Tethering & Portable Hotspot Settings - Defy Android Development

Hi! Did Motorola just disable this in Settings or does Settings.apk have to be recompiled to include this feature?
Thanks!

A little help please...

Beach_Head said:
A little help please...
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there's an app called 3G Mobile Hotspot from stock motorola defy.
ya, it seems motorola modified settings.apk

I can't start the Tethering function neither using barnacle or 3G Mobile Hotspot

http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
Give that a try.

Yes, I know about that. just wondering if we can enable the one that's built into Android...
Would you happen to know how to re-enable it?
I'm thinking it's a setting in /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/ but I don't know what line to add to the database.
I've searched the whole Android Developers Guide but couldn't find anything...
marhensa said:
there's an app called 3G Mobile Hotspot from stock motorola defy.
ya, it seems motorola modified settings.apk
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In Barnacle, did you tick the checkbox that says something like bypass WPA Supplicant?
In 3G Mobile Hotpsot, do you receive an error message of some kind?
psicodelico said:
I can't start the Tethering function neither using barnacle or 3G Mobile Hotspot
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I have that. Would like the stock feature from Android...
Zaben said:
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
Give that a try.
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Anyone else have an idea on how to get this done?
I'm stuck...

Edit your APN type to "dun,default" to enable 3G Mobile Hotspot app.

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[APP] Market Enabler

I am so sorry if this question has already been asked. But i was just wondering if we could use the markert enabler on Nexus one as well ? i have the version which i used on my Hero. would it work on a rooted nexus one as well ?
Get an updated version on their website: http://code.google.com/p/market-enabler/
- RasmusJV
quick question.. every time i face a provider it works, but it reverts when the phone reboots.
Re: Market Enabler
anyone know why settings are not remembered ?
Sent from my Nexus One using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
qiuness said:
anyone know why settings are not remembered ?
Sent from my Nexus One using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
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...because the developers haven't written it in the software... it doesn't remember settings on reboot
i was hoping the dev's would further develop this app, but it has been at 3.0.8 for months now... so i think it has been deserted.
does the job though...
delete
zgornz said:
http://amip.tools-for.net/wiki/android/marketaccess
MarketAccess is a rewrite of Market Enabler and it does include an option to enable at boot.
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i tried the market access it is much better than the Enabler....
sayyas said:
i tried the market access it is much better than the Enabler....
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awesome.....
zgornz said:
http://amip.tools-for.net/wiki/android/marketaccess
MarketAccess is a rewrite of Market Enabler and it does include an option to enable at boot.
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You`re the man!
sry guys I never understood what does this program need for!?
net.cat said:
sry guys I never understood what does this program need for!?
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Quote from the site:
This Android application emulates the SIM card of the chosen operator and makes paid apps accessible in the Android Market. You need it if you want to buy apps and games from Market, but Market is not (yet) available in your country or for your operator.
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BTW, I'm the developer of MarketAccess.
CrazyCoder said:
Quote from the site:
BTW, I'm the developer of MarketAccess.
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Thank you for doing this! I have a stupid question, but I have to ask it, because I don't know how MarketAccess works.
Can you (or anybody) confirm that only the market is fooled? By this, I mean, I want to be sure that neither my telco nor the telco I'm spoofing will charge me for roaming and that any data I actually download while spoofing my location will still go through my normal APNs?
Thanks for your answer.
MarketAccess emulates SIM numeric of the chosen operator. My local provider APNs continue to work fine with no extra charges when I have T-Mobile emulated.
However, it may affect other applications which also depend on the SIM numeric. For example, the APN Settings dialog will start to show the APNs valid for the emulated provider (SIM numeric = MCC+MNC in the APN settings). To be on the safe side remove the APNs for the emulated provider or change the APN server to your local one, but with the MCC/MNC of the emulated provider.
In theory it may alert such application as WaveSecure and SIM Checker. But I have WaveSecure installed and it seems to live fine with the emulated SIM numeric. One user reported that SIM Checker also works fine.
If you feel paranoid, then just disable the GPRS/EDGE/3G using APNdroid or Toggle Data and buy/download the applications via WiFi. Once downloaded, restore your original SIM numeric and enable data transfer.
Thank you for your comprehensive answer!
SIM Checker dev here. I can confirm that there are no problems with MarketAccess, since the SIM numeric value is not used to determine if the SIM card has been changed.
ok i get what it does but what special apps do you need this to get?
D_Toma said:
ok i get what it does but what special apps do you need this to get?
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You need MarketAccess to buy any application from Market in the countries where paid applications are not listed in the Market. Is that the answer you were looking for?
so being in the us there is really no need for it? or are there specific apps that can only be seen using this
D_Toma said:
so being in the us there is really no need for it? or are there specific apps that can only be seen using this
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Developers can choose where to distribute their applications. So we can guess that there are some apps limited to certain countries. I don't know of any specific examples.
thats more of what i was looking for was specifics

[Q] Need wifi tether .apk download

It got pulled from the market and i apologize if its on here and im just reposting but i would greatly appreciate a download link i need to tether this thing a.s.a.p.
The stock rom does this.
Settings - wireless & networks - tethering and portable hotspot.
diablos991 said:
The stock rom does this.
Settings - wireless & networks - tethering and portable hotspot.
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yea you don't need a secondary app it is preinstalled on the settings.
oh ok i saw that but was under the impression the third party application wouldnt allow tmobile to see that i am doing it now that they charge 15 dollars a month for it
thanks for the help
I always grab the experimentals here:
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/

[Q] MyWi wifi hotspot from iPhone to TF101, DENIED..!

I'm trying to to create a wifi hotspot (not bluetooth tether) on my iphone 3gs, that parts ok, but when my TF101 try's to connect i get the error "Android does not support connecting to Ad-Hoc (IBSS) type networks.
What the..?
Is their a workaround for this?
If you're rooted there's a work around. Look in the dev section
There's also an app of not rooted.
baseballfanz said:
If you're rooted there's a work around. Look in the dev section
There's also an app of not rooted.
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Thanks mate, but I can't find any reference to a workaround anywhere. Can you please post the link.
use ios build in feature. do you have saved shsh blobs for ios 4.3.3? if so, upgrade your iphone using tinyumbrella ("Start TSS Server").
idan_mo said:
use ios build in feature. do you have saved shsh blobs for ios 4.3.3? if so, upgrade your iphone using tinyumbrella ("Start TSS Server").
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Not relevant, AT ALL.
In the iOS feature, he might get extra charges
If he has blobs, what's the point to UPGRADE ... lol ...
farr3ll said:
I'm trying to to create a wifi hotspot (not bluetooth tether) on my iphone 3gs, that parts ok, but when my TF101 try's to connect i get the error "Android does not support connecting to Ad-Hoc (IBSS) type networks.
What the..?
Is their a workaround for this?
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look for wpa_supplicant.conf in the forum

Wifi Tether for Root Users with Nexus 5

Has anyone gotten this app to work on their rooted Nexus 5? I get errors and it doesn't work. If you got it to work, can you post step by step instructions with the settings you used? I'd rather use this than the built in tethering. Thanks.
ILowry282 said:
Has anyone gotten this app to work on their rooted Nexus 5? I get errors and it doesn't work. If you got it to work, can you post step by step instructions with the settings you used? I'd rather use this than the built in tethering. Thanks.
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no one knows how to use this app?
ILowry282 said:
no one knows how to use this app?
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Any reason you don't want to use the built in tether feature?
i think he has the same issue as me, currently my phone is stock rooted, when doing wifi tether, the browser from the connected device takes you to the upsell page from T-Mobile. i have tried all the apps in the play store and still get the same message. anybody knows of an App that works well with stock ROM?
elrazo69 said:
i think he has the same issue as me, currently my phone is stock rooted, when doing wifi tether, the browser from the connected device takes you to the upsell page from T-Mobile. i have tried all the apps in the play store and still get the same message. anybody knows of an App that works well with stock ROM?
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You have to modify a DB file on your device to get any tethering app to work.
Here are instructions from another thread in this QA forum:
yakman66 said:
I have the T-mobile $30 unlimited prepaid plan and I ran into the tethering block after getting my Nexus 5.
I was able to work around the issue by modifying the following sqlite database (you'll need root):
/data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
You need to add a new entry to the global table called "tether_dun_required" with a value of 0.
It looks like you need to do this because some configuration data was added to Android for T-mobile that forwards tethered data to this APN: pcweb.tmobile.com
T-mobile is probably checking to see if your account has tethering enabled when you go through this APN.
After I made this change I also needed to change my APN settings so that it uses ipv4 instead of ipv6. It seems like tethering with ipv6 does not work 100% yet.
I hope this helps.
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bilago said:
You have to modify a DB file on your device to get any tethering app to work.
Here are instructions from another thread in this QA forum:
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i'm kinda of a noob, do i modify that with a file explorer? or terminal?
thanks
elrazo69 said:
i'm kinda of a noob, do i modify that with a file explorer? or terminal?
thanks
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Please use search...been covered here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2512674
elrazo69 said:
i'm kinda of a noob, do i modify that with a file explorer? or terminal?
thanks
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you need an SQL editor, like SQL lite.
The stock tethering is working fine after I rooted however I am worried T-Mobile will find out I am tethering sooner or later. I would rather use this app to tether
I solved with this app: WiFi Tether Router
on Google Play store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.snclab.wifitetherrouter&hl=en
the developer has done a compatible update
I contacted the developer via email and he told me after a few hours
the developer advised me to select these settings
Interface wlan0
Method 0 - Auto
works also with
Interface wlan0
Method 2
Wi-Fi tether router doesn't work. T-Mobile did shut off my hotspot. Anyone else know of an app that works?
Anyone?
ILowry282 said:
Wi-Fi tether router doesn't work. T-Mobile did shut off my hotspot. Anyone else know of an app that works?
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works fine for me, but i'm on Sprint. the dev posted specific instructions for T-mob users. did you follow them?
1lazysheep said:
works fine for me, but i'm on Sprint. the dev posted specific instructions for T-mob users. did you follow them?
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Are you running this app with Art enabled?
Engineer4life said:
Are you running this app with Art enabled?
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no
I am interested to know if anyone has gotten the original app in this thread, the Wifi Tether for Root users working with the Nexus 5.
Unlike the other posters, I am interested in this app because it enables you to spoof the MAC address, which I am interested in for making a streetpass relay point for my 3DS, so the alternative app suggested is not a viable alternative for me.
Any ideas how I can get this working on my Nexus 5? It is rooted, stock ROM, and have installed Busybox.
I would try mailing the Dev of the paid app. The screenshots of the options and the description of the methods available look similar to those in the free branch, and if the code is similar it may be simple to add the feature.
roustabout said:
I would try mailing the Dev of the paid app. The screenshots of the options and the description of the methods available look similar to those in the free branch, and if the code is similar it may be simple to add the feature.
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It's worth a try, thanks for the suggestion

[MOD][TMO] Unrestricted Native Tether (4.4 only)

**UPDATE for 4.4.2** -- see this thread. Basically the tether_dun_required database fix from Nexus devices for those familiar with it; MikeyNick posted a great summary there if you're not.
This mod is for T-Mobile US users to redirect built-in tethering from pcweb to the usual fast apn. All you have to do is flash the attached zip and delete the stock "T-Mobile Tethering" APN and everything should work.
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Well, I took the plunge on the Moto Maker not-Cyber-Monday deal and, upon receiving the thing yesterday, was shocked to learn that nobody had made a mod to enable native tethering for those of us with grandfathered unlimited plans. Of course, magenta just has to be different and doesn't use the same restrictions that everyone else uses. The obvious problem is the absence of the entitlement service that performs the check on the other three major US operators; rather, no matter how I configured my apns, the dumb thing still managed to go through pcweb.
So of course the only thing to do is to go searching through system apks. Turns out there is a hardcoded reference to pcweb under framework-res/res/values-mcc310-mnc260/strings.xml, so I changed that to refer to fast.t-mobile.com, and voila! I did change a few other things around in my earlier quest to get this working so if you're comfortable with your phone, please give it a shot and let me know if it works for you.
Many thanks to chaoslimits for his thread, which explained to me how to get apktool to actually build my framework-res.
Thanks for your efforts! I'll give it a shot!
It works! Thank you! Will keep an eye on my data and billing.
UltimatePG said:
It works! Thank you! Will keep an eye on my data and billing.
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Thanks for the report! Did you apply any other mods (e.g. settings database/APN changes)? It's my suspicion that the only requirement is the modified framework and then changing the stock tethering APN in the Mobile Networks settings, but I haven't tried doing this on a clean install.
Maybe I am not understanding this. Do you mean to say if I use the Power Toggles to activate tethering it will notify Tmobile?
What is the source of the changes made to framework-res.apk
Can you share?
teiglin said:
Thanks for the report! Did you apply any other mods (e.g. settings database/APN changes)? It's my suspicion that the only requirement is the modified framework and then changing the stock tethering APN in the Mobile Networks settings, but I haven't tried doing this on a clean install.
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I have previously applied the database/APN changes before installing your file.
c1nd3r said:
Maybe I am not understanding this. Do you mean to say if I use the Power Toggles to activate tethering it will notify Tmobile?
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There is never any notification; the issue is how the built-in hotspot activated by power toggles routes traffic. T-Mobile devices use a different APN for tethering (pcweb.tmobile.com), which is what directs clients to the hotspot upsell page. This mod simply redirects traffic so it goes through the same APN as your phone's data (fast.t-mobile.com).
TecknoFreak said:
What is the source of the changes made to framework-res.apk
Can you share?
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As I said in my post, there is a single xml property that refers to pcweb under framework-res/res/values-mcc310-mnc260/strings.xml, which I changed to fast. There is no "source"; I just decompiled, modified, and recompiled framework-res.apk.
UltimatePG said:
I have previously applied the database/APN changes before installing your file.
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Thanks again for the info.
Later tonight I should have some time to flash my phone back to complete stock and see exactly how much is necessary to get tethering working from there. Hopefully I'll be able to update the OP with a friendly set of instructions to get a stock build to be tethering-ready.
teiglin said:
There is never any notification; the issue is how the built-in hotspot activated by power toggles routes traffic. T-Mobile devices use a different APN for tethering (pcweb.tmobile.com), which is what directs clients to the hotspot upsell page. This mod simply redirects traffic so it goes through the same APN as your phone's data (fast.t-mobile.com).
As I said in my post, there is a single xml property that refers to pcweb under framework-res/res/values-mcc310-mnc260/strings.xml, which I changed to fast. There is no "source"; I just decompiled, modified, and recompiled framework-res.apk.
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How can you tell whether it goes one way or the other? So what if I have an Orange GSM chip in it on Orange network?
c1nd3r said:
How can you tell whether it goes one way or the other? So what if I have an Orange GSM chip in it on Orange network?
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Sorry, perhaps I should have been more clear in the OP. This mod is only relevant to T-Mobile US users. It will not do anything if you are on Orange.
Awesome work! What are the requirements for this? Unlocked BL? Root? Just received my Moto X and still undecided to unlock the BL. Currently on 4.2.2
scsi_2k said:
Awesome work! What are the requirements for this? Unlocked BL? Root? Just received my Moto X and still undecided to unlock the BL. Currently on 4.2.2
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The only hard requirement to get this working is write access to /system. I have an unlocked bootloader and the zip is designed to be flashed in a custom recovery (I use TWRP 2.6.3.1). However, all the zip does is replace one file (/system/framework/framework-res.apk). I am not familiar with the various hacks required to achieve sysrw without unlocking the bootloader, but I expect it would be possible.
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Sorry, perhaps I should have been more clear in the OP. This mod is only relevant to T-Mobile US users. It will not do anything if you are on Orange.
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But I am confused. I do have the Tmo motox and using Orange GSM.
Oh snap, it worked! Thank you.
c1nd3r said:
But I am confused. I do have the Tmo motox and using Orange GSM.
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Are you saying that you can't use native tethering on Orange? If you want to give me some information about your APN setup and how Orange deals with tethering I might be able to help, but this mod should have no effect on your phone running on Orange. The only thing this mod does is change how the phone connects tethered devices through the T-Mobile US network.
vikramkhalsa said:
Oh snap, it worked! Thank you.
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You're welcome, glad it worked for you!
Nice work. I have been looking for this, but recently went to the KANGAKAT ROM that is based off the same TMO 140.44.3 build. Would I be able to use this patched APK while on KANGAKAT ROM?
mattyv316 said:
Nice work. I have been looking for this, but recently went to the KANGAKAT ROM that is based off the same TMO 140.44.3 build. Would I be able to use this patched APK while on KANGAKAT ROM?
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The mod itself should work as kangkat is based on stock firmware, but flashing this may mess up some of the built-in mods for kangkat--I don't know the details of what ib4stid did. If you're feeling adventurous, back up your framework-res and flash this to see if it messes anything up.
If you're not feeling adventurous, I can mod the kangkat framwork-res and you can give that a try instead.
EDIT: See attachment, if you want. I didn't actually install kangkat or anything, so let me know how it goes.
teiglin said:
Are you saying that you can't use native tethering on Orange? If you want to give me some information about your APN setup and how Orange deals with tethering I might be able to help, but this mod should have no effect on your phone running on Orange. The only thing this mod does is change how the phone connects tethered devices through the T-Mobile US network.
You're welcome, glad it worked for you!
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So if I am on Tmo, how would I know I am on pcweb when tethering... How would test this to see whether it's fast or pcweb...
c1nd3r said:
So if I am on Tmo, how would I know I am on pcweb when tethering... How would test this to see whether it's fast or pcweb...
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If you have a data plan with T-Mobile that doesn't include tethering, any attempt at using the internet via tethering will direct the tethered device to an upsell page which basically says "you need to add this service to your account." That page means the traffic is being routed through the tethering APN (pcweb.tmobile.com) instead of the normal APN (fast.t-mobile.com for LTE devices). If you tether and it works then you either have a tethering plan, or your tethered data is going through the same APN as your phone's data.

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