Has anyone been able to use internet hotspots after root?
I van get connected, but no internet connection actually get shared.
Anyone know what's going on here?
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I tried once while I was in another town, but dismissed the issues I had to a weak signal. Now you've got me wondering. I'll try again tonight when I get home and have my tablet.
All right, I don't understand.
Like you, I can get my tablet connected to my Blaze using the Hotspot sharing. And Google Talk works just fine. However, GMail and the Google Market/Play Store report that there's no connection after spinning for a long time.
Hi, I had the same problem as both of you. I fixed it after root by installing titanium backup, and uninstalling the "tethering manager" after backing it up. This also has solved my problem of the hotspot crashing after enabling it.
You can freeze it instead of uninstalling it too, if you have the pay for version of titanium backup. I would post an outside link to the instructions I used, but I don't have enough posts.
dizant said:
Hi, I had the same problem as both of you. I fixed it after root by installing titanium backup, and uninstalling the "tethering manager" after backing it up. This also has solved my problem of the hotspot crashing after enabling it.
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Worked like a charm. Thanks!
i just came from a mytouch4g and I hate the fact that i can't tether unless i pay for the $15 tethering plan
xsboredom said:
i just came from a mytouch4g and I hate the fact that i can't tether unless i pay for the $15 tethering plan
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Thanks for that helpful post.
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xsboredom said:
i just came from a mytouch4g and I hate the fact that i can't tether unless i pay for the $15 tethering plan
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That's strange cause i don't have to pay that and i just have the premium 5gb "unlimited" internet and tethering has always worked.
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myorks1127 said:
That's strange cause i don't have to pay that and i just have the premium 5gb "unlimited" internet and tethering has always worked.
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On most carriers, tethering won't work on a stock ROM without a hack.
Last time T-mobile tried to up-sell me to the 5gb unlimited plan, they touted tethering as a bonus feature of that plan.
Yea I have always just had the 5gb plan and been able to use tethering on my old phone and it worked on this one
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Worked like a charm. Thanks!
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Glad to help! That app seems to cause nothing but trouble.
I found FoxFi from google play and I'm running hotspot now without any issues. I have unhacked blaze and was having issues tethering (USB or Wifi). The add feature screen kept on popping up on my nook color.
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So I am sitting in the Atlanta airport and came to the realization that my lovely new Infuse cannot tether. I should have known since I have yet to try rooting it. I picked it up on Friday and have been taking baby steps. (Don't want to brick it..lol) So I call ATT and asked to have tethering added figuring I would just pay for it until I root. They told me I would Have come off of my unlimited data plan in order to tether. Of course, I politely declined. H to the No.
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no rooting
I am looking into the PDANET program for that purpose. It doesn't provide wireless but has USB/BT options, which is fine with me because the USB option would also charge the phone...
As of a few minutes go, I am now ROOTED!!! SuperOneClick rocks! Screw big brother. About to install wifi tether and press on with my unlimited plan. hah
b3asty said:
As of a few minutes go, I am now ROOTED!!! SuperOneClick rocks! Screw big brother. About to install wifi tether and press on with my unlimited plan. hah
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Awesome!! That's how it's done!
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As of a few minutes go, I am now ROOTED!!! SuperOneClick rocks! Screw big brother. About to install wifi tether and press on with my unlimited plan. hah
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If you are rooted, just use Bloat Freezer or Ti Backup Pro to freeze the Tethering Manager. Then you can use the Samsung Mobile AP.
Rooted and ready to tethering
You guys rock, im using my Infuse in Dominican Republic and unlocked it to work with Claro H+ plan, it works perfect with wifi tether...... SuperOneclick + Wifi tether and that's it....
you really do want to freeze the tethermanager.apk
otherwise the phone will let at&t know that you're using some third party wifi tethering stuff.
There is absolutely no need for third-party tethering apps. Just freeze/delete the AT&T tethering APK mentioned above, or install any of the alternate ROMs.
Yes, this is one case where REMOVING an app increases functionality.
Entropy512 said:
There is absolutely no need for third-party tethering apps. Just freeze/delete the AT&T tethering APK mentioned above, or install any of the alternate ROMs.
Yes, this is one case where REMOVING an app increases functionality.
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yeah but all phones have something standing in the way of tethering. funnily enough, even if i payed for tethering, id still kill off tethermanager because it takes like five minutes to check if you even can. i wouldnt do that every time.
Killing the AT&T tethering APK
I've heard reports that AT&T can see if you freeze or delete this APK any reports that this is actually true?
and how would they go about doing that? with tethermanager gone, they dont have any services that report back to att. if i where to install a new rom, they definitely wouldnt have anything.
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and how would they go about doing that? with tethermanager gone, they dont have any services that report back to att. if i where to install a new rom, they definitely wouldnt have anything.
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Yup. That APK itself is the bigbrotherware.
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I've heard reports that AT&T can see if you freeze or delete this APK any reports that this is actually true?
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How would that work?
With the APK killed/frozen, it's not reporting, so to AT&T, it just looks like your not tethering.
The only time Tetheringmanager sends any info, is when your tethering, so with the APK killed, it's not sending anything.
Your in the clear. ^^
I've been AP teathering with both my old cappy and this infuse for as long as I have been able to.an other than the occasional question about how I can use 12gigs in one month on my phone, they are none the wiser. I live out in the sticks where our internet options are satellite, dial up and mobile internet. My wife and I both used to use aircards until I discovered wifi-teather (on my 2.1 cappy). Now my wife has a Dell Streak, stock not rooted, running 2.2 and teathering (also unlimited data). The kids love it because now the ps3 hooks to the internet as well as their phones and laptops.
I wish I did not have to root to use mobile AP (who am I kidding I love rooting and flashing)
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If you are running a Rom will ATT know ,and change your data settings, if you use the mobile hotspot? I thought I read they can't and you can do it on your unlimited plan without them know or changing, but I just wanted to if that's true.
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Kent Melton said:
If you are running a Rom will ATT know ,and change your data settings, if you use the mobile hotspot? I thought I read they can't and you can do it on your unlimited plan without them know or changing, but I just wanted to if that's true.
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They have ways of knowing. For example, a couple of months ago some jailbroken iPhone users started getting letters and text messages from AT&T stating they need to either stop tethering or be forced to get a tethering plan. I haven't heard of the same thing happening with Android users though. Earlier this month Google bowed to pressure from the phone companies and started removing tethering apps from the Market.
Att is most likely checking the natted IP bounce since using hotspots requires extra hop. Have to use proxy to avoid trace.
I was USB tether my phone to my work laptop for internet and have been doing so for many months and never once has ATT said anything. Then again thats USBtether, not wifi
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I was USB tether my phone to my work laptop for internet and have been doing so for many months and never once has ATT said anything. Then again thats USBtether, not wifi
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The issue arises when someone is using tens or hundreds of GB per month, that kind of gives it away. If you only occasionally tether (wifi or hotspot) for basic websurfing, I doubt you're going to raise any red flags.
I know there were a few moments when I really needed internet on my laptop and decided to tether because I could... even thigh I was scared to do it, I did it anyways and I have yet to get any charges... so yeah just keep your usage while tethering low...
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ST3ALTHPSYCH0 said:
The issue arises when someone is using tens or hundreds of GB per month, that kind of gives it away. If you only occasionally tether (wifi or hotspot) for basic websurfing, I doubt you're going to raise any red flags.
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^this
i've consistently gone over 5gigs since i've had my unlimited data plan (nothing outrageous usually under 10gigs) and i wifi tether all the time. i read in another thread this exact thing... they can't really tell unless you all of a sudden jump your usage... for that reason i make sure i stay above the old 5 gig limit.
Coming from the epic 4g touch where there was hotspot hacks all over. Is there no hack for the skyrocket? With lte up I'd expect a lot of people would be working on it. With 50 megs down it would be epic
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Root your phone and install a custom ROM. Most ROMS for the SR have the hotspot hack preinstalled.
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Root your phone and install a custom ROM. Most ROMS for the SR have the hotspot hack preinstalled.
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I'm rooted with stock rom right now, I read through the roms and I didnt see hotspot listed on any of them. I guess I'll read again.
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Coming from the epic 4g touch where there was hotspot hacks all over. Is there no hack for the skyrocket? With lte up I'd expect a lot of people would be working on it. With 50 megs down it would be epic
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Read the freeze list and it will be blatantly obvious.
Use titanium back up app to freeze tethering manager and you can use the hot spot feature
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stepheng said:
Use titanium back up app to freeze tethering manager and you can use the hot spot feature
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^^this
And then download widget to one-click turn on hot-spot.
Because it takes like 4 clicks/menus to turn it on normally.
By enabling the above hotspot how does/can AT&T verify I'm tethering? I'm on the unlimited (throttled) plan and really don't want to be switched.
Freezing the manager and using the widget worked perfectly. Thanks guys. With 40 MB
down I have to make use of this speed somehow
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By enabling the above hotspot how does/can AT&T verify I'm tethering? I'm on the unlimited (throttled) plan and really don't want to be switched.
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Yes, they can, I got the nasty gram recently (actually the second one).
I was honest and told them I was tethering a laptop, I suspect that honesty is what got them to put me back on my unlimited.
We are not exactly sure how they are detecting tethering, there are a number of ways (using the TTL for example, it decreases as it passes each network device on the path to the destination, ATT expect a certain TTL value when it comes from a phone, when it comes from a tethered device, that value will be 1 less). Other methods involved deep packet inspection, where you can identify that network address translation is taking place.
Also, apparently the iphone tags tethered packets or something.
To get around this, run openvpn (you will need a vpn server somewhere as well), and tunnel all your traffic through teh VPN server... The only thing ATT will ever see is an encrypted tunnel between your phone and the vpn server and nothing else.
There is alot more to it, but it works.
I have not gotten one of these letters/texts/email and I teather ALL the time and stream
but i have NEVER been over 3gigs of data on my 2 gig plan. so its not just simply TETHERING......i think they are looking for data usage.
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I have not gotten one of these letters/texts/email and I teather ALL the time and stream
but i have NEVER been over 3gigs of data on my 2 gig plan. so its not just simply TETHERING......i think they are looking for data usage.
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Your on a tiered plan, they would encourage you using data, because then they get money from you.
They watch unlimited data users like a hawk, but that's why I use a VPN to encrypt my data, have fun figuring out what I'm doing.
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Your on a tiered plan, they would encourage you using data, because then they get money from you.
They watch unlimited data users like a hawk, but that's why I use a VPN to encrypt my data, have fun figuring out what I'm doing.
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can you tell how u use vpn?
FoxFi https://market.android.com/details?id=com.foxfi
Allows wifi tethering from most Samsung phones and Motorola phones, LG Optimus/Vortex/Ally, ZTE N762, HuaWei Comet. WiFi mode does NOT work on any HTC phones or the first Motorola Droid/Triumph, use Bluetooth mode instead.
You can connect from any tablets or computers. Access Point is infrastructure mode with WPA2 security.
And it's FREE!
Came across this after having problems with Barnacle and Wireless Tether after upgrading to ICS.
Curious as I am.......does anyone that's been grandfathered on the unlimited plans tether? And how do you go about keeping AT&T from switching you to the tethering plan?
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Gr8Danes said:
Curious as I am.......does anyone that's been grandfathered on the unlimited plans tether? And how do you go about keeping AT&T from switching you to the tethering plan?
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I'm grandfathered on unlimited, and when I tried to do tethering through settings, it came back with a message saying my account wasn't allowed to tether. It worked first time I did it the first week I had my phone. I just tried Foxfi, and I didn't get that message. I'll keep an eye and make sure no funky changes happen to my plan.
Oh, now I'm ticked, I just checked my plan and they changed me off of it when they never said they were doing that at the store!
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I'm grandfathered on unlimited, and when I tried to do tethering through settings, it came back with a message saying my account wasn't allowed to tether. It worked first time I did it the first week I had my phone. I just tried Foxfi, and I didn't get that message. I'll keep an eye and make sure no funky changes happen to my plan.
Oh, now I'm ticked, I just checked my plan and they changed me off of it when they never said they were doing that at the store!
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If it was within the last 60 days, then you can argue it back. I had a hell of a time getting mine back over 60 days. I had to go the IPhone cheater way to get mine back.
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If it was within the last 60 days, then you can argue it back. I had a hell of a time getting mine back over 60 days. I had to go the IPhone cheater way to get mine back.
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I just got my Skyrocket mid-February. About 3 days before the Note was launched. I thought about getting a Note for using with school, but decided against it. Keeping my Captivate as a back-up.
Thanks, I'll give them a call.
Thank you.
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Riehlthing said:
I just got my Skyrocket mid-February. About 3 days before the Note was launched. I thought about getting a Note for using with school, but decided against it. Keeping my Captivate as a back-up.
Thanks, I'll give them a call.
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Let me know how it goes and if they give you any guff.
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Has anyone verified this works?
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Has anyone verified this works?
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yes it is working, but in case if is not use this one Free WiFi Tethering
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If it was within the last 60 days, then you can argue it back. I had a hell of a time getting mine back over 60 days. I had to go the IPhone cheater way to get mine back.
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With school and all, was really busy and didn't have a chance to call in until today. They switched it back for me, no problems. Just took a little to get the supervisor to do it. Which, since I have worked for T-Mobile and Sprint, I know that supervisors have to do the override, but work with the normal agent nicely, and they will know who to get to change it. Stay nice, you'll usually get things done.
And yes, that app works for tethering, I added it to my main page so I can access it quickly. Can't wait to have LTE in Portland and use it with my laptop.
anybody got taken out of grandfathered unli data because of this app yet???
I use foxfi too. But has anyone encountered the tether plan hammer from att? At first i got a bit worried about this and couldn't find any answers through Google as they had similar opinion to mine.
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I have unlimited and have not had a problem yet.except throttled after 5gb.
head band or khem I'm feeling kind of sour
I've been using foxfi for a while, but I haven't used it for more than 15 minutes at one time so I'm not sure if AT&T knows.
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Quick question-
I recently went back to stock rooted rom from Alliance because my WiFi went out and I was not able to get it back on anything other then stock.
Unfortunately that means I lost my WiFi tethering. I found FoxFi to work, I just wanted to make sure this didn't incur any extra charges and worked like the in app did for alliance.
I have unlimited data.
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Quick question-
I recently went back to stock rooted rom from Alliance because my WiFi went out and I was not able to get it back on anything other then stock.
Unfortunately that means I lost my WiFi tethering. I found FoxFi to work, I just wanted to make sure this didn't incur any extra charges and worked like the in app did for alliance.
I have unlimited data.
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I'm in the same boat as you with unlimited. Been using FoxFi without any issues for years now. No extra charges.
Just don't torr 500GB of movies and get red flagged. Any illegal down loading will void the TOS agreement. They will send u a letter.
On a side note, I did ask a friend who knows a guy that works for big red. He said they can see and detect FoxFi traffic in the data packets. Meaning, ya they have programs in place that detect tethering with excessive data usage. So some peps do heavy tethering and nothing happens and verizon knows.
The FCC made a ruling against Verizon in 2012 and is worth reading
The Right to Tether: What the Verizon/FCC Settlement Means to You
and Federal Communications Commission
The fine print is...Verizon's stance. Current customers with grandfathered unlimited data plans still have to pay. Unfortunately, if you want to tether with your unlimited plan, you have to either upgrade your plan to one of the new, Share Everything plans (which include tethering), or pony up $20/mo for Verizon's "Mobile Broadband Connect" service. You can still tether off the books and hope you don't get caught, but if they catch you, Verizon will either sign you up for Mobile Broadband Connect, put you on a Share Everything plan, or terminate your contract.
Basically verizon lost the fight and got spanked / hand slapped. They could go after you under the FCC agreement but their are no reports that has happened.
Just keep your tethering under 30gigs and you be fine.
Okay cool. Thanks for the reply. I Dont plan on using 30gigs anyway. Probably only around 10/month for the next 3 months. Need my laptop and hotel internet is slow as hell.
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What are you guys doing that I'm not to be able to use FoxFi? Can't get it to work. Actually no tethering apps. Is it even possible with 4.3?
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SHAK3R said:
What are you guys doing that I'm not to be able to use FoxFi? Can't get it to work. Actually no tethering apps. Is it even possible with 4.3?
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Its all on your end. Foxfi has been working on 4.3 for almost as long as its been out. Are you using a rom with safestrap? If so did you install the kernel modules? Tether apps need WiFi to work and if your on a 4.3 ROM without modules WiFi won't work.
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Its all on your end. Foxfi has been working on 4.3 for almost as long as its been out. Are you using a rom with safestrap? If so did you install the kernel modules? Tether apps need WiFi to work and if your on a 4.3 ROM without modules WiFi won't work.
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I honestly just got the GS3 a week ago. Rooted it using Towelroot. Is there any hope for me. Really need to be able to tether.
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I honestly just got the GS3 a week ago. Rooted it using Towelroot. Is there any hope for me. Really need to be able to tether.
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Is SuperSU and busybox installed?
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Is SuperSU and busybox installed?
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I downloaded su from play store and honestly not sure about busybody. How can I find out and get it if not. If its needed.
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I downloaded su from play store and honestly not sure about busybody. How can I find out and get it if not. If its needed.
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Well you can just install/reinstall it by downloading a busybox installer from the play store. It doesn't matter because I just remembered you don't need root for foxfi anymore. hope you figure it out.
Foxfi is working fine on 4.3 or 4.4kitkat, you need to enable lock screen and using pin code, it will ask you to install a trust cert and that's it. If you have root, just use wifi tether router app (very clean an simple tethering app). I'm using both and they both working fine.
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Foxfi is working fine on 4.3 or 4.4kitkat, you need to enable lock screen and using pin code, it will ask you to install a trust cert and that's it. If you have root, just use wifi tether router app (very clean an simple tethering app). I'm using both and they both working fine.
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I've tried them all. Here's what happens. I start the tethering app (tried 10 of them) and it brings up a dialog box saying I don't have a tethering plan. Call or click etc......
I tried various profiles settings. Nothing.
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