re enable wifi tether fails. Only works Once per boot of phone

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Device Samsung Epic 4G SPH-D700

firmware is EC05 (rom midNight ROM 5.2) Kernels Bonsai 4.0.1 & Genocide EC05 
Kernel 2.0, Modem EC05

Kernel Source https://github.com/Rodderik/Genocide-Kernel

version of wireless tether 3.1 Beta2

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. Power on Phone turn on WiFi Tether, Hotspot turns on, Can connect ok.

2. Stop WiFi Tether

3. Start WiFi Tether again (After it has stopped) 

What is the expected output? WiFi Tether should start 

What do you see instead? WiFi tether just hangs & never starts the hotspot 
until the phone is rebooted.

Please provide any additional information below.

I do also have wired-tether-1.4-epic-4.apk installed. 
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=964925 I have tried to clear 
data on both wired tether & wifi tether. I had no other version of wireless 
tether installed when i tested beta2

Original issue reported on code.google.com by zman...@gmail.com on 14 Jul 2011 at 2:45

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Try to uncheck/disable "Force wifi-driver reload" in app-settings.

Original comment by harald....@gmail.com on 14 Jul 2011 at 6:56

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I tried "force wifi-driver reload" checked and unchecked. 

Harald is there any logging data that I could provied you that mite help you 
debug and or see what's going on? Just let me know what data you need.

Original comment by zman...@gmail.com on 14 Jul 2011 at 7:20

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Could you please uninstall beta2 and install beta1? I got reports (I don't own 
a epic) that beta1 works flawlessly. beta2 should act the same way like beta1 
does if you uncheck/disable the "force wifi-driver reload"-option.

So. Please let me know if beta1 works for you. (Do a reboot of the phone after 
every change to make sure you have a "clean" starting-point).

Original comment by harald....@gmail.com on 14 Jul 2011 at 9:05

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Tried beta1 it turned ON and OFF 3 or 4 times before it locked up the whole 
phone & needed a battery pull. But the first few time my Win7_sp1 x86 Sony 
Laptop(WiFI Chip Intel 5300 Driver v_13.1.1.1 date 1/13/2010) would get an IP 
but no internet access.

Yesterday on beta2 it would always work on first boot of phone but not again 
until the phone was rebooted. 

I'm restoring a good nandroid to start fresh and do some more testing with 
beta2.      

Original comment by zman...@gmail.com on 14 Jul 2011 at 7:57

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This is a known issue with beta 1 too.  Reference issue #894...

http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/issues/detail?id=894

Original comment by mvanr...@gmail.com on 23 Jul 2011 at 11:08

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This issue exists on the Samsung Intercept using Epic 4G profile as well.

Original comment by gypsy3...@yahoo.com on 26 Jul 2011 at 12:37

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I just use Wireless tether app with my Epic, fortunately my Nook Color now can 
connect to it via ad hoc mode. Wifi Tether inevitably crashes, sometimes with 
and sometimes without provocation so I avoid using it. We should all chip in a 
send an Epic to Harald so he can fix the issue ;)

Original comment by dimamal on 28 Jul 2011 at 6:20

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By mistake, I found a fix for this problem. I was already running wifi tether 
(tethered to my laptop) when someone asked if I could test the wifi 
connectivity of their phone, so without turning off my tether app (3.0-pre14), 
I enabled wireless connectivity (Settings-> Wireless & Network-> Wi-Fi 
Settings-> Turn on Wi-Fi), so my phone went from putting out a wireless signal 
to searching for one to connect to. I got a toast notification that I've never 
seen before, I couldn't tell what app the notification was from, but it said it 
was taking back the wireless signal.

Anyways, after turning off the phone's ability to connect to a wifi network, I 
went back to the wifi tether app and was able to re-start tethering without 
having to reboot. 

I think Samsung locks down something in the process of stopping wireless tether 
in this app. I've reproduced this several more times and am able to start/stop 
tether without having to restart my phone now. It's definitely some extra 
steps, but it sure beats pulling out my battery if I need wifi but already used 
it once already.

SuperClean Fascinate on Verizon

Original comment by matt.kel...@gmail.com on 29 Jul 2011 at 7:38

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Thank you comment 9 by matt.

This works for me. I tested it about ten times. I think that whatever controls 
the Wi-Fi is the same that controls wireless tether and when you turn wifi on 
it boots wireless tether off. Seems that wireless tether boots wifi off too. I 
just tested. Turned on wifi, turned on wireless tether, wifi got turned off. No 
error message this time.

Original comment by fredsb...@gmail.com on 3 Aug 2011 at 7:03

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I'm using a Samsung Galaxy Precedent (StraightTalk) and it is having a very 
similar issue but the workaround mentioned here does not work.  When I turn 
tethering on it works the first time just fine.  Then I turn off tether, try to 
turn on the wifi but it says "Error" and will not turn on.  I tried force 
stopping the tether since I noticed it was still running in the background, but 
it did not help.  So I am forced to reboot the phone if I want to start 
tethering again.

Original comment by fattylic...@gmail.com on 4 Oct 2012 at 7:38

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I use  3.1-beta6 wifi teather.......works like magic every time.....my settings 
for S.talk precedent.......
device profile to....galaxy indulge
Setup method auto
enable encryption
wifi driver  reload
disable update check
disable wake lock.....
When flashing through cwm u gotta mount everything before install.......
if not u will have no r/w to system partition........nothing will 
work........all kinda errors.......had same ones here.........
mount everything in cwm before install........fixes ot all.......
precedent with cwm.....arearom 3.5........overclock genocide 
988mhz............setup runs to smooth.........try it out........

Original comment by blackshe...@gmail.com on 13 Aug 2014 at 1:32

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Im also pulling standard wifi off this app on 2.3.7 g.bread........should only 
have adhoc but pushes standard wifi..................tear it up

Original comment by blackshe...@gmail.com on 13 Aug 2014 at 1:36