S2 wifi hotspotting

Paximus · October 25th, 2012, 08:20 AM

Hi all, just got my S2 a week ago, rooted it, verified I have root access with root checker.. now, the only thing left that I want to be able to do is use my phone as a hotspot, but apparently the S2 doesnt support ad hoc mode. Anyone have any suggestions for what I can try? I dont want to have to go back to my LG marquee just because i cant hotspot this.

thanks in advance,
Pax

SelfElevated2 · October 25th, 2012, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Paximus

Hi all, just got my S2 a week ago, rooted it, verified I have root access with root checker.. now, the only thing left that I want to be able to do is use my phone as a hotspot, but apparently the S2 doesnt support ad hoc mode. Anyone have any suggestions for what I can try? I dont want to have to go back to my LG marquee just because i cant hotspot this.

thanks in advance,
Pax

You can hotspot... download the free app WiFi tether on the market... And.you'll have to uncheck something in settings for it to work... let me go check

Codegerm · October 25th, 2012, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Paximus

Hi all, just got my S2 a week ago, rooted it, verified I have root access with root checker.. now, the only thing left that I want to be able to do is use my phone as a hotspot, but apparently the S2 doesnt support ad hoc mode. Anyone have any suggestions for what I can try? I dont want to have to go back to my LG marquee just because i cant hotspot this.

thanks in advance,
Pax

Can you not do it in infrastructure mode (like you do with most wireless routers)?

SelfElevated2 · October 25th, 2012, 12:00 PM

Just download that app. I use it all the time. So I guarantee it works

greg schmeg · October 25th, 2012, 02:59 PM

WiFi tether worked perfectly for me, perfectly. I didn't have to uncheck anything.

FLAWLESSVW · December 2nd, 2012, 12:33 AM

It didn't work out of the box for me. I got an error in the log that it couldn't start ad-hoc mode.

Settings>Change Device Profile>Samsung Epic Touch 4G (was set to "Auto")

Works perfectly now

Shaun72 · March 14th, 2013, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by SelfElevated2

You can hotspot... download the free app WiFi tether on the market... And.you'll have to uncheck something in settings for it to work... let me go check

Will this work for my boost mobile s2?

jacobbrandon19 · March 15th, 2013, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Shaun72

Will this work for my boost mobile s2?

Yes. I just set mine up the other day and can verify that "wifi tether" works on a rooted s2 if you set it for the epic 4g touch.

ZaynabCrouse · March 26th, 2013, 02:44 PM

This is just amazing I tried and couldn't figure it out so I came here and seen to put my settings to Samsung Epic 4g (By the way what is the difference is the Galaxy s2 actually the Epic 4g or are they different?)

back to the topic at hand, This is amazing because with my stock wifi tether (that I won't have to pay 10 dollars a month for) I could only use the internet on one device at a time, but with this I can use it on my phone and laptop simultaneously :-)

Codegerm · March 26th, 2013, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ZaynabCrouse

This is just amazing I tried and couldn't figure it out so I came here and seen to put my settings to Samsung Epic 4g (By the way what is the difference is the Galaxy s2 actually the Epic 4g or are they different?)

back to the topic at hand, This is amazing because with my stock wifi tether (that I won't have to pay 10 dollars a month for) I could only use the internet on one device at a time, but with this I can use it on my phone and laptop simultaneously :-)

the Epic 4g Touch is the same exact phone as our SGS2. Sprint/Samsung renamed it to the Galaxy S2