a wireless hotspot with your phone? Because I use Wireless Tether for Root Users and I am able to encrypt it and set up a secure connection.
Here's what I pulled from the Barnacle website:
How do I use WEP?
Barnacle support 40 and 104-bit WEP. In Settings find Wireless Security and enable WEP, then type in the key. For 40-bit WEP, type in 5 ASCII characters or 10 hex digits. For 104-bit WEP, type in 13 ASCII characters or 26 hex digits. Passphrase is not supported.
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Phone Settings? "no "Wireless Security" to be found nor did I readily find anything to do with WEP under the Wireless sections.
Barnacle? Again, no "Wireless Security" section found. There is a "Wireless Encryption" settings section. I did enable it with the app stopped and set a five digit alpha code. Restarted Barnacle and my pc completely disregarded it, connected to it with no input required and the signal still shows as unsecured and public.
I'm pleased that it tethers, I would like to make it secure and I would also like to easily usb it to any laptop or pc sans having to load software on them unless said pc/device was older and didn't automatically recognize this phone, as this new win 7 pc did, where upon loading some drivers would be seem reasonable.
I'm not pc/droid knowledgeable enough to know if this is dreaming but, it seems reasonable that it's usb output could be toggled and be seen as a modem connection.
I'm sure it can, but people use Wireless tethering more than a physical USB tethering.
I've never actually used this, but I've heard of people using it when they need to tether via USB: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mstream.easytether_beta&feature=search_result
Yes and thanks, I truly appreciate your efforts to help and your tolerance for my ignorance.
I am aware of those various usb tethering programs and I suppose my question is why must software be loaded on a device capable of seeing other usb plugged connections and run them 'plug and play'?
I'll see if somebody with barnacle can assist me with the WEP issue. I've tried it several ways and have had no success. Possibly related, my droid no longer will send MMS. It still receives them, just no longer sends. I wish I could say if that occurred after rooting or after attempting overclocking, but, it happened after one or both.
Wait, does the Easy Tether not require software to be installled on usb tethered device? I was sure it did and after reading the page, it doesn't mention it.
It's still bizarre that I can wirelessly tether now that soc rooted it, but I still have to buy an app to usb tether it, and I was pretty sure, install stuff on device to be tethered.
No problem, anytime!
Honestly, I don't know much about Easy Tether, I've heard about it, but have not delved much deeper into it.
What ROM are you using (if any)? I know that I had some issues with CM7 and a little bit less with Cronos right now, where I send a text message and it hangs with "Sending..." for hours at a time.
How much did you overclock your phone by? What vsel?
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phone is stock other than being rooted
I used JRummy's Droid Overclock as it is supposed to overclock a stock rom'd A855 droid.
I tried several several many settings, mostly what was recommended, but none of them seemed to make it better, and if they did, I couldn't seem to make them stick upon rebooting.
Kept all attempts at or below 800MHz.
I'm sure it's my lack of understanding and likely there are some simple settings that will speed it up with just a few clicks as well as save thru a fast and speedy reboot.
Brand, spanking new NC, came with updated software version already installed. Freshly rooted. Won't recognize ad hoc networks, of course :-(
Already tried the most up to date wpa_supplicant file fix, to absolutely no avail. Using rooted droid 1, with well-functioning wireless tether. Barnacle also a no go.
Any suggestions would very appreciated. Pulling my hair out, one by one, getting balder...balder.......
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Already tried the most up to date wpa_supplicant file fix, to absolutely no avail.
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What does this mean?
Thanks for your help. What I mean is that the wpa supplicant fix (as described in previous threads - I'm using the Droid 1 browser or I would link back to that xda thread - sorry!) produces no effect. When the NC scans for wireless sources it recognizes many hotspots. Including my home wifi router. It simply will not list the phone's ad hoc signal (called either android tether or barnacle, depending which turned on.) The winbox connects just fine, so I don't think it's the phone's signal.
Others have used the wpa supplicant fix and their NC has worked well, but from what I can tell, they have NC's that were not upgraded to latest version, or had upgraded themselves. I wonder if brand new NC with the upgrade installed, needs a different fix. Not to be paranoid, but the wireless tethering apps have fallen out of favor with the powers that be. Maybe there is more disabling going on --- or I could just be doing something wrong. (Would not be a surprise)
Has anyone with a NC that came with the update pre-installed been able to get wifi tether? Using a phone with the paid wifi hotspot function will work with the NC. However, the droid 1 does not have a paid wireless hotspot option (it's too ancient, apparently). I had to sideload the wireless app to my phone, as it's not available on the market anymore, andit works well - just not with NC, even with the standard wpa supplicant fix.
Would upgrading the NC to CM7 take care of this issue? I'm a children's doc with skimpy hacking skills, & am a little afraid to try the procedure. Like doing an appendectomy with without knowing human anatomy
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Has anyone with a NC that came with the update pre-installed been able to get wifi tether? Using a phone with the paid wifi hotspot function will work with the NC. However, the droid 1 does not have a paid wireless hotspot option (it's too ancient, apparently). I had to sideload the wireless app to my phone, as it's not available on the market anymore, andit works well - just not with NC, even with the standard wpa supplicant fix.
Would upgrading the NC to CM7 take care of this issue? I'm a children's doc with skimpy hacking skills, & am a little afraid to try the procedure. Like doing an appendectomy with without knowing human anatomy
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Wireless tether is working perfectly for me with CM7 right from the get-go, however....It does not work with Honeycomb at the moment (and I have not done the supplicant fix yet).
Thanks, hockeyfamily. I should probably go ahead and do the CM7 ROM.
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Still have rooted v 1.2, not yet CM7. What finally worked for enabling ad hoc wifi, was deleting everything i had done previously, redoing it over again, & using Barnacle. The Wireless Tether app just giving a message to the effect that it was 'connected, but no internet.'
I updated to 1.2, rooted with an early version of MN, have an Eclair phone running Barnacle and this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=872521 works great for me.
Has anyone been able to get any version (2.0.7 or 3.x beta) of Google's WiFi Tether app working on their rooted Droid Bionic? Link to app
It didn't seem to work for this guy at the end of the video: Link
For me tethering is critical for work and I don't want to activate my Droid Bionic (which is coming tomorrow) until it can be confirmed working. Will keep using Thunderbolt for now... I can also imagine this is a huge issue for many other users.
However, I am aware that Motorola devices need some kind of device profile in the "Change Device-Profile" option in the settings of that app, has anyone played around with that, maybe choosing the Droid X or other Droid?
Any feedback greatly appreciated...
I hope you find a solution soon, I also have the same problem
Don't bother until a custom ROM comes out that can "hide your ass".
Since it is for work, paying for the monthly tether should be a business expense.
I tried some of the work-arounds on the net... barnacle did not work for me... choosing the droid x profile in device setup at least showed my wifi hot spot, but I could not obtain an IP... I had also noticed errors about dhcp in the log.
kierandill said:
Since it is for work, paying for the monthly tether should be a business expense.
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exactly, in the mean time your going to be stuck using PDAnet and a USB cable.
Got it, rooted it, figured it out. Use version 2.0.7. Change the LAN option to 10.10.1.x
Also it only works in ad-hoc mode but at least its a start. I'm sure updates will fix it.
open1your1eyes0 said:
Got it, rooted it, figured it out. Use version 2.0.7. Change the LAN option to 10.10.1.x
Also it only works in ad-hoc mode but at least its a start. I'm sure updates will fix it.
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Woot! I don't own one but I am glad you got it going perhaps a screenie of some data transfer?
Also try this with the 3. beta if you don't mind
Brenardo said:
Woot! I don't own one but I am glad you got it going perhaps a screenie of some data transfer?
Also try this with the 3. beta if you don't mind
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Can't get 3 beta to work at all but it doesn't offer anything other than ad-hoc mode also. Also doesn't show data going through on the app. But hey at least it works.
Can anyone confirm the 2.0.7 wireless tether working?
not working
2.07 not working for me even using the 10.1 network. clients fail to obtain an IP address.
Same problem here - wifi tethering not working...
The newest 3.x didn't work for me. Has anyone tried manually setting the client's IP/Gateway/DNS? I don't remember what the dhcp issued on my incredible, otherwise I'd go grab my laptop and mess around with different static settings.
RawNis said:
2.07 not working for me even using the 10.1 network. clients fail to obtain an IP address.
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It takes a long time I noticed. Wait for the little blue notification icon to appear that shows the device is connected. Can take as long as 3 minutes sometimes but it works for me I assure you. The key thing is the 10.10.1.x network which is still unblocked because VPN's can use that network, anything other than that won't work.
I can't get wifi tehthering to work but just using the phones built in usb tehering option works and does not send me to a page to subscribe for tethering. Don't know why this works but if I try the built in wireless tethering it says I have to sign up. EDIT Was working on launch day but tried again today and won't work so I guess the system wasn't updated the first day I tried it.
Hi,
I found way to enable Hotspot without Verizon Provisioning. I used SQLLite Editor to modify settings.db for "Settings Storage" application ( com.motorola.android.providers.settings ). Set entitlement_check to 0 and reboot the phone.
Dmitry
ddv2005 said:
Hi,
I found way to enable Hotspot without Verizon Provisioning. I used SQLLite Editor to modify settings.db for "Settings Storage" application ( com.motorola.android.providers.settings ). Set entitlement_check to 0 and reboot the phone.
Dmitry
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I just tried this. It appears to be working. I was able to connect and browse from my laptop. Now the question is, does Verizon still know I'm tethering even though I'm not paying to tether?
I second. Works for me a well, with no warning or pop up. Cudos to you my good man
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Just did it and all seems fine so far.
btw, WOW. Ive never poked around the databases like that. Everything from the hdmi overscan to wifi info is in there. That is So cool.
Works for me too! However, only works properly with WPA security. If Hotspot is set to "open", you can connect but get no internet...
Hi everybody.
I would like to know if someone is working on a hack for our NOOKs tablet to access ad-hoc networks. I saw there is some movement on other devices, as android, at least the latest version, does not include support to ad-hoc network. The reasons are obvious, Google team will not implement this in the next version as they are going further to offer mobile services an they would you require that you purchase a new data plan.
So, it is time to have a hack for our android(ed) NOOK devices in order to access ad-hoc networks from our mobile phones.
Does anyone know about a similar movement on NOOK community ?
Regards.
Angelo
I'm not sure what you are trying to accomplish here based on your statement. Ad-hoc networks only allow two individual computers to connect without one being configured as an access point, sort of like bluetooth in terms of functionality. The reason it is unavailable is probably more to do with security as it is a dangerous connection to use or enable. If you are talking about tethering to for instance your phone, that works fine, use it all the time. This doesn't require ad hoc, only a tethering app (e.g. pdanet) or it is built in for many phones.
If you have an old Nokia device, I've noticed that when they tether via JoikuSpot, they create ad-hoc networks. If this is the reason you want ad-hoc networks enabled (to tether), I guess this is a valid reason. To pair two devices together, that may become troublesome (I doubt it'll be working any time soon).
Tethering via ad-hoc is perfectly fine, I'll take a quick look at it for the Nook HD+, and I'll reply back with what I find; hopefully a solution. I'll try and take a look some time this Wednesday or weekend.
I've not fully tested it, but doesn't Cyanogenmod enable ad-hoc networks by default? So, I guess you could go down that route (of course, I do accept that CM10 isn't for everyone).
P.S. If I do, or anyone else enables ad-hoc networks on the Stock ROM, you'll need to be rooted, and with CWM (since you'll need to apply a .zip) to hopefully enable ad-hoc networks.
All the best.
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If you have an old Nokia device, I've noticed that when they tether via c, they create ad-hoc networks. If this is the reason you want ad-hoc networks enabled (to tether), I guess this is a valid reason. To pair two devices together, that may become troublesome (I doubt it'll be working any time soon).
Tethering via ad-hoc is perfectly fine, I'll take a quick look at it for the Nook HD+, and I'll reply back with what I find; hopefully a solution. I'll try and take a look some time this Wednesday or weekend.
I've not fully tested it, but doesn't Cyanogenmod enable ad-hoc networks by default? So, I guess you could go down that route (of course, I do accept that CM10 isn't for everyone).
P.S. If I do, or anyone else enables ad-hoc networks on the Stock ROM, you'll need to be rooted, and with CWM (since you'll need to apply a .zip) to hopefully enable ad-hoc networks.
All the best.
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Yes, you are 100% correct. I do have a Nokia and Joikuspot.
The other problem is that I am a complete newbie to android, cyanogenmod etc.
I have rooted my Nook HD, but I dont know if it is using cyanogenmod. I just purchased a microSD card that rooted and installed gapps..
Thank you for your help....
Rooting stock does not add CyanogenMod. You must install that separately by installing it to a bootable SD.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
I looked around and didn't see ad hoc in my CM10, and there's this: http://forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/62183-ad-hoc-was-disabled-in-cyanogenmod-10/ Apparently CM has followed google here.
Maybe this can help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=872521
It seems that for NooK Color, this is already done.
AngeloGomes said:
Maybe this can help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=872521
It seems that for NooK Color, this is already done.
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It does not help on HD+ (included wpa_supplicant binary complains in logs that it does not support wi-fi n spec).So wi-fi does not work at all on Nook HD+ with this hack.
We need a newer patched wpa_supplicant (that supports ad hoc and wifi mode n). Hacked version for any recent android device should go. I'm going to try that http://androidtablethacks.com/android-tablet-hacks/how-to-enable-adhoc-wifi-on-android-tablets/ once have a spare time.
I was talking about the idea of that topic.
But I think you got it.
About to have support to wifi n: I suppose that wifi g support is enough, right ?
AngeloGomes said:
I was talking about the idea of that topic.
But I think you got it.
About to have support to wifi n: I suppose that wifi g support is enough, right ?
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It would be enough, but supplicant fails to start
I've dedicated some time to study this problem. Here is the result:
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Is there any chance the rom will include the ad-hoc patch? Or maybe there is anybody with configured build environment who can recompile wpa_supplicant binary?
The most recent patch version I've found is http://www.verydemo.com/demo_c131_i18097.html
Old patch discussion http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=754961 and the old patch itself http://szym.net/android/wpa_supplicant-ibss.patch
I've tried downloading few patched wpa_supplicant binaries for another devices, but they all use another wi-fi drivers. Nook HD+ has wl1271l chip and uses wl12xx driver.
Many people seem to use Joikuspot to share GPRS/EDGE/3G to another devices via wifi (mobile ad-hoc spot), but Android does not see any adhoc network and it's really annoying...
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Or at least maybe anybody has compiled tun.ko module for the latest kernel? I'm trying to get BlueVPN working (to connect my N78 phone as Dial-up Networking device via bluetooth)
UPD
Finally got Internet tethering working with N78. The tun module is present, but for some reason not autoloaded at startup. So, I performed
$ su
# modprobe tun
and managed to connect via BlueVPN to N78 (EDGE). The name of program is a bit misleading, it just connects to phone with BlueDUN installed or to any (?) cell phone that can work as bluetooth modem. I'm using the second option.
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Joikuspot is told to discharge Nokia device in ~40 minutes of active usage. So tethering over bluetooth seems to me not only the only available, but also the prefered solution. Almost any phone with bluetooth should feet this purpose.
So, here is the final procedure:
- You need the rooted firmware with any terminal emulator (I use CM10 and build-in Terminal Emulator)
- Install BlueVPN
- pair your devices over bluetooth (may need to repeat pairing from scratch after installing BlueVPN)
- Start terminal emulator and type
su
- type
modprobe tun
- no output is okey. If you get the module not found error, I have bad news to you You need the tun.ko kernel module built exactly for your ROM. But at verygreen CM10 firmware tun.ko is present.
- disable wifi
- Start BlueVPN. Go to the settings and configure you connection options (I've enabled auto-resume and lcp compatibility, yo may need to play with another options to may things work) and GPRS settings (may be found at mobile provider web-site. At least Phone number, Access point need to be configured, in my case I've also set an Authentification to none)
- press back. On your screen you should see the paired device name. Click on it (probably at the button on the right)
- If confirmation appears, say "trust"
- If the text "BluVPN is connected with ..." is displayed on the bottom of your screen, congratulations: you are connected. Otherwise wait for some time and try selecting your device in a list again. Maybe you will have to play with settings / reboot and repeat the whole procedure/reboot your cell phone.
In my case, it takes 1-2 tries to connect, but connection seems to be stable. Don't forget that bluetooth distance is limited
Few notes: you have to run commands su/modprobe tun after every reboot.