Get Wifi Tethering working on the Verizon Omnia I910
 

I have seen this requested in the past, so I thought I would pass it along:

How to: Get Wifi Tethering working on the Verizon Omnia I910

**** If you have installed any other ICS files before you will need to do a hard reset. ****

Use the files I have attached.

1. Download/Install the attached "ICSInstall.CAB" file.
(You may not need to do 2 - 6 but this is how I got it to work.)
2. Restart your phone.
3. Test the install by Connecting the USB cable to your computer.
4. Then run "IntShrUI" from the Programs Menu and select "Connect".
5. If done correctly the program should display "Connected".
6. Now select "Disconnect" and disconnect the USB cable.
7. Download/Install the attached "WMWifiRouter91.CAB" file.
8. Restart your phone.
9. Turn on Wifi.
10. Run WMWifiRouter from the Programs Menu.
11. Select "Connect"
12. If done correctly the program should display "Connected to WMWifiRouter Ready".
13. From your computer search for the "WMWifiRouter" wireless connection.
14. Now have fun surfing the web from anywhere.

*You may need to restart your phone and repeat steps 10 - 14 a few times to get it to work.

Found here: http://www.modaco.com/content-page/2...0/#entry943144

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Thanks much! This should come in handy when I am out of town on business.

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And by doing this verizon will not charge you extra if I have the unlimited data plan. Just curious.. New VW customer

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I have heard there is some cap on their 'unlimited' data, 5GB maybe? I think it would take a lot to get there though. Occasional use shouldn't be an issue.

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Programs work flawlessly thanks for the info and I have heard the same thing about the 5gb cap. Crazy. Why would you call it unlimited when there is a limit

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Because you can browse the net and use email unlimited.

Under those two circumstances, you could NEVER hit that cap. Its when you start using it for other things, like downloading, P2P, tethering, etc. that it changes. Verizon is protecting itself, by limiting those activities in another manner--by introducing a cap.

Its kind of like an all you can eat buffet. Sure, its unlimited, but they are gonna stop ya when you start bringing in boxes, wheelbarrows, barrels, and moving trucks to take some home with ya.

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They will not cut you off at 5GB. Just throttle you way down. Back to dial-up speed for the rest of the month. Reminds me of DirecPC back in the last century.

It hasn't happened to me (yet) but is the story going around at HOFO.

Ted

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hi so i think i botched the install of the first cab , cant via usb any more . cant use ActiveSync anymore tried just uninstalling and it says it could not uninstall completely any idea how to fix this

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Please tell me you use a backup app!!! If you did, the easiest thing to do is to do a hard reset and do a restore from your last safe point. If not, you can use explorer to find any files/folders associated with the app and delete them manually. If that doesn't do it, reg editing may be in order, and for that someone who is currently using this may have to look up the reg changes for you and maybe be nice enough to help you!!

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How do we remove the WMWifiRouter from the Omnia?

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What backup app do you recommend?

Also is there a speed difference between bluetooth tethering and the wifi link?

Thanks.

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leland_jr...doesn't the app show in the remove app screen? I would think you should be able to remove it through there.

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Thanks. Using SPB. Haven't put anything on yet... Just wondering how this compares to bluetooth tethering. New to WM... Been using bluetooth on my enV previously and was fine w/ that. Is that not possible using WM?

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There is also a story of a guy with a 300 dollar data charge for going over it.

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Its possible I think, but there is no bth profile for it.

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$300 is nothing, some poor guy got charged $28,000 (not a typo) in Miami harbor for watching a football game on his data card!!

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Hope his team won!

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His team did win (don't remember who it was, I just saw the article on engadget)

Is there any way to put a password on the wifi signal? I haven't tried linking 2 computers up to my phone's signal but I assume it could work and if so, I really would like to encrypt the signal so that I don't have random people leaching my internet.

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i dont want to share the internet by wifi, i just want to do it by the cable, is there a way of doing this?

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If I remember correctly it's part of the testing procedure of ICS to share by cable before installing WMWifiRouter.

Or just go to Post #1 of This Thread.

Ted

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Will this work with the default Verizon ROM?

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worked perfectly for me! Thanks!!!

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Hey SyrGuy...
Maybe a sticky for this ICS thread is in order...???

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Quite honestly, I didn't realize this thread was that popular, I'll run it by our trusty med team and see what they say about 'stickying' this thread!! :-)

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i know...when u originally posted it, i got the files and it went to page 2 almost the same day...

but i've had to link the thread at least 4 or 5 times recently and I continue to see new threads asking about it...you know a lot of the new folks dont search they post...lol

hopefully the mods do it for u...

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I'll give it a shot, see what they say. (knowing them though, a couple are already reading this LOL!!!)

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All you need is ICS to teather by cable. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the new WMWifiRouter no longer has to have ICS preinstalled on the device. The new version (atleast what I'm using, V1.35) allows for more types of connections (3G to USB, WiFI, or BT as well as WiFI to USB and USB to Wifi). I love this program :D It also allows you to add passwords and security and stuff for wireless connections

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when i installed the ICSinstall.cab and reset phone, then i navigated to /windows and found the exe ran it, connected it told me i had new connection on my vista pc, but when i tested internet it didnt work, i ran ipconfig and release and kept getting 169 ip any ideas how to get this working on my i910?

thanks

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What ROM are you running? Is your data open so it can transfer to PC? Have you tried uninstalling, soft reset, and reinstalling?

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im running the unlocked unofical vzw gps rom. and yes i can sync so data is open.

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Works like a charm! Just what i've been looking for.

I agree; this should be stickied!

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Guys once you have connected the USB and run the ICS program and connect on that. How do you connect via the PC ? cos when i just click IE or Firefox or something i get page cannot be displayed. and when i run IPCONFIG i get a 169 IP meaning no internet. Any help?

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Contagous...

all the Ipconfig and release stuff ur doing isn't necessary...how do u normally connect ur computer to the internet... via wifi or by Ethernet cable...?

if by Wifi, try turning it off....

then go to start/programs/IntShrUI open this program and click connect make sure where it says -
PC connection it reads - USB
Network Connection reads - Broadband access

if its working properly the status should say connected....it should work under those settings...

the other thing u need to check, are u able to surf the web on ur Omnia thru Opera or PIE...? if not u have a different problem...

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normally wifi and yes i switch it off, and then the program on phone says connect broadband access and seems to work, but then when i run something like Internet Explorer on my laptop and try to run a website it just comes up page cannot be displayer no internet connection found. Im on vista, and i was just running the ipconfig tools to see if its online.

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when u click Internet explorer on ur Laptop, what does the status read on ur Omnia?

also can u surf the web on ur Omnia?

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yes web surfing on the omnia works fine, and when i click internet explorer on my laptop i just says connected broadband access on the omnia Intshul or whatever its called

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the other thing u should check, is in ur network and sharing center on ur Vista laptop, there u can troubleshoot any connection problems I'm gonna drop a couple screen shots of what ur Omnia should read if it working...I'm doing this connected with my Omnia as we speak...

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Ok i checked your screen shot, and mine looks identical, but when i load something like IE on my laptop i get nothing :(

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when u connect ur Omnia via ICS, have you looked at ur Network and sharing center on ur laptop to see the connection status? this is also important...

ur network and sharing center should look like the screen shot I attached if the internet is working properly...

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Here is what mine looks like when attached to the Omnia, something is defo wrong when its connected to my phone.

Any ideas?

*EDIT*

By the way i'm on a stupid Vista Home Laptop. I dunno if that makes any difference.