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[Motorola Droid Bionic] ddv2005:
Hi,

Bluetooth PAN Tethering on Motorola Bionic/Droid 3 has 2 bugs:

1. DNSMASQ can't start because does not understand IPv6 addresses as DNS but android write it to the btip.conf

2. Bionic does not use STDIN DNSMASQ control (it write DNS option to btip.conf). But DNSMASQ still listen STDIN and try to execute empty commands and it use 100% CPU.

I made new dnsmasq that fix both problems. You can put it to /system/bin/dnsmasq and use Bluetooth PAN Tethering.

Backup original copy of dnsmasq by

adb pull /system/bin/dnsmasq

Make sure that you make /system writable and then copy new dnsmasq

adb push dnsmasq /data/local/
adb shell
$su -
#cp /data/local/dnsmasq /system/bin/dnsmasq
#rm /data/local/dnsmasq

Known issues:

1. some times after disconnect you need to restart (disable->enable) bluetooth on Bionic to connect again.

2. If you used Mobile hotspot then you need to reboot your phone to use PAN service again (for some reason NAT does not work in PAN mode after using mobile hotspot).

Dmitry

PS. I guess that Bluetooth tethering is not detectable yet.

Update 10/14/2011

I have updated exe and patch to fix Mobile Hotspot mode.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Brenardo:
This is extremely good work my friend. I hope you continue to make leaps snd bounds on the bionic!

I would also like to know if this wwould work for tethering my Xoom?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ddv2005:
It should to work. I tried with ASUS eee Pad and it is work fine.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] elislurry:
Does PAN tethering allow you to use any app that requires internet? I know DUN will only allow a few apps (Browser, Mail, Maps) to work.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ddv2005:
I just checked IM+ on my ASUS eee Pad and everything work fine.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] elislurry:
Nice! Just got it working with my Transformer. I am seeing pretty slow speeds though (about .8mb down and 1.5mb up) while if I do a speed test on my phone I get 6mb down and about 7mb up. Are you guys seeing these slow speeds as well?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ddv2005:
I guess it is maximum Bluetooth connection speed.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] elislurry:
Hmm it should be able to do at least 2.1mb/sec I will look into it and see what I find.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ddv2005:
2.1mb it is theoretical maximum. Did you ever try to get 300Mbit/s from WiFi N? You event can't get WiFI G speed (54Mbit/s) because it is theoretical maximum that you never reach in real world. Same with bluetooth + network delay reduce TCP throughput.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mx5er:
Amazing fix. Thank u very much. This works perfectly on my ipad2
[Motorola Droid Bionic] benlane:
Quick question

First off - thank you.

Next my question. I am using Root Explorerr. I made my back of the original file. I copied the contents of the zip file to system\bin directory. What should I do with the txt file?

Thanks for the help.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ddv2005:
Nothing. Text file is the source code patch for developers only who want compile it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] benlane:
Again Thank

thanks for the great response and the effort.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mantispid:
Just FYI, if you use this method, you will kill your ability to use the built-in hotspot wifi tether. Be sure to save the old file, and revert to it should you decide you want to use the hotspot app.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ddv2005:
I have updated exe (in first post) to support build-in hotspot wifi tether. But for some reason NAT does not work in Bluetooth PAN mode after using mobile hotspot. To restore NAT in Bluetooth PAN mode you need to reboot the phone.

Dmitry
[Motorola Droid Bionic] quasidynamic:
Great!

The patched file works a treat! PAN is back! Thanks so much!

for the less experienced folks trying to get this to work, here's a couple detailed steps not in the original post:

1. when issuing the "su" command for the first time, look at the the device screen as it will prompt you to allow the action to complete. Make sure to allow it otherwise you cannot proceed with required "su" commands.

2. before copying the file to /system/bin, remount the /system mount read-write like this:

mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/system /system

(you can check your mount points first using "mount" in case they vary from the above)

Thanks again!

quasidynamic
[Motorola Droid Bionic] 0mie:
Maybe I am missing something simple, but I just used root explorer to move over the file and change permission, rebooted and it didn't work

XXX

X_X

X_X

Those are the correct permission for the file, right?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Jiggity Janx:
I'm sure Motorola thanked you for the Bluetooth PAN tethering fix that showed up in .902. ;)

In my recent donation to the wifi tether dev I noted the .902 Bionic PAN fix and requested he think about adding bluetooth tethering in for the Bionic.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] spencerjang:
Hello elislurry.

I was wondering if you could help me out with understanding the BT tethering operation in perspective of Android system?

For instance, Wi-Fi tethering operates just like the fixed AP, but in case of BT, its not used much as a tethering operation but more focused to communication to accessories, right?

Do you have any ideas on how this works on BT?

Thanks in advance!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Matteo1219:
CM7 is a great ROM but for me, Sense roms have more advantages on the evo. One of the advantages of CM7 is the ability to completely customize the auto brightness function. When I ran CM7 nightlies I spent about an hour dimming the lights to program it perfectly. When you're in a dark room you don't want to pull your phone out of your pocket and blind everyone around you. When you're out in the sun, you want to be able to actually see the screen. Unfortunately, it seems like the sense auto brightness does a horrible job of getting the phone really dim in the dark and doesn't react quick enough in the sun. There are so many widgets out there for people to quickly adjust their screen brightness because the auto isn't good enough. This is ridiculous! The evo 4G is capable of having the perfect auto-brightness. We shouldn't have to be stumbling to click on a widget to self adjust the brightness.

I've searched all over the interwebs and nothing like this exists for non-CM7 Android devices. Someone please either port the CM7 auto brightness customization settings or create an app!!! Something similar to the old school Lumens app from Windows Mobile. You would be a hero to many.

Also, I would love to do this but I have zero programming skills.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Cyb3rGlitch:
I created an app that does this exactly (it's in beta at the moment):

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.vito.lux

How well it performs depends on how good the light sensor on your device is. The app does have data filtering to try and get better readings from bad sensors, though.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] OstrichSak:
Just installed CM7.1.0 and haven't yet found all the settings but stumbled upon some good ones already. A brightness one would be great because I would LOVE for my phone to go brighter in direct sunlight and dimmer in controlled areas and in the dark. I want to tweak mine as you described. Is this in the Cyanogenmod settings within the Menu->Settings menu or is it somewhere else?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Matteo1219:
If I remember correctly, it is something like... Menu-> Settings-> Cyanogenmod Settings-> Display

It's in there somewhere!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] scottspa74:
Yeah, and look for auto, and 'other' there is awesome control in there. You can even control how bright your capacitive buttons light up, and what level of light they respond to.

Really nice feature.

To the poster who is working on this, I'll def be having a look. Thanks.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spindoggy:
is it possible at all to flash a custom rom meant for a samsung galaxy s I9000 onto a samsung galaxy s epic 4g without bricking your phone?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
No...absolutely not. It would be the same as flashing a Vibrant or Captivate ROM. Total brick. There are hardware differences.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ugothakd:
That's exactly what our miui build is. A hacked up build from different galaxy devices. But no, you would probably soft-brick

remember to thank me if I was helpful :D
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[Android Apps and Games] vierco:
Hi

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[Android Apps and Games] pacosal:
I'm looking forward this new release.

Good luck!
[Android Apps and Games] vierco:
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Add events to calendar

Twitter

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Link channels

AndYou button support:

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Added improvement:

All tap categories are now available from History

Taps in History warning on AndYou's main interface

Now you can recommend an AndYou channel on Twitter using the AndYou button's url

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] vierco:
Hello :)

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- New tap category: Add events to calendar

- All tap categories are now available from History

- Taps in History warning on AndYou´s main interface

- Now you can recommend an AndYou channel on Twitter using the AndYou

- New section on web "...Did you Know?"

- Create the AndYou button for your web:

http://www.andyou-android.com/andyou-button/

We are very excited, Thanks again :)
[Android Apps and Games] vierco:
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[Android Apps and Games] AndSeiyuu:
Hi! I'm creating a channel in AndYou and it's great! ;)
[Milestone XT720 General] Woody:
So I was looking at my carrier yesterday to check on something with my bill and saw that Cincinnati Bell Wireless is no longer carrying the XT720 anymore. Not even being offered as a refurbished model. Hellmonger was lost b/c his XT broke and his carrier gave him an HTC Penache as a replacement.

I did some looking around and Videotron and FIDO are no longer selling it, Wind has it still for sale (check website for details). Not sure about any other carriers because frankly I don't know anymore really, but might want to check yours.

Just total speculation on my part, but maybe Google dropped support for all the "obsolete" phones to make way for their new crop of super-phones. More speculation that Motorola got pissed that CBW gave customers Root Permission with their 2.2 upgrade.

If everyone is dropping this phone, then we are a dying breed in this forum, but then why all the new Korean 2.2's?

Just letting you know what I have found. As long as my phone is working and I don't have to replace it, I'll be around. Hope most others will too.

http://shop.windmobile.ca/ProductCa...|utmctr=wind+mobile&__utmv=-&__utmk=224610458

http://translate.google.com/transla...=en&safe=off&sa=X&biw=1024&bih=667&prmd=imvns

http://www.fido.ca/web/page/portal/Fido/Smartphones

Edit:::: Took out WIND $ b/c billing is not the point of this. It was that the XT720 is being dropped by some carriers and to check yours just in case you may have insurance/warranty issues.
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
XT720 is the last of an old abandoned platform (sholes--the original Droid). The Droid is now 2 years old and most of the original Verizon Droid owners are due for hardware replacements (which Verizon's Nexus Prime seems to be targeting). From reading the git commit logs in Motorola's kernel source for XT720, the Milestone XT720 was intended to be a T-Mobile device. But of course all the other manufacturers started coming out with dual-cores, etc and Motorola was caught with it's pants down trying to milk sholes to death. When T-Mobile passed that was probably pretty much the nail in the coffin and upgrade/development was canned and Motorola looked to sell it for what it could. Then Motorola split and Motorola Mobility decided the XT720 wasn't worth any effort for bug fixes either esp. since Atrix and Xoom were both tanking and Bionic had to be re-engineered. Seriously, why would Google give a ****? Android's in growth mode--people stuck on 2.1 are a smaller and smaller and smaller fraction of Android users every day. Google *never* cares about small fractions of their users. I doubt Google will have any real control or influence on Motorola for at least a year. Nightmare: Motorola adopts Google's "legendary" customer support policies.
[Milestone XT720 General] AllGamer:
@Woodrube

i think you mis-read the website, read again

http://shop.windmobile.ca/ProductCa...ls.aspx?id=Motorola+XT720(WINDCA)&color=green

it's still at $400 minus whatever in store discount

the $59 is pay by instalment, which they charger you on a per month basis until you pay off the $400

and FIDO Canada never carried this phone as far as i know, is not even compatible frequency wise
[Milestone XT720 General] Woody:
Regardless of whether it is $59 or $400 it seems that this phone is being dropped by carriers. And I did misread that Fido carried it. Sorry about that. I thought that I had seen below some member's avatars the Fido emblem, but maybe not.

Just giving a heads up as if we have to "replace" our phones, they probably won't do an XT for XT. All i can say is check your carrier in case something happens and you have to turn it in for repairs or some other reason.

Edit: Seeing a whole bunch of unlocking services for XT's on Fido. Scam since it doesn't work on Fido?
[Milestone XT720 General] easye420:
Yea Cincinnati bell dropped it a couple weeks ago. So I jumped on the nexus s train for a great deal of $100. I couldn't be happier. Now I'm FREE of the locked bootloader. Woo hoo!!!!!!!!
[Milestone XT720 General] AllGamer:
the only other Milestone that works in FIDO, is not a XT

http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_milestone-3001.php

so, yes it could very well be a SCAM

there are too many of those bogus unlock places, a lot of people using Samsung phones got tricked

Back to the XT720 service issue, as long as it's a trade up, when they do a service exchange, i see no problem in that.

but a trade down, would really suck

at this point i think it's only Cincinati Bell that is dropping it off, and Tmobile USA

http://find.t-mobile.com/controller...primary&Ntt=motorola&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial

from the Canadian side Vidéotron

http://www.videotron.com/service/mobile/appareils/details.do?noAppareil=1014&init=true

and Mobilicity

http://mobilicity.ca/products/

seems to have dropped it as well
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
I don't think T-mobile USA ever carried Milestone XT720?
[Milestone XT720 General] tharan.a:
In North America, I believe the only carriers to sell the XT720 are or WERE Videotron, Cincinnati Bell, and WIND Mobile. All fairly small companies, hence the reason why the XT720 was abandoned by Motorola. If T-Mobile had picked it up though, we probably at least would have seen a real froyo.
[Milestone XT720 General] doombox414:
@AllGamer

I am running fido on the XT :D
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
Hi

This why I have stopped messing around cm7 finally went back to cm6 1.2 like it the best and I have sold all my extra milestone xt.

Been working on mobile windows again don't know if will stay with droid.

Cincinnati bell know about xt issues sorry their just snakes in the grass

I will unlock this phone very soon.
[Milestone XT720 General] AllGamer:
yes, but you wont get 3G

all phones has quad bands for voice
[Milestone XT720 General] eejin2:
Locked means carrier locked right? I don't think any of the phones sold in Singapore are locked. We can use any carrier we want.
[Milestone XT720 General] tharan.a:
Yup, just the way it is in North America
[Milestone XT720 General] mrmako777:
when cincy bell refused to unlock my xt, that was the last straw. i decided id never buy another phone from them and i would only buy tmo unlocked phones. when i bought my mytouch 4g 6 months ago, i realized how inferior the xt really was.

if you can wait to get another phone, do so later this year or early next year. tmo will be getting the sgs2 and the htc amaze 4g
[Milestone XT720 General] AllGamer:
there's no comparison it's completely 2 different kind of beast, 3G vs 4G, that itself gives away the huge generation gap difference
[Milestone XT720 General] LibertyMonger:
Apparently the CBW essurance insurance warehouse still has plenty of the Xt's in stock. They are shipping me one to replace my sisters. Sucks Arse! lol. They should be running out soon though we can only hope.
[Milestone XT720 General] firzen_net:
wow, no wonder i never got 3G ever on my phone cause I'm on fido. but I'm not using a data plan anyways so it doesn't matter right.

I was sorta surprised to see this topic, cause I thought the XT720 was done for long ago. Look at the phones that are out as of now. It can't compare anyways. Even the zero dollar phones from Samsung LG and HTC are a lot better than the stock XT720 experience. The wildfire S is especially great for newbs. Its cheap and lag free almost.

I still support this phone strongly though. i wish they made some sorta sequel...maybe Moto will surprise us. I don't get why they don't make one like the droid 2 and 3...
[Milestone XT720 General] Woody:
So let me ask you this. See that you are local (CBW user) and have a Tmo MyTouch4g. Are you using that with CBW sim card and getting full E, G, 4G use? Whenever I am out of town, my phone always reverts to ATT signal. I know they use different frequencies, but I always thought CBW's parent was ATT (or may that is there go-to backup signal). If I wanted to buy an unlocked phone, I am wondering if I shoudl get an ATT or Tmo. I thought it would be ATT but if you are using a Tmo then maybe I am wrong.
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
Well, CBW was Cincinnati Bell (80%)+AT&T Wireless (20%), but then Cingular bought AT&T Wireless and Cincinnati Bell bought the 20% from Cingular. Then Cingular changed their name to AT&T Mobility. Interesting trivia, Cincinnati Bell was also never part of Ma Bell.
[Milestone XT720 General] Woody:
I remember all that now. Ah Ma Bell. Sometimes I long for the old days when monopolies were rampant with their excellent customer service and product advancement. Psych!!
[Milestone XT720 General] syrenz:
Just want to correct this - I used to think it was like that also but it's not.:

1) You can buy the phone on Windtab for $59.

2) $340 is added to your tab

3) Every month after you pay your bill, 10% of what you pay gets taken off your tab (i.e. you pay $30, you get $3 taken off)

4) After 3 years whatever is still left on your tab gets wiped away and you're clean

5) If you decide to leave Wind before your tab is paid up, all you have to do is pay up whatever is left on your tab.

Kinda like a contract, but nicer. I love Wind.

Anyways, not surprising to see the XT720 going.
[Milestone XT720 General] AllGamer:
it's just a different way of saying "you are locked into a contract" ;) :D
[Milestone XT720 General] mrmako777:
Att uses different 3g frequencies than cbw. Cbw operates on the 1700/2100 frequencies as does tmo.. so in short, yes, if you want to have a fully functional unlocked phone get one from tmo. I even had 3g when I was roaming in Indianapolis last month
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
Hi

Hate to break your bubble but their is NO real 4g just hiped up 3g I have friends in this field.

For cincinnati bell they very good local coverage 3g.

My xt is very fast internet but if you use a lot of internet bell will turn down your internet.!
[Milestone XT720 General] mrmako777:
i think most of us here are already aware of that...

on a side note, woodrube, if youre considering getting an unlocked phone from tmo and are concerned about the tmo bloatware thats installed, dont be. the beauty that is titanium backup removes all of it. if you need me to let you know which apps are safe to remove, shoot me a pm...
[Milestone XT720 General] LibertyMonger:
I don't know where you guys are getting this 5gb limit and turn down your internet stuff from. I been on cbw for at least 10 years now and never had these issues. I use a lot of data plus having widgets use data constantly. If it is an issue I have never seen so probably never will. Unless of course they take away unlimited. I guess I am probably wrong and don't know it though.

I was just in washington d.c. and had 3g signal 90% of the time.

Also I received my replacement phone today, It was a used phone, just the handset with no back cover and no battery or anything. I know they call it refurbished but it was defective so it was far from a refurbished. Just plain cleaned up and reflashed sbf I guess. The screen would go black then wouldn't turn back on until a battery pull. Then repeat. So now I have to wait 4 more days for a new phone since they do not ship on the weekends. They claim it will be a brand new phone and the kit this time as it should be since I pay insurance and it should be a free warranty claim.
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
There are reports that T-mobile is starting to do this now (this was posted on reddit.com/r/android today: http://imgur.com/9dtkV) It could be a case of CBW and T-mobile sharing infrastructure. Or perhaps CBW is adopting the same policy as T-mobile.
[Milestone XT720 General] rcatkinson:
Just an FYI, In KY CBW is still selling the XT720 in the stores, but not online.