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WiFi Tether

I have tried stock and Damage roms, and still can't get wifi tether to work. Phone is fully rooted, with all the goods. I can use alternate wifi tether programs from the market, that do adhoc only, and they work. Is anyone else have this issue, or have any ideas?

Did you use wireless_tether_2_0_5-pre2.apk?

same problem here. am we the only ones? why?
anyway, go to the market, and download the one there, it works fine for me.

devin.slick said:
Did you use wireless_tether_2_0_5-pre2.apk?
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I use that version with stock .6 ROM, works great.

Yeah, it works great and even appears as a regular access point. My problem has been getting intermittently disconnected and having to turn off/on tethering. Other than that, it works great.

same here ^^^ its been killing me cuz theres now warning of disconnect or anything but i love it!

Just make sure you guys get titanium backup and uninstall it. Then install it from the market place.

I had the same issue. I had to install the one from the market place, reboot, install the 2.0.5 version, reboot, start it and then it worked.
I haven't tried to replicate success this way as I don't want to risk breaking it again, but I've tried everyconceivable combination of getting it to work and this was the only way that did.

whats so different about 2.0.5???

Wireless Tethering after using 1.47.651.1 Root Method

I don't know if the latest root method for OTA 1.47.651.1 (---==={ROOT GUIDE}===--- | 1.47.651.1 ROOT method | has been tested for Wireless Tethering. I would imagine that it doesn't make a difference... root is root, and there isn't much of anything changing on the phone AFAIK...
I've searched the forums and can't seem to find an answer.... probably because this is so new...
When WiFi is off I try wireless tethering and get an error message: Unable to start tethering, please try again. I turn on WiFi and start wireless tethering I get the same error message and WiFi turns off. I've tried this with all of the various connection types: Charge Only, HTC Sync, Disk Drive, and Internet sharing. When I try to select internet sharing, I get the following message: "Error Code 67. Registrationg failure. Your PCS Vision username and/or password may be incorrect. Please try again."
I found This How-To-Guide, which references Toast's method...but I'm curious if there's a difference between that method and the one listed above for the latest OTA.
Thanks.
[EDIT]P.S. I can confirm that WiFi does work. I can connect to local WiFi networks when they are available.

Pezu23 said:
I don't know if the latest root method for OTA 1.47.651.1 (---==={ROOT GUIDE}===--- | 1.47.651.1 ROOT method | has been tested for Wireless Tethering. I would imagine that it doesn't make a difference... root is root, and there isn't much of anything changing on the phone AFAIK...
I've searched the forums and can't seem to find an answer.... probably because this is so new...
When WiFi is off I try wireless tethering and get an error message: Unable to start tethering, please try again. I turn on WiFi and start wireless tethering I get the same error message and WiFi turns off. I've tried this with all of the various connection types: Charge Only, HTC Sync, Disk Drive, and Internet sharing. When I try to select internet sharing, I get the following message: "Error Code 67. Registrationg failure. Your PCS Vision username and/or password may be incorrect. Please try again."
I found This How-To-Guide, which references Toast's method...but I'm curious if there's a difference between that method and the one listed above for the latest OTA.
Thanks.
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Hi.. looks like you are trying to use the buid in stock (Sprint Hotspot) tethering app.. if this is the case it will not work.. you need to root your phone and once you load a rooted ROM (ex. Fresh 0.5.3 or any other one) use the wifi tether app already included in those ROMs.. sometimes you need to reinstall the wifi app . in that case uninstall the wifi tether app and go to this address on your phone and download the latest app for the Evo. http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
hope this helps...
P.S. I attached the app from the address above to the post.. good luck

Ignore jade. He is shilling for fresh. Download the "Wireless Tether" app from the market. That will work.

efuse said:
Ignore jade. He is shilling for fresh. Download the "Wireless Tether" app from the market. That will work.
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The one he attached is the one from google dev. Same one I use and it works great.

efuse said:
Ignore jade. He is shilling for fresh. Download the "Wireless Tether" app from the market. That will work.
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I figured as much. I am not using the Sprint app. I've tried the first app listed in the android market, as well as one straight from Google that's 2.0.2. It's supposed to work for the Evo... I have the same problem with both apps.
Which connection type do I need to select on my phone?

efuse said:
Ignore jade. He is shilling for fresh. Download the "Wireless Tether" app from the market. That will work.
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jejeje.. I did mention any other ROM as well ....
Guess the op can ignore me if he likes but what's the point of rooting if you are not going to check out various other ROMs..

if all the OP is needing is wireless teather then he should have just gone the unrevoked route.

jadehawk said:
Guess the op can ignore me if he likes but what's the point of rooting if you are not going to check out various other ROMs..
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Not going to ignore you.... not completely. I just want tethering to work so I can test it and see if it's going to work for me. Then i'll mess with other ROMs. The stock Sprint one has too much crap in it... I hate nascar...

Pezu23
I do not know if this matters but are you using a rooted ROM ? I ask because the first time I ran thw wifi tether app it ask for super user access.. maybe you need a rooted ROM flashed on the phone before this app can work.. I have no reference point since I used the toast method to root my phone..
If you can follow toast method of rooting and unlocking the NAND.. you will still have a sprint base (rooted) ROM but this time you can delete the "Nascar app" and anything else you want..

The one in market is not the best one 2.05 pre 2 I think is the best it does infrastructure mode allowing almost any device to connect
Sent from my Evo on on the Now network from Sprint
oh and duck Apple

Dont feel bad Pezu im getting the same errors. No matter which wireless tether app I use, from the market or from code.google Sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhh All I want is wireless tether. LOL. I dont care about custom roms.

dukins said:
Dont feel bad Pezu im getting the same errors. No matter which wireless tether app I use, from the market or from code.google Sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhh All I want is wireless tether. LOL. I dont care about custom roms.
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If you tried everything, i dont see why you would not take 5 more minutes to load a new rom with wifi already in it.

I had the market version of tether installed and it works fine, but I downloaded the attached APK file (in my evo) and when I tried to open it says:
Open file error
No application can be found to open this file.
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How do I reset the APK association to make it install properly?

TeknoJnky said:
I had the market version of tether installed and it works fine, but I downloaded the attached APK file (in my evo) and when I tried to open it says:
How do I reset the APK association to make it install properly?
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you need to install an app like appinstaller from the market to install apps store in the SDcard..

dukins said:
Dont feel bad Pezu im getting the same errors. No matter which wireless tether app I use, from the market or from code.google Sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhh All I want is wireless tether. LOL. I dont care about custom roms.
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I have the same problem. I am on stock rooted with rooted OTA's...
I did get it working with Fresh, but I was having other problems with Fresh 0.5.3 like the camera would sporadically go out. I guess I may have to reload fresh (which I really liked, by the way)

I rooted using the link in your first post then installed the newest DC rom and now the newest baked rom. Neither allows me to wifi tether (though no errors) as I dont see a network being created. Any ideas? Did I root wrong or screw up my radios?
Thanks!

cool.. ill try that..

Maybe I'm confused...
When I run adb shell I can gain root access. However, it appears as though HTC Sense (or any other launcher) is not running as root..or at least the programs launched within Sense (i.e. astro file manager, wireless tether) are NOT running as root. I can only create dirs in /sdcard with Astro File Manager...Guess I gotta figure out how to wipe and restart.

Not to complicate your current line of thought, but I don't think normal file managers can create new files in system. only programs that request su will pop up in the su app. But the wireless tether should.
I am running basically stock with the tether and it works. But there is something to be said about trying to start over

Did you guys also loose 4g signal..And i hardly have any 3g bars to tether with...Before rooting after OTA everything worked perfect....Is 3g and 4g giving yall issues?

Need wifi tether app with infrastructure mode

Ok, so my new Kindle Fire cannot see ad-hoc networks. So, using Wireless Tether I get no signal on the Fire from the E4GT.
I'm reading that I need a tether app that supports infrastructure mode or to change the device profile in Wireless Tether to an LG Optimus. I don't see the option for this.
Anyone?

http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
Go here and download the latest beta version of the WiFi Tether apk and install it. This is the version you need to be able to switch the profile of WiFi Tether to the LG Optimus.

webran61 said:
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
Go here and download the latest beta version of the WiFi Tether apk and install it. This is the version you need to be able to switch the profile of WiFi Tether to the LG Optimus.
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Ok, done and installed, however I'm getting errors each time I start the tethering...
I managed to start it once without errors, but neither a black berry nor the Kindle could see it.
I uninstalled my old Wireless Tether app.
This may be a dumb question, but does the beta app need special permissions? Or does it need to be placed somewhere specifically on the sd card?

I don't think so.
I do believe you have to make sure that the SSID you create is all-lowercase and contains no special characters, and also that "Routing Fix" is enabled in the settings along with everything else.
I don't really know though, so I'm sorry I can't be more helpful.

You are rooted correct? Do you have a custom rom installed?

maw230 said:
Ok, so my new Kindle Fire cannot see ad-hoc networks. So, using Wireless Tether I get no signal on the Fire from the E4GT.
I'm reading that I need a tether app that supports infrastructure mode or to change the device profile in Wireless Tether to an LG Optimus. I don't see the option for this.
Anyone?
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You may need the native Hotspot hack. If I use the Wifi Tether apk, my Nexus doesn't see it but the Hotspot hack works perfect
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Thanks for the tips everyone. I had to install busybox and use the Ad-hoc Switcher app - ZTO or something - and it was finally able to work!

So maw230,
What exactly did you do?
I attempted to do the same as your last post described, however ZT-180 Adhoc Switcher by HAL9000 (the program I believe you are referencing) is unable to locate the required files in their expected locations.
I already installed BusyBox (By Stericson) and had it install busybox 1.19.3 and my E4GT was rooted using ODIN.
I am going to continue searching, perhaps I can get the HotSpot Hack up and running and report back here. In the meantime, if you could verify what apps exactly allowed you to pull this off- myself and many others would be much obliged!
Thanks

I had no issues with the hotspot hack compared to countless headaches with the other tether apps.
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br0ken_shad0w said:
I had no issues with the hotspot hack compared to countless headaches with the other tether apps.
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Do you think you can assist me.
I've been trying to do the hotspot hack. I've rooted successfully using qbking77 video.
Next I downloaded the ek02 hotspot odexed version to root of my sd card. Using the stock recovery console, I choose to install from sd card. When I select the hotspot hack file, it just display the green android with a triangle and exclamation point and does nothing else. Then I thought maybe I have to unzip it first, but that wasn't it since it didn't see any files at all. Would like to remain stock as much as possible.
I have the latest firmware from sprint by the way if that makes any difference, ek02.

Relax427 said:
So maw230,
What exactly did you do?
I attempted to do the same as your last post described, however ZT-180 Adhoc Switcher by HAL9000 (the program I believe you are referencing) is unable to locate the required files in their expected locations.
I already installed BusyBox (By Stericson) and had it install busybox 1.19.3 and my E4GT was rooted using ODIN.
I am going to continue searching, perhaps I can get the HotSpot Hack up and running and report back here. In the meantime, if you could verify what apps exactly allowed you to pull this off- myself and many others would be much obliged!
Thanks
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All you need to do is install a ROM that has the Hotspot hack. IMO PhantomHacker's Blazer ROM is one of the best out there and the hotspot hack comes pre-installed, so all you need to do is use the Sprint Hotspot app once the ROM is installed.
I spent way too much time trying tether apps and using the Adhoc switcher when all I need to do was open the Sprint Hotspot app!
Good luck.

Tether Help

Hi guys I really need some help here. Last night I set out to simply find a way to tether wifi from my GS3 for free. From my understanding that required me to root + download tether app with root admin rights. Apparently it appears to be more in depth than that  unless I’m missing something simple. I’ll just start by giving you my specs and tell you what I’ve done so far. Sorry for the long post.
Sprint
Galaxy S3
SPH-L710
JellyBean 4.3
Hardware L710.14
Stock kernel and rom
Followed the steps in this link to root it. It pretty much walks me through using Odin to root the phone. Looks like it also installs SuperSU for superuser access. I like the fact that it’s not too invasive, which is great because I simply want wifi tethering and am not looking for a custom kernel or rom. http://honai-android.blogspot.com/20...-sph-l710.html
Supersu
When I start the phone it says “Unfortunately SuperSU has stopped”
Downloaded the apk, ran it, launched ok, asked me to disable knox and said yes, rebooted phone, got same msg that supersu stopped, runs fine after install apk but fails after every reboot. Maybe knox is screwing with it?
No supersu update on the play store
Regardless I installed root checker and says the device has root access…
I downloaded a bunch of tethering apps I thought had root access but none actually enabled tethering.
Foxfi
When I use CDMA only (used this for troubleshooting purposes) Launch Foxfi, activate wifi hotspot, “unable to connect to data network, turning off hotspot. Your plan may not have hotspot service”’
When I use LTE/CDMA the popup message is you are not subscribed to the Hotspot service. Do you want to see subscription options?”
When I cancel out of that popup it says FoxFI hotspot ready and has the wifi icon on the notification bar but can’t find the wifi network on devices
Also it never requests superuser
1 click wifi tethering free
Launch, click enable, the notification bar says hotspot connected but then I get the same error “unable to connect to data network, turning off hotspot. Your plan may not have hotspot service”, still can’t see the network on other devices
When I use LTE/CDMA the popup message is you are not subscribed to the Hotspot service. Do you want to see subscription options?”
Also it never requests superuser
Wifi Tether TrevE Mod v3.3
Launch, opens fine, asks for superuser access, click button to enable tethering, get an error in the app that says “tethering started with errors! Please check ‘show log’”
Clicking show log gives me an error of “Unable to open log file. File does not exist.”
It still shows a message “Tethering is currently running…” under the “ongoing apps” section but still can’t find wifi network on other devices
Jtether
Launch, “says turning Wifi AP on” requests superuser access, eventually gets to the same message that says “unable to connect to data network, turning off hotspot. Your plan may not have hotspot service”
When I use LTE/CDMA the popup message is you are not subscribed to the Hotspot service. Do you want to see subscription options?”
Oddly when I launch Jtether with FoxFI on I can see the FoxFI network for literally 1 second, but not long enough to connect. This only happens when I use CDMA only. When I use LTE/CDMA it never shows up at all.
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I’ve uncovered a lot of issues but I don’t know where to start troubleshooting. Do I start with SuperSU errors or can they be omitted? Do I start with FoxFI error troubleshooting? Maybe start with finding out why TrevE’s tether mod has errors but log file can’t be found? Maybe the root method I used wasn’t ‘deep’ enough? If so what method should I use? I thought this would be way easier but hours and hours later, here I am with no wifi tethering. I hope you guys can help.
Thnx in advance!

Use the odexed mk3 file from here. (You will need a custom recovery to install. )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2224083
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dcharleyultra said:
Use the odexed mk3 file from here. (You will need a custom recovery to install. )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2224083
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Thanks for the quick reply! What exactly is this file? Is it a new kernel? Or does it simply edit the configurations relating to tethering? Also can I go back to 100% stock after flashing it?
Also will this prevent me from being able to update the OS via Samsung push updates?

evo20110 said:
Thanks for the quick reply! What exactly is this file? Is it a new kernel? Or does it simply edit the configurations relating to tethering? Also can I go back to 100% stock after flashing it?
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It is not new firmware. It's just a modified services.jar file. Since it's a hack, you will not be 100% stock after installing it. (You can get back to it by restoring the stock files (.jar and .odex files).
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It is not new firmware. It's just a modified services.jar file. Since it's a hack, you will not be 100% stock after installing it. (You can get back to it by restoring the stock files (.jar and .odex files).
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Awesome. Ok I installed CWM and I'm about to download the MK3 Odex file. Shouldn't be too hard to figure out how to "flash" it within the app. Wish me luck!

evo20110 said:
Awesome. Ok I installed CWM and I'm about to download the MK3 Odex file. Shouldn't be too hard to figure out how to "flash" it within the app. Wish me luck!
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Worked like a CHARM! Thanks so much for the help! You have no idea

7.1.1. Tethering & Portable Hotspot "fix"

Upgrading to 7.1.1. kills your ability to use the old Network Signal Refresh trick to quickly enable your hotspot. The fix for this is now to just pop out your simcard, and when you stuff it back in, immediately activate your hotspot in settings. What I'm doing is just keeping the simcard "key" inbetween my phone and my case, so when I need to activate my hotspot it's a quick pop out pop in throw the switch. 5 seconds max from start to finish and I'm up and running.
I upgraded to 7.1.1. right away w/ out even looking at the forums and learned the hard way that they killed off the non-root method of tethering (Network Signal Refresh)
I believe they also killed of the airplane mode to tether trick as well as I had that down and now it isn't working for me at all.
Pop out the sim, shove it back in, flip the tether switch and your in business.
You may now hit the "Thanks" button lol :angel:

This trick isn't working for me...I'm able to turn on hotspot once I put the SIM card back in but as soon as LTE is about to pop up, it shuts off my hotspot. Sigh...had I only known, I wouldn't have updated..

You are a lifesaver!
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This trick isn't working for me...I'm able to turn on hotspot once I put the SIM card back in but as soon as LTE is about to pop up, it shuts off my hotspot. Sigh...had I only known, I wouldn't have updated..
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It's a timing issue. I had trouble the first few tries too but I can confirm that it worked. Pop in Sim first and immediately activate hotspot.

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ninotorpedo said:
This trick isn't working for me...I'm able to turn on hotspot once I put the SIM card back in but as soon as LTE is about to pop up, it shuts off my hotspot. Sigh...had I only known, I wouldn't have updated..
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Reboot your phone and try again. Pretty much w/ in less than half a second of snapping the SIM card back into place I hit the tether button and it turns on and stays on.

I can confirm this works. Hotspot has been running since yesterday.

Anyone find a software fix for this yet? Glad we have a solution, but would love to not have to pop my sim out all the time!

snickersicecream said:
Anyone find a software fix for this yet? Glad we have a solution, but would love to not have to pop my sim out all the time!
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if rooted just do the build.prop edit

Work around
Go to the pdanet icon (bottom right) with your phone tethered to your computer,
left click on the icon and choose "Wifi Share (Beta)
another authentication (activation) window appears and will ask for a Wifi name and password
activate and your wifi network should be activated and accessible.
Hope this works for others.
I am using a Google Pixel (32gb) phone and laptop.
Verizon UDP

lucky_strike33 said:
if rooted just do the build.prop edit
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Yeah, that's what I finally went ahead and did. Build.prop edit complete. Hotspot working flawlessly again.

New update - update?
The last update killed the network refresh workaround, does the newest update kill the SIM card trick? Scared to update.

Do you people not have a legal
How much ?

memillh said:
Yeah, that's what I finally went ahead and did. Build.prop edit complete. Hotspot working flawlessly again.
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Can you provide a link with full instructions on how to do this?
With 6.0 I used to follow these rough instructions but they don't seem to be working anymore...
adb devices
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot boot twrp-2.8.7.0-bullhead.img
adb pull /system/build.prop
add following to build.prop with txteditor: net.tethering.noprovisioning=true
adb push build.prop /system/
adb shell chmod 644 /system/build.prop
adb shell settings put global tether_dun_required 0
adb reboot

garrettc134 said:
Can you provide a link with full instructions on how to do this?
With 6.0 I used to follow these rough instructions but they don't seem to be working anymore...
adb devices
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot boot twrp-2.8.7.0-bullhead.img
adb pull /system/build.prop
add following to build.prop with txteditor: net.tethering.noprovisioning=true
adb push build.prop /system/
adb shell chmod 644 /system/build.prop
adb shell settings put global tether_dun_required 0
adb reboot
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So I rooted and it seemed to work. Wonder why it used to work without the root...

garrettc134 said:
So I rooted and it seemed to work. Wonder why it used to work without the root...
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The kernel now had dm-verity that will revert any changes to /system that you make. Rooting disables dm-verity and allows modifications to /system to "stick."

I just got my Pixel. It's running 7.1.1 NMF26U.
Like many others, I want to bypass the check and get tethering hotsopt to work but I am afraid to do anything that might cause Android Pay to stop working.
I have been trying to get the SIM pop method to work without success. It does enable Hotspot and stay enabled. I can get computers to connect to the SSID. They do get a 192.168.43.x IP address. They can ping the 192.168.43.1 hotspot GW IP. However they cannot ping anything on the Internet nor do DNS lookups. No throughput to the Internet at all. The phone shows Hotspot running and it shows I have LTE signal. The Pixel itself has working Internet via LTE while Hotspot is on. I've also rebooted the Pixel and tried several more times with the same results.
Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong?
Are there any ways to edit build.prop that does not involve doing something that would kill Android Pay?
Thanks.

DanTron said:
I just got my Pixel. It's running 7.1.1 NMF26U.
Like many others, I want to bypass the check and get tethering hotsopt to work but I am afraid to do anything that might cause Android Pay to stop working.
I have been trying to get the SIM pop method to work without success. It does enable Hotspot and stay enabled. I can get computers to connect to the SSID. They do get a 192.168.43.x IP address. They can ping the 192.168.43.1 hotspot GW IP. However they cannot ping anything on the Internet nor do DNS lookups. No throughput to the Internet at all. The phone shows Hotspot running and it shows I have LTE signal. The Pixel itself has working Internet via LTE while Hotspot is on. I've also rebooted the Pixel and tried several more times with the same results.
Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong?
Are there any ways to edit build.prop that does not involve doing something that would kill Android Pay?
Thanks.
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Are you running a VPN for adblocking without root? If so, turn it off while tethering. Just a guess.

mwalt2 said:
Are you running a VPN for adblocking without root? If so, turn it off while tethering. Just a guess.
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No VPN. Basically fresh out of the box phone.

Having a problem as well, up until I got the Pixel I was able to use unlimited tethering on tmobile by adding ",dun" you the apn. This no longer works. Any workaround?

lucky_strike33 said:
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Hi. Here you say to edit build.prop. I checked the whole thread but
How should I edit build.prop. What do I have to add or edit?
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