[Q] Tethering/Internet works intermittently - Moto X Q&A

Hey all,
On my 2013 Moto X, sometimes when I turn on the wifi tethering the internet doesn't work either on tethered devices, or on my phone. If I turn the wifi tether off, my phone will connect to the internet again.
If I restart the phone and then enable tethering, I can use the internet on any device for a few minutes, then it refuses to connect. Again, if I turn tethering off on my phone, I can then get online on my phone.
I am rooted and Xposed, and don't have gobs of apps on my phone. I can't think of any app that I've installed recently that started this.
Any ideas what I could try to figure out what is going on?

You say it works for a few minutes after reboot. Do you try it immediately after the phone finishes booting up? what I'm getting at is sometimes apps start up on boot but there is a delay, so maybe a root app or Xposed module is interfering, but because of the delay right after rebooting you have a brief window to use tethering.
One way to check this is don't try to tether immediately after rebooting. instead let the phone sit for a few minutes while all the apps that run automatically on boot finish starting up. then try tether, and it should fail.
Check SuperSU to see what apps have root access and see if any of them look suspicious. you can disable superuser access temporarily from within the app.
Also check your Xposed modules. anything that deals with Wi-Fi or data, or has some option in its menus that changes Wi-Fi or data, is a suspect.
If nothing jumps out as suspicious, I'd probably temporarily uninstall Xposed access (just use the uninstall button in the Xposed installer menu, you can reinstall later, your modules will still be there, don't uninstall the actual Xposed installer app) and reboot and try tethering, and if that doesn't help then disable superuser from within SuperSU, reboot, and try tethering.
Safeboot is another option, but I'm not sure how that behaves in regards to having Xposed. Safeboot is accessed by long pressing the Power Off option that appears when you long press the power button.

Thanks for the suggestions! I'll try them out and see what happens.
I've started disabling some Xposed modules, but I need at least one in order to tether. So I'll disable them all, one by one, until it works.

Okay, so I've been working on this for a while now trying to figure out what is going on... Here's what happening:
If I turn on tethering, it will work for a few mins, then I'll still be connected to the phone hotspot, but I can't go anywhere. Web pages time out, streaming stops, that kind of thing. If I pick up my phone and try to do anything internet related when this happens, I won't have any internet connection on the phone either.
The problem persists if I turn off the hotspot or toggle airplane mode. The only way I can reestablish an LTE connection is to reboot the phone. Until then I won't have any internet connectivity.
Here's what I've done so far, and the problem still persists... Note: I'm on Verizon and have grandfathered unlimited data.
1) I have zwilie's kernel, so I removed that and restored the stock kernel. Problem still persisted.
2) I have xposed installed and several modules. I disabled and uninstalled every module except xposed itself and the moto x tether enabler. Problem still persisted.
3) I used mflash and reflashed system, boot, modems. Problem still persisted.
4) I found a different method of using hotspot that doesn't use xposed. I uninstalled xposed and used the other app. Problem still persisted.
5) I wiped the phone completely and restored to stock 4.4.4 using mflash and the stock 4.4.4 images for my phone. Rooted and reinstalled xposed and moto tether. Problem still persisted. **HT to KidJoe for his excellent guides on flashing**
6) I entered safe mode. However, because that disables all third party apps, I couldn't tether to try that, so that's an unknown.
I don't know what else to try or what else to do. We started using my wife's S4 as a hotspot, but it is starting to exhibit strange behavior as well (data only works for a while, but it will reconnect if I toggle airplane mode). It is also rooted, xposed, and using the tethering enabler.
The only other thing I can think of that I can't try is to reboot in safe mode and try tethering from that. But because the only way I know to enable tethering is to use xposed or a 3rd party app, I can't figure out how to make that work. Also, when I restored my phone, I let it install all my usual apps before I tried tethering again. I don't have a lot of apps, but if anyone knows of ones that may interfere with tethering I'd try uninstalling them.
I'd appreciate other suggestions, please!
Thanks for your time!
{edit} Added HT to KidJoe {/edit}

Okay, I have a couple other things to add...
If I use FoxFi to enable USB tethering, I can tether until the cows come home. This doesn't exactly work for what I'm wanting to do, but it does allow me to tether.
Also, for some really, really, really strange reason, if I change the SSID of the hotspot I can wirelessly tether for a while until a couple devices connect, then it drops out again until I restart the phone.
Am I looking at a really specific, really strange software bug??

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[Q] Wireless hotspot issue

So I've been trying to use wireless tether, both Wireless Tether for Root 3.0.7 and Barnacle, but lately its been hit or miss on their success, and hardly at all if its more than one device.
My main issue is with the verizon 4g hotspot app, Im unable to start it, and it causes wifi errors. When I start it, it goes through the provision and doesnt give an error itself, but then the hotspot checkbox to turn it on/off will be checked and greyed out, and never return to normal. If I go into wireless settings, wifi just reads Error, and I have to reboot to get it back to normal.
Anyone have any expertise on fixing or reinstalling the app? I think the main issue is when I was a bit callous after rooting it and trying to remove bloatware and I did something to break it, and through factory resets it doesnt do anything. Any help is much appreciated!
P.s. I wasnt sure where this should go, so I thought this might be a fair starting point. Mods: Feel free to move as you see fit

[Q] wifi just quit working---2nd time it happened

So out of the blue the wifi stoped working. It just says connecting but will not connect and it does nnt scan to find access points. Wifi is turned on and airplne mode is off. I tried a reboot but did not help. I have not changed any settings but i do turn off wifi often to save battery. It is not a hardware issue as wifi works on stock nook os. It did this before and i just redid sd card and started over. Both time it stopped working in about a week. Any ideas on what is happening??
Maybe if i use the latest stable instead of a nightly?
I've only been able to cause this by having too many defined APs. Try deleting and recreating the most recently used one - if that doesn't help, nuke 'em all and start over. The latter, combined with a reboot, will definitely fix it, but it's a huge PITA.
Rodney
This is has happened to me after inadvertently activating airplane mode. CM7 has a little bug on the NC (I think it is because there is no phone radio) and de-activating airplane mode doesn't correctly activate wifi. If you think that might be your problem, you can do a search for a method of correcting this using sqlite on adb. Or there is an app that is supposed to correctly set the airplane mode off state (thus allowing wifi to activate) - it is called Android Assistant. But it will be kind of difficult to get the app on your NC w/o wifi!
Thanks I had to delete access pointsand wifi started working but I had to enable it every time I got on my nook as it keeps disableing its self so I downloaded android assistant and sure enoughf it showed airplane mode on. So after disableing it there everything works great

[Q] Help with Internet Problems

As a preface: I am on JB build .489, rooted with CWM recovery installed. Locked bootloader so there is no custom kernel. I have removed bloatware and installed Xposed Framework, but have not done anything to affect the internet settings.
Now on to the actual problem:
Last night I was on the internet when my phone ran out of batteries. I stuck it onto the charger, offline charging was working fine etc.
Then when I turned the phone back on there was no internet connection whatever. The mobile data "on" in the status bar and in the setting page both work but have no real effect, but when toggled the usual Data warning messages appear, or the data traffic has been disabled message appears too. Yet despite all this no mobile internet signal icon appears in the status bar, and I cannot download internet settings and mms settings.
Wifi is a different story: when toggled in the status bar toggles, the animation for wifi on plays for around 7-10 seconds then stops, no signal is established. In the setting menu however, the actual soft button appears to be slightly greyed out, but I can still toggle that too. But once I do, the text "Turning Wifi On" appears on the page, but nothing else happens besides eventually the Wifi turning itself off. No network is found.
I haven't done anything to cause this, to the best of my knowledge. I have uninstalled the few apps which I installed last night, I have tried hard reboots, waiting until both one vibration or three vibrations when rebooting. I have tried resetting the Xposed frameworks to system default (I know it shouldn't have any bearing on it but still). The only thing that I can think of that I havenn't mentioned is that I used the Busybox installer the other day to update busybox and also install the zipalign option (didn't get round to doing anything with it though, and the internet was working fine after that for atlest a few hours) but then again this should have no bearing on my internet connectivity whatsoever.
Well... There you have it. Any and all recommendations are welcome, though I would also say that I would not like to do the usual "take a backup, repair with PC Companion" method which most people seem to suggest, so anything other than that I would appreciate as advice. I do not have logcat installed but I have ROM Toolbox installed along with a few other Root Utilities so I can get a couple of pieces of information if necessary.
So what do you all think? How do I fix my phone?
Thanks in advance!
Have you tried redownloading internet settings through Settings/Xperia/Internet Settings? That might fix the mobile broadband problem
SammiSaysHello said:
Have you tried redownloading internet settings through Settings/Xperia/Internet Settings? That might fix the mobile broadband problem
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It just says "unable to download"
Bump. Anyone?
Please only bump a thread once every 24 hours.
I would suggest rapairing with PCComapnion or sues.
Maybe restoring a backup.
Take out SIM, give it a clean and re-insert
Apparently removing the SIM card and cleaning it worked! Mods go ahead and close this thread if you want.
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Stock S4Active - Loses Network Until Airplane On/Off

Hey folks,
I've got a stock, unrooted Galaxy S4 Active. Recently I've been having a lot of trouble with it...
Long and short of it is, at some random, arbitrary point, it will lose all service - internet, calling, GPS, and text messaging - until I turn airplane mode on and off again. Then it immediately begins to work again, only to lose all service at some random point again. It could work fine for up to two days, or it could work for 20 minutes or so. I'm baffled.
Worth considering:
It never seems to "lose service" while actively being used, though that could simply be luck.
Sometimes GPS works, sometimes it doesn't.
It never "turns back on" on it its own - ever. Only a hard reset or an airplane mode toggle will fix it.
It doesn't SAY that it's out of service - for all intents and purposes, it looks like it's working fine. It's only when you try to USE one of the services and they don't work that you notice something's up. For this reason, I couldn't use Tasker to automatically airplane on/off based on network availability.
While it isn't working, calls to it go straight to voicemail.
After an airplane mode toggle, I immediately receive all missed texts and missed call notifications.
What I've tried:
Upgrading versions OTA via AT&T.
Downgrading versions via AT&T's files, via USB.
Factory reset.
Changing the APN (though I MAY have done this wrong/not changed it correctly, and after it didn't work any better, I removed the added APN).
If anyone can help, I'd be extremely grateful. Thanks!
Put the APN settings below to check and see
Sent from my SGH-I537 rooted, running GPE 4.4.4 ROM
Xanthos58 said:
Put the APN settings below to check and see
Sent from my SGH-I537 rooted, running GPE 4.4.4 ROM
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Mine does the same thing as the OP. It's really really really pissing me off. Not only can you not tell till you try to do something you don't know you're missing calls and txts till you reboot. Mine is also stock running 4.4.2 OTA. Getting close to saying screw it and getting a gs5. OP, did you ever find a solution? Rebooting 15 times a day and not getting calls is getting really old.
My s4 active does the same. ..... as well as my s3. I'm wondering if it is network related. I also have a Samsung ativ s Windows 8 phone that does that as well.
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spyre said:
Mine does the same thing as the OP. It's really really really pissing me off. Not only can you not tell till you try to do something you don't know you're missing calls and txts till you reboot. Mine is also stock running 4.4.2 OTA. Getting close to saying screw it and getting a gs5. OP, did you ever find a solution? Rebooting 15 times a day and not getting calls is getting really old.
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Yup, getting the exact same issue on 4.4.2 OTA but rooted so no bloatware and running the google now launcher. Fix would be great.
Same thing happens to me constantly in my house, I believe it has to do with low signal on LTE and it switching it HSPA.
Yah, still happening. Anyone find a solution?
I find thay if I can connect to wifi shortly, network is back... also switching airplane mode momentarily works as well. Faster than a reboot.
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I too was having this problem... and I suspected it was one of the xposed modules doing it. Once I disabled all of the modules, I've had no more problems.
But since some of you are saying this is happening even on your stock/non-rooted phones I don't know what to think.
camattin said:
I too was having this problem... and I suspected it was one of the xposed modules doing it. Once I disabled all of the modules, I've had no more problems.
But since some of you are saying this is happening even on your stock/non-rooted phones I don't know what to think.
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Interesting, I also have xposed installed. Which modules did you have running? Maybe we can cross check them. I have the following:
Wanam Xposed
XPrivacy
YouTube AdAway
RootCloak
Xposed GEL Settings
pinyata said:
Interesting, I also have xposed installed. Which modules did you have running? Maybe we can cross check them. I have the following:
Wanam Xposed
XPrivacy
YouTube AdAway
RootCloak
Xposed GEL Settings
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I had the following enabled (and haven't reenabled any of them since turning them off):
AppOpsXposed
DisableBatteryFullAlert
KitKat SD Card Full
NoSafeVolumeWarning
Wanam Kit
Wanam Xposed
YouTube AdAway
And I'm pretty sure I didn't enable Kit & Xposed at the same time, and don't recall which one was enabled when I disabled 'em all.
I might try reenabling them all minus the two Wanam* modules and see how it behaves. As pointed out, though, sometimes it's hard to know when it's acting funny! :-/
So far so good... over 24 hours and I haven't had to cycle airplane mode. I've had these modules enabled:
AppOpsXposed
DisableBatteryFullAlert
KitKat SD Card Full Access
NoSafeVolumeWarning
YouTube AdAway
Maybe I'll be bold tomorrow and enable Wanam Kit tomorrow and see how things go from there.
Well, the problems have persisted but ATT just released an OTA update that says it fixes connectivity issues with calls and texts. I'm really excited now. Almost done with the update and looking forward to a phone that actually works!

Crash on wi-fi connect

My new S6 Active crashes whenever I try to connect to Wi-Fi. I can use it no problem on data, but when I try to activate Wi-Fi in the settings, it takes a long time to turn on, and when it does, the phone freezes and crashes. If I reboot it, it boots with Wi-Fi active and then crashes again in under a minute. What can cause this?
Thanks.
New or used phone?
Have you installed any apps?
Best Buy customer return. So maybe the original customer also experienced the same problems. No apps, clean stock. I've also tried different versions of it.
I'd return it.

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