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pyamsoft edited this page Dec 8, 2024 · 26 revisions

Good Faith and Due Diligence Expectation

I expect contributors and issue creators to act in good-faith and to perform a basic level of due diligence beforehand.

This project is a one-man hobby project that is community encouraged, but there are many more of you than there are of me. If you are creating an issue or PR, I expect that you have done a basic amount of due diligence such as reading the pinned issues and this Wiki, and searching the Wiki and issue history for anything already similar to your question/feature.

I expect you to remain civil, and reserve the right to close issues or PRs that I believe to not be acting in good faith - with zero explanation. Thank you for your understanding.

Dedicated Wiki Pages

Setup a Proxy

See the dedicated page here

Known Not Working Apps

See the list of known apps here

Hotspot Types

For Wi-Fi Direct (default) see here
For USB Tethering (RNDIS) see here

Preferred Networks

Read a bit about how TetherFi works and what preferred networks are here

Capturing Developer Logs

To capture developer logs to help with crash reporting or debugging, see here

Find Current App Version

To view your current app version, see here

Slow Hotspot Performance

To diagnose slow hotspot performance, see here

Building TetherFi

To build your own copy of TetherFi, see here

Make the Hotspot Run All the Time

If you run on an OS version that uses it's own "custom" battery management solution, like Samsung for example, you should first "whitelist" the TetherFi app in the "custom" solution (Samsung's "Never Sleep" for example), and then ALSO whitelist the app in the normal Android OS by disabling Battery Optimization as below:

You need to disable Android OS Battery Optimization for the TetherFi app so that the Hotspot service can run all the time (or restart itself if it is killed). You can do this via the "Always Alive" option in the app, or via your device settings.

FAQs

Some common or confusing issues:

How to setup a Proxy Configuration Script on Windows
My phone is slow and hot when running TetherFi
How do I connect to the Hotspot on Windows?
Buggy when switching VPN servers
Are you sure you configured the proxy?
Hotspot is very slow Building TetherFi

Community Documentation

Members of the community may have experienced your problem before. Browse the list of documentation issues to see if your problem has already been solved!