Reverse engineering FoxFi Pdanet internet tethering or equivalent to install on a WAP
Hi to anyone who has information that can help me. To you others, greetings and salutations to you onlookers of curiosity, peace to you threats,
I would like to know if anyone can provide me source code for FoxFi PdaNet+. I already contacted the company directly and have never heard back from them. What I really need is a new way to tether the internet from my unlimited data plan from my carrier through its 3G/4G network to my linux and windows installations. I want to install whatever I come up with on my device from the same carrier company that is an old obsolete mobile hotspot called the Sierra Wireless 3G/4G Overdrive Pro. It was distributed to two different carriers. I need to unlock it and install an operating system on it that I can use effectively.
I need 3 things.
1. A way to unlock my Sierra Wireless mobile hotspot device, which is not an Android.
2. A new program to tether from my paid data plan my carrier provides me now equivalent to FoxFi PdaNet+ in its ability to tether without restriction.
3. A simple and easy way to connect my mobile hotspot to my present data plan... or a new operating system I write that can subvert the carrier's software already installed on it propietarily and somehow manage to use my carrier's unlimited data access provision to hook up my server/router WAP mobile 3G/4G device that I bought from them in 2011. It is a WiFi wireless access point that can use a data plan to create a wireless network but also has a microUSB port to connect to a computer. If you would help me, I could use this device which I bought from the same company I currently pay and bought all my devices from that provides me my unlimited data plan so I can transfer my tethering capabilities from my broken Android LG G3 cell phone whose screen is cracked and has continual loss of connectivity to this aforementioned Sierra Wireless Overdrive Pro 3G/4G WAP router & server respective hardware & software device I own and bought from them a long time ago.
I thank you in advance for your help.
Regards,
bloodfreed
I feel disappointed that the technology used to switch between 3G and 4G connections freely with unlimited access in the days when data was unlimitedly given at an upfront down price and not paid for by the bit is fading away as the carriers are charging people by data. To charge by bandwidth would make logical sense because there is a natural limit of bandwidth. But to charge people for data is abusive. So I also feel choked.
Maybe if we can rescue the unlimited access that old hardware can provide then the major carriers will find that they cannot limit data anymore and will have to renegotiate the terms of internet usage.
My real name is Moishe and I am just trying to clear out all the evil in the world technologically. Because I live here, too.
bloodfreed said:
Reverse engineering FoxFi Pdanet internet tethering or equivalent to install on a WAP
Hi to anyone who has information that can help me. To you others, greetings and salutations to you onlookers of curiosity, peace to you threats,
I would like to know if anyone can provide me source code for FoxFi PdaNet+. I already contacted the company directly and have never heard back from them. What I really need is a new way to tether the internet from my unlimited data plan from my carrier through its 3G/4G network to my linux and windows installations. I want to install whatever I come up with on my device from the same carrier company that is an old obsolete mobile hotspot called the Sierra Wireless 3G/4G Overdrive Pro. It was distributed to two different carriers. I need to unlock it and install an operating system on it that I can use effectively.
I need 3 things.
1. A way to unlock my Sierra Wireless mobile hotspot device, which is not an Android.
2. A new program to tether from my paid data plan my carrier provides me now equivalent to FoxFi PdaNet+ in its ability to tether without restriction.
3. A simple and easy way to connect my mobile hotspot to my present data plan... or a new operating system I write that can subvert the carrier's software already installed on it propietarily and somehow manage to use my carrier's unlimited data access provision to hook up my server/router WAP mobile 3G/4G device that I bought from them in 2011. It is a WiFi wireless access point that can use a data plan to create a wireless network but also has a microUSB port to connect to a computer. If you would help me, I could use this device which I bought from the same company I currently pay and bought all my devices from that provides me my unlimited data plan so I can transfer my tethering capabilities from my broken Android LG G3 cell phone whose screen is cracked and has continual loss of connectivity to this aforementioned Sierra Wireless Overdrive Pro 3G/4G WAP router & server respective hardware & software device I own and bought from them a long time ago.
I thank you in advance for your help.
Regards,
bloodfreed
I feel disappointed that the technology used to switch between 3G and 4G connections freely with unlimited access in the days when data was unlimitedly given at an upfront down price and not paid for by the bit is fading away as the carriers are charging people by data. To charge by bandwidth would make logical sense because there is a natural limit of bandwidth. But to charge people for data is abusive. So I also feel choked.
Maybe if we can rescue the unlimited access that old hardware can provide then the major carriers will find that they cannot limit data anymore and will have to renegotiate the terms of internet usage.
My real name is Moishe and I am just trying to clear out all the evil in the world technologically. Because I live here, too.
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I really want foxfi's tricks too. I need to see what they actually do with the 'Hide my Tether Usage option' and there universal provision bypass works well on almost every device i've tried, so it would be handy as a dev to see their secret just to know how to manually bypass these restrictions especially on ATT/Cricket devices. The build.prop mod for provisioning doesn't work at all with cricket/att as you'll still get the 'oops contact http://provider.com/mobilehotspot' message.
I know some people here on xda has to know a the correct way for ATT/Cricket devices (not meaning using xposed modules, or any build.prop tweaks) I actually managed to disect some apk / framework on one ATT device and there was an odex file caused the check to actually happen. Renaming that odex file to a backup took care of it, but I can't remember exactly where it was and I didn't document it at the time. I'd give anything if I had of because i've not seen this trick anywhere again and after I got another Cricket device I could never figure it out again.. And my previous phone was history, so I couldn't reference it for the changes I made either.
I'm working on this now. I need a similar thing. Ping me sometime in the future so I can be reminded to post updates to this thread.
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there are some app to make internet using for free? or some text files changes to do this ?
and were can i get custom rom torrents ?
sorry for my bad english
It's just impossible .
The easy answer: You can't. You either have no internet connection, or you pay some provider to have an internet connection. They have to pay for their network connection too you know.
The hard answer: Read Computer Networks (5th Edition) - by Andrew S. Tanenbaum. Then something like Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition - by Jon Erickson. Hack into your provider's infrastructure. Depending on your country you will now face several years of jailtime. With some luck there is free internet access included.
NB: Actual punishable offense enactment is not endorsed by me. This is merely for personal enjoyment.
Sometimes there are proxy hacks that allow for free data, but most of the time you get extremely slow data rates and limited capabilities. Not worth it IMO. A data plan is well worth it's cost especially on Android.
Dont think so
I have never heard nothing about it....its not even possible
You can't get free internet in your mobile device, one way is only Wi-Fi but if you want free internet in every time on your mobile you need pay for network traffic.
It isn't worth the trouble to do this. And it definitely doesn't last long. Just use WiFi and stick to that.
Impossible ?
We need a contract for accessing internet.
I am very good at searching before I post questions, but I keep getting an error saying search is currently not available.
On my S3 there were ways to tether via WiFi and USB without being detected on my grandfathered in unlimited data play. Can anyone confirm that there is proven method via the LGOG. Ny phone is rooted, unlocked, custom kernel, snow rom, and various other mods.
If someone can confirm a working way of doing this, I will provide them with file hosting and subdomain on my server, with full ftp access... etc. Thanks!
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I used the native tethering on SnowJB fairly heavily without issue and as far as I can tell it was never detected.
I was rooted and running various ROMs on my Samsung Infuse a few months ago, and I got an email saying they would add the tethering service to my plan if I continued to use it.
A couple years ago I had a jailbroken iPhone and tethered a lot of data and never had an issue.
I have not yet tried on the LGOG in fear of getting a $40/month service automatically added to my bill.
Sorry I don't have an answer, just sharing my experience I've encountered while tethering.
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I am very good at searching before I post questions, but I keep getting an error saying search is currently not available.
On my S3 there were ways to tether via WiFi and USB without being detected on my grandfathered in unlimited data play. Can anyone confirm that there is proven method via the LGOG. Ny phone is rooted, unlocked, custom kernel, snow rom, and various other mods.
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avoiding detection would probably mean using a method that doesn't rewrite the TTL's on the outbound packets. I've used wifi-tether w/o issue as have many others, I'm sure. I suspect that wifi-tether doesn't preserve the TTL's, but people get away with it because the cost/benefit to carriers is to pick the top 1% of bandwidth users and examine their usage for good reason to stop them somehow, illegal tethering being a good convenient one.
I'm sorry I don't have a solution for you, as I've also searched for just such a thin and not found it. I am curious what others are doing for tethering on this device, though.
If used sparingly, you PROBABLY won't get caught. I used foxfi on my old phone on different occasions and never recieved any notifications about tethering.
jonasl (if you don't recognize the name, he is very good at what he does) had a post in the SnowJB thread a while back about fixing the tethering issues people were having. From what I understand of it, the tethering checks to see if AT&T customers have the entitlement to tether, but since this is a ported ROM, it isn't able to find out if you are entitled (the code doesn't exist to finish the check). His fix circumvents the check (which as he says "This will as a sideeffect also give you tethering even if you aren't paying for it").
I have implemented the fix in case I needed it, but have not had a need to tether since, so I can't vouch for it in that regard, I can say everything still works as expected.
jonasl's post
If you really want to avoid detection, you could run a socks proxy on your phone that forwards to another socks proxy on the internet. Then you need a way to use the socks proxy on your phone. On the client side it can be easy (web browsers have a socks proxy setting, and there are wrappers to socksify anything on your pc) or harder (if you're tethering a tablet or game console or something). Finally, you need a way to bring up both your wireless and mobile data connections at the same time - you could use wifi tether for this if you only need to tether wireless clients, or a more manual method if you need your phone to be a regular wifi client on your network.
I am currently using Straight Talk, and found that the Android built-in "portable wi-fi hotspot" worked right away for me in seconds. I know this is against the terms of use for Straight Talk, but how can they tell I am using it? I would like to be able to tether my laptop once in a while (perhaps 100 MB/month for work when I can't access wi-fi). How would they know? Couldn't Android apps be coded in some way where the carrier cannot tell that an external device is connected?
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I am currently using Straight Talk, and found that the Android built-in "portable wi-fi hotspot" worked right away for me in seconds. I know this is against the terms of use for Straight Talk, but how can they tell I am using it? I would like to be able to tether my laptop once in a while (perhaps 100 MB/month for work when I can't access wi-fi). How would they know? Couldn't Android apps be coded in some way where the carrier cannot tell that an external device is connected?
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well, using a laptop takes a lot more data, then say using your brower on android. so the upstream and downstream of data being pulled would be a dead givaway
? I didn't say what I was doing on each device. I probably use 1GB/month on my phone, and as I said, maybe 100MB if tethered.
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It's called packet sniffing. They know what browser you're using, and what websites you're visiting. They know you're not using the phone to browse, but rather a computer via tethering.
The way around this is to use a virtual private network (VPN). VPNs are a service you pay for, monthly or yearly.
Another way is to use PdaNet+ and USB tether to your computer. PdaNet has a companion program that you install on your computer, and there's an option to "hide tether usage", which creates a VPN between the 2 devices. It has a bluetooth tethering option as well, but connection speeds won't be as fast. PdaNet+ is $8, which might seem a bit high, but it's only $8 once, and the freedom it gives you is well worth it. I USB tether my phone for my home internet, have been doing it for months with T-Mobile's unlimited high speed, and use a ton of data (100gb+...one month I used nearly 400gb).
If you have no carrier provisioning (ie: a Straight Talk tethering app) on your phone, it's possible that you can use a browser plug-in that masks the browser. In other words, instead of your Firefox browser being detected as for PC, you can mask it as Firefox for mobile, or Chrome mobile, or whatever. YMMV, and sites will tend to load up the mobile version, which can be a bit of a PITA.
It is not illegal to use your data as a wi-fi hotspot. FCC law. It's not against user agreements to do so either, except for certain circumstances (like running a server, but you're not doing that anyway).
Hi All,
I'm interested in wifi tethering for my cellphone, but the information provided for the various tethering aps on google playstore website is somewhat incomplete.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 cellphone with a Verizon unlimited talk, text and data plan. I pay an extra charge each month to allow very limited wifi tethering, but it limits my tethering usage to 4 GB per month. MY PHONE IS ROOTED!!
I notice ALL wifi tethering aps require me to enable wifi tethering in my cellphone's settings menu. This is unsuitable because Verizon knows I am using the phone for tethering. I looked in the free and the paid aps listings.
I'm looking for an ap that does not use the phone to set enable wifi tethering from the phones setting menu. In other words, I do NOT want Verizon to know I am using their phone to do tethering for my other wifi devices.
Any suggestions are appreciated, perhaps I'm not searching for relevant keywords??
Thanks,
AG
I've been using foxfi to tether for at least a year now. I use at least 100 gigs every month watch Hulu and Netflix. I've haven't heard anything from them about it. I dont know if they can tell. I've never heard of anybody getting any hassle about foxfi. I think there is an xposed module that might work I can't think of the name of it. Might check it out. Good luck
Hey guys,
I have a very good legacy plan with Sprint/TMobile that does not include wifi tether. There have been ways to do that with my past devices.
Can this be done with the note 20 Ultra without root?
You could try PDANet.
Share smart phone Internet with computers or tablets, no rooting needed.
Version 5.10 has major changes, MUST read below before updating.
1. Windows side also need updating from http://pdanet.co/install
2. Original WiFi Hotspot feature remains in the separate FoxFi app if you still need it, just install from Play Store. You can also find previous (4.19) version of PdaNet+ at http://pdanet.co/install/old
3. New location permission required by Android due to WiFi scan API call.
Please be aware that with no root access there are technical limitations of what an app can do. We try our best to offer the "most convenient solution possible" for sharing phone Internet but it may not be an "ideal" or "universal" solution (e.g. a normal WiFi Hotspot). It may not work for particular devices.
=====WiFi Direct mode (new!) ====
PdaNet+ now comes with a completely new "WiFi Direct Hotspot" feature that works on all Android phones 4.1 or later. It allows you to connect computers and tablets to your phone using WiFi BUT it will require you to either install our client app or setup proxy depending on what device you are connecting to the phone. You can activate "WiFi Direct Hotspot" in PdaNet+ then tap the "Help!" button for detail instructions.
*If your Windows computer does not see the hotspot during pairing please do two things: 1. Restart Hotspot on the phone.
2. Click on "Show All WiFi Direct Hotspot". It will verify if your adapter supports 5Ghz.
====FoxFi/WiFi Hotspot Mode (the old) ====
The original WiFi Hotspot feature remains in the separate FoxFi app if you still need it. It has ceased to function on many newer phone models due to carrier updates. Even when it works, your hotspot usage may still be metered (see plan 2 below). WiFi Direct Hotspot could solve both issues. However the new feature is not meant to support game devices, TVs or TV streaming devices.
=====USB Mode=====
USB mode works on all Android phones (except for some ZTE/Alcatel models). It allows connection from Windows or Mac. In addition, there is a "WiFi Share" feature that can further turn Windows into a WiFi Hotspot so that you share PdaNet Internet with other devices.
*If your phone is not recognized by your computer after connecting USB, please see http://pdanet.co/driver
=====Bluetooth Mode=====
You can use Bluetooth mode to connect Windows. Although WiFi Direct mode is preferred.
=====Do I need this software?=====
The PdaNet software has been around since the first Treo smart phone in 2003. With over 30 million downloads in total, it must be something that everyone needs, right? Well...it really depends on the kind of data plan you have for your phone. There are 4 kinds of data plans from most carriers:
1. Your data plan (limited or unlimited) does not allow you to turn on the mobile hotspot feature on the phone (it prompts you to call your carrier).
2. Your data plan is unlimited and you can turn on mobile hotspot from your phone to use it. But hotspot usage is "metered" against a cap (say 5G/month). After that the speed will be throttled to a crawl. (FoxFi can't avoid this!)
3. Your data plan is unlimited, and you can turn on mobile hotspot from your phone with unlimited LTE usage and no throttling cap. This plan does NOT exist or not intended. But we have seen loopholes on some phone models to allow it.
4. You data plan is limited and it allows you to turn on mobile hotspot from your phone. The mobile hotspot usage goes under the same data plan limit.
If your plan falls under 1 or 2, you will need to use PdaNet+. If your plan belongs to 3 or 4 then PdaNet+ will not make any difference. If you are unsure what plan you have, it won't harm to always use PdaNet+.
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Free edition of PdaNet+ will have timed usage limit, otherwise it is same as full version.
Sprint and AT&T may not allow you to install our app from Play Store, please install the apk file directly from http://pdanet.co/install or install from the computer side.
Just up to a newer plan?
I mean, this is like signing a contract with your cable provider, and you opt out of the premium channels like HBO and Starz... and now you are looking for a way to sneak those channels in without paying for them? lol
SquireSCA said:
Just up to a newer plan?
I mean, this is like signing a contract with your cable provider, and you opt out of the premium channels like HBO and Starz... and now you are looking for a way to sneak those channels in without paying for them? lol
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Newer plans suck. I have a legacy SERO plan with Sprint which has actual true unlimited data with no caps. At the time of this plan, there were no tether options. When they were later added, it was about the same price of the plan itself to add. So, it wasn't an "opt" out as you think.
We simply enabled the native tether via root or used a different app to allow us to use the unlimited data we already had for tether. This was way back with the Note 4 time and possibly the HTC EVO LTE phones if I am not mistaken.
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You could try PDANet.
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Thanks, I tried it and it didn't work.
I get it, but at the end of the day, you signed a contract that doesn't include something, and you are trying to get a service for free, that everyone else has to pay for. Hence my comment about a cable plan... Getting basic cable, and then trying to find a descrambler box to steal the premium channels that you aren't paying for... haha
With root its easy, obviously... But Samsung phones have gotten harder and harder to root, unless you have the international variants with the Samsung CPU?
This has me thinking that from here on out, I may just stick to Pixels or OnePlus... something more stock android that doesn't have all the carrier restrictions on them... I have Unlimited data and tethering, plus my truck itself is an unlimited 4G hotspot for like $20 a month.... But I do tire of the bloat, slow updates, etc...