so i understand that this change only applies to hotspot tethering devices and not the smartphone data usage but what if you are using hotspot hack and running sprint hotspot app to tether?
icexige said:
so i understand that this change only applies to hotspot tethering devices and not the smartphone data usage but what if you are using hotspot hack and running sprint hotspot app to tether?
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If the hotspot app works like wifi tether in which it tries to mask your tether data as coming from your phone it will seem like to me that it won't be counted against you. But if the hotspot hack just allows you to use the app without paying for it then you may have the limits.
icexige said:
so i understand that this change only applies to hotspot tethering devices and not the smartphone data usage but what if you are using hotspot hack and running sprint hotspot app to tether?
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Naw, the way the stock wifi tether works is that it disconnects and connects to a different realm whenever you turn on the hotspot (so you have two different data meters). If you don't pay for the hotspot, you can't connect to the modem realm. However, the wifi tether just stays connected to the phone realm.
That said, they can tell if you are tethering, and if you data hog and tether you'll probably getting a polite letter from them telling you to pay or get cancelled and pay ETF
this have any effect on being rooted and using wifi tether app?
Hi, I thought this wifi hotspot app may be useful - it doesn't require root or a monthly subscription, and it has a hotspot widget too. It works with ICS Galaxy Nexus.
Search android market for "Wifi Hotspot and USB Tether" by SVTP or use these links:
Paid version $9.99 - 5 day money back guarantee
market.android.com/details?id=com.svtechpartners.wifihotspot
Free trial -2 days
market.android.com/details?id=com.svtechpartners.wifihotspotdemo
thanks
Thanks, this is a great stop-gap till a good stable rom with fixed wifi tether comes out!
worked Gnex 4.0.2 12/20/11
(mine and my gf's)
Just like all wifi tether it will pop up and say limited connectivity (no IP) but if you give it a few min and dont mess with it, it will refresh and share a valid IP.
Wow...works smoothly with Galaxy Nexus LTE without a single hiccup (not Rooted)!!! Thanks a lot. I think this will be the first App that I want to spend money on
whats wrong with the android inbuilt wifi hotspot ?
noobdeagle said:
whats wrong with the android inbuilt wifi hotspot ?
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disabled on the Verizon's Galaxy Nexus (CDMA)
Does this app work for 4G connection? It seems to turn off the radio for LTE and only enable 3G.
zephiK said:
disabled on the Verizon's Galaxy Nexus (CDMA)
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I'm on Verizon CDMA and it works fine for me.
I pay for the feature though.
zephiK said:
disabled on the Verizon's Galaxy Nexus (CDMA)
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It works for me. You just need tethering on your account.
Anyone who's hesitating to root their phone should try this app. Works flawlessly for me over the Xmas weekend away from home!!!
I can confirm that Wifi tether 3.1 beta 9 works on kejar's Gummy Nexus 3.0.
And for those wondering - No, I do not subscribe to VZ's Hotspot service.
zman6900 -- thanks for the info!
I had tried a couple versions of wifi tether, including the latest beta (wifi_tether_v3_1-beta11, but each was causing the phone to reboot. The Wifi tether 3.1 beta 9 works on a rooted OTA with no issues so far.
you can do this with buglessbeast for free
and get a solid rom
im on telus in canada and the wifi hotspot feature works fine, and it's included, im currently using AOKP M3..
how does this differ from the paid version?
Downloaded and installed this app, when I went to the phone settings I saw wifi Hotspot was enabled. Does this mean that it enabled a monthly hotspot plan? other tether apps didn't affect the tether settings ?? pleeze pm me, I really don't want to pay for a tether plan....
Wifi Hotspot and USB Tether
dricket said:
Hi, I thought this wifi hotspot app may be useful - it doesn't require root or a monthly subscription, and it has a hotspot widget too. It works with ICS Galaxy Nexus.
Search android market for "Wifi Hotspot and USB Tether" by SVTP or use these links:
Paid version $9.99 - 5 day money back guarantee
market.android.com/details?id=com.svtechpartners.wifihotspot
Free trial -2 days
market.android.com/details?id=com.svtechpartners.wifihotspotdemo
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Great, Thanks !!
It work flawlessly on my VZW Galaxy Nexus on my current 4G-LTE data plan. Easy, quick and also fast internet access at no additional cost to my data plan.
Seems like the cost increase to $15 !
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.foxfi
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Thx Akoolive. That app worked like a charm.
This will not work on my Samsung Galaxy Note I717 with ICS 4.0.4
Hello, I just got my 'Note 3'(T-Mobile) and I'm trying to figure out the correct settings to use Wifi(root). Please someone help.
Kev_Vito said:
Hello, I just got my 'Note 3'(T-Mobile) and I'm trying to figure out the correct settings to use Wifi(root). Please someone help.
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It won't work. Only way is to use a UA spoofer for no slowdown or hide your vpn which will slow down data. Used to root right away just to use his wifi tether but heck I don't think that method has worked in months.
This is one of my biggest problem ATM. I need tether. Been using Wifi Tether TrevE Mod on GS3 and it work great. Keep posting we need a solution for this.
So I'm on the only one with this problem. .. I'm using Darthstalker ROM which has unrestricted native tethering. The only sites that work are Google and YouTube only works the rest just doesn't load or I get the "Oops!*Google*Chrome could not connect to___" message. Sigh....
Someone recommend to switch from lte to 4g-3g-E connection, but that didn't work for me.
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jp2dj1 said:
So I'm on the only one with this problem. .. I'm using Darthstalker ROM which has unrestricted native tethering. The only sites that work are Google and YouTube only works the rest just doesn't load or I get the "Oops!*Google*Chrome could not connect to___" message. Sigh....
Someone recommend to switch from lte to 4g-3g-E connection, but that didn't work for me.
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I mentioned this twice yesterday that after I flashed Darthstalker I could only visit a couple of websites whereas before I could go anywhere. I tried everything but had to go back to stock. You can have unlimited tethering using one of two methods, either just use native tethering and use UA Spoofer extension with chrome browser set to Safari or pay for PDA Net and set it to level 1 hiding usage.
If you decide to pay for PDA Net then you can stay with Darthstalker rom, go ahead and try it out for free before you buy it. Remember if you go the spoofer way then websites will not see you as Chrome, doesn't affect me at all since they format correctly and Netflix works. Unlimited tethering either way. I have paid app Klink Red Edition which did this for me with previous phones but it stopped working fyi.
Im currently using the US spoofer on the google chrome on my desktop, but there has to be a way to get full tether unlock with out throtling from TMobile.
I use to do it all the time and tether my PS3 and XBOX 360 back when I had Sprint and back when they had WiMax 4G on there phones.
TMobile must have some technology on there end that throttles on the server side so the hacking cant be done on the device end it sounds like.
Thanks everyone for the effort, I guess it's time just to suck it up and face the facts thar TreVe mod is a no-go on the Note 3. I'm just going to stick to using the US spoofer.
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It won't work. Only way is to use a UA spoofer for no slowdown or hide your vpn which will slow down data. Used to root right away just to use his wifi tether but heck I don't think that method has worked in months.
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Why are so many people asking for tethering stuff? Doesn't tmobile allow tethering? At least they do for me. They also seem to allow me to go WAY over the 2.5gb of 4g. I have never gotten throttled...ever. And I usually hit ~5gb a month. I love tmobile
I'll be getting a tmobile note 3 on tomorrow. Do I need to root in order to enable tethering (using the spoofer) or can I just activate the native tethering app (without rooting) and then set the spoofer in chrome. Right now, I have tethering on my Note 2 but it involved me having to root the phone and then using trevmod wifi tether. Even then, I still have to set up the spoof in Chrome.
I'm on stock but rooted ROM. Don't TrevE mod set up on mine yet, but you folks saying you can just use a UA Spoofer, are you talking about with TrevE mod or just the native hotspot? I tried the stock tethering using Chrome User Agent Spoofer, but still I got the up sell page... which is why I'm confused...
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I'll be getting a tmobile note 3 on tomorrow. Do I need to root in order to enable tethering (using the spoofer) or can I just activate the native tethering app (without rooting) and then set the spoofer in chrome. Right now, I have tethering on my Note 2 but it involved me having to root the phone and then using trevmod wifi tether. Even then, I still have to set up the spoof in Chrome.
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You don't need root.
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aooga said:
Why are so many people asking for tethering stuff? Doesn't tmobile allow tethering? At least they do for me. They also seem to allow me to go WAY over the 2.5gb of 4g. I have never gotten throttled...ever. And I usually hit ~5gb a month. I love tmobile
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Your right they are great, they don't charge for roaming or going over your tethering limit but only state they may throttle data. Thing is they can throttle your regular data non tethered unless your on the truly 100% unlimited data, I use 100's of gigs a month the majority tethered so its people like me that are more likely to get throttled lol.
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What UA Spoofer plugin do you use in Chrome? There are several and I think I may not be using a good one. I constantly get the upsell page...
XooLoo said:
I'm on stock but rooted ROM. Don't TrevE mod set up on mine yet, but you folks saying you can just use a UA Spoofer, are you talking about with TrevE mod or just the native hotspot? I tried the stock tethering using Chrome User Agent Spoofer, but still I got the up sell page... which is why I'm confused...
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Native hotspot plus UA Spoofer in Chrome or try Pda Net trial. Some times you need to play around a little with the spoof settings using different spoofs until you stop seeing the upsell. As long as you have a plan that includes the free 500mb tethering otherwise your native app may not be live, in that case try PdaNet. I'm on a simple choice family plan with two lines and I upgraded my data to truly unlimited for $20 more a month to avoid any throttling issues. The last time I got TrevE to work it was so slow it became unuseable, this was back on my S4. I believe it has problems on most devices for a couple of months now on at least Sprint and T-Mobile that I know of.
My daughter can make a wifi hotspot with her iPhone 5 and she uses her laptop with the spoofer no problems, my laptop won't connect to hotspot so I am tethering via usb on my Note 3 but I think its a problem with my laptop antenna or something. Still we are both tethering day and night since our phones are our only internet connections at home, we don't have cable since we stream Netflix and I download my favorite shows and movies.
Anyone get VPN working? Mine stops routing when I connect.
Sadly, the built in tether does not work if you are on the $30 prepaid plan. Any advice?
ajolly said:
Sadly, the built in tether does not work if you are on the $30 prepaid plan. Any advice?
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It may now: http://www.androidcentral.com/t-mob...plans-domestic-data-roaming-also-now-included
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It may now: http://www.androidcentral.com/t-mob...plans-domestic-data-roaming-also-now-included
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Sadly, that's for a different plan. I'm on the prepaid, $30 a month, 5gig of 4g data, unlimited 3g data, 100 minutes, unlimited text messages.
Not working ??
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Hi. I have the $30 prepaid plan (100min talk, 5GB data and unlimited text) I should be able to get 100Mb data via mobile hot spot but it does not seem to work properly. I am able to connect a device via hot spot but that's it. No data is transmitted. My account says I have used 0 of my hot spot data. Any ideas? Thanks!
EDIT: I just came back from my local Tmoble store and the salesperson there told me that there is no tethering allowed with my current plan. I would need to pay $15 extra per month and the tethering data would come off my 5GB data. That sound right? I guess that is still not too bad as a regular plan is $60 per month instead of the $45 I would now have to pay. Any thoughts?
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Hi. I have the $30 prepaid plan (100min talk, 5GB data and unlimited text) I should be able to get 100Mb data via mobile hot spot but it does not seem to work properly. I am able to connect a device via hot spot but that's it. No data is transmitted. My account says I have used 0 of my hot spot data. Any ideas? Thanks!
EDIT: I just came back from my local Tmoble store and the salesperson there told me that there is no tethering allowed with my current plan. I would need to pay $15 extra per month and the tethering data would come off my 5GB data. That sound right? I guess that is still not too bad as a regular plan is $60 per month instead of the $45 I would now have to pay. Any thoughts?
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I used the tethering add-on for $15 quite a while back, and it took data from the 5gb. There doesn't seem to be any special allotment on the $30 plan like there is for other plans. I also was never able to gain access the 100mb that I had read comes with the plan for free. All tethering does seem to be blocked on this particular plan until you either add the $15 add-on option, or you root and install a 3rd party program that will enable tethering.
I rooted my prior HTC phone to allow me to add the Wifi Tether app.
That was with another mobile provider (i.e. not T-Mobile).
I have since switched to T-Mobile for my Galaxy Note 3.
I am looking to root my Note 3 (without tripping the Knox flag / counter) just so I can install Wifi Tether.
If I just need Wifi Tether capability, which root methods are available and is any one recommended over the others?
I have seen mentions of no-root Wifi Tether apps (FoxFi among others).
However, I believe these wifi tether apps either had issues in general (did not work as advertised) and / or these apps don't work with T-Mobile specifically (some actually appear to work for Sprint, AT&T and Verizon Note 3 phones).
I believe I am therefore forced to root to use wifi tether (assuming T-Mobile not working with wifi tether for free is only occurring when one is NOT rooted and trying to use the no-root wifi tether solutions being posted on the net.
Load an international rom on there. Native tethering works good.
no need to root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2594885
jus in case you want it to root, i used http://www.kingoapp.com/android-root/devices.htm
easily rooted without tripping the knox
http://www.android.gs/root-t-mobile...-root-de-la-vega-tool-knox-flags-not-tripped/
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