Warning - ICS Update Broke Hotspot and USB Tether

[ply17410]

ST18a updated this afternoon to the second release of ICS (was using first release previous to this).

USB Tethering and Wi-Fi Hotspot are no longer working.  I can connect and get an IP address but no internet access.

This is real bad since this is a primary use for my phone.

UPDATE: Confirmed same behavior with a second laptop ... I can connect to the Wi-Fi hotspot on my phone but no internet access.

UPDATE: iPad via Wi-Fi Hotspot, same thing, gets IP address but no internet access.

Bob H

[#2]

I can't believe Sony has acknowledge this bug yet and release a "we are working on this" or something like that!!

[#3]

I solved the issue with my arc s, (ics 4.04 on it). The reason was APN settings. Now hotspot (both wifi and usb) work fine.

[#4]

what did you do exactly?

ty!

[#5]

I have the xperia Mini Pro (sk17a) with Movistar Colombia and it doesnt work the wifi tehtering after the upgrade before it did

[jzamoras]

I've read in several forums that ics updates were hotspot crippled. At least sony should have warn us in advance... anyway I managed to get back usb tether using easytether

I'm 99% sure this was on purpose.

[TonyCool]

I'm sorry, but I configured manually another APN from my provider and that didn't work either...

How did you managed it to work?

[ply17410]

jzamoras,

Do you mean that ICS updates from other manufactures were hotspot crippled or just Sony?

If other manufactures, I would have to agree with you ... intentionally done at the request of the carriers.

If they knowingly took away a key feature of the phone I would think there is some legal liability to pursue.  No where did the warning I read state that features would be lost.  Only performance might decrease.

Keep in touch!

Bob H

ST18a  Ray

[#9]

I meant other manufacturers had crippled hotspot from ics, so it's not strange what is happening to us.

http://www.digital-forums.com/showthread.php/861730-Samsung-Galaxy-S-ICS-rom-with-WIFI-tethering

[ply17410]

jzamoras,

I would not put much value on the Galaxy S situation you had a link to.  Samsung never officially released ICS for that phone.  So those users must be using an un-official update mod probably from

the Cyanogenmod team.

Hey ... perhaps a Sony dev decided to take a shortcut in their coding and used code from that! 

Bob H

ST18a  Ray   

AT&T

[TonyCool]

Sorry, but a friend of mine has a Galaxy Nexus (or Nexus S, I don't remember exactly) updated"officially" to ICS, and Tethering works fine... tested in front of me with same devices (iPod) that fails with my Xperia...