So I've been trying really hard lately to get wifi tether working on my
SPRINT m7
With Android 4.4.3
Running Viper ROM
But I just can't seem to do it.
Native tether app is unblocked in Viper, but it seems as if Sprint got a lot smarter the beginning of last year because that's when my problems began. The native one starts up, tethers LTE just fine, but after ten minutes (almost exactly) it will disable my LTE completely (only full reboot restores it) and cut off the data throughput over the tether connection. I still have use of 3g on the phone.
If I continue to tether cycle (tether, disconnect, reboot, tether, etc) the ten minute window shrinks to 60-90 seconds. Eventually I will have LTE lockout ranging from minutes to hours (even after reboot. Lte radio disabled in diagnostic), and 3g disabled. Only allows me to run on 1x.
Neddless to say i need an alternative. I have tried every possible configuration of TrevE mod with no success. It just hangs at "starting tethering" and never does anything. But i did get an app called Wifi Tether Router on a suggestion.
This is most promising. I can get that one to start up. Even accurately displays the data coming inand out. Only problem is it won't actually enable the wifi. No broadcast at all.
Has anyone had success with this on sprint m7? I've seen lots of talk about it on tmobile and verizon networks with LGs and Samsungs and one or two references to verizon m8s but nothing about sprint or working with m7.
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I run CM7 nightlies on my Tmobile N1. Recently I killed my cable Internet/TV connection at home and have been using the built in WiFi tether for my home devices.
While it typically works great (for free), the data on my N1 will lock up. I have full 3G/HSDPA at my house. Using #*#*4636*#*# it states I am connected but fails to ping or load up any data on the phone or through its shared connection.
The only way to fix the problem is to toggle airplane mode and re-enable the WiFi Tether or sometimes a reset is required.
I've changed to several Gingerbread roms, flashed various radios, and even exchanged SIM cards.
Is this behavior normal or not? For regular web surfing I can live with it, but the main problem is that I cannot download anything without it getting interrupted (like updated nightlies or 50mb+ files).
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No one has any problems with their WiFi sharing?
i used my phones internet as my regular home internet for a month. i used up about 25 gigs. i streamed videos, downloaded videos and podcasts with no interruptions. don't know what your problem could be. i was using cyan 6.1.1
I occasionally have experienced that issue, but it seems as if you have it much more frequently than I ever did. I would mainly get it when I tethered from areas with bad reception.
You state that you have full 3G/HSPA at your house. I am wondering how many bars of reception you happen to have. Also, try setting your phone to WCDMA Only in that 4636 menu. That seemed to decrease the frequency at which it happened for me.
I also found that once in a while, I could get tethered data working again by simply using the phone's native web browser to access any data. Good luck with the issue.
player911 said:
While it typically works great (for free), the data on my N1 will lock up. I have full 3G/HSDPA at my house. Using #*#*4636*#*# it states I am connected but fails to ping or load up any data on the phone or through its shared connection.
The only way to fix the problem is to toggle airplane mode and re-enable the WiFi Tether or sometimes a reset is required.
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I typically have full bars of signal usually reading around -100dbm. When the internet drops, it drops completely; maps, browser, apps, etc all fail and I can't "jump start" it other then toggling airplane mode or resetting the phone. Typically a reset is best.
Perhaps I'll flash back to CM 6.1 and test it over the weekend. I'll do a backup of my current setup if things aren't fixed.
The purpose of this thread was simply to see if others have experienced the same issues and if it was worth "trying" to fix.
It might be a case of overheating device - it'll be good to test different ROMs and kernels.
I don't think the device is over heating at all rather then just a carrier issue. I flashed to CM 6.1.1 over the weekend and immediately found I was still having data issues (where it would work for like 5 minutes then drop out).
I did find that EDGE was a solid connection and stayed connected while I downloaded CM7 and GAPPS. I put a call into Tmobile and yacked at them for several hours. They escalated it up several times in their engineering department and so we'll see. I spoke to HTC a few times in there and they didn't think it was a handset problem either.
I guess we can close this thread as it doesn't seem to be a wide spread problem. I am running a stable version of CM7 now and we'll see.
@above: I have tested different radios, roms, and kernels. This thread started out as a issue with WiFi Tethering but ended up being the phone simply dropping its data connection. I originally was curious if this wifi sharing behavior was normal or not.
player911 said:
I put a call into Tmobile and yacked at them for several hours. They escalated it up several times in their engineering department and so we'll see.
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+1 for this part..
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Hello,
I've had my Desire C for about a year now, but have only recently added a data feature to my (prepaid) plan. Up to this point I've only been able to afford a call/text plan. Anyways, I can now connect no-problem to the WiFi in our apt. I can check my email with the gmail app that was already on the phone. But if I attempt to browse the internet it will work for a minute or two before it hits a roadblock and gives me the "Webpage not available" screen. Same thing if I attempt to download app on Google Play. It seems to get to about 10%-20% then hangs. The WiFi is connected the entire time on the phone.
I have had no issues with our WiFi, whether it be on my PC or the gf's laptop or her iPhone5. But my Desire C is a different story.
Any suggestions?
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I should probably note that I took the phone to work and tried the same while on my mobile network and had the exact same problem as I did on the WiFi.
further edit: After some more playing around I have found that my internet works fine for a minute or so after booting it up from shut-down. Then it craps out again.
Are you locked or unlocked?
I'm trying to get wifi tethering to work but I've tried all kinds of ways and getting all kinds of issues. I did the freeze+ESFile Net approach, Wanam tetherprovision disabled approach, FoxFi w/ proxy (bluetooth tether does work though, however limited to web browsing with no youtube), and renaming the tetherprovisions apk+odex combination with all of these approaches to no avail. I either get FC or "no mobile data or invalid sim" whenever I activate the tether. It does go through occasionally to show the blue icon in notification bar saying tether is on however on my tablet or laptop I don't get any internet even if it connects to the phone (which after 30sec it crashes and doesn't reconnect). I am on Tmo's unlimited everything plan (which comes with 2.5gb tether capabilities) using my S4A(i537) AWS enabled and all. Don't know what is different with my phone and those that got it to work.
Also is there a way to enable WiFi calling on this phone?
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I'm trying to get wifi tethering to work but I've tried all kinds of ways and getting all kinds of issues. I did the freeze+ESFile Net approach, Wanam tetherprovision disabled approach, FoxFi w/ proxy (bluetooth tether does work though, however limited to web browsing with no youtube), and renaming the tetherprovisions apk+odex combination with all of these approaches to no avail. I either get FC or "no mobile data or invalid sim" whenever I activate the tether. It does go through occasionally to show the blue icon in notification bar saying tether is on however on my tablet or laptop I don't get any internet even if it connects to the phone (which after 30sec it crashes and doesn't reconnect). I am on Tmo's unlimited everything plan (which comes with 2.5gb tether capabilities) using my S4A(i537) AWS enabled and all. Don't know what is different with my phone and those that got it to work.
Also is there a way to enable WiFi calling on this phone?
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I can't speak for the Wifi calling, but in this thread I talk about a good way to get tethering to work:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2420488&page=4
A few more steps then the freezing permissions, but it is much easier to use one you want to. (Also make sure to unfreeze the provision and make it like it started off before proceeding with those steps)
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I can't speak for the Wifi calling, but in this thread I talk about a good way to get tethering to work:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2420488&page=4
A few more steps then the freezing permissions, but it is much easier to use one you want to. (Also make sure to unfreeze the provision and make it like it started off before proceeding with those steps)
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tried that before but to no avail
xAjCx said:
tried that before but to no avail
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Not sure what you are doing then, but I can assure you that it works in MK3.
Hey guys/gals -
I got my Moto-X a few weeks ago, and have been using it without issue on AT&T. Unfortunately, I'm just wrapping up my first trip through Europe with this phone (left my iPhone 5 at home), and I've noticed a very odd thing over the last week.
For some reason, my phone will not re-establish a cellular data connection once it has connected to WiFi (and subsequently disconnected from WiFi). I have noticed this - consistently - in both Germany and Italy. In all cases, once WiFi is no longer connected, I can see that the cellular data network is available (the 4G or E logo shows up, grayed out, next to the cell bars) but it will not reestablish. The only way to obtain a cellular data connection is to restart the phone.
I've tried going into airplane mode; I've tried cycling cellular data. Nothing I can think to try causes the cellular network icon ("4G" or "E") to cycle from gray to white...I simply cannot get back online without a full restart. But once I've restarted it works fine - so long as I don't jump on WiFi.
The phone isn't unlocked; it's an AT&T device, with no APN tweaks.
Anyone have any idea what could cause this behavior? Unfortunately, it's going to be another four or five weeks before I'm back here to test any ideas...but I figured I'd reach out while the issue is fresh.
Cheers.
Just to chime in, I've also seen this issue on mine, but it only happens with certain WiFi access points. After using the Cisco ones at work the problem occurs, but my Asus N66U doesn't seem to upset it.
(Cross posting from the main M9 forum, mostly because I'm not sure if my problems are related to the TMO specific version. If this isn't appropriate, I'll remove it)
So this is weird. My wife and I just picked up two brand new M9's from T-Mobile this afternoon.
We're able to connect to the wifi with our new phones without any trouble, but the wifi is sporadically slow. SpeedTest shows download speeds around 14.21 Mbps from the phone, but 64Mbps from my laptop for SpeedTest. Google services seem to go really slow:
Google Play application icons are slow to load
Google Now's initial setup hangs at a blue circle loading with gray background
Google Music takes a good 5 minutes of buffering to start playing a song
Browsing to google.com periodically times out in Chrome: "Google CHrome could not load the webpage because www.google.com took too long to respond."
I'm also noticing that despite connecting to wifi, there's still the 4G icon in the status bar - with my old M7, if you connected to Wifi, the 4G/2G indicator disappeared. Is this behavior normal for Sense 7?
EDIT: I've tried the following, and things seem like they may be a little better. I'm not sure which is the potential fix though:
Disable Power saver mode
Disable WiFi optimization
I grabbed a spare WiFi AP that is dual band, 5GHz seemed to go faster, but I'm not sure if that's because it's inherently faster than 2.4GHz
EDIT EDIT: Just kidding. Still having issues. It almost seems like certain services are having issues. I could get to google on Wi-Fi and twitter would update, but Gmail, facebook, instagram, and hangouts wouldn't work.
Disconnecting from Wifi (and reverting to cellular data) "fixes" the issue.
"I'm also noticing that despite connecting to wifi, there's still the 4G icon in the status bar - with my old M7, if you connected to Wifi, the 4G/2G indicator disappeared. Is this behavior normal for Sense 7?"
It's normal because the M9 can transition from a wifi call directly to a VoLTE call. The M7 didn't have VoLTE. So unlike the M7 and M8, when you enable wifi calling, the cell radio does not shut off.
As for your speedtest results, was your laptop also running on wifi? When you compared with your phone, was it in the same area as the laptop so that the distance to the router would be about the same? And if you have a dual band router, was the phone connected to the same band as the laptop?
Good to know about the wifi call transition - that was one thing that kind of sucked about the M7. WIth regards to speed, both the laptop and the phones were running on wifi, on the same band, around the same area.
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Good to know about the wifi call transition - that was one thing that kind of sucked about the M7. WIth regards to speed, both the laptop and the phones were running on wifi, on the same band, around the same area.
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With my M9, I get 60 down on the 5GHz wifi band. That's the speed of my Verizon FIOS download on the computer as well.
also having this problem, i made a thread about it a while back but got no response. provided log cats too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/help/wifi-problems-t3139293/post61445821#post61445821