[Nexus 7 General] rdelfin:
Super dooper!

Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have finally managed to have my Nexus 7 access the internet through my non-regular-wifi-but-adhoc-phone data connection!! YAY!! and best of all, I'm almost certain that no rooting and unlocking is needed!! (99% sure of this since my device is rooted and unlocked but nothing seemed to indicate that the solution described below requires it).

The connection is made possible through bluetooth tethering by using a special app you can download from the Google Play Store for free. So this means you're not even using adhoc wi-fi but a bluetooth link between your phone and the tablet that is established by this app through the "DUN" profile (bluetooth).

Here are the steps:

Access the Google Play Store in your Nexus 7 and download & install the app "BlueVPN" (this app was developed with Ice Cream Sandwich in mind, but luckily it works on JellyBean making our Nexi 7s 100% compatible.

Both on your phone and in your tablet, do whatever needs to be done to create a pairing bluetooth relationship between these two devices (no need to look for a "connection active" message, just the pairing registered in both devices is enough).

Turn wi-fi off in your tablet.

Execute BlueVPN in your tablet and a list will appear with all the bluetooth devices that your tablet has been registered to will be presented. From this list, select the item that refers to the phone.

Allow for the app to do its thing: negotiating a connection, the handshake, etc... and at the end, you should receive the message that a connection between both devices has been established successfully.

Voilá, it's on baby! :cool:

NOW, before anyone starts *****ing and whining, here are the caveats of this tethering method:

Yes, the throughput of data you get with bluetooth tethering is smaller than the one you get with Wi-fi tethering, making your 3g connection feel slower in your tablet (not as slow as browsing on your phone on EDGE, but not as fast as when browsing on HSPA+. You know what I mean?)

This connection feeds the internet to your tablet through a "bluetooth socket", NOT a wifi one, and thus, this makes some apps in the tablet "think" that no network connection is present (which is technically true). What do I mean with this? For those apps that only require access to the internet in a straight forward manner, everything will work fine, such as using the web browser app, the facebook app, etc. HOWEVER other apps that EXPECT to receive data through the "wifi socket" will complain saying "not network connection available" like Google Wallet among other specialized apps. One peculiar case is the Google Play Store app: you will be able to BROWSE the store, but you won't be able to DOWNLOAD/PURCHSAE apps into your device. As for the two email apps, the "regular email" client works as usual (receiving emails, sending emails, pushed notifications of new emails), however the specialized Gmail client DOES not (hey, you can always use the regular client configuring it with your gmail account should this be something you need).

To end this on a positive note, the good news is that bluetooth tethering does not consume as much battery power when idle as with wifi tethering, this means, that you can have your phone and your tablet in your bag linked and you won't drain your battery as fast as it happens when using hotspot tethering. And also, the non-requirement of rooting/unlocking I mentioned earlier :P

Yes, I'm aware that this may not be a total satisfactory solution to our problem but AT LEAST now our Nexi-7 have the ability to be connected when no wi-fi is around and we only have our phones to the rescue.

And finally, the disclaimer: proceed at your own risk, which here is practically non-existent, but still, this solution presented here is meant only as informational and I can't be liable for anything that might go wrong, OK? :silly:

Enjoy!!!!! :cyclops: