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[Epic 4G Apps] cconwing:
Am I doing something wrong? I downloaded the newest apk and I'm running EB13 with root and whenever I go to tether it uploads and stops at 4kbps upload and 1kbps dl :/

my laptop can see the phone but when I go to connect its never able to...

The same thing happened before on eclair with root, thanks for any help
[Epic 4G Apps] Horizons1980:
I don't know what I'm doing wrong. It's not FC on me. But I can't seem to get 4g speeds. I am able to go to google.com no problem, but if I try speedtest.net or espn.com, I can't seem to be able to connect to those sites. Am I doing something wrong? Or is this just a noob thing that I'm not realizing I'm supposed to do? I'd like to donate too, this is an awesome app, I just hope I can get it to work on my phone.

I'm rooted on EB13 deodexed

CWM 3.0.0.5

EB13 Dual FS kernel

wifi_tether_v3_0-pre10

Thank you for any help

UPDATE: I deleted the app, and reinstalled thru adb, now my phone is rebooting!
[Epic 4G Apps] mkasick:
Do these work on 3G, but not 4G? Or do they not work on either?
[Epic 4G Apps] Horizons1980:
Works on 3g, but I'd like to get 4g over wifi tether

update: I have that on 4g I am able to access any site that has 'google' as part of the URL, but not anything else. Google.com loads normally, code.google.com loads normally--I was even able to post a comment there no problem, through 4g tethering, but can't get anything else.
[Epic 4G Apps] cconwing:
Is there certain computers/laptops that can't connect via wireless tether, because ive done everything right and can't connect.

Im running windows vista x86 could that somehow be the problem?

Thanks
[Epic 4G Apps] mkasick:
Can you visit this site? (Don't go there before you're tethered. If you do, clear your browser cache.)

http://www.club.cc.cmu.edu/~mkasick/test.html

Are you running EB13? Stock or custom kernel/ROM?

Which WiFi Tether version are you using? If it's "v3.0-preX" are you using "Auto", "WEXT (ad-hoc)" or "Softap (master)" setup (Settings -> Change Setup-Method)?

Does the problem persist if you switch from "ad-hoc" to "master" or vice-versa? Note if you do, you'll probably have to temporarilly disable your encryption or change your passphrase.

It wouldn't surprise me if some folks are having 4G tethering issues based on the market they're in. Based on the symptoms, I'm suspicious if fragmented packets aren't being dropped. This can be fixed, but would require debugging with someone who both has the problem and is willing to run adb commands.

There's also a very similar thread to this in General, I'm trying to keep up with both.
[Epic 4G Apps] Horizons1980:
I'm rooted on EB13 deodexed

CWM 3.0.0.5

EB13 Dual FS kernel

wifi_tether_v3_0-pre10

Ran both in "auto" and "softap"

I don't mind running adb commands, if we can resolve this it'd be great. I'm going to be away from my computer for a while though, I will reply to a reply as soon as I can.
[Epic 4G Apps] mkasick:
OK. First, can you try the URL in my previous post and report if you can succesfully visit that page?

Second, can you connect to 4G, start tethering, then run this in "adb shell"? It requires you to have busybox installed, but pretty much everyone does. Remember to accept the "su" prompt on the phone when it pops up.

su
busybox ifconfig eth0
busybox ifconfig wl0.1
busybox ifconfig uwbr0

And report the output of the two ifconfig commands. Feel free to PM the output to me if you don't want to post it in the (public) thread.
[Epic 4G Apps] Horizons1980:
That's what I got on 4g. Then I tried going to espn.com, nothing, tried changing pages on this thread, nothing. Changed to 3g and I am actually leaving this message through 3g wifi tether.
[Epic 4G Apps] mkasick:
OK, now I'm very suspicious.

The fact that you could load the page I sent means it's not a name service issue. What's likely happening is that you can load small pages, like Google whose front page doesn't contain very much data, and whose image your browser cached. But as soon as you tried to load anything "big", like photos, images, etc., it gets hosed.

Try running the adb stuff in my previous post. Once you're done with that, let's see if we can attempt to work-around what I think is the problem.

Download the attached "xt_TCPMSS-EB13.zip", unzip it, and place xt_TCPMSS.ko in the root directory of your phone's SD card (i.e., not in any subfolder). Start 4G tethering. Confirm that whatever site doesn't load.

While still tethering, run the following an "adb shell":

su
insmod /sdcard/xt_TCPMSS.ko
/data/data/at.mysandbox.android.wifi.tether/bin/iptables -t mangle -I FORWARD -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN -j TCPMSS --clamp-mss-to-pmtu

And post and relevant output.

Now try to load whichever sites wouldn't load previously. Does it work? If it doesn't the first time, give it a few tries.

Although it shouldn't cause any problems, if for some reason the above commands do make your phone wonky, a reboot will undo everything. This also means that 4G tethering will be broken again after a reboot--but if you report that it works I'll arrange for a permanent solution.
[Epic 4G Apps] mkasick:
Update: Horizons1980 and I hashed this part out over PM and were successful. I'll quote his final reply:

Fortunately, WiFi Tether has MSS clamping built into v3.0-pre5+, however it currently requires a kernel configuration change for the "MSS clamping" option to show in the Settings menu. Working on that presently.
[Epic 4G Apps] bighuta:
Tethered for 2 hours straight with pre11 with no hiccups on 3g. Too scared to do it on 4g though. I finally have my setup finalized

sent from my Epi[demi]c :)
[Epic 4G Apps] musclehead84:
Yeah pre11 is working good for me as well

Sent From My Evo Killer!
[Epic 4G Apps] cresny:
pre11 is *mostly* stable for me. I ran 5 consecutive times in AP mode, rebooted, tried again and crashed. However I do find that if I try Adhoc first, then switch to Auto (AP), it works every time. I'll continue to "prime" it this way with fingers crossed.

Otherwise, 4g speed in AP mode is still sucky compared to 3g no matter what I do.

-Cliff
[Epic 4G Apps] revierjt:
Running pre11 with only one problem. Anyone have any idea why there are no options for Bluetooth showing up...I'm stuck using WiFi for now. Looking at the log I see "Loading WiFi driver..." but not seeing anything about Bluetooth. Maybe this is the problem? And I do have Bluetooth enabled on my phone.
[Epic 4G Apps] zman519:
Is that still working out for you?
[Epic 4G Apps] klownin816:
Is pre11 updated or do we still have to do the work around to get 4g to work?
[Epic 4G Apps] Willo13B:
I'm also interested in whether pre11 supports infrastructure (AP) out of the box. anyone?
[Epic 4G Apps] BeerChameleon:
yes it does but its experimental and u should use at your own risk..

another not just go into the settings in it and click on epic under profile and you will have less problems, however will only work on 2.2, just an fyi..
[Epic 4G Apps] gundrted:
I'm using pre11 and I have some strange stuff going on.

The app will work for 5-10 minutes then my phone gets really hot and shuts down. On reboot EVERYTHING force closes and I have to reload from backup.

I'm running ACS 1.0.3 EB13.

Any thoughts ........
[Epic 4G Apps] g3gtsboy:
Pre11 is working for me on on froyo 2.2.1 EB13 with a 3G connection, however it does not allow PPTP VPN passthrough so I can't use it for work. I've tried PDANet unsuccessfully (laptop issue with bluetooth modem). I would prefer to use Wireless tether, is VPN passthrough something that can be fixed in Wireless Tether or something that needs to be fixed elsewhere?
[Epic 4G Apps] Unknown Zone:
interesting, I use cisco vpn for work with pre11 and easytether (paid version), dont know if it uses pptp but I am able to connect.

check all your settings, also I made my hotspot settings the same as wifitethers as in ssid..etc.
[Epic 4G Apps] shotcalla:
If you don't mind reflashing i'd start with that. Somethings I've noticed is if the battery is below 30% (or whenever the battery status ring turns yellow or red), it starts trippin out.

Try clearing the data from sns.framework (or something labeled similar) and that should stop the fc. It workd for me and I'm on the same rom as you.
[Epic 4G Apps] g3gtsboy:
I have my hotspot wide open right now, I can connect to it and internet is working properly. Just can't get my XP VPN client to authenticate, on a normal internet connection it authenticates just fine. I'll try easytether tommorow. What firmware and android version are you running?
[Epic 4G Apps] Unknown Zone:
Same here, I also have wifi hotspot open no wep..etc. any way you still need to give access with the wifitether access function on. My work laptop is running XP Pro w/Cisco VPN to connect with work. I am have the Midnight 4.2 (BYOR) I think it is EB13 so many versions :D don't know if the free version of easytether will give you vpn access, i know it will not allow secure www sites. I went ahead and forked over the 10 for the paid version full access, well worth it for me.
[Epic 4G Apps] gundrted:
I'll give that a go this weekend.

Thanks
[Epic 4G Apps] iluvmytp2:
Perhaps a silly question, but do I have to root my phone to be able to use any of these tethering apps?

Edit: Samsung Epic
[Epic 4G Apps] Willo13B:
yes you need to be rooted unless you pay sprint for the tethering plan...

by the way guys, pre12 was just released today tried it and the epic will still trip when activating wifi tether when a 4G connection is present. just FYI.

edit: phone will tether no probs for around an hour as long as I activate tethering on 3G, then switch on 4G. looks like the same with pre11...
[Epic 4G Apps] stevesprivateaccount:
Same here, and I've made this pretty much my default process for the time being.
[Epic 4G Apps] zman519:
Have you tryed 3G only tethering? I guess if I had 4G I would not bother with the 3G, just wanted to ask ;-)

Sent from my ComBadge..
[Epic 4G Apps] Willo13B:
I haven't tethered on 3G for long as I get a very good 4G signal in my house...my wife tethers her evo on 4G no probs wired/wireless
[Epic 4G Apps] Willo13B:
by the way guys, were you able to install pre12 without problems? i've been trying to install it in the various roms here (bonsai v4, ACS 1.1, midnight v5) and I couldn't install the apk

phone just says "application not installed" after the installer tries to install it

same thing happens with wired tether 1.4 (epic 4)

any ideas? should I just try and push it to /data/app ?
[Epic 4G Apps] BeerChameleon:
did u have older versions installed? is so try unistalling them then install the new one..

also what rom are you running right now where it does not work?
[Epic 4G Apps] Willo13B:
I'm on ACS 1.1 and ya I unninstalled the previous version first and wiped cache/dalvik before trying to install pre12

no luck

I was able to install pre10 though
[Epic 4G Apps] futureprospect:
Doesn't SRF 1.1 come preinstalled with Wifi-tether?

Edit: I answered my own question. Yes it does, but i dont' know which one. And to answer your question, yes, I was able to install wifi tether (yellow) pre12 (march 28) on SRF 1.1 Although i haven't tried it out yet.
[Epic 4G Apps] Acid_Bomb:
which one would be the best 4g tether app

I'm running on a SyndicateROM Frozen rom SRF 1.1.0/ Twilight Zone 1.1.0
[Epic 4G Apps] BeerChameleon:
Its really depends im using pre 11 and its working fine some people say they have better luck with pre 10 or pre 12,

Just nandroid or titanium backup regularly if you going to experiment with this, as it can crash make your phone reboot and cause corrupt data, USE at own risk.

I recommend titanium backup on a schedule so it will automatically back up for you everyday you want it too at any hour, i have mine at 3 am while im asleep :D
[Epic 4G Apps] Acid_Bomb:
Sweet thanks a lot bro definitely will look into it
[Epic 4G Apps] BeerChameleon:
pre 11 today decided to be a ***** and give me errors, so i thought i try pre 12 and things i noticed right away:

There is 2 wifi encyption boxes.. one doesnt do anything and the other one does, also pre 12 would work for me it just rebooted my phone after i activated it, so i reinstalled pre11 and now is working, very picky!!! oh well better then forking 30 bucks a month and better then the unreliable adhoc one..
[Epic 4G Apps] zman519:
Pre13 came out. I wonder if it works on are phones with out crashing and or rebooting. I wish Froyo had wifi tethering that worked as well as Mobile AP did on DI18 :-\

Sent from my ComBadge..
[Epic 4G Apps] ccnd8:
Pre 13 was more unstable for me. So I reverted back to Pre 11 that works more suitable.
[Epic 4G Apps] zman519:
Is pre11 at all comparable to Mobile AP on DI18? For you?

Sent from my ComBadge..
[Epic 4G Apps] ccnd8:
Mobile AP was the best on DI18 and perfect in comparision to WiFi Tether. Mobile AP was easy to use and set up. With Pre 11 or any versions, you have to fiddle with the settings to get it right. If not, it will corrupt your system files causing FCs, or infinite boot-loops on restarting your phone. WiFi Tether is still in experimental stages, so don't expect too much from it. It works, just have to get the settings correctly.
[Epic 4G Apps] bighuta:
Huh.... I've been using pre 12 since it came out and had no problems at all. Even with 4g, speeds are faster when downloading podcasts on itunes..

Sent from the Epi(demi)c :)
[Epic 4G Apps] BeerChameleon:
Pre 12 hates me maybe ill try pre 13 but pre 11 works the best for me so far :)

Sent from my Epic 4.1g bonsai plant
[Epic 4G Apps] zman519:
Thread seems a little quite.......

Sent from my ComBadge..
[Epic 4G Apps] K@ng2011:
ECO5 Wifi Tether

Can anyone recommend one that works on ECO5 Modem?
[Epic 4G Apps] zman519:
that's what I was hoping for.

Sent from my ComBadge..
[Epic 4G Apps] BeerChameleon:
pre11... worked for me, but i finally gave up on this and started using the adhoc one instead as its a lot more stable.
[Epic 4G Apps] zman519:
Pre 12 is working for me on midNight rom 5.2

But I will say I have not run it for hours or for 100's of MB's at a time yet

Sent from my ComBadge..
[Epic 4G Apps] Tortel1210:
Pre14 works for me, but 3g only. On 4g, it just freezes on the starting popup.

Also, it doesnt seem to work with encryption.
[Epic 4G Apps] zman519:
Encryption it working on pre12 theres no 4g around hear to test.
[Epic 4G Apps] zman519:
It there any other threads on hear or other forums about this app. Pre12 totaly messed up my phone last night :-( just about done getting it back to where is was before

Sent from my ComBadge..
[Epic 4G Apps] KaL-EL3038:
HEY guys

trying to bring this thread back from the dead cause i thing this is one of the biggest factors of having a rooted phone is having a working wifi tethering app that works perfectly like the evos lol the reason i say that is cause i use my phone as my main tethering for internet....so has anybody been able to make a well working app lol i am using pre 12 and the only issue i have is having to start app in 3g and then turning on 4g to work and ocassionaly it reboots my phone.
[Epic 4G Apps] ericizzy1:
any program that one can buy that work well with wifi tethearing?
[Epic 4G Apps] harry_m:
Try this version of the wifi-tether app:

http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/detail?name=wifi_tether_v3_0-test2-softap.apk

This one has now a new strategy for loading the wifi-driver. First tests gave us good results on the epic (should work on 3G and 4G).

Some features have been removed (like access-control) - they will NEVER come back again.

Try it and give feedback please.
[Epic 4G Apps] krisman:
Downloading now to try it out. Although I haven't had any trouble with pre 14 yet.
[Epic 4G Apps] harry_m:
Crashes, hangs and reboots when enabling on 4G should be gone with the version above.
[Epic 4G Apps] krisman:
I unfortunately cannot check 4G tethering but it does seem to work well otherwise. Started and stopped it quite a few times with no issuses. I did have a reboot after a little over an hour.

Gonna keep trying might be a random one time sort of thing after all. Phone temp wasn't high when it happened. And load was minimal nothing else running on phone and was browsing the xkcd forums thru ps3. I'm running the ee03 gingerbread leak with ee03 modem.
[Epic 4G Apps] chip!:
re: test2-softap.apk

4G tethering "infrastructure" working great here (starts/stops, connects, works). I noticed adhoc was gone (and dont care).

I am having a problem with the 4G service not sending/receiving data after a few minutes and I have to turn it off, wait for 3g to connect, then toggle 4G back, but I cant confirm if this is merely a sprint issue, or some conflict between the Wifi driver and 4G (I get a notice that 4G will be turned off while Wifi is active when I toggle 4G on/off while the Wireless Tether is still running). I will continue to test throughout the day and other 4G locations.

Stock EE03 - 2.3.3 Gingerbread, EE03 modem

harry_m, huge thank you!
[Epic 4G Apps] zman519:
Thanks Harry.

I have a bad sdcard and the new one should be hear tomarrow and then I will do somw testing. After a nadroid

Sent from the Drivers Seat of my Suby txting and Driving doing 100MPH+ in a school zone! Ha.
[Epic 4G Apps] vtx67:
Thanks for all the work on this Harry!

Was only able to get an IP address and connect about 5% of the time. When I did connect with DHCP handing out IP's I would only stay connected about 10 seconds and then no Internet. No better if I set the IP addresses manually on the client.

SRF 1.1.0 with EE03 modem.
[Epic 4G Apps] jimmyz:
Hi- I notice the latest one harry posted above has deprecated next to it- is there another one coming soon? thanks in advance
[Epic 4G Apps] kwazytazz:
opens without crashing, but when i tried to connect on my ipod, it connects but no internet connection.
[Epic 4G Apps] futureprospect:
Same here. At least i get further than pre-14. Pre-14 just hangs or FC's.
[Epic 4G Apps] drosene:
Working great on my Epic 4G. I am now finally able to connect to my phone from my rooted Nook Color 1.2. Range in my home was also fantastic at up to 50 feet from the phone. Phone temp hovered around 37 C. Probably wouldn't use for extended periods due to phone battery drain but for occasional use it will be great.

Thanks Dev's!
[Epic 4G Apps] JohnCorleone:
For those getting hanging or soft reboots, are you on 4G? If so, turn off 4G, turn on tether, once running turn back on 4G. Also, make sure to select phone in menu. This screenshot is using version 3 pre 14.
[Epic 4G Apps] zman519:
What ROM and Kernel are you running? Are you using the new test2 build or pre14?

Sent from the Drivers Seat of my Suby txting and Driving doing 100MPH+ in a school zone! Ha.
[Epic 4G Apps] Aryantes:
For those who are experiencing crashes on 4G.

Try this build in this ticket. It seems to be working for me at first glance.

Issue 931 - Comment 3 posted by Harald

http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/issues/detail?id=931&q=epic&sort=-id

It lacks access control so you can't see who is connected but wifi encryption works.

I haven't crashed yet (1 hour hehe). started and stopped many times with 4G connected.

EDIT - sorry, didn't notice that it was already posted. This is the test2 build. Anyways, it works for me. Syndicate Rom Frozen 1.1.1 with Twilight Kernel

EDIT - spoke too soon. Like someone else mentioned. the connection suddenly stops working after a while and you have to restart 4g/3g and stop/start tether. No reboot or anything, just no internet connectivity
[Epic 4G Apps] BeerChameleon:
So what if im just trying to use 3g? Will it drop the connection as well? And do u mean reset your radio or just reset tether?
[Epic 4G Apps] Aryantes:
I haven't really tested using only 3G but I don't think I've seen any issues with it.

If you are using only 3G, try the newest Wifi Tether first, not the test2 one.
[Epic 4G Apps] BeerChameleon:
pre 14 didnt work at all for me :( the test one did tho and really well :)
[Epic 4G Apps] thedave9081:
not working on 2.2.1 with root

I have 2.2.1 pushed with root throug oden3 with clockworkmod 2.5.x.x.x.x.x.x...blah.

It activates hotspot but dose not connect with pc or xbox. Went back to 3.0 pre14 which was and is working.
[Epic 4G Apps] ralf_97:
if i use wireless tether app alot, are there any risks of sprint finding out??
[Epic 4G Apps] rhyme187:
unofficially NO since they haven't so much as made a murmur about the war on tethering bro :)
[Epic 4G Apps] ralf_97:
alright thanx dude kinda worried since im gonna start using it for my ps3
[Epic 4G Apps] JohnCorleone:
I have to turn on 3 pre 14 on while rinning 3G and once its up and running hit the 4G and it kicks arse. No disconnections for me. At one point 5 people at a coffee shop grabbed my signal before I set up a password
[Epic 4G Apps] ShooterMcED:
I'm not sure Sprint can accurately monitor data usage. I know this because I had my phone at sea with me for 2 weeks with zero connectivity with the nearest land being Scotland. I watched daily my data use widget on my iGoogle page go from 50MB to 250MB over those two weeks and it never had a connection since the Epic 4G is not gsm compatable. I'd recommend staying below 2 gigs of data and suspect you'll be fine.
[Epic 4G Apps] zman519:
Hummmm. That's intresting. So where you using wifi on the ship, or a PC on the ship?

Sent from the Drivers Seat of my Suby txting and Driving doing 100MPH+ in a school zone! Ha.
[Epic 4G Apps] Aryantes:
This works, but not always. Eventually, my phone will crash and reboot itself.

It got to the point where the workaround was not worth it and I went back to using ad-hoc using the green wireless tether.

If you plan on tethering for only short periods of time, I think it would be fine.

I tether for many hours per session usually and it will crash once or twice a day.
[Epic 4G Apps] zman519:
See that's the same problem I have. Sum times I want to go back to di18 :-( for mobile ap

Sent from the Drivers Seat of my Suby txting and Driving doing 100MPH+ in a school zone! Ha.
[Epic 4G Apps] BeerChameleon:
Ya im going to consider, odining back to d118 and using mobile ap if i go on long road trips and want to tether a long time...

I really wish this new wifi tether would work better :(

Maybe gingerbread will make it better... who knows...
[Epic 4G Apps] BeerChameleon:
My problem with the green adhoc one is it always disconnects and loses connection :(
[Epic 4G Apps] ski21:
Guys what mobile app, and is it free. How do I get it. Does anyone have a link. I can't get this one working. My computer sees the wifi and connects, but I can't load any web pages on my laptop. If I can't get wireless tether to work on my epic, I'll have to send it back. I need the wireless tether.
[Epic 4G Apps] Overstew:
I don't even tether and I hit atleast 2 GBs every month. (Reached 6 GBs last month).

In fact, I'm almost @ 2 GBs now. No extra fees or anything. On 1500 minute/unlimited Data Plan.
[Epic 4G Apps] Aryantes:
For those who are struggling with reboots / crashes / dropped connections while tethered on 4G...

Apply the tweaks in this thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=833332

Then use this version of wifi tether as posted by the creator.

I've had a lot of good luck so far, having 4g enabled, starting and stopping wifi tether, maintaining connections without interruption to any chat services, for 8 hours at a time.:D (I leave work and stop tethering)

Of course I can't guarantee that it works, but I hope more people try it, as it has been awesome for me and I've tried everything. Froyo, different roms, Gingerbread leaks, different kernels, different versions of wifi tether, etc.

Currently using EF02plus with success.
[Epic 4G Apps] thedave9081:
help

Ok I'm using the old pre30 releace. Cuz the new one didn't activate the hotspot. I'm on eco5 pre rooted tar instal with drocksters kernel and had to go back to the old pre30. Also my phone crashes every so often with this always no mater what I do period. Help anyone. This is my most used and loved app.