hotspot on old unlimited plan - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers

Wondering if there is a way to get the hotspot feature working on the old version of unlimited data for verizon? I kept this plan specifically to avoid throttling because I do use much more than 21GB a month (around 35-50 on average) and I occasionally use hotspot in congested areas.
Tried foxfi, no dice. Any other suggestions?

I was just about to ask the same thing.
I just came from a pixel and I know if you popped out the SIM card and then quickly turn on the hotspot while putting the sim card back and it would work. Doesn't​ seem to work with the S8 ?

The SIM technique worked for me!

I used over 200gb last month with probably 70gb of that from tethering. I don't think throttling is really an issue.

langzaiguy said:
The SIM technique worked for me!
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Really?? Did you have any issues since the SD card disconnects also?
I'll have to try again later tonight.

synplex said:
Really?? Did you have any issues since the SD card disconnects also?
I'll have to try again later tonight.
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Let me know if that works, I'm also following a thread on the s8 forum. It looks like some people were able to get a carrier nutural version which I'd believe would allow us to bypass the hotspot check all together
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/how-to/rd-carrier-switch-root-snapdragon-t3597473

Just use FoxFi. I paid for that app 4 years ago and have never looked back. It is FLAWLESS.

sebastianraven said:
Just use FoxFi. I paid for that app 4 years ago and have never looked back. It is FLAWLESS.
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I thought FoxFi didn't work with VZW and Android 7.0 phones?? Are you using an older version of the app?

sebastianraven said:
Just use FoxFi. I paid for that app 4 years ago and have never looked back. It is FLAWLESS.
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last I heard it doesn't work on the S8

synplex said:
I thought FoxFi didn't work with VZW and Android 7.0 phones?? Are you using an older version of the app?
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monkeyhandler said:
last I heard it doesn't work on the S8
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You know what, I stand corrected. I was plugged in using USB mode.
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langzaiguy said:
The SIM technique worked for me!
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synplex said:
Really?? Did you have any issues since the SD card disconnects also?
I'll have to try again later tonight.
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sniper7kills said:
Let me know if that works, I'm also following a thread on the s8 forum. It looks like some people were able to get a carrier nutural version which I'd believe would allow us to bypass the hotspot check all together
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/how-to/rd-carrier-switch-root-snapdragon-t3597473
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Ok, so until this post I had no idea about the Sim Card Technique. It took like 5 tries to get it to work, but once you initate the SIM card you have about 2 seconds for tethering to work.
I got it to work on my S8+
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You sir are amazing!
I'll vouch this works as well. Took me 2 tries, but it works.

I pay for the hot-spot just to avoid being kicked off. Didn't Verizon kick people off who passes 100 or 200 GB in a month.

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Google Wallet Prepaid Card Down?

Woke up to find funds unavailable and user id couldn't connect.
I reset the google wallet app to see if that would fix it, now i can't re-add my prepaid card.
According to Droid Lifes Twitter others say its down as well.
https://twitter.com/droid_life/statuses/209673176773435392
Are u having similar issues?
Same here.
Same here
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
You're not alone. This morning I couldn't see my funds and when I tapped on the prepaid card it said that it couldn't connect to the bank or something, so I also reset the app and now can't add a new card either. Hopefully it'll be resolved soon. Just got the Nexus and Google Wallet is pretty sexy.

			
				
noticed it Saturday night, glad its not just me, i thought i bricked my security thingy..flashed a custom rom and back to stock oer the weekend...
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Secure Element.
Have any of you seen the bug?
Does your device look like this?
No?
You're secure element is fine.
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And yes, it's down.
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Secure Element.
Have any of you seen the bug?
Does your device look like this?
No?
You're secure element is fine.
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And yes, it's down.
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LULZ did u get that error?
iSaint said:
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Maybe i will get my 40 bucks when it comes back
Friday will be three weeks
davidrules7778 said:
LULZ did u get that error?
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No.
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No.
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Well thats good
Same here.
Down here as well on my evo 4g lte....
davidrules7778 said:
Maybe i will get my 40 bucks when it comes back
Friday will be three weeks
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Hopefully moar
iSaint said:
Hopefully moar
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Yes an inconvenience fee of over 9000
I need them to reset my Google Prepaid Card L0l.
I screwed mine up..
davidrules7778 said:
Yes an inconvenience fee of over 9000
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Over 9000 !!
It's down for me too. I asked about it on Twitter but have yet to receive a response. I'm thinking about calling them in a few to see what's up.
CrazyDenae said:
It's down for me too. I asked about it on Twitter but have yet to receive a response. I'm thinking about calling them in a few to see what's up.
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I was bored enough to try.
When I called they confirmed it was down and they're currently "working on it."
Google Wallet has been down for at least 15 hours now. No response from Google on their Plus page or Twitter.
This is the service that they claim will replace our physical wallets?
1) Even if it was taken down intentionally for maintenance, there should have been a warning beforehand.
2) If this is unexpected downtime, they should've responded within 15 hours. It's a monday for Christ's sake, and I'm not aware of any US public holidays.
I'm going to be submitting this story to the tech blogs, and I hope you do the same. I've stuck by Wallet through all the negative press, but this episode demonstrates with absolute certainty that Google really aren't invested or interested in Google Wallet.

Anyone with Unlimited Data get a Certified Like New Replacement?

So I am a little hesitant about activating the replacement device I received today...I got my Nexus before they switched to the shared data and was told I can keep it until I activate another 4G phone. I am wondering if their automated systems will treat this device as a new phone considering its got a different serial and all. Has anyone went through this recently?
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So I am a little hesitant about activating the replacement device I received today...I got my Nexus before they switched to the shared data and was told I can keep it until I activate another 4G phone. I am wondering if their automated systems will treat this device as a new phone considering its got a different serial and all. Has anyone went through this recently?
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I haven't done it recently, but that shouldn't be an issue.
Can't you just pop your sim in and go?
This is my first 4G device with a sim so I wasnt quite sure how exactly it will work out and calling Verizon didnt help at all the two ladies I talked to couldnt grasp the question I was asking with one telling me that as long as the Unlimited Data is on my account i'll never lose it...Figured I was much better coming here instead
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This is my first 4G device with a sim so I wasnt quite sure how exactly it will work out and calling Verizon didnt help at all the two ladies I talked to couldnt grasp the question I was asking with one telling me that as long as the Unlimited Data is on my account i'll never lose it...Figured I was much better coming here instead
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I have unlimited data on VZW, and I had an LG Revolution, granted this example is before the shared data BS, I just bought a used GNexus off ebay about 2 months ago. I just walked into the store, said I need to get a micro SIM (REVO used full size SIM), they got me a new micro SIM, even activated it for me, and I specifically said I want to make sure my plan does not change and she said of course not, and it did not.
You should only loose it if you buy a new phone from them and then re-up your contract.
From this point forward pretty much all VZW customers with unlimited plans need to buy phones from other sources than VZW.
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You should only loose it if you buy a new phone from them and then re-up your contract.
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This is true. You will only lose your unlimited if you use a subsidy or do a transfer of liability.
Thanks guys it went off without a hitch and when i checked with *#*#RTN#*#* i was surprised to find that this phone has not been reconditioned...So I am assuming its new which is nice...Its a v.9 though while my previous one was a .10. Doesn't look like the signal has improved though so far which is frustrating.
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Thanks guys it went off without a hitch and when i checked with *#*#RTN#*#* i was surprised to find that this phone has not been reconditioned...So I am assuming its new which is nice...Its a v.9 though while my previous one was a .10. Doesn't look like the signal has improved though so far which is frustrating.
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Its a refurbished phone. Trust me. They're good at refurbing the nexus. I have no idea why you thought you'd lose unlimited...all you have to do is slip in your SIM, no activation required.
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T-Mobile HTC M8 Free $50!

http://slickdeals.net/f/7044328-50-...-up-with-american-express-serve-t-mobile-only
In a nutshell, sign up for isis and then sign up for the prepaid debit card for the acct from amex and they put $50 on your acct right away, I just did it and got it. It only runs till the 31st which is this sunday so go go go. Also if you are rooted install xposed and install the rootcloak module before you install isis. Otherwise isis wont install
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I can confirm that this works.
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And I'm guessing this is only for new users?
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And I'm guessing this is only for new users?
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In the 2nd post of the link they talk about how cancelling your serve acct and waiting a couple hours you will get the $50 when you sign back up
When I jumped to my M8 the lady asked did I want a free otter box defender. She used this method .
Did you plan on getting that case anyway @chuck24? If not she bamboozled you lol. Those cases are way too bulky for me.
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I already had the spigen slim... I just made the defender my work case.
enhanced sim
Its telling me i need an enhanced sim card anyone else with this issue
78triton said:
Its telling me i need an enhanced sim card anyone else with this issue
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Does your SIM card say ISIS ready on it
?
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Just go into a store and have it switched out
I tried but no store has a nano Isis sim
Can you use your $50 right away?
Hey guys, thanks for the info, it's a good deal. Quick question, I signed for serve and did receive my credit, but tried using ISIS twice and both times the transaction was declined. Could you use your credit right away or did you have to wait to receive your Serve card and activate it to use these $50?
Cheers
Remix22 said:
Hey guys, thanks for the info, it's a good deal. Quick question, I signed for serve and did receive my credit, but tried using ISIS twice and both times the transaction was declined. Could you use your credit right away or did you have to wait to receive your Serve card and activate it to use these $50?
Cheers
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I used mine at McDonald's last night and it worked without any problems. I haven't received the physical card yet so I'd assume you can use it immediately.
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I was using Venom Rom, installed Xposed, RootCloack. Added Isis app into RootCloack. The app opens fine, but credit card machines won't read my phone in most places, works at some McDonald's, but works just fine on Stock Rom without root. Any ideas?
sgndroid1 said:
I was using Venom Rom, installed Xposed, RootCloack. Added Isis app into RootCloack. The app opens fine, but credit card machines won't read my phone in most places, works at some McDonald's, but works just fine on Stock Rom without root. Any ideas?
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Try using this Xposed module instead of RootCloack:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2425346
It's working for me without issues.
FreydNot said:
Try using this Xposed module instead of RootCloack:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2425346
It's working for me without issues.
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Thanks for your replay. Are you using Viper Rom? Is working fine on Stock rooted, but couldn't get it to work on Viper
sgndroid1 said:
Thanks for your replay. Are you using Viper Rom? Is working fine on Stock rooted, but couldn't get it to work on Viper
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Nope. I'm on stock. Sorry.
Lmao I had to look at this twice because I thought this was really recruiting for ISIS WTF
BowLow said:
Lmao I had to look at this twice because I thought this was really recruiting for ISIS WTF
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There's nothing funny about ISIS, but your post was funny. haha

Replacement SIII - What to capture/record before activating and or rooting?

Hi. My original S3 stopped charging and I just received the replacement. My plan is to use it for work since it is clean. They force us to use airwatch. Getting a Note 4 for my personal phone. Is there something that I should save off or insert before I activate it?
Thx
awilson77584 said:
Hi. My original S3 stopped charging and I just received the replacement. My plan is to use it for work since it is clean. They force us to use air watch. Getting a Note 4 for my personal phone. Is there something that I should save off or insert before I activate it?
Thx
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so you want to activate the Sprint or Boost Mobile of Virgin Mobile S3? and what is Air Watch?
6th_Hokage said:
so you want to activate the Sprint or Boost Mobile of Virgin Mobile S3? and what is Air Watch?
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I'm going to activate it on Sprint. Airwatch is a BYOD administration application. It detects among other things, whether the device is rooted. Then it invalidates your device. There doesn't seem to be a workaround. They fix every exploit as soon as it's implemented.
awilson77584 said:
I'm going to activate it on Sprint. Airwatch is a BYOD administration application. It detects among other things, whether the device is rooted. Then it invalidates your device. There doesn't seem to be a workaround. They fix every exploit as soon as it's implemented.
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......root cloak which is a Xposed module literally hides root from any application that you don't want to let know you have root....it comes in handy from time to time....
6th_Hokage said:
......root cloak which is a Xposed module literally hides root from any application that you don't want to let know you have root....it comes in handy from time to time....
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The air watch developers read xda and Google hired the root cloak developer.
To paraphrase FZ, Billy the Mountain is something you can't f&&k with.
Thanks for checking.
awilson77584 said:
....
To paraphrase FZ, Billy the Mountain is something you can't f&&k with....
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And Ethel was a tree growing off of his shoulder....
I cannot believe anyone even knows that song!
Sorry, had to do it☺
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I'm kinda confused... Which phone are you asking about? The phone that won't charge or the new "clean" one?
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bilgerryan said:
I'm kinda confused... Which phone are you asking about? The phone that won't charge or the new "clean" one?
My ROM: WICKED X
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The old one. I haven't activated the replacement yet. I'm in projected mourning for root and all of the goodies. Who wants nascar and sprint tv on their phone anyway ... //smile
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The old one. I haven't activated the replacement yet. I'm in projected mourning for root and all of the goodies. Who wants nascar and sprint tv on their phone anyway ... //smile
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I would copy the internal SD to your PC just in case you need anything. I don't think you would need anything else.
My ROM: WICKED X

Question Anyone find a way to allow free hotspot use? P6P rooted.......

I've rooted with Magisk, have Magisk Hide props, tried prop editor and it won't save the edit, tried VPN hotspot app and it just freezes up without working. Please help. My kids are driving me nuts without "daddy's wifi"
Demon27 said:
I've rooted with Magisk, have Magisk Hide props, tried prop editor and it won't save the edit, tried VPN hotspot app and it just freezes up without working. Please help. My kids are driving me nuts without "daddy's wifi"
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VPN hotspot works great for me. You have to turn off hardware acceleration in developer options and use a VPN as well for it to work though.
These are some of the reasons I had to get rid of the pixel 6 can't even screen cast on the things either lol
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These are some of the reasons I had to get rid of the pixel 6 can't even screen cast on the things either lol
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I haven't tried it yet, but why doesn't it work? The option is there in settings.
kevinireland11 said:
These are some of the reasons I had to get rid of the pixel 6 can't even screen cast on the things either lol
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I've screen casted many times. Mine works fine.
kevinireland11 said:
These are some of the reasons I had to get rid of the pixel 6 can't even screen cast on the things either lol
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I haven't had any issues with Screencast. Seems most other people haven't either. Maybe it was your device specific?
awakener777 said:
I haven't tried it yet, but why doesn't it work? The option is there in settings.
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They're probably talking about the fact Google only allows Chromecast, not Miracast.
To sucessfully get away with full free unlimited tethering, you'll need to be rooted and run a custom kernel that allows TTL spoofing. I found this thread very helpful when setting it for myself. I did pay the $5 for EX Kernel Manager to auto-apply the script on bootup:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...pro-aka-raviole.4358435/page-22#post-86115563
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These are some of the reasons I had to get rid of the pixel 6 can't even screen cast on the things either lol
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Samsung fan boy, fake post
Demon27 said:
I've rooted with Magisk, have Magisk Hide props, tried prop editor and it won't save the edit, tried VPN hotspot app and it just freezes up without working. Please help. My kids are driving me nuts without "daddy's wifi"
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What network carrier are you on?
Haven't used it in a while, but does anyone know if PdaNet+ still works?
I'm on Verizon and I use this module with zero issues. https://github.com/evdenis/tether_unblock/releases
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What network carrier are you on?
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"Big Bad Red" OG UDP
zetsumeikuro said:
I'm on Verizon and I use this module with zero issues. https://github.com/evdenis/tether_unblock/releases
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"Big Bad Red" OG UDP
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Let us know if you try the solution @zetsumeikuro suggested. Good luck!
Eh? Isn't it free in the US?
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Eh? Isn't it free in the US?
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No, it depends on the carrier and the plan that you're on. In his case and my case, we're on the old unlimited data plan on Verizon. You have to pay a separate fee to utilize tethering. The old unlimited data plan doesn't get deprioritized like Verizon's current offerings that include tethering at full speed for X gigs and then it gets throttled.
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I'm on Verizon and I use this module with zero issues. https://github.com/evdenis/tether_unblock/releases
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Does this module require vpn and vpn tethering?
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No, it depends on the carrier and the plan that you're on. In his case and my case, we're on the old unlimited data plan on Verizon. You have to pay a separate fee to utilize tethering. The old unlimited data plan doesn't get deprioritized like Verizon's current offerings that include tethering at full speed for X gigs and then it gets throttled.
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On Verizon's new 5g plans, you no longer get deprioritized on their highest cost plan... so it's similar to the OG UDP.
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I just tried this and it seems to work so far. Thanks. The connection seems a bit slower than what I'm used to but I'll keep testing.
rester555 said:
Does this module require vpn and vpn tethering?
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Nope.
rester555 said:
On Verizon's new 5g plans, you no longer get deprioritized on their highest cost plan... so it's similar to the OG UDP.
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Yeah, I saw that, but I failed to mention that I get a discount on my plan through my employer. So it's a nice hefty 30%~ off per month and new plans are not eligible for employer discounts.
Demon27 said:
I just tried this and it seems to work so far. Thanks. The connection seems a bit slower than what I'm used to but I'll keep testing.
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Strange, the speeds seem fine to me when I'm tethering from my phone. With ****ty signal and only 4G I'm getting like 40-50 Down and 2-5 Up.

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