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On Android (Google Pixel 8), how to bridge networks between a USB-tethered device and a device connected to the device's Wifi hotspot?
I want to establish a low-latency, high-throughput connection between a PC and a Meta Quest 3 for a high-quality Steam Link using existing devices instead of buying a dedicated router. My Android ...
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How to stop disruption of an Android phone wireless hotspot
I have a PC that connects to the Internet using the wireless network of a Nokia XR21 hotspot.
The network is being frequently disconnected maybe by a jammer.
How can I stop the disruption?
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Some sites don't work properly on Android, but they work on Windows
I'm using an old smartphone as router and, although its connection is working flawlessly on my PC, when I try to access some sites on Android phones, they find some issues to load.
These sites either ...
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WiFi + Bluetooth automatically switch off on Motorola Moto G40 Fusion
My Motorola Moto G40 Fusion (3 years old) has been showing connectivity issues with WiFi and Bluetooth recently. The WiFi automatically disconnects and turns off after 30-40 minutes of usage, and if ...
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Is there an order to the wifi network list or is it random?
Is there an order to how the Android OS displays Wifi Network Names in the Available Networks list?
Thanks
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Set static wireless debugging port on Android 14
I have 2 Android 14 phones. Both have Wireless Debugging enabled. Both are paired with the adb server PC. All devices are connected to the same WLAN. One of the phones always uses a static port in IP ...
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Cannot access to local devices when the connection to the internet is interrupted
Need a hint as I am running out of ideas to progress in my project:
I have two phones: a Pixel 6a / Android 14 and an old Huawei / Android 9. I have a network with an Access Point for WiFi connections ...
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exporting saved wifi hotspots and passwords [duplicate]
In my android 10 phone I am trying to find the file that contains my saved wifi hotspots and passwords, but cannot locate it.
In linux its common to see the wifi ssid and passwords stored in ...
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Phone restarts when adding a certain Wi-Fi network with a notice "Network needs to be verified Review network details for "SSID" before connecting"
I am trying to add a certain wi-fi network on my Galaxy S24 Plus.
That results in the whole phone restarting (at least, I think it does) and I get this notice:
Network needs to be verified Review ...
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Transfer root CA and Private Cert from windows to an android phone
I have wpa2-enteprise network that uses a personal private key, and a root ca to connect to wifi on Windows. It uses AES encryption and authentication method of "Microsoft smart card or other ...
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Force Android to use mobile data even if other network sources are available?
I have an Android device that's used for mobile testing. This device has cell connectivity and is separately connected to an ethernet cable (used for ADB).
How can I configure the Android device so ...
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Android phone models with user-writeable BP firmware (open-source Baseband Processor) [closed]
Which android phones utilize a Baseband Processor (BP) that's designed for power users/developers whoose firmware is easily accessible and flashable, by design?
While Google introduced WiFi MAC ...
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How to fix HP printer only printing blank page when trying to print from Android phone?
I have a HP 5520 connected via WiFi, I can print from a Windows PC, I can print from an iPhone, yet once I try printing from an Android phone (e.g. Samsung 10e, One Plus 9 Pro) all I get is one white ...
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Wifi Connected without Internet, never rechecks the connection
I'm in a rural area with a spotty internet connection. Each time when connection worsens for a few seconds (pings to google drop), my android shows me that I'm "Connected without Internet", ...
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How to stop constant network activity by "system updates" system app?
The app/process "system updates" started using network data constantly a few days ago, also I think the battery is drained faster.
Should I be worried about being hacked, or is this just ...
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How I can disable virt_wifi module and enable the rtl8188eus one?
At my quest using my usb stick I have build and Android kernel with rtl8188eus module fro android running upon x86_64:
mkdir -p /home/pcmagas/dlink-decompile
cd /home/pcmagas/rtlwifiand
git clone ...
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How I can point the `rtl8188eus` build towards the cloned android kernel source instead of the system one?
I try to build the https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8188eus driver for android so I can load it into the emulator.
So far I have installed both android sdk, afterwards I have installed ndk
sdkmanager ...
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How I can USB passthrough wifi card into android emulator as I do upon on other hypervisors
I managed to run an android emulator:
$ emulator Android30
INFO | Storing crashdata in: /tmp/android-pcmagas/emu-crash-34.2.14.db, detection is enabled for process: 93905
INFO | Android emulator ...
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How I can make AndroidX86 Access the physical Wi-fi card that I passthrough the VM?
In my VM I loaded Android X86 and I gave access to the wi-fi card:
But for some reason I see no way to have access towards it nor having wifi enabled. Is there a way for my AndroidX86 to manage ...
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How to block access to a WiFi BSSID?
With a typical Linux distribution there are tools like wpa_cli, which can block specific BSSIDs, so that I can avoid connecting to certain bad access points that share the same SSID with good ones. ...
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Getting the private IP of the phone on my hotspot when it's connected to data
I want to use scrcpy remotely if I'm on mobile data, so I decided to turn on my mobile hotspot, connect to WiFi, and connect my laptop to it. Of course, that works. But if I disconnect from WiFi and ...
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WiFi show a off word blinking when wifi is pressed off and using mobile carrier network
WiFi show a off word blinking in menu when wifi is pressed off and using mobile carrier network
what does it mean ? is it malware infected ? is it hacked by mobile carrier network?
i checked that wifi ...
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Delete or reset the Wi-Fi usage history [duplicate]
I have a Samsung Galaxy running Android version 9.
How do I delete or reset the Wi-Fi data history so that you can't tell from my phone how much data I used.
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A quicker way to share Android folder over non-internet WiFi on Windows 10/11 systems?
Windows 10 / 11 allows for a network share of folders over WiFi, even if there's no internet, where I can easily access and/or transfer files to/from folders from one computer to another. (i.e.: by ...
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Turn on Bluetooth automatically when Android Auto/AAWireless is detected
I have an AAWireless, and I would like to make Android Auto automatically connect and start (i.e. without any input from my side).
This is working without any problem if I keep Bluetooth and WiFi ...
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Link the wireless adapter to the Android emulator's WiFi through a tap interface
I want to use the USB wireless adapter as if it was part of the Android emulator.
I found that there is an option of the emulator called "-wifi-tap tap0" which could be given a tap interface ...
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Cannot connect to WiFi or access settings after data wipe
After the factory reset on OnePlus Nord, the screen says, Hello, then connecting to WiFi, and it states it cannot connect.
I cannot access my settings. I cannot do anything with this phone as I cannot ...
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Find My Device without working Wi-Fi e.g. because it connected to public Wi-Fi that has a captive portal
To my understanding, Find My Device needs to connect to the Internet to work. I know that sometimes there is the last-seen location, but this doesn't always seem to work. Sometimes my phone connects ...
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Android system not using the configured DNS server
Running android 10.
Network app shows correct the 2 DNS servers that i configured for my wifi, in ipv4, as well as 2 mobile data DNSes in ipv6.
But regardless of my configured servers, it never passes ...
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Multiple networks simultaneously
I have a wireless sensor (A) that sends the captured data to an Android device (B) over a wifi network created by A.
The data is received correctly on an app running on B, however the problem is that ...
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How do I disable the Mobile Hotspot feature? Android 14
I am trying to disable hotspot on One plus nord (Lineage OS 21) Android 14
This is the original question but the hostapd file has been moved to /vendor/bin/hw
Nord:/vendor/bin/hw # find /system /...
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"Can't provide internet" on network with internet
I own a Motorola Edge 20 Fusion running Android 12.
Sometimes when I connect to my home network, my phone says "Connected to device. Can't provide internet." and will disconnect after a few ...
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I have a rooted Android 14 - I want to share its VPN connection with a printer
I originally thought what I am trying to do is extremely simple, but for the past few hours, I discovered it really isn't.
I have a rooted Pixel 7 running Android 14 in a remote storage unit. In that ...
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"Laser" Android 7-inch tablet connects to the internet without WiFi access to router
I have a "Laser" 7-inch Android Go tablet, model # MID-789. I do not normally use it for internet work, but it is useful as a 2FA device, for which I usually wake up the WiFi and use my ...
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Android Wireless Debugging Runs Under Different Private IP Range than WiFI
Android 13 on Unihertz Jelly Star. Never had a problem up until today when I was attempting to use scrcpy and got annoyed enough by the constantly changing port number assignment for the Wireless ...
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Can't find ro.securestorage.support
I want to see my wifi passwords. I have a Samsung Galaxy M31 with Android 10, rooted with Magisk. I was told I could find my passwords on the wpa.supplicants.conf file, but it's practically blank. I ...
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No internet from one AP
I have four Asus APs throughout my home, with the same two SSIDs, one for 2.4 and one for 5GHz. If I connect my Android device to the 5GHz band, then it works fine on 3 APs until it roams to one of ...
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Rooted Samsung will Not Connect to Wireless Internet
I have a rooted Android Samsung S23 that I use for penetration testing with mobile apps. Frequently, I have encountered issues with connecting it to WiFi networks. When I attempt to login to a WiFi ...
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The wifi connection on the phone is losing to other devices when connected
My Vivo T1 Pro was initially connected to WiFi, but when another device just connected to the WiFi connection, my connection to WiFi died and I couldn't connect again until the other device ...
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Unable to use installed WiFi certificate on Pixel 6a
I am trying to connect my Pixel 6a to WiFi using a CA certificate. When I select install certificates from the dropdown box, install the certificate, and put in the password to extract it, there is no ...
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WiFi & Hotspot doesn't want to turn on on Xiaomi Mi 10i
I am using Mi 10i with MIUI 14. WiFi and hotspot stopped working after my phone automatically restarted while I was playing COD, and it did not want to start.
When I tried to start the WiFi, it showed ...
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Mobile data does not work unless Wi-Fi is enabled on Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
I have a Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, so it is not even two years old. When my Wi-Fi is on, so is my mobile data, and the data works on and off. If I turn off the Wi-Fi off, I lose mobile data. I have ...
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Lenovo Yoga 2 not connecting to Zyxel Wi-Fi modem at all
When I try to connect my Lenovo Yoga 2 tablet to my Zyxel VMG3625-T50B WiFi modem and enter the password, it keeps showing "Saved" without actually connecting at all.
I think it is a problem ...
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Is it possible to set a transmit power limit to Bluetooth on (some?) Android devices? Or at least monitor it?
My smartphone is not compatible with Bluetooth LE 5.2 audio, but I still want to limit the power transmitted to earbuds. I know the transmit power is set automatically, but in case it is conservative, ...
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Why are my Galaxy S23+ WiFi Speeds < 200Mbps over 5GHz WiFi6 on 1Gbps fiber?
I have 1Gb ATT Fiber and have measured network speeds using ookla speedtest across multiple devices and multiple access points on my network. Everything is as expected except for my S23+ WiFi speeds ...
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Does wifi and bluetooth scanning work when the location setting is turned off?
I have the "bluetooth and wifi scanning" setting listed under "location" section of my phone settings. That makes me think that only when an app is requesting geolocation is it ...
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Virtual router for Android?
I am aware that an Android phone plays a virtual router via the "hotspot" feature. I also realized that when an Android phone is tethered via USB for an internet connection, the machine that ...
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What is DATA_TRANSFER_NETWORK on an android phone?
We have a Moto G stylus 2023 and there is an option in the WiFi menu for DATA_TRANSFER_NETWORK. What does that mean and what is it used for?
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No WLAN connection for one Xiaomi MiA2 mobile phone?
We bought some days ago a new WLan Router (FRITZ!Box 7530). Everything went fine, only one single mobile doesn't connect properly. We reseted all settings of this phone to (Xiaomi MiA2), tried to ...
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A way to separately activate WiFi and Mobile Data internet connection
In my Android 14 (stock/Pixel 7) (it was the same when it was Android 13 before the update), I can activate and deactivate the internet connection via Mobile Data and WiFi. What bothers me is that I ...
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