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T-Mobile Tethering Prevision for unlimited tether

I've searched the Q&A for threads but don't see an answer. Is there a ROM that allows unlimited wifi tether/hotspot on TMO?

I used to use the Wifi Tether app but that joint been messing up

Any cm rom as far as i know.

u should be able to on stock, i am able to with AT&T

As far as I can tell you don't even need to be rooted or modded to get this to work. Seems to work for me using an adb shell and typing:
PHP:
settings put global tether_dun_required 0
A more thorough link is here:
https://goo.gl/blhMah

Munk0 said:
As far as I can tell you don't even need to be rooted or modded to get this to work. Seems to work for me using an adb shell and typing:
PHP:
settings put global tether_dun_required 0
A more thorough link is here:
https://goo.gl/blhMah
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I have done this, TMO still knows when I'm tethering. Anything else we know if?

ZqhtPro. said:
I used to use the Wifi Tether app but that joint been messing up
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Since getting my OP3, no matter what tethering app came with the rom, TMO always knew I was tethering, even with the usual tweaks like provisioning set to 0, etc. So I retried the Wifi Tether Router app, and it was a pain to set up. I ended up emailing the developer, and he got back to me within a few hours with some things to try and now it works well. So far TMO isn't seeing the tethering, but of course it's showing up as data. And I'm not using a VPN or a user agent changer, just straight up Wifi Tether Router. There is always going to be a little data that will show up as tethering in my experience with pretty much every hotspot tweak, and it's the same here. But it's a small amount that's never over 1gb in a month in my experience.
Here are my settings for the app that work flawlessly on Sultan's CM13 rom and even allow me to play xbox live with no lag if my signal's good: **NOTE: Haven't tried this on any other rom, so can't help you if it's not an OP3 running Sultan's CM 13**
Encryption type: wpa2-psk
Wifi Channel: 1
Interface: Auto (after using app, it sets itself to wlan0 - but selecting auto got it working)
Method: Auto (same thing as interface - will set itself to 2-Android Version 4.2 or higher - at least on my rom)
No Firmware Reload: Unchecked (important one!)
Prevents Standby: Checked
MTU Adjust: Checked
TTL Increment: Checked
Wifi Scanning AutoDisabler: Checked
Remove Background Image: Checked (not important - personal preference)
If it's not written above, it's either something you need to fill in yourself like SSID or password or it's standard and wasn't changed by me --> the default settings of the installed app. I'm attaching screen shots of checked/unchecked boxes as a reference. And definitely contact the developer if you need help, the guy is very helpful and knows what he's doing. Good luck, hope it works for you.

xJMHx said:
Since getting my OP3, no matter what tethering app came with the rom, TMO always knew I was tethering, even with the usual tweaks like provisioning set to 0, etc. So I retried the Wifi Tether Router app, and it was a pain to set up. I ended up emailing the developer, and he got back to me within a few hours with some things to try and now it works well. So far TMO isn't seeing the tethering, but of course it's showing up as data. And I'm not using a VPN or a user agent changer, just straight up Wifi Tether Router. There is always going to be a little data that will show up as tethering in my experience with pretty much every hotspot tweak, and it's the same here. But it's a small amount that's never over 1gb in a month in my experience.
Here are my settings for the app that work flawlessly on Sultan's CM13 rom and even allow me to play xbox live with no lag if my signal's good: **NOTE: Haven't tried this on any other rom, so can't help you if it's not an OP3 running Sultan's CM 13**
Encryption type: wpa2-psk
Wifi Channel: 1
Interface: Auto (after using app, it sets itself to wlan0 - but selecting auto got it working)
Method: Auto (same thing as interface - will set itself to 2-Android Version 4.2 or higher - at least on my rom)
No Firmware Reload: Unchecked (important one!)
Prevents Standby: Checked
MTU Adjust: Checked
TTL Increment: Checked
Wifi Scanning AutoDisabler: Checked
Remove Background Image: Checked (not important - personal preference)
If it's not written above, it's either something you need to fill in yourself like SSID or password or it's standard and wasn't changed by me --> the default settings of the installed app. I'm attaching screen shots of checked/unchecked boxes as a reference. And definitely contact the developer if you need help, the guy is very helpful and knows what he's doing. Good luck, hope it works for you.
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Nice I'll give it a try

Can you confirm that it works? Thanks!!!

ismaelgx said:
Can you confirm that it works? Thanks!!!
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why dont you just give it a try and test it for yourself and let others know? That would be a great help to the community

playya said:
why dont you just give it a try and test it for yourself and let others know? That would be a great help to the community
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Thanks for your concern but I sold my OP3 and if this works I'll buy it again for sure.

ismaelgx said:
Thanks for your concern but I sold my OP3 and if this works I'll buy it again for sure.
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ok should of led with that :good: Tmobile offering 10gbs free tethering thats not enough

xJMHx said:
Since getting my OP3, no matter what tethering app came with the rom, TMO always knew I was tethering, even with the usual tweaks like provisioning set to 0, etc. So I retried the Wifi Tether Router app, and it was a pain to set up. I ended up emailing the developer, and he got back to me within a few hours with some things to try and now it works well. So far TMO isn't seeing the tethering, but of course it's showing up as data. And I'm not using a VPN or a user agent changer, just straight up Wifi Tether Router. There is always going to be a little data that will show up as tethering in my experience with pretty much every hotspot tweak, and it's the same here. But it's a small amount that's never over 1gb in a month in my experience.
Here are my settings for the app that work flawlessly on Sultan's CM13 rom and even allow me to play xbox live with no lag if my signal's good: **NOTE: Haven't tried this on any other rom, so can't help you if it's not an OP3 running Sultan's CM 13**
Encryption type: wpa2-psk
Wifi Channel: 1
Interface: Auto (after using app, it sets itself to wlan0 - but selecting auto got it working)
Method: Auto (same thing as interface - will set itself to 2-Android Version 4.2 or higher - at least on my rom)
No Firmware Reload: Unchecked (important one!)
Prevents Standby: Checked
MTU Adjust: Checked
TTL Increment: Checked
Wifi Scanning AutoDisabler: Checked
Remove Background Image: Checked (not important - personal preference)
If it's not written above, it's either something you need to fill in yourself like SSID or password or it's standard and wasn't changed by me --> the default settings of the installed app. I'm attaching screen shots of checked/unchecked boxes as a reference. And definitely contact the developer if you need help, the guy is very helpful and knows what he's doing. Good luck, hope it works for you.
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You are my hero. My lte kept dropping my hotspot

That's awesome, I'm glad to hear it! This little app was the best $2 or whatever it was I spent. It just consistently works. I also found another one awhile ago that is outstanding in its own right. It's called EasyTether Pro. Again, the paid version, but it's a simple decision on whether hassle free tethering is worth a tiny investment. EasyTether Pro is not wireless, but it's also truly undetectable I've found across every rom I've used it. And since it's primarily a USB tethering based app (although it offers bluetooth as well), it's blazing fast. It's a good one to throw in the mix or have as a backup I no longer use the hotspots that are baked into the roms unless I know the dev has modded it themself. Because as long as making money off of tethering data is worthwhile for these companies, it's going to be a constant cat and mouse game. Ain't nobody got time for that! These third party apps take very different approaches that are consistently effective.
And to anyone reading, I'm not a shill for either of these apps. I could care less if you buy them. I'm just passing along useful info that was passed on to me or I discovered myself. Happy tethering!
Or0chiM4ru said:
You are my hero. My lte kept dropping my hotspot
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you can simply use an app to change the ttl, that's how they see if the phone is tethering or not

VPN help

Hi all, I need some help with my VPN. I have TMobile and when I connect to VPN I can't load any pages. It works on all of my other devices except my OG pixel, and now my pixel 2 XL. It's only when I'm on my mobile network if I'm connected to WiFi everything works fine. I have searched and can't find anything.
It's kind of weird that this is only happening on my pixel devices?

vwgti18 said:
Hi all, I need some help with my VPN. I have TMobile and when I connect to VPN I can't load any pages. It works on all of my other devices except my OG pixel, and now my pixel 2 XL. It's only when I'm on my mobile network if I'm connected to WiFi everything works fine. I have searched and can't find anything.
It's kind of weird that this is only happening on my pixel devices?
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I use ipvanish never had a problem. Now using adguard and no problems with it either. So maybe it's your VPN provider

mac796 said:
U use ipvanish never had a problem. Now using adguard and no problems with it either. So maybe it's your VPN provider
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But I don't get how it could be if it works on my Galaxy note 8 my Nexus 6p and was working fine on my LG G6.

vwgti18 said:
Hi all, I need some help with my VPN. I have TMobile and when I connect to VPN I can't load any pages. It works on all of my other devices except my OG pixel, and now my pixel 2 XL. It's only when I'm on my mobile network if I'm connected to WiFi everything works fine. I have searched and can't find anything.
It's kind of weird that this is only happening on my pixel devices?
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I have a paid VPN on my Nexus 5X, running Android 8.0. It is set to autoconnect and it disconnects when I go on the cell network. Seems to stay connected on wifi 90%+ of the time without intervening. I've never messed with it when it disconnects when the cell network. But I just tried and the VPN turned on and websites didn't load. So it seems to be acting the same way. I'm on Fi, but connected through the Tmobile network. I also have Fi's Wi-Fi Assistant on, but I've never seen it connect to any wifi hostpot so I don't think it is coming into play. I also tried Opera VPN on the cell network and websites were also blocked using that.
I wonder if it is something to do with stock Google Android. I personally think Google messes around too much with things that are working fine.
So I guess all I've added is I am having the same thing happen on my stock Google Nexus 5X when using cell data.

Voicebox said:
I have a paid VPN on my Nexus 5X, running Android 8.0. It is set to autoconnect and it disconnects when I go on the cell network. Seems to stay connected on wifi 90%+ of the time without intervening. I've never messed with it when it disconnects when the cell network. But I just tried and the VPN turned on and websites didn't load. So it seems to be acting the same way. I'm on Fi, but connected through the Tmobile network. I also have Fi's Wi-Fi Assistant on, but I've never seen it connect to any wifi hostpot so I don't think it is coming into play. I also tried Opera VPN on the cell network and websites were also blocked using that.
I wonder if it is something to do with stock Google Android. I personally think Google messes around too much with things that are working fine.
So I guess all I've added is I am having the same thing happen on my stock Google Nexus 5X when using cell data.
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What paid VPN do you use? After googling for hours I found some info but nothing that fixed my issue.
I host my own VPN on my unifi security gateway and and kept seeing that the default MTU and MMS is set to 1452 on the the unifi security gateway and needs to be set to 1500... Some people had this work for them, others not.
This sucks I was excited about this phone coming from my OG pixel XL mainly for this reason. I thought my old pixel was just messed up.

vwgti18 said:
What paid VPN do you use? After googling for hours I found some info but nothing that fixed my issue.
I host my own VPN on my unifi security gateway and and kept seeing that the default MTU and MMS is set to 1452 on the the unifi security gateway and needs to be set to 1500... Some people had this work for them, others not.
This sucks I was excited about this phone coming from my OG pixel XL mainly for this reason. I thought my old pixel was just messed up.
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I use VPN Unlimited. It is on the cheap end of the scale, so may not be the most reliable or up to date app. Works for wifi connections though. I'm also not trying to access a protected network. Just getting around geographic restrictions when I travel and for when I use public wifi.

vwgti18 said:
What paid VPN do you use? After googling for hours I found some info but nothing that fixed my issue.
I host my own VPN on my unifi security gateway and and kept seeing that the default MTU and MMS is set to 1452 on the the unifi security gateway and needs to be set to 1500... Some people had this work for them, others not.
This sucks I was excited about this phone coming from my OG pixel XL mainly for this reason. I thought my old pixel was just messed up.
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By no means a VPN power user, but I was trying to use the built-in VPN on my asus AC-68U. I have always used the PPTP and it worked flawlessly on my 6P over Sprint. Switched to the Pixel 2 XL and nadda. I tried to research as well to no avail. I simply switched to OpenVPN on the router and downloaded the app (Play Store: OpenVPN for Android). It has been working perfectly ever since. Even has a quick toggle button you can add. Just my $0.02.

Oakley707 said:
By no means a VPN power user, but I was trying to use the built-in VPN on my asus AC-68U. I have always used the PPTP and it worked flawlessly on my 6P over Sprint. Switched to the Pixel 2 XL and nadda. I tried to research as well to no avail. I simply switched to OpenVPN on the router and downloaded the app (Play Store: OpenVPN for Android). It has been working perfectly ever since. Even has a quick toggle button you can add. Just my $0.02.
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Awesome thank you for the heads up. I was trying not to setup an openvpn server since my security gateway had an L2TP VPN server built in. But it looks like I'll be setting up a VM openVPN server tonight. Thank you wish me luck!
I will report back to let you guys know of that works or not. Still sucks that every device I have connected to my VPN worked except the one I use most! Pixel 2 FtW

OpenVPN server worked perfectly! Kinda sucks cause it's not tied into my Ubiquiti GUI but it works perfectly! So I'm happy thanks all.

I use Private Internet Access. It is a paid sub ($50+ on slickdeals for 2 years) they have an app and quick toggle as well. Works on all my Android devices and PC so far. Pretty happy with them. Claims of no logging either if that is something of importance to you.
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

Yeah I have a PIA account also from SD but I dont use it anymore. The main reason for the VPN for me was to access my home network from outside safely. But since I have my own VPN server setup now no need to go bacck and forth to PIA and openVPN.
I am going to be putting my openVPN to the test today and see if I can hold a connection all day long. So far im 3 hours in no drops or disconnects yet... Im loving it.
Sent from my Pixel C using Tapatalk

vwgti18 said:
Yeah I have a PIA account also from SD but I dont use it anymore. The main reason for the VPN for me was to access my home network from outside safely. But since I have my own VPN server setup now no need to go bacck and forth to PIA and openVPN.
I am going to be putting my openVPN to the test today and see if I can hold a connection all day long. So far im 3 hours in no drops or disconnects yet... Im loving it.
Sent from my Pixel C using Tapatalk
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Didn't think about access to home network from remote location. Might do that as well. Update us on how it goes.
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

OpenVPN was perfect! I stayed connected a full 8 hours. And had access to all my music and shares at home.

nlua said:
I use Private Internet Access. It is a paid sub ($50+ on slickdeals for 2 years) they have an app and quick toggle as well. Works on all my Android devices and PC so far. Pretty happy with them. Claims of no logging either if that is something of importance to you.
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
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Right, nlua, I am also using PIA which is very cheap VPN on the list of best VPNs services. My biggest reason to use PIA is that torrent-friendly VPN with no logs and Unlimited bandwidth and VPN speed.

Carrier has detected rooted hotspot tethering on Pixel 2 XL

I have a Magisk rooted Pixel 2 XL running Android Pie and had no problem editing the buildprop (net.tethering.noprovisioning=true) and adb settings (tether_dun_required 0) to enable the native hotspot and bypass the carrier tether check. Or so I thought...
Yesterday I received a dreaded text message from my carrier (Cricket): "our records indicate you have used your Cricket phone as a 'mobile hotspot' without the Cricket Mobile hotspot feature..." threatening to throttle me due to terms of use violation.
Am I mistaken that the tether_dun_required 0 adb setting disallows the carrier from being able to differentiate between tethered data usage and normal data usage by the device itself? Could this be something that is no longer working as expected in Pie? (I had tethered with this method for a while on Oreo and hadn't received a warning from Cricket until upgrading to Pie. Could be coincidental...)
Any insight is appreciated, thank you.

nobaddreams said:
I have a Magisk rooted Pixel 2 XL running Android Pie and had no problem editing the buildprop (net.tethering.noprovisioning=true) and adb settings (tether_dun_required 0) to enable the native hotspot and bypass the carrier tether check. Or so I thought...
Yesterday I received a dreaded text message from my carrier (Cricket): "our records indicate you have used your Cricket phone as a 'mobile hotspot' without the Cricket Mobile hotspot feature..." threatening to throttle me due to terms of use violation.
Am I mistaken that the tether_dun_required 0 adb setting disallows the carrier from being able to differentiate between tethered data usage and normal data usage by the device itself? Could this be something that is no longer working as expected in Pie? (I had tethered with this method for a while on Oreo and hadn't received a warning from Cricket until upgrading to Pie. Could be coincidental...)
Any insight is appreciated, thank you.
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Before I joined ProjectFi when I received these I told them to pound sand.
Every conversation I had with them was based on amount of usage, but they could never tell how the data was being consumed.
I wouldnt worry until I was given something in writing, hell even an email.

The carriers have multiple methods of detecting tethering, and there is no way to effectively hide your activity. Where you were caught tethering, I would take the threat seriously. For more details, read this: How can phone companies detect tethering, including a WiFi hotspot?

parakleet said:
Before I joined ProjectFi when I received these I told them to pound sand.
Every conversation I had with them was based on amount of usage, but they could never tell how the data was being consumed.
I wouldnt worry until I was given something in writing, hell even an email.
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I was thinking it may be a bluff based on spiked usage. I haven't nearly hit Cricket's stated throttle point of 22GB, but I would say my typical usage over the last year was maybe 4GB/mo where as this month I'm over 15GB. However, before my Pixel 2 XL I have used FoxFi on an S4 for years without a single peep from Cricket, so the instant warning after using my new Pixel 2 XL gives me pause. I definitely don't want to go back to my antique S4 but I can't be without hotspot capability. Thanks for the reply.

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I was thinking it may be a bluff based on spiked usage. I haven't nearly hit Cricket's stated throttle point of 22GB, but I would say my typical usage over the last year was maybe 4GB/mo where as this month I'm over 15GB. However, before my Pixel 2 XL I have used FoxFi on an S4 for years without a single peep from Cricket, so the instant warning after using my new Pixel 2 XL gives me pause. I definitely don't want to go back to my antique S4 but I can't be without hotspot capability. Thanks for the reply.
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I'll be in a similar situation ( BTW, would you share a guide on how to edit the build.prop mate? I can't find any),
the difference is that I'd lose my GUDP, that's a NO NO. I don't know if I'm destined to keep using my Note 4 and FoxFi...
Any help is greatly appreciated guys.

The_Forastero said:
I'll be in a similar situation ( BTW, would you share a guide on how to edit the build.prop mate? I can't find any),
the difference is that I'd lose my GUDP, that's a NO NO. I don't know if I'm destined to keep using my Note 4 and FoxFi...
Any help is greatly appreciated guys.
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If you're rooted, install BuildProp Editor and follow these instructions to unblock your native hotspot.
If you aren't yet rooted, this is the best guide I have found.
ON A SIDE NOTE, regarding my original post, I have decided to push on with tethering in spite of the warning text from Cricket. Long story short, this is my 3rd Pixel 2 XL (been searching for "the right one") and in the process of rooting my latest one, I recalled that when restoring the first one back to the stock image to return the device, I had a TYPO in my adb settings to set the DUN requirement to 0. So I am thinking that any tethering I did ON THAT FIRST DEVICE was detectable, and it may have taken Cricket some time to get around to warning me about it. Now, all settings being verified on my keeper 2 XL, I am going to "keep calm and tether on" to see if I am in the clear.
I have also applied TTL 64 using TTL Editor as an additional protection measure. Tough to say whether it's truly effective, but it's an added measure none the less.

nobaddreams said:
If you're rooted, install BuildProp Editor and follow these instructions to unblock your native hotspot.
If you aren't yet rooted, this is the best guide I have found.
ON A SIDE NOTE, regarding my original post, I have decided to push on with tethering in spite of the warning text from Cricket. Long story short, this is my 3rd Pixel 2 XL (been searching for "the right one") and in the process of rooting my latest one, I recalled that when restoring the first one back to the stock image to return the device, I had a TYPO in my adb settings to set the DUN requirement to 0. So I am thinking that any tethering I did ON THAT FIRST DEVICE was detectable, and it may have taken Cricket some time to get around to warning me about it. Now, all settings being verified on my keeper 2 XL, I am going to "keep calm and tether on" to see if I am in the clear.
I have also applied TTL 64 using TTL Editor as an additional protection measure. Tough to say whether it's truly effective, but it's an added measure none the less.
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You know what, I was thinking... Maybe using a VPN could help? This might be a good chance to find out. Do you have a VPN account? BTW, thanks for the help. I'll go try it today. I've been looking for this for weeks.

nobaddreams said:
I have a Magisk rooted Pixel 2 XL running Android Pie and had no problem editing the buildprop (net.tethering.noprovisioning=true) and adb settings (tether_dun_required 0) to enable the native hotspot and bypass the carrier tether check. Or so I thought...
Yesterday I received a dreaded text message from my carrier (Cricket): "our records indicate you have used your Cricket phone as a 'mobile hotspot' without the Cricket Mobile hotspot feature..." threatening to throttle me due to terms of use violation.
Am I mistaken that the tether_dun_required 0 adb setting disallows the carrier from being able to differentiate between tethered data usage and normal data usage by the device itself? Could this be something that is no longer working as expected in Pie? (I had tethered with this method for a while on Oreo and hadn't received a warning from Cricket until upgrading to Pie. Could be coincidental...)
Any insight is appreciated, thank you.
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I've had cricket for about 4 years, always use the buildprop trick for hotspots, bluetooth tethering, and usb tethering and have never received a message like this. That being said, I have the 2.5gb plan so I throttle much sooner than you. If they aren't bluffing, its likely I haven't received a warning just because I have so little LTE data.

The_Forastero said:
You know what, I was thinking... Maybe using a VPN could help? This might be a good chance to find out. Do you have a VPN account? BTW, thanks for the help. I'll go try it today. I've been looking for this for weeks.
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I am considering using a VPN. Have you done this with success? I have no experience with VPNs but I am thinking they are becoming more of a good idea...

nobaddreams said:
I am considering using a VPN. Have you done this with success? I have no experience with VPNs but I am thinking they are becoming more of a good idea...
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I'd like to try it as soon as I can enable tethering. I hope I'm not too dumb not to understand the steps.

nobaddreams said:
I am considering using a VPN. Have you done this with success? I have no experience with VPNs but I am thinking they are becoming more of a good idea...
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I'm sorry, it's been almost three weeks but I'm too stupid to be able to figure this out. Just can't find any answer/help in this forum anymore. What happened to this place?

The_Forastero said:
I'm sorry, it's been almost three weeks but I'm too stupid to be able to figure this out. Just can't find any answer/help in this forum anymore. What happened to this place?
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I'd like to know too. I asked this a couple weeks ago. No response

If you're rooted with magisk, there's a module for tethering.

Larzzzz82 said:
If you're rooted with magisk, there's a module for tethering.
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Do you know what it's called?

Are you using magisk? If so, go into the downloads and search tethering. It'll pop up.

Larzzzz82 said:
Are you using magisk? If so, go into the downloads and search tethering. It'll pop up.
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Which one?

The one I'm using is called tethering enabler, by stangri.

vpn should work, but it is tricky to get the vpn to pass through to the wifi hotspot.
there is a seperate app to get it to work. its possible they could notice the vpn usage (unless you try obfuscated servers) but i dont know how hardcore they are going to be about this

fixxxer0 said:
vpn should work, but it is tricky to get the vpn to pass through to the wifi hotspot.
there is a seperate app to get it to work. its possible they could notice the vpn usage (unless you try obfuscated servers) but i dont know how hardcore they are going to be about this
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VPN automatically counts as tethering even if your not tethering and gets throttled.
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I've been looking through every forum and cannot find a viable solution. TTL editor doesn't seem to make a difference. Changing build prop doesn't work. WiFi tether router is a bust. And when I even turn on my VPN before I even try to tether I am throttled.
That being said, I have made progress. In no pro but I understand a little... I have just stated tinkering with "netguard" and tweeking settings then turned on "VPN Hotspot" S it's seems like in getting throttled less than normal. I'm still not happy but it's an improvement.

Anybody found a solution for that? :-(

How to block ads reliably? No root

Hi, got a s9 plus the other day and don't want to root it, so no Adaway for me. On my s8 I used dns66 and was fine with it, but as it seems all DNS based blockers bug out on the s9 as in they randomly kill data connections completely when switching between wifi and mobile data. Tried blokada, same thing.
I'm not super fine with Adhell / sabs either since it requires me to resign the packs, install everything new and get new knox keys every three months.
It's not a lot of work, but annoying still.
Is there any fix to the DNS blocking not working? Any other way to block? Or should I go to Adhell 3?

Blokada

truckerdewd said:
Blokada
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Please read my post.

What issues are you having with Blockada? You still see ads in Chrome only? Because you need to go to Chrome://flags, search "dns" and disable all the options found.
I don't have issues with this + Blockada + adguard dns servers.

I have exactly these issues as reported here.
https://github.com/julian-klode/dns66/issues/258
It's for dns66, but applies to any DNS based blocker. It's the same with blockada, I tried it. Samsung based software problem

I am using block this! , works ok.

COMI80 said:
I am using block this! , works ok.
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This is probably the last blocker I'd use if I had a choice between blockada, dns66 and block this, since it has absolutely no options to configure it whatsoever or add hosts files, but indeed - this one seems to work where dns66 and blockada don't. I switched a bit between wifi and mobile and the connection didn't crash.
Using it in combination with Adhell 3 at the moment, since I set that up anyway today. But will try if block this works okay on its own once my Knox license runs out and I'd have to set up Adhell again.

Disconnect Pro seems to be working great so far.

Edit,
Nah block this only worked for a few hours. Same problem afterwards. All VPN based blockers do this. The vpn66 issue on github suggests this is s9 plus only. Maybe I should check the s9 plus subforum

fBx said:
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Nah block this only worked for a few hours. Same problem afterwards. All VPN based blockers do this. The vpn66 issue on github suggests this is s9 plus only. Maybe I should check the s9 plus subforum
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I used to use Block This but it hasn't been updated in over a year. I started using Blokada and at first it seemed like it blocked too much but once I got the blacklist and whitelists figured out it has worked great. Plus when it was updated to 3 and then subsequent updates fixed the issues.

fBx said:
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Nah block this only worked for a few hours. Same problem afterwards. All VPN based blockers do this. The vpn66 issue on github suggests this is s9 plus only. Maybe I should check the s9 plus subforum
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Better to do like this. Block this is working ok for days in the row.
For the other question, what to update, the blocking it's DNS based, not application. Only when the DNS server (actually lists) will not be updated anymore, then there will be problems.
But I am still searching for other solutions, as privacy issues can appear, not sure if it's the case for block this.

To be clear, the VPN blocking worked perfectly fine on my Galaxy S8. This seems to be a specific issue with the S9, maybe only plus, caused by the phone's firmware.
I found my mistake with Adhell (forgot to block port 53 for Chrome) and now everything is blocked fine. And no annoying VPN notification in the status bar all the time. Only issue is I'll have to update it every three months, but ok.

I'm using AdGuard and pretty happy with it: no ads seen at all.

sensboston said:
I'm using AdGuard and pretty happy with it: no ads seen at all.
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I've been using Adguard too and it works incredibly well for blocking ads in nearly every app. The only concern I have with AdGuard is battery drain, however, I'm uncertain if that's related to AdGuard or a Samsung issue. I haven't had time to investigate it thoroughly yet.

AFWall+ blocks internet on Work Wi-Fi

Hey guys! Right now I am running a Havoc OS and I have AFWall+ as the firewall. It runs flawlessly on mobile data and my home wifi but as soon as I connect to the wifi at work it stops working properly. The wifi at work requires me to login to the network after connecting to it but for some reason, AFWall+ blocks the login pop-up. I've tried turning off the firewall, logging in, and then turning it back on but AFWall+ ends up blocking the internet as well.
The logs show that the (root) app is being denied access but it is whitelisted. I've also tried checking off the wifi whitelist for every program in the list but the wifi is still blocked. I've enabled the (kernel), (ntp), (shell), (tethering), and (vpn) as well. The only option that lets me get the login pop-up and internet access is the (Any app) program. Obviously I don't want to leave that ticked off the whole time. Anybody have any ideas as to what the issue could be?

the whitelisting feature has issues atm on Pie....go look at the AF thread or github....
So far for me the only way it works properly is to invert and the block as in blacklist, not whitelist....YMMV
Ive been assisting in the troubleshooting....last I saw was a Beta2 of v3 out...

cmh714 said:
the whitelisting feature has issues atm on Pie....go look at the AF thread or github....
So far for me the only way it works properly is to invert and the block as in blacklist, not whitelist....YMMV
Ive been assisting in the troubleshooting....last I saw was a Beta2 of v3 out...
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Unfortunately your solution doesnt work for me either, I still have to uncheck the blacklist for the (Any apps) program. I suppose I'll have to just wait until the issues get fixed and pass/block (Any apps) as necessary for work. Thank you for the response.

Vinsanity93 said:
Unfortunately your solution doesnt work for me either, I still have to uncheck the blacklist for the (Any apps) program. I suppose I'll have to just wait until the issues get fixed and pass/block (Any apps) as necessary for work. Thank you for the response.
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my guess is you are on 2.9, as this seems to be working for most that are on the 3.0 beta...just a guess

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my guess is you are on 2.9, as this seems to be working for most that are on the 3.0 beta...just a guess
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I am actually. Ok, I will try it out and hopefully the beta works for me. Thank you.

Vinsanity93 said:
I am actually. Ok, I will try it out and hopefully the beta works for me. Thank you.
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I've been having issues with AFWall+ (Donate) ever since upgrading to Android 9.0 almost two months ago. Dev support has been lacking to say the least, so I've been looking for an alternative. Apparently Avast bought out Droidwall some time ago. I've been running Avast Internet Security for about three weeks now and disabled all the components (along with any the 3rd party analytics) and it works great with no battery drain strictly as a firewall(which requires root as well). And since it's part of Avast IS, future updates/bug fixes shouldn't be a problem.

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I've been having issues with AFWall+ (Donate) ever since upgrading to Android 9.0 almost two months ago. Dev support has been lacking to say the least, so I've been looking for an alternative. Apparently Avast bought out Droidwall some time ago. I've been running Avast Internet Security for about three weeks now and disabled all the components (along with any the 3rd party analytics) and it works great with no battery drain strictly as a firewall(which requires root as well). And since it's part of Avast IS, future updates/bug fixes shouldn't be a problem.
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I haven't had a chance to use the Avast app yet but I am pleased to say that I updated AFWall+ to 3.0.0 and the issues I've had before have been fixed. Thank you for the reply.