3 UK Adult Content Block Thing - General Questions and Answers

Doesn't matter, got it sorted.

MilkyJoePD said:
Doesn't matter, got it sorted.
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So tell us about is please.

How'd you sort it?

lol... you can download Orbot guys, use it as a proxy with your android browser:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.android&hl=en

thanks for that yukinok25.
i've just rang Vodaphone UK to get content block, unblocked. i get a sms update message, did everything they said and a few hours later im still blocked. must be something wierd on my desire & Oxygen ROM that it doesnt like.
installed Orbot and it's working as expected.
it wouldnt be so bad if the filtering worked ok (i really dont need access to adult material on phone), but so many false positives, network content block is just annoying.

No problem mate.
I used to have the same problem with 3UK, many contents were blocked and I started to use TOR.
Eventually, one day I found out I wasn't firewalled anymore??..??
Now everything works fine.

bdg2 said:
So tell us about is please.
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I changed the APN from three.co.uk to 3internet.
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Thanks for the information

If you top up online on your phone you'll have to change it back beforehand. It's easier to create another profile with the original settings and just switch between the two when needed.
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MilkyJoePD said:
I changed the APN from three.co.uk to 3internet.
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Old thread i know, but i'm new to the 3 network and just discovered that half my bookmarks are blocked! These aren't 'adult' sites either. Changing the APN name worked a treat! I'm so glad information like this is out there to find. God bless the Internet and XDA! :good:

DirkGently said:
Old thread i know, but i'm new to the 3 network and just discovered that half my bookmarks are blocked! These aren't 'adult' sites either. Changing the APN name worked a treat! I'm so glad information like this is out there to find. God bless the Internet and XDA! :good:
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Please note that it's not ideal to operate a mobile device with 3Internet APN. You will get a public IP rather than a private IP in the 10.x.x.x range you normally get which means there is no firewall between your device and the internet. Also if Three notice what you are doing they probably won't be pleased that you're using up a public IPv4 IP that's really meant for mobile broadband users.
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[Q] Deployed in Afghanistan please help!

I just purchased the gtab after careful deliberation and i have just one woe.... The only way to get internet access here is to connect to the local provider through the wireless routers they have distributed throughout the installation... Thats the easy part... after that you have to connect using a PPPOE vpn.... i do this with my laptop but i want to use my gtab on the net also.. call me greedy... So my question is; is it possible in anyway to connect to their VPN? Or maybe bridge the connection between my lappy and the gtab?
It might be possible thru Bluetooth? That is if your laptop has Bluetooth. Otherwise I think you will need a small wifi router or something and setup ICS (Internet Connection Sharing).
Bluetooth won't work....
You can use VPN software on your tab but that needs specific settings [ the same from your lap top ] just need to find compatible VPN software for the tab that will work with your network.
Easiest solution is to use your laptop as a wireless router.
depending on your OS [ assuming windows ] there are many guides online on how to set it up.
May be as easy as selecting your network connection and turning on network sharing....
Goodluck homie
EDIT: i don't know what your base's restrictions are but if your "tech" team helped set up your laptop they should help on the tab too.
Goat_For_Sale said:
Easiest solution is to use your laptop as a wireless router.
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My recommendation as well.
jbro06 said:
I just purchased the gtab after careful deliberation and i have just one woe.... The only way to get internet access here is to connect to the local provider through the wireless routers they have distributed throughout the installation... Thats the easy part... after that you have to connect using a PPPOE vpn.... i do this with my laptop but i want to use my gtab on the net also.. call me greedy... So my question is; is it possible in anyway to connect to their VPN? Or maybe bridge the connection between my lappy and the gtab?
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well im not sure i understand all you said but theres a progran i use call connectify that let you share you laptop internet by creating a hotspot so try it out and post your result
thanks for your quick replies ill try each of the suggestions out and post the results afterwards... hopefully one of them will help
jbro06 said:
thanks for your quick replies ill try each of the suggestions out and post the results afterwards... hopefully one of them will help
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What OS is your laptop ? i can probably pull the steps pretty quick
jayune said:
well im not sure i understand all you said but theres a progran i use call connectify that let you share you laptop internet by creating a hotspot so try it out and post your result
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Wow connectify worked amazingly thanks alot... i am now net capable on my Tab.. thanks again
jbro06 said:
Wow connectify worked amazingly thanks alot... i am now net capable on my Tab.. thanks again
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Make sure you restrict your hot spot on your laptop to the mac address of your tab and see if you can hide your ssid as well. The base techs lock you down to VPN access for their security so they will not like you opening up their network for everyone to access using your vpn connection.
comfort69 said:
Make sure you restrict your hot spot on your laptop to the mac address of your tab and see if you can hide your ssid as well. The base techs lock you down to VPN access for their security so they will not like you opening up their network for everyone to access using your vpn connection.
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Thats not necessary as the internet we have is not supplied by the base techs.. we get our personal internet from a local civilian contractor called IO Global.... and the thrid country nationals they have working the branch are no where near enough tech savvy to care what im doing... but thank you for your concern...
Thanks for asking this question. I am in Oki, and having a simular connection problem with my gtab, but the solution provided allowed my to correct my problem as well. Stay safe.
I just left Afghanistan and was having a similar problem. Just curious - what base are you on?
PatrioticAmerican said:
I just left Afghanistan and was having a similar problem. Just curious - what base are you on?
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No offense but i dont feel comfortable disclosing that information...
jbro06 said:
No offense but i dont feel comfortable disclosing that information...
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Firstly! Thank you to all for your service to our country!!!! As the people in Egypt are finding out FREEDOM is not FREE.
Second... I do not know which ROM you are using; however Clemsyn's KERNEL does support configuring VPN on your tablet. Please go to this thread for more information:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895825
With the above you should be able to configure your tablet and be able to roam around your area without having to go through your laptop.
This should meet the need you have
I hope the above helps and stay low !!!!
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comfort69 said:
Make sure you restrict your hot spot on your laptop to the mac address of your tab and see if you can hide your ssid as well. The base techs lock you down to VPN access for their security so they will not like you opening up their network for everyone to access using your vpn connection.
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Thats not necessary as the internet we have is not supplied by the base techs.. we get our personal internet from a local civilian contractor called IO Global.... and the thrid country nationals they have working the branch are no where near enough tech savvy to care what im doing... but thank you for your concern...
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You should at least consider doing this anyway, for your own peace of mind: you don't want some random stranger abusing your network connection or potentially accessing your personal data, do you? You wouldn't take chances with your physical security I am sure. Your data security is important too.
Thank you for serving your country, stay safe out there.
999ping said:
Thank you for serving your country, stay safe out there.
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+100!
Yes, thank you!
thanks everyone for both your support of my mission and of my gtablet... I will most definitely try out the clemsyn kernel and see what comes of it because then i could roam the entire base.. And as far as hiding the ssid, i really dont think thats warranted as the people in my unit or anyone else in the area are not the type of people that would know how to get around what simple security i have in place.... They arent the type of people that you would encounter on this forum, or any tech forum for that matter.... but thanks for your concern ill keep it monitored and if i dont have the warm and fuzzy i will put more security in place, but at this point its just an inconvenience.....
comfort69 said:
...and see if you can hide your ssid as well.
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This may cause some problems. Android some some well documented issues with non-broadcast SSIDs. It may work, it may not. It may work today, but not connect again tomorrow.
You'll need to test different configurations (if you even can hide the SSID) and see what works. But you may NEED to broadcast for the Tab to connect (again).
Also, from a security stand point, hiding the SSID adds nothing, really. Restrict access to the MAC address and you'll be fine. Use WPA2 if at all possible.
And I'll add to the thanks for serving. You are a true American hero.
lol my first thanks lol you welcome man, i agree hiding your ssid does nothing as far as i know connectify does not work unless password protected and the default method is wpa2, even with the usual method of wpa hacking, macc address filtering should cover you so your good and thanks for tour service man
Jbro,
Thanx so much for starting this thread. I've been "there" and am going back to the same place and forgot that they use pppoe there! And I agree, you don't want to deal with the response from them when you tell them what you're doing.
It sucks bad enough standing in the line in the first place.
Have they improved connection speeds? It used to be steady but nothing to write home about. Also, can you a wifi signal base wide now?
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[GUIDE] How to use the Amazon Appstore outside the US

It's pretty simple, you just need a US billing address (which can be faked ... not really recommended if you don't want to get in trouble). Details: http://android.stackexchange.com/q/7254/1465
how do you configure tor or orbot to give you a us ip? i seem to get only ones from europe..
just_another said:
how do you configure tor or orbot to give you a us ip? i seem to get only ones from europe..
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EDIT: Turns out, this is irrelevant.
You should get one eventually, but you could also try going into the app's settings, checking Use Bridges, and enter the IP of a US bridge. I don't know of any US bridges myself but this mat be useful: https://www.torproject.org/docs/bridges#FindingMore
And yet no one is giving a complete guide how to do it... Ok, we need Orbot, and that you go to Tor page when you don't get a slightest idea how to use it on your Android phone...
miodrag.cutura said:
And yet no one is giving a complete guide how to do it... Ok, we need Orbot, and that you go to Tor page when you don't get a slightest idea how to use it on your Android phone...
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What are you talking about? There's no Tor page.
Telanis said:
What are you talking about? There's no Tor page.
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Well, I meant Torproject.org page...
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miodrag.cutura said:
Well, I meant Torproject.org page...
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EDIT: Turns out, this is irrelevant.
Oh, in the guide the link to Tor is purely informational, you don't even need to look at it. The Tor link I posted above is a complex way to possibly have a higher chance of being routed into the US ... that's really only for people who are ready to do the research into it. The guide on StackExchange should be enough.
If Tor is essentially a proxy - would your phone need to have iptables in order for this method to work?
Hi guys i managed to change my Amazon address to a NY one and i downloaded the appstore. But when i try to download something it says that i have to set my one click mobile payment or something like that and i have to put in a an American phone number ... is there a way to bypass that? I just want to download free apps
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Hi guys i managed to change my Amazon address to a NY one and i downloaded the appstore. But when i try to download something it says that i have to set my one click mobile payment or something like that and i have to put in a an American phone number ... is there a way to bypass that? I just want to download free apps
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Put in a fake number.
Telanis said:
#1, Android uses iptables. #2, no it doesn't require iptables.
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My kernel does not have iptables. (SE X10 Mini Pro)
While I can run orbot and connect - it doesn't tunnel any data through the connection. My IP address in any app is still the same as it was before connection to the tor network. (Including the browser check in the orbot app)
I suspect therefore that in order to tunnel apps through the tor network, your kernel does in fact need iptables.
teapea said:
My kernel does not have iptables. (SE X10 Mini Pro)
While I can run orbot and connect - it doesn't tunnel any data through the connection. My IP address in any app is still the same as it was before connection to the tor network. (Including the browser check in the orbot app)
I suspect therefore that in order to tunnel apps through the tor network, your kernel does in fact need iptables.
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Hmm, OK, apparently I fail. Is there a netfilter-enabled kernel for the Mini?
Telanis said:
Hmm, OK, apparently I fail. Is there a netfilter-enabled kernel for the Mini?
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Nope - fraid not.
I will have to wait patiently for AB Rio until it hits the normal market or Amazon decide on launching in the UK. (Or find it elsewhere)
teapea said:
Nope - fraid not.
I will have to wait patiently for AB Rio until it hits the normal market or Amazon decide on launching in the UK. (Or find it elsewhere)
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EDIT: Turns out, this is irrelevant.
Well you could try something else, like running Tor on your PC and connecting your phone to a network created by the PC. See http://android.stackexchange.com/q/549/1465
Would advice against putting in fake info. Amazon just gave me a call, and they were kinda pissed at me for using fake info. Luckily i managed to play on my young age to get out of it.
I don't understand, Amazon appstore seems to work fine for me, all it does it ask me to put in a payment method, which I'm yet to get from my dad
jon094 said:
Would advice against putting in fake info. Amazon just gave me a call, and they were kinda pissed at me for using fake info. Luckily i managed to play on my young age to get out of it.
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If you put a fake phone number, they can't call you. Don't attach fake info to your "real" account if you have one, if this concerns you. And they probably only call if your billing info is fake and they can't process your payment, so you could stick to free apps with no problem. (I don't see why they would call otherwise, there's no way they're going through every account and verifying the info manually).
kamranh3 said:
I don't understand, Amazon appstore seems to work fine for me, all it does it ask me to put in a payment method, which I'm yet to get from my dad
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It doesn't care about whether you have a payment method, or if you do where your billing address is, until you try to buy/download an app.
Yeah, stupidly enough I attached fake info to my real account. I did only download free apps though, to avoid them taking contact.
I am from Singapore and there's no need to use Tor or proxies to use the Amazon Appstore. Downloads are verified as long as there's a valid US credit card number attached to your 1-click configuration.
It makes sense because it verifies you as a US citizen. The claim that " this new market cannot be used outside of the US" is false. You're saying US citizens travelling outside of US who wants to access has to use Tor?
Amazon restricts usage only in US through identification using credit card information (and house address).
jon094 said:
Yeah, stupidly enough I attached fake info to my real account. I did only download free apps though, to avoid them taking contact.
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xcalibre1987 said:
I am from Singapore and there's no need to use Tor or proxies to use the Amazon Appstore. Downloads are verified as long as there's a valid US credit card number attached to your 1-click configuration.
It makes sense because it verifies you as a US citizen. The claim that " this new market cannot be used outside of the US" is false. You're saying US citizens travelling outside of US who wants to access has to use Tor?
Amazon restricts usage only in US through identification using credit card information (and house address).
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jon094, do you have a US credit card?

[Q] Couldn't log into Panera Wi-Fi

Hi,
I was at Panera today and could see their Wi-fi, said "connected", but was grey, not blue in status.
Would try to find the Panera page accepting their terms, but stopped halfway loading.
It looked like the stats were DHCP and that's all I could tell.
any help?
Thanks
Adam said:
any help?
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Yes...try the chocolate brownies...they are great.
seriously...no...I haven't had a chance to try Panera's but it does the same thing on my laptop sometimes...not sure if it's the TF...
Thanks!
Never had an issue with win XP Pro on my laptop....
Addictive place to hang out at
I have actually used my transformer at panera. Once you connect, you have to open up the browser and accepts their TOS. Then you are set!
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And sorry, meant to add that you might need your browser set to a desktop string. To fully load their TOS
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You can also try setting a static DNS (not any other part of the IP, let it DHCP that) of 8.8.8.8
Those are google's DNS servers and this often lets you skip the web browser login aspect of many free or even PAY wifi at hotels.
shawnbuell said:
And sorry, meant to add that you might need your browser set to a desktop string. To fully load their TOS
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Thanks Shawnbuell... Being a Noob, I am not sure what you mean. Little help?
shawnbuell said:
And sorry, meant to add that you might need your browser set to a desktop string. To fully load their TOS
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Ahhhh... Whenever I typed about:debug into the browser nothing happened..
But, then I went to settings and found that more options were there.
It's now under advanced - set it for desktop rather than tablet so that the browser won't load the pages as mobile.
I'll try it later today!
crater said:
You can also try setting a static DNS (not any other part of the IP, let it DHCP that) of 8.8.8.8
Those are google's DNS servers and this often lets you skip the web browser login aspect of many free or even PAY wifi at hotels.
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Thanks for the tip about 8.8.8.8. I never knew that.
SoCalTiger said:
Thanks for the tip about 8.8.8.8. I never knew that.
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Yeah can you guys elaborate on this? I am not following this at all?!
Me too please!
interesting.
the 8.8.8.8 DNS setting made my Xperia X10 disgustingly fast from home....the only issue is that i had to assign a static IP to the phone itself...I just chose a random one that I knew was part of my home network...
do you think that will cause a problem later on?
npompei said:
Yeah can you guys elaborate on this? I am not following this at all?!
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I tried to find some more info or settings on my TF and couldn't find how to do this. Any help?
Thanks!
for the future, when the wifi icon is grey instead of blue, your still connected, but you don't have direct access to google servers which means syncing is down.
This is normal with any internet that requires a log-in page.
For example at my school i have to log in through the browser like you do at panera, and gmail won't update because the google sync dosn't have direct access. You can do a manual check, but it won't do it on it's own.
just so you know.

[GUIDE] How to bypass T-Mobile's tether block using Firefox

Hello everyone, so I recently finally got blocked from tethering by T-Mobile after a long time of sucking it out of them by being rooted and on a custom ROM like all of us here.
The way they know you are tethering on their network is by the User Agent that is sent to them by your desktop/laptop computer browser. When they see that a regular browser is accessing their network, that's when you get the infamous T-Mobile Hotspot Screen we all hate.
I've recently discovered a Firefox Add-On called User Agent Switcher found here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-switcher/?src=search
Download it and install it to Firefox. Then download this (right click, "Save as") http://techpatterns.com/downloads/firefox/useragentswitcher.xml
Go to Tools>User Agent>Edit User Agents (a window pops up) click on "Import.." and add the .xml file you just downloaded.
Then pick a User Agent that resembles the Sensation webkit and BAM! Free tethering for all of us.
I'm using it right now
NOTE: If you use a Googlebot User Agent, you will be able to tether and always load up full webpages instead of mobile versions. - Thanks to The Archangel and chadwick3nser for discovering this!
You can also do the same with chrome.
Been doing it for since the day they released it.
The Archangel said:
You can also do the same with chrome.
Been doing it for since the day they released it.
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Hell yeah, go Chrome! I've never used it so I wouldn't know
FiddleGoose said:
Hell yeah, go Chrome! I've never used it so I wouldn't know
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I actually take it one step further an either completely hide my IP on the computer or switch it so they can't try to block it.
Nice!
Is that how att detects also?
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They detect by sniffing packets an the extra Mac address
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They detect by sniffing packets an the extra Mac address
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Damn, AT&T is on point. Bastards.
I hate T-Mobile for pulling that move as well.
FiddleGoose said:
Damn, AT&T is on point. Bastards.
I hate T-Mobile for pulling that move as well.
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just about every major cell company does the exact same thing to detect it. Maybe different variants but still the same.
I am doing this right now as well, but all the desktop pages are in mobile. I have found the desktop button on the bottom of the youtube site but cant find it on most sites. any workaround for this?
chadwick3nser said:
I am doing this right now as well, but all the desktop pages are in mobile. I have found the desktop button on the bottom of the youtube site but cant find it on most sites. any workaround for this?
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Use a Google spider UA. Everything will be as normal
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Use a Google spider UA. Everything will be as normal
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do i create a custom UA and edit the string to a spider or how would be the best way? or what would be the best one to use?about going about this? sorry, have no experience with user agents
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nevermind, i used googlebot 2.1 new version and its working great, thanks for this!!!
Glad you got it working.
Hey op. Heres a suggestion, put in the your first post. Use a Google bot user agent. Using that will load all the web mail pages normally.
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Glad you got it working.
Hey op. Heres a suggestion, put in the your first post. Use a Google bot user agent. Using that will load all the web mail pages normally.
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You got it!
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I actually take it one step further an either completely hide my IP on the computer or switch it so they can't try to block it.
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What are you using to block the IP address? I was thinking just changing the IP to not be the standard DHCP that the phone would give you still shows it coming from another MAC address on the same connection and would be obvious to the write sniffing rules?
I realize this isn't a requirement I've been using the UA for a while from canary but I easily see them stopping this workaround w/ better sniffing rules.
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What are you using to block the IP address? I was thinking just changing the IP to not be the standard DHCP that the phone would give you still shows it coming from another MAC address on the same connection and would be obvious to the write sniffing rules?
I realize this isn't a requirement I've been using the UA for a while from canary but I easily see them stopping this workaround w/ better sniffing rules.
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i use platnium hide ip. it switches to another ip when im on windows an sometimes ill use smac to change that also. havent found any programs for linux yet (havent really looked)
The Archangel said:
Use a Google spider UA. Everything will be as normal
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This is a very bad advice as pretending to be a googlebot may get you either blocked or banned from many websites (especially if they use ZBBlock) as this behavior is rated as a spammer/bot activity.
tobitege said:
This is a very bad advice as pretending to be a googlebot may get you either blocked or banned from many websites (especially if they use ZBBlock) as this behavior is rated as a spammer/bot activity.
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I've been doing it for a while, never got a ban on my end
Okay I've been tethering fine for a while on FF, but T-Mobile finally blocked me yesterday... I figured out that it was the second I started to watch a YouTube video. Guessing they're able to see activity on my cell account at the same time as my login is accessing YouTube and put 2&2 together...? (That may be obvious to some...)
Anyway... I may try the user agent spoofing but this is really aggravating since I'm traveling right now and the internets in my hotel are $10/day.
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Anyone figure out how to use netflix while spoofing in Firefox? I've been settling for Amazon Prime instant video, but I'd love to have Netflix back. With the UA spoof, Netflix won't play movies. At least I haven't figured out how.
This method no longer works for me

appname : dataeyes

hello,
i was operamax user
i very love the feature that can choose which one app should using their network whichone is not....
since operamax stop their services im trying to looking an replacement that have good connection from Indonesia.
i found "dataeyes". but i contact the developer a month ago. still no respond. perhaps xda member have experience about dataeyes, so i ask here...
is data eyes vpn+data compress ?
because i try to open gambling site,porn site, whatismyip checker. it still block me to gambling and porn. and showing my real ip.
if dataeyes not do anything except block and unblock internet access. i want to turn it off....
thankyou
kotakpos said:
hello,
i was operamax user
i very love the feature that can choose which one app should using their network whichone is not....
since operamax stop their services im trying to looking an replacement that have good connection from Indonesia.
i found "dataeyes". but i contact the developer a month ago. still no respond. perhaps xda member have experience about dataeyes, so i ask here...
is data eyes vpn+data compress ?
because i try to open gambling site,porn site, whatismyip checker. it still block me to gambling and porn. and showing my real ip.
if dataeyes not do anything except block and unblock internet access. i want to turn it off....
thankyou
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perhaps someone can answer

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