Possible good news for those looking to tether

[gbright666]

So now can you take that Bluetooth connection and broadcast it on wifi hotspot

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[Newton122189]

So now can you take that Bluetooth connection and broadcast it on wifi hotspot

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Basically you are just sharing your phones internet with your XOOM over a Bluetooth connect, the first post is updated to help get this working for others.

 

[cwalter24]

Has anyone tried it on the first droid.

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[Cardini]

Has anyone tried it on the first droid.

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I have and I couldn't get it to work. I tried wireless tether first and even though my wife's ipad found and connected the zoom never even found the ssid. Bluetooth paired but never connected . It's probably my rom!

 

[*86eyerok*]

Has anyone tried it on the first droid.

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I have and I couldn't get it to work. I tried wireless tether first and even though my wife's ipad found and connected the zoom never even found the ssid. Bluetooth paired but never connected . It's probably my rom!

I'm in the same boat as you and having the same issue. I could not get this combination of devices to work neither. Anyone have any other suggestions?

 

[SHWELL]

Worked great for me as well.

I am connecting through my Rooted Droid X.


I did not activate my Xoom yet for the 3G network. I was able to connect using this technique, but I skipped the Airplane mode step and it worked. I did not do this on purpose, just missed that line. But it worked.

 

[cwalter24]

Can someone put a step by step way to do it

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[Newton122189]

Can someone put a step by step way to do it

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The first post has step by step instructions.

 

[WillC]

Thanks!

Works perfectly on my DX running Gummy Jar. Thanks so much Newton for taking the time to provide the great instructions!

 

[Newton122189]

Works perfectly on my DX running Gummy Jar. Thanks so much Newton for taking the time to provide the great instructions!

No problem man, when I found out that this worked I was in such shock that I felt the need to spread the word immediately. It doesn't even seem like something that should work but clearly its built into the XOOM/honeycomb in some fashion.

 

[Jill2813]

I used PDA net and connect very well no contract for me

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[jayxpx]

has anybody done testing as to battery life for either the xoom or phone using this method? I am using my rooted droid 2 and typically just use wireless tether...will this be better for battery or stronger connection at all?

 

[PNW Droid]

Got a Xoom yesterday and was going to be bummed if I wasn't going to be able to tether to my Droid X. Saw your post, tried it out., worked like a charm. Thank you! No rooting necessary for any device. It worked with accepting connection on both device.

Phone - blutooth, and wifi on.
Xoom - blutooth and airport mode on

Not a techie person so glad the steps aren't complicated

 

[rbednar]

Can anyone confirm that this works with a Droid Incredible? Newton - thanks so much for posting this! No one wants to pay for a second data plan when we are already paying for a phone data plan. This would solve the problem for so many users, myself included.

 

[Trixie]

Thanks for the ray of hope. I plan to give this a shot with my G2. Any reason to suspect that it wouldn't work?