Hey guys just like the title says. It doesn't matter if I'm on mobile data, or home wifi. Reformatted my phone with Wilco's 1.1 ROM and they won't access. Tried Community beta 1.1 and still no dice. My laptop at home can access sites like eztv torrentz.eu and the like. So its not my Internet connection. Any insight?
Try the kickasstorrent pro app. It works as search engine and torrent handler
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believe the service providers are blocking this. I can only do it on WIFI, it's been like that for over a year and everyone I teach how to use torrents have the same issue
jnhalstead said:
believe the service providers are blocking this. I can only do it on WIFI, it's been like that for over a year and everyone I teach how to use torrents have the same issue
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I have Sprint. I can access some sites. I believe KickAss is one, Torrenthound is another. However even on wifi I can't access sites. So it's not Sprint on my end. But my wife's computer can still access in wifI but my phone won't. Just weird.
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What are people using for tethering since root isn't available yet?
Ive used the method described in the following thread. The best part about how it works is that it offers infrastructure mode, so I can tether my Galaxy Tab without any problems.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079340
Note: See post #6
I heard that doing the ##778 edit causes a loss of phone data while tethered to the PC. Meaning data on the phone is dead but the pc has data. Is this true? After the edit do you just use the stock 3g mobile hotspot app?
Yes it's true, I've tried it.
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Yes it's true, I've tried it.
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But do you lose data on the phone while tethering? Also do you use the stock vzw app?
The answer to both questions is yes. I actually hadn't noticed it before but on my Dinc2 the signal meter only shows 1X instead of 3G when I activate the hotspot option. I guess I don't find that all too terrible as the only time I'm tethered I'm either using my tablet or my laptop.
Once the change is made, the hotspot app functions like it would if you were subscribed to the service.
What why would you do the hack if you only get 1x when tethering, that would be crazy slow.
Oops, My mistake. It appears my earlier reply was a load of crap!
3G is still clearly visible with hotspot enabled. Just ran a speed test on my Galaxy Tab. Downloads ranged from 473-329kbps with uploads between 303-193kbps.
So just to clarify. You did the following edits.
-in edit mode you will open 'security' and 'm.ip default profile' in turn. each time you look for the only entry containing "dun", as in:
<your actual phone number>@dun.vzw3g.com
edit out the "dun." so it looks like
<your actual phone number>@vzw3g.com
And you then use the stock 3g mobile hotspot app. After you enable the hotspot can you browse using the phone also? Or does internet on the phone stop working.
I think you're right, clarification is certainly in order.
Yes I simply removed dun from both of those locations and now use the standard, VZW included, hotspot app.
The phone cannot access the internet while tethering is enabled. Certainly a sacrifice, but from what I've seen so are the apps available with a rooted device which from my understanding cannot create an infrastructure hotspot, only ad-hoc.
Yeah the phone data loss kinda is a downfall. But I have an infrastructure connection with wireless tether on incredible 1 just for your info. Some apps are lucky and give good connections. well loss of data is probably a sacrifice I will make. thanks
Seems to me that the only time this would really matter is if you're sharing your connection with friends while still using your phone for data. Is there something I'm missing? I can see it being a minor annoyance but something I'd personally never run into.
Just so you know...
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/05/30/psa-using-an-unapproved-tether-app-on-your-verizon-device-expect-to-have-your-data-session-cut-off-with-an-upsale/
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Just so you know...
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/05/30/psa-using-an-unapproved-tether-app-on-your-verizon-device-expect-to-have-your-data-session-cut-off-with-an-upsale/
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I'm just amazed it's taken the carriers as long as it has on this.
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I'm just amazed it's taken the carriers as long as it has on this.
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If the detection is at the app level (unauthorized), like the article suggests, the hack may still be under the radar for the time being since folks are probably using the authorized app pre-installed on their phone.
I am rooted. Im using juggernaut 4.1 and faux .7.b5 .
Im wondering if my use of barnacle buddy for frer wifi tethering would still avoid xharges from tmobile?
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if you can wait till the 25th you can get mobile hotspot and mobilelife album free http://www.phonearena.com/news/T-Mob...n-25th_id26064i
Doesn't jugs already have tethering option ? Why would you need a third party app to tether?
Does it wirlesslesly with no tmob charge?
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Pretty excited about the promotion that starts ont he 25. Reminds me of free wifi calling and how they told no one but if you specifically asked for it that put it on your account.
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Pretty excited about the promotion that starts ont he 25. Reminds me of free wifi calling and how they told no one but if you specifically asked for it that put it on your account.
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good luck finding a rep who will add it just like free wifi calling
Back to the original post and the question asked.
I'm running Juggernaut as well. Is there a way to get free wifi tethering? Furthermore, data speeds are terrible through tether, but decent on the phone. That is, I can download a 385mb file from Dropbox in about 10 minutes or less (I didn't waste my data by testing the download of the whole file). However, tethered to my laptop, I cannot even get the main Google web page to load reliably, much less download a file.
Another example. Netflix plays fine on the phone, impossible with a tethered laptop.
Any suggestions? Yes, I've done my searching. I've seen others complaining of the same problem, but no clear solutions. Only possible solution is to use TB to uninstall and re-install Tether Manager (a solution posted for Zombie, BTW, not Juggernaut). However, under Juggernaut I don't see Tether Manager listed under TB in order to uninstall and re-install.
Hope this makes sense. Any help is appreciated.
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Back to the original post and the question asked.
I'm running Juggernaut as well. Is there a way to get free wifi tethering? Furthermore, data speeds are terrible through tether, but decent on the phone. That is, I can download a 385mb file from Dropbox in about 10 minutes or less (I didn't waste my data by testing the download of the whole file). However, tethered to my laptop, I cannot even get the main Google web page to load reliably, much less download a file.
Another example. Netflix plays fine on the phone, impossible with a tethered laptop.
Any suggestions? Yes, I've done my searching. I've seen others complaining of the same problem, but no clear solutions. Only possible solution is to use TB to uninstall and re-install Tether Manager (a solution posted for Zombie, BTW, not Juggernaut). However, under Juggernaut I don't see Tether Manager listed under TB in order to uninstall and re-install.
Hope this makes sense. Any help is appreciated.
fragger
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Okay, I kept looking and found a solution that appears to be working. I downloaded Open Garden Wifi Tether. That fixed the connection and bandwidth problems. Streaming HD Netflix on tethered laptop without a hitch, but I still get these annoying pauses and delays before data transfer starts. After as much as a 1-2 minute delay the video stream begins buffering and the video plays.
I think that is a t-mobile data thing, not a 4g or GS2 problem.
I also noticed that Speedtest routes to a server in D.C. and I'm in Jacksonville, FL. I manually reset to servers here in Jacksonville, but that resulted in abysmal scores.
Ah well, the quest continues. Next thing to sort out is to find someway to make calls without using minutes (Skype? Google Voice?).
Hope this helps someone else. Also, I'm open to any helpful input.
fragger
Solved. I think
A tmo Rep told me that it would be free if I was using barnacle. My speeds are great honeslty. You can also go through USB or blutletooth but this seems gayest with barnacle. Barnacle is free also
You can also get no throttle if you replace some things using root explorer but there are whole threads for that
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I tried, Barnicle, FoxFi and the wireless tether app for rooted phones.
NOTHING WORKS.
I did switch to the unlimited plan, as well as my father, and 2 friends, ALL of which have no issues at all.
I thought it was my rom, so I switched roms last night and still no go.
I'm starting to get worried here.
Foxfi- "wifi mode has failed on your phone please use bluetooth mode instead (still doesn't work)"
Barnacle "WIFI: Could not set ad-hoc mode of wlan0:invalid argumnet"
Wireless Tether "Tethering started with errors"
WTF ??? Everything else with the phone works fine
Anyone?
interesting, you even did a full wipe and installed another ROM?
have you tried tethering with native and then use firefox instead or a useragent for chrome?
It's a problem for me too. Right now I use the native app from tmobile and it works fine - confirmed working with jedi mind, infamous and dark side
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It's a problem for me too. Right now I use the native app from tmobile and it works fine - confirmed working with jedi mind, infamous and dark side
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wow, you're right the native app does work!
Interesting that all the others don't yet the one built into the phone DOES, lol
Thanks
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Cannot use native app as I do not have tethering allowed
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im sure most of us don't have tethering allowed but we still use the native feature lol. You should try it out. then use firefox on the computer. if you want to use chrome you need to download user agent switcher extension.
Read carefully because im only posting this once!
Unlimited plan does not include tethering meaning when t-mobile reads you're using a desktop useragent it reads on the DNS servers and blocks your connection to the site redirecting you to their add hotspot crap.
Easy fix
Download wifitether app the original from back in the day! Requires root!
In settings on the newer betas you have the ability to change the DNS servers
All you have to do is search for whatever DNS servers you want to use and add a primary and secondary. I use verizons
4.2.2.1
4.2.2.2
You can search for others but they seem to be the fastest for me.
Now share this and repost it if you want.
What this does is it enables wifi tether and overides the default DNS server from t-mobile allowing outside sites to report to our desktops.
Enjoy.
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Read carefully because im only posting this once!
Unlimited plan does not include tethering meaning when t-mobile reads you're using a desktop useragent it reads on the DNS servers and blocks your connection to the site redirecting you to their add hotspot crap.
Easy fix
Download wifitether app the original from back in the day! Requires root!
In settings on the newer betas you have the ability to change the DNS servers
All you have to do is search for whatever DNS servers you want to use and add a primary and secondary. I use verizons
4.2.2.1
4.2.2.2
You can search for others but they seem to be the fastest for me.
Now share this and repost it if you want.
What this does is it enables wifi tether and overides the default DNS server from t-mobile allowing outside sites to report to our desktops.
Enjoy.
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does that really works? i havent had a problem tethering with the new unlimited plan. and using stock tethering feature on planejane. but I didnt know that I can turn on the tethering and use another browser like firefox. would that work?
Now i noticed that tether works fine but then it quicks. (pages keeps loading until error and says try again) and i have to turn it off and back on so it would work. If i want to download a file I cant cause i lose connection fast
Well i can tether to my galaxy tab and other Android devices with no problems but i cant get it to work on my ps3 or laptop im using the method above no luck
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I have started using the xbmc android app on my note 2 for a few days, after a few days of use I got a push notification message from tmobile that said to prevent from tethering future mobile hotspot from being block to sign up, but i have not done any tethering at all, and now as of today i just got a message from tmobile again that said my hotspot service was being blocked, now i notice my xbmc app dose not work, why is the xbmc android app using my tethering data how can i make it use my regular mobile data? I am also not rooted and have a stock note 2 if that helps any.
TMO detects "tethering" by detecting user agents and such. There's no real way to know where the traffic comes from. I suspect the XBMC app just uses standard desktop user agents for its HTTP connections, so got caught by it. If you're streaming from a home connection, try connecting an OpenVPN or SSH tunnel first. The encryption should get you past the retarded block.
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TMO detects "tethering" by detecting user agents and such. There's no real way to know where the traffic comes from. I suspect the XBMC app just uses standard desktop user agents for its HTTP connections, so got caught by it. If you're streaming from a home connection, try connecting an OpenVPN or SSH tunnel first. The encryption should get you past the retarded block.
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How exactly do I do that?
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How exactly do I do that?
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What repos do u have installed
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Putlocker, icefilms, meshup, noobroom, youtube, 1channel, tvlinks
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ruffryder281 said:
Putlocker, icefilms, meshup, noobroom, youtube, 1channel, tvlinks
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anyone figure this out i have the same issue now
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anyone figure this out i have the same issue now
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ANYBODY??????
reeshmd23 said:
ANYBODY??????
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I Google search and landed on this page. You have the same problem I have for my tmobile note 3. Anyways, I couldn't find any answers to your question yet but I know that either the app 1channel or the icefilm or the dailyflix app causing it. I got the push msg 2nd time saying now my teher has been blocked. I can't get any movies in the 1channel or the icefilm or the dailyflix app to load if I'm on my lte data. But if I turn the wifi on, and go into these apps, it will load just fine. I downloaded the 1channel app from the playstore and that app has 1channel and icefilm in it, it did the same thing. It will not load anything on mobile data but it will load on wifi. So I think its one of those app that causes tmobile to think your tethering. Try different one from Mashup repo. It will work with your data but not the ones that I mentioned.
Edit: I forgot to mention that the 1st push msg text I recieved from tmobile about hostpot tether, those apps still worked fine. As soon as I received the 2nd text about my hotspot tether has been blocked. All those apps stopped loading any videos unless I use wifi.
Did any of you thought to call T-mo customer service?
I am using Sopcast and I received the tethered message, but as soon as I got it, I called them and yelled at them, telling them that I never tether.
That was way back when they first came up with unlimited data.
I don't know what they changed, but never had any problems or any more messages from them and I use A LOT of data watching live TV at least 10 hours a day.
It is worth a try.
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I found out what the problem is, it all has to do with the xbmc app for android its using a desktop interface which your android device thinks its using a computer thats how your tethering data is being used, but only the xbmc app is using your tethering data any videos you watch will be using your mobile data, for example when you search for movies or tv shows you'll notice xbmc working evertime xbmc is working and searching for content then its using your tethering data, but once you start streaming, it uses your mobile data, so really its only using a really small amout of tethering data when xbmc is searching or updating its plug ins.
It's working for me as I make this thread /post. Posting using my Galaxy Tab 2 running cyanogenmod 10+ while tethering from my s4 running stock /rooted NH7 w/stock NH7 bootloader and kernel.
Found this at HighOnAndroid.com (zedomax) there is a video at site if needed. Just downloaded two files and installed them (following directions on article ) did a reboot, activated TMO hotspot app, started working right away with no prompt from T-Mobile to sign up.
Profit.
Link to site http://highonandroid.com/android-ap...n-rooted-android-att-t-mobile-sprint-verizon/
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Wow thanks. I'll give it a try.
Will sure try this, thank you
This has to be the easiest install, install two apk's and your done.
No script or setting changes and you use the native Tmobile app.
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It lets my laptop connect to the phone, but when I try to open a page, I get the T-mobile upsell page saying I have to pay to use T-Mobile hotspot.
jimmynguyen91 said:
It lets my laptop connect to the phone, but when I try to open a page, I get the T-mobile upsell page saying I have to pay to use T-Mobile hotspot.
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Try an https site like https://www.youtube.com
If you have google chrome you can easily download a user agent switcher and set it to android to get non https sites to work
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Try an https site like https://www.youtube.com
If you have google chrome you can easily download a user agent switcher and set it to android to get non https sites to work
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I tried going to the https website and it still does the same thing. When I connect to my phone on my laptop, it says the connection is limited.
I haven't been able to get this to work. I guess some people have different definitions of working wifi tether. Here is my situation. I have unlimited everything plan with the 3gb of tethering on the plan. Many many roms ago ( can't remember i am a flash a holic) I was able to use the wifi tether app with HideNinja VPN and it would mask the traffic and it not count towards my tethering quota. I didn't have use any user agent switching at all. Primarily I would use this tethering setup to update my MMO games since the LTE connection is way faster than my DSL. For this kind of activity user agent switching does not exist since its updating thru a program.
Also I would use XBMC tethered from my mac and it would not count against the tethering quota. There was never a sign in screen for me since tethering on TMobile. The problem I have now is that it no longer hides the tethering traffic. If I attempt to use vpn it does not surf to any site or connect to anything. Its like Tmobile is blocking all VPN. There was one rom that I had where I didn't need VPN but I would rather not go off stock because most roms are just too buggy. I would never forgive myself if I missed a call concerning my child due to the roms not being able to connect to a tower.
I mainly use it with my wifi tabs usually when we are traveling on the road, wifey likes to watch Netflix or Amazon prime while I drive down the highway.
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