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I've tried many times using the wifi tether app, to tether my 4G connection. It tethers 3G just fine, but if I turn off mobile connection, and turn on 4G, then when i wifi tether, i get no internet access. If I leave on mobile network and 4G then I get internet but its only 3G speed (~1.5-2.0 megabit). My 4G gets 8Mbit, so it would be nice to be able to tether that to my computer. Any ideas why I cant or how to fix it? I am running the Latest Fresh rom, radios, prl, etc.
I had the same problem when I was running the damage control rom with the older radios and kernel... i have never been able to tether through 4G ...
***Update*** I did some more testing, and it seems that when I have 4g enabled and 3g disabled that I actually am tethering through the 4g wimax, but it is just extremely unpredictable. One minute I can run a speedtest from my tethered device and get 1.5mbit and the next minute run the test and get like .2mbit, and the next minute It has trouble pulling up another site. It's actually much faster and consistent with the 3g.... any ideas what could be causing the 4g to be so crazy over wifi tether??
Maybe try a diff rom? I am using a modded stock rom and I thether my 4g every night at work. I am using the pre 9 tether as well.
lovethyEVO said:
Maybe try a diff rom? I am using a modded stock rom and I thether my 4g every night at work. I am using the pre 9 tether as well.
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I'm not sure, I had been using the DamageControl rom for quiet a while and had this issue, then I just reflashed to the Fresh Rom which is based on the latest sprint rom and I still have the same issue. I also updated all my radios, PRI, kernel, etc with the same result. I am also using pre9 of wifi tether
i have the same issue but things like AIM, google.com, and torrenting work..
Just can't visit any other websites.
***Update*** I did some more testing, and it seems that when I have 4g enabled and 3g disabled that I actually am tethering through the 4g wimax, but it is just extremely unpredictable. One minute I can run a speedtest from my tethered device and get 1.5mbit and the next minute run the test and get like .2mbit, and the next minute It has trouble pulling up another site. It's actually much faster and consistent with the 3g.... any ideas what could be causing the 4g to be so crazy over wifi tether??
wmblalock said:
***Update*** I did some more testing, and it seems that when I have 4g enabled and 3g disabled that I actually am tethering through the 4g wimax, but it is just extremely unpredictable. One minute I can run a speedtest from my tethered device and get 1.5mbit and the next minute run the test and get like .2mbit, and the next minute It has trouble pulling up another site. It's actually much faster and consistent with the 3g.... any ideas what could be causing the 4g to be so crazy over wifi tether??
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It's possible you don't have a consistent signal penetration for your wimax. I have been able to watch youtube in hq on my laptop with evo as the access point.
Try a different location and check what your signal db's are for your wimax signal. That should help you out.
lovethyEVO said:
It's possible you don't have a consistent signal penetration for your wimax. I have been able to watch youtube in hq on my laptop with evo as the access point.
Try a different location and check what your signal db's are for your wimax signal. That should help you out.
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That's not it, I've tried it at many locations with full wimax signal where I get 8-11mbit on my phone and don't get squat on a WiFi tethered device.
wmblalock said:
That's not it, I've tried it at many locations with full wimax signal where I get 8-11mbit on my phone and don't get squat on a WiFi tethered device.
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Then that leaves the device your tethering to. Time to start troubleshooting that one since you seem to have ruled out your wimax and tether connection.
lovethyEVO said:
Then that leaves the device your tethering to. Time to start troubleshooting that one since you seem to have ruled out your wimax and tether connection.
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That's not it either. I've tried numerous devices and they all tether fine with 3g, just horribly with 4g. The problem has to be something with how the wimax modem and WiFi tether program communicate with eachother I would think.
I have the exact same problem with wifi tether (pre 9) and the stock rooted sprint rom. It seems that wifi tether cannot handle the faster speeds reliably. Since this is a big part of what I use the phone for, I am still paying for the sprint hotspot service until I can find a solution. The sprint hotspot is reliable and fast with 4g and 3g using the same laptop so I know that it is not my reception, laptop, etc... I have seen this mentioned on other sites as well but nobody seems to have an answer.
I have seen this issue with my phone and have seen others mention it as well. A new thread like this pops up every few weeks and then fades away.
Anyway, I decided to do a little testing of my own. When the Evo was released back in June with Android 2.1, Sprint apparently rushed it to market and didn't do anything to authenticate 4G tethering. In other words, you can tether using the Sprint app while connected to 4G and it will work whether you pay for it or not if you're using a 2.1 rom. I fired up Fresh 1.01 and the Sprint app and still got the same roughly 1Mbit speeds that I get with Android Wireless Tethering, but speed tests on the phone before and after still averaged 4Mbit+. Based on that, I'm not sure where the limitation is, but I don't think it's the fault of the tethering app itself.
As a side note, you can also verify if you're tethering with 4G or not by making a call with your phone while tethering. If you're still getting data to your computer while on the call, then you're tethering with 4G.
bigblueshock said:
This was posted by creator of wifi-tether as a possible fix, I tried it and it fixed our issue. I now get full 8mbps download via wifi tether.
To make sure things go smooth, I would make sure wifi tether is NOT running in the background
Go into terminal on phone or adb via computer:
adb shell
su
rm /data/data/android.tether/bin/fixroute.sh
Not sure why this fixes it, but not complaining
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Haven't had time to try myself, but it looks promising.
I tried deleting fixroute.sh by doing:
adb shell
su
rm /data/data/android.tether/bin/fixroute.sh
It failed, saying that fixroute.sh does not exist so it couldn't delte it.
I tried it through terminal on my phone, and through the terminal on the pc.
I used the terminal to list (ls) the files in the "android.tether" folder and all it shows is one empty folder called "lib" and that is it!
Why am I missing the "bin" folder, and what does this mean for me trying to fix my 4g tether problem??
Any suggestions??
wmblalock said:
I tried deleting fixroute.sh by doing:
adb shell
su
rm /data/data/android.tether/bin/fixroute.sh
It failed, saying that fixroute.sh does not exist so it couldn't delte it.
I tried it through terminal on my phone, and through the terminal on the pc.
I used the terminal to list (ls) the files in the "android.tether" folder and all it shows is one empty folder called "lib" and that is it!
Why am I missing the "bin" folder, and what does this mean for me trying to fix my 4g tether problem??
Any suggestions??
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see what ls -a /data/data/android.tether gives you. Other than that. i would un-install and re-install.
You should have gotten a crap ton of folders on your first listing. I have:
bin
cache
cnof
databases
files
lib
shared_prefs
var
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see what ls -a /data/data/android.tether gives you. Other than that. i would un-install and re-install.
You should have gotten a crap ton of folders on your first listing. I have:
bin
cache
cnof
databases
files
lib
shared_prefs
var
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All it gives is me is:
. .. lib
So I uninstalled tether and installed the new pre10 tether that was just posted up in the forum and there is no fixroute file and I do have all the other files and folders in my android.tether folder now, but my 4g tethering is still the same as it was before, horribly slow and irratic, less than 1mbit when i am getting 10+mbit on my phone.. any more ideas?
This method worked for me. I am using wifi-tether 2.05pre9
wmblalock said:
I tried deleting fixroute.sh by doing:
adb shell
su
rm /data/data/android.tether/bin/fixroute.sh
It failed, saying that fixroute.sh does not exist so it couldn't delte it.
I tried it through terminal on my phone, and through the terminal on the pc.
I used the terminal to list (ls) the files in the "android.tether" folder and all it shows is one empty folder called "lib" and that is it!
Why am I missing the "bin" folder, and what does this mean for me trying to fix my 4g tether problem??
Any suggestions??
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Didn't work for me at all...using Fresh 3.2 and Wireless Tether 2.05 pre9
danbriggs said:
I have the exact same problem with wifi tether (pre 9) and the stock rooted sprint rom. It seems that wifi tether cannot handle the faster speeds reliably. Since this is a big part of what I use the phone for, I am still paying for the sprint hotspot service until I can find a solution. The sprint hotspot is reliable and fast with 4g and 3g using the same laptop so I know that it is not my reception, laptop, etc... I have seen this mentioned on other sites as well but nobody seems to have an answer.
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I would wait for cm6 version 6.1 I'm on 6.0 and even though I'm on 3g his inbuilt portable wifi hotspots works awesome I had huge problems with the wifi tether app on damage and fresh Rome. Hopefully cm6.1 will have wimax capability.
Cm till I die! Lmao
have you tried tethering via easytether? been using it since pre-root hero and has always worked for me. i only use wired tether anyway. works great on 3g and 4g.
wmblalock said:
All it gives is me is:
. .. lib
So I uninstalled tether and installed the new pre10 tether that was just posted up in the forum and there is no fixroute file and I do have all the other files and folders in my android.tether folder now, but my 4g tethering is still the same as it was before, horribly slow and irratic, less than 1mbit when i am getting 10+mbit on my phone.. any more ideas?
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you have at least run the wifi tether one time!
Well.
Rooted/Rom'd/Kernel'd my phone earlier today, went just fine (netarchy 421more beta, ava v10).
Only problem is when i wifi tether, the 3rd party apps won't work. Sprint's hotspot works fine but when i try to connect with barnacle/a couple others it connects, then about 10 seconds after connected i lose internet access, but the wireless signal is still being recieved. I fiddled with settings etc and no luck.
Sprint's stock app works fine, and 3g tether is my primary connection source as i live in the middle of nowhere (good for everything but fps games, 200ping not cool). My connection shows 3 {+/-1} bars most of the time, speeds top out at 200kb/s dl. If i use sprint's hotspot app in my rooted phone do i still have to pay 30$/m for the hotspot service?
i don't recall any outside links in my post. (edit, declares all (at) symbols outside links.)
edit; lack of responses. easier question; Does a rooted phone using sprint's hotspot app still have to pay 30$/mo for use of it?
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Well.
Rooted/Rom'd/Kernel'd my phone earlier today, went just fine (netarchy 421more beta, ava v10).
Only problem is when i wifi tether, the 3rd party apps won't work. Sprint's hotspot works fine but when i try to connect with barnacle/a couple others it connects, then about 10 seconds after connected i lose internet access, but the wireless signal is still being recieved. I fiddled with settings etc and no luck.
Sprint's stock app works fine, and 3g tether is my primary connection source as i live in the middle of nowhere (good for everything but fps games, 200ping not cool). My connection shows 3 {+/-1} bars most of the time, speeds top out at 200kb/s dl. If i use sprint's hotspot app in my rooted phone do i still have to pay 30$/m for the hotspot service?
i don't recall any outside links in my post. (edit, declares all (at) symbols outside links.)
edit; lack of responses. easier question; Does a rooted phone using sprint's hotspot app still have to pay 30$/mo for use of it?
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ok, so your using barnacle to do you tethering. Unless sprint hotspot is unlocked with calkuins hack, then yes you will have to pay for the tethering using, i believe it wont work if havent already paid for the feature. I suggest checking back with the Original Poster's ROM thread. Try using wireless tethering! the best out there, try this link
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
Note: all the PRE-releases are EXPERIMENTAL, and can cause Fcs (force close) so if you dont feel comfortable with a pre-release, dl a stable set, ex: 2.02 (something like that) give me back results if this works for you bro.
ava v10 came with the latest version of that, i don't understand why it isn't working correctly.
I can connect/recognize but as soon as i try to load a page it goes using that.
That'd be with 100% signal strength + connected and "no internet access"
[Galactus] said:
ava v10 came with the latest version of that, i don't understand why it isn't working correctly.
I can connect/recognize but as soon as i try to load a page it goes using that.
That'd be with 100% signal strength + connected and "no internet access"
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ava 10....haha, ok. The sprint hotspot it hacked. Whatcha do is:
1)activate wireless tethering, and sprint hotspot should activate too.
2)connect to your wireless tethering, not the hotspot,then turn off wireless tethering, and your pc will lose the connection.
3)try turning wireless tethering back on, and connect as fast as possible. It should go through this time. Happens to me and a few others that run roms with calkuin's tether hack.
Report back with result.
if you need more help, you can contact me via Talk. (gmail account)
easier way to communicate.
[email protected]
yeah... that didn't work either, do you know of a way to unlock sprint 3g hotspot/wifi tether without changing to his rom?
otherwise i'll just load his up as i don't really have another option...
[Galactus] said:
yeah... that didn't work either, do you know of a way to unlock sprint 3g hotspot/wifi tether without changing to his rom?
otherwise i'll just load his up as i don't really have another option...
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well lets fix this, you are new right? what kind of rom are you wanting so i can give you the link to a good rom.
Just look for MIUI 11.12 or 11.19
Virus base and Virus Anthrax series
also FRESH
Myn's WARM twopointwo
and another good rom is CM 6.1
last but not least Ultimate Droid
Hi all, I just recently updated my Defy from CM7 RC1v2 to a nightly (110825-0058). Back when I was on RC1, I used Wifi Tether from the market and followed the instructions on a modaco thread (pushing the hostapd from an update zip into /system/bin), and was able to share my 3g data over wifi flawlessly. Now after upgrading to the nightly, Wifi tether no longer works (getting an error in the log that says failed to intialize wifi and hostapd. The stock Portable Wifi hotspot feature in the Wireless/Network settings also won't allow me to share 3g data (It only seems to work, I'm getting the portable hotspot active icon in the notification area and can successfully connect to my phone AP, but I get limited connectivity and am unable to open any web pages. I've checked my ip settings and everything is fine (same settings i used back in RC1). My 3G data is also enabled, and am able to browse the web just fine on the phone. Upon checking system info, my kernel is already 179-4 (which is what supposedly works with the wifi hotspot feature accdg. to the main CM7 dev thread). PLEASE HELP.....I used this feature a lot and had no problems with it back in RC1....
Anybody at all? 20 views no replies?
Anyone confirm that WiFi Tether for Root Users works on our handset (or any recommendations for Wi-Fi router) or will T-Mobile still block it?
Would prepaid make a difference? I only plan to use it on rare occasions but so far I'm not using anywhere near my 5GB of 4G unlimited data as I generally have access to fast fiber Wi-Fi..
- Thnx
SMARTPHONEPC said:
Anyone confirm that WiFi Tether for Root Users works on our handset (or any recommendations for Wi-Fi router) or will T-Mobile still block it?
Would prepaid make a difference? I only plan to use it on rare occasions but so far I'm not using anywhere near my 5GB of 4G unlimited data as I generally have access to fast fiber Wi-Fi..
- Thnx
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Use my ROM, you don't have to worry about using a 3rd party app !
SMARTPHONEPC said:
Anyone confirm that WiFi Tether for Root Users works on our handset (or any recommendations for Wi-Fi router) or will T-Mobile still block it?
Would prepaid make a difference? I only plan to use it on rare occasions but so far I'm not using anywhere near my 5GB of 4G unlimited data as I generally have access to fast fiber Wi-Fi..
- Thnx
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I am currently on the T-Mobile unlimited data plan (no paid hotspot add on is even available) and after quite a bit of messing around with my phone this is how I was able to get wifi hotspot working.
1.) Root your phone - http://www.xda-developers.com/android/how-to-root-the-samsung-galaxy-note-ii-xda-developer-tv/
2.) Freeze tethering provision using Titanium Backup Pro (available in Play Store)
3.) Download TrevE’s modded wifi tether app for root users http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35476525
4.) Download Hotspot Shield VPN from Play Store
*When tethering to my Asus Transformer, all I need to do is activate the hotspot and it works flawlessly. If you want to tether to your laptop or Xbox 360, you need to active the VPN first, then start the hotspot (if you do not start the VPN first you will be brought to the dreaded T-Mobile upsell page on your PC and your Xbox 360 will not be able to download anything or connect to Xbox Live). The VPN stops T-Mobile from packet sniffing, which is what causes the upsell page to being with.
Thanks JB910, I will try those steps when I get a chance but was planning this easier wireless root method instead since my handset still has the pre T889UVALL4 OTA update Exynos exploit. Also just out of curiosity yesterday I tried Hotspot Shield VPN to run alongside FoxFi which did not work as it still brought the T-Mobile page but I did run a where's my IP & it was a South Korean IP, everyone trusts Hotspot Shield VPN when it's needed (nice to read not in all use cases but still many or most cases)?
I would likely only use it rarely as a backup on PCs-tablets but am now more motivated to root if this proves workable.. - Thnx
JB910 said:
I am currently on the T-Mobile unlimited data plan (no paid hotspot add on is even available) and after quite a bit of messing around with my phone this is how I was able to get wifi hotspot working.
1.) Root your phone - http://www.xda-developers.com/android/how-to-root-the-samsung-galaxy-note-ii-xda-developer-tv/
2.) Freeze tethering provision using Titanium Backup Pro (available in Play Store)
3.) Download TrevE’s modded wifi tether app for root users http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35476525
4.) Download Hotspot Shield VPN from Play Store
*When tethering to my Asus Transformer, all I need to do is activate the hotspot and it works flawlessly. If you want to tether to your laptop or Xbox 360, you need to active the VPN first, then start the hotspot (if you do not start the VPN first you will be brought to the dreaded T-Mobile upsell page on your PC and your Xbox 360 will not be able to download anything or connect to Xbox Live). The VPN stops T-Mobile from packet sniffing, which is what causes the upsell page to being with.
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I simply downloaded TreVee mod and changed a few settingswithin the app and it worked fine... Didn't freeze anything or need to download hotspot shield
eurohomie said:
I simply downloaded TreVee mod and changed a few settingswithin the app and it worked fine... Didn't freeze anything or need to download hotspot shield
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You only changed the recommended settings or additional settings & used it to tether wirelessly to a PC or what device (& I have to ask where is that animated GIF from as it looks vaguely familiar..)?:laugh:
SMARTPHONEPC said:
You only changed the recommended settings or additional settings & used it to tether wirelessly to a PC or what device (& I have to ask where is that animated GIF from as it looks vaguely familiar..)?:laugh:
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I think I only changed those recommended settings and I tether to my HP DV7 Laptop... don't have any other device to tether to... and not sure where its from. I saw it and thought it was awesome...
eurohomie said:
I think I only changed those recommended settings and I tether to my HP DV7 Laptop... don't have any other device to tether to... and not sure where its from. I saw it and thought it was awesome...
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Thanks for the screenshots as it seems you had used WifiTether-TrevE_Mod_11_22_2012_driverReload2 (defaults to Wifi Driver Reload 2) - http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390208427046731813 instead of 1. I'll report back if it works for me too when I get the chance.
"There are 2 options in settings with mild enhancements
-Wifi-Driver Reload - Driver reload inside of tether script. Similar to 11/20 version
-Wifi-Driver Reload 2 - Driver reload outside of tether script. Similar to 11/18 version"
BTW I found where your amusing animated GIF is from :laugh::
Kopps (Swedish movie){1:59}
Benny the Cop {9:33}
Benny the cop, compilation eng sub {9:43}
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339230/
SMARTPHONEPC said:
Thanks for the screenshots as it seems you had used WifiTether-TrevE_Mod_11_22_2012_driverReload2 (defaults to Wifi Driver Reload 2) - http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390208427046731813 instead of 1. I'll report back if it works for me too when I get the chance.
"There are 2 options in settings with mild enhancements
-Wifi-Driver Reload - Driver reload inside of tether script. Similar to 11/20 version
-Wifi-Driver Reload 2 - Driver reload outside of tether script. Similar to 11/18 version"
BTW I found where your amusing animated GIF is from :laugh::
Kopps (Swedish movie){1:59}
Benny the Cop {9:33}
Benny the cop, compilation eng sub {9:43}
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339230/
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haha omg thanks so much I've been trying to figure all that out for myself
So with the help from you I was able to get it working as follows:
1) I rooted according to: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37188698&postcount=28
2) Installed WifiTether-TrevE_Mod_11_22_2012_driverReload2 (defaults to Wifi Driver Reload 2) - http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390208427046731813 with settings changes as outlined at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35476525 & attached thumbnails at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37109011&postcount=7 . . Once I checked the boxes next to connected authorized clients as shown in last thumbnail (after putting in Wi-Fi passwords on devices) I was able to connect 5 handy devices simultaneously (Cr-48 Chromebook, Windows Notebook, EVO 4G, someone's iPhone & iPad). Interestingly I was able to browse websites on the two notebooks running full speedtests & checking sites for about 10-20 min non-continuously before getting the http://offers.t-mobile.com/tethering/upsell.do?source=redirect which I don't think I can even add to my prepaid plan. At this point I had to run Hotspot Shield VPN to continue browsing with the notebooks at 10% speeds (mobile devices like EVO 4G & iOS devices did not need Hotspot Shield VPN to continue so could I try to changing desktop client settings in Chrome or Firefox to avoid use of Hotspot Shield VPN?? that http://whatismyipaddress.com identified this time as ISP: nLayer Communications Organization: GIGLINX Services: Suspected Network Sharing Device City: Torrance Region:California rather than South Korea when first tested Hotspot Shield VPN or T-Mobile USA when off).
Again I don't plan on abusing this rather using it as a backup on occasion as I usually have access to fast fiber Wi-Fi. Will T-Mobile further make this an issue assuming I don't abuse this on my prepaid account? -Thnx
eurohomie said:
I think I only changed those recommended settings and I tether to my HP DV7 Laptop... don't have any other device to tether to... and not sure where its from. I saw it and thought it was awesome...
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Thanks for the screenshots as it seems you had used WifiTether-TrevE_ Mod_11_22_2012_driverReload2 (defaults to Wifi Driver Reload 2) - http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390208427046731813 instead of 1. I'll report back if it works for me too when I get the chance.
"There are 2 options in settings with mild enhancements
-Wifi-Driver Reload - Driver reload inside of tether script. Similar to 11/20 version
-Wifi-Driver Reload 2 - Driver reload outside of tether script. Similar to 11/18 version"
JB910 said:
I am currently on the T-Mobile unlimited data plan (no paid hotspot add on is even available) and after quite a bit of messing around with my phone this is how I was able to get wifi hotspot working.
1.) Root your phone - http://www.xda-developers.com/android/how-to-root-the-samsung-galaxy-note-ii-xda-developer-tv/
2.) Freeze tethering provision using Titanium Backup Pro (available in Play Store)
3.) Download TrevE’s modded wifi tether app for root users http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35476525
4.) Download Hotspot Shield VPN from Play Store
*When tethering to my Asus Transformer, all I need to do is activate the hotspot and it works flawlessly. If you want to tether to your laptop or Xbox 360, you need to active the VPN first, then start the hotspot (if you do not start the VPN first you will be brought to the dreaded T-Mobile upsell page on your PC and your Xbox 360 will not be able to download anything or connect to Xbox Live). The VPN stops T-Mobile from packet sniffing, which is what causes the upsell page to being with.
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Ok, so before I got the dreaded message telling me that tmobile knew i was tethering and made me pay for a new play that included tethering.
Are you guys saying that being rooted, I can change my plan to the unlimited, and even though tethering is not allowed, I can still do it and never worry about going over my 5gb and being throttled?
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Ok, so before I got the dreaded message telling me that tmobile knew i was tethering and made me pay for a new play that included tethering.
Are you guys saying that being rooted, I can change my plan to the unlimited, and even though tethering is not allowed, I can still do it and never worry about going over my 5gb and being throttled?
Michigan Jason said:
Ok, so before I got the dreaded message telling me that tmobile knew i was tethering and made me pay for a new play that included tethering.
Are you guys saying that being rooted, I can change my plan to the unlimited, and even though tethering is not allowed, I can still do it and never worry about going over my 5gb and being throttled?
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Ok, so before I got the dreaded message telling me that tmobile knew i was tethering and made me pay for a new play that included tethering.
Are you guys saying that being rooted, I can change my plan to the unlimited, and even though tethering is not allowed, I can still do it and never worry about going over my 5gb and being throttled?
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if your unlimited why are you worried about the 5GB throttle? your post is confusing... But yes you can tether without T-mobile knowing..
eurohomie said:
if your unlimited why are you worried about the 5GB throttle? your post is confusing... But yes you can tether without T-mobile knowing..
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What I meant was, can I switch to unlimited, and even though they do not offer tethering, do it anyways so I do not have to keep my current 5gb plan that I always go over.
Michigan Jason said:
What I meant was, can I switch to unlimited, and even though they do not offer tethering, do it anyways so I do not have to keep my current 5gb plan that I always go over.
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yeah... many people on here do that...
eurohomie said:
yeah... many people on here do that...
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I thought so, I was just threatened by a tmobile rep that they would catch me lol. I am upgrading my plan to the unlimited now. Is there a simple way to do it?
If you run through a vpn they can't. It encrypts your data so they can't packet sniff.
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All,
My Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 2 phone is rooted and is running Android 4.1.2, build MA7 and I would like to enable WiFI tethering. I know that at some point in the past I was able to do this. Now, no matter what I try, I cannot get it to work. For example, I just downloaded and installed PdaNet (using the link for Sprint customers - aren't we lucky ).
When I ran the program, the following message was displayed:
Hotspot/Tethering Error
Unable to connect to data network; turning off Hotspot/Tethering. You may not be subscribed to the Hotspot service; please contact your phone company.
I have seen this same error message when trying several other similar programs.
What should I do to get WiFi hot-spot functionality working?
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