With the Mobile HotSpot application we can have an access point for internet connection sharing our Nokia N900 to any other device using WiFi.
Works just like the JoikuSpot application, though with less functionality. The great difference is that Mobile HotSpot is free!!!.
Mobile HotSpot‘s functioning is very simple:
Mobile HotSpot is available in the Extras-Devel/Testing repository. To learn more about repositories, click here.
I am gettin “Hotspot unable to start” error. Can anyone tell me how to solve this?
I was getting the same error when my cpu was overclocked once flashed back to original kernel program works fine.
“HotSpot failed to start”
I’ve installed it, rebooted the phone and the application started. But I was not able to connect my laptop to it – it was connection timeout error all the time. Plus the whole phone UI became kinda crooked – list items started to overlap each other, some settings screens looked scrambled, etc. So I uninstalled it.
buy Joikuspot, no problem
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Mobile HotSpot doesn’t work. I bought JoikuSpot, which doesn’t work either.
So I only have problems.
Oh no~ What’s wrong with JoikuSpot?
First I had the same error: Failed to start.
After closed all connections and rename my hostname it works. First I had N900 @ …, I changed it to ‘test’ and it works..
so don’t use any strange charecters in the hostname.
Just install custom kernel on your own. It can be easily found in maemo.org / Download, by searching for “kernel”. Then restart the phone.
Mobile hotspot should work then. I have successfully created wifi network, but it is only ad-hoc network. No gprs connection from phone is available for now. I have my hostname set to N900, so no special characters.
I have also realised that mobilehotspot was removed from maemo stable reposiory few days ago.
I got Mobile HotSpot to work on my macbook pro (leopard) – but I can’t get Joiku premium to work. Go figure!
I installed the boosted kernel – rebooted, piddled with the DHCP settings (renew lease a few times) on my mac and then finally it worked. I had previously spent hours and hours trying to get joiku to work – and couldn’t… at the time I didn’t know about this FREE version… thank you so much!!!
I had expected to have to fiddle with it to make it all work.
But no, just clicking a button did work for me.
Shame no one has managed to make the n900 do AP mode yet.
Works great with my iPad.
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It failed to start for me too.
help me….
hotspot failed to start ?
Hey guys, i downloaded mobilehotspot and works great. is it possible to use to broadcast a wifi connection instead of At&t’s internet?
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For me it seems to load up and I can connect to it with my Mac. The problem is that I still can’t seem to browse the internet on my Mac. The wifi shows up as a ‘Computer to computer’ network instead of the normal wifi connection. Second on my Mac it says: ‘Airport does not have an IP address and cannot connect to the internet.’
Can someone please help me fix?
Many thanks!
Great tool….. for when you are on the road
we use it with no problems.
if you follow the instructions “switch off all connections” all should be ok.
we normally restart the phone then close bluetooth and wap connections,
run mobile hotspot.
works every time
thanks to the developer for this one
2w
App works great, good work, its very much useful on the Go.
Thanks to the team who all have contributed their effort for this application.
ERROR: Hotspot unable to start
FIX:
From N900 App Manager, do this:
Uninstall hotspot.
Install: Enhanced Linux kernel for power users (settings). (stable repository, requires no special setup)
Install: MobileHotSpot
Reboot N900
Turn off all connections, or only connect to cellular provider (NOT WIFI)
Launch Mobile HotSpot
Press Start – wait until button turns from Blue [initializing], and text changes to “stop” – then connect your PC.
Once everything is working, THEN play with default settings such as network name, and WEP. The install details for MobileHotSpot seems misleading, or out of date, because it doesn’t appear to install necessary kernel. once latest kernel is installed, app works like a charm.
Thanks mr Mike Stewart!
I followed these instructions and MobileHotSpot began to work.
Decent performance too!
Bye-bye dongle.
hey mike would u plz tell me how to change the connection from “data plan” to wifi? i wanna connect it through my wlan not through data (the mobile operator provider), couse it costs a lot….!! and what to put in encryption?
thanks n regards.
Hey Guys, could someone plse help, after I installed Enhanced Kernel drivers to get Hotspot working my camera on the N900 doesn’t start up it says OPERATION FAILED, I installed Bless N900 also no go.
Are there any other Kernell Drivers that will work with Nokia drivers.
I need a reply guys…..! What could be done??
Late reply..
Rudie, you need to uninstall the fcam drivers that comes with the BlessN900 installation. The camera doesn’t start up because the fcam drivers don’t work with the current stable version of the power kernel (v2.6.28-maemo42).
I installed the enhanced linux kernel, as posted above, then installed mobile hotstop. I wanted to reboot the phone, but now it hangs at startup. It shows the nokia booting screen, then goes black, shows the nokia booting screen again, and goes black again. repeats this forever and just wont start up.
Is there anyway this can be fixed!?
LONZmn With the bases loaded you struck us out with that answer!
guys i already have the enhanced linux kenel instaled buts it still wont work. is there something am not doing?
That worked for me also Mike Stewart,
Following your instuctions the problem solved.
Thanks a lot!
Hey guys i ve free version of joiku hotspot…i wud love to attach it here but i dont know how to..
Thanks Mike Stewart you just saved me some money!
wery gooooooood
It is working Mike!!, thank you. Very sorry for the fellows in troubles I know how it bothers
Thanks Mike,you just saved me some money..
i’m really happy now…..
thanks……………
Mike Stewart
U r the best, Thx mate
thanks, Mike
You made a Dutchman very happy
thanks a lot
Mike Stewart, you are great. Thank you very very much!
i have this app installed and it seems to work fine (thanks to the everyone that created it – many thanks)
i only get problems when i have used another app that ‘unloads’ the module for the wifi. in which case i have to re-enable the wifi for it to work.
*but* i have never managed to connect via USB only through wifi ad-hoc. i tried hooking Linux (ubuntu x64, debian)
thanks,
Nicolas
brainpowered.net
Hello everybody thanks to Mike I’ve managed it to start too, but unfortunately my tablet can’t see the network in no ways.
I don’t know what to do how to test it because my tablet search for wifi do works and sees all nets except the one of my N900.
Hello, every body,
It seems my n900 in very serious problem, I have install hot spot on my N900 and after that I have restarted the mobile using CSU -feature, the device successfully shut down after that it is failed to start again, i have tried force fully switch on the device couple of times, it show the NOKIA screen again the device switching have(Note batter was full , even i have tried with plug-in the power cable). Please help me what can I do?
Thanks
Naveen M
naveenkumar.meda@gmail.com
I have the same problem maxmurd describes above.
I’ve restarted my phone, tried starting Mobile Hotspot both with and without my cellular data connection running, and the SSID I picked – ‘linuxphone’ just doesn’t show up in my netbook’s wireless connections list.
What are the chances this has to do with the recent (few weeks back) update to the power kernel? What are the chances Mobile Hotspot is still being maintained?
There’s another newer and sturdier app I heard about at talk.maemo.org called “QT Mobile Hotspot”. Worked for me where this one didn’t.