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

[charlie]

After upgrade my SK17a to ICS and I can not do tethering (wifi hotspot).  I take my sim card chip and put it in a Samsung Galaxy Note with ICS with the same APN settings and it works fine. I thought there was something wrong with my phone and I decide yesterday to downgrade my SK17a to GB (andriod ver. 2.3.4 - firmware 4.0.2.A.0.62) and "tethering" comeback to life.  Its something wrong with the Xperia ICS Sony compilation.

Charlie

Xperia mini pro - SK17a

Movistar Panama

Panama

[ply17410]

charlie,

Great info ... I did a similar SIM swap at an AT&T store and got same results as you.

Phone is now at Sony to get GB back.  I cannot be without hotspot and tethering.

Regards,

Bob H

ST18a  Ray   

AT&T

USA

[mblanco]

Just to confirm, the 4.0.4 update did NOT fix tethering for me.

To recap:

- Tethering worked fine on GB

- Tethering stopped working on ICS (computers can connect to the hotspot but don't get access to internet)

- A friend with ST18i and the same carrier and data plan as I has tethering working as it should (it is not a data plan problem). This problem exists in ST18a but it does not seem to exist in ST18i (people who say they have tethering working properly with xperia ray have ST18i model).

ST18a

ANTEL

Uruguay

[TonyCool]

It's incredible how, 3 month later, Sony has not given us an official reply nor a solution to this problem.

I even changed carrier and I had to go back to GB to get tethering back...

[sonysucks]

I have used Xperia pro with GB for 6 months happily.

But after ICS upgrade, this will be my last SE phone.

Thank you Sony.

[AndyMC]

Does anyone from Sony will give at least single fuck about what we are talking about in this thread?

SONY J-70 was my first phone. No, I'm still using Sony's phones, but as I see, their main goal is to make you buy the phone, not to satisfy you with their products.

ICS broke tethering on Xperia Active. Also it's making troubles with LiveView (which is worth to create a separate thread).

LiveView  manager doesn't been updated after 2011.

DOES ANYONE WILL GIVE A FUCK AND RELEASE UPDATES??!

[JdavidJ]

Long time waiting from SONY,.,,,, 

Xperia P 

GB  works fine

ICS Tethering is dead

Please come back with any update as MANY users are waiting!!!

[kujakun]

xperia ion

tethering is dead after updating to ics

i can get an ip from my phone, but no network connection

[ply17410]

kujakun,

Can you add your phone model, carrier and country to your post?

Thanks,

Bob H

ST18a  Ray

AT&T

USA

[jzamoras]

with all due respect, I don't understand all the whining. Sony don't give a **** whether tethering is working or not. I installed cm9.1 months ago and my mk16a goes better than ever and thther is working flawlessly. About warranty, is just a 280 usd phone, isn't it?

Jaime