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[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
I'm not sure, but I presume it would work. Where can I get the version you speak of? Ill test it out.

EDIT: I downloaded the 3.x pre version from the link that dkdude provided me below. I was not successful with getting that version to work. The tethering started, and my computer could see the connection, but I was unable to connect, and that version caused my phone to reboot 3 times. Any time I changed a setting in the app, and it had to 'restart tethering', it would hang and reboot. I uninstalled that version and went back to the market version for now. I may play around with it a little more, because that version seemed to have even more bells and whistles.
[EVO 4G General] dkdude36:
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list

btw thanks for this write up. works perfectly on market version. great find guys.
[EVO 4G General] cmurray77:
Worked great for me as well thanks guys. As always k2buckley and teh roxxorz are right on. You two have helped me to really learn and understand alot about the evo and androids.. You guys are aawesome.. Most deffently two thumbs up. :)

Edit: Spoke to soon. What exactly does the bin file need to be named?
[EVO 4G General] cmurray77:
Well i have no idea wtf i did but now my 4g wont turn on.. Just sits ther and says its turning on. Wimax key checker says its still there but it wont turn on and when wireless tether starts it starts with errors and i cant see that it tis on with computer..
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
We got this fixed, correct?

And the reason why that happens is because when wireless tether starts with errors, it messes up some the other radios, and its fixed by rebooting.
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
Did you try rebooting, and a battery pull as well? What version of wireless tether are you using?
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
I'm going to ask nicely that you please refrain from spamming threads.
[EVO 4G General] dkdude36:
dude, stop trying to get your post count up by saying .......... in as many threads as you can. either try and do something helpful (even learn a little) or just leave.
[EVO 4G General] cmurray77:
I got it working.. I didnt get the file properly renamed.. It wouldnt stick for some reason.. Got it now though. Thanks to teh roxxorz and some trial and error. However on a side note to anyone reading when the .zip file didnt rename properly it made my 4g not connect it just sat there saying connecting, rsa key checker said it was still there so i was like wtf.. It was as if that android.tether file can control your 4g connection, acted as if it took my wimax key out, but properly named rebooted and reinstalled wi-fi tether all is good.. Make sure its named .bin good luck and hope this helps anybody or at least good to know..
[EVO 4G General] cmurray77:
yes fixed thanks see my last post for the fix.. simple renaming issue
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
theres also a wireless tether beta app floating around that works on AOSP roms, google it. i can confirm it works on salvage-mod.
[EVO 4G General] Shane Pitman:
Worked like a charm for me. I already had 2.0.8-pre1 installed, but the only way I could get a working connection was with no encryption. I created the folder on my sdcard, downloaded the file to the folder and dropped the .zip off the end, and viola, it now works with WPA just fine. Thanks loads!
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
You're welcome. Good deal man.
[EVO 4G General] Vincent Law:
I have yet to see 4G tethering happen using any methods explained in this thread. I'm running CM7 7.0.2, and it always forces me on 3G speeds. I've tried the 3.x and the 2.0.x versions, neither work. I have created the android.tether folder and placed the .bin file in there correctly.

I don't know if people are just assuming they're getting 4G since their 4G is turned on, but I can guarantee I am not getting 4G tethering, despite 4G on and connected. The phone will get 6+mbps, anything tethered gets maybe 1.5mbps, which is typical 3G speed.
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
I was also unable to get the 3.x version to work, but using this method, when I'm tethered over 4g I'll pull over 6mbps at the computer. About 8mbps at the phone. That's odd though, I'm not sure what the difference is for your phone/setup. When I'm tethered over 3g I can't even pull 1mb at the computer. So 4g tethering works for me, fortunately.
[EVO 4G General] Vincent Law:
After looking more into it, it seems like it is using 4G, it's just being decimated on the speed. I don't think it's a cap, it seems like something is simply bottlenecking it like crazy. I have no idea why.
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
That is certainly what it sounds like. I've never really experienced it that severely before. Does the speed 'feel' acceptable? Maybe try deleting the tethering app, reboot, then reinstall the app? Maybe the particular version you're using is causing issues? What channel is the frequency set to?
[EVO 4G General] Vincent Law:
No, it doesn't feel acceptable, it feels like a fast 3G, at best. Ping is through the roof as well (4G typically gets 150ms, tethered it's more like 300+).

I've tried deleting the app multiple times, and have tried different versions, including the 3.x (which doesn't really seem to work at all). I've also tried channels 1, 6, and 11. My area doesn't have clogged 2.4ghz range anyway, it should be fine.

It just seems like something in the tether app, or the driver is just killing it terribly.
[EVO 4G General] m5boy:
Thank you!

First post here...been a lurker for a while and recently rooted. Loving XDA and the helpful community.

This fix worked out great for me. I rely heavily on the 4g tether and this solution is far and away better than the integrated hotspot in cm7, for me. Previously, I had to turn on 4g, surf a little bit on the phone, then enable the integrated hotspot, and hope it worked. The whole process did work most of the time but it was inconvenient to say the least and had the tendency to stop working 15-20 minutes later.

With the resources/steps provided at the beginning of the thread, I am able to pull 5mbps down/1 up, which is great for my location. The only difference is that the network for wireless tether app shows up as a device tether rather than a regular network on my macbook pro. Also, I have not tried sharing this setup with multiple users yet.

Currently I am on CM 7.0.2.1 w/ Tiamat 3.3.8 non-sbc.

Many thanks to you guys for figuring this one out. Cheers...
[EVO 4G General] Raistlin1:
I tried this fix and I am getting errors in the log but wifi tether does start. I tried to find the network I created but it never showed up in the available networks list on the other device.

Activating Wifi Interface - Failed

Setting ad-hoc mode - Failed

Setting essid - Failed

Setting Channel - Failed

The rest shows done. I first tried this using the app from the market, then I uninstalled rebooted and installed the modified app you provided in this thread. Same problem with both. And of course I have the folder created on the root of sd with the bin file you provided in it.

What am I missing?
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
Did you delete the .zip extension from the end of the binary file? I would uninstall the wireless tether app, be sure that there is an android.tether folder on your SD card, and the .bin file is in there (remove the .zip from the binary file) . Reboot the phone, then try installing the version from the market. Let me know
[EVO 4G General] dabbill:
Not sure why the built in tether is not working on 4g for you. Works fine for me and has for some time. I have just noticed that you have to leave 4g on for a few mins before you start the tethering app.
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
Not sure on that. Either way, I prefer the Wireless Tether App for various other reasons anyways. I like it far better than the native tethering app. It shows the IP address of who's connected to your device, lets you control who connects, allows you to change transmit power, change frequency/channel, enable/disable wake lock feature, etc etc. The list goes on. So even if 4g worked for me on the native tethering app, I would still prefer the Wireless Tether app, for a handful of other reasons. I find it to be a better experience. That's just my opinion though.
[EVO 4G General] Raistlin1:
I cannot dl the .bin.zip file and remove the .zip. I have done the save as all files and it shows it being saved as a .bin but the icon is showing being associated with a zip file. I put it on my SD card using dropbox and I get an error. I originally used the file that was provided with the .rar extension and that seemed to work. But that is the file I used and I am having problems with the app.

Disregard, I messed up last night. I downloaded and then changed the file name of the .rar file and did not open it up to find the .bin inside of it. I just found it now, going to put it in the directory, uninstall tether, reboot and then reinstall from market place.
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
Yea, sorry for the confusion. The file I attatched in the OP needs.to have the zip extension deleted. I had to add a .zip so it would.upload. I should've just zipped the bin file up, to reduce confusion.

Let me know if it works.out this time. Good luck.
[EVO 4G General] Raistlin1:
It installed fine and when I load up wireless tether I get no errors, that was a pretty silly mistake I made. Problem I am now having is not seeing the network on my BB Torch when I search for networks. I have tried with security on and off but I cannot see the network name in the available networks list. Have any idea why this is happening?

Thanks for your help by the way. I really want to have 4g tether going for when I get the tablet I finally decide on.
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
So your Torch won't see the network...does anything else see it? Can it be seen from any other phone's, or a laptop or something? Is it just the Torch that can't see it, or nothing at all can see it? If other devices can see it, but just the torch can't, I'm really not sure what'd cause that. Maybe the type of connection or something?
[EVO 4G General] Raistlin1:
Right now the Torch is the only thing I have to search for the network, I will have to wait till I get home to try with my laptop.
[EVO 4G General] mystery_tx_man:
What did Vaelpak do to the version on the op to make it work with aosp? Can the same be done with wireless tether 3.0?
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
I'm not positive what vael did to modify that version, honestly. All I'm sure of is that after I used his version, I was left with that binary file on my SD card. Since I've had that file on my SD card, wireless tether has worked on every rom I've used. So my assumption is that it has to do with that binary file.

Also, I was unable to get the 3.x version to work. It caused my phone to freeze and reboot.
[EVO 4G General] Raistlin1:
So I guess my BB Torch cannot see the network created by the WT app, I was able to see it and connect with my laptop. Tried 3g and 4g and both worked, though my 4g speeds were very slow.

I then tried the hotspot feature built into the os to see if it would work on 4g, and it did!! I was even getting better 4g speeds than the WT app, not much more but still a good amount.

Thank again for all your help.

I hope the tablet I get will be able to see it, because that is the reason why I need it. I am either going to get the Playbook, new galaxy tab or an iPad.
[EVO 4G General] gpz1100:
Followed instructions as in first post, worked as advertised. Thanks!
[EVO 4G General] ronald_durst:
On windows 7....how do you rename the file? I can rename it but it doesnt effect the actual properties of it.
[EVO 4G General] Raistlin1:
I was having the same problem on 7 and XP, just download the .rar file a few post down from the OP and the .bin is inside the .rar.
[EVO 4G General] ronald_durst:
I got it! Thanks
[EVO 4G General] Raistlin1:
No problem, how about a thanks button press for me? (it would be my first one!)
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Wish granted; you did a good job in helping another. :)
[EVO 4G General] Raistlin1:
Thanks!! Even though I am not even a week old into the rooting game, if I can help I will try.
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Well its all about learning, so you're on the right track. And you're very welcome.
[EVO 4G General] tonybland:
Eris crashes (reboots) on tether connection from Xoom

Every time I connected via bluetooth tether from my wi-fi xoom to my eris it rebooted (the eris did/does). Tried placing the .bin file and using this Wireless Tether app and it still reboots every time I make the tether connection from my xoom.

Any ideas on what would cause this?
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
You followed the steps clearly?

-uninstall any wireless tether

-make sure the folder is named android.tether [case sensitive]

-placed bin file inside, then reboot, and install the apk?
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
What version of the wireless tether were you using? I had tried the 3.x pre version, and I was also experiencing reboots, consistently. the 2.8 version from the market works perfectly for me.
[EVO 4G General] jayharper08:
Buck and Roxx. Thank you very much for this. I am a sense man, but decided to give CM a shot one more time yesterday. Gotta say I'm loving it. I knew that I had seen where Wireless Tether wouldn't work so I didn't even attempt. Then I realized while using the built in hotspot it really didn't seem like 4g speeds. Seen this thread and had a ton of info. Thanks again, you guys are.....wait for it......Awesome!!
[EVO 4G General] Cares:
Like someone else mentioned...for some reason I can only use a WEP 128-bit passphrase when in the past I had many encryption options.

No idea the cause for this. The apk provided here or the official market app both do this for me.
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Well I'm glad it worked for you and was an incentive to flash CM7. :)

Awesome...where?!
[EVO 4G General] ipimpgarland:
Thank you so much, this was the only thing that kept me from using CM7.
[EVO 4G General] tonybland:
I was using the latest version of the market app (as of yesterday) with the problem. So I created folder, placed .bin file in folder, reboot, same problem. Uninstalled market app, reboot, installed vaelpak version, same problem. No overclock settings, all at minimum speeds, no other rebooting at any other time.
[EVO 4G General] balldeep:
WORKS4 me...thanked! ...and thanks!

I was wondering how much better cm7 or AOSP would be for me if I could tether 4g on it... now I can:D

BTW: it was interesting to see how the fix unfolded, good teamwork..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1045892&highlight=cm7+wireless+tether
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
Thanks for the kinds words. I'm glad it's working for you, and *most* others.

And yes, it was interesting how the fix unfolded, lol. As you can see, we were totally just messing around with it, and more curious of why it worked for me and not others. The fix was stumbled upon, and really, Vaelek is the one who deserves credit, for somehow making that binary file magically appear on my sd card, lol. I just figured out WHY it was working for me, and passed the info along:p
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
I am also unsure of the cause of that. I am aple to use WPA2 Personal. I wish I knew more of the cause on that, sorry.
[EVO 4G General] co1458:
Im having trouble with the app download. After downloading the apk it says can't open file. What to do?
[EVO 4G General] trancefreak64:
Thanks for this I'm on cm 7 and I didn't realize that the tether was only 3g. I rarely ever get 4g its not in my area and in areas where it says I should typically get its very weak signal.

I definitively would love the convenience of this tether and I appreciate your work and time.

Thank for the contribution it will be very useful.
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
Downloading the vaelpak wireless tether app in the OP you mean? If so, you shouldn't even need to use that version. You can use the version from the market. All you really need is the binary file. So once you create a folder on your sd card named 'android.tether', and place the .bin file within that folder, after you reboot and install the wireless tether version from the market, it should work. Give it a shot. Also, if you download the bin file from my OP, just remember to delete the .zip from the end of the file name.
[EVO 4G General] ffolkes:
Have any major dev's commented on why there are issues with tethering in CM7? Surely toast, shift, or cyanogen himself must have some valid and conclusive input on this.
[EVO 4G General] dkdude36:
maybe because aosp is only built to handle 3g speeds, even in tethering?
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Hmm I don't know.

I do know that the native CM7 tether app won't tether 4G because the hack used to make the tether available apparently breaks the 4G [from what I've heard.]
[EVO 4G General] dkdude36:
i thought that was naitive sense tether app...
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
It may be, but I know that the native CM7 tether won't do it as well; I figure for the same reason.

As for wireless tether not working, I think for some reason its not creating the folder with the binary files on AOSP roms...just my guess though.
[EVO 4G General] dkdude36:
do we know if it creates the folder in sense roms?
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
It does create the folder on sense roms. That's how k2buckley and I came about the fix because we were comparing our situations and he said it worked right after he used it on a sense rom, we compared our folders, I was missing the android.tether folder, then derived that even though its says "binaries and config files created" for some reason they aren't made on the AOSP roms.
[EVO 4G General] dkdude36:
oh i see. i thought it was valelek's modified app that did it for him, not just sense in general. ok i understand now, that's why it works for some (who titanium'd and didn't mess with card) and not for others. thanks again for posting.
[EVO 4G General] ffolkes:
There has to be something in the way the wimax drivers are working that makes 4G native tethering cumbersome, and causes 3rd party tethering apps to downright fail.
[EVO 4G General] co1458:
ok nevermind its working now. I guess I was supposed to extract the rar file and pull the .bin out of it before placing it on the sd card. wireless tether works now and its amazing. much faster than cm7's built in. awesome awesome awesome!! thanks guys!!

EDIT: my internet speed got super slow after this. not sure if its related to this modification or not. anyone experiencing this other than me?
[EVO 4G General] Bkbitar:
This method didn't work for me, it's still giving me an error message.

Activiating WiFi interface: failed

Setting ad-hoc mode: failed

Setting essid: failed

setting channel: failed

I'm rooted with cyanogenmod7 and savaged-zen kernel. I would love some help on this issue.

If i understood correctly, I downloaded the bin file.rar directly to my phone and moved it to the android.tether app via astro file. i followed all the steps in order.
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Seems to be coincidence. You can try cleaning out your cache, or the 3G fix on a sense rom.
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Did you follow it exactly?

Also, on the first page, post #8, I reposted the.bin file because some users were having trouble renaming it from k2buckley's post.
[EVO 4G General] Bkbitar:
I downloaded the file from the 8th post and immediately copied it to the android.tether folder. Followed the steps exactly. I even went into rom manager and fixed permissions. No dice.
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
Did you extract the binary file from the .rar? Or if you download the one in the op, just delete the .zip, so all that is there ends in .bin.
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
As k2buckley followed suit, you aren't extracting the .bin file correctly, which is why it still isn't working.

So either:

A- from the 8th post, download the file, extract the .bin file and place in the android.tether folder

B- from the OP, when saving the file, select "save as all files" and remove the .zip in the name, place in the same folder.
[EVO 4G General] Bkbitar:
Noob question, how do I go about extracting the file? In astro, I long click, and press "extract to this directory", then when i click it, it says copied 0 bytes
[EVO 4G General] Bkbitar:
I got it to work! Thank you so much!!!

However, my computer won't connect. It says identifying, never identifies, then says unidentified network.
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
So the tethering app started successfully with no errors? When you go to connect it won't identify the network? Does it connect if you don't enable the Encryption? Are you sure it's set up for the correct type of network? (WEP, WPA, WPA2 Personal, etc) Be sure that your computer is set for the proper type of connection, then try again. Also, what rom/kernel are you on?
[EVO 4G General] Bkbitar:
Nevermind I fixed it. I really appreciate your guys' help. Absolutely no way I could have done it without you two.
[EVO 4G General] co1458:
did the 3g fix in sense rom, updated profile. it kinda sped things up a bit but still pretty slow. definitely slower than before. speed test showed download speeds under 10kbps then after the 3g fix i started getting 30-50 kbps on the downloads. still a far cry from what I was getting before (150-250).

what could be causing this?
[EVO 4G General] co1458:
snapshot of speed test results

speed test results. normally its about little under 500kbps. please help!
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
This fix for the tethering app should have no affect on your 3g speeds at all. I would presume that if your 3g speed isn't what it normally is, then it's network related. I'm not sure I follow you, on how addint this binary file to your sd card would possibly affect your 3g speeds. :confused:
[EVO 4G General] co1458:
No I did not mean to link the 2 together. It just that my speeds changed shortly after doing your suggested fix. Again, not implying anything, it could very well be network/tower related. Im hoping it is because I also want to run wireless tether and going back to 2.2 is just not an option. CM7 is amazing

thanks again and sorry for the confusion .

cheers.
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
That's okay. I notice a HUGE fluctuation in my 3G speeds, on an hour to hour basis. It is never consistent, really. It varies depending on the time of day, what location I'm in, if it's cloudy, if it's sunny etc etc. Lol. Basically, I'm just trying to make the point that my 3g speeds are never consistent, and vary wildly. Sometimes they're great, sometimes they're far from great. Hopefully things speed up in your area for ya.
[EVO 4G General] co1458:
lol tell me about it. though Sprint's 4G speed is pretty awesome, ive seen speeds up to 5mbps.

anyways, I called sprint and it turns out there was a problem with the tower in my area and that they were going to fix it by 11 tonight, sure enough i just ran the speed test and its back to 324kbps. Im gonna apply your WT fix again since I deleted it to check if anything changes.

thanks again.
[EVO 4G General] Raistlin1:
I am not sure what settings I am messing up in the wireless tether app, but I was not able to see my network on my friends Blackberry Playbook. I tried using the built in tether from CM7 and the Playbook was able to see and connect to that network.

I did setup a password for both programs, just cannot see the WT network at all on a Blackberry and the Playbook.
[EVO 4G General] sthomas40:
Nice!!! Thank you so much! This has been an issue for me for so long and now it works! I hate the built in one as mentioned earlier..it has no controls on anything.

THANK YOU!
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
You don;t have any access control enable, or set it to hidden?
[EVO 4G General] Raistlin1:
No I do not have either of those enabled (I don't even see a spot to set it to hidden?).

Enable WiFi Encryption - Check

Setup Method - Auto

Passphrase - Set

SSID - Set

Channgel - 1 or 7 ( I try both)

Transmit Power - Disable

Enable Access Control - NOT CHECKED

Just seems strange that both a Blackberry and the Playbook do not see the network but when I use the built in feature it does. I have not tried setting it up based on entering the SSID manually, that will be my next try. But I really should not have to.