switch raspberry pi 3 between access point and none access point

[monapi]

hello, i use https://learn.adafruit.com/setting-up- ... t/overview tutorial and make my raspberry pi 3 an access point, after that i can't connect to the internet neither via wifi nor via ethernet cable. with this tutorial when i see the DHCP status it says faild but when i make wlan0 up my raspberry turn to an access point and give IP to my cell phone. i need internet in the access point mode its my first question how can i have it?
and i want to connect to the internet in access point mode with cable but i need VPN to connect to my internet and i don't have one on my raspberry so i can't connect with cable. i want to use my raspberry as picroft so i need internet. i need a way to switch between these moods. can someone help me? thank you.

[bensimmo]

Try here
http://www.raspberryconnect.com/network ... pcd-method
In the first paragraphs they have various links to various setup, pick one that fits what you want.

[monapi]

thanks for your help.
to use the new tutorial how should i cancel the last one. should i delete the OS and install anew one?

[bensimmo]

thanks for your help.
to use the new tutorial how should i cancel the last one. should i delete the OS and install anew one?

Up to you,
either see which bits are different and modify yours.
Reverse what you did.
Or send a few minutes rewriting the sdcard.

[monapi]

i use

sudo rm /etc/dhcp/dhcp.conf

and command like this and delete all the files that i open by sudo.
and try to use your tutorial but when i open this

sudo nano /etc/dhcpcd.conf

to edit it and add

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interface wlan0
    static ip_address=192.168.4.1/24
    nohook wpa_supplicant

there isn't any default command in it and the page is blank i put command in it and when i save the file with ctrl+x+y
it didn't get out of the file .
and i cant run

sudo mv /etc/dnsmasq.conf /etc/dnsmasq.conf.orig

this command.
i have this problem with all the sudo nano commands.
please help me.
thank you.