Tethering does not work, USB or Wifi! SOLVED!!

Karlos G · May 30, 2011

Running 2.3.3 Generic UK ROM, boot loader locked, not rooted, just completely stock!
As soon as I enable tethering (wifi or usb) the phone drops the data connection (H, 3G, etc. disappears from the notification bar) and my laptop says connected but no internet connection, as soon as I disable tethering the data connection comes back.
I have tried disabling and re-enabling data whilst tethered and it will flick up for a second then disappear again!

This is really annoying as I used to use tethering quite a bit with my X10 Mini!

Any idea's welcome!

Thanks!

Karlos G · May 31, 2011

After some googling it seems I'm not the only one with this problem, but no solutions yet...

http://talk.sonyericsson.com/message/77654;jsessionid=69B250E0AC9C9B3160E6F83BFFD8616F.node0

https://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=35313373389&topic=26777&post=145743

Karlos G · Jul 3, 2011

Anyone?
Still having this problem...

datagubben · Jul 4, 2011

I havet the same problem on My Arc.

Sent from my LT15i using XDA Premium App

francoisk · Jul 4, 2011

datagubben said:
I havet the same problem on My Arc.

Sent from my LT15i using XDA Premium App

also me the same problem

Karlos G · Jul 7, 2011

It's quite a big problem IMO, one of the major functions I want to be able to use and cant!!

chanshuikay · Jul 9, 2011

i had exactly the same problem, sent the phone off to sony ericsson for repair, waiting for it to come back.... see what happens...

datagubben · Jul 13, 2011

Oh, it works now very well. I just deleted the old wifi-network connections on the computer and now its flawless.

pierreti · Aug 16, 2011

i am experiencing the same problem. I could tether nicely with my X10 and now with my newer and faster Arc, I can't share wifi, which is annoying when I'm out with my ipad and need a wifi connection

SE! we need a fix ASAP!

Ambroos · Aug 16, 2011

I've done some tethering with 3.0.1.A.0.145 and it worked flawlessly? Multiple devices at the same time, all of them had pretty smooth internet!

Karlos G · Aug 16, 2011

Lucky you!!

lol

This problem still exists for me, I try again everynow and then and have only had it work once with a friends iPhone4 connected.

ZaQX10 · Aug 17, 2011

Does it help if you put ",dun" under APN settings>APN Type ?

If there is something already under APN type field just put a ",dun" next to it, save settings and try it by turning on Wifi hotspot.

Or if the field is empty just put there "default,dun" save setting and try.

Hope it helps.

Ambroos · Aug 17, 2011

My APN is default,supl and it works perfectly!

Sent from my MT15i using XDA App

jkamilo · Aug 17, 2011

I have the same issue!

Any help??

Karlos G · Aug 17, 2011

This worked for me!!!!

All you need to do is go to Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names

Select your active APN

Scroll down to "APN Type" and click on it

Add ",dun" to the APN Type of your active APN. eg APN Type = "default,supl,dun"

After editing this, you should be able to turn on the Portable Hotspot without the 3G mobile data connection dropping out.

Donkey3000 · Aug 18, 2011

Many thanks guys! I just added ",dun" to mine. Now tethering using this (Rogers) to write this reply!

ZaQX10 said:
Does it help if you put ",dun" under APN settings>APN Type ?

If there is something already under APN type field just put a ",dun" next to it, save settings and try it by turning on Wifi hotspot.

Or if the field is empty just put there "default,dun" save setting and try.

Hope it helps.

Karlos G said:
This worked for me!!!!

All you need to do is go to Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names

Select your active APN

Scroll down to "APN Type" and click on it

Add ",dun" to the APN Type of your active APN. eg APN Type = "default,supl,dun"

After editing this, you should be able to turn on the Portable Hotspot without the 3G mobile data connection dropping out.

pierreti · Aug 18, 2011

Karlos G said:
This worked for me!!!!

All you need to do is go to Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names

Select your active APN

Scroll down to "APN Type" and click on it

Add ",dun" to the APN Type of your active APN. eg APN Type = "default,supl,dun"

After editing this, you should be able to turn on the Portable Hotspot without the 3G mobile data connection dropping out.

wow! many thanks! how did you figure this out or come across this information? i was totally missing this feature and had no way to share wifi to my tablet, but now i can!

thanks again!

jkamilo · Aug 19, 2011

Solved

Thanks Guys!! I´ve added the "dun" parameter as explained and it is working great!!
Many thanks again!!

Karlos G · Aug 22, 2011

pierreti said:
wow! many thanks! how did you figure this out or come across this information? i was totally missing this feature and had no way to share wifi to my tablet, but now i can!

thanks again!

Heavy Googling mate!

lol
Been bugging me since I got the phone two months ago!

RLittlefeather · Oct 22, 2011

I upgraded to 2.3.3 on a Droid 2. I unlocked and rooted the phone but the Wifi no matter which program I use goes to the Verizon site which warns me that I have to pay twenty dollars a month. Has anyone fixed this yet or is there a URL I can go to to solve this issue? If not can someone provide me with a one click fix to go back to the Froyo, and an URL for that?

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