Wifi Tether for Root Users - slow speeds, throttled?

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Anyone else here installed Wifi Tether for Root Users? play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.googlecode.android.wifi.tether

I have an unlimited data plan and I want to make the best use of my rooted handset. I've set it up and can get online, but I'm only getting .7/3 mbps while with the speedtest.net app I easily get 10/10+

With the default install in adhoc mode it wasn't working, so I changed the default profile to Generic ICS and the Setup-Method to Auto (which I think defaults to Netd(master)) I have wifi-driver reload enabled and I have tried with and without the "Routing fix"

Anyone have any experience with wifi tether, and maybe can suggest a fix/config that will work?

Originally Posted by zackiv31

Anyone else here installed Wifi Tether for Root Users? play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.googlecode.android.wifi.tether

I have an unlimited data plan and I want to make the best use of my rooted handset. I've set it up and can get online, but I'm only getting .7/3 mbps while with the speedtest.net app I easily get 10/10+

With the default install in adhoc mode it wasn't working, so I changed the default profile to Generic ICS and the Setup-Method to Auto (which I think defaults to Netd(master)) I have wifi-driver reload enabled and I have tried with and without the "Routing fix"

Anyone have any experience with wifi tether, and maybe can suggest a fix/config that will work?

I'm curious: what happens if you disable TetheringGuard.apk (using pm or by deleting it)? Does that make the standard tethering feature in Wifi settings work?

(I have a shared data plan with built-in tethering, so I can't try it.)

Originally Posted by amluto

I'm curious: what happens if you disable TetheringGuard.apk (using pm or by deleting it)? Does that make the standard tethering feature in Wifi settings work?

(I have a shared data plan with built-in tethering, so I can't try it.)

I renamed the apk and the obex file, adding a .bak extension.

Wifi Tether speeds are unchanged.

Mobile Hotspot won't turn on (I usually get a message that says it's not on my account).

Not sure what to try next...

Originally Posted by zackiv31

Anyone else here installed Wifi Tether for Root Users? play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.googlecode.android.wifi.tether

I have an unlimited data plan and I want to make the best use of my rooted handset. I've set it up and can get online, but I'm only getting .7/3 mbps while with the speedtest.net app I easily get 10/10+

With the default install in adhoc mode it wasn't working, so I changed the default profile to Generic ICS and the Setup-Method to Auto (which I think defaults to Netd(master)) I have wifi-driver reload enabled and I have tried with and without the "Routing fix"

Anyone have any experience with wifi tether, and maybe can suggest a fix/config that will work?

i use easytether (work blocks so many sites and irc and speeds are awful anyway) and have no issues w/ bad speeds

get 25 down / 14 up

Originally Posted by nitsuj17

i use easytether (work blocks so many sites and irc and speeds are awful anyway) and have no issues w/ bad speeds

get 25 down / 14 up

Sorry but I'm trying to get wireless (wifi) tether working... with the "wifi tether" app. So no USB (stand alone hotspot).

Originally Posted by zackiv31

Sorry but I'm trying to get wireless (wifi) tether working... with the "wifi tether" app. So no USB (stand alone hotspot).

yeah im just pointing out that i dont think its a throttling issue

Originally Posted by nitsuj17

yeah im just pointing out that i dont think its a throttling issue

Thanks nitsuj17. I tried EasyTether and my speeds do seem to be more normal. Although that doesn't really give me a whole lot of conclusive evidence that I'm not being throttled. I can think of two possible causes right now:

1. Wifi Tether doesn't work correctly for my phone (which is weird because my uploads rates are 10x that of downloads)
2. Either Verizon or some piece of software on my phone is detecting that I am tethering over wifi and throttling me. I'm not sure what the best way to debug this is... maybe a custom ROM will do something?

Originally Posted by zackiv31

Thanks nitsuj17. I tried EasyTether and my speeds do seem to be more normal. Although that doesn't really give me a whole lot of conclusive evidence that I'm not being throttled. I can think of two possible causes right now:

1. Wifi Tether doesn't work correctly for my phone (which is weird because my uploads rates are 10x that of downloads)
2. Either Verizon or some piece of software on my phone is detecting that I am tethering over wifi and throttling me. I'm not sure what the best way to debug this is... maybe a custom ROM will do something?

ill try barnacle or one of the other wifi tether apps this weekend to see if its that

lol when I bought this phone at Verizon the guy told me that
1) the phone has the wireless charging built into the phone, (lol lucily they had a mat at the store so I made him look like a complete dip**** lol)
2) said that hotspot is now FREE, lmao, said I could share my internet from mt inc4g to up to whatver number devices they say for free.

am i missing something hehe?

Originally Posted by nitsuj17

ill try barnacle or one of the other wifi tether apps this weekend to see if its that

I've tried just about every (free) app out there. I can't get any of the others to work. Android Wifi Tether is the only one that works, but with its speed limitations.

Originally Posted by andybones

lol when I bought this phone at Verizon the guy told me that
1) the phone has the wireless charging built into the phone, (lol lucily they had a mat at the store so I made him look like a complete dip**** lol)
2) said that hotspot is now FREE, lmao, said I could share my internet from mt inc4g to up to whatver number devices they say for free.

am i missing something hehe?

Wifi Hotspot is free IF you switch to the "Share Everything" plan. You're basically buying blocks of data at that point, so they don't really care how you use it. Primarily because you will most likely go over and pay overages.

Some of us have been grandfathered into Unlimited data plans. For us, wifi tether working as well as USB tethering would be amazing.