[Novalug] 32 and 64 bit CPU's and support
Walt Smith
waltechmail@yahoo.com
Sun Oct 30 09:53:59 EDT 2016
Can I assume that most people are able to do
a McDonalds wifi type of connect with their
smartphone/android and able to tether to their
laptop/netbook/another android ??? ( assuming
netbook has no wifi.. but who the heck does this anyway ??)
I like the Droidx, but maybe I need a slightly newer
droid.
As to your other Q: the CentOS desktop has a wifi,
but it's not working. It's software. The Win 7 has no wifi.
future ?
I've milked this Droidx pretty good. I carry it around, as previously
stated just as a video/camera, and as portable file D/L er.
PS: the breakme web site said the OS was too old to root.
DOH !!!
The following is mostly clarification.
The Droidx ( and I don't know anything yet about android
OS's later than 2.3.4 ) is what Ive been using to play with.
I've spent a few weeks now, messing around, and occassionally
find yet another semi-hidden menu thingy that it can do.
That said, It's easy to tether USB , and transfer files both
ways to both Win7 and linux. The "networking" is pretty good
in that the file managers work well for data transfer over tether.
I can also enable wifi, and see sites, and connect. I don't have
many choices in one place for open connects, but still, it
was very useful to experiment - and see all the creative
wifi names people come up with. With Dolphin I can download
any file. So I D/L, and then transfer the files maybe a minute later.
but
When I have the tether installed, the Droidx announces it has
a data connection. Then, if I enable wifi and connect,
it basically takes control of the SD card (I assume Dolphin does ?)
and will isolate the SD card from the tether. So then I can no longer
access Droidx SDcard from either droidx Or the USB tether.
Hence no routing even if tethering AND wifi are ON.
So possibly the software is just broken ?
But, here's an interesting thought: IF the phone had a carrier,
I assume it could route the data from the phone co. to the tether
or thru the wifi to other devices..
I don't know, not having ever used a "real" smartphone data connection.
But if it could, then linux ( or the java wrapper ) Does have networking
installed !!! The drivers have to be there. So maybe ( underneath,
if I was so inclined, which I'm not ), the routing software could have a
route added ? via app or it access to OS, a "route" command.
Sounds simple at one level.
I'll try to get a pci wifi card for the Win7. Haveing a 2nd box will help
me validate things I try... The self validation seems to work
when I was trying out the tethering/ wifi inn various forms.
Walt.......
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