[Jacob11]

These are the steps I followed to get ad hoc wireless working on my Rena3 running firmware 0616 but it should work for all firmwares. Your device must be rooted.

The hardware supports ad hoc connections only a restriction within Android's software. We will be replacing the original Android wifi binary with one that will work with ad hoc networks.


As usual follow these steps at your own risk, they worked for me.

• Open a terminal emulator or use adb shell on your computer.
• Run "wpa_supplicant", you are looking for the first line which will be something like: wpa_supplicant v0.6.10
• If it says v0.6.x download the file from this post
• If it says v0.5.x download the file from this post
• Open the zip and extract the file in system/bin/ it is called wpa_supplicant
• Now either copy the file to your sdcard via usb or use "adb push wpa_supplicant /sdcard/wpa_supplicant"
• Back in your terminal or adb shell: run "mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/root /" to make the partition writable.
• Then "cd /system/bin/" to get to the right place
• "cp wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant.bak" to backup the original just in case.
• "cp /sdcard/wpa_supplicant ./wpa_supplicant" to over write the original with the ad hoc friendly one.
• Restart your tablet.
• Done enjoy using ad hoc networks

All credit goes to blackplatypus on xda-developers for compiling the files and szym for the original fix.

[matteosg]

Can I just use root explorer to copy & paste?

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[bsnipes]

matteosg, on 04 July 2011 - 11:58 AM, said:

Can I just use root explorer to copy & paste?

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Yes, if you use Android Terminal to do step 7 first:

mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/root /

[matteosg]

Thanks guys... it worked.

matt

[peacho]

thanks for information !!!

[languidlost]

which file did you guys use to make this work?... I got my tablet to show ad-hoc networks, but it always says obtaining i.p. and then drops the network... maybe i should change my refresh settings on how often android rescans for networks? seems to happen about every 30 seconds... any suggestions?

[hwonggc]

very cool... thanks!! Used the root explorer method. easier and worked too. =)

[sefosmaria]

hwonggc, on 19 September 2011 - 09:04 AM, said:

very cool... thanks!! Used the root explorer method. easier and worked too. =)

I did the same thing and worked fine.Note that you need permanent but not temporary root.

[TonyF666]

Does this work on Android 2.3 also?

[nielsianu]

can i still use hotspot/wifi wpa
or just can connect to ad hoc
and how to reverse that

[domiani]

what about android 4.0.4? i have wpa_supplicant v0.8. tablet (Allwinner A13 ) shows ad hoc networks but not connect to them. have u wpa_supplicant file or any other ideas for this situation? Thanks!