Bluetooth tethering & AD-Hoc Wifi

[pascanu]

One thing to realize is that wpa_supplicant.conf gets wiped out or changed when you make ANY network SSID changes on the A5IT itself. If you edit wpa_supplicant.conf and then add another SSID to your A5IT from the device, you might lose all changes you've made before. It's annoying.

There might be a workaroud: there's an app called Gscript that allows you to run scripts on your device. It should be possible to keep copies of your modified files and have a script that copies them over, evry time they get modified, without hooling to a PC to use adb.
Haven't tried it because I haven't managed to get anywhere with WiFi tether anyway.
The downside is that by copying those modified files over you loose the modifications you made the normal way (SSID you added).

[WantToGloom]

One thing to realize is that wpa_supplicant.conf gets wiped out or changed when you make ANY network SSID changes on the A5IT itself. If you edit wpa_supplicant.conf and then add another SSID to your A5IT from the device, you might lose all changes you've made before. It's annoying.

I don't think that's quite right, the Networks stay, nothing's gone near my IBM config in there at all, but the extras, like ap_scan=2 and whatnot, they do get wiped after changes. frustrating, but certainly nowhere near a deal-breaker.

One thing to realize is that wpa_supplicant.conf gets wiped out or changed when you make ANY network SSID changes on the A5IT itself. If you edit wpa_supplicant.conf and then add another SSID to your A5IT from the device, you might lose all changes you've made before. It's annoying.

There might be a workaroud: there's an app called Gscript that allows you to run scripts on your device. It should be possible to keep copies of your modified files and have a script that copies them over, evry time they get modified, without hooling to a PC to use adb.
Haven't tried it because I haven't managed to get anywhere with WiFi tether anyway.
The downside is that by copying those modified files over you loose the modifications you made the normal way (SSID you added).

'twon't work. all things being equal, the user that that app will run as is the normal Archos user account, which is not allowed edit the wpa_supplicant.conf file, only the adb user is, so unless you found some way to run that prog under the adb user, it won't be able to do anything.

[mrliberty]

I'm kind of confused. In the FAQ on the first post it says that it's ok if it says paired but not connected. Mind does this, but when I turn on bluetooth tethering on my g1 it still doesn't allow me to connect? When I go to the tethering options on my archos where you choose the phone, there is no phone on the list to choose?

any ideas?

I also can't get my G1/Dream to connect with the A5IT. I run the latest Cyanogenmod build, wonder if people who got it to successfully connect are running the OEM build? What version do you run, Jeremiah?

[hollymolly]

Has anybody successfully tethered with Blackberry Bold 9700. I only see Audio Voice and AV Remote Gateway as available services, so no DUN or PAN

[pascanu]

I'm kind of confused. In the FAQ on the first post it says that it's ok if it says paired but not connected. Mind does this, but when I turn on bluetooth tethering on my g1 it still doesn't allow me to connect? When I go to the tethering options on my archos where you choose the phone, there is no phone on the list to choose?

any ideas?

I also can't get my G1/Dream to connect with the A5IT. I run the latest Cyanogenmod build, wonder if people who got it to successfully connect are running the OEM build? What version do you run, Jeremiah?

I'm running Dwang 1.17.1 with WirelessTether v 1.60 and BT tethering is working for me. I don't think the ROM you're using makes a difference as long as Wireless Tether runs OK without errors, but AFAIK jeremiah is also running CyanMod 4.2.x so it might be worth trying Dwang's ROM to see if it makes a difference.

[nopantts]

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Damn this AdHoc tethering thing. There was something I wanted to buy on eBay, and I watched it for a week. In the last half hour I got side-tracked by this AdHoc thing and forgot all about it, until 3 minutes after it ended. It went for about £30 less than I was going to bid.

Damn...

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[cheech09]

I have followed all the steps on the wiki to get adhoc working trough my htc touch pro 2 i am able to connect through a laptop and also an iphone3gs through the router on the phone.. on the archos i am able to see the setting for my router when i load up the wireless settings but it stays out of range and never able to connect... any ideas???

[songpb]

I have followed all the steps on the wiki to get adhoc working trough my htc touch pro 2 i am able to connect through a laptop and also an iphone3gs through the router on the phone.. on the archos i am able to see the setting for my router when i load up the wireless settings but it stays out of range and never able to connect... any ideas???

i got the same problem. i changed the tiwlan.ini and wpa_supplicant.conf, but A5A still not able to connect to my HTC Diamond. did anybody successfully connect A5A to a ad-hoc network by far? thx

Tony

[rlay]

I just tried the A5A with the 1.7.71 firmware update and it still does not tether to a Blackberry Curve on AT&T. It actually is worse than before because the Bluetooth connection doesn't even initiate like it did with previous firmwares. It times out and then reports "unable to tether" without even activating the connection to the phone (which used to show up as the bluetooth light flashing). It still works fine with my Netbook via DUN.

[parkin100]

:DI live in the UK and I got my new archos(13/02/10) to tether with the skype phone S2 on 3 UK. The phone cost £29.99 in argos but I had to buy a £10 voucher, that is 2 months internet (£5 for 1G).

[mrliberty]

I'm running Dwang 1.17.1 with WirelessTether v 1.60 and BT tethering is working for me. I don't think the ROM you're using makes a difference as long as Wireless Tether runs OK without errors, but AFAIK jeremiah is also running CyanMod 4.2.x so it might be worth trying Dwang's ROM to see if it makes a difference.

I'm running CyanMod 4.2.x with Wireless Tether v1.60-pre3. Will look at Dwang now, actually, because I wasted probably 4 hours trying all sorts of steps on my A5IT, heh.

[mrliberty]

Just updated Wireless Tether from 1.60-pre3 to 1.60. No difference, for the record.

[strith]

I'm running Dwang 1.17.1 with WirelessTether v 1.60 and BT tethering is working for me. I don't think the ROM you're using makes a difference as long as Wireless Tether runs OK without errors, but AFAIK jeremiah is also running CyanMod 4.2.x so it might be worth trying Dwang's ROM to see if it makes a difference.

I'm running CyanMod 4.2.x with Wireless Tether v1.60-pre3. Will look at Dwang now, actually, because I wasted probably 4 hours trying all sorts of steps on my A5IT, heh.

No luck for me either, using CyanMod 4.2.x on a G1.
It could be I'm not using the correct user name and password
I'm not exactly sure what should be used. My G1 has none for username and I'm not sure what the password is,it just shows ****. Anyone know?
I'm using epc.tmobile.com as the APN name

[pascanu]

For those having problems tetherin your G1 to the A5: I just read on some xda forum about someone having problems with WT via BT using a super-D ROM, so afterall the ROM you're using might make a difference (despite my initial opinion). You might want to try Dwang 1.17.1 just to see if it works since this is what I have and it works.

[allowedusername]

Tether on Blackberry 9700 with T-Mo: If PDANet is running, Archos says it can tether. When tether is enabled, archos connects via bluetooth for about a second, disconnects, and continues saying "Please wait while connecting." Then fails. Have not diagnosed via ADB yet, that's the next step. PDANet seems to be part of the key here, though.

[allowedusername]

Here is the Official Word [cue God Appearance sound effects] from Archos regarding BB Tethering Compatibility:

We are currently working on Blackberry Tethering capabilities. For now, most Blackberries will not work with tethering. Some CDMA phones may work, due to the structuring of their data tethering software, but GSM Blackberries are likely to not work until the software is released.

There are also no known workarounds for this, as the Tethering script is in protected memory, accessible only by root access.

If there are workarounds, please let us know!!

[rlay]

Here is the Official Word [cue God Appearance sound effects] from Archos regarding BB Tethering Compatibility:

We are currently working on Blackberry Tethering capabilities. For now, most Blackberries will not work with tethering. Some CDMA phones may work, due to the structuring of their data tethering software, but GSM Blackberries are likely to not work until the software is released.

There are also no known workarounds for this, as the Tethering script is in protected memory, accessible only by root access.

If there are workarounds, please let us know!!

Hmmm. Waiting for an Archos software update or a Blackberry software update?

I setup another Netbook to tether with my Blackberry and had some problems because there is an AT initialization command that needs to be sent to the modem prior to connecting: AT+cgdcont=1,"IP","WAP.CINGULAR"

Once I put that in the DUN modem config, the new Windows 7 Netbook worked like a charm (with no user name or password). I wonder if a similar command is necessary for the A5A to work?

[jeremiah_mn]

Also using the cyanogenmod 4.2.14.1 It someont that is currently using this rom, is able to get it to work on the dwang rom, can you post back here. I don't want to mess around with my phone unless I have too.

[jeremiah_mn]

And actually now that I'm thinking about it. Has anyone with a g1/dream been able to tether to an adhoc network? Or have the people that have it working all using bluetooth? I'd much rather use wifi tethering if I can, tried all the steps listed all over here and no luck so far. I connect my laptop via wifi so it would be nice to just leave my phone and be able to toggle on/off tethering wthout changing from bluetooth to wifi all the time.

[allowedusername]

@rlay i think the problem is partly that cdma bb's dial #777 while gsm uses *99#, which indicates a different protocol. This may be part of the firmware coding at fault, as it does require a 'dial up' number.

Btw first post from my A5A IT!