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Root Optimus V, rooted, running CyanogenMod 7

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testeraf

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I bought this phone used because I was told it could be used as a wifi hotspot because it was rooted with CyanogenMod 7.

When I try to tether the phone says "no USB connection" when I have it connected to my netbook USB.

When I try to use it as a portable hotspot the netbook can't make the connection for some reason.

Any ideas for how I could troubleshoot or remedy this?
 
thank you. I had looked into foxfi at one time but I figured since I spend the $$ on the modded Optimus I would try to use the wifi hotspot feature on the phone.

But it seems that the CyanogenMod is more than I can comprehend.
 
ignore the virgin mobile employee of the month there trying to sell you something you don't need. FoxFi
 
Guys, no need to gang up on him. He linked that because the OP claims he has a netbook, so a USB piece would be way better.
 
no any time I post about FoxFi he jumps in with the same bla bla bla like right off a script sheet.

VM TOS clearly say downloaging apps from Google doens't break the TOS, which makes FoxFi 100% legal. Just like rooting and modding. But he has a moral high horse with hydrolics to go under and above the gates he choses.
 
Just curious as to why typing "foxfi.com" into the address bar of the Android browser takes you to the Google Play page for Foxfi and NOT the foxfi.com site.

Any ideas?
 
350X said:
google play, foxfi , wifi tethering
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Wouldn't USB tethering be faster than wifi?

I'm also having, what appears to be, IP issues with the netbook that I am trying to connect to via wifi. I was hoping that tethering via USB cable will circumvent the wifi/IP issues.
 
riggerman1 said:
Go to the VM website and download and install the drivers. It's a known bug.
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I just noticed that my UNROOTED Optimus V can connect to my laptop without the installation of the drivers.

BUT my phone that is ROOTED with CM7 can't connect to any of my computers. Would the drivers fix this or are the drivers not the problem since my unrooted phone can connect with the computer via the USB cable.

Also, anyone know how to unmount the memory card when I am using CM7? I can't figure it out. It's not the same process for unmounting with an unrooted phone.
 
testeraf said:
I just noticed that my UNROOTED Optimus V can connect to my laptop without the installation of the drivers.

BUT my phone that is ROOTED with CM7 can't connect to any of my computers. Would the drivers fix this or are the drivers not the problem since my unrooted phone can connect with the computer via the USB cable.
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Same situation here. I am actually quite curious as to what the answer is!
 
I installed the drivers and was able to access the memory card on my rooted Optimus V but I still can't USB tether any computer I have to the rooted phone.
 
testeraf said:
I installed the drivers and was able to access the memory card on my rooted Optimus V but I still can't USB tether any computer I have to the rooted phone.
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  1. Unplug your phone from the USB cable.
  2. Unplug the USB cable from your computer.
  3. Make sure you have Android Debugging turned on from within your phones settings.
  4. Turn off your phone (not reboot, completely off)
  5. Plug in the USB cord to your PC
  6. Plug in the USB cord to your phone
  7. Turn your phone on.

Theoretically this process should force your computer to check for new drivers for the "installed device".

If this doesn't work, I recommend installing the Android SDK to your computer. This is how I got mine to work.

Android SDK | Android Developers
 
If you end up needing to install the SDK, there is a Pre-Packaged ADB installer that takes about ten minutes to install and is 100% fool proof. I don't know of anybody that messed it up. Has worked 100% of the time. This will establish ADB in you system path.
It can be found here http://www.support-4-you.com/main/i...d-adb-installation&catid=40:how-tos&Itemid=57 make sure you read thru the entire post first.

The steps that NoNameFace outlined should work, so you probably wont need it for that.
ADB does come in handy for a lot of other things though.

It is hard to get ADB established by downloading the SDK and doing all those other steps required. If You are not sure if ADB is set up right. After doing as NoNameFace suggested, plug your phone into the PC, open up a command prompt and type in: adb devices.
If ADB is set up properly it will list your device with a long serial number.
If not set up right it will say the adb is not a recognized command, etc. Delete everything you did to try and establish ADB and try the Pre-Packaged installer.
 
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