By Vanilla you mean to reflash to stock state? haven't tried that yet but will do with no other choice.

i once tried to connect through bluetooth (security is not an issue for me) and was unsuccessful. it is also much less desired since on the android tablet it will have issues with many apps that don't know how to use it (they look for wireless connections).

i will check the options and post back.

Estel - were you able to use the script for start/stop the hotspot with success? any changes made to it as it is in the post to make it work?