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[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Legato Bluesummers:
been trying unsuccessfully for a half hour to get this to connect. I rooted the Tab fine. I copied over the file fine with root explorer and over wrote the original. Had to do a reboot because it kept taking an error whenever i tried to enable wifi after that. Rebooted, can turn on wifi again without error. Will not see my Droid X. I have tethered both my laptops fine to my Droid X, but the tab will not see the ad hoc network.

If i go into the droid X and it's advanced settings for wifi, if i try to change the Peer to Peer (Ad-hoc) channel my phone takes an error and force closes the wifi settings page. Is that my problem? DO i need to figure out why it is erroring there? Even when i turn off tether it still persists. :( I am lost. :(

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

edit: tried copying the file over multiple times to replace the stock wireless supplicant file. Everytime i do the wifi will not stay enabled, it errors out. If i reboot it is fine, but at first, no dice. :(

edit 2: it is working again after reboot because it is defaulting back to the stock wireless applicant file. It has the same created time stamp as every other file in that directory after the reboot. So for some reason the wireless applicant file just won't take for me. :( Uber sad now. :(

edit again: when i replace the stock wifi supplicant file the new one doesn't have the little badge thing on top of it. Is that my problem? How do i get that? Like every other file in the /System/Bin/ has a yellow badge on the top left corner of it. The new file doesn']t

edit #4: so you can see how dumb i am. :( I was pasting the FOLDER named wireless applicant...not the file. Feel free to smack me upside the head repeatedly with an aluminum bat. :( now it works fine wirelessly.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] texasreb:
You guys are great! I am tethering this message from my htc windows phone. I was thinking that I was going to need an Ipad for tethering but you saved me. Thank You.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kromosto:
thank you this is what i was looking for :). ok i dont know how i did it but it worked. used superoneclick to root and androotfile didnt type the mount commands but it worked. only q from me is system and bin left writable is this a problem ? :)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blinkergffg:
Do you have Wifi Encryption enabled. I was not able to find my fascinate with encryption enabled, but it showed up fine as soon as I disabled it.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] getupkid1985:
I am able to tether to my rooted Droid Incredible by enabling access control with the Wireless Tether app. Then it pops right up and the Tab connects for me. I did not have to perform the WPA supplicant mod. Same as you, it doesn't recognize when I end the tethering. Just have to disconnect it manually for now.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksizzle9:
Mine seems to pick up the tether from my incredible just fine.

Adhoc or not
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bisto321:
wpa_supplicant fix not working with new euro firmware?

I have just upgraded my Tab with Kies to the latest euro firmware and I can no longer get the wifi to work with the 'fixed' wpa_supplicant?

Before I copied the new file accross the WiFi manager could see the adhoc spot but popped up a message that android did not support ad hoc spots and referred me to the Google code ad hoc WiFi thread.

Now that I have replaced the samsung wpa_supplicant, it fails when it starts to scan.

Looks like the new firmware has borked the fix?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benlane:
Had the same issue

I borked my Verizon tab also. Jacked around with for about 3 hours and hadn't gotten the wifi back.

Figured it was hosed and that I couldn't hurt it anymore so I went to data/wifi and copied bcm_supp.conf from my Samsung Fascinate

It didn't have all the text in it that the old one did and wonder of wonders - bingo bongo bingo - it worked to include the adhoc!!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Suleeto:
Has anyone figured out why this is? I would like to use my AT&T Tab for both calling and to wifi tether with ad-hoc as discussed here.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Suleeto:
Ok, as an Android newb, I have no idea how to MOUNT things, or even what that is exactly. Can anyone assist me with this or send me a private message to point me in the right direction?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
The easiest way to do it would be to:

1. Root your device using z4root (from the Market)

2. Buy Root Explorer (from the Market)

3. Download the new wpa_supplicant file from this thread

4. In root explorer, browse to /system/bin and using the button at the top of the screen mount as r/w

5. In root explorer, copy wpa_supplicant, and paste elsewhere

6. In root explorer, go to your sdcard, pick up the new wpa_supplicant and copy and paste to /system/bin.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Suleeto:
YES!

After LOTS of Googling... for the NOOB:

DOWNLOAD: SuperOneClick from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=803682

You MUST download and install ON YOUR PC the Samsung Android USB driver from either the Samsung or SOFTPEDIA... there are links on here and the Galaxy S section on this forum.

Set USB debugging by going to Applications, Settings, Applications, Development, and checkboxing "USB Debugging".

Connect the Tab to your PC via USB cable, and let the Samsung USB drivers install.

RUN SuperOneClick from your PC while Tab is connected. Click the button labeled "ROOT". Let it do what it does. (Click the other button afterwards if you want to open up the Tab for non-market apps.)

Install Root Explorer from the Android apparently market. Pay the few bucks for this, it will save you lots of grief. Understand that, for noobs, SDCARD is the name of the folder that contains the areas you can copy and retrieve this update file from.

The rest should now make sense to noobs.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BuglessFan:
Painless fix. Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zenbbqmaster:
This worked perfectly for my USTMO Tab which I bought without a contract. It hooked up to my HD2 no problem. Thanks Foxmeister!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zenbbqmaster:
Interestingly, it seems the HD2 cannot use data services itself (no Opera or Google Maps) while functioning as a WiFi router/Network for my Tab. Unlike how it functions as perfectly when running it usb tethered to my laptop.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbannon4:
I still cant get my new wpa file to overwrite the old one. everytime i hit yes overwrite, the old one is still there. what am i doing wrong
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uprightmusic:
I've done everything described here perfectly

My Verizon Tab see the adhoc tether signal from my EVO but it not connecting, it says :"Obtaining IP address for Android(adhoc)

can someone help me out here,...thanks.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uprightmusic:
I wanted to bump this up and also add to my above post that I'm rooted using z4root on both the Galaxy Tab and my EVO,..could this be the reason Wifi tether will not work? Thanks for your patience.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amk332:
I have the same problem to connect to the adhoc network created by my PC.

After doing everything described here, it worked for one day but now it is stucked at "Obtaining IP address".
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayhammy:
So far so good with connecting to my droid pro. Will report back if any issues. Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rfdillon:
I have followed these instructions explicitly, and am now able to see my original Motorola Droid (adhoc) in the list of Wifi connections. I am able to connect to the Droid, but I can get no further. I cannot get out to the Intervet even though I can connect to the Droid. I am attempting to connect the Verizon Samsung Galaxy Tablet to the original Motorola droid, which is rooted and is using wifi tether. I can tether to my laptop with no problem, but I cannot as of yet connect to the Galaxy tablet and get out to the Internet with the Droid. Does anyone have any idea of what could be wrong?

Did I have to edit the supplicant file in some way? Did I have to do anything to it after placing it in the system\bin folder?I only viewed it in notepad, and did not save any changes, as it appears to be a binary file of some sort. I would appreciate any assistance possible with this, thanks so very much!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coolsaber57:
Has anyone else noticed that after installing this file that their wifi connection is really slow?

I was actually able to tether to my droid just fine, but when i went back to regular wifi it was slow. I know its that file because i replaced it with my old one and it works just fine.

Or am i the only one?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coolsaber57:
Bump, anyone?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xpgroup:
Your folder is set to Read Only, switch to R/W & you'll be fine.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firstylasty:
thank you

you are a genius. thank you, thank you, thank you! Would be great for more complete instructions for newer users, but it worked as promised and .... THANK YOU!!!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ateja2004:
Not able to connect to wifi

Followed the steps as suggested. I am getting the message " Obtaining IP address from Iboxr (adhoc)". I did try giving permissions as r/w but still facing issue. I m new to android things. Please provide me help.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bobby Buggs:
Just checked and was able to connect to my Rooted Incred
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mfloresg:
I got to see the adhoc networks. Fine and everything.

Here's the thing, when it logs into the adhoc network, I wont get a proper DNS. I mean I check on it it says:

Example:

192.168.1.5 ip

255.255.255.0 domain

192.168.1.1 dhcp server

0.0.0.0 DNS 1. <---- problem no refresh

0.0.0.0 DNS 2

Whereas any other wifi network gets a proper DNS everytome.

What's the deal with this?

*edit: noticed this also happens on wifi with browser loging in page. Any ideas?

msg on mobile
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jltdude:
Thanks for the instructions. It works and i can connect my tab to my iphone my-wi (ad-hoc network).

Problem: If i reboot the galaxy tab, the modified wpa_supplicant is overwritten by the stock wpa_supplicant and its back to square-1!! I tried changing the permission of the mod wpa file but no luck. Its lost after a re-boot.

What am i doing wrong? Is there a fix to it?

Please help...thanks a ton in advance!!!!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zamo_icm:
found adhoc but cannot connect

my galaxy tab found the adhoc i created by my windows vista laptop but cannot connect. i tried even without any passwords, still stops after tring to obtain ip

any help???
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vp:
Hi,

I tried to do this on my galaxy tab and it works fine. however, the moment I turn off and on the device, the wpa_supplicant file is being overwritten by the native original version. Looks like some kind of file protection is in place on the system files. Any idea how I can permanently overwrite the file with you version?

Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drache:
Works Great

Many thanks.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
It works!

Thank you sooooooooooo much. It works very well! I used root explorer to put the file in place and I could not be more thankful.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bthoven:
Not working with Galaxy Tab Wifi version

Just try this wpa_supplicant with my Galaxy Tab Wifi version, and it doesn't work. My tab can't turn on wifi at all after using this patch.:confused:

Is there any other solution?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donetus:
same here. after replacing the wpa_supplicant, my Tab can no longer detect the available wifi connection.

hope someone can do a fix for the Tab Wifi version.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wingrider1964:
I noticed in one set of instructions here that it doesnt tell you to turn the wifi off before moving the files, just an observation, maybe it will help. I am using an Iphone 4 with MyWi and tethering my GT. works great.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donetus:
i made sure that the wifi is off before i replaced the existing wpa_supplicant. after replacing, i rebooted the phone but it was a no go connecting to an adhoc network.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sys73r:
Remember doing a back up of the file before replacing it.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thaihome:
Galaxy Tab Wifi version can not use me too
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tocupid:
me2 waiting for wifi version
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] areshwm:
bthoven, donetus were either of you able to get your wifi to work i am having the same issue!!! And My dumb self forgot to back up the stock file!!!

ok so does anyone know where i can get the stock wpa_supplicant??? forgot to back it up now no wifi and i dont know what to do

stupid noobie me lol

ugh need help!!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donetus:
as mentioned by sturmadin at the other thread, a temporary solution is to download an app called "ZT-180 ad-hoc switcher" in the Market.

we're still waiting for a permanent fix though.

btw, you can get the stock wpa_supplicant on the same thread.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] areshwm:
ok well me being an impatient noob i hard reset the tab so now I have no access to the root explorer to even mount the stock wpa file... im sure there is a way to do it manually from a pc?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donetus:
^^ download an APK of Root Explorer by doing a Google search then transfer it to your phone via usb cable .. ;)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] areshwm:
Ok so I have root explorer and z4root on there and running after sending the new wpa file it still will not turn on wifi...

There is no little badge in front of the new file when I copy to /bin (guessing they are locked or something) so thats where i am
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] areshwm:
Wow ok didnt have the file open right got wifi back now to try zt-180 thanks so much
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twalton8:
I have tried this and when I replaced my wpa suplicant file the wifi on the galaxy tab will not turn back on. If I place the original wpa suplicant file back in the bin directory the wifi works just fine. I do have the samsung galaxy tab wifi only and not one from a carrier. Does that matter?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twalton8:
Where do you disable the wifi encryption on the galaxy tab?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyeseven:
I successfully overwrite the wpa_supplicant and connected successfully to my adhoc network (alfa wireless) but the problem now, after several minutes i lost my connection. It is still connected with my adhoc network but can't browse anymore after a couple of minute..

please help..

thanks!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ertgrl66:
hi,

I changed wpa files from here, than There is no wi-fi any more on my SGT.

I am using Sprint SGH100.

I beleived I need the original wpa file.

Anyone help?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phdeez:
Wanted to say thanks for this thread. Works a champ on my ATT Galaxy Tab! (with Gingerbread!)

Also, I noticed no decreased speeds on "regular" wifi...
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeafPaul:
All this sounds confusing and troublesome. Is there a uber-noob guide somewhere for doing this that includes all the instructions in the correct order, and in one post that a 10-year-old could follow because that's what I think I need. I was hoping to not root my tab, but after spending nearly a full week messing around with my Samsung Epic phone trying to make it put out infrastructure so I could tether, and having no luck other than killing my adhoc connections, I'm giving up on trying to make the phone do this and am eyeballing rooting the tab instead to make it receive adhoc but all these posts about problems and confusion has me discouraged.

What are the odds that somebody will make a one-click program that will do all this correctly? Or at least make the phones that don't naturally put out infrastructure, put out infra. I'd gladly pay for one or the other.

-Paul
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bongski55:
You have to root in order to change the wpa file which is a system file. rooting gives administrator privileges
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sys73r:
didn't work on a galaxy tab 3g with jmi-roto froyo 2.2
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whereis404:
Has anyone gotten this to work and see an ad-hoc network? I am using FROYO 2.2

I see 4 people who can't get this to work also.

I found this from another source that had a slight change

With an extra step after 2, which was

#chmod 777 /system/bin

#chmod 777 /systen/etc/wifi

It also didn't tell me to remount with read only.

--

I tried this, but it didn't work the first time, so I replaced the original files.

It seems that there is an error when it is scanning the wifi, it won't show any networks, using the original files.

~404
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whereis404:
I finally got it working. You need to type chmod 777 "\system\bin\wpa_suppliment" at the end
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmadshawki:
Tried it on Overcome Hermes and it screws up the Wifi. It gives error whenever I try to open the WiFi.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bongski55:
be careful with what you type because others might follow-it should be wpa_supplicant not "suppliment"
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tennandcoz1:
If your phone is rooted just turn on your ap in your wireless settings.its free.been doing this for a year.

Sent from a ginger vib with some honey
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jesmitty:
This got me close but quite all the way. I can see the SSID of my ad hoc network on my galaxy tab (with 2.3.3 loaded baseband version T849UVJJB) from the wi-fi settings part of the setup. I set it up with no security. When I tried to connect to it, I do get as far as "Obtaining IP address from SSIDx (adhoc)" but it doesn't connect. Any ideas on how to get rest of the way?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lorez1:
Same problem here, same model, but with Overcome Jupiter rom with GB 2.3.3.

Tab WiFi still works ok though so I left it in. Has to be something in GB that breaks the hack. :(
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nothingvnpt:
i have same problem
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sovereignnation:
Absolute 101 question

Hey - I want to change the wpa_supplicant file as explained above. I've gotten as far as using root explorer to change the rw permissions, but I don't know how to change a file now that I'm in here.

I searched quite a bit and don't see a 101-level conversation on editing/replacing files in the system folders. Will someone please link to such a post or provide the instructions here?

Thank you,

Dena
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clausnymark:
Works ok!

This guide works great! BUT you must remember to change the permissions of the file, else it won't work and you'll get a wi-fi error!!

CODE [insert between steps 4 and 5]: chmod 777 /system/bin/wpa_supplicant
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Psean:
I followed your instructions and got a connection error. When I try to put the original wpa supplicant back it says " you cannot paste here because the file system is read-only". Any ideas?

Thanks

---------- Post added at 05:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:38 PM ----------

To what?

Thanks
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravendma:
same here, but after i restarted by GT, my wifi is functioning again, but still no luck for the ad hoc connection
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hungng:
Please help, i am in a situation much like yours where i purchased the samsung tab 10.1 and am trying to tether wifi off my samsung vibrant to it. i have rooted both devices and have been trying to get this to work for 3 days now without any luck. I'm close to giving up and thinking of running over the darn thing with my truck when i came across your thread. it seems to be most promising of a solution, however, i dont under stand how to or what steps 1,3,5 mean. please please help. thank you in advance.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stenc55:
Why don't you people use ZT-180 ad-hoc switcher (search Market)? It switches between ad-hoc and proper wireless withouth any problem. I'm using it for a month now. But read warning first, check if it is compatible with your tab.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JY1:
ZT-180 does not work on the Galaxy tab 7 plus and just kills the wifi. I had to replace the wpa_supplicant file with the original to get wifi back. Figured this out after doing a factory reset that I could have avoided. I've tried all the other modified wpa_supplicant files posted and they all kill the wifi too. We need one of you super smart developers to make one that works on the wifi only galaxy tab plus please!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidlearner:
http://www.madteam.co/forum/index.php?topic=2223.msg42798.msg#42798

This definitely works on the P1010. Haven't tried on the P1000 as I don't have one. Also this does not require editing the wpa_supplicant file at all.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Punkr0cker99:
HELP

Hi there,

I was able to paste the wpa_supplicant into my system/bin folder, but now my wifi isn´t working AT ALL.

I´m using a samsung galaxy tab 2 GT-P3110 on android 4.0.4

Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ollibolli85:
Good evening everybody,

i own a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 LTE 8.0 (T719)!

After all the years, is there a solution to use ad-hoc-networks now?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordvoldemort:
Hey ppl,

Does any one know any transparent theme for leedroid?i mean the drag to unlock should be transaparent..i was using one a long time back on aurex t sense...can't remeba it...

Any help is greatly appreciated

...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rraaka:
There are about three compatible themes given at the wiki site that i used with leedroid 2.2f. I dont remember if any had a transparent unlock. Have you tried them ?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordvoldemort:
Thnx for da quick reply..i remembered the theme name..it aurvolution..
[Galaxy Tab General] procarion:
Hello all!

Here in Germany the phone is said (in a product flyer from Samsung) to be able to handle 802.11a; i have a 802.11a/b/g/n mixed network in my home and somehow the tab won't work on 5GHz. Is there any limitations or is it just a setting-thing or is the tab not intended to use 5GHz? Maybe the chip is able to work with it but they could'nt fit an antenna inside...

Also i am asking myself if there's any progress with FM reciever/transmitter usage?

The Boradcomm chip used in the tab should be capable of FM; i read a bit about it here and i know there is development in that direction. But when i open a new thread anyway i wanted to ask if there's any news on that already ;

Thanks!

Steve.
[Galaxy Tab General] Adapt0r:
I can confirm that both T-mobile and AT&T Galaxy Tabs work very well on my 802.11n at 5.7GHz.

I've found it accidentally after running one of the WiFi scanners. Most likely yours will works as well.

Cheers!
[Galaxy Tab General] procarion:
Thanks for your reply. 5.7GHz is the highest channel we are allowed to use here.

As of now i was not able to find out how to tell the tab to use 5GHz. When i check my router it's always on 2.4 (i802.11n). Also i did not yet find a wifi scanner app that makes detailled scanning possible; maybe you can tell me which one you used!

Thanks!

Steve.
[Galaxy Tab General] Croak:
"WiFi Analyzer" works a treat.