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4G on/off toggle

This is for the Verizon LTE version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
I am tasked with writing a tiny app that will effectively disable/enable 4G capability. This can be done manually via settings > mobile network > network mode and choosing either LTE/CDMA (4g enabled) or CDMA (3g only).
I have not tried anything yet because Android development isn't my strong suit. I am looking for guidance... examples, code samples etc. I am assuming this should almost be a one-liner, but it has been my experience that with Android development nothing is as simple as it appears.
I am exploring ConnectivityManager and setNetworkPreference but I'm not sure this will do what I need.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

I don't know if this may help you at all or not...but there is an app called ANYCUT and u can make shortcuts of an activity..in example....instead of dialing *#*#4636#*#* for the phone info and for you to switch data from 4g to 3g....u can set up a shortcut with it also for network modes..instead of going to it .but I hope it helps in some way ....maybe not what you were looking for...but a toggle widget sure would be appreciated.
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having attempted the same thing, i think you'll find toggling the 3g/4g is not trivial since after 2.2 they removed the ability to modify phone state.
I created a widget to shortcut to the settings (similar to a few that are out there already) am just polishing a few preferences.

jkhouw1 said:
having attempted the same thing, i think you'll find toggling the 3g/4g is not trivial since after 2.2 they removed the ability to modify phone state.
I created a widget to shortcut to the settings (similar to a few that are out there already) am just polishing a few preferences.
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Ahhh, good to know. So in your opinion should I give up? I can go to my pm and explain that this is "essentially" not possible. Unless it *IS* "possible." What are your thoughts?

Not sure if this helps but Widgetsoid will already do this. Few of the widget functions do work (it's not fully supported on ICS) but it will toggle 4g or 3g on and off. The key is setting the Data Toggle option in its menus to 'Root Toggle'.

Magnus_CA said:
Not sure if this helps but Widgetsoid will already do this. Few of the widget functions do work (it's not fully supported on ICS) but it will toggle 4g or 3g on and off. The key is setting the Data Toggle option in its menus to 'Root Toggle'.
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4G says experimental on the version downloaded from the devs website. Cant check it to enable the widget

TheDave1022 said:
4G says experimental on the version downloaded from the devs website. Cant check it to enable the widget
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I believe that's to toggle between 3g/4g. The option to add it as a button to the widget is greyed out so that definitely doesn't work. However you can create a button that will toggle data off, whether you're using 3g or 4g.

A friend of mine created this widget a few days ago for me. The widget works for showing if lte is on or off. upon tapping the widget it takes you directly to the mobile network settings page effectively reducing the amount of time to toggle it.
he said the only way to make it actually work would be to have the app id be the same as the system id, it would have to be done via flashable zip and not just a simple apk.
*shrug*

rayfin said:
A friend of mine created this widget a few days ago for me. The widget works for showing if lte is on or off. upon tapping the widget it takes you directly to the mobile network settings page effectively reducing the amount of time to toggle it.
he said the only way to make it actually work would be to have the app id be the same as the system id, it would have to be done via flashable zip and not just a simple apk.
*shrug*
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If you guys are going through that much trouble to turn data on and off you should try widgetsoid.

Magnus_CA said:
If you guys are going through that much trouble to turn data on and off you should try widgetsoid.
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Magnus, when you have some time, can you do a write-up as to how to do this w/ widgetsoid? I can't seem to get it.

Magnus_CA said:
If you guys are going through that much trouble to turn data on and off you should try widgetsoid.
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NexusMMM said:
Magnus, when you have some time, can you do a write-up as to how to do this w/ widgetsoid? I can't seem to get it.
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I'm operating off memory because I don't have my phone in front of me...
Fist, make sure you installed widgetsoid2.x!! Also, he recommends a reboot after install. This may just be to get the widgets in your widget list. And of course, you must be rooted.
I dropped a widgetsoid widget to my homescreen and went into its configuration. The button you need to include is 'Enable/disable Data' (one arrow pointing up and one down). The other key is to choose 'Root Toggle' in global preferences. When you're done setting up your widget click apply.
That did it for me. Let me know if you're still having problems and I'll try and reply with my phone in front of me next time.

NexusMMM said:
Magnus, when you have some time, can you do a write-up as to how to do this w/ widgetsoid? I can't seem to get it.
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i wouldn't get too excited... turning data ON/OFF and toggling between 4G/3G are separate controls, i haven't tried the data toggle yet (to see if it's a real toggle), but the Widgetsoid 4g/3g "toggle" definitely only opens the settings menu. still, Widgetsoid is so awesome that i purchased the donate version.

[GUIDE] (Free) Mobile Hotspot aka Wifi Tethering

I believe there may be some noobs on XDA, like myself, who did not know how to set up wifi tethering after root. Here's a quick rundown.
1. ROOT your phone (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756885)
2. Go to Playstore and download "Wifi tether for ROOT users" (****EXCEPTION BELOW)
3. IMPORTANT!!! go to the app's setting and set the "Change Device Profile" to "GENERIC ICS"
4. there is no step 4.
Save yourself some $$$ instead of paying Verizon a service that should have been free to start off with. :victory:
EDIT: **** buhohitr mentions that you can achieve wifi tethering WITHOUT ROOT through the playstore app "FoxFi"
ENJOY!!!!!

mehhh decent post. Saves some time, but really doesnt belong here.........

tonu42 said:
mehhh decent post. Saves some time, but really doesnt belong here.........
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Well... I figured it'll get the most views in the development section so here it is. One thing I might change is getting this in the "Guide" category

Just a note: I've been using this app with really inconsistent results using generic ics profile and auto setup. I've only been able to detect the wifi twice. I read somewhere that turning wifi tether on, let it start up, turn it off, reboot phone, and start up tethering again works somehow. I just tried it and it worked right away but this is only once. I don't know if this will work consistently 100% of the time though

best wifi tethering is just down load Foxfi from the market, installed and bang work like a champ..very reliable.Foxfi work with root and without root.

Thanks, that was a lot easier than I'm used to. Wifi tether worked the first time, and I turned it off and on a few times and it worked everytime.

kthung said:
Just a note: I've been using this app with really inconsistent results using generic ics profile and auto setup. I've only been able to detect the wifi twice. I read somewhere that turning wifi tether on, let it start up, turn it off, reboot phone, and start up tethering again works somehow. I just tried it and it worked right away but this is only once. I don't know if this will work consistently 100% of the time though
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do NOT set it as AUTO

shilohdrummer said:
do NOT set it as AUTO
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Why not?
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kthung said:
Why not?
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I believe that's what's causing the disconnection

kthung said:
Why not?
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Because it doesn't work for crap. I set mine as a galaxy nexus for CDMA/LTE and it works flawlessly.

redbearde said:
Because it doesn't work for crap. I set mine as a galaxy nexus for CDMA/LTE and it works flawlessly.
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This is the correct way to do it. choose "galaxy nexus for CDMA/LTE"
also, do not forget to check "routing fix"
this will give you full infrastructure tethering instead of ad-hoc tethering.
what does this mean? It means that your phone will allow things like ipod's , game systems (psp, gameboy..) to connect as well. It will function exactly like a wifi router.
cheers

This could just go in the themes and apps forum technically since all you're doing is installing an app basically... But I guess it's a guide. Thanks for the info OP. For those of you on the new shared data plans, don't even worry about following this guide, the tethering is included in the package because Verizon wants you to use more data and pay overages.
The default tethering app however does support open NAT for Xbox and PSN though which is kinda nice :X (Only wireless tethering root app I got to work with PSN and Xbox for open NAT is barnacle WiFi tether and it was a bit of a pain the butt.)

Free Hotspot on Shared Plan
If you purchased the phone with Verizon After the deadline and lost your unlimited data however, gaining a shared plan, Wifi Hotspot is included in the share data plan at no additional cost. There is no reason to hide your wifi traffic. HOWEVER, I personally find the Wifi Tether app to be better than the default Hotspot app anyway.

Serinety said:
This is the correct way to do it. choose "galaxy nexus for CDMA/LTE"
also, do not forget to check "routing fix"
cheers
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You must have meant that this is the correct way for you. When I check "routing fix" or "galaxy nexus CDMA/LTE", my laptop connot see a wifi signal. However, following the OP's post worked like a charm for me. Obviously, it may take a bit of tinkering for people to determine the best setup for themselves.

Is there a way to lower the power of the Wifi from the phone to save power. The range you get when tethering is way further than necessary and it might be better for battery if you could lower the power usage.
Also, is using this rooted wifi tether safer than using foxfi in terms of verizon detecting the use.

How safe are these methods compared to using a power toggle widget to just enable the built-in tethering app? I've found if you try to enable it from the menu, it checks for subscription, but if you use a power toggle app, it "just works."
Edit: One more question....while performing the Wifi pop-up hack, I found an option along the lines of TETHER_ALWAYS_ON. Has anyone tried changing this to a 1?

I believe tethering is more frowned upon than anything else by verizon. I have not heard otherwise, or heard of trouble with big red because of it. However, the "best customer experience" is had when you pay for it. Haha.

Been using Foxfi the last couple of days with no problems. Solid app that works well.

That worked for me, thank u sir
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This is going to theme an apps. It's not really a mod at all.

Wireless tethering app that bypass carrier detection.

Hi, I've been looking for something like this for a while and tried pretty much all the options on google. And my last hope, PdaNet with FoxFi addon has failed me too, so I've pretty much run out of options.
So, what I'm looking for is to turn my GN into a wireless router without my network detecting that I'm doing so. A lot of the tethering apps out there can achieve this by enable Bluetooth or USB tethering, but that's not how I want it, I want to turn it into a wireless router. Sadly FoxFi fails everytime I try to enable it.
So any of you genius out there knows of an app that can do this, please share. Thank you so much in advance.

AceCooper0506 said:
Hi, I've been looking for something like this for a while and tried pretty much all the options on google. And my last hope, PdaNet with FoxFi addon has failed me too, so I've pretty much run out of options.
So, what I'm looking for is to turn my GN into a wireless router without my network detecting that I'm doing so. A lot of the tethering apps out there can achieve this by enable Bluetooth or USB tethering, but that's not how I want it, I want to turn it into a wireless router. Sadly FoxFi fails everytime I try to enable it.
So any of you genius out there knows of an app that can do this, please share. Thank you so much in advance.
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If you root and flash any custom rom, it has native built in tethering. As for unrooted apps u named them all

I actually have the AndroidME custom rom installed and have root. It does have the native tethering option, but I always thought that feature is detectable by the wireless carriers. Or have I been torturing myself this whole time? lol.

The native tethering app goes undetected for me when I use my laptop, but if I connect my ps3 to it, I get the redirect when trying to use the browser. None of the third party apps work on my Rom at all. Frustrating, but I've just gotten used to not using my ps3 online.
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If your on tmobile Try this..
Create new APN
Settings, wireless and networks, more, access point names.
Name it some thing like "data" and under APN put "epc. T-Mobile.com" (no quotes)
Leave everything else blank and save, then set as default.
Profit
Hope this helps.. used to work on my amaze.
This always solved
the T-Mobile nag screen problem

If foxfi didn't work then there is a setting you need to ad to your APN settings.
I use the default tethering app in android and haven't had any problems.
What I did was make sure my APN type in my APN settings read the following with no spaces.
"default,supl,mms,dun"
You should be able to use the default tethering and hotspot with no problems after that.
Works on both stock and rooted devices across the board.
If your running jellybean, then you don't have to add "dun" but I add it anyway for good measure.
Happy tethering.

Thanks for the tips, gonna be moving to simple mobile next month and hopefully these tricks will work.
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Try a custom ROM worked for my friend
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I could be wrong here, if you set the user agent of your desktop to a mobile browser signature, the carrier will only see mobile data and not tethered desktop data
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adamcooks said:
I could be wrong here, if you set the user agent of your desktop to a mobile browser signature, the carrier will only see mobile data and not tethered desktop data
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you're wrong...
they do look up packets and if they see user-agent string IE, they think you're tethering and if you don't have plan then you have a problem

3oudreaux said:
If your on tmobile Try this..
Create new APN
Settings, wireless and networks, more, access point names.
Name it some thing like "data" and under APN put "epc. T-Mobile.com" (no quotes)
Leave everything else blank and save, then set as default.
Profit
Hope this helps.. used to work on my amaze.
This always solved
the T-Mobile nag screen problem
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dellenrules said:
If foxfi didn't work then there is a setting you need to ad to your APN settings.
I use the default tethering app in android and haven't had any problems.
What I did was make sure my APN type in my APN settings read the following with no spaces.
"default,supl,mms,dun"
You should be able to use the default tethering and hotspot with no problems after that.
Works on both stock and rooted devices across the board.
If your running jellybean, then you don't have to add "dun" but I add it anyway for good measure.
Happy tethering.
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I don't know which one of your fixes work but I did both and I now have wifi tethering using Fox-fi unrooted with my unlimited T-mobile 4g data plan! Thanks! Been searching for days on how to get it to work since I got my Nexus 7.
And it seems to work fine with the native hotspot app. I just downloaded an additional widget called Hotspot Toggle to make it easy to turn on and off.
Thanks again folks!

The easiest way is to use a User Agent Switcher.
You can read more details about it on here - http://gezby.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=69

Download "Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot Widget" and put that on a homescreen. A simple push of that icon will activate native tethering and bypass carrier check ups. Been using it for the last year with zero issues.

FWIW I've been using Native tethering since I first bought my VZW Nexus in December without a hitch. Since switching to T-Mobile I have also been using the Native tethering to my Nexus 7 without issue. I haven't used a tethering app since the gingerbread days
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curtst said:
I don't know which one of your fixes work but I did both and I now have wifi tethering using Fox-fi unrooted with my unlimited T-mobile 4g data plan! Thanks! Been searching for days on how to get it to work since I got my Nexus 7.
And it seems to work fine with the native hotspot app. I just downloaded an additional widget called Hotspot Toggle to make it easy to turn on and off.
Thanks again folks!
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dellenrules said:
If foxfi didn't work then there is a setting you need to ad to your APN settings.
I use the default tethering app in android and haven't had any problems.
What I did was make sure my APN type in my APN settings read the following with no spaces.
"default,supl,mms,dun"
You should be able to use the default tethering and hotspot with no problems after that.
Works on both stock and rooted devices across the board.
If your running jellybean, then you don't have to add "dun" but I add it anyway for good measure.
Happy tethering.
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i'm using stock rom, where do I add that? where is apn type settings?

a1exus said:
you're wrong...
they do look up packets and if they see user-agent string IE, they think you're tethering and if you don't have plan then you have a problem
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No the other guy is right.
Using a User Agent Switcher you will be able to bypass tethering blocks set by your network provider.
Please read here - http://gezby.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=69

[Q] Wifi tethering issue ATT version

This is the first time I have posted here so I do not know if I put this in the right area, sorry if I did not.
I have the ATT sgh-i467 note 8.0 and I have been trying to use wifi tethering. After doing some investigation, it turns out that ATT blocks tethering unless you pay them a tethering fee or buy the 5 GB plan, What BS that is. I have tried to find a work around and there does not seem to be one.
Has anyone found a wifi tether work around for the ATT note 8?

kramerica099 said:
This is the first time I have posted here so I do not know if I put this in the right area, sorry if I did not.
I have the ATT sgh-i467 note 8.0 and I have been trying to use wifi tethering. After doing some investigation, it turns out that ATT blocks tethering unless you pay them a tethering fee or buy the 5 GB plan, What BS that is. I have tried to find a work around and there does not seem to be one.
Has anyone found a wifi tether work around for the ATT note 8?
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I use this. It works for me.
http://highonandroid.com/android-ap...android-smartphone-or-tablet-universal-guide/

esoh said:
I use this. It works for me.
http://highonandroid.com/android-ap...android-smartphone-or-tablet-universal-guide/
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Have you tried the FoxFi app?

chuckr01 said:
Have you tried the FoxFi app?
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I have tried it and all the other adhoc wifi tethers, they will not work on the new phones and tablets and the carriers have tethering locked out in the device. I was hoping had found another way to do this without a hack.

esoh said:
I use this. It works for me.
I tried this but it did not work, one of the things I could not do was:
Step 10. Scroll down and make sure “MSS clamping” and “Routing fix” are both checked on.
I did not have mss clamping
Did you try this on a ATT note 8.0?
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I use the native tethering after freezing at&t all access, you can also delete it if you don't want to freeze it.
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photrash said:
I use the native tethering after freezing at&t all access, you can also delete it if you don't want to freeze it.
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I just froze it using titanium back up and restarted it. I went to settings then to more settings and I did not see the native tethering show up. Did I miss something?

hemsubli large
SUCCESS!!
The freezing of the att access app worked but it did not bring up the native tether option. I tried foxfi, I could get the computer to connect but it would not go to the internet, so then I tried tetherfy and that worked. I am sending this right now tethered to my note 8.0.
Screw ATT, it makes me so mad that these USA carriers try to screw everyone, I love it.
Thanks,

kramerica099 said:
I just froze it using titanium back up and restarted it. I went to settings then to more settings and I did not see the native tethering show up. Did I miss something?
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if you don't have it try an app like tethering shortcut in the playstore
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kabasoft.util.TetheringShortcut

photrash said:
if you don't have it try an app like tethering shortcut in the playstore
Thanks, that is perfect, that option is what I could not see. Perfect!!
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any way to auto kill allaccess?
Thanks to all on here, I was able to get my tether working. I was bummed though to find it disabled the AT&T data widget, as I used that to keep an eye on data used.
Well, I messed around and here is what I discovered...
I un-froze allaccess in Titanium and rebooted. After rebooting I was able to restore the allaccess widget (though tethering was again crippled). I then converted allaccess from a system app to a user app using Titanium, then forced closed it. I was then able to tether again, and the data widget still remained active. This works great until I reboot the unit, then I just need to force close the allaccess again to tether.
I am wondering if there is a way to automatically force close the program upon startup? This would allow use of the widget to monitor data without having to manually fc the allshare program.
Anyone know how to accomplish this?

[Q] Problem tethering with Galaxy Tools

So I'm rooted obviously,as to run the app but for whatever reason wifi tether isn't working. I touch (enable native hotshot option) it reboots. Then I proceed to touch (add all notification toggles) Now what? When I go to mobile hotshot to turn it on I get_(You are not subscribed to the hotshot service. Do you want to see subscription options) Any help would be greatly appreciated

REC0GN1ZE said:
So I'm rooted obviously,as to run the app but for whatever reason wifi tether isn't working. I touch (enable native hotshot option) it reboots. Then I proceed to touch (add all notification toggles) Now what? When I go to mobile hotshot to turn it on I get_(You are not subscribed to the hotshot service. Do you want to see subscription options) Any help would be greatly appreciated
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First thing first is the fact that using the galaxy tools method to enable hotspot works BUT is not a permanent solution. A system update upon each boot up can revert the flag in settings.db and disable it. Now try this... after you enable the hotspot mod in Galaxy tools (AWESOME piece of work BTW!) let it reboot. If you also enabled all toggles, then DO NOT use the toggle on the first attempt to turn on the Hotspot. Instead, go into main settings and turn it on inside the main hotspot settings menu. See if it turns on and stays on. If it stays on, then turn it back off and exit settings. Next, use the hotspot toggle to turn it back on and see if it works without error. If it does then you need to keep in mind that doing a prl/profile update in settings or any system update will disable it again and again and again. If you want a permanent solution you will need a truly modified file which can be found in my rom here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-sprint/development/rom-t2956667

any luck? I am have the exact same problem. Still cannot get hotspot to work.

Tikal769 said:
any luck? I am have the exact same problem. Still cannot get hotspot to work.
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In Galaxytools Turn off the auto reboot, toggle the hotspot, then manually reboot, go back into tools, start the hotspot settings from tools. Try that, if that doesn't work try checking method 2.
FYI, this thread is a duplicate of another thread and should be deleted in my opinion.

GalaxyTools works perfectly for me. I have SwitchPro Widget and put a hotpot toggle in the widget I created and use. I just tap the hotspot "button" in the widget and it works every time

dmisselh said:
In Galaxytools Turn off the auto reboot, toggle the hotspot, then manually reboot, go back into tools, start the hotspot settings from tools. Try that, if that doesn't work try checking method 2.
FYI, this thread is a duplicate of another thread and should be deleted in my opinion.
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Thank you so much, this worked!
Turned off auto reboot and then manually did it. It appears to not fully reboot when auto reboot attempted.
Thank you again!

I discovered it on my own but the developer of GalaxyTools mentioned this in another thread somewhere.
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