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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lock-N-Load:
Barnacle would not work as demandarin has pointed out several times since it is ad hoc. wireless tether/wifi tether is not it is infrastructure but ICS is seeing it by default as ad hoc. Hence, the issue.

I "think" that in wireless tether when people say "infrastructure mode" they mean "Auto" in the Setup-Method as all I have ever seen is..

Auto

WEXT (ad-hoc)

Netd (master)

Softap (master)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] busfullofBEARS:
Ok. My point is that it android-wifi-tether beta 10 worked for me on on my Droid Charge on the first try, without changing any settings at all. Just contributing a positive data point.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
well I tried Auto and the Wext one. neither works. still a work in progress. we will figure a solution. just a matter of time. As people having different handsets working or not, using same app is making this more difficult to pinpoint solution
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Ryco26:
This is also frustrating to me as well. I too have an OG Droid and a T-Prime. Now suddenly i cant tether after ICS. I've been following this thread in hopes of a solution, and i suddenly remembered i had read something about this a long time ago and i found something that could prove to be helpful. It has to do with replacing the wpa_supplicant file to accept ad-hoc and your good to go. this explains how to on the Galaxy tab, but the basic idea and stepps could be modified to work on the Prime.

droid-life.com/2010/11/17/how-to-use-wireless-tethering-on-a-samsung-galaxy-tab/

and also the xda thread: xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7711198&postcount=6
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] willowave:
Sorry, just got back to the party. What rom do you have on your Charge?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] theizzardking:
Me and my droid charge thank you for that , been watching this thread for ages hoping someone with a charge would chime in , what ver are you on rooted rom ?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lock-N-Load:
Hate to break it to you, but I have been talking about this nearly since the start if you go back and read. I actually tried this with another wpa file I found days ago on the web, but it did not work and my suspicion is that these wpa files need to be specific to the device/OS - and a sentence like that proves that "Desire and the new froyo's are on 0.6.10 of wpa_supplicant so i repatched and compiled".. so we need a wpa for ICS for the Prime. This is why we are hoping a dev can provide this one day. Other devs have made ones for other devices. I do believe this will solve it as we just need to get the Prime in ICS to accept ad hoc and a wpa file can do it.. we just dont have the right wpa file.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] willowave:
Hey! I been here all along with my Charge not working. lol C'mon now.

OMG!!! BETA 10 WORKS. For me. Sorry I got very excited there for a minute. I still feel for the rest of you.

I GOT IT WORKING WOOOHOOO

OK...so for Further notes for this issue..

Droid Charge, using the above posted beta10 apk, DID NOT CHANGE A THING in settings. ICS is now tethered to my phone. Halll-A-luhya!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lock-N-Load:
Interesting find....

So, inside /bin/ are 2 wpa_supplicant files.. 1 called wpa_supplicant and the other called wpa_supplicant2 and if both are not there, wifi will not work. I just found this out by pushing a new wpa_supplicant file and I removed #2 and lost all wifi, put #2 back and wifi. Scared the **** out of myself, but point is... there seems to be 2 interdependent wpa files at work that are needed. Also had to reset permissions to -r- because moving them changes their permissions... scary moments there

Damn, I wish I would have checked in HC how many wpa files are there

All wpa_supplicant file swap articles and posts I have found have only ever mentioned 1.. I wonder, if to **** block us, they placed 2 and made them interdependent?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tdrussell:
lol youre a brave man!! Thanks for pushing the envelope for the rest of us! :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lock-N-Load:
I also just tried 3 other wpa_supplicant files I found for other phones/tablets. None worked. All allowed for wifi fine, none accepted ad hoc.

I have the swap steps down good enough now and know and understand the setup and permissions and such, I feel confident now in the processes to try any wpa_supplicant file. You find one, I have not tried it, I will... but I doubt it will work for 2 reasons

1. it is not specific to our tablet and ICS software

2. we have 2 wpa_supplicant files not just 1 so there may be some interdependency as NO thread/forum/blog/post has ever mentioned 2 wpa files.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] effezie:
Coming to the party late is never a good thing but I have a question and I hope I can contribute. I can set my Atrix 4g phone as a mobile hotspot (with the WiFi turned off) and my TP will connect to it when I select it in wireless settings. Does that mean I am tethering to it? The previous posts are talking about other ways so I'm guessing this is not a preferred way. I can also lock on to a GPS signal while driving and hold it for the 3 miles I tested it while driving the other day. Not great but 8 to 9 visible and locking anywhere from 4 to 6.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
you are tethering if you are connected to the TP and can access the internet without any other connections. So you paid for the hot spot feature built into the phone or is this a 3rd party app? also can you connect to internet using that hotspots feature only?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] theizzardking:
Doh! Haha missed that whole page , thanks working great with both the kindle and prime simultaneously and no bt hassle either, cool :-D

_______________update_____________________

this works for me on my rooted charge running the 2.6.35.7-EP3 kernel ,humble 4.0 rom (outdated as f***)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] effezie:
you are tethering if you are connected to the TP and can access the internet without any other connections. So you paid for the hot spot feature built into the phone or is this a 3rd party app? also can you connect to internet using that hotspots feature only?

I am not using a 3rd party app. It came with the phone. Also, I can connect to the internet on my phone while the hotspot is active and the WiFi is off. I don't seem to have many issues although I have experienced the touch screen/charger problem and a couple other little things I think. I do consider myself very fortunate.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rock_shen:
Due to Broadcom released new wpa_supplicant driver for ICS, it has some issue on adhoc mode, so I thought this is the reason that TP removed adhoc from ICS.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Ryco26:
Yes, i just checked this on mine in system/bin and there are indeed 2 wpa_supplicant files there.. which is odd.

How about if you head into /system/etc/wifi/ and there is a file labeled wpa_supplicant and there is only 1 file there. You can try replacing it with the others you have already tried. hope this might help.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lock-N-Load:
That is a "config" file ... not the same
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Ryco26:
Sorry, my mistake.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lock-N-Load:
Small update..

I reached out to the creator of the wifi tether beta apps we have been using to see if in some way his app could be used - maybe a setting - that can in some way mask the signal or trick ICS into seeing ad hoc as infrastructure. Or something maybe. Not heard back.

Second... Asus reached out to me here related to another thread of mine. In our emails I asked them about this issue & if they can fix it. Not heard back yet.

Still trying to get this fixed for us all.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mechadan:
Another point of reference. I have the Prime and an HTC Rezound and am unable to get any third party tethering app to work. My Rezound and TFP don't play nice in Bluetooth as it has proven impossible to get them to do nything but pair up without connecting.

I have played with the settings in the bet 11 version of Wifi Tether endlessly with no luck. Obviously Open Garden and Barnacle have not worked. I tried pdanet without luck. Tried the new pdanet Tablet without luck due to my inability to get devices to connect in Bluetooth. I'm bummed that there still isn't an answer, but to whoever said HTC phones were not having issues, I'm here to say, I'm having isues man.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Conduitz:
I have the same setup as the above poster. Please know that its not the APP itself. its the rom, kernel, or both that determine HOW your wifi tether apps broadcast. either INFRASTRUCTURE (works for everyone tethering their primes successfully) and AD HOC. ICS update to our tablet broke the ability for the tablet, or removed the ability, to see AD HOC networks.

side note: i have the same phone and tablet, and they connect fine via bluetooth. I use TexTab religiously.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mechadan:
I understand your point about the ICS perhaps being to blame, but I think that's only part of the story. I believe that people with ICS Primes are tethering just fine over WiFi as long as the app they are using was the first party app that came with their phone or an unlocked version of such an app as built into certain roms.

As for your Bluetooth setup, I will check again tonight, but I'm worried one of my devices has Bluetooth problems.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lock-N-Load:
This has all been said and hashed out before.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mechadan:
I understand. I was reiterating the point for someone. If the ICS update was the only factor here, NOBODY with an ICS Prime would be able to WiFi tether. This is apparently not the case, so other factors affect how ICS recognizes certain WiFi tethers.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] willowave:
So then why am I able to use my droid charge with android-wifi-tether working now, when I was one of the users that it didn't work for before?

I don't have anything cooked in. I was using the third party app before when it was working, then after when it wasn't. And now that I do have it working, using the same app just an updated version.

I'm not arguing with anyone, or saying anyone's wrong or right. just saying, so many variables it's really hard to pinpoint this issue. Besides the fact that installing ICS is where the issue started. But why it works now for me...I have no idea because the only thing I changed was the version of wifi-tether that I used.

Sorry, didn't mean to quote you on that LockNLoad. I meant to just post a reply to the thread.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mechadan:
Right, that is certainly a confusing outcome, willowave. Was there some setting in the new version that you adjusted that you didn't see before? Was your phone not listed before and then was listed? I'm just looking for tips to indicate that maybe the Wifi Tether developers know the issue and maybe they are addressing it phone by phone with new releases.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lock-N-Load:
I wish I had an answer for you as you how or why in your case a new version worked - that likely comes down to an answer from the dev on what he changed OR what settings you might have changed. I will say that I have personally tried all of the last 5 betas AND many settings in each of those - as have many others - and no joy. So great news for you.

Anyway I read this today in an older XDA TF101 thread that gives me hope...

"Update: If you are using the official firmware 8.6.5.9 (and obviously above) or any custom ROM based on it, you don't have to do anythink described here, because ad-hoc works natively. Thankfully ASUS fixed Googles unintelligible inability to enable connection to ad-hoc networks."

I reached out to that user as that info was in a thread about tweaking the wpa_supplicant file to get ad hoc working on the TF101... which they did! And then Asus fixed it but I figured he might be able to help me get a person to contact that helped him so we could get a temporary fix. Cross your fingers. I also reached out to the dev that made Barnacle as he was the guy that actually coded the wpa_supplicant fix for them I later read.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tdrussell:
bump. that's a good find. let us know what you hear.

TF201 | XDA Premium
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jdbaker82:
Still nothing?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] RighZ:
Mine works just fine with default Wifi Theter on my HTC HD2 with a MIUI rom.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] martez75:
Mechadan, have you tried any different ROM's on your Rezound? I have a Rezound also, and am using Ineffabilis v1.0 (wifi tether beta 10) with no joy. Thinking about flashing a different ROM and/or Kernel on the phone to see what that does, but wanted to know if any other Rezound users have already tried this.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lock-N-Load:
Read the thread & you will see why it works for you... there is a reason
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] TBTransformer:
Hi All,

I am new to the forum but this thread is exactly what I was looking for. I also have a TF201.

When I was running Honeycomb I could tether to my IPhone 3GS using WEP with no issues. When I upgraded to ICS I lost the capability to tether. I am new to Android so I figured the first thing I would do is root the prime ( I did with no issues during the process) then look for a fix for this issue. Your thread is the best info I have seen so far. Please continue to update.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lock-N-Load:
Be rest assured I will keep updating this until we get a dev to help us solve it or Asus fixes it like they did in the TF101 (after members took it upon themselves to solve it). I got hooks in the water just need to get a bite from a dev.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] willowave:
Nope, I didn't change a single thing. I installed it, and started it up, and it worked. Everything default.

Except for the fact that I updated to the beta 10.

I will say I have had issues since I did get it to work where wifi-tether gives me errors and in the error log I get these errors...

"Failed configuring softap", "Failed starting softap" "Failed activating wifi interface"

And then no my tablet won't connect to my phone, but that to me seems to be more of an app issue than the whole ICS related thing.

I will say I didn't have these issues BEFORE ICS. No errors with this app.

And I had used it previously with my Archos tablet, so it had been used enough to know if there was an issue with it.

Now, when I get these errors, I restart my phone, and start up the wifi tether and it works.

Makes no sense, I know. But it's working. Which is enough for me for now.

But still doesn't help anyone else. Sorry.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] steelerfnpeter:
Posting this in hopes it helps as my Prime can connect to my rooted Droid Incredible on Verizon.

I am running:

Nils Business GingerSense 3.5 (Best 3.5 Sense ROM) v2.2

Android Version 2.3.5

Wireless Tether 2.0.8-pre1 (I have tried v10 and it doesn't work with my phone and I was having issues with keeping my wireless tether connected on version 2.0.7, even though I could get it to connect, it wouldn't stay connected.)

Wireless Tether settings:

Access Control Enabled

WiFi-Encryption enabled - WPA/WPA2-PSK

Channel 9

Let me know if you have other questions about my setup.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tdrussell:
I'm hoping for an update to wifi tether to fix this. I'm reluctant to go ahead and root at this point (should we have to go that route) seeing as there are several outstanding software issues that still need to be fixed.

TF201 | XDA Premium
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mechadan:
Sorry for the delayed response. I am running Nils' Gingersense 1.4. I have tried multiple WiFi Tether settings on this and stock OS with no luck.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lock-N-Load:
I would not worry about root affecting any software updates as worse comes to worse & you'll just loose root. Plus the stuff that would require root to apply a fix such as a wpa_supplicant file change (as seen successful on the original Transformer and a sleu of other phones/tablets) can so easily be undone in minutes... literally.

Anyway as of tonight I'm in dialog with the member who helped get the ad hoc fix on the Transformer ... so...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tdrussell:
True. Thanks for the response.

TF201 | XDA Premium
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mechadan:
No luck with your settings or any combination close to it on the Rezound, unfortunately. Thanks for the lead, though.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] steelerfnpeter:
May be best to reach out to Nils and ask him what the difference between his two roms are where wi-fi tether is concerned. He may help lead you to a solution. I find it funny that it would work with one of his roms, but not the others (granted it is on two different pieces of hardware).

Hope you guys find the answers you are looking for and that ASUS fixes it soon.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mechadan:
Well, we have different phones, so that could be part of the equation. I have already mentioned it to Nils and he assures me he is trying to figure it out, but encouraged me to keep trying other combos, so I appreciate any new combo setting.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Caanon:
Here's a setup in case it helps:

Transformer Prime: ICS beta firmware 9.4.2.9

Galaxy Nexus: ICS stock 4.0.2

Tether: Stock one that comes with ICS (I pay for it)

Seems to work just fine.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] malcUm:
I suppose it works for you, because Nexus uses wifi direct, not adhoc...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tdrussell:
do tell...

TF201 | XDA Premium
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] PrimeTimeBro:
STILL no fix for this? Yikes
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lock-N-Load:
Just last night I tried yet another idea..

I took the system dump for Honeycomb since ad hoc worked in HC. I turned off wifi, backed up my files, copied and moved over into ICS both these and set their permissions and turned wifi back on

/etc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf

/system/bin/wpa_supplicant

NO luck :( Again, as I have said before, I really think it is coming down to that second wpa_supplicant2 file that is in /system/bin/ but the problem there is that HC and no other OS I have read about or seen examples of here on XDA has these 2 wpa files... only ICS and I think it is wpa_supplicant2 that is **** blocking my attempts as removing it totally busts wifi from working even if all other wifi related files are in place.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ZeDroid:
Can you upload all your wpa_supplicant files here? Don't know much about this kind of stuff, but am always interested to take a look at things.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lock-N-Load:
Sorry no.. I toss them out when they don't work - no reason to keep them. And, likely, if they will not work for me they will not work for you if your on ICS. Plus, those files just look like a bunch of gibberish as they are compiled, so nothing to actually "see" like there is in XML files.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] John Kotches:
The wpa_supplicant.conf file should be an ASCII configuration file, not "gibberish"...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] PrimeTimeBro:
Are you ready to give in yet and flash a new ROM with baked hotspots?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mechadan:
If only I could find one...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lock-N-Load:
Sorry.. but you totally missed the fact we are not talking about the wpa_supplicant.conf file, the bulk of all of this talk is about wpa_supplicant and wpa_supplicant2 - totally different files. In every instance where this issue has been fixed for other phones and tablets, it is wpa_supplicant that gets tweaked, not wpa_supplicant.conf. I only now just mentioned wpa_supplicant.conf as a file I also tried to change as 1 final test method, but never seen it referenced as a file that ever mattered in this fix.. I just tried it for fun WITH the critical wpa_supplicant file. That being said, wpa_supplicant.conf is not gibberish, wpa_supplicant and wpa_supplicant2 are as they are compiled.

Nope. As I said before, as bad as I want this, having a stable phone with a stable kernel on a stable ROM is not something I mess with - even more so given it is my only phone. Changing ROMs can always mean the chance of introducing another issue elsewhere and then having to deal with that plus setting up all your settings and such again. So, no, not willing to.

This is 100% fixable. Has been fixed in the TF101. Is not new to us, just new to us in that it involves ICC. Many others have been down this path, so we need either a dev to help like was done for the TF101 or wait for Asus to address like they did for the TF101.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] chewybang:
FWIW, I went ahead and flashed CM7 on my DX2 in hopes that WIFI tethering would work. No dice :(
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] khukman:
Here's some food for thought perhaps... When my TP upgraded itself to ICS (I KNOW that I hit the 'Postpone' button...), I had been tethering with my HTC Rezound (ad-hoc), so there was a profile already there (tablet remembered it). After the upgrade, I was still able to tether at first. It was only after I stupidly told the tablet to "forget" the network because my phone was freaking out, that it would no longer see it. Does that make any sense at all? It is like it CAN tether if you have the definition file/settings there, but it just can't detect the ad-hoc once on ICS.

I'm getting another phone that allows for infrastructure tether so that I can have web access again! Frustrating to say the least!

And yes, I know that I definitely was able to tether for a little while after the upgrade. I was not smoking anything.

I'm not an Android God by any means, but I am an Android phone nerd and a software developer, so I'm not some noob that knows nothing.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nevetsvsx:
tethering works from droid razr

Just thought I would share here...I am able to successfully tether with my Droid razr as it seemingly looks just like a router(definitely not adhoc). If you guys know which files I need to provide I would be glad to share them in case this tethering method will work on other phones.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lock-N-Load:
Just tried another idea and actually had a little progress.. but failure in the end

I took some pre ICS modified wpa_supplicant files I found in the Xoom forums (they have same issue) and tried them.. No joy. But, then I decided to leave the stock wpa_supplicant file in place and rename the borrowed wpa_supplicant files to wpa_supplicant2 and replace the ICS wpa_supplicant2 and something interesting happened.

I could now see my wifi with NO red "ad hoc" next to it for the first time since ICS. I got super excited. I clicked on it and sure enough, it said connect.. I got more excited. I clicked "connect" and it started to connect... hella excited... and yet no data flows and it does not connect as at that stage, you get a "fail" notice :( damn!

So what next LNL? I plan to watch the Xoom forums since they (1) have way more users and (2) now have official release ICS and (3) they have a ton of threads about ad hoc issues on HC -

and devs cranking out working wpa_supplicant files

- and now that they have ICS I suspect those same people will fry foul again and maybe those same devs will step up and be able to fix it for them as if they can, that might help our cause.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] esm922:
I do not pretend to know a lot about what has been discussed in the previous posts about the files that are needed or are not needed for WIFI Tethering to work after the ICS update but I do know what is working for me at the present time. Here is what I am using . HTC Thunderbolt rooted with DAS BAMF SOAB 1.04 and T Prime. Open Garden to tether. Working like a champ at the present time.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] TBTransformer:
Great work I am optimistic that you will find a fix. I AM brand new to Android. The Prime is my first device.