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[SOLVED]Installing Updates
N4RPS:
Hello!
To look online is best, because that UIAM, the tethering procedure depends on which version of Android you have. In 4.2, it is:
Settings > Wireless & Networks (More...) > Tethering & Portable Hotspot, connect USB cable to PC, then select 'USB Tethering'.
The connection will appear as a new wired connection on the LL taskbar.
NOTE: The availability of this capability depends on whether or not your carrier has removed it from the ROM of their phone.
Here, most of the discount carriers disable hotspot/tethering on the phones sold in their stores, so you use a phone that isn't disabled instead. (The truth is, for all that anyone knows, you're surfing from the phone, since Linux and Android IP packets have the same Time To Live [64])...
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
Kalifornia:
--- Quote from: N4RPS on November 11, 2014, 01:14:30 AM ---Hello!
Glad you were able to sort it all out. I went through this, also - I guess a recent kernel update broke the Broadcom drivers. Next time, I'll just roll back to the older kernel.
If you have an Android phone, and that feature has not been removed from its ROM by your carrier, you SHOULD be able to 'tether' it to the PC for Internet access. I use this feature frequently when I'm out and about...
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
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Thanks. I do have an Android phone, but I've never done any tethering, so I wouldn't even know where to begin that. I guess a Google search would be in order. :)
N4RPS:
Hello!
Glad you were able to sort it all out. I went through this, also - I guess a recent kernel update broke the Broadcom drivers. Next time, I'll just roll back to the older kernel.
If you have an Android phone, and that feature has not been removed from its ROM by your carrier, you SHOULD be able to 'tether' it to the PC for Internet access. I use this feature frequently when I'm out and about...
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
Kalifornia:
Thanks for the help guys, but I got it working! I basically did a combination of what Shaggy and Goldy said, but this time I was connected to the Ethernet while I did it all. It took a few times, but after a reinstallation and several uninstalls and installs later, it's now up and running perfectly. Thanks to all you guys for helping out. I wouldn't have kept this up if it had been another distro; that's how much I dig LL so far.
Thanks again, and SOLVED. :)
bitsnpcs:
Hello Kalifornia,
If you have not tried it previously. While you do have access, initially.
--- Code: ---sudo apt-get install rfkill
--- End code ---
Follow the instructions in above posts to install the correct driver, if your wifi becomes non-functioning -
--- Code: ---rfkill list all
--- End code ---
If the result says 'Soft blocked: yes"
--- Code: ---rfkill unblock all
--- End code ---
If the result says 'Hard blocked: yes" - please turn any wifi switch on your laptop on, that may have reset itself during install processes.
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