[Q] S.onyTablet.S v2.5 all-in-tool and adhoc wifi support issues

half1980 · Apr 9, 2012

Hello everyone! I hope i don't post in the wrong section of the forum and since it seems i can't post an answer to the related topic i open this new thread.

I used S.onyTablet.S v2.5 [ALLinONE] as found here (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1515720) to get adhoc wifi support.

After i followed the steps and everything went ok, the device rebooted but the wifi has stopped working permanently. It just hangs up to the "Turning on" dialogue under the wifi settings menu forever.

I ran the all-in-one tool again just to uninstall the adhoc wifi patch everything went ok but wifi still doesn't work. It won't get enabled any more and still hangs up as previously.

I did some manual reboots on the tablet but to no avail.

What should i do? Any ideas to fix this problem?

Thank you for your help in advance!

condi · Apr 9, 2012

Hi,

Use adb shell, get info with commands:

Code:

ls -l /system/bin/wpa_supplicant
ls -l /system/bin/wlan_tool

and post info here.
I've used on my device this function many times,
install adhoc, and then revert back original files,
worked every time.

Have you tried to make factory reset? Wipe?

br
condi

half1980 · Apr 9, 2012

Condi thank you for your immediate response!

I already did a factory reset but wifi doesn't work still. I noticed under the advanced wifi settings menu that mac address is unavailable (i hope that the wifi interface/chip isn't destroyed)!

As for the commands you told me to run here are the results:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb shell
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
$ ls -l /system/bin/wpa_supplicant
ls -l /system/bin/wpa_supplicant
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 0 2012-04-09 22:21 wpa_supplicant
$ ls -l /system/bin/wlan_tool
ls -l /system/bin/wlan_tool
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 10960 2012-04-09 22:21 wlan_tool

I hope i did everything right!

Any solution? What do you think?

condi · Apr 9, 2012

half1980 said:
Condi thank you for your immediate response!

I already did a factory reset but wifi doesn't work still. I noticed under the advanced wifi settings menu that mac address is unavailable (i hope that the wifi interface/chip isn't destroyed)!

As for the commands you told me to run here are the results:

I hope i did everything right!

Any solution? What do you think?

give me one more info:

Code:

mount | grep /system
ps | grep wpa_supplicant

Your problem is that somehow wpa_supplicant
has not been copied. Its empty.
Post the info, and I will give you commands to manually fix this.
Also check on PC in AiO directory - /backups dir - if there
is wpa_supplicant binary? correct or just empty file?

br
condi

half1980 · Apr 9, 2012

Results of the commands you told me to ran:

Code:

$ mount | grep /system
mount | grep /system
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /system ext4 ro,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
$ ps | grep wpa_supplicant
ps | grep wpa_supplicant

Regarding the backup directory in AiO folder there are 2 files: one file named orig_wlan_tool with a size of 11 KB and a file named orig_wpa_supplicant with a size of 320 KB.

Tbh i don't know if they are the correct files but they surely don't seem to be empty!

condi · Apr 9, 2012

half1980 said:
Results of the commands you told me to ran:

Code:

$ mount | grep /system mount | grep /system /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /system ext4 ro,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0 $ ps | grep wpa_supplicant ps | grep wpa_supplicant

Regarding the backup directory in AiO folder there are 2 files: one file named orig_wlan_tool with a size of 11 KB and a file named orig_wpa_supplicant with a size of 320 KB.

Tbh i don't know if they are the correct files but they surely don't seem to be empty!

Okkkk I see whats wrong!

Your tab is first one which I see to be using p3 instead of p2 partition.
Tell me more info about your tab?
Firmware version? Device version? Region info?

You've got mmcblk0p3 as /system,
instead of all of us - mmcblk0p2.

Maybe we will figure out how to 'switch' between
two partitions of /system

I will put a 'detection' of current /system partition in next
version, which will work on every tab.

Give me a min, and check PM for temp solution

And give me info about your tab!

br
condi

half1980 · Apr 10, 2012

First of all, i would like to thank you for your help! I am really grateful for everything you did to help me fix my tablet! After the files you sent me everything works just fine! Thank you very much again!

As for my tablet the info you requested are the following:

Model number: SGPT114IT
Country: Italy
Android version: 3.2.1 (release 2)
Baseband version: R3B01
Kernel version: 2.6.36.3 integ-build@build 6#1

I you need more info just ask me and i would be happy to help you!

One last thing though: Now that i ran the adhoc enabler with the fix provided by you did i actually install it or not? I mean will the adhoc work or i will just have to wait for the new version of the AiO tool?

Also after the factory reset there is a new system update. Should i install it or i will have problems?

Thank you again for your precious help!

condi · Apr 10, 2012

half1980 said:
First of all, i would like to thank you for your help! I am really grateful for everything you did to help me fix my tablet! After the files you sent me everything works just fine! Thank you very much again!

As for my tablet the info you requested are the following:

Model number: SGPT114IT
Country: Italy
Android version: 3.2.1 (release 2)
Baseband version: R3B01
Kernel version: 2.6.36.3 integ-build@build 6#1

I you need more info just ask me and i would be happy to help you!

One last thing though: Now that i ran the adhoc enabler with the fix provided by you did i actually install it or not? I mean will the adhoc work or i will just have to wait for the new version of the AiO tool?

Also after the factory reset there is a new system update. Should i install it or i will have problems?

Thank you again for your precious help!

You can just use the version which I gave you

Rerun it and you will see if it will enable adhoc,
or it will gonna ask if you want to revert changes.

About the update - you can just pull out the update from device,
but don't update it - this can be update with kernel #10 which is non rootable.

Just click DOWNLOAD UPDATE, then after finish DON'T CLICK UPDATE,
just use root explorer, go to /cache/ota directory, and copy the update from there.

Then post here name of the file, maybe we could figure out
what version you have.

If you used 'rescue-backdoor' option, then its normal that you have
notification about the update. You can disable the notification if you want,
with proper function of AiO.

Thanks for the info about your tab!

br
condi

PS. got the /system partition 'detector' ready and working!

its waiting for v2.6, gonna make some additional new functionality and then release.

hogaburger · Apr 10, 2012

By the way condi, I appreciate you adding the adhoc feature to your tool (which I suggested at one point). I can't post in a development thread yet so I figure this is as good a place as any to say thanks! Now I can tether to my phone with absolutely no hassle

half1980 · Apr 10, 2012

condi said:
You can just use the version which I gave you
Rerun it and you will see if it will enable adhoc,
or it will gonna ask if you want to revert changes.

About the update - you can just pull out the update from device,
but don't update it - this can be update with kernel #10 which is non rootable.

Just click DOWNLOAD UPDATE, then after finish DON'T CLICK UPDATE,
just use root explorer, go to /cache/ota directory, and copy the update from there.

Then post here name of the file, maybe we could figure out
what version you have.

If you used 'rescue-backdoor' option, then its normal that you have
notification about the update. You can disable the notification if you want,
with proper function of AiO.

Thanks for the info about your tab!

br
condi

PS. got the /system partition 'detector' ready and working!
its waiting for v2.6, gonna make some additional new functionality and then release.

Tbh i used the "rescue-backdoor" option but i din't think there will be a problem regarding the updates. Anyway the name of the file, the update file, is signed-nbx03_010-ota-0042.004 and has a size of 183 MB. Should i use the update or the tablet will become unrooted after?

Also something i didn't mention earlier: my tablet is the wifi/3g version and the build number is THMAS0102400.

sapphire88 · Apr 11, 2012

i have the same tablet (sgpt 114s/it) and i have the same problem, solved by reinstalling the original signed ota update with the backdoor and the aio function, now i have wifi back but i will not try the adhoc function as of now..

condi · Apr 11, 2012

sapphire88 said:
i have the same tablet (sgpt 114s/it) and i have the same problem, solved by reinstalling the original signed ota update with the backdoor and the aio function, now i have wifi back but i will not try the adhoc function as of now..

only italian tablets so far

its resolved in v2.6, just wait,
will release it, when I will add some another functions,
not only for this small fix.

br
condi

mbeckenbach · May 20, 2012

Same issues

Hi!

i have the same issues with my sony tablet s (3g version).

i did the "Add WiFi AD-HOC Support." option with version 3.1 of the aio tool. after that the wifi menu just tells me it hat an error enabling the wifi.
i did "Add WiFi AD-HOC Support." again to restore stock. Same issue. tried to reinstall the official ota update -> requires wifi....
i did not yet set the device to factory default.

can you please help me with repairing the wifi?

Edit:
Ok... Found a solution.

1. Do a hard reset from the recovery menu (power and vol+)
--> Wifi does not work now
2. Root the device using the aio tool
3. add the wifi adhoc support again
--> Wifi works...

thx
max

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