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Free wifi tethering?

I have a rooted mytouch 3g slide running CyanogenMod 7.
This has a built in WiFi tethering application. Will I be able to use this without the $15 tethering option from T-Mobile? Are there any tethering apps I can use and not be charged extra by T-Mobile?
Thanks

I can't think of a way tmobile would know if you are wifi tethering. Go for it
Cyanogenmod 7 nightly oc @ 825

I've got ArayrayMod on mine and been using it works like a charm and tmo hasn't sent me
anything and had my G1 rooted and tethered for months it should be safe enough if no one
has had any issues before I don't why there would be one now.

Allrighty, thanks. I'll try it.
Now that I think about it, I'm on a flexpay plan so I prepay for my service at the beginning of each month, so its not like they can charge my extra

Wifi Calling on Family Mobile

A really close friend of mine has the Galaxy S II (T-mobile) and is on Walmart's Family Mobile plan. It does come with WiFi Calling, but it says "Invalid SIM Card ERO5".
From what I remember, Family-Mobile runs through T-mobile's network and WiFi Calling does not cost T-mobile anything to provide us with Wi-Fi Calling. Any insights or solutions are greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Your sim card must be of a certain kind to allow the WiFi calling feature to work. For example, if a T-Mobile customer bought the s2 when it came out in 2011 and had an old/incompatible sim card, they would have to activate the new sim card that came with the purchased phone in order to be able to use the WiFi calling feature.
So a reasonable conclusion would be that the sim card you have currently in your device is NOT compatible. Unfortunately, I don't know the specifics, such as the name or kind of sim card you need, if u were to ask customer service for one. A description of your issue should suffice to let them know what it is that you need.
Hope I'm clear. Good luck.
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bzlik88 said:
Your sim card must be of a certain kind to allow the WiFi calling feature to work. For example, if a T-Mobile customer bought the s2 when it came out in 2011 and had an old/incompatible sim card, they would have to activate the new sim card that came with the purchased phone in order to be able to use the WiFi calling feature.
So a reasonable conclusion would be that the sim card you have currently in your device is NOT compatible. Unfortunately, I don't know the specifics, such as the name or kind of sim card you need, if u were to ask customer service for one. A description of your issue should suffice to let them know what it is that you need.
Hope I'm clear. Good luck.
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This is correct though the newer SIMs have been out since the first Samsung galaxy (vibrant) hit tmobile. I will say sometimes when I used to use ics ROM with Wi-Fi calling that some times it would throw an error and I would have to restart to get it running. You also need to usually login to the customer portal or call customer service and set the E911 address before it fully enables on the phone.
Wi-Fi calling is not that great, plenty of lag and other issues that make the call quality pretty bad even on great internet connections.
Especially with tmobile doing the $50 everything unlimited with no contact plan (and similar plans for contract phones), it's worth just going that way (tmobile even accepts customers with pretty bad credit so don't let that stop you).
If you want to stay with Wallys World for whatever reason I bet they also have a similar deal.
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Hello, I am a former Family Mobile service user and i am sorry to inform you that Family Mobile does not offer WiFi calling.

I had a Galaxy S 4G with wifi calling, and when I upgraded to the T989 a couple months ago, wifi calling wouldn't work with my sim card (though everything else worked). I went to the Tmo store and they gave me a new SIM for free, and now everything works.
So if FM does support wifi calling, you may just need a newer sim card.
and wifi calling works great for me. clear, and no echo. It's actually better than every other voip app I tried on the market. I'm on unlimited, but I have a very weak signal at home, and therefore must use wifi calling

I have WFMobile and it seems to keep ER05 on my phone beeps and rings it's annoying. I have WiFi calling turned off. I don't know how to get away from it.

Many retail mobiles have "Wifi Calling" function but not any menu entry to enable , There is a APP can check the hidden function and enable it if can use.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.widget7.wifi.calling

[Q] Q: in regards to Note 8.0 and AT&T account

Hi,
i am considering getting the note 8.0. I have two lines with AT&T and have exhausted myself on the phone asking them questions which they always answer no to. I have unlimited lte data on my main line. i would like to keep unlimited data on this line. i would also like to stick this sim card into the note 8.0 and have it with unlimited data. I would then change my other line to reflect phone useage as its just a dead line at the moment charging me 9.99 a month to continue it.
Im told by a phone rep that simply sticking the sim card from my sgs 3 into the note 8.0 would not work as per a "gateway" would not allow it to access data. i responded with so i change the apn ? they insisted that i could not get it to work and that it would not work
How do i take my sim with unlimited data and stick it into a note 8.0 and get unlimited lte data on at&t ?
this is the main factor in stopping me from getting this device immediately .
thank you in advance for any insight

Which Note 8 do you plan on buying? If it's not the GT-N5100 then NO you can NOT use your phone's SIM card. The model 5100 is the only one with voice + data. The others are data ONLY. Therefore your service providers system reads the SIM as data only or voice + data.

hi there i have the note 8.0 SGH-I467 lte on att tablets on att are on a different baseband that cellphones i currently have my tablet on the mobile share plan which i think is the only way you can get a tablet on your service you can get up to 50gb on a mobile share plan just depends on how much you wanna pay for it but your method im 90% sure wont work and the fact that u might be grandfathered in on an old plan too could be a reason it wont work i suggest u find an att store near you and go in there and ask them.

Hi,
thank you both for this valuable intel. i was looking again tonight and am not sure which model number they are offering me online. i can not as of this moment go into a store but when i get home i will go into the store to ask. the other option i am looking into before i get home is the entitlement check on att and exactly how att figures out you are wifi or bluetooth tethering , i refuse to loose my unlimited internet but i live a mobile lifestle and 5 gb of data will be gone in less than 4 days easy. especially if my son gets a hold of the tablet.
Also they have to be fuc*ing kidding me if they think for one second that im going to pay 80+$ a month for like 30 gb of data. cereal , my response to that is go fuc* yourself.....
when i was a little boy my parents made me watch a video called where theres a will theres a way well guess what i wont stop till i get what i want ... i dont think they envisioned this as the outcome .. hahaha
thank you both , any intel towards entitlement check and or how att knows your tethering , or how to make my unlimited sim card work on one of these tablets is invaluable
spyder

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Which Note 8 do you plan on buying? If it's not the GT-N5100 then NO you can NOT use your phone's SIM card. The model 5100 is the only one with voice + data. The others are data ONLY. Therefore your service providers system reads the SIM as data only or voice + data.
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whats the difference between the 5100 and 5120 ?
I've read the wiki article i see that one has a 3g card and the other has an lte card , but other than that id love to see a ifixit tear down on this tablet i'm not sure though i goggled two days ago and didn't see a tear down. id like to see the internals as i don't believe there is much of a difference at all and even though 3g is ok i want an LTE version , i'm addicted to speed so i might be stuck with getting a 5 gb plan and adding 65$ to my bill ..

spydergt said:
whats the difference between the 5100 and 5120 ?
I've read the wiki article i see that one has a 3g card and the other has an lte card , but other than that id love to see a ifixit tear down on this tablet i'm not sure though i goggled two days ago and didn't see a tear down. id like to see the internals as i don't believe there is much of a difference at all and even though 3g is ok i want an LTE version , i'm addicted to speed so i might be stuck with getting a 5 gb plan and adding 65$ to my bill ..
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The 5100 is listed as a phone (voice+data) where as the 5120 is listed as data only...AT&T..U.S> (a receiver) http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_note_8_0_n5100-5252.php

And answering your question in regards to AT&T knowing when you bluetooth vs Wifi tethering.
When you use bluetooth tethering you are using AT&T data. And they're keeping track of how much data you're using and when.
Wifi tethering cost AT&T nothing, in terms of data use, because you are using the data thru the Wifi provider. Usually a cable company.

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And answering your question in regards to AT&T knowing when you bluetooth vs Wifi tethering.
When you use bluetooth tethering you are using AT&T data. And they're keeping track of how much data you're using and when.
Wifi tethering cost AT&T nothing, in terms of data use, because you are using the data thru the Wifi provider. Usually a cable company.
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to define , when i speak of wifi tethering i mean ad hoc network or wpa2 network from phone to my wifi only devices then it shares LTE data off phone to wifi network connected to it , not what you were refrencing ,
they have a way to monitor this , i already eat a butt load of data , when im home i can use 25-50 gb while home , im mobile and do everything on my mobile devices , at&t have been desperate to get me off the unlimited plan , but ive been religious about not doing that they can go F themselves for 80$ for 50 bg , i can use that easy , 5 gb is like 2-3 days tops for me ,
i do tons of stuff on my mobile , netflix , torrents, remote into other machines all kinds of stuff my phone is more primary than my laptops
but id like to use my laptops and keep unlimited , so either im considering adding a note 8.0 with 5 gb data plan , and attempting to figure out how to stick my unlimited sim card into it , or wifi tether it

Tethering?

Anyone know how to enable tethering or if any tethering apps work?
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I use the mobile hotspot app and it works

lyrad12 said:
I use the mobile hotspot app and it works
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Week that work w/out a tethering plan?
Sent from my Note3 Rocking DynamicKat or my G3

no, but try foxfi, that's what I used before I moved to 30gb data plan

Tethering:
Most AT&T plans allow for mobile data sharing anymore. Even if your grandfathered in to the old "unlimited" plans. I've attached screen shots to the built in tethering functionality of the Note 4. Let me know if this works for you or if it's not what you're looking for.

joshklee said:
Most AT&T plans allow for mobile data sharing anymore. Even if your grandfathered in to the old "unlimited" plans. I've attached screen shots to the built in tethering functionality of the Note 4. Let me know if this works for you or if it's not what you're looking for.
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Just because you see it there in the settings doesn't mean it will work for the old unlimited plan. The phone usually calls 'home' and checks to see what plan you're on before tethering is enabled.

msk said:
Just because you see it there in the settings doesn't mean it will work for the old unlimited plan. The phone usually calls 'home' and checks to see what plan you're on before tethering is enabled.
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Right. I understand that. It worked for me when I was under the old "unlimited" plan. That's why I said that. Is it not working for you?

So wifi tethering works and you don't get some message stating that you need contact AT&T to enable this feature? I have the grandfathered unlimited data plan and I usually tether with my i717. I don't want any issues with this feature if and when I get this phone.

I am no longer on the unlimited plan but yes, it worked stock when I was on the unlimited plan using android.

I'm grandfathered in the unlimited and it does not work. It tells me to call att. That is weird that it worked for you when you had the unlimited plan.
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joshklee said:
Most AT&T plans allow for mobile data sharing anymore. Even if your grandfathered in to the old "unlimited" plans. I've attached screen shots to the built in tethering functionality of the Note 4. Let me know if this works for you or if it's not what you're looking for.
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joshklee said:
Right. I understand that. It worked for me when I was under the old "unlimited" plan. That's why I said that. Is it not working for you?
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I'm still waiting for my note 4 pre-order from Best Buy lol. If tethering works on the old unlimited plan that is awesome.

I'm on the old unlimited plan and it doesn't work for me.

Well I tried foxfi/pdanet and easytether and they both work with bt tether... For some reason WiFi still tells you to call att...
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RiNo808 said:
I'm grandfathered in the unlimited and it does not work. It tells me to call att. That is weird that it worked for you when you had the unlimited plan.
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I just changed over within the last 3 months or so to another plan but I have been using tethering out of the box on stock for a while now. Not sure why they're not letting you. As far as the old "unlimited" plan goes, I found that after 5gigs, they throttled my speeds down to less than 1mbps downstream. I changed to 10gigs per month and have had no issues, throttling or tethering.

I am still on the unlimited plan and have never been able to natively tether without root/custom rom or using something like foxfi. It results in the message you got if tried. Last time I checked with att they tried to charge me 20$ extra a month for tethering, or switching to another data plan.
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any confirmed wifi tethering solutions yet for those of us whose plans do not allow it?

Yeah I should have mentioned in the op that I have unlimited data. On my current Android with root the tethering works fine. Was honestly considering a iPhone 6+ if there are no solutions out there for this. With jailbreak on that device I know the tethering works fine on unlimited data.
Reality is a shame that there is no root solution out

If you had an unlimited data plan, you certainly shouldn't be able to turn on tethering as it was never part of that data package. It was a separate add-on (I think for another $20) in order to enable tethering, and even then, it would only give you like 5GB or some small amount like that.
Had to root to get around the call home in order to do that.
That being said I haven't heard people try too much on the Note 4 since most people do have the newer plans that include tethering. I remember hearing that FoxFi still worked, but not sure on the Note 4.

hi guys
I have a AT&T version unlocked and use it on Tmobile network... how can I enable the this feature ?? I tried but it keep saying no network connection or invalid sim ??

Hey Everyone,
Just had a friend get Note 4 from ebay and it appears to be AT&T.
Anyway with the Australian SIM in when tries to Wifi Tether it give an error.
Is their anyway to fix this what about Custom ROM ?

at&t wifi hotspot on t-mobile

Hi, I was one of the att customers who was getting screwed/throttled after paying monthly for unlimited data for many, many years. After 2 consecutive months getting shut down on day 2 of my 30 day cycle I said "screw it", bought an unlock code, and now have tmo no contract, truly unlimited for $80 monthly, (with only 5g tethering). I downloaded the tmo app so I could track usage and pay my bill, (but froze tmo hotspot with titanium backup)
Using my att hotspot (which can't communicate with tmo) I routinely tether 6-7 devices using about 100g per month and have eliminated my $180 per month Uverse with mid-speed internet.
My speeds are routinely at 30-40 mbps - Life is good!
Flash back 3 months ago ............
I talk my friend into ditching sprint and his silly little iphone 4s, telling him about tmo truly unlimited, and I buy him a tmo branded N3 off of swappa, (since he was going to tmo). I knew very little about tethering back then, but knew tmo hotspot would meter his tethering.
So now he has hit 5g and his hotspot has been turned off.
Is there a way to install an att hotspot, (or any other) on his stock tmo N3 (which is rooted) or do we need to install a whole new rom? Looking for a quick, unmetered fix -
(PDA net has been mentioned a zillion times but does it really work like my att hotspot, set it/forget it) masks all tethering?

As usual, my answer is pay $2.50 for Wifi Tether Router... set a password... everything else default... Done.
At least... it works for me.
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Can You install WiFi Tether Router without An External sd? I haven't bought a new one since my last phone was stolen
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aybesea69 said:
As usual, my answer is pay $2.50 for Wifi Tether Router... set a password... everything else default... Done.
At least... it works for me.
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Not working for me, tried a zillion settings, (it's been a couple of weeks).
Funny thing is, I can get to google, I can type in "nfl", a bunch of links pop up, but when I click on one, won't connect, spins round and round, then times out. Links to pages won't load? How can I access google, (and other sites), but then that's it?, I thought I was either connected to the internet, or NOT? anyways .......
I think is has something to do with T-Mobile turned off the hotspot at 5gs tether, and these programs are NOT hotspots, they just mask the data so it cannot be measured. and when they turn on tmo's hotspot, it doenst work.
If I turn on tmos hotspot, I get redirected to their upsell page).
(maybe wifi tether routher will work in a few days when the new billing cycle begins and the hotspot is turned back on)
That being said, I originally asked how I could install the ATT "hotspot" so I could use that to tether, (like I do on my unlocked att N3 that I run a tmo sim in). the att hotspot cannot communicate with tmo so I tether 100gs per month and tmo measures zero data tethered.
So how can install the att hotspot?
I probably have to install the entire att rom, that's fine?
The phone in question is a rooted tmo. Can someone tell me how to install the att rom so I can get my friends N3 work the same as mine has the last 5 months using atts hotspot?

"at&t wifi hotspot on T-Mobile"
I still haven't received an answer to this question.
I'll expand it a little bit .... Can I install the stock at&t rom on my tmo N3?
(if so, can u post a link so I can get started - thx

Forget installing a at&t rom... If you are rooted.. Just install a different rom that has unlimited tethering.. Trust me it will work.. I tether WAY more then the 5gbs thats allowed.. And I havent been throttled or anything... My hotspot still works great