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So, I just got my S3 today and immediately rooted it. I mainly just want to tether wirelessly. I don't care to flash new ROMS just yet.
Anyway, before I froze the Sprint Hotspot app with Titanium, I opened up the app just to look around. On my old school Evo 4G it would always tell me I would need to activate the service to use the feature. I just used the free android tether.
I started it up and it is working? I tethered it to my iPad... Is this normal?
I didn't get a notice that it's a paid app or anything.
I checked my account, online, and it still shows wireless hotspot as an option to subscribe to, but it is not listed as part of my plan options.
I am wondering if I use it if Sprint is going to just add it to my bill. When I was with Tmobile I got EDGE data for free for 2 years because of some glitch... I lost it when I upgraded.
Maybe this is a similar glitch? Just wondering of this has happened to anyone else?
No, they can't just add it to your bill. It either works or doesn't work.
In your case, it must just be a favourable fluke that it is working, but I'll wager that eventually down the road you'll get the standard message about subscribing to a hotspot plan.
On a side note, have you tried FoxFi? It's a tether app that does not require root.
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LordLugard said:
No, they can't just add it to your bill. It either works or doesn't work.
In your case, it must just be a favourable fluke that it is working, but I'll wager that eventually down the road you'll get the standard message about subscribing to a hotspot plan.
On a side note, have you tried FoxFi? It's a tether app that does not require root.
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To add to this, you won't find FoxFi in the play store. Sprint took it off for all sprint users. Instead, you'll have to google FoxFi, find their website, and install the APK.
Just tried foxfi , could not get it to work on my sprint g3
LordLugard said:
No, they can't just add it to your bill. It either works or doesn't work.
In your case, it must just be a favourable fluke that it is working, but I'll wager that eventually down the road you'll get the standard message about subscribing to a hotspot plan.
On a side note, have you tried FoxFi? It's a tether app that does not require root.
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I just tried tethering on my stock non rooted Galaxy S III and it worked as well. I i don't have a subscription either so it makes me wonder if it works as a trial or something.
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FoxFi works perfectly fine on my Verizon GSIII and its completely stock.
JS_racer said:
Just tried foxfi , could not get it to work on my sprint g3
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works for both a friend and I on spring with a SGSIII
I tried both the Sprint Hotspot and FoxFi on my rooted stock Sprint Galaxy S3. Neither one worked.
this is what the cool kids are using for tethering lol. http://android-wifi-tether.googlecode.com/files/wifi_tether_v3_2-pre1.apk set device profile for galaxy nexus(cdma and gsm both work) in the settings. foxfi sucks. its nice if u dont wanna root but if ur already rooted its pointless to waste ur time with it. someone had to say it.
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this is what the cool kids are using for tethering lol. http://android-wifi-tether.googlecode.com/files/wifi_tether_v3_2-pre1.apk set device profile for galaxy nexus(cdma and gsm both work) in the settings. foxfi sucks. its nice if u dont wanna root but if ur already rooted its pointless to waste ur time with it. someone had to say it.[/QUOTE
Foxfi doesnt seem to work on unrooted Sprint phones
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evoer said:
Foxfi doesnt seem to work on unrooted Sprint phones
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I can CONFIRM that the current version of foxfi does not work on an unrooted Sprint SGS3. Also, the android-wifi-tether is not working, either, on a ROOTED Sprint SGS3 (LG2 - haven't tried it with LG8 release yet).
Sprint seems to be trying pretty hard to prevent its users from wifi tethering (without one of their wifi data plans).
On my current phone foxfi and the andorid tether app both act up. They let me connect for a while and then they just stop working. It may be the phone though. If I do usb tether though I can stay one for days.
I cant wait till I get my s3 next week though.
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On my current phone foxfi and the andorid tether app both act up. They let me connect for a while and then they just stop working. It may be the phone though. If I do usb tether though I can stay one for days.
I cant wait till I get my s3 next week though.
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I can't get WIFI to work at all, but USB tethering via Easytether works great.
Never tried foxfi unrooted but can confirm it doesn't work on my rooted phone. WiFi tether works just fine for me tho(on all modems: Len,lf9,lg2,lg8). I think the problems people are having is just because of the phone being new. I don't think iT has anything to do with sprint trying to block it.
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Never tried foxfi unrooted but can confirm it doesn't work on my rooted phone. WiFi tether works just fine for me tho(on all modems: Len,lf9,lg2,lg8). I think the problems people are having is just because of the phone being new. I don't think iT has anything to do with sprint trying to block it.
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FoxFi says on their site (right now!) ...
"*Support for the new Galaxy S3 and the new ICS update for Epic Touch are being worked on. Should be compatible soon in a future update."
My GS3 is not rooted yet. FoxFi didn't work ... neither Wifi, nor BlueTooth mode for Hotspot. BUT, the Sprint basic Hotspot is working even without me enabling it in my account. Hmmm.
Will try to root and try the google base wifi tether sometime soon.
tethering
Yeah the sprint app is working for me too and I don't have a tethering plan either.
Can I get your address to send you the bill?
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lol thats funny!
Naddict said:
Can I get your address to send you the bill?
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To add to this, you won't find FoxFi in the play store. Sprint took it off for all sprint users. Instead, you'll have to google FoxFi, find their website, and install the APK.
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JS_racer said:
Just tried foxfi , could not get it to work on my sprint g3
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nerdydesi said:
FoxFi works perfectly fine on my Verizon GSIII and its completely stock.
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AlpineMan said:
I tried both the Sprint Hotspot and FoxFi on my rooted stock Sprint Galaxy S3. Neither one worked.
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foxfi doesn't work on sprint sgsIII...darn!
If you can't get the Wi-Fi tether app from the market to work...using gnex cdma, set your device profile to generic ics.
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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/
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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.
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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?
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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,
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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?
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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?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2535141
Verified working with AT&T S3 with Android 4.3 update
Man, thanks for the heads up ... this was huge! Incredibly easy, and I now have free WiFi tethering. My only disappointment was that Bluetooth tethering didn't show up for my Gear.
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Awesome! Thank you.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2535141
Verified working with AT&T S3 with Android 4.3 update
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Huge thanks for throwing all of this together- :good: WORKS PERFECT!!!
Has anyone tested this with stock 4.4.2 rooted with towel? Else i am looking for a good wifi tethering app. this worked great with 4.3
Chris
I need the time to play with it but I edited the tethering provision with a guide from the att s5 forum. I'll let you guys know how it works in the next few days. This may still work too
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I need the time to play with it but I edited the tethering provision with a guide from the att s5 forum. I'll let you guys know how it works in the next few days. This may still work too
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Do you know if any of these hacks works with Cricket? That's my service, and I'm forbidden to tether or get shut off. I don't want to tether to download stuff, just browse the web on my Note 10.1. Tia
sapper9999 said:
Has anyone tested this with stock 4.4.2 rooted with towel? Else i am looking for a good wifi tethering app. this worked great with 4.3
Chris
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Im on the same boat for 4.4.2
You can do thru Settings ? More Networks > Tethering and portable hotspot.
I am on S3Rx 4.3 and i have used this feature.
I am not sure if this option is available for Stock.
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I need the time to play with it but I edited the tethering provision with a guide from the att s5 forum. I'll let you guys know how it works in the next few days. This may still work too
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Did you find out if Tethering provision works on 4.4.2 yet?
I just wanted to share my most recent experience with this. I used this method earlier this year to tether and it has worked great until now. I just received a letter from AT&T informing me that I must remove all tethering apps, which I had no other except this apk in place, or they would upgrade my plan to a tethering plan at the end of this month. It appears AT&T found a way to track this method, or they are assuming tethering is taking place due to high data usage during the last billing cycle.
I just wanted to share my experience and thank everyone for the help, it was great while it lasted!
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I just wanted to share my most recent experience with this. I used this method earlier this year to tether and it has worked great until now. I just received a letter from AT&T informing me that I must remove all tethering apps, which I had no other except this apk in place, or they would upgrade my plan to a tethering plan at the end of this month. It appears AT&T found a way to track this method, or they are assuming tethering is taking place due to high data usage during the last billing cycle.
I just wanted to share my experience and thank everyone for the help, it was great while it lasted!
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Weird, I've had tethering for a while and never saw anything. Then again I use tethering only rarely.
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Weird, I've had tethering for a while and never saw anything. Then again I use tethering only rarely.
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i only used it rarely when i wanted to watch something at lunch on my tablet, got an email, letter, AND a text about them "updating" my account....
looking into moving to tmo if they decide to do it since i haven't used tethering now. at least on tmo i can pay a little less AND get tethering with my plan
Here you guys, http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/development/mod-verizon-g3-hotspotmod-g2-apk-t2852152.
I'm using it to post this. Move it into System/App/HotSpotProvision folder, and set permissions. You don't have to execute any of the commands, there's an APK to download, at the bottom of the first post.
Works great, not sure if its needed but I renamed the hotspotprovision.apk that was already in the folder. I just changed the .apk to .bak and then set the permissions to RW-R-R on the hotspotprovisionVsG3mod.apk
Yeah, you should get rid of the original one. Renamed preferred.
How exactly did you do this since we don't have root yet?
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How exactly did you do this since we don't have root yet?
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Yes we do
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3164765
slick_shoes said:
Yes we do
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3164765
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OMG I think I love you!! How did I miss that. Thanks
john7760 said:
How exactly did you do this since we don't have root yet?
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Um, are you living under a rock?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/orig-development/root-tmo-vzw-intl-variants-soon-root-lg-t3164765
spotmark said:
Um, are you living under a rock?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/orig-development/root-tmo-vzw-intl-variants-soon-root-lg-t3164765
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Feels like it! Been away for work and haven't had a chance to keep up.
Works great! Now i am set....Root and Hotspot!:good:
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Here you guys, http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/development/mod-verizon-g3-hotspotmod-g2-apk-t2852152.
I'm using it to post this. Move it into System/App/HotSpotProvision folder, and set permissions. You don't have to execute any of the commands, there's an APK to download, at the bottom of the first post.
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Awesome, I tried using an app and it was not working. This is PERFECT! Seems to be working great.
Thanks
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Here you guys, http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/development/mod-verizon-g3-hotspotmod-g2-apk-t2852152.
I'm using it to post this. Move it into System/App/HotSpotProvision folder, and set permissions. You don't have to execute any of the commands, there's an APK to download, at the bottom of the first post.
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For those who can follow directions better by seeing screenshots, I updated the above thread (with credits) utilizing screenshots on how to do this for the G4: http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-g4/general/how-to-enable-native-hotspot-unlimited-t3166435
NICE
So I took a quick look at the G3 thread. It says if you're on the share everything plan, don't use this. Is that the case with this version or are we good to go?
You should not need this unless you have unlimited data. Verizon only restricts hot spot use (tethering) on unlimited data plans.
If I am missing a benefit to other users, someone please correct me!
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dvgb173 said:
You should not need this unless you have unlimited data. Verizon only restricts hot spot use (tethering) on unlimited data plans.
If I am missing a benefit to other users, someone please correct me!
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This is for us with unlimited data, should be pretty self explanatory.
dvgb173 said:
You should not need this unless you have unlimited data. Verizon only restricts hot spot use (tethering) on unlimited data plans.
If I am missing a benefit to other users, someone please correct me!
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This mod also saves those of us running a Verizon G4 on T-Mobile (or other carrier). Luckily this mod gets rid of VZW's BS. T-Mobile is a much more generous carrier than Verizon and now I can tether all of my 10GB data per month if I want to.
Thanks to OP and all of the people who worked to bring this great fix.
Is anyone else having random reliability issues with this?
Any of my devices that are tethered will periodically be able to get no data connection (no pings to 8.8.8.8 even), sometimes after 5 seconds of being connected. Sometimes after 20 minutes.
Sometimes, turning Hotspot off then On fixes it. Sometimes, I put my G4 into airplane mode and back, and it fixes it. Sometimes, I just plain reboot the phone and it fixes it.
Am I the only one experiencing it? I'm sure it's not related to this mod -- it's probably related to the original phone software. But it's quite undesirable.
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This mod also saves those of us running a Verizon G4 on T-Mobile (or other carrier). Luckily this mod gets rid of VZW's BS. T-Mobile is a much more generous carrier than Verizon and now I can tether all of my 10GB data per month if I want to.
Thanks to OP and all of the people who worked to bring this great fix.
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I'm on T-mobile and I can't seem to get anything to connect to the Hotspot and get data. Need to know what I'm not doing correctly.
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hi, i try the steps on OP but it doesnt work im on 13B rom, does i have to do something else with this firmware?
im tired of this f****ing phone, no bootloader unlock, no supprt in forums, i just want to cry!
That's the question. Anyone received and confirmed working? More specifically google store unlocked on Verizon with grandfathered unlimited? Although to benefit others any service work without subscription check? If there is a subscription check does old non root methods from first generation work to bypass?
Does not work for me, did subscription check, making a post about it right now looking for solution
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Does not work for me, did subscription check, making a post about it right now looking for solution
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Thank you. Getting mine tomorrow and if haven't heard anything else was going to try the old methods that worked with first gen.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74223555&postcount=5
Someone claimed that they did the full setup of the phone without the sim in out of the box, then popped it in and it doesn't check. There are rumblings of this working on the Nexus 6 forum as well.
Anyone figured this out yet? I can't tether and it's becoming a deal breaker for me
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74223555&postcount=5
Someone claimed that they did the full setup of the phone without the sim in out of the box, then popped it in and it doesn't check. There are rumblings of this working on the Nexus 6 forum as well.
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My hotspot doesn't work, I did have the sim in on the initial boot up, but I did multiple wipes and set ups without sim and it never worked, there is another longer thread on here with a lot of people trying things
Wifi Tether on Pixel
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My hotspot doesn't work, I did have the sim in on the initial boot up, but I did multiple wipes and set ups without sim and it never worked, there is another longer thread on here with a lot of people trying things
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I suspect it will be similar to what I did on my N6. Had to wait for root in order to modify a system configuration file in order to turn the HotSpot on...
Also grandfathered with verizon unlimited with google unlocked. Waiting on that root for hotspot or a hotspot fix....
Anyone come up with anything? Getting desperate...
Any updates or suggestions to allow for tether?
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Any updates or suggestions to allow for tether?
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Unlock bootloader then root with Magisk.
Wireless tether is working for me using Magisk tether module. Used to do the build.prop edit manually but the module does it for you so.
I have a Verizon device, can't root still is my understanding?
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I have a Verizon device, can't root still is my understanding?
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That's correct.
Forget my reply anyway as it doesn't work. The hotspot will turn on but no data transfers to connected device. Looking for how to get this working now.
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Unlock bootloader then root with Magisk.
Wireless tether is working for me using Magisk tether module. Used to do the build.prop edit manually but the module does it for you so.
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I have an unlocked Google edition one. Will it work?
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That's the question. Anyone received and confirmed working? More specifically google store unlocked on Verizon with grandfathered unlimited? Although to benefit others any service work without subscription check? If there is a subscription check does old non root methods from first generation work to bypass?
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doesnt help you guys on verizon, but since you did ask for other services that worked without check..
i just signed up for tmobile for the pixel2 $325 rebate promo and on this new TMobile ONE plan, unlimited everything.. tethering works, straight out of the box. i turned on hotspot, gave it a password, and connected right away with my laptop and was able to browse internet and watched a quick youtube vid.
anyone figure out how to bypass the lock on adding 'dun' to apn settings yet?
I use ClockworkMod Tether app. It works by usb but it works well.
See this thread: tethering on T-Mobile
"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
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Unlock bootloader then root with Magisk.
Wireless tether is working for me using Magisk tether module. Used to do the build.prop edit manually but the module does it for you so.
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How are you or speeds with that?
It works on mine, not rooted, with the new unlimited. Before they changed it again, though. Glad I got it when I did! I use it for my old Nexus 6 which is now a dedicated music and GPS for my SUV. Can't clarify on grandfathered.