How to enable Wifi Access Point / Hotspot on my Moto Droid (2.2) without editing the Kernal or flashing the ROM?

I want to enable the Wifi Access Point (AP) functionality on my Moto Droid. I don't mind rooting but I'd like to do this without having to edit the kernel or having to flash the ROM. I have seen apps that enable wifi tethering but they require a netfilter enabled kernel.

Is this possible? If it is, how do I get it done?

Here are a few points I want to clarify because I anticipate several people telling me to use PDAnet, which is a great app that I love but does not fit my needs here...

  1. I want to enable my Droid as a Wifi AP, not just tether via wifi. The point of this is that I want to be able to connect devices that are capable to connecting to wifi without having any client software on them.
  2. PDAnet doesn't allow for wifi tethering at all.
  3. Verizon does not offer Wifi AP service on the Droid 1.

Topic wifi-hotspot wifi-tethering tethering motorola-droid wi-fi android

Category Android

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When I first rooted my Droid (with EasyRoot), I remained on the stock ROM until I got annoyed by the OTA update message (and ended up switching to CM6).

However, I was able to use Wireless Tether without doing anything else. No new kernel, no mods, nada. Just root on vanilla Android.

If you've already updated to the latest version of Android via OTA, then I'm pretty certain you'd have to downgrade your phone to get root to work unless there is a new method to get root now. I know for a fact that EasyRoot no longer works with the OTA update.

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