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Data connection issues

The past day or so my Epic has been having issues staying connected to Sprint's 3G data network.
I get error code 67 (saying that my Sprint data service username/password is incorrect).
I used to get this with my Evo, so I don't think it's a ROM issue, but I wanted to see if anyone else was getting similar issues these past few days.
I'm running SRF 1.1.0 if it makes any difference.
It also seems to happen on days I'm using Sprint hotspot, so maybe that's causing a problem? (I have tethering on my plan, so it shouldn't, but you never know).
Apparently Update Profile is supposed to resolve issues like this (according to some Googling I've done) but that feature (along with PRL update) is still down for me.
Hopefully Sprint is just experiencing technical difficulties and this will all pass with time, but if not, am I just gonna have to reflash?

s84471 said:
The past day or so my Epic has been having issues staying connected to Sprint's 3G data network.
I get error code 67 (saying that my Sprint data service username/password is incorrect).
I used to get this with my Evo, so I don't think it's a ROM issue, but I wanted to see if anyone else was getting similar issues these past few days.
I'm running SRF 1.1.0 if it makes any difference.
It also seems to happen on days I'm using Sprint hotspot, so maybe that's causing a problem? (I have tethering on my plan, so it shouldn't, but you never know).
Apparently Update Profile is supposed to resolve issues like this (according to some Googling I've done) but that feature (along with PRL update) is still down for me.
Hopefully Sprint is just experiencing technical difficulties and this will all pass with time, but if not, am I just gonna have to reflash?
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If you're rooted; why are you paying for the tethering plan? You could install Wifi Tether for Root and save $30 a month.
Maybe try to download that app (in the market) and use that to share the net to see if you get the same issue.
Might be a good step in determining if the hot spot is the issue; which because its a sprint app... it very well may be.
Good luck

jdelano said:
If you're rooted; why are you paying for the tethering plan? You could install Wifi Tether for Root and save $30 a month.
Maybe try to download that app (in the market) and use that to share the net to see if you get the same issue.
Might be a good step in determining if the hot spot is the issue; which because its a sprint app... it very well may be.
Good luck
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Well, I didn't root it at first, and I needed tethering.
And it's still enabled because WiFi tether doesn't work that well for me.
It'll stay up for 10 minutes or so, then crash my phone.
Which, considering SRF has Journaling Off, isn't good – so I'd rather stick to using Sprint Hotspot if it means I don't have to worry (as much) about data corruption.
Just curious if anyone else has ever gotten that error code, and if it went away on its own or not.

s84471 said:
Well, I didn't root it at first, and I needed tethering.
And it's still enabled because WiFi tether doesn't work that well for me.
It'll stay up for 10 minutes or so, then crash my phone.
Which, considering SRF has Journaling Off, isn't good – so I'd rather stick to using Sprint Hotspot if it means I don't have to worry (as much) about data corruption.
Just curious if anyone else has ever gotten that error code, and if it went away on its own or not.
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Hmmm; I use it for hours.
here is a thread talking about it at another site:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-evo-4g/15407-error-67-pcs-vision-username-problem.html
maybe that could help shed some insight as a bunch of people experienced it.
Good luck

jdelano said:
Hmmm; I use it for hours.
here is a thread talking about it at another site:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-evo-4g/15407-error-67-pcs-vision-username-problem.html
maybe that could help shed some insight as a bunch of people experienced it.
Good luck
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Profile update seems to be the way to fix it, so I guess I'll just have to wait until Sprint fixes the PRL/Profile update issue the Epic is having (which Sprint confirmed yesterday is real on their support forums).

[Q] Wifi Tether Apks NOT Working(?)!

Yes I used the Search feature, still no satisfactory resoultion...
I have rooted several phones over the past few weeks (with different bootloaders), Evo 4Gs, one tethers, one doesn't, Droid RAZRs, both tether, Droid 3s, neither tether (I read the TBH thread, so...), E4GT neither tether (mine included but am running Phantom's Rom so no worries there).
I am at my wits end. The apk(s) used to work before, but as of late I am not having any success at all. Android Tether lists in my networks, my pc and laptop will connect, internet access is detected, they connect but NONE of my browsers are able to connect.
I never had this problem, never had to change any settings in the apk(s), and never had to change my pc(s) configuration. Is this happening to anyone else? Does anyone know what is going on?
HELP ME OBI-WAN KENOBI!

Try FoxFi, free at Google Play. I had issues tethering E4GT. This app works great for Samsung & Motorola. All others, maybe Bluetooth.
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Wifi Tether (Im using 3.1 beta11 pulled from Calk's ICS roms) works if you change the device profile to "Samsung Galaxy Nexus (CDMA/LTE)". I always enable the access control and allow the pc accessing.
The hacked sprint hotspot has always worked for me on gingerbread as well i prefer it but use the other atm on ICS.
Wifi Tether wont work properly until you change it to thet CDMA/LTE Nexus it gives the same issue you describe without the change.

gibbsrob said:
Yes I used the Search feature, still no satisfactory resoultion...
I have rooted several phones over the past few weeks (with different bootloaders), Evo 4Gs, one tethers, one doesn't, Droid RAZRs, both tether, Droid 3s, neither tether (I read the TBH thread, so...), E4GT neither tether (mine included but am running Phantom's Rom so no worries there).
I am at my wits end. The apk(s) used to work before, but as of late I am not having any success at all. Android Tether lists in my networks, my pc and laptop will connect, internet access is detected, they connect but NONE of my browsers are able to connect.
I never had this problem, never had to change any settings in the apk(s), and never had to change my pc(s) configuration. Is this happening to anyone else? Does anyone know what is going on?
HELP ME OBI-WAN KENOBI!
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Ok but what are you running ICS or GB because there is an answer to both.... If you are rooted the stock wifi tether works fine so can we have a little more info although the answers you have gotten so far a pretty damn good.

Thanks
I switched to my Nexus S 4G to give the ICS ROMS a spin and really loved it but missed my E4GT so I recently switched back. I am currently on Phantom's EL26 (Gingerbread) from way back when. I found that the EL 26 modem gives me the best battery life by far and I like the debloated stock because I am running SPB SHELL 3D launcher (cracked-pm me).
I have so many Google Wifi Tether apks on my pc and dug up the wifi_tether_v3_1-pre101.apk and changed the channel to 6. It works now.
The Sprint Hotspot comes fully functional on the ROM that I am on but it was really bugging me that I couldn't get the google wifi tether to work on friends' and family's phones. There must be a bug in the newest release or something.
FIFOX said that HTC has a block on wifi tether when I tried to install it on my friend's Evo 4G.
I am going to use the TBH thread to change the radio strings on my friend's Droid 3 so he can tether. We'll see how that goes later today.
-worked like a charm; rewrote the strings with RadioCom and changed the entitleent with sqlite editor, using the most recent google wifi tether apk on chanel 6.
Thanks for all the input. I'm gonna hit the thanks button for you all.
PEACE!

2 questions, Wifi and 4g?

First some background, running the PAC-Man ROM and rooted and stuff.
Carrying on, whenever I try to Wifi tether, it always leads me to the pay for t-mobile thing. I don't know what exactly my contract is, I know I have data, that's about it. Wifi was working for a week, but I tried to watch this video on Yahoo and ever since then it has blocked my ability to tether and always brings the pay-for T-mobile data thing.
Second problem, I haven't seen "H"/4G on my phone in weeks. Ever since I flashed my phone, I had sketchy signal(possibly due to the other version of the ROM, it's updated now) but I haven't seen 4G connection in the longest time, always see 3G. Where'd it go? What settings can I change?
Other then that, the ROM's fantastic.

Force/increase 4G connectivity vs 3G, auto tethering when connected to power

I've got a two part question for some issues I'd like to address while on 4G (some I've called Sprint about, others I know you guys will have the answer since I'm rooted) that I hope to resolve.
My issues with Sprint is that if I'm on 3G and looking at images via websites, pics obviously load slower, but they're always nice and crisp. I notice that when I happen to be on 4G and go look at images, suddenly they load super grainy. I spoke to someone else who is also on Sprint w/ an LTE 4G phone (not a Note II, something else) who experiences the exact same problem. I've called Sprint about it, but I get the usual run around saying they're addressing the issues, fixing towers, etc. When I first started getting 4G in my area about 3 months ago, it was BLAZING fast, connected the second I came off the freeway and stayed on strong. I realize over time that I'm sharing the same signal with others, but damn.
My issues that I'm hoping you guys can assist with is in regards to the phone staying connected to to 4G more via changing thresholds. As I id before, it was awesome. Now it's gotten to the point where I or the phone have to be near a window, or occasionally I can leave it on the top edge of my couch...but if I happen to handle the phone to answer a text messages, it'll often drop back into 3G. The problem is that I use my phone tethered to my laptop for watching TV....Top Gear, Family Guy, etc that I stream. On 4G it's great, but once it drops to 3G it turns into a buffering nightmare and some shows/sites can't handle jumping around for time frames, so lets say if I'm 15 min into a show, go into 3G and come back into 4G, the show never recovers and I've got no choice but to restart the show. I'm just curious if there's a way to change at what point/signal strength that the phone wants to swap back and forth and basically ask it to stay on 4G more often than not when I'm at home where I actually get 4G.
As for tethering, I'm a stock rooted ROM using TrevEMod tethering because the stock tethering app won't stay turned on, I'm assuming due to using the stock ROM. What I'm curious about is a way to have the phone automated in that once I plug it on, the tethering app turns itself on and then back off again once unplugged from a power cord. At one point I'd used some app where it had me enter parameters to do this, but it only worked to turn on the stock tethering app which won't work.
Bottom line is I'd like my phone to stay connected to 4G more often than not, turn on tethering when plugged in and turn it off when not.

as for the tethering, if you are running the stock deodexed rom, there is a mod you can flash to make the native hotspot work then you will be able to use Tasker or however you automate it turning on. if you are running stock odexed you could always flash stock deodexed, if you were intent enough on making it work.
here is the hotspot mod: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2232553

I truly don't know if the stock ROM is odexed or deodexed, I just did a simple rooting procedure and nothing more so I could install a tethering app. Maybe I'm just being naive, but coming from my Epic days where I rooted, ROM'd, kernal'd, OC'd, etc days where I removed tons of apps, added others, etc I never was able to get battery stats/calibration to work correctly, which in turn wrecked havoc on that phone...phone would get super laggy, bog and stumble, then I'd reset the phone and I'd go from 20% battery life to 3%, then realize why the phone was freaking out. Now that I've got this Note II, it works great, I've never felt the need to OC or anything (I wouldn't mind removing stock apps but the SDX Stock App Removal Tool doesn't work), so I'm kinda hesitant in flashing any sort of ROM for fear of reliving past experiences...right now the phone simply works great, I'd just like a few simple features. Any input to sway my decision?

i hear ya, i too like a nice stable setup with everything working. your system is probably odexed if al you did was root, but if you have a file explorer app, when you go into /system/app, you will see each .apk also has an associated .odex file. the deodexed rom has the odex part added back into the apk, but otherwise is exactly the same, no tweaks or anything, every bit as stable, and with nothing removed, but it is easier to make mods for a deodexed rom, such as the hotspot mod!
the decision is yours. it is always a bit of work to flash a rom, but this is defintiely a way to keep the stabilty and reliability, and have the hotspot working the way you want it to! the rom is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2241930, if you choose to go this route. this is exactly my setup, with the hotspot mod, and it runs great.

I'll read the thread, thanks for the link. Any suggestions for something that will enable the tethering app automatically based on being plugged in, and I've had no luck finding anything in regards to people changing thresholds for the 4G connectivity.

m5james said:
I'll read the thread, thanks for the link. Any suggestions for something that will enable the tethering app automatically based on being plugged in, and I've had no luck finding anything in regards to people changing thresholds for the 4G connectivity.
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no problem. the app Tasker from the market does things like that, i think it costs a few bucks but it's well worth it. and perhaps there are others.
for the 4G thing, i don't see any setting for that. there are other people who know a lot more about network stuff than i do. there might be a dialer code menu where you can set to receive LTE only, but sorry i can't be of more help there. good luck and have fun!

Read this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2407286
In HDR menu there is a LTE only mode..... beware you wont receive calls or texts so if you have google voice set up then perfect

Any half-good (free) Wifi Tethering apps out there?

Unfortunately this seems to be turning into a tired question that gets asked at least once a year (under different circumstances or requirements I guess), so happy 2015! The included Verizon tethering app seems OK, but I miss some of the tethering apps I used to use back in Gingerbread that would do things like restrict clients and show current upload/download speeds in-app.
At any rate, I currently have the tethering option from Verizon, and I'm rooted, so hopefully I'm pretty compatible with most of the apps out there. My issue with what I've found so far though is that there's a category of root apps that bill themselves as very hacky workarounds, and most of which haven't been updated in years which makes me a little hesitant to install on my device. Then there's another category of apps, both free and paid it seems, updated somewhat recently, but having even less features than the Verizon app, and/or most user reviews state to the effect that they do not work or are in general awful.
To help shorten the list, I've tried FoxFi, which was not so good imo, and I guess that would eliminate PDANet as well since I believe that requires a USB connection. Also, I'm looking to move away from the native Verizon tethering app.
So I guess this is a sort of "what are you using" topic, and are you happy with it?
Thanks for your input!

Just giving this a bump to see what you guys think.

At least for AT&T's tethering restrictions, flashing any custom ROM (that corresponds with your firmware) will do the trick. Or even any stock ROM that isn't carrier branded to Verizon or AT&T (most other carriers and regions have no such tethering restrictions).
I wasn't that impressed by FoxFi or PDANet either back in Gingerbread days. They seem needlessly complicated, compared to just going to the built-in HTC WiFi tethering setting and turning it on.

redpoint73 said:
At least for AT&T's tethering restrictions, flashing any custom ROM (that corresponds with your firmware) will do the trick. Or even any stock ROM that isn't carrier branded to Verizon or AT&T (most other carriers and regions have no such tethering restrictions).
I wasn't that impressed by FoxFi or PDANet either back in Gingerbread days. They seem needlessly complicated, compared to just going to the built-in HTC WiFi tethering setting and turning it on.
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Yeah, maybe there's some sort of "just right" when it comes to complication that isn't out there right now. I gave in and downloaded a few root-requiring apps so I'll be giving them a run later today.

Well, I gave both Barnacle and the Wifi Tether app a try - sadly, it seemed that neither could properly control the wifi radio to get it broadcasting. Also, it seemed that both would cause the system Wifi Radio controller to glitch in that I could not toggle wifi anymore after using those apps unless I rebooted my phone. 0 for 2!