Hey all, I may have missed this, but what is a good internet sharing app? I need something that turns my phone into a wifi hotspot... anything out there?
Thanks!
Are you rooted?
If yes, try Wireless Tether for Root.
If no, try aNetShare.
Thanks! I am rooted, but I think I need to flash to a new rom, cause it says my kernel can't handle tethering, no netfilter.
Crymson said:
Thanks! I am rooted, but I think I need to flash to a new rom, cause it says my kernel can't handle tethering, no netfilter.
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RA_Amon's latest ROM 1.6.2 gives you Donut, is one of the fastest, stablest ROMs and has Wifi Tether builtin. I use it all the time as a portable hotspot with my netbook.... Highly recommend!
I wanted to download anetshare because i am not rooted.
But in the discription of the app it says you do need to have root access.
Just wondering, rooting my device will result in no OTA updates anymore right?
anheuer said:
I wanted to download anetshare because i am not rooted.
But in the discription of the app it says you do need to have root access.
Just wondering, rooting my device will result in no OTA updates anymore right?
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Unfortunately the answer is "it depends". Just rooting the phone will not turn off OTAs. However, the next OTA could very easily unroot your phone. If you root it and then flash a new ROM it depends on the ROM.
Typically they will block OTAs since they would overwrite the ROM and depending on how they did that you could get a nonbootable phone.
You could certainly load a recovery ROM with Nandriod (most newer recovery ROMs have it), make a backup before rooting, and then if you ever wanted to go back, just reload the backed up image.
If you are concerned about new Android releases, most of the active developers have the latest version before the carriers push the update...
At least that was the case with Cupcake and Donut.
yeah i thougt so..
The only reason why i'm not sure if i want to do it, is because i am quite happy with how it works now and all the things that are on it.
And i dont want to pick a cooked rom and do everything for nothing (and risk bricking it).
The only thing what i like about cooked roms (as far as i have heard) is that its faster then the stock rom, and because its rooted, there are a few apps you can use (like screenshot and internet sharing )
i used to do rom updating with my windows mobile devices all the time because, well... thats what they are for if you ask me.
But with my android i'm just not sure if i get all i have and more with a cooked rom and not have something with bugs.
Load a recovery ROM with Nandroid first. Make a backup. Once you do that you can always get back to your unrooted, stock ROM.
Reasons I rooted were Wifi Tether (I have a 6 Gb data cap and wanted to use the phone for 3G access for my netbook) and to run Market Enabler since Rogers has not bothered to get paid apps up and running in Canada.
After playing with a bunch of ROMs my take is you can have fast or pretty. The heavily themed ROMs seem to run slower and in my experience had more issues with stability. I have settled on RA_Amon's ROM which is is faster than stock and very stable. Even with Advanced Launcher (to get submenus and more home screens) I have not issues with force closures or general instability.
I think some of the issues people have with stability are the apps and widgets they are trying to run. Some apps do not play nicely with Cupcake or Donut and weird things happen. It is easy to blame the ROM or the phone for these issues. I currently have 62 apps and have 4 widgets running. Only issue I have is that NDrive has some issues handshaking with the GPS initially.
so basically i can use an app from the market to turn my Android device into a wi-fi hotspot through 3G?
That sounds very good, as i have the ulimited data package.
I would be able to connect my netbook to it whilst on the go!
nolimit966 said:
so basically i can use an app from the market to turn my Android device into a wi-fi hotspot through 3G?
That sounds very good, as i have the ulimited data package.
I would be able to connect my netbook to it whilst on the go!
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That is exactly what "Wifi Tether" does. You need to have root and have flashed a ROM that supports it, as there is some extra ip stuff you need (netfilter). Many of the ROMs have Wifi Tether included ... RA_Amon's RA_1.6.2H does for sure.
The other point is that your carrier may specifically forbid tethering. Could result in a nasty bill if they do, you tether and they decide your high data usage is due to tethering. My plan allows it (not unlimited, but 6 Gb is a lot of data), but the carrier does not supply any tethering app so most end users can't tether.
Also note that most "unlimited" plans are not actually unlimited. The funny thing is that some of the unlimited plans have a provision that the carrier can decide that your data usage is excessive and cut you off, at a lower amount than my capped plan. Bell was doing this in Canada.
Hi every one. I have tried just about every rom out there and I've found several that I just love. Only problem is that every time I find one that works really fast and has working video and all the other things that I like theres no wireless tether which for me is a must. Is there any way to install wireless tether on a rom that I like that doesnt come with it?
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Hi every one. I have tried just about every rom out there and I've found several that I just love. Only problem is that every time I find one that works really fast and has working video and all the other things that I like theres no wireless tether which for me is a must. Is there any way to install wireless tether on a rom that I like that doesnt come with it?
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yes, you can download it and just install it on from your sdcard from the website with root explorer or similar app. But some roms dont include wireless tether support even if you install.
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
So, I know wifi-direct is a standard to wirelessly transfer data between 2 devices without a network/router/other form of middleman and I know NFC gets 2 devices to connect and transfer the data. However, is there a way to do this WITHOUT a 3rd party app like Superbeam and WITHOUT NFC?
For instance: Going into the wifi settings, there is an option to manually connect to a device through wifi-direct. I have connected my HTC One to my Nexus 7 and a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1. But I see nothing that allows me to transfer any data anywhere after connecting. It's not in the wifi-direct settings, it's not in any app I've looked at, nothing.
Any insight as to why this option is a part of Android if NFC or third party apps are the only way to do this? Or if I'm simply just missing something?
This is what I'm curious about
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So, I know wifi-direct is a standard to wirelessly transfer data between 2 devices without a network/router/other form of middleman and I know NFC gets 2 devices to connect and transfer the data. However, is there a way to do this WITHOUT a 3rd party app like Superbeam and WITHOUT NFC?
For instance: Going into the wifi settings, there is an option to manually connect to a device through wifi-direct. I have connected my HTC One to my Nexus 7 and a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1. But I see nothing that allows me to transfer any data anywhere after connecting. It's not in the wifi-direct settings, it's not in any app I've looked at, nothing.
Any insight as to why this option is a part of Android if NFC or third party apps are the only way to do this? Or if I'm simply just missing something?
This is what I'm curious about
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i believe this would be in your settings under transfer content instead of under wifi settings. just a guess if i am mistaken some please let me know.
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll experiment with that. But that's asking for the other phone to install the HTC transfer app as well. It feels like it's designed to move your info from your old phone to new one, not exactly "here's a file for you" kind of use. I'll try it later and share what I find.
reading up that there may not be any system-level functionality for wifi-direct. Will need an app to take advantage of it. oh well...
Hey, I recently got my phone replaced so now I can unlock it! I've gotten everything unlocked, but the internet sharing won't work now. Is there a registry tweak for this that we know of? I tried searching and reading through threads, but couldn't find a definite way to do it.
I'm using the Ativ S Neo...
Can you explain in what way Internet Sharing "won't work now", and ideally also potentially-pertinent information like what carrier you're using?
With that said: I've looked for the hotspot configuration data myself, unsuccessfully.
Im running the 400mb extreme debloat ROM and trying to do USB reverse tethering. I tried installing a few different applications and just ended up getting different trouble. One of them I needed to install two other applications, another kept force closing and a third kept saying it couldn't read my system.
Is there a way to enable it in the ROM itself? Are there any good apps? I remember reverse tether working for me on my s3.
Thanks
**After a few more hours of searching, I stumbled upon an old post that mentioned EasyTether. So far it seems to work. I'm not sure if I want to spend $10 on it right now though. Also not sure if root is required or not. (Didn't ask for root permissions so you can assume you don't need root.)
I love this rom and thats the only issue i have with that rom. I was using foxfi and had it working but after a little bit of downloading it stops your tether because of a data limitation written into the program. How does the easy tether work for you so far? Thanks
iRODiNC said:
I love this rom and thats the only issue i have with that rom. I was using foxfi and had it working but after a little bit of downloading it stops your tether because of a data limitation written into the program. How does the easy tether work for you so far? Thanks
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So far so good. I decided I would do the 2 hour trial with Pro and everything works smooth. (Buy it, use it for 2 hours, and refund if it wasn't what I needed).
The last thing I'm looking at is if it supports USB 3.0. Cause that would be much faster internet usage.