How can I WiFi tether my WiFi internet (connected to my phone)?
As soon as I try to turn on WiFi tethering, it turns off my WiFi and tries to tether the mobile data.
asked Aug 13, 2015 at 8:49
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play.google.com/store/apps/…– qasdfdsaqCommented Aug 14, 2015 at 9:07
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You can't do that. WiFi Tethering on Android is designed to make your device a hotspot (providing WiFi access) and using the internet connection from mobile (3G /LTE /4G /whatever).
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I had a galaxy phone (way back), it was running on Froyo (android 2.2), I was able to WiFi tether my phone's WiFi from that device. (I am not lying, and I know it was not anything else) Commented Aug 13, 2015 at 9:04
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1Standard Android nowadays is unable to do that. I guess that the hardware to be a hotspot is the same used to get wifi signal, so the device can't enable both features at the same time.– jcbermuCommented Aug 13, 2015 at 9:07
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1There is no "hardware to be a hotspot". Any hardware that can be a wireless client can be a hot spot at the same time. It is purely a software matter. Commented Aug 14, 2015 at 9:06
in principle, it is possible. Your mobile will then act as a WiFi repeater. As mobile phones are designed to establish only one WiFi connection at a time, the solutions require some tinkering and are said to be not very stable.
- For rooted Android smartphones, there is an app called FQRouter2 available which promises to turn the smartphone into a WiFi repeater.
- You can, of course, also try "Bluetooth Tethering" if your PC has Bluetooth. But of course, Bluetooth does not reach as far as WLAN.
Kind regards.
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I've worked with FQRouter2 - it's current state is that it requires root, will not start due to some VPN servers being down - and has only binaries (python etc) in it that work on Android 4.4 and earlier. Practically, for most people, a hardware WiFi Repeater (or "Range Extender") is better option. Commented Feb 23, 2016 at 13:41