Working Wi-fi Tethering - How to update firmware?

[Guest yumbelie]

Hi,

Very shiny and new to this. Wi-Fi tethering apparantly works if the following is followed:

You guys might have noticed that we had exactly the same issue on the htc evo 4g. And

... yeah, we found a workaround for it ( issue 362 ).

It seems that the wifi-firmware is responsible for this weird behavior. This

workaround did the trick:

See: http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-teth...tail?id=362#c59

So what you guys could try now:

1) Download a HTC Evo 4g system-dump (use google search - I bet you will find one)

2) Extract a file named fw_bcm4329_ap.bin (located in /system/etc/firmware)

3) Mount your sdcard

4) Create a directory named "android.tether" (without quotes)

5) Open this directory and copy fw_bcm4329_ap.bin into it.

6) Rename fw_bcm4329_ap.bin to fw_bcm4329.bin

7) Uninstall old versions of "wireless tether"

8) Install the latest 2.0.2-pre release.

If you open "Show log" you should see a log-entry (first one) similar to this

http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-teth...tail?id=362#c59 here

What I'm not sure about is how the .bin file is actually picked up by the Desire? Do I need to enter recovery mode and 'Flash' the bin onto the Desire? Or does the .bin act as an implicit override if present on the Desire in the indicated folder? I have a rooted Desire with the Modaco Custom Rom (1.21.xxx).

If someone could outline any additional steps I need to go through to integrate the .bin file, I'd be most grateful.

[Guest mmeikelinen]

There is nothing extra there. Just follow the instruction as they are and it will work.

just copy the fw_bcm4329_ap.bin to android.tether folder and renamed to fw_bcm4329.bin.

you don't have to do anything else for the .bin file

[Guest yumbelie]

Excellent, thanks!