Hi Guys, I am using an XPERIA ARC 3G on Tigo Colombia.
I have an unlimited data plan and it works smooth, but the tethering option is not working. I have tried on several laptops and the connection does not provide internet access to any of them.
Can the network operator find out I am tethering and block the network access?
My sister owns an Iphone on the same operator and tethering was even block from the options but she called the support help desk and they enabled that option; unfortunatly the same help desk seems to be unwilling to help me because I own an android phone.
Thanks for your suggestions.
i'd like to know as well. I'm on Fido in Canada, and my tethering was working on 2.1 with Barnacle on my SE Xperia X10, but now on my Arc, the 2.3 default wifi tethering isn't working. In fact, it disrupts and blocks my data connection when i try to tether, and is not even broadcasting a wifi signal for other devices to see.
I also downloaded Barnacle Wifi Tether and tried to tether that way, but that's not working either.
I was under the impression that as long as you have a data plan, a network operator can't block tethering because it can't differentiate what the data is being used for...
See my thread here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103129
A few of us with the same problem, it's not your operator it's your phone
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Hi
Now days many cellular operator are blocking the wifif hotspot tethering.
This is problematic since not every tablet has 3G and mostly when there is no Wifi you use your cellular as router.
Is there any application who bypass the blckage ?
Cheers
Cozz
cozzmo said:
Hi
Now days many cellular operator are blocking the wifif hotspot tethering.
This is problematic since not every tablet has 3G and mostly when there is no Wifi you use your cellular as router.
Is there any application who bypass the blckage ?
Cheers
Cozz
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You mean to say there is no option for Wi-Fi teathering on your phone. And if you have it I think cellular operator don't control it as its feature of the phone
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tehTerminator said:
You mean to say there is no option for Wi-Fi teathering on your phone. And if you have it I think cellular operator don't control it as its feature of the phone
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I mean that on handset it works but the cellular provider is blocking/reducing internet speed by detecting wifi tethering ( probably due to specific fingerprinting or browser signature)
I have no T-Mobile tower reception at work, and was looking forward to the wifi calling capability to come to the rescue with this new phone/service. Unfortunately, my work wifi requires a proxy-serverort for browser connection, and once I update the wireless connection with these settings - I am able to browse fine.
Regardless of the wireless signal strength, the WiFi Calling status states : Poor WiFi signal, before timing out with REG99 error - unable to connect. I have also noticed on this phone and the HTC EVO 4G, that while on wifi at work, my download speeds (via speednet) are high (>10mbps), but nothing shows up in the upload section.
Given the above, and knowledgeable of the fact that my corporate network does shut down access to other ports - is there any workaround to enable wifi calling behind a proxied network? I have even tried to add a new APN to include the proxyort to no avail.
wifi calling from the home network works without any issues, and yes i am rooted.
TIA for any help.
Found the solution. Turns out that accessing the proxied wireless network was the root cause of the issue. We also have access to a guest network, that interestingly does not require a proxy connection to the outside world, and that works perfectly fine!
Still unanswered then, is what ports does this phone require that are being blocked by the proxy server?
I would also like to know the answer to this. I do not have access to another wifi server to test this. What is weird though is that my Sensation that I just got rid of had no issues with wifi calling on the same network, explain that!
Hi All, i had a quick search but couldn't find the answer.
I moved my phone tariff to Giff Gaff - which is great btw.
I also own a WiFi tablet. so when out and about, using my phone as a wifi hotspot is the obvious and convenient choice. My Desire is on CyanagenMod (which includes WiFi Hotspot built in)
Apparently if Giff Gaff see you tethering they will remove your Unlimited internet, for the remainder of the month.
The reason is obvious, that they want more money out of you and want you to pay for a separate tariff for the tablet. I think this is unfair because not only would i now have to pay for a new dongle, but I have already paid for unlimited internet on my phone so should be entitled to my unlimited internet how i see fit (i'm not a big downloader, just surfing and emails). ALSO that's the "whole" point to a wifi hotspot - to use the 3g from the phone and extend it to another device.
I read somewhere that a rooted phone gets around this issue and the isp can't see that the data is tethered, when used in this way. Is this true? i'm already rooted. If i browse from my tablet over the wifi AP will Giff Gaff see it and stop my service?
Many thanks in advance.
Kev
I have no idea how mobile operators can detect tethering, maybe by browsers on the PC exposing the User Agent.
This app for example claims a separate tethering plan isn't needed https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.tether
Probably the encryption provided by the VPN tunnel hides such activity, so mobile operators can't read the data or how it's being accessed. But use at your own risk
There's a Tablet plan on GiffGaff that allows tethering - £5 a month. It's perfect for me as I don't call/sms much but probably wouldn't work for you?
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I have no idea how mobile operators can detect tethering, maybe by browsers on the PC exposing the User Agent.
This app for example claims a separate tethering plan isn't needed https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.tether
Probably the encryption provided by the VPN tunnel hides such activity, so mobile operators can't read the data or how it's being accessed. But use at your own risk
There's a Tablet plan on GiffGaff that allows tethering - £5 a month. It's perfect for me as I don't call/sms much but probably wouldn't work for you?
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Giffgaff will know your using tether no matter what app u use. I am also with giffgaff but after talks with them had my tethering granted whilst using £12 goodybag. I found out they use a system that detects names of devices your tethering to. For example your PC name is steven-windows.. They detect name windows and block you for 30mins. However fooling the system also does no work if you have just Steven as windows name the giffgaff detection system will still block you because it is unable to detect the system your tethering to. Change it to Stevens-iphone and you won't get blocked. This is tested by me and works 100%. I however am immune to tether blocks as a deal has already been arranged for me to tether as much as I like on my current £12 goody bags for life. Become a valued customer and tether blocks can be removed from your account. I also use tether to get my xbox online which I will discuss in later YouTube videos
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So I flashed my metro s4 to a custom rom (wicked v4 for tmobile) since the phone is basically a tmobile phone with a few metro badges according to other threads...flashed seamlessly, works great aside from tethering.
I cant get the tethering to work anymore, before it would direct me to the metro tether page, but now the page connection (i.e google.com) times out...I am connected to the phone and my wireless connection says I have "internet access" but wont load anything.
I assume this is because the APN settings were replaced with Tmobile APN settings per the tmobile rom.
I Checked the settings and they are in fact 2 apn sets to choose from. Either tmobile LTE or tmobile tethering, I had to alter the tmobile tethering apn to get it to connect to 4g. but it wont allow my laptop to recieve any data.
Im assuming I need metro PCS's tether settings since my phone is attempting to tether through Tmobile maybe.
Anybody have that information or know how I can get this working?
On a side not I am forced to use the native tether app on the 4g instead of my original app i tried (wifi tether TrevE mod) because that doesnt seem to work...my laptop doesnt see any ssid being broadcasted with that app.
Nothing?
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I've had Consumer Cellular for some years now, and more recently with an iPhone 4. It's had 3G speed and the hotspot on iOS 7.1.1 worked great, no jailbreak needed.
I just purchased an LG G3 as Consumer Cellular advised that it too would work, fully with 4G/LTE and with the hotspot. Well, all things work except the hotspot. CC now says AT&T has not provisioned them to run hotspots on the G# (yet).
Does anyone know of a workaround of get the hotspot running. I've tried PDANet separately, PDANet with FoxFi, and FoxFi alone.
Anyone know of a way to get the hotspot going without rooting?