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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] LiLChris06:
If you do not have an unlimited plan then it is different, they will charge you extra if you go over.

I wouldn't pay for Tethering if you have a grandfathered unlimited plan.
[HTC Rezound] SirGatez:
RECENT NEWS:

Fixed wifi tether on newest ICS rom, the problem was the exact same firmware issue from the original GB roms. HTC had two AP firmwares just as with the original GB roms. See notes below about the firmware for GB for more information, attached is a zip file that will replace the non-tether compatible firmware with the firmware that does work for tether. I found it interesting that HTC's firmwares from prior ICS versions worked fine without modifications, but the latest one required this hack just like the original GB HTC roms.

Looking to get your Gingerbread Rezound's wireless hotspot to work in Infrastructure mode?

Having problems with your Ice Cream Sandwich Rezound's wireless hotspot stuttering while playing online games in Infrastructure mode?

You found the right thread!

Con247 suggested I move the quick-start guide to the top of this thread.

WARNING: DO NOT FLASH THE ZIP FILE ON ICS ROMS, DO NOT FLASH THE ZIP FILE ON ICS ROMS!

I am now an official developer and committer for the Android-Wifi-Tether project. Now that is awesome! :D

See list here

---KNOWN ISSUES BEGINS HERE---

---KNOWN ISSUES ENDS HERE---

---QUICKSTART BEGINS HERE---

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Development Blog Begins Here

!!! STOP HERE - DOWNLOADS BELOW !!!
[HTC Rezound] AndroidGraphix:
Wow. I'm impressed. Keep up the good work. It sounds like you're on to something.
[HTC Rezound] antispiral:
omg if you get this to work I will give you all the cookies your heart desires!!!
[HTC Rezound] WasabiWa83:
I understood about a total of 6 words in the OP, but I do know that this will be awesome if you can get it working. Nice work :D
[HTC Rezound] antispiral:
any update on this?
[HTC Rezound] SirGatez:
Unfortunately I've not been able to resolve the routing issues yet, communication starting from the client towards the tether point (rezound) arrives but does not seem to get past the interface device (packets are counted but data is getting dropped after reaching the rezound. I am still trying to resolve this.
[HTC Rezound] SirGatez:
I got it, will post a working update within a few hours!

#2: MOD COMPLETE! ENJOY!!!
[HTC Rezound] con247:
Fantastic work!
[HTC Rezound] antispiral:
will this not work on ineffabilis 1.3?
[HTC Rezound] con247:
It should work on GB roms.
[HTC Rezound] theseeker2654:
will this work If im rooted and have ziggy's oc kernal but still on stock debloated (by me) vzw gb rom?
[HTC Rezound] antispiral:
I looked in the firmware folder and I couldn't find the bcm* file to backup and both of the files I'm supposed to replace each other with are already in there.
[HTC Rezound] theseeker2654:
I believe you are supposed to rename the one with the b2 in it to remove the b2 and let it replace the one that is already there WITHOUT the b2. if that makes any sense.
[HTC Rezound] SirGatez:
Regards to other roms/kernels:

You will have to try it yourself, but this method should work on all Rezound GB Roms as long as the firmware folder is there and the dev has not modified anything related to tethering/wifi in a radical way.
[HTC Rezound] SirGatez:
That is absolutely right! Replace the existing file fw_bcm4330_apsta.bin with the fw_bcm4330b2_apsta.bin file.
[HTC Rezound] Doddzilla:
Con where's the flashable zip man? J/K but that would be awesome. This may make me go back to GB. Thanks for this
[HTC Rezound] SirGatez:
This is one of the reasons I haven't went to ICS yet. I have everything I wanted (minus ICS) with this phone running Gingerbread now. Once ICS source is out, that may change.
[HTC Rezound] antispiral:
so can't I just delete the fw bcm4330 instead of replace since the fw bcm4330b2 is already in the folder?
[HTC Rezound] MisterKrispy:
Confirmed working on Ineffabilis 1.3. Tethering to my Mac running Lion and I didn't have to change any settings in the Wifi Prefs. DHCP worked just fine. :)
[HTC Rezound] theseeker2654:
Yes, delete fw bcm4330 (or backup to another location) and rename fw bcm4330b2 to fw bcm4330
[HTC Rezound] mpguzman04:
SirGatez, was wondering if you knew a resolution to an issue I'm having with Wifi-Tether. I had set it up a few months ago via instructions from a ROM post, set up the settings correctly and got it to work. A few weeks following, it suddenly stopped. I could start the tether process but the download/upload stopped registering.

I came across this thread, removed the original Wifi-Tether app that came with the CleanROM DE 1.4 and replaced it with your linked beta app. Again I configured the settings as your quick fix post #2 states and still no luck, it is having the same problem as before. Do you know what could be causing this?

Sent from my Rooted, $-Off'ed, CleanROM 1.4 Dev. Edition ReZound!
[HTC Rezound] Cares:
Sorry for being naive...but what is the advantage of having Infrastructure Mode on my phone? Won't I always be in close proximity to my devices?
[HTC Rezound] Shahaed:
Difference between ad-hoc and infrastructure is infrastructure works with all devices, and adhoc is limited. I believe.
[HTC Rezound] RomsWell:
ADhoc is a direct connection from phone to device. Infrastructure is more of a real router type connection, Allowing say the xbox to see the pc for audio or video streaming. AdHoc wont allow Multi devices talk to each other , Infra will.

Also alot of devices will not see a adhoc network.
[HTC Rezound] Cares:
Thanks! So if I essentially want to use my phone as my home internet and network all my devices. But if I only need tethering for internet on the go then it shouldn't interest me.
[HTC Rezound] Po1soNNN:
I would just stick with infrastructure since it's far superior to ad hoc and you can use encryption with it (I think)
[HTC Rezound] SirGatez:
Make sure you have the routing fix checked. If that doesn't help you may want to reflash the firmware fix (the zip file). If it still doesn't work I would advise reflashing the whole rom from a known good file and trying again. I've seen a hundred crazy issues that have no solution but go away on a clean wipe.

On the flip side if you have time and patience to pull up the log cat for the tether app and the system. Then let me know if any errors stand out as you try to start tether and I maybe able to be of further advice.
[HTC Rezound] SirGatez:
1. Infrastructure allows for multiple devices at the same time.

2. Infrastructure has encryption support on the Rezound.

3. Script-Kiddies CAN AND WILL sniff your unencrypted network connections and save your passwords and personal information (Facebook session tokens, etc) to use against you at their own free whim.

4. Not all sites you visit or apps you use are as safe as they claim to be and may not have good encryption or any at all if you forget to check them out, an unsecured wifi link with your personal info flying across the airwaves is not smart and feeds the Script-Kiddies mentioned in item #3...not to mention identify thieves.

Heed the warning about not using encryption...this ain't the 60's.
[HTC Rezound] jmichaels1982:
encryption

I have been using you app for quite some time now and i like it a lot.

I have this issue where every time i enable wifitether it becomes unstable and lose connection after 1 minute or so.

Connection is fine without wifi encryption. I do, however, use access control to limit users connected to the network and it works just fine with minor reliability issues.

I am running ineff deus 1.0. clean wiped and reinstalled zip from amonra 3.15.

I did change the passphrase and the network name.

Channel and all other settings left to default

routing fix and wifi driver reload enabled, though i dont like disabling my bluetooth when connected. I did try to check that couple of times with no luck in terms of reliability with wifi encryption.

any thoughts ?
[HTC Rezound] Cares:
Thanks for the warning...I went ahead and installed your fix for ICS. How do I "test" to see if encryption and infrastructure are properly working?
[HTC Rezound] SirGatez:
In the options check encryption, set up a passphrase, I recommend as long and complicated as possible, something like "MOL/Gz@UX5aJit2$8lo%BJ!<". An 8 letter lower case password with no numbers and letters takes approx 1 second to crack.

Wifi Tether supports up to 30 characters. I suggest you use them. You will know if infrastructure with encryption is working if you can see the hotspot from another device and when you go to login it prompts for a password. If you enter the password correctly you should be able to use the hotspot. Ad-hoc does not support encryption on this device at this time, so trying to use it will result in errors in the Wifi Tether app, and a hotspot that either doesn't exist or you can't connect to.
[HTC Rezound] SirGatez:
I know you will not want to hear this but I have not tested Wifi Tether on that ROM, and can only suggest that you try wiping and reinstalling from a known good ROM file (verify the MD5!). I would recommend you try one of CleanROMS's Roms (and yes wipe everything), Wifi Tether works great on all of them.

Also make sure your firmware matches your ROM if you flashed the ICS firmware then you should stay on ICS, if your on GB firmware...well I haven't had any problems because I'm running ICS on GB firmware (just make sure to use the firmware patch found elsewhere in these forums for ICS on GB firmware).

If however you continue to have problems after trying on a wiped CleanROM then post back and we'll see if we can figure out what the problem is.
[HTC Rezound] Cares:
What am I missing? I'm was using the default WiFi Tether included on CleanROM DE and it supports encryption. Selected device as Nexus CDMA, checked encryption, and enabled routing fix. It's been this way for a couple of versions of the ROM now.

What is different or what am I missing?
[HTC Rezound] RomsWell:
Nothing if you don't have any issues. But for ping sensitive connections ie xbox, pc online games, and so on this resolves the every few minute connection stall.
[HTC Rezound] jmichaels1982:
lol ur right i did not want to hear it .

But i am really glad you took the time out to respond . so thank you

However , issues still at hand .

Wiped using a clean wipe utility ( 5x) installed clean rom and from the very beginning uninstalled wifitether app. Then rebooted in to recovery and installed rc14

Now we are talkin about a fresh rom without a single app installed on it except for every thing that came with the rom and your mod

still can only connect when i disable encryption.

Edit : so I restarted and wiped cache and dalvik and now it works. Hmm never thought it would be down to a rom compatibility .

Thank you for you suggestion on and your awesome work .

Edit : stilll same problem , held out a lil longer with this rom but then started disconnected frequently. I ordered a replacement from verizon . I'll c what happens with the new one
[HTC Rezound] SirGatez:
If you could pull a logcat we could try to troubleshoot it. Typically I would only return it as defective after exhausting my other options.
[HTC Rezound] jmichaels1982:
check your pms

sent pm
[HTC Rezound] jmichaels1982:
all the issues

So i also had multiple other issues. Internet stuttering while downloading, netflix constantly failing as well as hulu and hbogo.

Not on the phone though , which led me to believe its the wifi tether app

so i trouble shooted and trouble shooted then some more

and I narrowed it down to 4g and tether in the same time .

My connection with wpa on and netflix with hulu and everything else my heart desire was solid with 3g the whole time.

So for now i will tether on 3g only.
[HTC Rezound] SirGatez:
That is actually an issue I've heard of. Some phones do not do tethering on 4G at all and some have problems, I'd like to think as a result of all the heat from the radios or because the 2 radios use overlapped hardware. There is no known fix except as you said to use 3G when when tethering.
[HTC Rezound] SirGatez:
I have added a download Wifi Tether 3.1beta15 PUBLIC TEST 1. These are my changes that I am submitting to the Wifi Tether team to be included in the official APP. I want to run this thing into the ground and would appreciate all the help any of you would care to offer. Please try out all the options, try to set things crazy, use it all day every day and let me know if it doesn't work as well as 14C or if it doesn't behave as expected. The post your comments good, bad, suggestions so I can work on improving it.

Remember these are my changes, this is not officially supported by the Wifi Tether team at this time so please DO NOT direct support request to them, please direct all support request to this thread.

I have added a known issues section for common issues that come up once in a while.
[HTC Rezound] tholmes8291:
Installed beta15 and FINALLY have working tether again after trying everything under the sun! Don't know what you did but it worked and I greatly appreciate it.
[HTC Rezound] scy1192:
Wanted to say thanks, the app works great.

One small bug I've found: "Automatic quota shutdown" is listed twice.

This is on Newts One XxX RLS1 if it makes a difference.
[HTC Rezound] SirGatez:
Fixed it and another little issue that was bothering me. I set the keep alive shutdown timer to be inactive if you set it to retry indefinitely.

New PUBLIC BETA 2 is up, give it a try!
[HTC Rezound] manbat:
Installed.....

Installed.....I'll give it a run thru tomorrow...Nice to see you are getting recognition from "the Team" ...lol. Thanks again for your work on this.
[HTC Rezound] SirGatez:
I am not sure if anyone noticed because I forgot to mention but the Rezound is fully supported in GB and ICS in this version and IS auto detected without having to manually select it.

Just wanted to point that out. :-)
[HTC Rezound] Bustacoal:
How do I remove everything this did to my phone because I can't get tether to work at all now. I'm on newts xxx rls 1 I installed the apk followed the instructions Xbox couldnt find the connection uninstalled and reinstalled the stock WiFi tether and now that won't work.
[HTC Rezound] manbat:
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Is the renaming of the firmware still required? I just installed over the old install and everything is working fine.
[HTC Rezound] RomsWell:
U just have to select the network type. Can't leave it on auto. Wipe the app data and uninstall the normal one and reinstall this one..
[HTC Rezound] SirGatez:
Actually I have the Auto network setup configured as NetD and the APK by itself makes no changes to the device so there are no changes to undo. I hope anyone on ICS read my message and did not flash the zip file. ICS users only need the APK.

Bustacoal. Also for those having problems please post some details, preferably a logcat via PM. "It don't work" does not help me to fix anything.

For those on Gingerbread flashing the zip file fixes the firmware without any manual renaming on your part. You only need to flash the zip I posted after flashing a new rom.
[HTC Rezound] SirGatez:
Well it has been about a week since my first post. I would like to know what everyone thinks so far. Please let me know how the app is working for you and what your thoughts on the new features are. Also if you have any suggestions for additional fixes or features please let me know. Thanks!
[HTC Rezound] manbat:
Haven't done any long tests....but everything seems fine. I don't play online games so I can't give you input along those lines....
[HTC Rezound] bravac:
If on gb, we just use the completezip, right? not the public test ones, right?

Also was wondering when I have tether on, and I try to select from dropdown menu bar, nothing happens (i think is supposed to bring me back in program) thanks for your work ! Works well otherwise.
[HTC Rezound] SirGatez:
Actually the 14C zip is what first time GB users need. You must also re-flash this if you flash another GB rom. Flashing the zip will install the 14C apk as well so no need to also install the 14C apk.

14C is my last baksmali hacked version of android-wifi-tether.

Starting with public beta my work is directly on android-wifi-tether source and should be released from the official project page once we're satisfied with the stability of my changes (hence public beta).

Public beta supports Rezound automagicly on GB and ICS, no selecting your device because it already knows what it is running on. GB still needs the zip flashed first (fixes a firmware driver so that AP/infrastructure mode works). ICS works nearly out of the box. Both GB and ICS still need you to check routing fix.

Public beta also includes the following new features:

Quota shutdown feature - This allows tether to shutdown the hotspot when tether has used the specified amount of data over your internet connection. This is great for keeping track of usage and to avoid going over your data limit when surfing the web on your PC. The feature is especially useful now that carriers are more and more switching their customer's to limited data plans.

Keep-Alive checker feature - This feature allows you to configure a list of websites that keep-alive will poll periodically. Tether will download a header file from the webserver at the specified interval (the header file is usually less than 1k). If tether is unable to access the file it marks the attempt as failed and displays and indicator on the screen. If you check shutdown after x minutes of failure then it will shutdown the hotspot if it fails to connect to any server during your specified time. If it does contact a server then it will reset the countdown and mark the connection as working. This is a nifty feature if your an online gamer or watching netflix on your pc to determine if you having connection problems or just are just catching lag because it checks other web sites for you instead of you having to switch out of your game or movie to check. For those wondering about bandwidth wasted; downloading a 1k file every 5 minutes for 31 days totals about 9MB so it's actually reasonable depending how you configure it. This feature is dual purpose, by running keep-alive it will help keep your internet connection active particularly on carriers who might drop your connection periodically due to inactivity (again not cool for online games). If any carriers are doing such a thing I could not tell you. But cable/dsl/dialup ISPs have done that in the past (and still do) to open up channels for other users when one of their customers appears to be idling online (usually after 15 minutes or more of inactivity). The way carriers talk about limited this and that
[HTC Rezound] snowman122:
beta is almost perfect except the stuttering while playing online seems to be back it was gone on 14c i believe but other wise great work man!
[HTC Rezound] RomsWell:
Yeah GB is givin me issues. Ics is flawless
[HTC Rezound] SirGatez:
What issues are you having? Please be detailed.
[HTC Rezound] RomsWell:
WiFi Connection just disconnects after awhile hour sometimes maybe 30 mins. But aside from that the stall is real bad. Like every few minutes and 2 or 3 second stall. Not sure why. For a bit there all was well. I've tried every radio firm combo to fix it but gb is a no go for me. 8 1/2 hours on Ics without a single stall or disconnect.
[HTC Rezound] SirGatez:
So your SOFF, what radio(s) did you use unit GB?

Also were you on 4G or charging while tethering? Thanks!

EDIT:

Also do you have the same issues with 14C or the original beta14 from android-wifi-tether?

Thanks!
[HTC Rezound] SirGatez:
Out of curiosity when you try again try it with two separate attempts one with 4G off and instead using 3g and the second on 4G with no charging. If turning 4G off or not charging while tethering makes the problem go away then we likely have an instability in the radios driver on GB or the chip (based on the GB firmwares operations on it. If the problem persists then let's test against 14C and see if the same results... As far as original android-wifi-tether on GB ignore that because it won't work, I had forgotten I had to hack it to work with GBs device names which is how my 14C came to be.
[HTC Rezound] wpbear:
Is there any solution for AP tether on vzw stock rooted? If I am reading this correct I would have to flash CleanROM or another compatible ROM.
[HTC Rezound] SirGatez:
It does work on stock rooted just fine (both GB and ICS).
[HTC Rezound] wpbear:
Great, thank you. I have to upgrade and the Rezound is the only one device I can stomach but gotta have free AP tether....screw vzw.
[HTC Rezound] morgej:
Error Message - "What the hell!"

Anyone else experiencing an error message like the following:

What the hell!

Your phone takes control back over the WiFi Interface

This happens when I am transferring data and re-enter the tether application from a shortcut on my home screen. It happens usually on the 3rd or 4th time going from the home screen to the tether application.

I am running PUBLIC TEST 2, S-OFF, Ineffibalis Deus 1.0, with the included kernel and 0.95.00.1118r,0.95.00.1223r baseband

Thoughts?

Thx.
[HTC Rezound] x70xchallengerx:
Yes! Lol I got that a few times on Vacation while tethering, if I unlock and open another app, sometimes it would show that message... like uh, why is my phone swearing at me xD
[HTC Rezound] SirGatez:
This is actually a standard error from the original source. If the status of your wifi device changes (on to off, access point to wifi slave, etc) while Wifi Tether is running and it was expecting to have full control over the device then you will see this error.

It could mean you using more than one tether app, you changed the status of the Wifi yourself outside of the app, or perhaps another app is changing your wifi status (such as apps that switch wifi on and off periodically to check for nearby hotspots to save on data and power).

Either way the only thing you can do is look into what other app is changing your wifi status. You can use logcat to determine this. Also this could possibly happen in some instances where your phone's memory is very low and the wifi tether app is killed by the system. So look into how many apps your running and check on their memory usage.

If your tethering I recommend the following to prevent tether from being killed, change the wakelock option in the app to keep the screen on. I have never had any issues with tether when the app is in the foreground and the wakelock is disabled for tethering (but I highly recommend charging from a quick charger NOT USB if the screen is left on).

If you background the tether app, or turn your screen off it has a higher chance of being killed by the system.
[HTC Rezound] RomsWell:
I'm in the habit of doing the same leaving my screen on. I just turn brightness all the way down and it keeps temp down while charging with screen on and tethering. Also helped with my gb issues
[HTC Rezound] morgej:
Any suggestions on how to find out what app is changing the WiFi state?

FWIW, I do not even have WiFi enabled since my 4G LTE connection is faster than my lousy TW cable internet service

NM...just saw that I can use logcat to find out the culprit
[HTC Rezound] neowisdom1031:
First, let me start by saying kudos! Your work has been a huge help!

I'm currently using your release as my main Wifi tethering to my Kindle Fire. It's working perfectly for getting the net to it. I am having an issue while trying to use a GPS Wifi tethering app to get my GPS data on the kindle fire. For some reason when the kindle is tethered to the rezound it doesn't receive the gps data from the gps server running on the rezound. If I connect them both to a stand alone wifi connection the gps data transmits correctly.

I'm not sure if it's the gps client/server or something to do with the wifi tether. I've contacted the developer of the GPS tether app but have yet to get a response. I was wondering if there were any known issue with the Wifi tethering that might cause this, such as a routing issue or the like and to just bring it to your attention.