Which version of the app is working for you? I'm using the 11/18 and it works but it just doesn't seem "solid".
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Which version of the app is working for you? I'm using the 11/18 and it works but it just doesn't seem "solid".
Right, that would be 11_22_2012. I almost tried 11/18 but stopped after discovering that disabling wifi location services helped.
My expectations aren't that high, given all the tethering problems I've had since the JB update arrived. With TrevE's mod, tethering has remained up for 40-odd minutes (longest I've tried so far) where 2 minutes was rare before.
Problem! Why after about 20 mins playin on my ps3 through this app my network get disconnected & da wifi sign disappear i got frustrated & stop playin my ps3.
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Thanks. After last night though I might just stick with my 11/18. I DL a movie to my tablet via Dropbox and it stayed connected for HOURS (Sprint is sooo frustratingly slow but less annoying when I'm sleeping - lol). One thing I changed was the DNS to Open DNS http://www.opendns.com/opendns-ip-addresses these are 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.222.220. Try that and if connection time improves please let me know. Others may get better mileage with this too and it's easy enough to try.
Working on VZW Rooted, Stock K1 leak
Thanks TrevE and Dunderball. I second Dundeball's findings. Tethers great and wifi works fine after stopping tether. I'm using the 11-22 version and the only changes I made were to enable encryption and set "reload 2" option. I'm running the 11-20 version of open1your1eyes0's Stock, rooted VLBLK1 leak. Thanks again.
Thanks TrevE and Dunderball. I second Dundeball's findings. Tethers great and wifi works fine after stopping tether. I'm using the 11-22 version and the only changes I made were to enable encryption and set "reload 2" option. I'm running the 11-20 version of open1your1eyes0's Stock, rooted VLBLK1 leak. Thanks again.
My daughter is version 3.5
We hope to upgrade to 4.0 soon as 3.5 has a lot of "no!" exception error responses when inputting commands.
Edit: Strangly enough, when we used to run the program Ice Cream Sandwich in the past...we never got those exception errors. Odd.
So this app works beautifully, however after about a week of using this app I started to get Push messages from T-mobile stating "smartphone mobile hotspot (tethering) access has been blocked (see screen shot).
I thought we didn't need the service to use this app?!
I thought we didn't need the service to use this app?!
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T-Mobile is special. They don't block apps but they actively monitor your web traffic to make sure you aren't using a desktop web browser. If you tether using an Android tablet for example all your websites will work. I figured the only work around which I have been using is implement my own VPN server at home (I do my own because I don't trust free public ones with my bank data etc...but you can use them if you want). They idea is whatever device you connect to your phone that you want to use the tether connection from just join the VPN and that way it secures the traffic so T-Mobile can't tell if you're using a desktop web browser or not as it's all encrypted.
Can you point out how to do that?? And thank you very much for that information.
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Quick guide to create your own VPN server
The router port forward is important but that will be up to you guys to setup since all routers are different but the idea is the same "a rule that forwards port 1723 to the local IP address of your VPN computer".
Also: How to connect to VPN using a Windows 7 device (desktop/laptop)
I had no ideo Tmobile policed the browsing traffic. I wonder if the Orweb app would solve this.
Thank you
Just activated my first rooted phone today. (Swappa purchase) I am running Cleanrom 5.0. It has super SU. Installed v11-22, enabled encryption, wifi driver reload 2 and everything worked like a champ. Tried it with my laptop and Nexus 7. Carrier-Verizon Thanks so much!!!
Just activated my first rooted phone today. (Swappa purchase) I am running Cleanrom 5.0. It has super SU. Installed v11-22, enabled encryption, wifi driver reload 2 and everything worked like a champ. Tried it with my laptop and Nexus 7. Carrier-Verizon Thanks so much!!!
Yeah... unfortunately that's the only reason they brought back true unlimited data, you can't tether or even legitimately purchase a tethering option with that plan.
if you accidentally turn on wifi on the 22 version, it kills wifi all together unless you restart
doesn't do that on version 18...im going back to that again
doesn't do that on version 18...im going back to that again
Those who have sprint phones and are having wifi tether disconnect, you need to disable sprint connection optimizer in settings or you can remove the connection manager.apk in system/apps.
I don't have that issue with 11-18 with Superusersu and jrummy's (must be) busy box installed.
Can you test that one?
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Since version 18 doesn't support encryption, this morning I tried V2 and V3 (with wi-fi off) and both would only only work for about 20 seconds.
It was a pita but I uninstalled before each new install etc... Maybe I'm missing a setting.
I think we need a "Sprint survey" of who has what working and if it's not 18 what their setting are. I would like encryption but it doesn't work with 18 that I can tell otherwise I really wouldn't care.
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275Before we start I have to throw out props to Eschelon, NxtGenCowboy, Virus, Ziggy471 and of course to the wifi-tether guys as well as cyanogen for the needed source/binaries (pre-11/18 versions) which allowed me to find the right path to get this 100% working. Also had awesome testers proxhack / jlmr731 and especially joshbeach. They all were essential to getting this all working. I still don't have a GS3 so poor Eschelon/NxtGenCowboy probably wiped/installed about 100 builds before this worked (and after when I lost source... grumble). Thanks to everyone that helped.
Legal/GPL Stuff
Carriers hate tethering, you all know that. Use at your own risk/with common sense & dont blame me for anything that goes wrong
WifiTether is under the GPLv3 license, so below is the source for the mods
Code:Original Source - https://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/ Modded Source - http://svn.ziggy471.com/treve-tether
Configuration:
*Latest Build recommended, these are just a few devices I have tested on*
Setup-Method:: (auto should have right defaults, might need to force)
Other Settings
Heres some geek details on basic binaries how the backend of wifi-tether works. The main modes I played with and required files are as detailed below:
Code:[B]Netd-ndc mode[/B] (Wifi Tether JB Default) -/system/bin/ndc (wrapper for netd) -/system/bin/netd (actual netd service) --Commands Executed /system/bin/ndc softap stopap /system/bin/ndc softap stop wlan0 /system/bin/ndc softap fwreload wlan0 AP /system/bin/ndc softap start wlan0 /system/bin/ndc softap set wlan0 wlan0 SSID encryption key channel (maxclients) 0 8 /system/bin/ndc softap startap /system/bin/ndc interface setcfg wlan0 192.168.2.254 255.255.255.0 up [B]Netd mode[/B] -/system/bin/netd (netd service) --Commands are basically the same as above, but direct to netd service [B]HostAP mode[/B] (used by stock tether app/fallback mode) -/system/bin/hostap (hostap service, init.qcom.rc looks for config /data/hostapd/hostapd.conf)
New Options
Framework Tether(Fallback)
Use this if you have issues with wifitether mode. It forces on a wifihotspot using just framework. This has been reported to not throw up the paywall nag screen on some devices/carriers but YMMV. It may be able to be used nonroot as well if you ignore the initial warning.
Send NetdNDC Max Client CMD
This modifies the standard ndc command string to add in the Max Client parameter. More details are in post here
Wifi-Driver reload
This is the standard driver reload for wifi tether. It runs inside one script "./tether start|stop".
Wifi-Driver reload 2
This is a modified command that reloads firmware in a separate su request before the tether-edify code is run. May require SuperSU.apk
Use Cyanogen Hostapd Binary
This is the old method and is totally removed stating with the 11/20 update
The hostapd binary contained in atleast touchwiz JB contains extra fields explained above. If the extra commands are not working on X device you can try to fall back to this binary. This uses a dirty hack which installs hostapd and symlinks between versions for native or WifiTether mode. As long as you start and stop wifitether things should always line up. If you get into an issue where you crash things might get out of sync but should fix themselves next toggle of wifi tether. I have also added in menu items for the gs3 to manually swap binaries around.
*You must have a proper setup busybox for the GS3 code to work right. It moves system files around - you might win a reflash if things really go bad*
*Cyanogen Hostapd Symlink option only*- Make a system backup, it modifies sys files so theres a chance it will break something
Bugs
- You might have to toggle stuff on and off once first if you run into errors. I think there's an error on first creation of config
- If you switch modes between native wifitether and fallback mode (or stock tethering), your phone may spontaneously combust(wifi crashes) after the routing mess that ensues. Just reboot and you'll be all set again.
- Seems to work better on SuperSU - Probably due to the per-app permissions vs per command.
Download:
**EVERY BUILD YOU MUST UNINSTALL OLD VERSIONS FIRST OR ATLEAST CLEAR APP DATA, IT DOES NOT UPGRADE NICELY**
-If you have problems, scroll down and read FAQ in post2 before posting
WifiTether-TrevE_Mod_04-17-2013.apk - Link Soon
Older Versions:
***This app is signed with my certificate, you will need to uninstall old versions of wifitether first to use this***40FAQ
- AP Starts but unable to connect - Make sure Send Netd max client mode option is on if your on JellyBean. read p1 for required settings
- Tether does not start / Adapter does not work after tether- Try to turn off Wifi-Driver Reload #1 and turn on Wifi-Driver Reload #2
- Tether cuts off on on charger connect/disconnect- Try to turn off connection optimizer. More here from eyecon82 http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=34467459&postcount=148
mystery_tx_man suggests removing connection manager apk - http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=34838831&postcount=218
- Phone takes back control of wifi- Youll notice a "What the hell" toast message. Somehow the phone moved wifi state, either you toggled an app that turns on wifi or some system process was thinking for you. Disable whatever is doing it.
cyrnel suggests disabling wireless network location services - http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=34721619&postcount=200
If you get it on screen shut off try changing "Wifi During Sleep" - on htc its menu -> settings - wifi -> menu -> Advanced -> Keep Wifi on during sleep -> Always
- You get a Tmobile Hotspot page-
Changing APNs is reported to work by Gandoff without changing useragent- http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=34629321&postcount=191
Changing user agents works as described by mad_unix http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=34388089#post34388089 and free_man http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=34500399#post34500399
open1your1eyes0 has some vpn setup links which should also work - http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=34798223&postcount=211
- XXXX still doesnt work - First try SuperSU. This will avoid a lot of headaches. Then make sure you are on latest version and that you have uninstalled/cleared app data when you went to a newer version. Read over the last few pages of thread at least too to make sure its not a known issue then go for it and post away. Make sure you include Carrier / Device / Rom / SU application.
Debugging Issues
For those people having issues on other gs3 like devices / roms / whatever I do not even have a gs3 so this is all blind. To try to help debugging I created a script to hopefully grab information needed. This should help from both working/nonworking devices to help eliminate the stupid symlink code and fix up other devices.
The scripts point is to try to get a working AP. If you can post how you did it and we can get source changed. By default it does no driver reloads and starts an Open AP with SSID TrevScript.
First grab the latest script from svn (ill update it with more info after I get some logs so make sure you have latest)
http://svn.ziggy471.com/treve-tether/ grab tetherdebug.sh
Code:adb push tetherdebug.sh /system/xbin/ adb shell chmod 755 /system/xbin/tetherdebug.sh adb shell busybox dos2unix /system/xbin/tetherdebug.sh
Make sure wifi is on but do not start witfitethering. All you want to do is run "Set Binaries to WifiTether" option in the menu of app then follow below code
rename the file to tether_wifibinaries.log. Check to see if any AP is available.Code:adb shell su -c tetherdebug.sh adb pull /data/local/tmp/tether.log
now run "Set Binaries to Native" option in app and reboot device
adb reboot
When the device comes back up, rerun the script.
rename the file to tether_nativebinaries.log. Check to see if any AP is available.Code:adb shell su -c tetherdebug.sh adb pull /data/local/tmp/tether.log
reboot after you get the file.
adb reboot
ADVANCED
If you know what you are doing you can try to find a working combo. I added in the following command line args
ARG1 = ENCRYPTION. NONE/WPA2
ARG2 = DRIVERRELOAD. NONE/insmod/mfgloader
ARG3 = DRIVERTOLOAD. /system/lib/modules/dhd.ko (or whatever module is, required if ARG2 is set)
Examples:
Make sure wifi is on but do not start witfitethering. All you want to do is run "Set Binaries to WifiTether" option in the menu of app to start with a known working base then follow below code
try no encryption with insmod where your wifi module is /system/lib/modules/dhd.ko
Code:adb shell su -c tetherdebug.sh NONE insmod /system/lib/modules/dhd.ko
try no encryption with mfgloader where your wifi module is /system/lib/modules/dhd.ko
Code:adb shell su -c tetherdebug.sh NONE mfgloader /system/lib/modules/dhd.ko
try wpa2 (password is Trev) with insmod where your wifi module is /system/lib/modules/dhd.ko
Code:adb shell su -c tetherdebug.sh WPA2 insmod /system/lib/modules/dhd.ko
There shouldn't be personal information in the debug logs, the most I can think of that would be displayed is if you have an encryption passphrase set in wifitether. Sending the 2 files named with what mode you were in will help get it going elsewhere and hopefully kill the symlink code
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