[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dmxoneIuv:
thanks - Tasker Profile attached/can be used with NFC also

thank you for this! i tried the versions from the market with all types of configuration settings and i still could not get it to show up on my laptop until i found your modded version. all i did was install this, not change any settings. turned wifi tether on with default values and "AndroidTether" as the SSID (network name) and no pw. it worked, connected to internet. turned wifi tether off, then i went into settings, enabled encryption and set my own network name and password. this works great.

i also created some tasks in TASKER to use with some NFC tags but i created a profile also based on a Location (50m radius of my home) but you'll have to change that.

Wifi Tether On & Off Tasker Profile Based on Location (edit to your own location for home or wherever)

REQUIREMENTS (download and install these first onto your phone, then proceed to STEPS below):

WifiTether_TrevE_Mod_11_22_2012.apk (link to 1st page of this thread, if it gets updated, i'm sure it should still work using the steps below)

Tasker (Play Store Link)

Locale Execute Plugin (Play Store Link)

STEPS

1 - Download Attachment from this post (Wi_Fi_Tether___Home.prf.xml.txt) and delete the .txt extension so you have a .xml file now

2 - Copy/Move the file to sdcard/Tasker/profiles/

3 - Open Tasker, long click the Profiles tab and you should get a pop-up. Click Import

4 - Pick the file Wi_Fi_Tether___Home.prf.xml

5 - Now you should see Wi-Fi Tether @ Home along with the Context: Home Location and Task Wi-Fi Tether On and Exit Task Wi-Fi Tether Off

6 - Click Home Location, change it to your desired location, Home/School/Work, etc and cilck the Green Check Mark

7 - That should be it. Only thing with this method is that it won't open Wi-Fi Tether and won't show that it is running, on or off. you can create some kind of message to pop up in Tasker but i haven't messed with it much.

My main purpose for the Tasker profile is not to actually use the profile, but the tasks to use with NFC Tags (the xml file is just to share the tasks with you guys easier). Since you imported the profile i provided, you now have the tasks loaded in your Tasker app also.

NFC Tag for Wi-Fi Tether ON and Off

REQUIREMENTS:

same as above plus:

NFC Task Launcher (Play Store Link), download and install on your phone

NFC Tags, these are the ones i purchased thru Amazon. wanted to try something cheap, found 18 tags for $20 shipped, they work well although there is many other styles, sizes, etc if you shop around. for me, this was a good start since i wanted to show off the NFC feature and share some of the tags with my brother for his phone.

Change Setting in Tasker to work with NFC Task Launcher

Open Tasker, click Menu button, Preferences, MISC tab, and place a checkmark next to Allow External Access, then click the green checkmark​

Assuming you did the steps above in Tasker, you can proceed below. IF you only wanted to use the NFC feature and not the location based setting from Tasker, what you can do is follow the steps above to import the tasker profile, then just delete the profile right away, the TASKS to turn on and off the tether will remain in the TASKS tab of Tasker. sorry if that was confusing

STEPS

1 - Open NFC Task Launcher

2 - Click the + in the top right corner

3 - Select NEW SWITCH (this is so when we touch the tag the first time with our phone, it will turn on Wi-Fi Tether, 2nd touch will turn it off)

4 - Tap where it says 1: Unassigned to assign task

5 - Click New Task, name it Wi-Fi Tether On

6 - Click + Add actions

7 - Scroll down to Tasker, put a checkmark next to Tasker Task and click Next

8 - Hit the magnifying glass and click Wi-Fi Tether On from the list of Tasker Tasks and then click OK

9 - Click Save

10 - Tap where it says 2: Unassigned and follow steps 5-9 above instead of Wi-Fi Tether Off, pick Wi-Fi Tether On from the Tasker Tasks list

11 - Now that both are assigned, click Write, it will tell you to place the tag on the back of your phone and it will create the "switch"

12 - Test it out. it does take a few seconds to start, like almost 10 seconds for the network to show up on my laptop. First tap turns it on, 2nd tap turns it off, same thing, takes about 10 or so seconds to turn off. Wifi-Tether is never opened during any of these steps, only the commands are sent to turn it on and off. with this it does show a notification with the Task that was Launched but that can be cleared, otherwise you have no way of knowing if Wi-Fi tether is running in the background

that took me a little while to type up, lol, i'm high and hope i didn't confuse anyone. just trying to help. i'll try to help anyone with this the best i can if you have questions. i am a Beginner at Tasker, and just got my Galaxy S3 two weeks ago, so be easy on me.