topic Re: Wifi/USB hotspot problem after update in Other/General https://community.sony.es/t5/other-general/wifi-usb-hotspot-problem-after-update/m-p/2992368#M32033 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Same here with an ST18a.</P><P></P><P>Don't bother with the repair ... it won't work.&nbsp; I do not know why the Sony reps on here keep recommending that.</P><P></P><P>The 'a' versions all suffer from this.&nbsp; It started happening with the 2nd and 3rd release of ICS.&nbsp; First release was fine.</P><P></P><P>I have TWICE NOW had to send my phone into Sony Service to get Gingerbread put back on to get hotspot and tethering back working.</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P></P><P>Bob H</P><P>ST18a Ray</P><P>AT&amp;T</P><P>USA</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:47:08 GMT ply17410 2012-09-19T20:47:08Z Wifi/USB hotspot problem after update https://community.sony.es/t5/other-general/wifi-usb-hotspot-problem-after-update/m-p/2992366#M32031 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello, I'm from Venezuela and I'm having this problem after I updated to <SPAN style="color: #686868; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">4.1.B.0.587 version. I can activate the hotspot but the PC or any device which connects to the hotspot can't access internet, my phone model is a st18a.</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="color: #686868; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">Thanks for any help you could provide.</SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:57:26 GMT https://community.sony.es/t5/other-general/wifi-usb-hotspot-problem-after-update/m-p/2992366#M32031 ipalacios 2012-09-17T13:57:26Z Re: Wifi/USB hotspot problem after update https://community.sony.es/t5/other-general/wifi-usb-hotspot-problem-after-update/m-p/2992367#M32032 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks for posting and welcome to the forum! <IMG class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.es/html/images/smilies/011.png" alt="Slightly_smiling_Face" title="Slightly_smiling_Face" /></P><P></P><P>Sounds like it would be wise to try performing a repair of your phone's software. </P><P>You can easily perform the interaction with our program Sony PC Companion, available for download from the link below. </P><P></P><P><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/tools/pc-companion/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/tools/pc-companion/</A></P><P></P><P><EM><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: blue;">What do you think about this forum?</SPAN> <SPAN lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: blue;">Let us know by doing this short </SPAN></EM><A href="http://surveys.opinion-8.com/SE/SF/en" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">survey</SPAN></A><EM><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: blue;">.</SPAN></EM></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:05:08 GMT https://community.sony.es/t5/other-general/wifi-usb-hotspot-problem-after-update/m-p/2992367#M32032 Petter 2012-09-18T08:05:08Z Re: Wifi/USB hotspot problem after update https://community.sony.es/t5/other-general/wifi-usb-hotspot-problem-after-update/m-p/2992368#M32033 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Same here with an ST18a.</P><P></P><P>Don't bother with the repair ... it won't work.&nbsp; I do not know why the Sony reps on here keep recommending that.</P><P></P><P>The 'a' versions all suffer from this.&nbsp; It started happening with the 2nd and 3rd release of ICS.&nbsp; First release was fine.</P><P></P><P>I have TWICE NOW had to send my phone into Sony Service to get Gingerbread put back on to get hotspot and tethering back working.</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P></P><P>Bob H</P><P>ST18a Ray</P><P>AT&amp;T</P><P>USA</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:47:08 GMT https://community.sony.es/t5/other-general/wifi-usb-hotspot-problem-after-update/m-p/2992368#M32033 ply17410 2012-09-19T20:47:08Z Re: Wifi/USB hotspot problem after update https://community.sony.es/t5/other-general/wifi-usb-hotspot-problem-after-update/m-p/2992369#M32034 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>yeah you are right, it didn't work (sony xperia support's "solution") ... Big Fail for Sony ... <IMG class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.es/html/images/smilies/048.png" alt="Anguished_Face" title="Anguished_Face" /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:15:24 GMT https://community.sony.es/t5/other-general/wifi-usb-hotspot-problem-after-update/m-p/2992369#M32034 ipalacios 2012-09-21T20:15:24Z Re: Wifi/USB hotspot problem after update https://community.sony.es/t5/other-general/wifi-usb-hotspot-problem-after-update/m-p/2992370#M32035 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Got my phone back from Sony Service after an 11 day turn around.&nbsp; Wifi hotspot and usb tethering are back working.&nbsp; At least this time they sent it back next day air!</P><P></P><P>Bob H</P><P>ST18a&nbsp; Ray</P><P>AT&amp;T</P><P>USA</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 24 Sep 2012 04:06:27 GMT https://community.sony.es/t5/other-general/wifi-usb-hotspot-problem-after-update/m-p/2992370#M32035 ply17410 2012-09-24T04:06:27Z Re: Wifi/USB hotspot problem after update https://community.sony.es/t5/other-general/wifi-usb-hotspot-problem-after-update/m-p/2992371#M32036 <P>mine is a lt26i same problem dropped wifi, tried all the repair my phone options including the secret hand shake one holding down the volume butons and so on.</P><P>live and learn:smileysad:</P> Wed, 27 Aug 2014 07:28:45 GMT https://community.sony.es/t5/other-general/wifi-usb-hotspot-problem-after-update/m-p/2992371#M32036 tonkaman 2014-08-27T07:28:45Z