Android Ad-hoc support hack/wpa_supplicant

alexinessex · Jan 7, 2011

HTC Ad Hoc to epad connection

Hi

Been doing some research and been led to here.

Im trying to link my HTC Mini HD to a 7" epad tablet.
My HTC has windows not Android on it.

I understand the reason the tablet will not see my phones Wi-Fi network because it is Ad Hoc.

It there a way I can "switch" from Ad Hoc to the format I need and back or at least set up a new "connection"

Obviously I dont want to delete my Ad Hoc connection or do I need that to continue linking to my Mac laptops?

Many thanks

huangwu · Jan 8, 2011

HTC G7 conection unstable at all

pcmind said:
Did you try to set Static ip first ?

yes, I have
Seems there is a short term between connected state and disconnect action because if I try to ping my phone in my laptop ,there are some replys and then some timeouts then replys again ,repeat the cycle.
I have tried the AP for connection ,it works fine.
What should I test for ?

lefsp · Jan 9, 2011

anybody else noticed that ad-hoc networks can kill your battery in 3-4 hours without doing nothing (screen off)?

(My battery life is excellent with normal wifi's and even 3G.. )

could it be Kernel specific? (I use FlyKernel 12 pre5)

mssidah · Jan 9, 2011

Anyone got the Galaxy tablet P1000 working with this?

webwude · Jan 11, 2011

lefsp said:
anybody else noticed that ad-hoc networks can kill your battery in 3-4 hours without doing nothing (screen off)?

(My battery life is excellent with normal wifi's and even 3G.. )

could it be Kernel specific? (I use FlyKernel 12 pre5)

Check your battery consumption with SGS Tolls (if you are using Samsung Galaxy). It seems that the WLAN Idle Method doesn't works at your phone, in this case WLAN On und Using is activitaded the whole time and drains the battery. Just a guess.

All the best,
ww

nimp0 · Jan 12, 2011

Hi,

I hope i'm on the right place.
This is what i want to do : Sharing the 3g of my G1 to my computer (XP) and later, on my futur android tablet.

I have flashed on my G1 the wpa_adhoc-signed.zip gived in the first post. No Pbm.
Everything seem ok.

But, what to do now ?
i don't see any new wifi network.

Any1 can help ?

thx very much

webwude · Jan 12, 2011

nimp0 said:
Hi,

I hope i'm on the right place.
This is what i want to do : Sharing the 3g of my G1 to my computer (XP) and later, on my futur android tablet.

I have flashed on my G1 the wpa_adhoc-signed.zip gived in the first post. No Pbm.
Everything seem ok.

But, what to do now ?
i don't see any new wifi network.

Any1 can help ?

thx very much

You want to share your mobile connection with your laptop, right? If you use froyo (android 2.2) you should be able to activate "mobile access point" in your settings. As far as i know, this wpa_adhoc fix enables the connection from mobile to laptop, so you can use the laptops internet connection

nimp0 · Jan 12, 2011

Ok,

So I have flashed this file for nothing.
I hope it haven't broke anything :/

I use a custom Froyo and I don't see this parameters.
I have a mobile access point menu, but it is used to set my Network APN etc ...
Not to share my connexion.

Strange ...

I have install a tether app that can do what I want. (Sharing the 3g connexion of my phone through Wifi to an Android tablet that don't have 3G)

Thx for your help

hoper83 · Jan 18, 2011

samsung galaxy i5800

I have samsung galaxy i5800 with wpa_supllicant 0.6.9.
I have put on system/bin version 0.6 attached to this thread but the wifi not start.
help me with 0.6.9 version pathed.
please!

juanch · Jan 18, 2011

I have an Huawei U8150 with Froyo 2.2
and wpa_supplicant 0.6.10 (i think..)

I tried with the wpa6_adhoc-signed.zip
(in fact I did not really apply the patch, I extracted the wpa_supplicant file from the zip and copied it to /system/bin )

after reboot, i couldn't connect or see any wireless network.

So i rolled back, copied my former wpa_supplicant.bak to wpa_supplicant
At first I faced permissions issues (Read-only file system)
so i had to remount first:
> mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
then rollback

Good enough, I got the wifi back but still cannot see ad-hoc networks

...
Can anoyone help?

Thanks in advance

KeyzerSuze · Jan 20, 2011

rabatinova said:
For all GALAXY S users.
Easiest way to do that.
I use Darkys ROM btw.(I think its the fastest one, gets updated very often, and if you already have this ROM, next update wont erase installed apps, but its all up to you)

Download Darkys ROM - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=814091
Download wpa_supplicant - http://rapidshare.com/files/440030406/wpa_supplicant

Flash Darkys ROM (XXJPY).(there is a full guide on that page if youre not sure what to do)
Put the wpa_supplicant on your phone(anywhere you want)
Start the phone and run Root Explorer.(Your wifi should be turned off from now on)
Find the wpa_supplicant you uploaded on the phone, copy it,and go to system/bin/ folder.
Paste and overwrite.Make sure you see r/w on the top of the /bin folder, otherwise it wont overwrite.

Its very simple and I guarantee it works on every galaxy s with Darkys ROM, because ive done it like 20 times now and havent had any problem with wifi.it works like charm.

I did this, found the wireless network, but can't seem to supply any password, so I can only use this in open mode

Janaboy · Jan 28, 2011

x

Help me please!
On Desire Z can be possible use the update.zip without any modification? Or i need change the recovery? or something like that!

Thank you!
Janaboy

yunpo123 · Jan 30, 2011

rabatinova said:
For all GALAXY S users.
Easiest way to do that.
I use Darkys ROM btw.(I think its the fastest one, gets updated very often, and if you already have this ROM, next update wont erase installed apps, but its all up to you)

Download Darkys ROM - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=814091
Download wpa_supplicant - http://rapidshare.com/files/440030406/wpa_supplicant

Flash Darkys ROM (XXJPY).(there is a full guide on that page if youre not sure what to do)
Put the wpa_supplicant on your phone(anywhere you want)
Start the phone and run Root Explorer.(Your wifi should be turned off from now on)
Find the wpa_supplicant you uploaded on the phone, copy it,and go to system/bin/ folder.
Paste and overwrite.Make sure you see r/w on the top of the /bin folder, otherwise it wont overwrite.

Its very simple and I guarantee it works on every galaxy s with Darkys ROM, because ive done it like 20 times now and havent had any problem with wifi.it works like charm.

Very sorry to disturb you, but would like to ask you about, because I am using the HTC HD2 Wi-Fi Router to share Viewsonic Tablet system for the Android 2.2, and use your file and not the successful implementation of the Wifi Ad-Hoc mode Can ask about how to modify it? Because my English is not very good, so there may be some mistakes, very sorry.
PS. I have a Viewsonic Tablet has Root, but also they have the program attempt to modify the wpa_supplicant, but still does not work, why they ask you, thank you.

hystrix65 · Jan 31, 2011

Is there anyone who can help a very ignorant newbye?
I own a chinese tablet, android 2.1, model HW-701T. I tried to connect my mobile phone, a Wm6.1 mobile, to use it as a wifi hot spot, using WMWifiRouter. My tablet can't see the wifi, android doesn't support ad-hoc IBSS. That's why reading here and there i found this thread.
Now I'd like to try to install this zip, but i really don't know how to do it. I don't know how to change the permissions to work into the directories, i don't know how to make a backup of everything before starting to play, and finally i don't know how to install this zip file.
Is there someone who can write me a brief tutorial or who can tell me where i can find some instructions?
THanks in advance!

ssmr2t · Feb 1, 2011

Thanks for the info!!! Totally NOOB question, but what the heck do I do with that text document? :lol:

DO I Zip it into a text file and rename it "update.zip-> paste it on to my SD card and install on CW?

Thanks, and sorry for being such a noob

conorkickass · Feb 6, 2011

EDIT: CONFIRMED update.zip works on ezGingerbread alphas.

hystrix65 · Feb 7, 2011

I've learnt many things!
I've copied the file: wpa_adhoc-signed.zip into my sdcard and renamed to update.zip

I boot my tablet, a S22 chinese named M701 or HW-701T, then i choose:

apply sdcard:update.zip

THen:

-- Install from sdcard...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.

What shall i do??
Thanks

flyhalf86 · Feb 8, 2011

Create Ad-Hoc Network

Hi i have an LG Optimus One Smartphone and i have succesfully enabled Wifi ad-hoc on my phone following the guides of this thread. But I have one question: if i want to create an ad-hoc network from my smartphone what i have to do??
I have installed iwconfig on my phone but if i try

su iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc essid essid-name;

nothing happens and the wifi interface remains in Managed mode and i don't understand why this happens. Thank you in advance for the help.

felixonmars · Feb 10, 2011

I found a strange issue with the patch... Every time when I connected to an ad-hoc network, my phone would create an open network ssid with the same name as the one I connected to, so that other devices could only try to connect to the non-password one and failed timed out when "obtaining address".
The bug also affects it if I disconnected to the network and when tried to reconnect to it, I can only see the non-password one and cannot connect either. I have to create two ssid on my computer with different names and once disconnected, I have to switch to the other one so that my phone can connect to it again.
Is it a common issue or specific only for me?

(btw, sorry for my poor English and wish you guys could understand...)

csurfer · Feb 18, 2011

Ok, been searching, reading and still can't seem to find the answer. This really should be easier! In any case I need some help before I lose my mind...LOL

Viewsonic Tablet: Android 2.2
Rom: VEGAn-TAB -V 1.0.0B5.1

Trying to tether to to WM 6.5 using WMWifiRouter 2.0.

My Viewsonic tablet detects the ad-hoc mode with without any problem, connects and gets an IP address.

The problem, I can't seem to access the internet through this ad-hoc connection.

I've used the same setup on various laptops without any issues.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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