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I posted this in another area of this forum , but I think this is the proper place...Just rooted my Samsung Galaxy SII AT&T and am looking for a tethering app and/or process to get tethering on my rooted phone. I use DooMLoRD's Easy Rooting Toolkit and it worked flawlessly. I have done some searching and cant seem to find an answer.
What I am looking for is a tethering app (preferably free) to put on this phone so I can share my data connection. If someone could point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it.
Not to be a ass or anything but....
Did you even use search?
Point in the right direction below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=101111416
you know there is tethering option actually in the phone, dont need a separate app. Settings->Wireless and Network->Tethering and portable hotspot
@ Pmac 25...I searched...here and the net. I was drawing blanks. Not sure why I could not find anything. Sorry, but thank you for the help.
@highaltitude...I am cool with using the tethering app in the phone, can I use it without issues from AT&T? I mean I know they possibly could track me, but does the root allow use of the stock tethering app?
Not really sure if you need to be rooted or not to use the stock one. I have a grandfathered Unlimited plan, and have so far been too afraid to try tethering in fear of losing my current data plan. Besides, for me, I have wifi at home, a netbook if I need it and can pretty much get 3G plus anywhere in town so I have not actually needed to use tethering. Good luck, there is some good reading in the link posted above by Pmac25
I read in on of the threads you can just delete the tethermanager.apk. I think I can delete this from Titanium Backup. It is listed as TetheringManager 2.07.06(1). If/once I do this, I can just use the stock tethering app on the phone?
highaltitude said:
Not really sure if you need to be rooted or not to use the stock one. I have a grandfathered Unlimited plan, and have so far been too afraid to try tethering in fear of losing my current data plan. Besides, for me, I have wifi at home, a netbook if I need it and can pretty much get 3G plus anywhere in town so I have not actually needed to use tethering. Good luck, there is some good reading in the link posted above by Pmac25
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High - You won't lose your unlimited data plan! however, if you try to use the tethering option AT&T will eventually find out and give you a letter like this:
Dear sir/madam,
AT&T is happy to provide excellent wireless data service for yoru mobile devices, and we're happy that you're enjoying our service. However, it has come to our attention that you are sharing our service to additional device, commonly known as *tethering*. As you may already be aware, we do offer this additional feature as a paid for service, and will be happy to apply this $20.00 charge on your next bill if you continue to utilize the tethering option...
BOTTOM line, rooting the phone is only PART I, you still have to find and REMOVE the AT&T tethering monitoring APK that is running in the background, (hence the rooting) I *BELIEVE* it's called *tethering2.apk* and IT can only be removed/deleted after phone has been rooted...
Now for the kicker, even with tattertale app removed. AT&T still have at it's disposal human or bot based tracking solutions on their HPSA/3G network to detect when a device is tethering (exact methodology is a closely guarded secret) and so despite your best efforts with rooting and removing the APK, you *MAY* still get the warning letter about the $20 / month additional service charge...
Thanks....
lonewolf69 said:
High - You won't lose your unlimited data plan! however, if you try to use the tethering option AT&T will eventually find out and give you a letter like this:
Dear sir/madam,
AT&T is happy to provide excellent wireless data service for yoru mobile devices, and we're happy that you're enjoying our service. However, it has come to our attention that you are sharing our service to additional device, commonly known as *tethering*. As you may already be aware, we do offer this additional feature as a paid for service, and will be happy to apply this $20.00 charge on your next bill if you continue to utilize the tethering option...
BOTTOM line, rooting the phone is only PART I, you still have to find and REMOVE the AT&T tethering monitoring APK that is running in the background, (hence the rooting) I *BELIEVE* it's called *tethering2.apk* and IT can only be removed/deleted after phone has been rooted...
Now for the kicker, even with tattertale app removed. AT&T still have at it's disposal human or bot based tracking solutions on their HPSA/3G network to detect when a device is tethering (exact methodology is a closely guarded secret) and so despite your best efforts with rooting and removing the APK, you *MAY* still get the warning letter about the $20 / month additional service charge...
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@lonewolf....I think I can freeze or remove the TetheringManager 2.07.06(1) with Titanium Backup. is this the file you refer to in your post?
I'm trying to run the WiFi hotspot on my Amaze to connect to a tablet. I can get the tablet and Amaze to recognize each other and connect. The tablet shows I'm connected to WiFi, but I can't run anything that needs data on the tablet. I've contacted T-Mobile and they say that everything should work without adding anything else to my plan. The rep I spoke to said it was a known issue with the Amaze, and there were a couple workarounds but she said she wasn't that familiar with the technical aspects of them and didn't want to give me any wrong info. She did tell me about a 3rd party app called WiFi Static that may help, but she wasn't familiar about any of the settings. Do you fine folk have any advice for me?
pantlesspenguin said:
I'm trying to run the WiFi hotspot on my Amaze to connect to a tablet. I can get the tablet and Amaze to recognize each other and connect. The tablet shows I'm connected to WiFi, but I can't run anything that needs data on the tablet. I've contacted T-Mobile and they say that everything should work without adding anything else to my plan. The rep I spoke to said it was a known issue with the Amaze, and there were a couple workarounds but she said she wasn't that familiar with the technical aspects of them and didn't want to give me any wrong info. She did tell me about a 3rd party app called WiFi Static that may help, but she wasn't familiar about any of the settings. Do you fine folk have any advice for me?
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Got root?
Binary100100 said:
Got root?
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Nope. The only thing I used to root for was screen shot abilities and now that's baked in. I haven't even researched about rooting the Amaze.
I'm willing to bet that the tethering your going through is being blocked by the tethering manager as tablets are required to have webconnect instead of smartphone internet data plans. Try downloading apn manager from the market, then open it and look for all t-mobile tethering apn's and delete all apns in regards to t-mobile tethering.
That hopefully should fix it.
You have to add the Tethering data plan. I believe it is an additional $15.
hasoon2000 said:
You have to add the Tethering data plan. I believe it is an additional $15.
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Well he said he had contacted t-mobile. How do they not know that he needs a tethering service for it to work? I know the servie reps aren't that bad.
Create a new APN
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Install This android-wifi-tether
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ClockworkMod Tether
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Binary100100 said:
Well he said he had contacted t-mobile. How do they not know that he needs a tethering service for it to work? I know the servie reps aren't that bad.
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Trust me, they are stupid. I used to work for T-Mobile and they do not know half the things they are supposed to know. Some do, most are idiots though.
hasoon2000 said:
Trust me, they are stupid. I used to work for T-Mobile and they do not know half the things they are supposed to know. Some do, most are idiots though.
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I guess a mentally handicapped monkey would be overqualified for employment then huh.
Binary100100 said:
I guess a mentally handicapped monkey would be overqualified for employment then huh.
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Pretty much. I actually taught them more than they have helped me.
Hey, I just added on dumb phone data plan and i wanna know how to use it safe and not over use it so it won't get suspicious.
Thanks in advance!!!
tickme said:
Hey, I just added on dumb phone data plan and i wanna know how to use it safe and not over use it so it won't get suspicious.
Thanks in advance!!!
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Been on it since before I got this phone a year ago. Just don't go using 20gb of data in a month or anything. I actually rarely use more than 2gb per month, since I'm often near a wifi hotspot
ctomgee said:
Been on it since before I got this phone a year ago. Just don't go using 20gb of data in a month or anything. I actually rarely use more than 2gb per month, since I'm often near a wifi hotspot
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ya i see what u mean but it seem like some of my app are randomly using data is that normal? its very little but i just wanna make sure because its my first smartphone. thx btw
tickme said:
ya i see what u mean but it seem like some of my app are randomly using data is that normal? its very little but i just wanna make sure because its my first smartphone. thx btw
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You'll have to be more specific. Many apps use data, such as email, facebook, twitter, and others if you have sync turned on. That's normal, but you can turn all that off if you want.
I have all that turned on, but still rarely use over 2gb per month since I make sure to connect to wifi where available.
ctomgee said:
You'll have to be more specific. Many apps use data, such as email, facebook, twitter, and others if you have sync turned on. That's normal, but you can turn all that off if you want.
I have all that turned on, but still rarely use over 2gb per month since I make sure to connect to wifi where available.
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ya i understand that. btw on my phone status under Mobile network type its listed as: HSDPA:9 is that correct? thank alots.
tickme said:
ya i understand that. btw on my phone status under Mobile network type its listed as: HSDPA:9 is that correct? thank alots.
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Curious, mine says HSPA, not HSDPA:9.
Weird, ima google around and see is there a difference. ill reply back after i find out.
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Can someone explain a little to me about this, a Samsung and dumbphone, what's this about, a way to save money?
I'm a Verizon customer using an Dink 2 rooted, and always looking for a way out of Verizon and still have the same benifits at a lower price.
Lino. said:
Can someone explain a little to me about this, a Samsung and dumbphone, what's this about, a way to save money?
I'm a Verizon customer using an Dink 2 rooted, and always looking for a way out of Verizon and still have the same benifits at a lower price.
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AT&T has a non-smartphone data plan, which people also call a dumbphone data plan.
ctomgee said:
AT&T has a non-smartphone data plan, which people also call a dumbphone data plan.
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Verizon use to have that also, they probably still do, so is the AT&T dumbphone data plan is being used on a smartphone, this is possible because AT&T uses sim cards, and the service was sold to an actual dumbphone.
Is this the case?
Lino. said:
Verizon use to have that also, they probably still do, so is the AT&T dumbphone data plan is being used on a smartphone, this is possible because AT&T uses sim cards, and the service was sold to an actual dumbphone.
Is this the case?
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Yup.
I wanted to post this in the correct forum ( Android Dev) but it wont let me so Ill post here hoping it can be moved or will be ok here. Ok so here it is (drum roll).......LG G3 VS985 Hotspot hack. I do not take responsibility for doing this I simply tried it on my device and it worked. :good:
CREDIT:
Anonymous creator
xdabbeb's file hosting site
WACOmalt for making the original G2 thread (see below)
anyone else I did not happen to mention.
Download the file, backup and remove* HotspotProvision.apk and HotspotProvision.odex from /system/app/ And then drag in this copy of the apk**. Put it's permissions to rw-r--r-- and reboot.
The only caviat to this way is that every time you enable the hotspot you must change the password so it will enable (I Don't know Why). I had this happen on my G2 also so I am not sure if its me or that's how it goes. But hey it WORKS!:laugh:
*People have said that you can rename the app if you want. I copied the files and put them in downloads then deleted them in the sys/app section. When you move them back to sys/app go in app manager and clear data/cache for the hotspot so it will load correctly. This is what I did and it worked great.
**To drag and drop I used Root browser
Links:
DO NOT USE APP ON FIRST PAGE! it is meant for Android 4.2 Original thread
HotSpot APK Download
Root using IOroot here
Edit: This was tested on Verizon as that is the only device I have. Not sure it this would work on other carriers.
I will end this by a great quote from Abraham Lincoln:
"The problem with internet quotes is that you cant always depend on their accuracy" -Abraham Lincoln, 1864
This will help your hotspot working? Please can write what it's ment for
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Guest. said:
I wanted to post this in the correct forum ( Android Dev) but it wont let me so Ill post here hoping it can be moved or will be ok here. Ok so here it is (drum roll).......LG G3 VS985 Hotspot hack. I do not take responsibility for doing this I simply tried it on my device and it worked. :good:
CREDIT:
Anonymous creator
xdabbeb's file hosting site
WACOmalt for making the original G2 thread (see below)
anyone else I did not happen to mention.
Download the file, backup and remove* HotspotProvision.apk and HotspotProvision.odex from /system/app/ And then drag in this copy of the apk**. Put it's permissions to rw-r--r-- and reboot.
The only caviat to this way is that every time you enable the hotspot you must change the password so it will enable (I Don't know Why). I had this happen on my G2 also so I am not sure if its me or that's how it goes. But hey it WORKS!:laugh:
*People have said that you can rename the app if you want. I copied the files and put them in downloads then deleted them in the sys/app section. When you move them back to sys/app go in app manager and clear data/cache for the hotspot so it will load correctly. This is what I did and it worked great.
**To drag and drop I used Root browser
Links:
DO NOT USE APP ON FIRST PAGE! it is meant for Android 4.2 Original thread
HotSpot APK Download
Root using IOroot here
Edit: This was tested on Verizon as that is the only device I have. Not sure it this would work on other carriers.
I will end this by a great quote from Abraham Lincoln:
"The problem with internet quotes is that you cant always depend on their accuracy" -Abraham Lincoln, 1864
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Wait... What? So you mean to tell me that the G3 hotspot feature won't work unless you hack it?
krisbi said:
Wait... What? So you mean to tell me that the G3 hotspot feature won't work unless you hack it?
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If you pay for it through your carrier it will work. This is most likely for the free hotspot mod, so u don't need to pay for it.
fgcchevy said:
If you pay for it through your carrier it will work. This is most likely for the free hotspot mod, so u don't need to pay for it.
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Plus they normally have a data cap for hotspot apps. I'd gladly pay for a hotspot if my carrier didn't slap me with a 5gb cap (which I blow through easily enough)
Osseon said:
Plus they normally have a data cap for hotspot apps. I'd gladly pay for a hotspot if my carrier didn't slap me with a 5gb cap (which I blow through easily enough)
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I don't think I have a problem with this in my country. My Xperia Z was fully free of these caps and restrictions so I assume it is the same.
krisbi said:
I don't think I have a problem with this in my country. My Xperia Z was fully free of these caps and restrictions so I assume it is the same.
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In the USA the telecom companies are running a criminal racket, they are slowly tightening their grip on bandwidth. Its pretty sad.
Osseon said:
In the USA the telecom companies are running a criminal racket, they are slowly tightening their grip on bandwidth. Its pretty sad.
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This^
krisbi said:
I don't think I have a problem with this in my country. My Xperia Z was fully free of these caps and restrictions so I assume it is the same.
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Do you have Verizon? I didn't think so. This thread is about the Verizon G3 Hotspot hack.
geoff5093 said:
Do you have Verizon? I didn't think so. This thread is about the Verizon G3 Hotspot hack.
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The title changed AFTER I had posted my comment
Osseon said:
Plus they normally have a data cap for hotspot apps. I'd gladly pay for a hotspot if my carrier didn't slap me with a 5gb cap (which I blow through easily enough)
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Verizon caps your hotspot app at 5 gigs? I would call them asap. I pay for tethering and my hotspot runs all the time with data over 20 gigs every month. I'm thinking maybe you don't have unlimited or just 5 gig p plan to start with.
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I think its ridiculous to have to pay an additional fee if you have a limited data plan. If you have 2GB bandwidth you should be able to use it however you want. 2GB is 2GB.
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Verizon caps your hotspot app at 5 gigs? I would call them asap. I pay for tethering and my hotspot runs all the time with data over 20 gigs every month. I'm thinking maybe you don't have unlimited or just 5 gig p plan to start with.
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I don't know any carrier that still offers limited Hotspot. The only one I know of is Verizon's old plan.
kthung said:
I think its ridiculous to have to pay an additional fee if you have a limited data plan. If you have 2GB bandwidth you should be able to use it however you want. 2GB is 2GB.
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Per agreements with the fcc all limited plans should have free hotspot. You only have to pay for it on unlimited plans. Vzw has been this way for a little over a year. If you're on a limited plan and aren't provisioned for it, just call them and they'll add it. Grandfathered unlimited plans pay ~$30/mo
arcanexvi said:
Per agreements with the fcc all limited plans should have free hotspot. You only have to pay for it on unlimited plans. Vzw has been this way for a little over a year. If you're on a limited plan and aren't provisioned for it, just call them and they'll add it. Grandfathered unlimited plans pay ~$30/mo
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I am on an unlimited plan so I haven't been keeping track. I'm pretty sure when they first unveiled tiered data plans a couple years ago there was an additional fee just to enable wireless hotspot, but it makes sense for the FCC to prevent them from being able to do it.
Can anyone confirms this works? I tried and when I turn on mobile hotspot, it just doesn't work or turn on, no errors or anything. I allowed the right permissions and removed the odex and apk originals.
Bump. Also wondering if anyone was able to get this to work. Also this should probably be moved to the Verizon sub-forum
confirmed
kthung said:
Bump. Also wondering if anyone was able to get this to work. Also this should probably be moved to the Verizon sub-forum
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Working on my Verizon variant. But I do have to change the network name each time. Tasker to the rescue.
thenewmalcolm said:
Working on my Verizon variant. But I do have to change the network name each time. Tasker to the rescue.
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How do you change network name?
They have it working on the G3 ported ROMS on the G2, I wonder if they could take it from that.
Just wondering if anyone who still has Verizon unlimited data and a LG V10 has updated to Marshmallow and can confirm that Foxfi still works?
I would like to know definitively before I upgrade.
Thanks,
It works!!
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Can confirm it works here as well. Actually it works better. I used to have issues getting it to work on LP sometimes but it works right away on MM. And man does MM run so much nicer. This is a very good upgrade to the v10.
Does it really work?
I really really want to upgrade my V10, but I really need FoxFi (I used 167gb last month). Has anyone at all not had success upgrading to 6.0 and using FoxFi, or is it really all good? I've only seen 3 responses in all my searches, but they've all been a yes. Thanks in advance.
Newbe question
If you have an unlimited plan, why would you need FoxFi? Maybe I'm not understanding what it does. Is there any benefit if you don't have an unlimited plan?
FoxFi is a mobile hotspot app. With it you can connect, I believe, up to 10 wifi devices with no extra monthly fee...
I assume that it still uses your data plan if your not unlimited?
Foxfi works!
gBandid0 said:
I really really want to upgrade my V10, but I really need FoxFi (I used 167gb last month). Has anyone at all not had success upgrading to 6.0 and using FoxFi, or is it really all good? I've only seen 3 responses in all my searches, but they've all been a yes. Thanks in advance.
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Hi,
So I waited a few days after starting this thread, and since there weren't any negative responses, I went ahead and upgraded this morning. It took about 20 minutes for the whole thing to complete, and I turned on Foxfi almost right away, and it worked just fine. So no worries, go ahead and do it. I haven't noticed any big changes yet, other than the fingerprint scanner being more responsive, as some in other threads have pointed out.
Thanks,
nemesis624
Newbie question
I have a question guys, will I be able to use as wifi hotspot my lg v10 from Verizon if i'm using it in another carrier? With or without foxfi .I will take it to mexico so i hope wifi hotspot works there with a different carrier ... thank you!
VZW mobile hotspot from VZW is roughly a dollar a day and if you have the UNL plan, the data usage is UNL.... You can also turn it on and off for no fee. Works perfect. how much cheaper can you get? They dont care how much you stream. I just bought it for use on vacation so my daughter could tether.....worked perfect