I'm coming from an iPhone 4S and so far I really like the Galaxy Nexus (although it definitely does have its shortcomings compared to the iPhone). I was just playing around in the settings and found Wifi hotspot options. With the iPhone these options never worked unless you paid AT&T extra for a tethering plan (which is not even available when grandfathered into an unlimited plan). I tried turning them on and configuring a PW and lo and behold it worked! I didn't see this mentioned yet and thought others would like to know as well.
Are you rooted and using a custom rom, or still stock?
I'm still stock...just got the device last night. Also still on 4.0.1 and device shows as no updates available.
jmwein said:
I'm still stock...just got the device last night. Also still on 4.0.1 and device shows as no updates available.
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Lol. Will you still be this excited if and when atnt switches you to a tethering plan?
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I almost never use tethering but the few times I'm traveling it will be very beneficial. I highly doubt AT&T would switch me to a tethering plan if I use less than 1 GB of tethering per yr!
jmwein said:
I almost never use tethering but the few times I'm traveling it will be very beneficial. I highly doubt AT&T would switch me to a tethering plan if I use less than 1 GB of tethering per yr!
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You bought an unlocked phone not associated with AT&T. As a result, the tethering features built into android are not blocked. This is one of my favorite feature of my Nexus One.
I tether all the time and us ~1.5GB of data a month. Although, I have gone as high as 3GB... (I have unlimited data)
Enjoy!
NPuter said:
You bought an unlocked phone not associated with AT&T. As a result, the tethering features built into android are not blocked. This is one of my favorite feature of my Nexus One.
I tether all the time and us ~1.5GB of data a month. Although, I have gone as high as 3GB... (I have unlimited data)
Enjoy!
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Good to know! Thanks!
Although I do own the unlocked version of the iPhone 4S and even that phone has the tethering options blocked.
jmwein said:
Good to know! Thanks!
Although I do own the unlocked version of the iPhone 4S and even that phone has the tethering options blocked.
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Welcome to Android
NPuter said:
You bought an unlocked phone not associated with AT&T. As a result, the tethering features built into android are not blocked. This is one of my favorite feature of my Nexus One.
I tether all the time and us ~1.5GB of data a month. Although, I have gone as high as 3GB... (I have unlimited data)
Enjoy!
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Precisely...rooting or custom roms have nothing to do with this. Att effectively has no control over how you use your phone or data in this case.
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jmwein said:
I'm coming from an iPhone 4S and so far I really like the Galaxy Nexus (although it definitely does have its shortcomings compared to the iPhone). I was just playing around in the settings and found Wifi hotspot options. With the iPhone these options never worked unless you paid AT&T extra for a tethering plan (which is not even available when grandfathered into an unlimited plan). I tried turning them on and configuring a PW and lo and behold it worked! I didn't see this mentioned yet and thought others would like to know as well.
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Uhh we knew this. Unlocked phone man. It just works. This is how phones are meant to be.
The iPhone is provisioned by AT&T and its IMEI's are known in AT&T's database. So they're able to block and charge for ridiculous services like tethering.
I have tried this out and it works. Is there anyway for AT&T to tell if we are tethering though? Should I be on a tethering apn?
rjstang said:
I have tried this out and it works. Is there anyway for AT&T to tell if we are tethering though? Should I be on a tethering apn?
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I've used tethering on my N1 for the past two years. Generally, I use around 1.5gb/month... No problem so far *knock on wood*.
was working - not now
yip have been using wifi hotspot for some time now
on my old SG1 and then on my Nexus
I has however stopped working recently, and cant see why
the app appears to be working but the wifi network is never discoverable
if anyone has a fix could you let me know
thanks in advance
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Lol they know when your using it tho... with my Nexus one I was sent a text message saying my plan will change if I continue with tethering... I got out of unlimited last month and its the best thing I could have done... unlimited Mobile to Mobile (Verizon Sprint and T-Mobile) but 700 minutes for land lines. . Unlimited text and 5GB a Month... I hate being throttled so the switch was made. I'm paying less then when I was unlimited =]
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for those having isues with tethering on android phones becauseits a att phone try foxfi app right on the market is great.....i dont have att but i passed the info to a friend of mine and now she is tethering for free
My Samsung Focus S windows phone is going south on me and I'm looking for a replacement phone. I'm considering the Unlocked Amazon Fire Phone for $199. I will be using it with my StraightTalk Sim card.
I use my phone as a local hotspot when my sketchy internet service isn't working at home. Has anyone tried using this phone with StraightTalk and getting the WiFi Hotspot option to work?
I'm open to other phones that can be easily configured to enable WiFi hotspot on the AT&T network via StraightTalk.
Thanks In Advance
You can share your internet conectin, havent use it mutch but it works
The Grand Pooh-Bah said:
My Samsung Focus S windows phone is going south on me and I'm looking for a replacement phone. I'm considering the Unlocked Amazon Fire Phone for $199. I will be using it with my StraightTalk Sim card.
I use my phone as a local hotspot when my sketchy internet service isn't working at home. Has anyone tried using this phone with StraightTalk and getting the WiFi Hotspot option to work?
I'm open to other phones that can be easily configured to enable WiFi hotspot on the AT&T network via StraightTalk.
Thanks In Advance
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I don't know about StraightTalk specifically, but I've used the tether before with T-Mobile (US) and it worked well.
I was a Verizon subscriber until February & switched to AT&T. Had Unlimited Data with Verizon as I do now with AT&T. Used FoxFi on a Verizon Samsung Note 4 to create a hotspot and it worked beautifully. I am using the same Verizon Note 4 on AT&T & the FoxFi Hotspot still works, do not have 4G/LTE just H+ speed. My Verizon Note 4 is dying. I need to keep my hotspot feature. Have a few options listed below.
1. Verizon Internation CDMA GSM Dual Mode Device. Will I be able to get 4G/LTE using GSM?
2. Am I able to enable a hotspot on unlocked AT&T device. Partial to Samsung but not married to it.
3. Need to avoid Rooting, my Lyft Beta App will not operate on a rooted device & neither will the Uber Driver App.
4. Any suggestions that you know that works.
If you don't want to root, then you will have to get a new verizon phone in order to use the Foxfi hotspot feature. I have been dealing with the ATT unlimited data and working around ways to hotspot on it. As of now due to the verizon phones being CDMA the best speeds you will receive will be H+
I don't know why ATT phones cannot use the hot spot feature through Foxfi, I due know you can tether and use a bluetooth connection with an ATT phone using Foxfi, however for now to hotspot keep using a verizon phone with Foxfi. As of now I know all Verizon phones can hotspot through Foxfi, not just the note 4.
Hope that helps!
I was thinking about getting an LG G5 to use with Tmobile. What is the status of being able to tether with LG G5 on tmobile? Do you need a separate subscription to tether? is there a hack to hide tether data? is the tether setting accessible on tmobile lg g5 or do you need some sort of hack?
sorry for the basic question as i am coming from sprint .. thanks.
I have a few of them for the kiddos on T-Mobile postpaid family plan. Tethering and hotspot work fine for me. I've used them to tether on the PC without issue when the internet has gone down or for troubleshooting. Hotspot works well too. I bought them all used from ebay awhile back. Most if not all were T-Mobile G5's.
Induced_Apathy said:
I have a few of them for the kiddos on T-Mobile postpaid family plan. Tethering and hotspot work fine for me. I've used them to tether on the PC without issue when the internet has gone down or for troubleshooting. Hotspot works well too. I bought them all used from ebay awhile back. Most if not all were T-Mobile G5's.
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So do you have to pay additional fee for tethering or is there a hack to get it working? I am paying $55/month on sprint and they want another $30 for the hotspot. Luckily, thanks to this formum, i was able to get the tether hack working on my phone so don't have to subscript to their hotspot plan.
No fees but I don't use it heavily either. I'm on a postpaid plan not a prepaid so there might be a difference.
This will determine if I buy this phone, have been eyeing OnePlus 7 for a few months but haven't seen anybody attempt to use wifi calling on AT&T Network.
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mikebb00 said:
This will determine if I buy this phone, have been eyeing OnePlus 7 for a few months but haven't seen anybody attempt to use wifi calling on AT&T Network.
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I just got me an AT&T sim, and wifi calling and all other features such as texting works fine.
matt1733 said:
Has anyone heard if the oneplus 7t will have voice over LTE on AT&T they dont play nice with unlocked phones and hold back features like volte and wifi calling if its not At&T branded.
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Everything works great, including call forwarding codes etc. This phone is basically a turd on Verizon, no wifi calling, and no texting. My plan is to give the AT&T pay as you go plan a 2 month trial, I will forward my VZW phone to it, and put it through the paces, if all works out, I will get rid of VZW and move to At&t.
I found out, while you can enable Wifi calling on AT&T, it does not actually work when there is no network. OnePlus support says that plan on fixing it on a future update. It does however work on Google Fi.