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What is everyone's thoughts on whether there will be a way to turn on the wifi hotspot on phones that are on a grandfathered VZW Unlimited Data Plan? I think I remember hearing that one of the Nexus phones the hotspot worked out of the box without any special app's (Foxfi) or root. Thoughts?
6p works unlocked, running stock.
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I can confirm that the Nexus 6p, out of the box, will run the wifi hotspot on VZW UDP, on both 6.1 and 7.0.
I can also confirm that the Nexus 5x, out of the box will NOT run wifi hotspot on VZW UPD, without rooting and modifying build.prop (easy to do if you are bootloader unlocked).
Reports are that bootloader will be locked on Pixel for phones sold by VZW. I'm not very optimistic that wifi tether will work
I have an upgrade on VZW - which I wanted to use for Pixel, but might have to buy Pixel (or iPhone?) and trade/sell to get an unlocked Pixel, which should be bootloader unlocked, but probably won't have VZW wifi calling available.
I have one on order from Verizon and that's the first thing I'm going to try. If not I'm returning it. The Verizon Bloatware is removable so I hope it's not baked in.
jasoraso said:
I can confirm that the Nexus 6p, out of the box, will run the wifi hotspot on VZW UDP, on both 6.1 and 7.0.
I can also confirm that the Nexus 5x, out of the box will NOT run wifi hotspot on VZW UPD, without rooting and modifying build.prop (easy to do if you are bootloader unlocked).
Reports are that bootloader will be locked on Pixel for phones sold by VZW. I'm not very optimistic that wifi tether will work
I have an upgrade on VZW - which I wanted to use for Pixel, but might have to buy Pixel (or iPhone?) and trade/sell to get an unlocked Pixel, which should be bootloader unlocked, but probably won't have VZW wifi calling available.
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The wifi calling and verizon features should work on the unlocked pixel, just as the features worked on the unlocked Motorola Nexus 6 because verizon sold their version of the Nexus 6 so it should be safe to say the unlocked pixel will work 100% as designed to and on verizon also. Google lists the Unlocked pixel works on all 4 major carriers they never listed that for the Nexus 6p I believe, so them listing it will work on all four carriers should tell you otherwise they would have to list that there may be features that will not work on some of those four major carriers. I would have to say 100% by that that everything all verizon features should work on the unlocked pixel being used on the verizon service, just as they do on the verizon version of the pixel and pixel xl.
Thanks for the replies... My wife and I fell into the Note 7 debacle so we are trying to decide if we are going to tempt fate with the "safe" Note 7's or switch to a different phone and the Pixel caught my eye and something that might be worth having. So, aside from how the reviews end up, I have to have the wifi hotspot since our phones are our only access to the internet in the area we live.
Thanks again!
i have ULD with Verizon as well. i preordered today, when the phone arrives i will definitely post my results as well!
outkast2012 said:
i have ULD with Verizon as well. i preordered today, when the phone arrives i will definitely post my results as well!
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Did you preorder from Verizon? Please update us on whether tethering works with ULD out of the box!
Ssanai80 said:
Did you preorder from Verizon? Please update us on whether tethering works with ULD out of the box!
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Sad to report...
Got the phone yesterday, I confirm that wifi hotspot does NOT work out of the box. I preordered the phone with VZW and have grandfathered ULDP with no hotspot subscription. It says please subscribe for this feature or something.?*
On another note I have read that PDANet wired USB tethering works, I have not tried this yet. Will try this weekend when I have time.
outkast2012 said:
On another note I have read that PDANet wired USB tethering works, I have not tried this yet. Will try this weekend when I have time.
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Let us know if it works.
Transmissum est uti Tapatalk ab Xperia Z-IV meo.
Hotspot works, I am using it now. You have to install Network Signal refresher lite, activate it then right away switch the toggle for the system hotspot. This works on Verizon and Google purchased Pixels.
outkast2012 said:
Sad to report...
Got the phone yesterday, I confirm that wifi hotspot does NOT work out of the box. I preordered the phone with VZW and have grandfathered ULDP with no hotspot subscription. It says please subscribe for this feature or something.?*
On another note I have read that PDANet wired USB tethering works, I have not tried this yet. Will try this weekend when I have time.
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Download network signal refresher... Turn it on and immediately turn on native hotspot... This will bypass the verizon certificate
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Download network signal refresher... Turn it on and immediately turn on native hotspot... This will bypass the verizon certificate
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Doesn't work with the lite version. I hit refresh and immediately goto hotspot, it says there is no connection. I wait until I get LTE back and get this screen
DaPoets said:
Hotspot works, I am using it now. You have to install Network Signal refresher lite, activate it then right away switch the toggle for the system hotspot. This works on Verizon and Google purchased Pixels.
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Can anyone else try this
I tried with lite version and no joy
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Doesn't work with the lite version. I hit refresh and immediately goto hotspot, it says there is no connection. I wait until I get LTE back and get this screen
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Try tapping the hotspot button from the notification pull down right after you hit refresh.. It just worked for me
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8japps is the developer of the app, make sure you downloaded that right app
Confirmed Network Signal Refresh Lite works to get native hotspot working on VZW ULDP
I tried a few more times after it failed and got it to work just like the other poster said.
Press Refresh on Network Signal Refresh and hit you all apps button and switch to your hotspot setting.
Click it and it comes up .
Slow as hell tho, but still works. Useful in a pinch!!!
Check screenshots for proof!!!
Once you get used to it, it takes just as long as FoxFI did on the Note 7 so I'm happy.
I can also confirm. Refresh, turn on hotspot from pull down menu. You'll need to edit your menu and add hotspot for easier access. My speeds appear to be normal via computer via speedofme. Peaking at 20Mbs
Has anyone had issues with hotspot turning off after 15 to 20min . Ive read in another post this is happening to alot of people
Does anyone worry this could be patched by Verizon? I'm waiting for a Google pixel because I can't afford Verizon to block my wifi tether with udp. If I knew that this would work indefinitely I would just get my phone from Verizon
I'm thinking of ditching the Pixel and Nougat to go back to the Moto X Pure phone with Marshmallow ROM's and Xposed.
I really, really miss my old Moto X Pure with it's minimal bezels, louder speakers and better vibration, etc.
I'll need to use it on Fi though, since I'm locked into my plan a while longer thanks to financing.
The Moto X Pure works on Fi for everything but Sprint and WiFi calling.
But I don't remember ever seeing my Pixel use Sprint before. It's always on T-Mobile. I'm in north Austin, TX.
And I don't make calls much, so WiFi calling isn't important to me.
Have you ever seen your phone with Fi jump onto Sprint before?
CZ Eddie said:
I'm thinking of ditching the Pixel and Nougat to go back to the Moto X Pure phone with Marshmallow ROM's and Xposed.
I really, really miss my old Moto X Pure with it's minimal bezels, louder speakers and better vibration, etc.
I'll need to use it on Fi though, since I'm locked into my plan a while longer thanks to financing.
The Moto X Pure works on Fi for everything but Sprint and WiFi calling.
But I don't remember ever seeing my Pixel use Sprint before. It's always on T-Mobile. And I don't make calls much, so WiFi calling isn't important to me.
Have you ever seen your phone with Fi jump onto Sprint before?
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My Pixel XL w/ Fi is on Sprint maybe 10% of the time, I'm near Chicago so both networks are everywhere but the phone definitely prefers TMO. Traveling it still uses TMO more. I use Signal Check Lite. Ironically now at home it's on Sprint where usually it's strictly TMO.
CZ Eddie said:
I'm thinking of ditching the Pixel and Nougat to go back to the Moto X Pure phone with Marshmallow ROM's and Xposed.
I really, really miss my old Moto X Pure with it's minimal bezels, louder speakers and better vibration, etc.
I'll need to use it on Fi though, since I'm locked into my plan a while longer thanks to financing.
The Moto X Pure works on Fi for everything but Sprint and WiFi calling.
But I don't remember ever seeing my Pixel use Sprint before. It's always on T-Mobile. I'm in north Austin, TX.
And I don't make calls much, so WiFi calling isn't important to me.
Have you ever seen your phone with Fi jump onto Sprint before?
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When I first got Project Fi the service strongly preferred Sprint and I had to manually change networks sometimes because it would stay on Sprint even when the signal was bad. Now it's on T-Mobile 90% of the time and Sprint 10% of the time. Does everything work Ok with your Moto? I've read that some people have problems with text messaging or voicemail if they use Fi with a non-Google phone.
Before I went to Verizon from fi, my 5x and pixel both strongly preferred Sprint. I would have to force it to T-Mobile and us-cellular all the time.
Middle, ga
Mostly T-Mobile 70/30 give or take.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cheekydevs.fiswitch&hl=en
Highly recommended for any Fi User. ^^
CZ Eddie said:
I'm thinking of ditching the Pixel and Nougat to go back to the Moto X Pure phone with Marshmallow ROM's and Xposed.
I really, really miss my old Moto X Pure with it's minimal bezels, louder speakers and better vibration, etc.
I'll need to use it on Fi though, since I'm locked into my plan a while longer thanks to financing.
The Moto X Pure works on Fi for everything but Sprint and WiFi calling.
But I don't remember ever seeing my Pixel use Sprint before. It's always on T-Mobile. I'm in north Austin, TX.
And I don't make calls much, so WiFi calling isn't important to me.
Have you ever seen your phone with Fi jump onto Sprint before?
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not my experience but my coworkers, he's 100% tmobile unless he goes out of town then he will switch to sprint where tmobile lacks coverage.
Sprint is terrible in El Paso, TX. Where we work there's a tmo tower less than 500ft away from us so that's why he's always Tmobile.
One thing I've noticed about Project Fi, Sprint and the Pixel XL is that the Sprint signal is pretty lousy compared to the one I got when I actually had Sprint and a dedicated CDMA phone. I had Sprint for years and I always had full bars almost everywhere in the city. With the Pixel XL and Project Fi if my phone is on Sprint I don't know that I've ever had full bars. I know there's nothing wrong with the Sprint network where I live but my Pixel gets a much stronger signal from T-Mobile.
Is hotspotting NOT possible with The Google version of just the Verizon version?
I am in the market for a new phone as I now use a rooted Note 4.
Hotspotting is a MUST for me.
I am on a Grandfathered Verizon Unlimited data plan and use hotspot tethering everyday .
I am wondering if hotspotting problems I see in this forum are with ALL Pixel XL's or just the Non -Google version?
Thank you!
I have a Google play store version of the Pixel XL and I am on Verizon, not a grandfathered plan but a plan that is about a year old or so, I have never been stopped from using my Pixel as a Hotspot. However, I don't use it very often and not for very much data. I can tell you that Verizon has its own firmware for this phone and it updates the same time as the Google firmware but most comments I have seen say that it has more to do with radio/modem optimization for their network. If you have a Verizon SIM the phone will use the Verizon firmware.
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All I can say is after having a rooted phone my whole life this Verizon pixel XL I have is the worst phone I've ever owned. Fwiw.
I'd look at a different device if I were you, this thing is nothing more than a primitive, heavy, awkward brick.
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I can't think of any newer phone that does not have hotspot capabilities.
I personally haven't seen these threads about hotspot problems that you mentioned. There are threads about the network provision checks that people bypass so it doesn't count against the hotspot limit/check for subscriptions, but I haven't seen any problems regarding stock firmware.
Personally I love my pixel. Its had small issues but nothing root and mods here and there didn't fix.
I use hotspot daily for the kids, and often enough I share internet to my desktop via usb, never seen a problem with speed nor connectivity.
Also want to point out I was originally on fi with a Google bought pixel, and it was stock when I switched to Verizon. I never got the Verizon updates and my phone continues to get the generic build (not specific to carrier).
I have a Google Pixel XL, unlocked bootloader, and rooted, stock which I manually update each month with the latest Verizon-specific build (these carrier-specific builds are nearly identical each month - the only differences being in radio optimizations to improve network performance on the designated network). I have had no issues with hotspot / tethering. There are some modifications that you have to complete to truly enable Hotspot tethering for "grandfathered" unlimited plans (I am on one of those as well). The newer plans include a capped hotspot/tethering capability - so you would be able to tether up until you reach that threshold - I believe it is 10 GB / month - but I am not sure.
Here is a forum link to one of the modifications needed to enable tethering via the native hotspot application. This is the one that I have used from the first day I setup my Pixel XL and continue to use today.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/themes/mod-tethermod-systemless-install-guide-t3501448
Thanks and good luck!
P.S. For me personally, the Pixel XL is the best phone I have owned overall. (Past phones: OG Droid, Droid Razr Maxx, Droid Maxx) I love the rapid updates, overall performance, battery life, etc..just a really solid phone. A really good effort for Google's first foray into developing their own phone and from the early reports/leaks, it looks like they will build upon that with the Pixel 2 / Pixel XL 2.
Hello -
I've done some searching online and here on XDA as well and have found some old threads on VoLTE with AT&T, but am hoping to get some more recent information. I'm currently on Verizon, but it's just not working for me in the areas I spend the most time (such as the office where I work). Got to test drive an AT&T sim card in those same locations and the difference is night and day (average download speed of 1mbps on Verizon vs 11mbps on AT&T).
According to the AT&T site, VoLTE is supported on the Pixel 2 when running a certain software version and above. But nothing about the regular Pixel (which probably means no official AT&T support).
Has anyone gotten VoLTE to work with AT&T on the Pixel 1?
And otherwise, is it really such a big deal to not have it? I don't really care about HD voice, but I do care about being able to call at any point, and being able to have a data connection while on a call (but again, is it really such a big deal? Not like I'm always on the phone, mainly want a solid data connection).
Thanks.
I am still on the Verizon grandfather in the new data plan. Rely on Wi-Fi tether quite a bit.
Has anyone gotten it working yet on this phone?
Anyone?
same way as 7 pro
ecompton59 said:
same way as 7 pro
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Meaning? I'm coming from a pixel 2 where it was disabled
Is this phone definitely working on Verizon now?
Verizon data doesn't work, but voice and text works. Speak to OP cs, suggest contact Verizon. I am actually xfinity user, xfinity lease Verizon network, my 7t shows "Verizon".
It's working for me, Verizon gUDP
/system/product/etc/apns-conf.xml go to that find your carrier and enter that apn if rooted. theres other ways too but that's best