Phone still broadcasts AP after turning off tether

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Which device (manufacturer, type)?
HTC Hero, CDMA

Which firmware is installed?
Cyanogenmod 7.1.0 RC1 nightly

What version of wireless tether are you using?
3.1-beta6

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. turn tether on
2. turn tether off
3. phone is still broadcasting AP

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The phone should stop stop broadcasting. It continues broadcasting.

Please provide any additional information below.
I'm using a HTC Hero with Auto Tether to automatically turn wifi tethering on 
so I can tether my galaxy tab to my phone without having to take my phone out 
of my pocket. Auto Tether only works with the beta version of this app.

Regardless if I use Auto Tether or not to turn wifi tethering, when I turn the 
wifi tether off on my phone, the phone is still broadcasting an ad-hoc network, 
but nothing is being routed through my data connection. Because the phone is 
still broadcasting an AP, the battery drains rather fast, even with an extended 
battery.

I've been connecting to my phone via ssh with my tablet and rebooting the phone 
from the shell when I want to turn wifi off. I know this is a beta version. I'm 
willing to help beta test any possible fixes (as long as there isn't a large 
risk of my phone blowing up).

Original issue reported on code.google.com by chris.ol...@gmail.com on 22 Sep 2011 at 2:43

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Samsung Droid Charge with the same issue:  3.1-beta6   
Tether on: works fine.  Tether off: SSID still broadcast, but no data flow.  
Resolve by reboot.  Issue seems consistent.

Original comment by etbad...@gmail.com on 3 Oct 2011 at 3:14

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Well. All I know is that windows shows adhoc-networks even if they don't exist 
anymore. I've seen that some times ... even if I performed a shutdown and 
pulled the battery out windows still showed me the adhoc-network.

BTW ... what is "Auto Tether"?

Original comment by harald....@gmail.com on 3 Oct 2011 at 9:29

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In my case (Samsung Droid Charge) tether was running in infrastructure mode 
prior to the issue, tethering was turned off, yet the phone was definitely 
still broadcasting (as detected by both my WiFi bridge (Linux) and a windows 
laptop which had been off when the tether app was 'active') the detected signal 
strength of the phone AP would change as the phone moved about relative to the 
bridge or laptop antennas, and the SSID disappeared from detection as soon as 
the phone was rebooted.

Seems to happen every time for me.  Coincidentally? the shutdown of tether 
seems incomplete as I must reboot the phone to turn it back on when using 
infrastructure mode.

Regardless, thanks very much for such a useful tool.

Original comment by etbad...@gmail.com on 4 Oct 2011 at 5:18

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I am using WIFItether on HTC HERO. 
1) I start WIFItether while WIFI is in desactivate state. 
2) everything works fine
3) I stop WIFItether
4) PROBLEM: Although the phone parmeters says WIFI desactivate state, the phone 
is still broadcasting an ad-hoc network, but nothing is being routed through my 
data connection. Because the phone is still broadcasting an AP, the battery 
drains rather fast. 
5) to solve the problem, I have to think to activate/desactivate WIFI through 
phone parameters. Reboot is not necessary

Is it possible for wifitethering to stop completely phone WIFI instead? 

Thanks

Original comment by jacque...@gmail.com on 9 Oct 2011 at 7:52

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I am using WifiTether on Samsung Droid Charge, running Humblecomb 4.0

1) Start Wifi Tether in Device Profile: Epic 4G, Setup Method: Softap for 
Samsung
2) Turn off Wifi Tether
3) Phone is still broadcasting an access point, however no IP or data 
connection is available with attempting to connect to it. Phone battery drains 
quite fast. Only fix found so far is to reboot the phone. 

Original comment by tcdknut...@gmail.com on 31 Oct 2011 at 5:17