PPP Widget - easy use of external phone or 3G modem

JFDee · Aug 1, 2012

Rusty_Gunn said:
although not developed form my tab, i tried and it appears to not install corretly on the acer a510(rooted). no pppwidget dir is create nor can i find the files under their standard directories, ie usb mode switch. as a result just get an error from pppwidget when i plug in a wireless stick. (sierra wireless 306 and sierra wireless 598usb).

The pppwidget folder on /sdcard as well as the unpacking of the binaries should happen on the first call of the widget (actually placing it on the "desktop"), right after the root check. Did you do that successfully?

The binaries are not in their "standard directories". The widget does not intrude any system folders - one of my goals is to leave the system alone apart from using the "su" tool. There is only the app tree in /data/data and the folder in /sdcard.

Rusty_Gunn · Aug 2, 2012

JFDee said:
The pppwidget folder on /sdcard as well as the unpacking of the binaries should happen on the first call of the widget (actually placing it on the "desktop"), right after the root check. Did you do that successfully?

The binaries are not in their "standard directories". The widget does not intrude any system folders - one of my goals is to leave the system alone apart from using the "su" tool. There is only the app tree in /data/data and the folder in /sdcard.

thanks for the reply! i installed the apk, and ive tried both 0.95 and 0.96. i plug in my wireless stick, it asks if i would like to open it with pppwidget, i hit ok, then it gives and error and exits. su never pops up for permission, and the pppwidget dir is never created.

nice work on not intruding on the system dirs.

JFDee · Aug 2, 2012

Rusty_Gunn said:
i plug in my wireless stick, it asks if i would like to open it with pppwidget, i hit ok, then it gives and error and exits. su never pops up for permission, and the pppwidget dir is never created.

I'm still wondering: do you have the widget open on your screen? Don't plug in before you see its message "No modem".

I probably have to amend the documentation.

superhotluv · Aug 2, 2012

Godwarrior1 said:
for the developer I am reporting a bug that has to do with a constant message that appears each time I insert the usb dongle saying "the application has stopped" and does not allow me to connect the device. The application has crashed several times. When I reboot the system starts working again just for a while. I am using 0.96 latest version. god bless you

Sent from my A500 using xda app-developers app

This is probably because you must be already having another driver installed , like some of the custom ROMs provide RIL based drivers for Huawei 3g modems.

Kratoschile · Aug 2, 2012

It works!!!!

I'm using the stock ics and a Huawei E176 modem

Thanks you for your excellent work

Enviado desde mi A500 usando Tapatalk 2

aranna · Aug 2, 2012

Unable to download app on google play or others but web pages working well normal ?

Rusty_Gunn · Aug 2, 2012

JFDee said:
I'm still wondering: do you have the widget open on your screen? Don't plug in before you see its message "No modem".

I probably have to amend the documentation.

that fixed it, thanks. i didnt realize i had to add the wiget to my home screen.

i tried two modems, one worked perfectly, the second the wiget just said 'search or modem...' no matterhow long i waited. i assume that means the modem is unsupported?

superhotluv · Aug 3, 2012

aranna said:
Unable to download app on google play or others but web pages working well normal ?

same problem here

Moreover if I try the apps like teamviewer or skype, they both don't work

I believe only HTTP based services are working. :crying:

landscapelinux · Aug 3, 2012

It works!!!

My experience is as follows:

I first installed the apk.
After that I had to rebbot the Iconia, because I couldn't find the widget.
After the rebbot, it was in the widget section. I moved on the desktop, and it asked me for SU permissions.
I changed the parameters, basically only the APN internet.wind (I'm in Italy,) and put a username and a password.

I connected my USB dongle which is a ONDA MT503HSA, pushed connect, and it worked. I can only use it with stock browser, and sometimes I have to reload some pages, but it basically works fine for me.

I'm on civato's Re-Flexx Rev_4

Thanks...

JFDee · Aug 3, 2012

To all users who are wondering about some programs not working:

Every app that relies on the Android OS' online state information before connecting will think the device is offline.
Every app that just goes ahead and tries to access the network will happily work.

I spent the better part of the week's evenings exploring the Android source code to figure out a way to make the OS change its network awareness. So far, there seems to be no way in the Iconia stock ROM.

This is a well known problem. If there will not be a change in coming versions of Android, then we know that this restriction is intended.

JFDee · Aug 3, 2012

To stay on the positive side of things, here are some of my apps that work flawlessly:

Opera Browser (downloading works well)
K-9 Mail
Google Earth
YouTube
probably thousands of others ...

csk213 · Aug 3, 2012

try using TTY_PPP

JFDee · Aug 3, 2012

csk213 said:
try using TTY_PPP

Hmm, thanks for your reply, but it is a little cryptic. Even Google could not help ...

Falcon1 · Aug 3, 2012

It does not work

superhotluv said:
This is probably because you must be already having another driver installed , like some of the custom ROMs provide RIL based drivers for Huawei 3g modems.

No, I am also on civato's Re-Flexx Rev_4 and I do not have any Ril-daemon software installed previously and furthermore I have tried with 2 custom roms and the same thing happens with both. A window appears saying "The aplication has stopped" and does not work anymore.

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csk213 said:
try using TTY_PPP

How does TTY_PPP work. Could you please make a very little manual ! !!! thanks

a.child · Aug 3, 2012

would a usb-ethernet cable plugged into a modem/router work too? If it does, I will give you money.

haytham-88 · Aug 5, 2012

It Works ,and i'm using android 4.1.1
CM-10-20120723-unofficial-a500
THANK YOU !!!!

nifterific · Aug 6, 2012

In the first post when it says you can connect via phone, thats USB tethering right? Because I installed the app, gave it SU permissions, dropped it on my home screen, and it constantly tells me its not connected even when I plug my phone into the USB slot and enable USB tethering. It finds nothing.

JFDee · Aug 6, 2012

nifterific said:
In the first post when it says you can connect via phone, thats USB tethering right?

No, not exactly.

Android's USB tethering is intended to pass its own active Internet connection (WiFi or Mobile) on to a connected PC/laptop computer.
AFAIK, this is using a USB network protocol.

PPP Widget expects a phone or a stick with a modem interface that it can send "AT"commands to.
So you have to set up your phone to provide a modem mode. Don't enable "Tethering" on your tablet.

JFDee · Aug 6, 2012

a.child said:
would a usb-ethernet cable plugged into a modem/router work too?

This would depend on the availability of the USB Ethernet driver on the tablet. Frankly, I don't know ...

nifterific · Aug 6, 2012

JFDee said:
No, not exactly.

Android's USB tethering is intended to pass its own active Internet connection (WiFi or Mobile) on to a connected PC/laptop computer.
AFAIK, this is using a USB network protocol.

PPP Widget expects a phone or a stick with a modem interface that it can send "AT"commands to.
So you have to set up your phone to provide a modem mode. Don't enable "Tethering" on your tablet.

I wasn't enabling tethering on my tablet, I enabled it on my phone to see if it would pass the connection through USB to the tablet like it does my PC. My carrier doesn't block USB or wifi tethering, so if it was going to work, it should have. Oh well, wifi tethering works, I was more testing this out of curiosity.

If anyone was curious, I'm running Tegraowners v170.

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