Wireless Tether and Official Gingerbread, does it work?
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Seems this to be accurate information. I have SBF'd, taken the OTA, rooted, then flashed CM7 and Barnacle seems to work without a hitch. Thanks for your input.
its not that barnicle has some sort of work around to allow tethering to work, its that 2nd init roms such as cm and miui dont have the script that allows verizon to see whether your thethering or not, since its basically all vanilla android. there still is no work around for users using the stock rom that doesnt involve hacking the radio.
I used Barnacle until I ran into the snag of not getting my PS3 to see the adhoc, so I switched to Wireless Tether for Root Users figuring that if Barnacle works, then Wireless Tether should too. I figured as much about the script. It doesn't matter, CM7 is what I want, I just didn't know it. I had been using Fission and Apex because they were stock roms, but hadn't tried CM since I had my HTC G2 way back a year ago and I didn't like it then. I was surprised to see how smooth it runs, and I'm anxious to see the battery improvements. Thanks again for your help, idefiler6.
I got the official Verizon upgrade to Gingerbread and am now running 2.2.3 on Droid 2. I rooted the phone and I tried Open Garden and Barnacle. All that happens is I'm directed to the Verizon Wireless site that says you have to pay twenty dollars a month to use wireless tether. Not sure what options there are for this, I've been looking at various user groups and have not found a fix yet.
Send me a pm with your email. There is beta 7 that works but for some reason it was taken off, probably because it actually works.
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Wifi Tether Beta 6 working
Hey all,
Confirming that Wireless Tether Beta 6 works great after rooting the D2 OTA Gingerbread update.
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/detail?name=wifi_tether_v3_1-beta6.apk&can=2&q=
Go to settings and select Droid X device profile and then start tethering.
DO NOT select or change anything on the stock Verizon tether app that starts up when you start thethering with Wifi Thether. Just let it do it's thing in the background. It'll close when you shut down Wifi Tether.
Later!
Hey all,
Confirming that Wireless Tether Beta 6 works great after rooting the D2 OTA Gingerbread update.
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/detail?name=wifi_tether_v3_1-beta6.apk&can=2&q=
Go to settings and select Droid X device profile and then start tethering.
DO NOT select or change anything on the stock Verizon tether app that starts up when you start thethering with Wifi Thether. Just let it do it's thing in the background. It'll close when you shut down Wifi Tether.
Later!
This didn't work for me! It sent me to the Verizon "sign up for our overpriced wifi tethering" page
I am running Droid 2, up to date with their OTA updates (gingerbread).....
How do I get wifi tethering using the gingerbread that I have?
I am running Droid 2, up to date with their OTA updates (gingerbread).....
How do I get wifi tethering using the gingerbread that I have?
I used the Wugpacked zip to get mine to work. I downloaded his tether patch, as well as his unpatch in case I ever need to clean up my work.
Unzip the patch and follow his instructions via a readme. Very simple, you'll install it as an update through bootloader unless my memory is failing me. The patch removes the file that is tracking your phone to keep tethering from working. I'm assuming you know you are breaking a ToS to do this, so I'm not advising it, just telling you how.
It installed tether version 3.0 experimental on my phone. Which it may be updated more from now, as I did this months ago. Then the trick is still getting the tether program to work.
Setting my phone profile to Droid2 didn't work. I have mine set as a Droid X(CDMA) and it works brilliantly with the Setup-method on Auto.
It's a long way around the block, but that is exactly what I did to my phone to get tethering. It was a risk I was willing to take.
Unzip the patch and follow his instructions via a readme. Very simple, you'll install it as an update through bootloader unless my memory is failing me. The patch removes the file that is tracking your phone to keep tethering from working. I'm assuming you know you are breaking a ToS to do this, so I'm not advising it, just telling you how.
It installed tether version 3.0 experimental on my phone. Which it may be updated more from now, as I did this months ago. Then the trick is still getting the tether program to work.
Setting my phone profile to Droid2 didn't work. I have mine set as a Droid X(CDMA) and it works brilliantly with the Setup-method on Auto.
It's a long way around the block, but that is exactly what I did to my phone to get tethering. It was a risk I was willing to take.
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1Try barnacle tether, it's free and on the market (for those getting redirected)
EDIT: Confirmed with my laptop just now. Barnacle works great, does not redirect to any site at all.
I would try CM7, especially if you just got the OTA update. It's been getting rave reviews and is amazing on battery life. Droidforums has all the info.1I used the Wugpacked zip to get mine to work. I downloaded his tether patch, as well as his unpatch in case I ever need to clean up my work.
Unzip the patch and follow his instructions via a readme. Very simple, you'll install it as an update through bootloader unless my memory is failing me. The patch removes the file that is tracking your phone to keep tethering from working. I'm assuming you know you are breaking a ToS to do this, so I'm not advising it, just telling you how.
It installed tether version 3.0 experimental on my phone. Which it may be updated more from now, as I did this months ago. Then the trick is still getting the tether program to work.
Setting my phone profile to Droid2 didn't work. I have mine set as a Droid X(CDMA) and it works brilliantly with the Setup-method on Auto.
It's a long way around the block, but that is exactly what I did to my phone to get tethering. It was a risk I was willing to take.
