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I'm going to be travelling to Canada, and as such I don't want to incur charges. How can I put my phone into a mode where no programs will invoke data services? I would still like to be able to use wifi, so I don't want to use airplane mode. Would the mobile network toggle widget would prevent data from being activated?
Thanks!!
hmm, I thought we got free data roaming with our plans (as evo owners). I am checking to see if this is different in Canada...
Yes its different in Canada, roaming only in the US, and not just for evo owners for all sprint customers.
Uncheck mobile data in wireless and networks works just fine, if thats to scary for you try the app droidwall from the market. that was from before data plans were required but i think its been updated.
The settings shortcut widget thing for MOBILE will do the same thing as unchecking the box.
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hmm, I thought we got free data roaming with our plans (as evo owners). I am checking to see if this is different in Canada...
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Yes its different in Canada, roaming only in the US, and not just for evo owners for all sprint customers.
Uncheck mobile data in wireless and networks works just fine, if thats to scary for you try the app droidwall from the market. that was from before data plans were required but i think its been updated.
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From what I understand, we can roam in the US for free but once we get into Canada it becomes like $.0002 / KB. So that's $2 for a Gigabyte. Um ok maybe that's not so bad after all? Is my math right? Lol
Yeah just disable the Mobile Network. Cuts all data from receiving/sending unless you are on Wifi which of course would not be roaming or anything like that.
I just got back form Mexico and just left it in airplane mode for the week. I was able to switch wifi on and off while in airplane mode. With Google Voice, you are able to listen to all of your voicemails through wifi, its really nice.
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I just got back form Mexico and just left it in airplane mode for the week. I was able to switch wifi on and off while in airplane mode. With Google Voice, you are able to listen to all of your voicemails through wifi, its really nice.
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Thanks that's great to know
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Airplane mode, or go into Settings>Wireless and uncheck Mobile Network. Don't know the roaming data rates, but $2/GB is impossible. More likely $20-$200/GB. Probably ditto for texting.
I'd recommend heading down to your nearest corporate Sprint store (Meaning a SPRINT store, not a Sprint booth, or BestBuy, or RadioShack, or anything like that) and ask them. The one by me has been extremely knowledgeable and they're always up-to-date, more-so than anywhere else.
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Airplane mode, or go into Settings>Wireless and uncheck Mobile Network. Don't know the roaming data rates, but $2/GB is impossible. More likely $20-$200/GB. Probably ditto for texting.
I'd recommend heading down to your nearest corporate Sprint store (Meaning a SPRINT store, not a Sprint booth, or BestBuy, or RadioShack, or anything like that) and ask them. The one by me has been extremely knowledgeable and they're always up-to-date, more-so than anywhere else.
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the $.002 kb i have printed out from a sprint chat... but am I converting it right?
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the $.002 kb i have printed out from a sprint chat... but am I converting it right?
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$0.002 kb -> $2 mb -> $2000 gb
Yes, I was just gonna show that it was ~2000 per gigabyte...could be more if the .2¢ per kb was actually per kilobit
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Yes, I was just gonna show that it was ~2000 per gigabyte...could be more if the .2¢ per kb was actually per kilobit
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kilobits, $16000 per gb, \gg
OOOOOO that's sneaky, thanks for saving me $16,000 LOL
/fails math
There's an option in one of the phone codes that disables the data
this may be a dumb question, but I just got the wife a G2 from Best Buy for Xmas ( awaiting it to be shipped ) and she now has a Cliq. I just got a new Cliq 1 month ago due to insurance replacement and I plan on giving my grandma her Cliq. lol yes my grandma....she has a BB and FB...lol anywho, I know she doesnt have a data plan but my question is
if she is on wifi can she access the web and android market without charge and if so, if she downloads apps, when she is not on wifi will she be charged for using the apps such as hancent for text and things of that nature?
Wifi works just fine without a data plan, that's what I do as I'm still on a prepaid plan. No charges for wifi data as your not using their network. Standard SMS fees even while using Handcent will apply. If you want free SMS sign her up for google voice, but of course you won't be able to utilize it off of wifi if you have no data.
she has a reg plan, just not an android web plan, just minutes and text/pics. Its good to know she can download apps without a prob then. but...... will it be considered data through android web if she uses the apps not on wifi. she has a text plan i think
I believe that apps that require internet access to function simply won't if she's not on WiFi.
I don't think you can simply start accessing T-Mo's data connection without a plan so she should be fine. Just know that getting away from the WiFi signal may cause some apps to not work.
k, thanks guys....ill be back when my wife lets me root her g2...lol
I'd kill the APN settings on that sucka except for the MMS settings. Make sure the data is dead because in a lot of cases they can remove the actual plan, but not the data feature all together. This can result in even more expensive data charges ironically.
Make sure to call in and review this with a CSR so they note it on file in the event of an overage. I worked for an outsourced call center that did work for T-Mobile yeeeeaaars ago. They've always had liberal billing policies from what I remember so it shouldn't be a problem. I actually with they were in Canada because the providers here SUCK!
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I'd kill the APN settings on that sucka .....
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Excellent advice there!
Basically how can Sprint find out if your wireless tethering for free. If you're rooted and using the free wireless tether app will going over a certain amount of data a day give them a alert. Thank you.
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Basically how can Sprint find out if your wireless tethering for free. If you're rooted and using the free wireless tether app will going over a certain amount of data a day give them a alert. Thank you.
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No Sprint will not be notified of going over a certain amount of data in a day, nor is there a cap for data usage when using the wireless tether app.
I just checked my 4G usage for this month since I started tethering on Sprint.com and it's at 17GB whereas before it was like 4-5GB. It's partially the tethering but it's also because I've been using the Watch ESPN app a lot this month. Is there any way that Sprint will kick me off? It's all Sprint data and not roaming since it's 4G. Obviously they can tell I'm using a ton of data but has anyone ever been kicked off for using too much data? How much data have other people used?
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I just checked my 4G usage for this month since I started tethering on Sprint.com and it's at 17GB whereas before it was like 4-5GB. It's partially the tethering but it's also because I've been using the Watch ESPN app a lot this month. Is there any way that Sprint will kick me off? It's all Sprint data and not roaming since it's 4G. Obviously they can tell I'm using a ton of data but has anyone ever been kicked off for using too much data? How much data have other people used?
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The only way that you are going to get kicked off for using too much data is if you are roaming when you use the data. And even then, more than half of your data usage would have to be while you are roaming. So, if your total monthly data usage is 4 gigs, and 2 1/2 of the gigs are used while roaming then you will most likely get a letter from sprint letting you know that they have terminated your account. This is commonly seen when a 00001 or other hacked PRL is loaded on your phone which causes you to constantly roam. But long answer short, you'll be fine...
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Basically how can Sprint find out if your wireless tethering for free. If you're rooted and using the free wireless tether app will going over a certain amount of data a day give them a alert. Thank you.
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Basically, when you tether you are sending your phones internet through wifi to your computer/device. Sprint only sees that you are using your internet on your phone, not where it is going. When you pay for the "tether service" from Sprint, there is a different way that you hook up to the internet. It is a separate service rather than just sharing your phone's internet connection with your computer/device.
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When you pay for the "tether service" from Sprint, there is a different way that you hook up to the internet. It is a separate service rather than just sharing your phone's internet connection with your computer/device.
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Not exactly true. When you launch the unhacked Sprint Hotspot app it asks the Sprint Server if your phone is authorized to use the app. If you have not subscribed it errors out. The hacked app has the authorization check removed. When the hacked version launches it just shares the phone's internet connection with external devices. Sprint has no way of knowing that the internet traffic is going anywhere beyond the phone.
@ gharlane00,
Well put and agree'd!
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Not exactly true. When you launch the unhacked Sprint Hotspot app it asks the Sprint Server if your phone is authorized to use the app. If you have not subscribed it errors out. The hacked app has the authorization check removed. When the hacked version launches it just shares the phone's internet connection with external devices. Sprint has no way of knowing that the internet traffic is going anywhere beyond the phone.
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Also not exactly true.
One thing they can see is the IPs of the pages you are going to, and different browsers make different page requests,like not pulling up the mobile versions of pages. (yes, I know this can be modified to pull up the nonmobile version.)
Not only is the tcp/ip page request header on an Android browser is completely different than say chrome/firefox/etc, but other applications use the same technique, like IM/BT/skype/etc.
If sprint really GAF, they could very easily see that you're tethering, from what I know.
EDIT: As an example, go here, and see what info it reveals.
Code:
Your IP Address / Hostname
Your IP Address: 72.94.***.**
Your Hostname: pool-********.phlapa.east.verizon.net
Browser/Computer Properties
Browser (User-Agent): [B]Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1[/B]
Time and Date: 3:48:11 PM - Saturday, February 04, 2012
Javascript: Enabled
Cookies Enabled: Enabled
Java Enabled: Not Available/Enabled
CPU class/type: [B]OS/CPU Windows NT 6.0[/B]
Screen Width x Height: 1280 x 1024
Screen Color Depth: 24
Window Width: 588 (45.9% of 1280)
Window Height: 353 (34.5% of 1024)
Browser Headers
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Language: en-us,en;q=0.5
Connection: keep-alive
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Then, tether up, try it again, it will still show the same.
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Sorry to bump an old thread, but Sprint doesn't know. What another user mentioned above is partially true, they can find out if you are excessively roaming. That will notify them, then they can investigate further and find which websites you're visiting etc. Then they will begin sending you letters.
my 2 cents. :good:
Yes Sprint can tell you tether
Ive been getting a text msg from Sprint, notifying me of doing something that isnt in my plan, they claimed I was "tethering" and setting up a "mobile hotspot" well I was sometimes, and btw I use xbox for LTE, so when they see alot of data being used like that, they will investigate, ive been with sprint for 10 years. That doesnt matter to them as they threatened to cut off my service, so I asked if they had any unlimited tethering/mobile hotspot and all they have is 6gb/month for $50 which is useless. so apparently they said I was going to Weather.com and NOAA website to much lol they couldnt even see that I had an Xbox One on LTE for past 2 months, and then you get an arab or some mexican that can barely speak english that doesnt know anything about phones/mobile development trying to tell you that you are tethering, the person I spoke with literally had to lookup the definition it was pathetic, sprint is going downhill as soon as I find another carrier with unlimited im flying to theyre store.
Now that we have root and customer recovery, has anyone been able to get free wifi tethering with the TMobile Galaxy Note 3?
I tried different settings with the wifi tether app on the play store but cant get it to start up without errors.
Anyone have any input?
You get 2.5 gigs free from tmo on the native hot spot. Have you tried that?
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LaloHigh said:
You get 2.5 gigs free from tmo on the native hot spot. Have you tried that?
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Yeah, I burned through that already. I had a iPhone 5S that I had free tethering mod on and currently at 52GB on data on TMobile and my 2.5GB is also already used up lol.
Now on Note 3, currently looking for a way to enable free wifi tethering since my Comcast connection is currently turned off.
I have the Wifi Thering app but dont know which settings work for the Note 3.
I may have to wait until the custom roms are cooked up with unlocked tethering baked in.
Try using a VPN? Worked for me on the S4.
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Try using a VPN? Worked for me on the S4.
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VPN slows the bandwidth down tremendously. I have LTE pulling in at 30Mbps using VPN will lower the speed down to less then 1Mbps.
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VPN slows the bandwidth down tremendously. I have LTE pulling in at 30Mbps using VPN will lower the speed down to less then 1Mbps.
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There is a guide that worked for the S4 about editing customer.xml under /system/csc prolly same way on the Note 3. I'll be extracting the system partition soon. if i have time i will make the mods for you and post it.
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There is a guide that worked for the S4 about editing customer.xml under /system/csc prolly same way on the Note 3. I'll be extracting the system partition soon. if i have time i will make the mods for you and post it.
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Awe man that would be excellent! Looking forward to it. In the mean time im tethering using the user agent chager for my web browser on PC, but looking forward to a full tethering solution for my PS3 ect....
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Awe man that would be excellent! Looking forward to it. In the mean time im tethering using the user agent chager for my web browser on PC, but looking forward to a full tethering solution for my PS3 ect....
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Oh this method still requires the UA switcher. Nothing will bypass that part since its done on T-Mobile's servers. I thought you were automatically getting redirected to T-Mobile upsell page even with the UA switcher.
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Oh this method still requires the UA switcher. Nothing will bypass that part since its done on T-Mobile's servers. I thought you were automatically getting redirected to T-Mobile upsell page even with the UA switcher.
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Changing my UA works fine. I was thinking there was a hack or work around so that the HotSpot would work perfect on any device. PS3 and XBox ect...
I hear you man I use 10 gigs a day, just use UA switcher set to Safari on chrome and you can tether to your heart's desire. All websites look normal with that setting and Netflix won't give you the download app for mobile message lol. There hasn't been a wifi tether fix for quite some time regardless of the phone as far as I know, its a common request in most forums regardless of device or carrier. Anyway like I said I tether 10 gigs a day using T-Mobile hotspot with no throttling either but according to them they do throttle regular data unless your on the highest data/tether plan. So if you keep the lowest tether plan you can get unlimited tethering with UA switcher or hopefully with a workaround eventually but your data will be throttled at some point for all data unless you bump up your plan.
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elesbb said:
There is a guide that worked for the S4 about editing customer.xml under /system/csc prolly same way on the Note 3. I'll be extracting the system partition soon. if i have time i will make the mods for you and post it.
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Waiting on this too
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I'm currently not on any tethering plans. I'm rooted but otherwise stock. When I turn tethering on and using a User Agent Spoofer on my PC try to access the web, I get the upsell page. Am I doing something wrong? Also there are several UA spoofers for Chrome. Can someone tell me which one they're using that actually works please? Perhaps you can reference the developer's name, etc.
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I'm currently not on any tethering plans. I'm rooted but otherwise stock. When I turn tethering on and using a User Agent Spoofer on my PC try to access the web, I get the upsell page. Am I doing something wrong? Also there are several UA spoofers for Chrome. Can someone tell me which one they're using that actually works please? Perhaps you can reference the developer's name, etc.
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Sorry I assumed you had tethering since the Simple Choice plan comes with 500mb included in the 50 dollar plan. Then you could simply use UA Spoofer on Chrome, if your on some sort of prepaid thing without any tethering included then I have no clue except use Pda Net for now.
why not just buy the easytether app?
That way it will use your data rather than hotspot
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Sorry I assumed you had tethering since the Simple Choice plan comes with 500mb included in the 50 dollar plan. Then you could simply use UA Spoofer on Chrome, if your on some sort of prepaid thing without any tethering included then I have no clue except use Pda Net for now.
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I'm on a business plan with 100% unlimited everything (no data throttling, etc.) Am I supposed to be getting some free tethering with mine?!
XooLoo said:
I'm on a business plan with 100% unlimited everything (no data throttling, etc.) Am I supposed to be getting some free tethering with mine?!
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Here is the quote from T-Mobile site for business account:
"Besides unlimited talk, text, and web, your Simple Choice for Business plan includes up to 500 MB of high-speed data. But if you need more, you can add extra data to any line. All data plans are unlimited while on T-Mobile’s network." "Add 2 GB to your included 500 MB of high-speed data. Smartphone Mobile HotSpot included. Speeds slowed after 2.5 GB."
Call them up and have them activate it on your phone, I had to call for my kid's iPhone but mine was working out of the box.
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thinkjoey said:
why not just buy the easytether app?
That way it will use your data rather than hotspot
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When you spoof it uses your regular data, personally I have the paid App Klink Red Edition but it stopped working when I switched to T-Mobile. No need to pay a few dollars for an app when you can do it free but Pda-Net works great and it is cheap enough, still it uses spoofing as well just from in the app and not at the browser end, I'm pretty sure all the tethering apps make it look like your using data from your device.
Anyone get VPN working? Mine stops routing when I connect.
I start the Hotspot tethering app first and then start PIA VPN app.
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I set up tethering the other day. I dont burn through data like some of you, but im curious about the limit. Is that 2.5gig limit tied to the 2.5gig lte (then hspa drop) data plan limit? Or is it just a 2.5gigs of tethering regardless of your plan and then no more tethering for the month? Furthermore, when you exceed that amount, im taking it from these posts that the tethering app stops accepting connections and you're not just dropped to the hspa network? I dont think ill hit that limit, i only use tethering for remote access when im on call and out and about. But it would be good to know for sure.
Have any rooted G3 uses edited the global tab under settings.storage and been able to achieve unlimited WiFi tether? This would be the only was I'd root a g3 before an aosp rom is available.
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This phone only uses ipv6 for data, IIRC there are no workarounds
I havent had any issues with tether, i don't pay for it and I've been using it everyday.
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I havent had any issues with tether, i don't pay for it and I've been using it everyday.
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Do you have an unlimited plan? Can you tether past your 3 or 4 GB hotspot allowance?
I have been looking into tethering and have not found a way to make the stock tether work. You CAN use WiFi Tether Router, it's $2.50 but it works and that's what I'm using for now. It has no Tasker integration and seems to be a much higher battery hog than the stock tether, but for $2.50, it's worth the money.
You will need to tweak some settings in WiFi Tether Router:
Interface wlan0
Method 2
Channel 1
Encryption wpa2-psk
"No Firmware Reload" <- UNCHECKED
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and then things will work properly.
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Do you have an unlimited plan? Can you tether past your 3 or 4 GB hotspot allowance?
I have been looking into tethering and have not found a way to make the stock tether work. You CAN use WiFi Tether Router, it's $2.50 but it works and that's what I'm using for now. It has no Tasker integration and seems to be a much higher battery hog than the stock tether, but for $2.50, it's worth the money.
You will need to tweak some settings in WiFi Tether Router:
and then things will work properly.
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Yea i have unlimited
and you dont need to tweak or change anything, just turn on tethering and any device that connects to my phone, works perfectly fine.
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Yea i have unlimited
and you dont need to tweak or change anything, just turn on tethering and any device that connects to my phone, works perfectly fine.
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So does mine, until I hit the 3 GB limit on my $30 unlimited data package. If you have the $40 package then you get 5 GB of hotspot data. Unless there is something off on your account, the G3 always uses the pcweb.tmobile.com APN which tracks your usage as hotspot usage. If you don't have hotspot on your account, or you have exceeded your allotment, it won't work.
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So does mine, until I hit the 3 GB limit on my $30 unlimited data package. If you have the $40 package then you get 5 GB of hotspot data. Unless there is something off on your account, the G3 always uses the pcweb.tmobile.com APN which tracks your usage as hotspot usage. If you don't have hotspot on your account, or you have exceeded your allotment, it won't work.
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I have a 70$ plan. And here's a screenshot of my data usage so far. I've NEVER had issues tethering. I don't pay for tethering. I guess I'm lucky or something. Last month I had close to 80gb of data used.
EDIT no not all g3's use that apn. Mine is using fast.t-mobile.com
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Here's a snap of my previous months usage.
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I have a 70$ plan. And here's a screenshot of my data usage so far. I've NEVER had issues tethering. I don't pay for tethering. I guess I'm lucky or something. Last month I had close to 80gb of data used.
EDIT no not all g3's use that apn. Mine is using fast.t-mobile.com
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I had someone else mention they were able to tether without limits on the G3 on a different thread. You will see fast.t-mobile.com on your APN settings, but tethering uses a different APN that is hard coded in the framework-res.apk of the phone. When tethering is enabled, the phone switches to pcweb.tmobile.com. You can confirm this by running a logcat.
If you have a computer, enable USB debugging, connect to the computer and using adb run the following commands:
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adb shell
logcat | grep PDPContextStateBroadcaster
enable tethering on the phone and look for "sendPDPContextRequested - APN :"
Sounds like you too are one of the lucky ones, the majority of us are not as lucky.
So if we are rooted, can we go into the framework and change the apn it changes to?
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So if we are rooted, can we go into the framework and change the apn it changes to?
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Unfortunately, it's not that simple.
I have already edited the file that contains the hard-coded APN, but there's another check elsewhere that is preventing the tether process to start properly when connected to a different APN.
Check out the thread here for more details about hacking the stock tethering:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-g3/help/tethering-t2821860/
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Do you have an unlimited plan? Can you tether past your 3 or 4 GB hotspot allowance?
I have been looking into tethering and have not found a way to make the stock tether work. You CAN use WiFi Tether Router, it's $2.50 but it works and that's what I'm using for now. It has no Tasker integration and seems to be a much higher battery hog than the stock tether, but for $2.50, it's worth the money.
You will need to tweak some settings in WiFi Tether Router:
and then things will work properly.
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I bought the wifi tethering router app. I can use some things on my tethered tablet but some most streaming throws up an "unknown error" message.
YouTube works but Netflix gives the message when selecting a video to watch.
Any ideas about this?
s_special said:
I bought the wifi tethering router app. I can use some things on my tethered tablet but some most streaming throws up an "unknown error" message.
YouTube works but Netflix gives the message when selecting a video to watch.
Any ideas about this?
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This is the answer to full unlimited tethering on the G3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-g3/development/mod-primetether-d851-10c-t2858496
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This is the answer to full unlimited tethering on the G3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-g3/development/mod-primetether-d851-10c-t2858496
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Thanks. I just tried it and it works for me. It does show the "Verifying your account" message, so I don't know if someone will have problems with the mod.
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I have a 70$ plan. And here's a screenshot of my data usage so far. I've NEVER had issues tethering. I don't pay for tethering. I guess I'm lucky or something. Last month I had close to 80gb of data used
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For those you are using 80GB a month... Awesome!, but whoever mentioned a 3GB "Limit" on your "Unlimited" data plan.. You do know that's an oxymoron right? A limit on unlimited. I'm glad I still have Verizon unlimited data and I won't ever give it up. No slowdowns ever.
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For those you are using 80GB a month... Awesome!, but whoever mentioned a 3GB "Limit" on your "Unlimited" data plan.. You do know that's an oxymoron right? A limit on unlimited. I'm glad I still have Verizon unlimited data and I won't ever give it up. No slowdowns ever.
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I'm sure Verizon does not allow unlimited tethering on your grandfathered plan. The "limit" you see people mentioning is for the tethered data. On the T-Mobile Device Unlimited Plans, you can use up to 3 or 5 GB of tethered data for other devices without having to pay extra, or hacking your phone. Once you go over that, your phone data is still unlimited and unthrottled, but you can't tether any more without one of these hacks or paying for more tethered data.
Actually I do understand what you're saying.. that makes sense. I'm talking about this more in an analytical sense.. it's really ironic that something that's called "unlimited" actually is not unlimited. But I understand that's how the world works, its all perception, there is no such thing as a free lunch... That's why why every carrier with unlimited got rid of it, $$$. There is big money to be made in data. That said, I have never expencied any slowdown of my 4G data with Verizon, even on months that I used 20+GB. I typically use 10-20GB, and have never noticed any throttling.
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Actually I do understand what you're saying.. that makes sense. I'm talking about this more in an analytical sense.. it's really ironic that something that's called "unlimited" actually is not unlimited. But I understand that's how the world works, its all perception, there is no such thing as a free lunch... That's why why every carrier with unlimited got rid of it, $$$. There is big money to be made in data. That said, I have never expencied any slowdown of my 4G data with Verizon, even on months that I used 20+GB. I typically use 10-20GB, and have never noticed any throttling.
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Oh of course, it's all in the wording. T-Mobile's is as unlimited as it gets nowadays, as long as you stick to the Terms and Conditions which state it is unlimited on the device you have signed up for service, and you cannot use the data as a substitute for private lines or dedicated data connections, as well as unlawful, harmful, and other activity that everyone else bans. Tethering/Hotspot is not advertised as unlimited.
I average 12 GB per month, and this is without tethering. I just stream a lot of music, and I never get slowed down either.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-g3/development/mod-primetether-d851-10c-t2858496