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Root [VIDEO]Enable Wireless N on Incredible

Piiman said:
Rename the original? opps! unless it was one of the steps in the instructions I'm pretty sure I didn't, now what?
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Did you do step 5?

5. /system/bin/cat /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko > /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko-orig

If you want to go back to the original then you want to perform the following actions.

1. /system/bin/rm /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko
2. /system/bin/cat /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko-orig > /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko
3. /system/bin/rm /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko-orig
4. /system/bin/sync
5. /system/bin/reboot

If you forgot to do step 5, im sure someone can get you the original driver
 
Any idea how this impacts battery? That was one of the arguments that htc/google/whoever never enabled it in the first place.

From my Incredible Drooooiiiiiid.
 
paimon.soror said:
Did you do step 5?

5. /system/bin/cat /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko > /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko-orig

If you want to go back to the original then you want to perform the following actions.

1. /system/bin/rm /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko
2. /system/bin/cat /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko-orig > /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko
3. /system/bin/rm /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko-orig
4. /system/bin/sync
5. /system/bin/reboot

If you forgot to do step 5, im sure someone can get you the original driver
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If it was part of the original post yes.
Thanks I want to go back to see if wifi tether will work.
 
I did this today but am unable to see, let alone connect to my N router. It doesn't see the ssid and it won't work if enter it manually either. Did this only for for the 2.4ghz range? Cause mine is 5ghz... that's the only thing I can think of. Otherwise the wifi works normally. I can still connect to my regular access point, just not the 5ghz wireless N.

***EDIT***
Nevermind... I just read that wiki page and it says the antenna doesn't support 5ghz. Oh well...

Sent from my ADR6300 using Tapatalk
 
omgitswes said:
so there is no point in doing this if I don't have a N router?
I'm so new to all of this :/
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Even if you don't have an 802.11n router/ap it could still be useful if you ever go to a place that DOES have one. That being said, the vast majority of wifi networks are only b/g right now. I did a small site survey of my neighborhood when setting up my access points and I could only find 1 other N network in a 4 block radius. Also, I have yet to find an N network at any of the various places I've brought my laptop in the past year or so. Going forward it's nice to have the functionality; now that the standard is ratified we should start seeing more and more N capable hotspots, but I don't think it's a must right now (especially if you don't have an N router in your home).
 
This did not work for me. I followed the steps above and now my phone just crashes and reboots whenever I try to enable WiFi :mad:

I guess I'll try and restore the origonal file or something.


EDIT:

Oh I see the problem. Somehow the bcm4329.ko file I copied to the SD card was 0 bytes. I copied it again and ran through the steps again, all is good now :)
 
just did this and it works. got a 65Mbps connection now. :)

instructions using clockwork mod:
-simply mount system and sd card in the partitions menu
-follow the rest of the instructions as they are in the original post.
 
yojoe600 said:
works in the unrevoked recovery if u mount system and sd partitions .. just a heads up

Edit: jasonb1985 said it first
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great heads up. i'm new to this and i didn't know about mounting partitions. just got this to work in unrevoked recovery. so easy! it feels good to have access to your own phone.
 
So Im doing this with the painless reflash recovery.

I use the tool, Mount System and SD Card.

Call up CMD, C: ---> SDK ----> Tools ----> adb shell

but when I type SU, I get:

":/sbin/sh: su: not found
~ #"

wheres my screw up?

NM. Forgot to do "Apply sdcard:update.zip" before I did anything.
 
worked fine with clockwork like jason said. mount system and sdcard. no need to type the "su" command with clockwork. just type the rest of the commands. but i'm actually getting a slower result on speed test than i normally do... no idea what's going on.

EDIT: range seems better, though... maybe my router just blows. it's one of the first gen n routers. netgear, too. bleh! but yeah, i was getting 10mbps last month through speedtest now i'm getting just under 2mbps... if this doesn't work well, is there a way to go back?
 
Hmm.. I tried this to a tee and got "unable to start Wi-Fi" So I reapplied the original and still am seeing the same error about not able to start it. Any ideas?


Update: had to do the Restore. Came back find but it blew away all my home screens. Ohh well.
 
can someone tell me how to remove the hack? i'm getting much slower download speeds with in install then i was with the factory default setting. the extra range isn't worth sacrificing the speed.
 
do the same thing but with the orig file that it made a back up of... rename it by taking the -orig off and pushing it back on with the steps
 
yojoe600 said:
do the same thing but with the orig file that it made a back up of... rename it by taking the -orig off and pushing it back on with the steps
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bah, i'm still only getting like 1-2mbps down... must be something funky with my router because i'm getting 2-3mbps up, which is kind of odd. whatever. if i notice a huge difference between the stock and N i'll just go back again :D

thanks for the help, though.

EDIT: now that i think about it, i think i overwrote the original backup with the N hack. is there any chance somebody can upload or send me their original stock backup so i can try it out? i'm such an idiot...
 
thirtyfour41 said:
bah, i'm still only getting like 1-2mbps down... must be something funky with my router because i'm getting 2-3mbps up, which is kind of odd. whatever. if i notice a huge difference between the stock and N i'll just go back again :D

thanks for the help, though.

EDIT: now that i think about it, i think i overwrote the original backup with the N hack. is there any chance somebody can upload or send me their original stock backup so i can try it out? i'm such an idiot...
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Let me upload an Original
http://goo.gl/k88W
 
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