Hey everyone,
I have been a searching and searching for new ways to get my fully unlimited 4G mobile internet through HotSpot, and up until 6 months ago, the changing of APN setting in "Mobile Networks" from epc.tmobile.com (Regular) to fast.tmobile.com (LTE) had worked and adding dun to the authentication types, but in the last week the HotSpot Block screen popped up again and I am now forced to revert to using user-agents to use the unlimited mobile internet I paid highly for, through my phone's HotSpot, like I had to before. Is there someone who knows a new way to get around this, without rooting my phone or paying for an app on Google Play?!
compwhiz345 said:
Hey everyone,
I have been a searching and searching for new ways to get my fully unlimited 4G mobile internet through HotSpot, and up until 6 months ago, the changing of APN setting in "Mobile Networks" from epc.tmobile.com (Regular) to fast.tmobile.com (LTE) had worked and adding dun to the authentication types, but in the last week the HotSpot Block screen popped up again and I am now forced to revert to using user-agents to use the unlimited mobile internet I paid highly for, through my phone's HotSpot, like I had to before. Is there someone who knows a new way to get around this, without rooting my phone or paying for an app on Google Play?!
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The "APN" dun method is not working anymore for me either, I configured the settings correctly in the AP and got past the 5GB threshold but was only able to use my stock hotspot unlimited for one day up until now it has stopped working and reverted back to the upsell screen page with no fix has T-Mobile finally figured it out and cracked down or something? I don't want to root my phone! I want another method for none rooted users!!! Someone please help.
Anyone with cricket and the oreo update installed:
Does the hotspot still work to get you free tethering?
Johnnyrocket said:
Anyone with cricket and the oreo update installed:
Does the hotspot still work to get you free tethering?
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Even if it doesn't there's always a way to get tethering to work. There's a app called wifi tether on play store will work might need root though
yea... but I really want to avoid root....
should work
Any phone that isn't carrier locked should work. Cricket auto setup the internet apn and a tethering apn when I first put the sim card in my 7x. If it does this just delete the tethering apn and you should be good to go. Unlocked phones don't have the carrier firmware that notifies them if the hotspot is on or give them the ability to control hotspot access.
Nice thread. I'm also a cricket customer and once I get the update I'll give it a test and report it back here ?
It's dead
I updated today with the SE NA keyone. I can confirm the update will kill your free hotspot tethering. I've even tried creating other APNs with no luck. I tried using pda+ as well and that did not work.
Hopefully I'm not missing something obv. but I have a sm-975f variant that is rooted that I am using on Cricket. I'm trying to do wifi tethering using the hotspot feature, but devices are not getting internet. I have added them as approved devices once they connect, but still no internet. I do not have a tethering plan with Cricket, but coming from "vanilla" Android devices for years, I was just able to connect with no problems. Is there something I am missing? Should I use a third-party app?
You have to have the tehering package, my unlocked and rooted Moto Z2 Force never would connect either, also never found any third party apps to work either.
blake .l said:
You have to have the tehering package, my unlocked and rooted Moto Z2 Force never would connect either, also never found any third party apps to work either.
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Actually just changed to the updated package with the tethering a few minutes ago. I'll give it some time before testing again to see if that works. Like I said, coming from AOSP and Pixel roms, never had to worry about actually having it included in my plan.
Hmmm..still no internet. I get an IP address but nothing. I was looking and seen that the Note 10+ wasnt on their "approved list" (if that really means anything.) I guess I can call their (existent) customer support to make sure my plan has updated.
I resolved the problem by doing some googleing. The default apn that gets loaded when you insert a cricket sim was missing a setting in the apn type field. It was missing "dun". Once I added that, I was able to get internet on tethered devices. I also moved my sim to slot two which may or may not have helped.
To add, my p2xl did not have the "dun" setting but still was able to tether other devices with no problems so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I lost my hotspot hack when I updated my Sprint S10 to Android 10 like everyone else but I just found a fix! It works on my S10 so I’m guessing it’ll work the same for S10+ users.
##3282# then APN Settings
(The left clicking to unlock editing doesn’t work anymore like you all said)
Go into APN2 and take pictures with another device of all the settings
Go back and click ADD next to Access Point Names
Fill in the data identical to the original APN2 data except APN TYPE add dun between mms and xcap
Upper right hand menu and SAVE
You will now have two APN2. Select the one that has DUN in the APN type and hit the left arrow next to Access Point Names to set it.
Crazy enough it worked!
It works but for some reason it's not near as fast as the s10 plus running Android 9 and hacking that the old way.... I play gta online I can't load other players with my hotspot but my wife's phone (still on Android 9) will let me load other players anyone know a work around for this
Welbornsad said:
It works but for some reason it's not near as fast as the s10 plus running Android 9 and hacking that the old way.... I play gta online I can't load other players with my hotspot but my wife's phone (still on Android 9) will let me load other players anyone know a work around for this
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Use a vpn. It seems its being detected as media and such thats throttled. Of course in order for the vpn to work on the connected device it has to be run from the connected device.
Sent from my SM-G975U1 using XDA Labs
Tried still not working I don't get it I copied everything letter for letter but the dun when I have normal apn going with my. 5 gb hotspot plan it works fine when I switch to the one with the dun it's just as fast just can't load online xbox we gotta figure out a way to edit the original apn
jwarrior319 said:
Use a vpn. It seems its being detected as media and such thats throttled. Of course in order for the vpn to work on the connected device it has to be run from the connected device.
Sent from my SM-G975U1 using XDA Labs
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Welbornsad said:
It works but for some reason it's not near as fast as the s10 plus running Android 9 and hacking that the old way.... I play gta online I can't load other players with my hotspot but my wife's phone (still on Android 9) will let me load other players anyone know a work around for this
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I am on the unlocked S10+ with Sprint and I am convinced that the xcap is what throttle the speed...below are the values I used to get the hotspot to work; its pretty fast for me and i get Voice over LTE+ support.
Code:
Name
[B]Sprint[/B]
APN
[B]x.ispsn[/B]
Proxy
[B]Not set[/B]
Port
[B]Not set[/B]
Username
[B]Not set[/B]
Password
[B]Not set[/B]
Server
[B]Not set[/B]
MMSC
[B]https://mms.sprintpcs.com[/B]
Multimedia message proxy
[B]oap7.sprintpcs.com[/B]
Multimedia message port
[B]80[/B]
MCC
[B]310[/B]
MNC
[B]120[/B]
Authentication type
[B]None[/B]
APN type
[B]default,mms,supl,dun,fota[/B]
APN protocol
[B]IPv4/IPv6[/B]
APN roaming protocol
[B]IPv4/IPv6[/B]
Turn APN on/off
[B]APN turned on.[/B]
Bearer
[B]eHRPD,LTE[/B]
Mobile virtual network operator type
[B]GID[/B]
Mobile virtual network operator value
[B]000001FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF [/B]
I will try it right now will report back later to let u know if it work thanks a ton
jwarrior319 said:
Use a vpn. It seems its being detected as media and such thats throttled. Of course in order for the vpn to work on the connected device it has to be run from the connected device.
Sent from my SM-G975U1 using XDA Labs
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Nope still not able to load online on Xbox the hotspot has plenty of speed just won't load on line for some reason guess I'm gunna have to downgrade
aBsolutex3 said:
I am on the unlocked S10+ with Sprint and I am convinced that the xcap is what throttle the speed...below are the values I used to get the hotspot to work; its pretty fast for me and i get Voice over LTE+ support.
Code:
Name
[B]Sprint[/B]
APN
[B]x.ispsn[/B]
Proxy
[B]Not set[/B]
Port
[B]Not set[/B]
Username
[B]Not set[/B]
Password
[B]Not set[/B]
Server
[B]Not set[/B]
MMSC
[B]https://mms.sprintpcs.com[/B]
Multimedia message proxy
[B]oap7.sprintpcs.com[/B]
Multimedia message port
[B]80[/B]
MCC
[B]310[/B]
MNC
[B]120[/B]
Authentication type
[B]None[/B]
APN type
[B]default,mms,supl,dun,fota[/B]
APN protocol
[B]IPv4/IPv6[/B]
APN roaming protocol
[B]IPv4/IPv6[/B]
Turn APN on/off
[B]APN turned on.[/B]
Bearer
[B]eHRPD,LTE[/B]
Mobile virtual network operator type
[B]GID[/B]
Mobile virtual network operator value
[B]000001FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF [/B]
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I have the Note10+ Sprint Lease and the left click and add buttons are greyed out. Any other methods?
Where/how do I get MSL?!
Msl
JoeFCaputo113 said:
Where/how do I get MSL?!
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If your phone is unlocked 000000
If it is not, ie leased phone, you'll have to see if sprint will give it up.
I lost hotspot on s9 plus going to android 10. Worked flawlessly through oreo and pie. Not impressed by Android 10 either. Hopefully I'll be able to downgrade without too much hassle.
Downgraded s9 plus last night to restore hotspot workaround. Crappy part is that I'm in an area that doesn't offer a comparable internet.
Welborn11161720 said:
Tried still not working I don't get it I copied everything letter for letter but the dun when I have normal apn going with my. 5 gb hotspot plan it works fine when I switch to the one with the dun it's just as fast just can't load online xbox we gotta figure out a way to edit the original apn
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I know its been awhile, but ive figured out that in order to use anything xbox related regardless of vpn you need to use the Public IP addon from sprint. I believe its only $2.99 extra/month. Thats what i had to do in order to use xbox live via my hotspot.
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Creating the new APN after getting the android 10 upgrade and it worked for me, but it appears Sprint has UDP blocked. I noticed this affecting me on Discord voice chat and loading roblox games.
Following Discord's advice, I went here https://test.webrtc.org/ and it showed no UDP.
UDP is a bit beyond my understanding. No idea how to get past this issue.
jwarrior319 said:
I know its been awhile, but ive figured out that in order to use anything xbox related regardless of vpn you need to use the Public IP addon from sprint. I believe its only $2.99 extra/month. Thats what i had to do in order to use xbox live via my hotspot.
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haha yea.. things like this is why they set limits/restrictions on hotspot to begin with..
sprints network (and most mobile networks) arent made to handld continuous live gaming..
back when i used to work for uscellular it was even in their policies as being against the rules.. that as well as things like continuous p2p streaming, torrents n other stuff..
i wouldnt b surprised if in the future carriers remove the ability to edit apns altogether since this is how ppl have been bypassing restrictions for years.
Ok after a little poking around, it seems the Mobile virtual network operator info is a double-edged sword here. By default on Sprint, it is set to None. By setting it to GID, you are unmonitored, but UDP does not work. Once I remade it without MVNO set, I connected to Discord voicechat just fine. Then some updates ate all my data.
I'm not sure if removing xcap from the APN Type list had any affect, but I both added it back in and removed MVNO before I ate all my hotspot.
I rebuilt it again without xcap or an MVNO, but the damage had already been done and I'm throttled. I'll be back with an update at the start of my next billing cycle (or sooner if things start working in my favor!)
Edit: Also, any changes seemed to kill my MMS. Swapping back to default immediately downloaded the message. hmm...
Edit2: oops! So it's important to note that there should be no spaces in your APN Type field. It's not a valid character, so nothing after default was loaded. Nice. And MMS is back as well. Still throttled internet, but at least one thing is resolved...
Did the most recent update break this method?
Luro said:
Did the most recent update break this method?
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try it and report back.. theres literally no harm in trying
Here's my update. Once I rebooted everything, I was able to get highspeed hotspot back. It has been working ever since, just not UDP things still like Discord voice chat or Roblox.
Further update, Sprint has increased all hotspot allotments to 20GB for 2 billing cycles. We'll see if this gets pushed out. If you don't use any more than that, then don't worry about this process for now (always good to know things though).
My method:
- Manually copy over all settings (write it down so you have it because a profile update will wipe new APNs)
- add ,dun to the end of the APN Type line.
- copied the APN Name exactly, but added a 2 to the end (I don't think this matters, but just in case!)
Weird note though. I downloaded a game off of Steam on friday. While downloading, I would periodically check the My Sprint app to see if my hotspot usage moved. It did, but in an unsuspected way. After downloading the first GB, my hotspot usage would say "Used 0.0001 / 20 GB" and would tick up similarly for each GB downloaded. I paused it to make sure I didn't get any "used 75%" texts or emails, but they never came. So after 18GB, it said "Used 0.0018 / 20 GB", or 1.8 MB...how strange...
Alanman13 said:
Here's my update. Once I rebooted everything, I was able to get highspeed hotspot back. It has been working ever since, just not UDP things still like Discord voice chat or Roblox.
Further update, Sprint has increased all hotspot allotments to 20GB for 2 billing cycles. We'll see if this gets pushed out. If you don't use any more than that, then don't worry about this process for now (always good to know things though).
My method:
- Manually copy over all settings (write it down so you have it because a profile update will wipe new APNs)
- add ,dun to the end of the APN Type line.
- copied the APN Name exactly, but added a 2 to the end (I don't think this matters, but just in case!)
Weird note though. I downloaded a game off of Steam on friday. While downloading, I would periodically check the My Sprint app to see if my hotspot usage moved. It did, but in an unsuspected way. After downloading the first GB, my hotspot usage would say "Used 0.0001 / 20 GB" and would tick up similarly for each GB downloaded. I paused it to make sure I didn't get any "used 75%" texts or emails, but they never came. So after 18GB, it said "Used 0.0018 / 20 GB", or 1.8 MB...how strange...
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So if my apn type just has "default" in it should I skip adding mms,xcap,supl and just add dun?
tony0691 said:
So if my apn type just has "default" in it should I skip adding mms,xcap,supl and just add dun?
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Sorry if that was misleading. Your original APN from Sprint should have said "default,mms,xcap,supl" so you will still have to add all that and add dun to the end.
I received a text from Cricket today that they added 10gb of hotspot for the next 60day to help get by COVID-19. I tried the hotspot on my Pixel 3 XL and it worked. I started a chat with Cricket to ask why my Pixel hotspot worked now and not any other day even though I have 15gd free hotspot on compatible phones. Below is the response,
"wireless devices are either single or dual APN (a back-end carrier setting that allows for software applications). Cricket Mobile Hotspot, because of the way it was developed, can only work on dual APN devices. Historically, not all Cricket devices are dual APN.
Certain single APN devices are compatible with Cricket Mobile Hotspot on certain retired rate plans, but do not allow for Mobile Hotspot on currently available rate plans."
Does that sound right?
I personally can't tell you that it sounds right or not to me because it didn't make sense to me when they tried to explain it. I got the tethering to work with MagiskHide Props Config and help from the forum before all this COVID-19 started and my 3 XL worked thankfully.