Anyone else using FoxFi?

[hpilot]

It sounds great, but I tried everything, and it just will not work for me on my Sprint Nexus S 4G. Anyone else got it to work?

 

[doogald]

It sounds great, but I tried everything, and it just will not work for me on my Sprint Nexus S 4G. Anyone else got it to work?

While this is the Bionic forums, still, here are some tips from the market listing:

1. On some models if you run into WiFi problem after using the Hotspot, simply reboot your phone to clear the issue.
2. For some Samsung phones if your computer is not able to get an IP address, try to turn on WiFi on the phone first and make sure it does not connect to any WiFi network, then turn on FoxFi.
3. FoxFi is tested on non-rooted phones. If your phone has a rooted ROM it may or may not work.
4. When WiFi hotspot is activated you may also see a hotspot notification of the built-in WiFi hotspot feature. Please ignore it. As long as you do not sign up for a tether plan you won't be charged.

Since you have a Samsung Nexus S, look particularly at number 2 and number 3 (if you rooted the phone.)

The market listing suggests using Bluetooth mode if WiFi mode does not work with your phone.

 

[TBolt]

I wanted to use FoxFi, but it won't do WiFi on HTC phones.

Has anyone tried using it via a Bluetooth connection on Windows 7, by chance? Does it work well?

(still relying on PDAnet)

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[hpilot]

While this is the Bionic forums, still, here are some tips from the market listing:



Since you have a Samsung Nexus S, look particularly at number 2 and number 3 (if you rooted the phone.)

The market listing suggests using Bluetooth mode if WiFi mode does not work with your phone.

Sorry I got the wrong forum. No it is not rooted. I can connect with my laptop just fine, but no internet connection (just like without the app). I tried everything except bluetooth. At least EasyTether Pro works very well...

 

[anon(749368)]

I have an EVO Design which doesn't support wifi on Foxfi so I have to use BT which doesn't work when connecting to Playbook. Anyone has a similar experience?

 

[EnergyPlus]

After reading about this here, I just installed it on my Bionic and tested it out...perfect!

 

[Marcopole]

I've just started using FoxFi on my Sprint linked HTC EVO.
It took a little to get the connection right - couldn't get wifi or usb to work, finally got bluetooth to work.
Once I did, was amazed at how easy the connection is.
Not sure how fast the data rate is, I'm used to cable wi-fi, and maybe my expectation is that this is going to be slow, so I perceive it as slow. Haven't tried watching a video or netflix yet.
But for everything else, it's great.
Switched my plan from 1gb a month to unlimited, so should be no problem. We'll see!