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[EVO 4G General] creeping_death:
hey k2buckley,

I've been having this issue for a while with AOSP roms. I love them, but it gets frustrating not being able to use this app.

I followed your instructions and i'm still getting the "Tethering started with errors" message when starting the vaelpak wireless tether. The log says that "setting the channel" failed, "setting essid" failed, "setting ad-hoc mode" failed, and "Activating WiFi interface" failed.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
Sorry for the delay! I haven't been around the EVO forum as much lately, as i have a 3d now.

I would suggest uninstalling any versions of wireless tether that you have installed. Double check that the folder on your SD card is named android.tether. Be sure that the .bin file has been extracted from the zip in the first post, and placed in the android.tether folder. At that point, reboot your phone. Once it reboots, download the wireless tether app from the market. It should work. If it fails, uninstall it, reboot, and try the vaelpak version again. Good luck.
[EVO 4G General] Raistlin1:
I upgraded to the CM 7.1RC1 and 3G WT works but 4G WT does not. :(

I have uninstalled, rebooted, installed market version (didn't work at all, Galaxy Tab 10.1 coult not see the network), uninstalled, rebooted, installed version from post# 121. That worked for 3G but 4G just keeps saying scanning for IP address.

Built in tether for CM works for both 3G and 4G. EDIT: Built in tether works immediately on 3G but not 4G, if I connect to 4G fist it just says obtaining ip address, I then connect with 3G and it works. Then try 4G and it works. I believe I tried this combo with WT but it still did not work.

Any ideas?

Thanks
[EVO 4G General] Raistlin1:
Ugggg, now WT is stuck on obtaining ip address even with 3G. It connected yesterday on 3G, only thing different is that I downloaded filter proxy but I have not used it yet, unless it is always running?

I rooted my phone months ago, setup the WT in anticipation of my upcoming tablet, finally got my tablet and I can't get it to work. Trying to setup my GT and Evo and use filter proxy for faster 4G speeds.

I wonder if it can be CM 7.1RC1 that is the problem?
[EVO 4G General] Raistlin1:
Just upgraded to the latest cm nightly that is supposed to be a higher version of GB than rc 1.

Tested out the built in tether and it worked, so did 4 g, tried to use WT and no dice. Deleted, rebooted, installed. Tried w market version and the one posted in the middle of this thread but nothing, stuck on obtaining ip address.

Then tried to use built in tether and got the same obtaining ip address but not connect. It worked before I tried WT. Could WT be messing up all my tethering?
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Anytime wireless tether 'starts with errors' it basically nukes all other wireless, and you have to reboot to fix it. To be safe, you still have the android.tether folder on your sd card with the binary file inside it?
[EVO 4G General] Raistlin1:
Yes, I left the android.tether folder alone and it has the binary file inside, I just baleted wireless tether.

I don't think I ever saw any type of error message when I started WT, just saw that tethering is active, my Galaxy Tab saw the network and tried connected but got stuck at obtaining ip address and never connnected.

I did not use WT often back on the CM stable, but the times that I did use it I never had this problem. Thank goodness the built in tether on the CM7 nightly is working, and 4g tethering is working as well, just not extremely fast.
[EVO 4G General] apollotrance:
love this! My phone now works! I originally had MikFroyo 4.5 and everything worked, now I have CM7 and almost everything is working!
[EVO 4G General] boliviano3:
Wait, 4g tethering is working on the CM7 portable hotspot now?
[EVO 4G General] Raistlin1:
It worked for me, this was my GT tethered to my Evo on CM7 Nightly 143 using the built in tethering because wireless tether actually does not work. http://www.speedtest.net/result/1408415098.png

But I do have the proxy app installed, so the speeds may be faster because of that.
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
that is definately 4G speed, glad its working now.
[EVO 4G General] Raistlin1:
That was a one time only speed!!! I tried it several times in the same spot and only got about 4.XX, never close to that 6. :o

This was by my office downtain in manhattan, my signal is not so great in my office. http://speedtest.net/result/1405448212.png
[EVO 4G General] 1brainsurgeon:
Ummmm......YOU FLIPPIN ROCK!!! I love the evo deck roms, but couldn't get tethering. Followed your steps....voila!!! YaY!!

p.s. STOKED!!
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Well perhaps you were having a great day that day, but that is rather low for 4G.
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Glad it worked for you :)
[EVO 4G General] kuthedude:
4g

So it is working, how do i get 4g speeds? I turn on wimax, then the tether, and i still get about 1meg down .1 up. Did I do the process wrong, or is something wrong w/ my wimax? My signal strength level for wimax says "fair".
[EVO 4G General] TREVORSHANNON:
Good work, thanks
[EVO 4G General] Xenoism:
Finally! A working solution! :) Thank you!!
[EVO 4G General] keejung:
hey guys my phone crashed and luckily i had a backu[p on my comp, but the backup was before i downloaded the filterproxy.... long story short.. i cant download the filterproxy app from the market anymore... it says that it wont work for the evo... and wont let me download.... can someone shoot me a link to the apk PLLLEEEEAAASSEEE...... i already downloaded it to a droid x and then tried app2sd to move it over, but that didnt work.... helppppppppp
[EVO 4G General] jph1282:
Thanks for this on the tether app I have been looking for this for a while but I have been on the road driving semi truck. just got this on my evo works great on cm 7.1
[EVO 4G General] kimber45:
Sweet. Worked like a charm. Thanks so much

Evo 4g SalvageMod 1.4
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Yea, it fixes it on AOSP. :)

Glad the two of us could help. :)
[EVO 4G General] beidsvold:
Evo - CM7

Another satisfied (albeit late to reply) customer!
[EVO 4G General] spyd312:
This isn't working for me. I'm using CM7 nightly build 170. Here's what I've done so far:

I downloaded the .zip file and extracted the .bin file.

I copied the .bin file and made a folder in the root of my SD card called android.tether.

I pasted it into that folder.

I installed the attached .apk file.

Results:

I'm able to load the app and start it up. My company issued laptop is running Windows 7 64-bit and I'm able to see my phone as a hotspot. I try to connect, but it eventually displays a message box stating that it's unable to connect.

Troubleshooting:

Uninstalled app and restarted phone. Reinstalled the attached apk. Same result.

Did the same thing again, but installed 2.0.7, 2.0.8 and 3.1 beta 6.

Can anyone help? Thank you.

Edit: I used my girlfriend's Evo and it was able to connect and browse. Therefore this does work. Thank you. Now I'll just troubleshoot the laptop after isolating the issue.

Edit2:

I got it working. I'm using 2.0.8 Pre1. Hopefully this helps other out. 3.1+ won't work in CM7 nightly 170.

Sent from my PC36100
[EVO 4G General] marvinlh:
Can anyone help me with this wireless tether issue? Ive tried the method thats listed in the op and created the folder & replaced the bin file but still no luck. The tether app comes on correctly, its just that when i try to connect to it. I dnt see it visable when i scan
[EVO 4G General] ridethisbike:
Try changing the channel. Mine has to be on Channel 1 or my computer doesn't see it.

To the OP: thanks worked as it should. But on a side note, I didn't install your APK. I just added the folder and bin file, then rebooted and the preinstalled (market app) started working. I didnt go through all the posts so someone might have already mentioned it, but if not, now you know. YMMV
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
What device are you trying to sync to? The device may not be able to see ad-hoc networks, such as a PS3.

You don't really 'have' to use the vaelpak tether, but just in case, because a few random cases didn't work without it, but if you just add the binary folder, you should be good to go.

And as further notice, if anyone replies to this thread, and I don't reply within a day, just send me a pm, as I may not see the post throughout the day, thanks.
[EVO 4G General] playya:
Has anybody got the Wireless tether working on Bluetooth. I am running 2.08 pre1 with Android 2.3.5 and its not working out so good. Let me know if a certain kernel combo works for you...

Thanks
[EVO 4G General] SketchyStunts:
Just did the fix. I'm running the most current MIUI 2.3.5 with Tiamat 4.0.8 SBC. Gotta wit till after work to test it. I'm crossing my fingers.
[EVO 4G General] SketchyStunts:
YES! works awesome! thanks so much to the OP.
[EVO 4G General] fabdelkader:
Can we get this to work with the wifi tether app? It is better because it can be a widget

The wifi tether (yellow icon) also has much better encryption
[EVO 4G General] playya:
huh? It does work with that app, that's the reason for the fix in the first place. Maybe I am misunderstanding something...
[EVO 4G General] SketchyStunts:
but green is more pretty than yellow
[EVO 4G General] kendallc123:
Thanks! I'll try this when I get to my computer!! :D
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
This should also work with wifi tether; I haven't had any issues with it, though I primarily use wireless tether.

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Never a problem, enjoy :eek:
[EVO 4G General] SNIPR:
Help

OK I can get the stock wireless tether to work built into Cyanogen7 on my HTC EVO but the fastest speed was 2.2 (When I use clearwire modem wimax/4g I get 10.14) is it normal to only get the 2.2 on wifi tether?

I can not get wireless tether to work (newest from market). My mac will connect to wireless tether but I can never get an ip address? When I go into access control the Mac is never listed as a client? I noticed when I go into airport it says "AirPort has the self-assigned IP address 169.254.28.98 and will not be able to connect to the Internet."
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Well first, did you install the binaries from the op for wireless tether?
[EVO 4G General] LGSONE:
Thanks to all

Had the beta wifi working on a different rom and when I switched to CM7 it stopped working. I rely on the tether app while in the field and this thread saved my sanity. Thanks to all. I had been using the beta 3.1.6 and tried loading in with the CM7 and it didn't work.

So, thank you everyone. My new CM7 7.1 is amazing compared to my old ROM and now that my 4G tether works... PERFECT.

LGSONE
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Glad to have saved your sanity. :eek:.
[EVO 4G General] jessesse:
I keep going back to sense to play on xbox live. Every asop rom I try it just randomly dissconnects me from xbl. There are several work-a-rounds I found like; stay in a private party chat with a buddy, or keep a torrent running on my pc.

(Slowed way down to prevent lag)

Still when its all said and done it is way easier to just stay on a sense rom to play on xbox regularly.

I love love love aosp except for this.

Any insight would be appreciated.
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
That sounds like a signal issue in your area. Anytime I have to tether, I don't get disconnected, except for an update or the actual signal dips. If you're using 4G and then it dips to 3G, you stand the chance to get disconnected, or if a call came while you were on 3G.
[EVO 4G General] jessesse:
The thing is it doesn't do it with a sense rom and I have been dealing with it ever since team win got wimax working on aosp. I sent them a pastebin of a logcat but never heard anything. I might put it on the issue tracker myself sometime.
[EVO 4G General] fabdelkader:
My wifi tether http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/ is not working on CM7- any ideas?
[EVO 4G General] oldwesterncowboy:
it worked great for me on CM7.1

but renaming the bin file did not work

I had to extract it.

its name is fw_bcm4329

then install the app reboot and it works
[EVO 4G General] Concordium:
My wifi tethering speeds. :mad:
[EVO 4G General] LGSONE:
CM7-wifi tether-as AP working finally

OK, whew, just got this working again and thought I would share. I spent 5 hours going thru everything google could throw at me about this just today alone. I needed the tethering to be an AP and not adhoc. I had used the beta version of wifi tether with the original G&E rom that I rooted my phone with perfectly. Great speed worked as AP... etc..

On to CM7. no workie. So after running thru many options here is what I did to get it to finally work. First I updated to Supersonice-225 nightly update. I then downloaded the 2.0.8 pre1 apk from the google code site and installed but DID NOT START. Then I added the android.tether folder with the bin file in it. Then I put wlan_loader in the system/bin file. I had to use root explorer and the terminal emulator to get that in the bin folder and with chmod 755 settings for the file. Then I ran fix permissions from the rom manager and rebooted. Then before starting the tethering function I opened the settings, changed them to what I wanted and then exited the program and rebooted, DO NOT use the same SSID name, make it new so cached settings in devices that you want to connect do not interfere. Then after rebooted I started the wifi tether and started the tethering function. Showed up on my eee pad, ipod touch, printer and two laptops now as an AP. Connected with WPA2 and 4G connection with 5mbps download 1Mbps upload. Fast enough for email and browsing. Its also noon, in downtown KC so I'm sure the network is busy. A total of nearly 10 hours of work went into this to get it working. I am going to do it on my backup Evo4G tonight and hope for the same end result. Good luck to all. Got to love CM7 and XDA.

Cheers

LGSONE
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
You may have to, I've never had that issue, and have never seen anyone else with it. Again, I think it may be a connection issue.

Have you tried wireless tether? I have no use with wifi tether.

That seems like the wifi driver, but glad you got it to work.

Have you tried running through a proxy?

Again, no use with wifi tether, and that seems like much more work than you should have had to go through, but nonetheless, glad its working.
[EVO 4G General] SNIPR:
If you could point me in the right directions as to what I need - sorry but I am not that advance?
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
In the first post of his thread, k2buckley attached a binary file, download that first

This epic reply brought to you by none other than my roxx'd out Evo.
[EVO 4G General] Jfrazier81:
Same issue?

I am running CM7 Nightly build 225 on my evo 4g, wifi tether seems to run fine but I always have what seems likea time out issue when trying to watch streaming movies or shows. they just stop working at the commercial breaks lol. I have no idea how to pinpoint this issue. It seems I dont have the issue when running with sense root. Anyone have any ideas/suggestions how to narrow this issue down aside from changing back to sense...
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
So you're saying it basically stops working if an ad or sponsored commercial comes on?
[EVO 4G General] Jfrazier81:
That's exactly what I'm saying, also while currently doing a battery stat wipe, I've come to discover GPS isn't working (constantly searches signal) I'm a noob rooter but this sounds like a possible kernel issue.
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
What rom and kernel are you using?
[EVO 4G General] Jfrazier81:
Here's what I got hope this helps clear things up.
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Its been a long day, you already said you were on CM nightly 255. I would first recommend trying the Tiamat kernel, and let me know if you get the same thing.
[EVO 4G General] Jfrazier81:
I will later after my battery stat wipe. I will post back here. Thanks in advance.
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
You're better off flashing the kernel now, then doing the battery stat wipe, and no problem.
[EVO 4G General] Jfrazier81:
I did some more research and discovered some things, apparently tiamat is not a effective kernel as far as the GPS issue is concerned. Also I had no issues using hulu instead of crackle. I suppose I will just wait for the next nightly to come out with hope for a GPS fix.
[EVO 4G General] SNIPR:
I keep getting a "self assigned-ip" in my network preferences when I try to connect my macbook to my EVO w/ the wireless tether? I have to re-enter the stock abcdef... passphrase to connect. Is this normal?
[EVO 4G General] LordRasta:
Very cool!
[EVO 4G General] Crossrocker:
Ok so this app works. But can someone confirm something for me? Does Netflix work for you on Xbox while tethering internet from the phone? Mine wont work on 4g or 3g. It says this game needs you to be signed into xbl

Having trouble with AOSP? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1295702
[EVO 4G General] gq3856:
can you give a little more info on the wlan loader, where do you get it from and how do you install it.

Finally got wifi tether working now i need to speed it up.

Thanks
[EVO 4G General] DonSolo:
Cool... I needed this!
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Glad that it worked for you.
[EVO 4G General] bloodforge:
Just wanting to thank k2buckley and teh roxxorz, unable to use wifi tether for root in aosp has been killing me as the built in is soo much slower.

Thanks button getting hit :)

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Well Can't hit the thanks button on buckley's on first page, guess due to the post being so old, but I got ya teh roxxorz :D

Thanks again, this worked perfectly jumped up from around 1mbps on the built in to 6.5 on wifi tether for root :))

good times
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Yea, it does work fine for me.

Perhaps you thanked him previously for it, lol. That's the only way the thanks button won't appear, and thank you. :) Glad everything worked out for ya.
[EVO 4G General] davemw2:
Huge thanks for doing this! Works perfect. For some reason it wouldn't let me hit thanks on mobile app.
[EVO 4G General] simply dave:
Just a quick TY for posting these instructions.

I've read all 30 pages so I wouldn't miss anything and ask a question that has already been asked.

The only way I could get wireless tether 2.0.8 to work over .4kbs download speed is setting up the proxy you've posted.

Am I going to have to use a proxy every time?

btw, I've tried all the steps stated. i.e. creating the andriod.tether folder placing the .bin inside and downloading the wireless tether provided.

TIA.

-Dave

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edit:

version 2.0.5-pre9-VaelPak Edition.

edit #2

I can't get proxy to work after the first time. The DL AND UL speeds are incrediably slow ~ .4-2.1 kB.
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Now with the proxy you have to set it up 'right' and by that, I don't mean you can't read; even I mix it up sometimes.

So [while tether is running on your phone, with wifi obviously on] open up terminal emulator and type in netcfg > then you will see eth0 UP and it'll give an IP addres of something like 192.168.1.1 [yours may be different]. So write that down; open up the filter proxy app, and change the port to either 8080 or 8000 [either works]. Now go to your pc go into your internet settings, then lan settings, and the 'host / address' will be that IP address you wrote down earlier, and the port will be 8080 or 8000 [whichever you used].

Now, IF you want to stop using the proxy on the/device, simply go back in, uncheck the proxy box and re-check the 'detect settings automatically' button; otherwise you won't be able to use the internet.
[EVO 4G General] simply dave:
Pardon my noobness, I'm using a mac running 10.6 with browser Chrome. I go into system preferences-networks-and from there I don't see any tabs for adjusting LAN settings?
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
On chrome browser:

click the wrench in the upper right corner > options > under the hood > change proxy settings > lan settings
[EVO 4G General] simply dave:
Are you using a PC?

On my Mac that sequence doesn't exist.

it goes --> wrench logo (no options) only --> preferences. From there --> under the hood --> change proxy settings --> then (no lan settings)

Now what?
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Hmm, have you tried this? > System Preferences/Network/Advanced/Proxies
[EVO 4G General] simply dave:
After going that route, this page comes up:

(I'm not currently on my own computer, this is a friends Mac.) But it should look the same minus the IP address ie 192.165.2 (etc)
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
I think you would then need to click on web proxy.
[EVO 4G General] simply dave:
Thanks for helping troubleshoot this.

That being said, after I click on web proxy and enter the ip address provided by 'Terminal Emulator' wireless tether still doesn't go past 0.4kB download speed.

So it's unusable. Any thoughts? I have a feeling it's a really simple fix that's hard to troubleshoot but in hindsight will be super easy. lol.
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
So you're on getting 40kb?

Also are you on 3G or 4G?
[EVO 4G General] simply dave:
I was getting .4kb.

I gave up. Didn't do anything different for about a week then decided to test it again and PRESTO it's working. Have no idea why but I'm not going to analyze just enjoy.

Thank you points headed your way!
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
No need to thank me man. Glad that its working for you though; its possible hey could have been working on your network.
[EVO 4G General] fordaaronj:
Worked perfect for me...I went ahead and used the modified tether program. Thanks a lot.
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
We're glad other are benefiting from this. :)
[EVO 4G General] OGPI:
Many thanks for this. The AOSP wireless tether is fine but I always missed running this from when I was on Warm 2.2. A lot more information is conveyed and its easier to use IMO.

Sent from the moon. Alice says hi.
[EVO 4G General] Pluto6:
Thank you! This worked perfectly.
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Glad That its working for everyone. :)
[EVO 4G General] tehkingo:
Wait, 4G tethering doesn't work with the built-in wireless tethering?
[EVO 4G General] dkdude36:
exactly...
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
That's correct. It won't work with the hack used to make it work.

Our fix allows you to use wireless tether app from the market,and tether 4G while on an AOSP rom.
[EVO 4G General] timdawgdentist:
I tether 4g with the native app. It has dropout sometimes. I might try this.

just wanted to say I could tether 4g with native app.

that is all

tim
[EVO 4G General] chowder25:
Thanking you from my newly

wireless tethered nook color ;)
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
We're glad we were able to help. :)
[EVO 4G General] bkrodgers:
This is great work! However, if my memory serves (which it very well might not), when I was on a Sense ROM, it supported WPA2. This method only appears to support WEP. Also, I think that it's doing Ad-Hoc mode and not Infrastructure mode.

Neither are all that big a deal to me, though I do know that sometimes corporate laptops might have group policies blocking ad-hoc networks. I could be remembering wrong, but I thought both WPA2 and infrastructure worked under Sense. Is there another module we need to include?
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
Did you try using the version that is current in the market? It should work fine, as long as you have that binary file on your SD card. I use that version, and everything is the same as it is on sense. I'm not sure about the ad hoc or infrastructure thing.

I'm glad its working out for people though.
[EVO 4G General] aph:
The market version is 2.0.7. Does this also work on the 3.x-pre's? I don't have 4G at home so can't test until tomorrow.

Reason I'm asking is the 3.x-pre's include a routing option for HTC phones that gives you the full 4G speed instead of just a quarter of it or so (when compared to the Speed Test app on the phone itself).