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Hey all,
Does anyone have a wifi tethering app suggestion? or specific settings to set on a particular app to get wifi tethering working?
I'm rooted using MotoChopper. I tried WiFi Tether for Root Users and I can get the app to start just fine but my the network doesn't appear to be broadcasting as I can't see it on any other devices.
I can't use the built in hotspot feature because it's not enabled on my plan.
I understand it's early in the development stages for the SGS4 but just seeing if anyone has a workaround for the time being.
Thanks,
n64kps
n64kps said:
Hey all,
Does anyone have a wifi tethering app suggestion? or specific settings to set on a particular app to get wifi tethering working?
I'm rooted using MotoChopper. I tried WiFi Tether for Root Users and I can get the app to start just fine but my the network doesn't appear to be broadcasting as I can't see it on any other devices.
I can't use the built in hotspot feature because it's not enabled on my plan.
I understand it's early in the development stages for the SGS4 but just seeing if anyone has a workaround for the time being.
Thanks,
n64kps
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Some strings need to be edited in the framework to change where the traffic get directed to so T-Mobile doesn't see you are tethering. Then you will be able to use the native app/toggle.
n64kps said:
Hey all,
Does anyone have a wifi tethering app suggestion? or specific settings to set on a particular app to get wifi tethering working?
I'm rooted using MotoChopper. I tried WiFi Tether for Root Users and I can get the app to start just fine but my the network doesn't appear to be broadcasting as I can't see it on any other devices.
I can't use the built in hotspot feature because it's not enabled on my plan.
I understand it's early in the development stages for the SGS4 but just seeing if anyone has a workaround for the time being.
Thanks,
n64kps
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+1 - also hunting this feature - no foriegn devices on the network at the office, so tethering is my only option to get me some sweet sweet data to my laptop
or if u cant wait u can try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2063043
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or if u cant wait u can try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2063043
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any simple app suggestion?
Do you need "wifi" tethering?
If not, PDAnet for me via bluetooth and usb.
plexwang said:
any simple app suggestion?
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according to the OP in the following post this works http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2266007&highlight=tether
try foxfi: http://foxfi.com
+1 for Foxfi, i have paid version and its good to go
nismo35 said:
+1 for Foxfi, i have paid version and its good to go
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does it provide free tethering? or are you on a tethering data plan?
Is it possible to redirect all tethered traffic through a VPN and therefore circumvent t-mobiles tether detection?
E.g. set up an SSH tunnel with port forwarding on the phone and then set your phone as a proxy server on your PC?
Or, if t-mobile only uses user-agent detection, can you simply use a VPN directly from your PC? As all traffic is then encrypted, t-mobile should no longer be able to identify its origin.
im on my unlimited plan, and the free version is limited to a small bandwidth limit. 8 bucks for the full version and no additional fees.
Im new to tmobile and XDA but not androids or phone modding. However im having some difficulty understanding how to use the wifi hotspot without using or going past the 500mb data limit.
Ive read several threads and im still not sure which route to go, whats working or what isnt, if its possible anymore or if tmobile has blocked all loop holes to do this. Ive noticed in most of the threads that I've read that a lot of methods are no longer working.
When I was with sprint all I had to do was root my phones and install an app, or flash a rom the unlocked the native hotspot. My phone is currently stock. If someone could give me some detailed instructions or a video tutorial I would greatly appreciate it.
Most of the ROM has Wifi tethering built in. My tether work just fine with Infamouse S4 ROM and I don't have any kind of tethering plan.
Well im pretty content with my stock rom, is there a rooted stock rom that will allow me the ability to bypass the 500mb hotspot limit?
If not, whats the best Rom available for the GS4 that'll do this?
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There are ways to do it even on stock rooted ROM. There's a few different threads showing how to do it.
This is one the many (I posted it cause it's the first to show in SEARCH)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41276643
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baseballfanz said:
Most of the ROM has Wifi tethering built in. My tether work just fine with Infamouse S4 ROM and I don't have any kind of tethering plan.
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I too have issues getting wifi tether to work. Do you need to do anything special to get wifi tether working while using infamous? I change apn settings (to fast.t-mobile.com) and that does not work.
Thanks.
alouden said:
I too have issues getting wifi tether to work. Do you need to do anything special to get wifi tether working while using infamous? I change apn settings (to fast.t-mobile.com) and that does not work.
Thanks.
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That's all I did was change apn to fast....in the apn for tethering. Use the widget to turn on hotspot or the toggle in the drop down panel. I'm on infamous ROM too and it work great.
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baseballfanz said:
That's all I did was change apn to fast....in the apn for tethering. Use the widget to turn on hotspot or the toggle in the drop down panel. I'm on infamous ROM too and it work great.
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Thanks. I'll give it a shot.
I have a T-Mobile Note 3, still using the stock rom but I have rooted it. My question is there any way to wifi tether that does not "verify" tethering status with T-Mobile?
When starting up the built in hot-spot or FoxFi a popup comes up and tethering is verified with T-Mobile.
I know, I know, T-Mobile comes with X amount of free tethering. I have 2.5 gigs of free tethering and I never go over it. However, I'm going to Mexico for two weeks and T-Mobile has unlimited free international data but no tethering. I assume the "verify" step is going to stop me from tethering.
What rooted app will allow wifi tethering for the Note 3 that does no verification with T-Mobile? I've already tried 10 wifi tether apps from the market place and none of them work on the Note 3.
Bumping as I have a similar question. With Jellybean I just froze the provisioning apk and this worked. In Kitkat doing this causes force closes.
I have a Tasker task that turns on the hotspot when my radio connects to my phone via Bluetooth. This works fine if the screen is on, but the point is to have this happen automatically. If I have to take my phone out of my pocket and make sure the screen stays on, I might as well just turn on tethering manually. The task does run as I have verified that the other parts of the task run while the screen is off.
I'm pretty sure that all the info to address this is in a thread that I just bumped a minute or 5 ago.
I figured it out. At least for my situation. I have tethering and I wasn't trying to bypass any limits. I just wanted to enable tethering without the screen being on. I modified the framework-res APK to not call the provisioning APK and froze the Tethering*.apk files.
I tried to attach the file but it is not working. I will try again later.
framework-res.apk
I also added Bluetooth tethering option.
Can you give us the link daneurysm ? Thanks!
jonman364 said:
I figured it out. At least for my situation. I have tethering and I wasn't trying to bypass any limits. I just wanted to enable tethering without the screen being on. I modified the framework-res APK to not call the provisioning APK and froze the Tethering*.apk files.
I tried to attach the file but it is not working. I will try again later.
framework-res.apk
I also added Bluetooth tethering option.
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Thanks a lot for this, I have been trying for over 2 months, reading and going to youtube, but I just could not get it working...
Lorettaa said:
Can you give us the link daneurysm ? Thanks!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2467193&page=15
Thanks man!
pcm2a said:
I have a T-Mobile Note 3, still using the stock rom but I have rooted it. My question is there any way to wifi tether that does not "verify" tethering status with T-Mobile?
When starting up the built in hot-spot or FoxFi a popup comes up and tethering is verified with T-Mobile.
I know, I know, T-Mobile comes with X amount of free tethering. I have 2.5 gigs of free tethering and I never go over it. However, I'm going to Mexico for two weeks and T-Mobile has unlimited free international data but no tethering. I assume the "verify" step is going to stop me from tethering.
What rooted app will allow wifi tethering for the Note 3 that does no verification with T-Mobile? I've already tried 10 wifi tether apps from the market place and none of them work on the Note 3.
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Thanks a lot.
I'm not so sure its just my VPN provider anymore. I've tried a few different apps and I get the same issues.
I'm currently with Private Internet Access (PIA) and I've tried both their app and OpenVPN and sometimes it will connect on LTE but I get no active data transfer.
I have reason to believe its because g3 doesn't do ipv4 anymore? But that doesn't make much sense as OpenVPN works over ipv6 supposedly. Is this an issue with my provider or the g3? I can't seem to figure it out. Anybody else having VPN issues? Please post results.
I am aware I can use native VPN feature but I don't like that I can't use a knock code for credentials.
This thread might be of help for you in regards to getting VPN to work: T-Mobile D851 IPV4 Support
The two main posters in there are trying to get IPV4 to work on the G3, as one of them, The Pagel, was trying to get it to work for their own VPN apps.
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I'm not so sure its just my VPN provider anymore. I've tried a few different apps and I get the same issues.
I'm currently with Private Internet Access (PIA) and I've tried both their app and OpenVPN and sometimes it will connect on LTE but I get no active data transfer.
I have reason to believe its because g3 doesn't do ipv4 anymore? But that doesn't make much sense as OpenVPN works over ipv6 supposedly. Is this an issue with my provider or the g3? I can't seem to figure it out. Anybody else having VPN issues? Please post results.
I am aware I can use native VPN feature but I don't like that I can't use a knock code for credentials.
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The issue is probably that you are getting a private IPv4 address from the provider, as well as a public IPv6 address (LTE areas only).
Most companies are still running VPNs on IPv4, and some VPNs won't play well with certain NAT implementations, which is used when you have a private IP address.
When you disable 4G and eHRPD, you will start getting a public IPv4 address again.
As you may have heard, we are running out of IPv4 addresses, and provider using NAT and Private IP addresses is a work around until more people deploy IPv6. Once your company deploys a VPN on IPv6, things should improve. However, this could take a while as this is a major transition and in some cases will require software/firmware updates on network equipment. Also, some very old operating systems don't always support IPv6, so all of that has to be retired as well.
Anyone know of a VPN service that runs IPv6 that would work on android? PIA doesn't work at all
I ran that patch from the other post, and no luck. Not a single VPN connection works on this phone. I am debating if I should take it back, as a VPN is a necessity to me
Did you mess around with your vpn settings at all maybe you should uninstall then re install? Pia is working fine for me with ipv4 in fact I am posting right now from my g3 on the vpn.
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Did you mess around with your vpn settings at all maybe you should uninstall then re install? Pia is working fine for me with ipv4 in fact I am posting right now from my g3 on the vpn.
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Using the VPN script?
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Using the VPN script?
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No script just make sure your on ipv4 not ipv4/ipv6 I think the script your referring to is for tether unless there is a script I haven't seen yet.
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No script just make sure your on ipv4 not ipv4/ipv6 I think the script your referring to is for tether unless there is a script I haven't seen yet.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2838484
This is the only thing I've found relating to vpns and trying to get ipv4 on the g3.
How did you get it working?
Naturesretard said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2838484
This is the only thing I've found relating to vpns and trying to get ipv4 on the g3.
How did you get it working?
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Its not a script and I made that :silly:
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Its not a script and I made that :silly:
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Anything one flashes I consider a script. Wrong terminology I suppose. Also didn't notice you were posting in my thread....hai!
I take it you're mod works fine now?
I've thought of flashing it as I now live in an area where 3g and hspa could come it handy as I get either LTE, edge, or nothing now, mainly nothing.
I'm doing a bit of traveling atm so I can't peruse the pages, but how's it coming along? I could care less about native tether, there's apps to do it. As long as i t doesnt mess up my xposed tweaks I'm 3 seconds from flashing it....
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Anything one flashes I consider a script. Wrong terminology I suppose. Also didn't notice you were posting in my thread....hai!
I take it you're mod works fine now?
I've thought of flashing it as I now live in an area where 3g and hspa could come it handy as I get either LTE, edge, or nothing now, mainly nothing.
I'm doing a bit of traveling atm so I can't peruse the pages, but how's it coming along? I could care less about native tether, there's apps to do it. As long as i t doesnt mess up my xposed tweaks I'm 3 seconds from flashing it....
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Yeah native tether still doesn't work but everything else does. A few people have had problems but not many. I would suggest you make a backup before you do it because xposed is kind of a jealous lover and hates when you eye other modifications. But on the other hand it really depends on what xposed modules your using.
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Yeah native tether still doesn't work but everything else does. A few people have had problems but not many. I would suggest you make a backup before you do it because xposed is kind of a jealous lover and hates when you eye other modifications. But on the other hand it really depends on what xposed modules your using.
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Just g3 tweaks. I wasn't sure if I could use normal xposed tweaks. I'll have to make a new backup with my xposed and I'll give it a shot. PIA working on WiFi still with the mod?
Naturesretard said:
Just g3 tweaks. I wasn't sure if I could use normal xposed tweaks. I'll have to make a new backup with my xposed and I'll give it a shot. PIA working on WiFi still with the mod?
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Probably not but I will check
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Wait still? Does it work now? Haven't tried to find out.
I think it's something with LG's android build. When i had my Moto X I could use PIA on LTE. I did not check to see if it kicked itself to IPv4 but that seems to be the problem. It works if you have the EPC T-Mobile APN set to IPv4 and connect through HSPA+.
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I think it's something with LG's android build. When i had my Moto X I could use PIA on LTE. I did not check to see if it kicked itself to IPv4 but that seems to be the problem. It works if you have the EPC T-Mobile APN set to IPv4 and connect through HSPA+.
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ipv4 is definitely locked down for fast on this tmobile version but it is luckily a easy work around if you don't mind loosing built in tether. I have confidence that built in tether will be fixed for that mod soon but I am currently using my phone tinkering time (limited atm) on a korean port that wont require any modifications. Before I stop caring about tmobile builds ill fix it. Something I am sure a lot of people might find interesting is after my first boot on the korean port it is looking like I might be able to bring voice over lte to our phone before it officially happens.
Unsure if related to the mod, but attempting to access tmo account via tmo app yields a server error
Since applying the mod
Naturesretard said:
Unsure if related to the mod, but attempting to access tmo account via tmo app yields a server error
Since applying the mod
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ooooo that's something I didn't check gimme a couple minutes.
Update: works for me
So over the past week, I've discovered that Fabio Grasso's Wifi Tether Router app has stopped working for my t-mobile LG G3. I tried different configurations, tried e-mailing the dev, and I tried changing the APN. None of it worked.
(Regarding the APN, he says to change T-Mobile to IPv4, but I can only change it to IPv4/IPv6. If I try putting solely IPv4, then my data connection drops out entirely).
Moving on, anyway, I've found out that if I use the Wifi tether router app, I can only access HTTPS sites. For example, any banking site, facebook, google, yahoo, etc. all work as long as I stick https:// in front of it. However, anything else won't work (like xda).
So I can only assume that T-mobile is somehow blocking that traffic...and now I need a way to disguise my own traffic...
I tried connecting through OpenVPN through a VPN I had, but even that won't connect properly.
And before anybody says to install the stock tether app Mod, I'm still on the stock recovery so I can't flash anything.
I'm on the stock recovery (but I'm still rooted) because I prefer to mess with my device as little as possible. I want to keep it as stable as possible, and having a stock recovery means I'm not tempted to go out and install new ROMs or flash anything that could potentially brick my device.
So...does anybody have any solutions? This is like a tug-of-war with T-Mobile, and right now it's in their favor.
This is old news. T-mobile made it knonw they would start blocking tether if it is being mistreated. Devs will have to become more clever and trickier with their apps. With this in mind, just be careful. They said anything that goes against the contract you signed regarding their data usage / tethering will cause your tethering to be cut of if data not cut of for that month (can't remember the full detail)
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This is old news. T-mobile made it knonw they would start blocking tether if it is being mistreated. Devs will have to become more clever and trickier with their apps. With this in mind, just be careful. They said anything that goes against the contract you signed regarding their data usage / tethering will cause your tethering to be cut of if data not cut of for that month (can't remember the full detail)
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Well this is the first time I've experienced any issues. I have a total of 11gb usage this month, and it's almost over. 95% of usage is on mobile, so I see no reason for them to even become suspicious. I doubt I'll be cut off. The "warning" they gave a couple weeks ago referred to like 20 customers or something that were using hundreds of gigs of data.
In any case, I really hope devs can find permanent ways around this.
By the way, I don't really understand ports/encryption, but I know that "443" is secured, so how possible is it for me to just manually make everything go through that port?
crazylilazn said:
So over the past week, I've discovered that Fabio Grasso's Wifi Tether Router app has stopped working for my t-mobile LG G3. I tried different configurations, tried e-mailing the dev, and I tried changing the APN. None of it worked.
(Regarding the APN, he says to change T-Mobile to IPv4, but I can only change it to IPv4/IPv6. If I try putting solely IPv4, then my data connection drops out entirely).
Moving on, anyway, I've found out that if I use the Wifi tether router app, I can only access HTTPS sites. For example, any banking site, facebook, google, yahoo, etc. all work as long as I stick https:// in front of it. However, anything else won't work (like xda).
So I can only assume that T-mobile is somehow blocking that traffic...and now I need a way to disguise my own traffic...
I tried connecting through OpenVPN through a VPN I had, but even that won't connect properly.
And before anybody says to install the stock tether app Mod, I'm still on the stock recovery so I can't flash anything.
I'm on the stock recovery (but I'm still rooted) because I prefer to mess with my device as little as possible. I want to keep it as stable as possible, and having a stock recovery means I'm not tempted to go out and install new ROMs or flash anything that could potentially brick my device.
So...does anybody have any solutions? This is like a tug-of-war with T-Mobile, and right now it's in their favor.
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Download THIS zip and extract it then find the APN XML and replace your old one with the one in the zip you extracted. Boom you should have full ipv4 for your tether app and vpn.
Make sure you rename instead of completely replacing. You'll probably need to restart and if it still doesn't work that means dalvik needs to be wiped and your Sol unless you want to install twrp. Unless a app exists that can wipe dalvik without recovery.
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Download THIS zip and extract it then find the APN XML and replace your old one with the one in the zip you extracted. Boom you should have full ipv4 for your tether app and vpn.
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Okay now this is getting interesting.
Although this is getting into brick-able territory. With my LG G2 when I messed with build.prop I almost soft-bricked it.
In any case, I can't seem to find out exactly how to modify the APN XML, and a quick google search is just showing me "apns-conf.xml", is that the same thing? Is it just a value inside build.prop?
Also, the warning on the xda mod page says "TETHER BROKE FOR NOW". Does that only apply to stock tether or something?
Edit: Nevermind, looked through the zip file and it turns out the apns-conf.xml file is under system/etc.
I'm still worried that this could cause some damage though. Lemme just double check - not brickable if I just replace, correct? and Also, I can create a backup of the apns-conf.xml and restore it without any issue, correct?
crazylilazn said:
Okay now this is getting interesting.
Although this is getting into brick-able territory. With my LG G2 when I messed with build.prop I almost soft-bricked it.
In any case, I can't seem to find out exactly how to modify the APN XML, and a quick google search is just showing me "apns-conf.xml", is that the same thing? Is it just a value inside build.prop?
Also, the warning on the xda mod page says "TETHER BROKE FOR NOW". Does that only apply to stock tether or something?
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Yes stock tether but the APN in that zip won't wreck it its the build prop edits that broke built-in tether. You won't need to do any builp prop edits just swap out your APN.XML for the one located in that zip.
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Yes stock tether but the APN in that zip won't wreck it its the build prop edits that broke built-in tether. You won't need to do any builp prop edits just swap out your APN.XML for the one located in that zip.
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Alright cool, well I looked through the zip file and I found what to replace, just wanted to double check though (made an edit above but you won't get the notification for that)
So to be clear - I change the apns-conf.xml file under system/etc , correct?
and 2) This has no possibility of breaking my device?
and 3) If I create a backup of my current apns-conf.xml , and then in the future I want to restore that backup, there will be no issue/conflict?
Thanks for the help
crazylilazn said:
Alright cool, well I looked through the zip file and I found what to replace, just wanted to double check though (made an edit above but you won't get the notification for that)
So to be clear - I change the apns-conf.xml file under system/etc , correct?
and 2) This has no possibility of breaking my device?
and 3) If I create a backup of my current apns-conf.xml , and then in the future I want to restore that backup, there will be no issue/conflict?
Thanks for the help
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1 yes
2 always the possibility but extremely unlikely
3 yes but just like #2 you could possibly run into complications but its unlikely.
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I'm going to bed if you don't have data or 4g upon reboot go into network mode and select gsm/wcdma/lte
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1 yes
2 always the possibility but extremely unlikely
3 yes but just like #2 you could possibly run into complications but its unlikely.
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I'm going to bed if you don't have data or 4g upon reboot go into network mode and select gsm/wcdma/lte
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I looked through that entire thread last night, and I discovered that somebody was having issues with Wifi calling after installing the mod, so I got nervous and backed out even though I've already created a backup of the xml, lol.
Do you know if wifi calling + texting still works? That's a dealbreaker for me if it doesn't, because I use wifi calling/texting all the time.
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I looked through that entire thread last night, and I discovered that somebody was having issues with Wifi calling after installing the mod, so I got nervous and backed out even though I've already created a backup of the xml, lol.
Do you know if wifi calling + texting still works? That's a dealbreaker for me if it doesn't, because I use wifi calling/texting all the time.
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They do I use it every day.
crazylilazn said:
Alright cool, well I looked through the zip file and I found what to replace, just wanted to double check though (made an edit above but you won't get the notification for that)
So to be clear - I change the apns-conf.xml file under system/etc , correct?
and 2) This has no possibility of breaking my device?
and 3) If I create a backup of my current apns-conf.xml , and then in the future I want to restore that backup, there will be no issue/conflict?
Thanks for the help
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apns-conf.xml does not break WiFi calling or texting. This is where the tethering APN is stored. What could break WiFi calling is modifying build.prop.
I'm pretty sure they have deep packet inspection on their network and they can tell exactly what kind of traffic is being done. Any traffic using the fast.t-mobile.com APN that doesn't look like mobile can be very easily blocked. You can't deep packet inspect SSL (https) traffic, so I'm not surprised this works but everything else does not. An SSL VPN would get around this.
I'm using the PrimeTether mod which basically modifies the stock tethering to use the mobile APN so that your data looks like it's coming from the phone. WiFi Tether Router might be doing something different that T-Mobile can see and that's how they are blocking it. It actually might be that WiFi Tether Router is tethering using IPV4. The stock tether app tethers with IPV6.
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apns-conf.xml does not break WiFi calling or texting. This is where the tethering APN is stored. What could break WiFi calling is modifying build.prop.
I'm pretty sure they have deep packet inspection on their network and they can tell exactly what kind of traffic is being done. Any traffic using the fast.t-mobile.com APN that doesn't look like mobile can be very easily blocked. You can't deep packet inspect SSL (https) traffic, so I'm not surprised this works but everything else does not. An SSL VPN would get around this.
I'm using the PrimeTether mod which basically modifies the stock tethering to use the mobile APN so that your data looks like it's coming from the phone. WiFi Tether Router might be doing something different that T-Mobile can see and that's how they are blocking it. It actually might be that WiFi Tether Router is tethering using IPV4. The stock tether app tethers with IPV6.
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The prime tether changes one line in the framework-res to the fast APN. At least that's all I had to do. I never released my version because auto beat me to the upload.
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The prime tether changes one line in the framework-res to the fast APN. At least that's all I had to do. I never released my version because auto beat me to the upload.
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He changed more than that. I had made that change to framework-res but was still having issues with my stock tether. There's a check being done by the tether process. I believe he modified the smali code to get around this, just like it had to be done for the G2.
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He changed more than that. I had made that change to framework-res but was still having issues with my stock tether. There's a check being done by the tether process. I believe he modified the smali code to get around this, just like it had to be done for the G2.
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Are you sure? The change plus the APN XML I use worked flawlessly for me. Perhaps it was just the perfect storm of mods I had at the time.
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Are you sure? The change plus the APN XML I use worked flawlessly for me. Perhaps it was just the perfect storm of mods I had at the time.
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I believe so, but could be wrong. I couldn't get it to work and had zeroed in on the smali file that needed to be changed. I believe I did a checksum comparison and found them to be different.
Without prime's mod I could only tether up to my 3 GB bucket or had to do a dirty hack to hostapd for it to allow wireless clients to connect. It would default to 0 clients for some reason. Maybe I had a weird storm of mods that broke it.
havanahjoe said:
I'm using the PrimeTether mod which basically modifies the stock tethering to use the mobile APN so that your data looks like it's coming from the phone. WiFi Tether Router might be doing something different that T-Mobile can see and that's how they are blocking it. It actually might be that WiFi Tether Router is tethering using IPV4. The stock tether app tethers with IPV6.
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The way you worded that, you describe Prime's mod as using IPv6 to work around Tmo's tether limit, but it doesn't, it must use IPv4 to "mask" it.
When I change the APN back to IPv6, my hotspot enables but does not work whatsoever, nothing loads on my laptop, it'll connect and obtain an IP but no traffic is sent nor received over the phone's data. Can't remember if it's suppose to be like that or not, but IPv4 works, IPv6 does not with hotspot, but data stills work either way on the phone itself. I'll post over in Prime's thread about this.
BTW, WiFi Tether Router borked for me two about three weeks ago, a few days after Prime's mod came up, luckily. Been using it ever since. :highfive:
JustLok said:
The way you worded that, you describe Prime's mod as using IPv6 to work around Tmo's tether limit, but it doesn't, it must use IPv4 to "mask" it.
When I change the APN back to IPv6, my hotspot enables but does not work whatsoever, nothing loads on my laptop, it'll connect and obtain an IP but no traffic is sent nor received over the phone's data. Can't remember if it's suppose to be like that or not, but IPv4 works, IPv6 does not with hotspot, but data stills work either way on the phone itself. I'll post over in Prime's thread about this.
BTW, WiFi Tether Router borked for me two about three weeks ago, a few days after Prime's mod came up, luckily. Been using it ever since. :highfive:
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It has been a while so I forgot how Prime and WiFi Tether Router worked. The stock tether app, with the stock tethering APN uses IPV6, but you're right, Prime's mod uses IPV4 with the mobile data APN.
WiFi Tether Router implements its own DHCP server, iptables and hostapd configuration. Something in the way it does things makes the traffic look different from the stock tether traffic, so T-Mobile is able to block it.
havanahjoe said:
It has been a while so I forgot how Prime and WiFi Tether Router worked. The stock tether app, with the stock tethering APN uses IPV6, but you're right, Prime's mod uses IPV4 with the mobile data APN.
WiFi Tether Router implements its own DHCP server, iptables and hostapd configuration. Something in the way it does things makes the traffic look different from the stock tether traffic, so T-Mobile is able to block it.
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This is remarkable to me. It SHOULD look completely the same with the exception of user-agent (which is easy to spoof).
I've been using EasyTether (the USB version) and they have yet to figure out how to block that AFAICT.
starkruzr said:
This is remarkable to me. It SHOULD look completely the same with the exception of user-agent (which is easy to spoof).
I've been using EasyTether (the USB version) and they have yet to figure out how to block that AFAICT.
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That was my assumption, but I don't see why it would be different either.
I just tried WiFi Tether Router on my phone and it worked just as well as it had in the past. I did some tcpdumps and the traffic looks the same on both. My guess then would be the users that are getting throttled or blocked are doing things that are CLEARLY not mobile phone traffic.
Another user did 32 GB of Xbox Live traffic while using the PrimeTether mod and was throttled. Surprise? No.
Those getting blocked or throttled are probably abusing the system.
Wifi tether router works for me on my tmobile S5.