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[SOLVED] Access built in WiFi Tethering through settings, after Root

Root Required.
Delete Tethering Manager and you will be able to use the built in Tethering Options!
Although I did delete all that T-Mobile Crapware as well.
Just thought I'd share
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In doing so, we will be able to tether USB/Wifi for free, without paying the $14.99/month fee?

bighulk666 said:
In doing so, we will be able to tether USB/Wifi for free, without paying the $14.99/month fee?
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In theory, yes. If T-Mobile finds out about it though...
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If T-Mobile finds out oh well. I already paid for the data once. Why should I have to pay for it again. Either why the will still slow my speeds after 5GB.
But rooting the phone and freezing or removing the tether manager worked for me as well.
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imnothimm said:
Root Required.
Delete Tethering Manager and you will be able to use the built in Tethering Options!
Although I did delete all that T-Mobile Crapware as well.
Just thought I'd share
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Just an FYI. After I uninstalled the tethering manager and rebooted phone I no longer had mobile data or calling or any connecion via the radio.
I had to install it back from the stock back up. Once I did and rebooted it went back to being fine.
In case anyone else runs into this doing the above.

just a reminder, you don't have to uninstall. just freeze using TI Backup, works the same way, but safer.

clamder said:
just a reminder, you don't have to uninstall. just freeze using TI Backup, works the same way, but safer.
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I have the free version and freeze is not an option. But I am new to TI backup and just grabbed it from the market.

can you confirm portabe wifi hotspot is working by doing this? please let me know before i return the phone.

i'm currently tethered just fine. the only issue i see is that the only way to start tethering is through the settings menu (which is fine... i don't want to start it on accident anyway).

Curious of you guys have a data plan why would it matter? Curious?
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Locksmith81 said:
Curious of you guys have a data plan why would it matter? Curious?
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so we can use this data with our laptops/tablets?

I backed up and uninstall it with Titanium. Wifi hotspot working. Tested on my iPad.

clamder said:
just a reminder, you don't have to uninstall. just freeze using TI Backup, works the same way, but safer.
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I totally agree with clamder. Its best to just freeze all the apps that you don't want rather than uninstall just to be on the save side.
Imapuckhead said:
Just an FYI. After I uninstalled the tethering manager and rebooted phone I no longer had mobile data or calling or any connecion via the radio.
I had to install it back from the stock back up. Once I did and rebooted it went back to being fine.
In case anyone else runs into this doing the above.
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I freeze tethering manager and restart my phone. Data seem to work fine.

clamder said:
so we can use this data with our laptops/tablets?
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I have been using mobile hot spot for a while and never occurred any charges.
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WiFi Tether Wireless Tethering now that we have root
Thanks to ronin4740,
to get the factory wireless tethering to work you must delete or freeze tethering manager with titanium backup (or similar app). the you should have the wireless tethering feature working.

Wireless Tethering now that we have root
I was wondering if anyone was successfully able to get wireless tether to work now that we have root? If so please share what you did so that we all can get wireless tethering to work. Thanks in advance!

tq745 said:
now that we have root we should get wireless tethering to work added to the list. (unless its already been done?)
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just install an app from android market, it's that easy
https://market.android.com/details?id=android.tether
or
https://market.android.com/details?id=og.android.tether
or
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.guardam.Tethering
or
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.szym.barnacle
and many many more...

AllGamer said:
just install an app from android market, it's that easy
https://market.android.com/details?id=android.tether
or
https://market.android.com/details?id=og.android.tether
or
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.guardam.Tethering
or
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.szym.barnacle
and many many more...
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Not available for tmo
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use market fix, to make you look like from another provider / country

AllGamer said:
use market fix, to make you look like from another provider / country
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Actually, now that we have root, just delete Tethering Manager and the built in tethering options work for free.
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Haven't done this in awhile : tethering:

Last time I used tethering was with Sprint's EVO. I am now on T-mobile, rooted with just a 2GB plan. Am I still able to tether for free?
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jacoballen22 said:
Last time I used tethering was with Sprint's EVO. I am now on T-mobile, rooted with just a 2GB plan. Am I still able to tether for free?
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Not unless you're running a capable ROM. If you're stock, it'll be extra.

jacoballen22 said:
Last time I used tethering was with Sprint's EVO. I am now on T-mobile, rooted with just a 2GB plan. Am I still able to tether for free?
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You need to freeze wifi sharing and wifisharing manager...then you will be okay.

G1ForFun said:
You need to freeze wifi sharing and wifisharing manager...then you will be okay.
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Or do that xD Thanks for informing me!

G1ForFun said:
You need to freeze wifi sharing and wifisharing manager...then you will be okay.
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wrong. its called tethering manager.
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I used it once before doing this, will I be charged?
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jordanishere said:
wrong. its called tethering manager.
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It's tethering manager if you're tethering via USB cable. It's wifi sharing/wifi manager if you're tethering via wifi hotspot. He's not wrong, and neither are you.

Interesting, so I froze all3.
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yoft1 said:
It's tethering manager if you're tethering via USB cable. It's wifi sharing/wifi manager if you're tethering via wifi hotspot. He's not wrong, and neither are you.
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wont removing these effect your ability to use the hotspot feature?
Says in this thread that wifi sharing and sharing manager are related to the hotspot feature (Fts.apk and Ftm.apk).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1421683
Can anyone clarify if these are safe to remove?
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jordanishere said:
wont removing these effect your ability to use the hotspot feature?
Says in this thread that wifi sharing and sharing manager are related to the hotspot feature (Fts.apk and Ftm.apk).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1421683
Can anyone clarify if these are safe to remove?
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I just tested on digital warfare using wifi tethering with and without wifi sharing and wifi manager frozen. It works both ways. I do not know if this is the case universally because I know tdj took tethering manager out by default and I don't know if he made mods allowing to use wifi tethering without removing those apps. Bottom line: removing those does not compromise your ability to use wifi tethering. But to be safe, you should just freeze them instead of remove so if you do find they do something critical then you can restore them

i read a bunch of threads regarding this. deleted wifi sharing and wifi sharing manager (nandroided first obviously).
will report back if there are any problems. just tethered and watched some vids online. kies air also ran... dont see any issues yet.
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Ok, because I was wanting to use it for my ps3. Or is the wifi even compatible?
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jordanishere said:
i read a bunch of threads regarding this. deleted wifi sharing and wifi sharing manager (nandroided first obviously).
will report back if there are any problems. just tethered and watched some vids online. kies air also ran... dont see any issues yet.
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Any update since removing? Thanks!!

What update do you need? Its simple just freeze the apk with titanium and tether your heart out. Oh ya and I never freeze it , I just delete it and never had any issues.

Tmobile was offering a free tethering promotion for awhile there. All you had to do was call and get it added(just like with the free wifi calling promotion). It feels weird to tether without circumventing something Lolol.
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Wifi Tether

So my SGS2 running Juggs 5.0 can no longer tether without a plan...and I can no longer just freeze it with Tiatanium Pro...how to get wifi tethering back without paying for it?

duckhater said:
So my SGS2 running Juggs 5.0 can no longer tether without a plan...and I can no longer just freeze it with Tiatanium Pro...how to get wifi tethering back without paying for it?
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Man,I don't know.I don't have this problem at all.
FROM A GALAXY BETTER THAN YOURS.

duckhater said:
So my SGS2 running Juggs 5.0 can no longer tether without a plan...and I can no longer just freeze it with Tiatanium Pro...how to get wifi tethering back without paying for it?
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delete or freeze tethering manager, wifi sharing, and wifi sharing manager...
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jordanishere said:
delete or freeze tethering manager, wifi sharing, and wifi sharing manager...
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shoot i even delete wifi 1.0 i seriously don't see what those 3 apps do.. it makes no difference whether they're there or not when i use my phone. I tether with and without... but ultimately I removed them all

Teo032 said:
shoot i even delete wifi 1.0 i seriously don't see what those 3 apps do.. it makes no difference whether they're there or not when i use my phone. I tether with and without... but ultimately I removed them all
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is it redirecting you to a tmobil website?
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Froze wifi and wifi sharing manager...I don't have tethering manager...still won't work...
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jordanishere said:
is it redirecting you to a tmobil website?
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Oh no you must have misunderstood me. I tether fine with or without those mentioned apps.
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duckhater said:
Froze wifi and wifi sharing manager...I don't have tethering manager...still won't work...
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Do a fresh wipe
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Try "android-wifi-tether", version 3.1 beta 7. Go into settings and set device profile to the S2.
Worked fine for me this a.m.

So it appears to be working with android-wifi-tether however I permanently have the "Security policy restricts use of Internet Sharing" showing on my screen (when I activate the tether) until I reboot the phone, can anyone else on Juggs 5.0 confirm they have tethering manager in titanium backup or can they get Wifi Tethering to work without the feature added to their account?

Try the app barnacle wifi tether.

izayani said:
Try the app barnacle wifi tether.
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Agreed. I use barnacle... Used it today, actually... Have never had a problem.
sent from the white unicorn.

duckhater said:
So it appears to be working with android-wifi-tether however I permanently have the "Security policy restricts use of Internet Sharing" showing on my screen (when I activate the tether) until I reboot the phone, can anyone else on Juggs 5.0 confirm they have tethering manager in titanium backup or can they get Wifi Tethering to work without the feature added to their account?
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works for me, but im prepaid
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Foxfi works
I am new to all this, but this app works for me without the root.
It is at the app store and called Foxfi.

gypsyman said:
I am new to all this, but this app works for me without the root.
It is at the app store and called Foxfi.
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Agreed, this application works very well

I also use FoxFi and it worked perfectly for me before and after I rooted my phone!
iLeopard said:
Agreed, this application works very well
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TETHERING HOTSPOT help

Ok so i never had any issues with any phone till today!!!
So i rooted my phone couple months ago , and immeidiately delete the tethering manager.apk with titanium backup ! So i could use the tethering for free.. So it was working fine all this past moths till today i try to use it and when i open the browser in my laptop/tablet etc.. It always take me to the tmobile offer to get the 14.99 plan for tethering.. I check my programs to see if some tethering manager got installed or sumething but its not there, so i dont know!! Anyone having this issue?

joselarajan87 said:
Ok so i never had any issues with any phone till today!!!
So i rooted my phone couple months ago , and immeidiately delete the tethering manager.apk with titanium backup ! So i could use the tethering for free.. So it was working fine all this past moths till today i try to use it and when i open the browser in my laptop/tablet etc.. It always take me to the tmobile offer to get the 14.99 plan for tethering.. I check my programs to see if some tethering manager got installed or sumething but its not there, so i dont know!! Anyone having this issue?
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Do you have tmobile my account app on phone?
I heard somewhere this app keep track on our usage so that might has happened.
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try deleting the 3 wifi sharing apps.. or whatever you call it in TB,

bikrame said:
Do you have tmobile my account app on phone?
I heard somewhere yethis a keep track on our usage so that might has happened.
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Yea i have tmobile my account. Im about to delete it n see wat happens thanks

Yes same with me except i just got a message saying if i use it again they will block my tethering. I want to know how they know i am tethering. I really want to tether but i dont want to get blocked. is there a way to make it so tmobile cant see if i am tethering.

joselarajan87 said:
Ok so i never had any issues with any phone till today!!!
So i rooted my phone couple months ago , and immeidiately delete the tethering manager.apk with titanium backup ! So i could use the tethering for free.. So it was working fine all this past moths till today i try to use it and when i open the browser in my laptop/tablet etc.. It always take me to the tmobile offer to get the 14.99 plan for tethering.. I check my programs to see if some tethering manager got installed or sumething but its not there, so i dont know!! Anyone having this issue?
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Yup - just started happening to me too. I do not have the tmo tethering software on my phone at all either. Very strange.

I haven't been blocked but I use WiFi Tether from the Play Store. Try that and see if it works for you, it's free.
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No problems here. Chicagoland area, running juggs 5.0, stock tethering app. USB and hot spot both work normal.
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And i just a new rom flash jug 5.0 amd still the same problem

teo032 said:
try deleting the 3 wifi sharing apps.. Or whatever you call it in tb,
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i tried it already but still the same

This recently started happening to me too, however upon some Google searching I came upon a quick and easy fix: Don't use the stock tether! and use this:
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
The latest one uploaded on April 22 [wifi_tether_v3_1-beta14.apk] works perfectly for me hope this helps!

shinigenEddy said:
This recently started happening to me too, however upon some Google searching I came upon a quick and easy fix: Don't use the stock tether! and use this:
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
The latest one uploaded on April 22 [wifi_tether_v3_1-beta14.apk] works perfectly for me hope this helps!
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That's what I'm currently using but it still redirects me to the up sell page. However the up sell page does not come up under the Safari browser while it did whilst using chrome.
foxfi is another alternative which worked great
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iLeopard said:
That's what I'm currently using but it still redirects me to the up sell page. However the up sell page does not come up under the Safari browser while it did whilst using chrome.
foxfi is another alternative which worked great
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same thing here any app i use to tether its directing me to th tmobile offer for 14.99

This is weird now i tried to coneect to my samsung tablet and it does work fine, but when i connect to any laptop it directs me to tmobile offer???? Any ideas?????????

joselarajan87 said:
This is weird now i tried to coneect to my samsung tablet and it does work fine, but when i connect to any laptop it directs me to tmobile offer???? Any ideas?????????
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Have you tried every available browser on your computer?
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tjbunch1228 said:
have you tried every available browser on your computer?
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oh s** itried internet explorer and its fine lol but when i use google chrome it does direct me to that tmobile offer!!! Its weird.

joselarajan87 said:
oh s** itried internet explorer and its fine lol but when i use google chrome it does direct me to that tmobile offer!!! Its weird.
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Yeah...T-Mobile takes advantage of chrome user agent string....that's how they know we tether. However once flagged, its very hard to get around it.
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Wow. I guess all good things must come to an end because I loved the free tethering......it is my data and even with the use of tethering I still do not use up my 5 gigs THAT I PAY FOR! This is an interesting tactic for T-Mobile to use......hmmmmmm.....
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I TOTALLY Agree!!! Why is anyone telling us how to use something we pay for. How we use our 2 or 5 or even 10 gigs of data should be OUR OWN BUSINESS!
T-Mobile's been piping lately how their going to crack down on folks who tether.
DAMN THEM!!!
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You guys can still tether don't worry. Use different tethering alternatives and see which one works for y'all, i.e barnacle, foxfi, pdanet, easy tether, android wifi tether.
You could even try different browsers
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[Q] T-mobile wifi hotspot bypass??

Just got my Galaxy S3 today and upgraded from mytouch 4g, im on t-mobile's 4g prepaid plan with unlimted everything (5gig 4g data). on my mytouch i didnt need to pay for tethering service but now im trying to connect my itouch to my wifi hotspot on the s3 and it doesnt work.....would anyone happen to know a workaround or fix for this??
p.s. im not paying tmobile for tethering service
Thanks all

Its working for me. I thought the 5GB plan included the T-Mobile HotSpot app, the guy at the store this morning offered me a 2GB plan for $20 or a $35 5GB plan with tethering.

Thinking you probably need root.
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I do have the app it's just that when I turn it on and connect with another device it redirects to a page that tells me I need to add the service from T-Mobile...I have been skeptical about rooting as I've never done it before, can anyone confirm that this will solve my problem??

GS3man said:
I do have the app it's just that when I turn it on and connect with another device it redirects to a page that tells me I need to add the service from T-Mobile...I have been skeptical about rooting as I've never done it before, can anyone confirm that this will solve my problem??
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That sucks. More than likely requires root. Im sure there is a work around.. Thats a big option for me when i take my Transformer prime out and about..

1SiK1500 said:
That sucks. More than likely requires root. Im sure there is a work around.. Thats a big option for me when i take my Transformer prime out and about..
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i know right...guess ill just wait for an easy root guide to surface, i only use it for streaming music in my car from my itouch (got a killer system ) ..off topic; are there any adverse affects to rooting, besides voiding warranty, like will i still be able to access play store and download/use all apps like usual?

Try making a new apn using epc.tmobile.com and name it whatever
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Well I just rooted my S3 and I still have no free wi-fi tether SUCKS!
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If you have root, simply download this apk and install it to your rooted Galaxy s3. Once its installed, go to the settings in the app and select "generic ics-profile".
Tethering will now work. Please remember to click the thanks button :good:

falafelfro said:
If you have root, simply download this apk and install it to your rooted Galaxy s3. Once its installed, go to the settings in the app and select "generic ics-profile".
Tethering will now work. Please remember to click the thanks button :good:
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Well thank you so much that worked
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Nice, thanks!
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dcmtnbkr said:
Try making a new apn using epc.tmobile.com and name it whatever
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tried this and i still get redirected to the t-mobile hotspot offer page after connecting with another phone

To get wifi-tethering working without T-Mobile's silly fee, try my method listed earlier in this thread. It requires root, but works!

falafelfro said:
If you have root, simply download this apk and install it to your rooted Galaxy s3. Once its installed, go to the settings in the app and select "generic ics-profile".
Tethering will now work. Please remember to click the thanks button :good:
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This worked for me. I had downloaded the wifi tether w/ root, but I couldn't get it to work off the bat. The missing thing was changing the profile to "generic ics-profile". Using a stock rooted Tmobile SGS3 T999.

falafelfro said:
If you have root, simply download this apk and install it to your rooted Galaxy s3. Once its installed, go to the settings in the app and select "generic ics-profile".
Tethering will now work. Please remember to click the thanks button :good:
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My GSIII is rooted and running FreeGS3 R3 ROM...I tried that APK and changed it to generic ICS and I still get the Tmobile error page saying I need to add tethering to my account. Any ideas?

Thanks! It works!!:good::good:

tmonoobie said:
My GSIII is rooted and running FreeGS3 R3 ROM...I tried that APK and changed it to generic ICS and I still get the Tmobile error page saying I need to add tethering to my account. Any ideas?
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Try using Samsung Galaxy Nexus (GSM)

I'm having the same problem. I keep getting redirected to that tmobile webpage. I'm using wifi tether.
Tried fox fi but it doesn't even connect fully.
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u need to disguise yourself so to speak
circuit.007 said:
I'm having the same problem. I keep getting redirected to that tmobile webpage. I'm using wifi tether.
Tried fox fi but it doesn't even connect fully.
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You have to change your user agent on the PC side. I reccomend Firefox with the add on called "user agent switcher". No matter what don't use internet explorer, immediate giveaway.
Here's my current one as an example:
Mozilla/5.0 Linux U Android 4.0.4 en-us Galaxy Nexus Build/IMM76I CyanogenMod-9 AppleWebKit/534.30 KHTML, like Gecko Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/534.30
Here an example of what will get ur ass redirected to the tmo up sell page:
IE 7 ? Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30)2011-10-16 20:20:09
Hope this helps
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If all else fails you could also use PdaNet and use the "hide tether usage" option.

Try using Firefox. Works for me even when Chrome redirects.