If you want to use your Captivate as a Wireless Access point so you can surf the web from your PC through your AT&T Samsung Captivate phone, user designgears on XDA has the applications for you. Jr33 originally convert the Access Point application from the Samsung Galaxy S i9000 to the Samsung Vibrant. designgears then tweaked the kernel for the Captivate to allow the wlp2pservice to run, which is required by mobileAP and disabled by ATT. The mod also enables the USB Tethering functionality.
As we do not have an AT&T Samsung Captivate to test, we cannot validate any of the information in this post. Performing this modification could damage your phone. We are not responsible for any problems that may occur.
Here’s what he has to say:
All firmware versions are supported!
MobileAP and Usb Tethering!
MobileAP is native WiFi Tethering ported from Galaxy S i9000
Infrastructure AP
USB Tethering EnabledThis will require flashing a custom kernel with Odin.
if you are running the 1.2ghz overclocked kernel, this will overwrite it.
No wake up lag!Download and unzip the included file…
How to flash:
Plug in your usb cable
Open Odin3_v1.0.exe
Enter download mode
Select the PIT file and the PDA file
Click StartIt will automatically reboot. (it will go into recovery mode, let it do its thing, then reboot)
Now use Rom Manager to flash signed-mobileap.captivate.zip
After it reboots, goto:: Settings > Wireless and network > Mobile AP settings
Enjoy
Oh, here is the download link!
http://www.multiupload.com/INRA7EDND8Credits:
Samsung for the MobileAP App
Jr33 (MobileAP Port – smali edits, original update.zip)
andy2na for getting the ball rolling on this for the captivate!Original Thread for the Captivate
all of my findings are in this thread!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=760193
You can head over to the XDA thread to keep up with the latest updates for this mod.
If you test this mod, be sure to let us know how it works for you!
