Tethering Nexus 4 to Nexus 7

#1
cspress

Posted 18 March 2013 - 05:56 PM

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I recently upgraded from a Huawei Ascend G300 (stock ICS) to a Nexus 4. Never had any trouble tethering the G300 to my wifi Nexus 7. Now I've got the Nexus 4 I can't do it any more - a connection is made but no data gets transmitted (wifi icon on the Nexus 7 shows full bars but remains grey). Also tried with bluetooth: same result. Was and am on a monthly Orange plan.

Anyone else had any trouble doing this?

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wmoore

Posted 22 March 2013 - 10:50 AM

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Does Orange block tethering? Some US carriers do. I spent last week on holiday accessing the net on my 7 tethered to my 4 (wifi tethering) so it does work. Have you reset all your wifi settings (told the 7 to forget your network)? Also, try taking all the encryption off - I wouldn't recommend leaving it that way but it is worth doing for testing.

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cspress

Posted 27 March 2013 - 05:45 PM

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Orange didn't block tethering with my old phone so I'd be surprised if that's changed with the Nexus 4.
I have tried resetting with no success. Just tried taking encryption off as you suggest - same result - I get a strong connection but the wifi signal is grey not blue and I'm unable to actually connect to the internet. I'll keep on trying...