subl1m1nal Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Now that Darren has showed us how to root the droid, Lifehacker has turned it into a MyFi like device. If you don't know what MyFi is, it's a mobile wireless access point that connects you to a 3G connection. http://lifehacker.com/5447347/how-to-tethe...r-android-phone This is perfect and what I've been wanting from my droid! However, I don't have the guts to test it out on my phone and brick it. Anybody try this? http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/ Darren, maybe a segment on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subl1m1nal Posted February 2, 2010 Author Share Posted February 2, 2010 Alrighty, I just tested this out this morning. The application installs fine. I set it up to tether. I turned on WEP (I know, but it's the only encryption available), and I was able to connect to it via the wireless on my laptop. However, I was unable to get out on the net. I was able to ping up to the gateway (my droid), but I never got outside. Tried pinging google.com and 4.2.2.2 and got nothing. Maybe some DNS or routing issue going on there. I would try changing DNS servers but I'm not seeing an option for that in the app. Anybody else try this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subl1m1nal Posted February 2, 2010 Author Share Posted February 2, 2010 Did some googling and found I may need a custom firmware with iptables. Duh, Darren mentioned this was an issue they were working on. I'm going to install "bugless beast" found here: http://alldroid.org/viewtopic.php?f=309&t=1553 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subl1m1nal Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 Shoot, ran into another snag, I need to update the recovery menu before I can apply bugless beast. Going to try SirPsychoS upgrade found here: http://wiki.droid-devs.com/index.php?title..._Recovery_Image Apparently, there's a signature check to prevent third party firmwares from being loaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subl1m1nal Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 Ooohhh....and I think you need Android SDK to install this. Turning out to be a bigger project than anticipated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mR.xx Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 can test on my phone htc hd2 plz tell me how to ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spotter Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 I use Wireless Tether with my HTC MyTouch (Magic). Of course you need to Root the phone of course.... With T-Mobile the 3G speed is pretty mediocre here in KC, but, I've had my laptop and 2 iPod touches connected simult. with pretty decent results. It comes pre-installed on some the ROMs available (Version 1.6) Spotter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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