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Hello, can someone help me with something. I rooted my htc inspire a few months back. I did not change the room just left it as is. I am now trying to tethering my accer a500 to my htc inspire. I have tried the hot spot and also tried to hook cable to tablet from phone. when i try hot spot it turns on then turns off says i need to call att.
I am wondering do i have to flash phone with a differnet rom inorder to use those functions. or is their a way around the issue. Sorry for my lack of knowing lol. i am looking but I have not found a newbie guid covering this. I am asuming i do need to flash phone with custom rom but wanted to make sure.
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I guess should of added more info. I have rooted my phone a long while back. I did not flash a custom Rom to my phone. I am running the Rom the phone came with just rooted. Thanks again for any help someone will be able to give. I am still reading the fourms just guess not understanding. From what I am getting if I want hot spot to work or tethering to work I need to flash my phone with a custom Rom.
a 30second search of putting 'free tether htc inspire' into google would have given you the answer you need. This has been asked over and over and over. You are technically breaching your agreement and if you get caught that is on you. Here is a link in the market for a simple to use app. Next time please search before making threads.
https://market.android.com/details?...EwOSwiY29tLm1zdHJlYW0uZWFzeXRldGhlcl9iZXRhIl0.
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Lol sorry but you really think I didn't do that like a month ago. Really I have read and re-read every topic even close to covering this topic. One topic saying yes you can the next saying it didn't work. Figured would find someone nice enough to say yes you can do it, and here is the topic area to look. Thank you for the link
Update, followed your link and it went no were. Google free tethering again and came up with the same thing. Someone saying they have a way to make it work. Then a bunch of posts after that with people saying it worked for a bit but not now. I'm just looking to see if it can be done, what has and has not worked and if I am right and I need a custom Rom.
I use EasyTether Pro, don't know if its safe, but I have been using it for almost 2 years on 2 different phones, and haven't been stuck with a higher bill yet
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I tether my HP Touchpad about an hour a day and have never got hit with the email from AT&T.
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thanks for the info
Was wondering do you guys use the cable, or set up a WiFi way. I don't plan on doing any downloading I use a program that looks up info for me on the net. Maybe some Facebook on the night ****. Once again thanks for the help with this very cool.
I dont have to DD an app to use hotspot because my dev built it in, which most roms do... but if you must stick with your stock rom... (thumbs down)
I used "open garden" wifi tether on a few different phones requiring that functionality. Its one of the best out there IMHO
P.S. If you like the stock feel and stability? of your stock rom, but are ready to open your phone up to a brand new life...
My suggestion for a jump off point(ROM) is 'COREDROID'! I dont rock it anymore, but it was imo the best, next very close runner up would be 'AndroidRevolution'...
Both of those have built in hotspot, plus a WAYYY faster UI than stock. Just My Opinion. good luck!
I have never tried to tether using stock rom, however almost all custom roms I have used have the ability to tether. Maybe try a custom rom, I like IceColdSandwich v 4.2. Good luck!
Thank u very much that was what I was really looking for. I will start looking for custom Rom that might work for me. I really need to learn how to back up the Rom I have so I can save it so I can flash it back to phone if need be. Thanks again all for all the help with this.
Start by looking for a recovery like "cwm recovery"... within the Inspire forums. Follow the directions exactly and read them ALL first, then reread them before flashing. Once youve achieved a recovery, you'll have opened yourself up to try ROMS i.e.Try coredroid for a few days then perform a backup of coredroid, then flash AR and run that for a few days.
As it seems in your OP, youre kinda used to a stock ROM and both of those are based on stock, with enhancements, and bloatware removed... MUCH FASTER and responsive.
So just start with one thing at a time - Recovery Time!!!
p.s. once youve installed your recovery, you should backup your current config before going to the next step - ROM!!! Practice good backup skills, and you'll limit your headaches considerably.
hello, thank you all for your replies. I am really wanting to move up to custom roms. Prob is I do not know how to back up my current rom, and how to check it to make sure its good. I am looking for the info and what app to use to get the best back up file. i want to be sure I know how to back up and also how to go back to the back up if need be before I move forward. If someone knows of a guide to do that stuff or has any good information could you pm me please. thanks a bunch for the help.
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hello, thank you all for your replies. I am really wanting to move up to custom roms. Prob is I do not know how to back up my current rom, and how to check it to make sure its good. I am looking for the info and what app to use to get the best back up file. i want to be sure I know how to back up and also how to go back to the back up if need be before I move forward. If someone knows of a guide to do that stuff or has any good information could you pm me please. thanks a bunch for the help.
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as for backup between ROMs the two major ones are Titanium Backup and MyBackup
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a 30second search of putting 'free tether htc inspire' into google would have given you the answer you need. This has been asked over and over and over. You are technically breaching your agreement and if you get caught that is on you. Here is a link in the market for a simple to use app. Next time please search before making threads.
https://market.android.com/details?...EwOSwiY29tLm1zdHJlYW0uZWFzeXRldGhlcl9iZXRhIl0.
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I used the EasyTether app a few times around last Christmas. Today I got the email from AT&T about tethering. So I guess now we can't use EasyTether?
I went to my local store yesterday and had a rep examine my phone to be sure there was no way I could tether. She noted it in my account. Today I got a txt msg saying I was tethering. So I called the 866 number in the msg and the phone rep told me they can now tell any time a computer or any other device is plugged into the phone and any time a tethering app is used. So according to her logic, we can't even use our computers to charge our phones.
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I went to my local store yesterday and had a rep examine my phone to be sure there was no way I could tether. She noted it in my account. Today I got a txt msg saying I was tethering. So I called the 866 number in the msg and the phone rep told me they can now tell any time a computer or any other device is plugged into the phone and any time a tethering app is used. So according to her logic, we can't even use our computers to charge our phones.
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no, she means they can detect the tethering. not the connection itself. u can still charge and xfer files and sync lol
Darunion said:
no, she means they can detect the tethering. not the connection itself. u can still charge and xfer files and sync lol
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*I* know that. But she apparently doesn't. She told me that ANY time ANYTHING is plugged into the phone now counts as tethering. Even if NO apps are being used. I know better than to believe that lol.
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Sucks for EasyTether and PDANet users
This seems a good place to ask. Of course, the ref with whom I spoke claims that their system is flawless, but is there anyone here who kows AT&Ts systems that can speak as to the reliability of their inspection system?
The reason I ask, I was informed that "the data connection from your phone was opened to another device several times within the past 2 months." I used it once, I'm afraid that something looks like tethering to their system, and I'll end up with a more expensive capped plan rather than my unlimited plan (truth is that I've only gone over 3 GB once of which I'm aware, I just don't like the concept of caps.... or more cost).
I finaly put a custom rom on my phone and was able to hotspot and tether my phone to my laptop. Only used it to load one page of xda just to see if it worked or not. I never got a text meassage or phone call or anything. I also use a bunch of bandwidth on a daily bases. e-mail, web games and such. I had to re-lock my phone sending it to htc to get repaired, when i get it back it will be re rooted and custom rom and tethered again. Will let you know what happens then. lol
They will constantly improve the system. the more people that find ways around it the more they will invest in closing the holes. they didnt used to have the ability to see but more and more is pointing to packet inspection and TTL's on them to see if theres another device behind the phone. it's not just an apn setting anymore. it's best either to not tether and breach contract or just pay the $15 a month and use it. Getting around it now, could change next week or a month or tomorrow. companies will do what they can to protect their services from being taken advantage of, and with the number of users that are stealing tethering data, that is a considerable cost. do i think its fair that i need to pay $15 to connect my pc to phone for just a picture here and there, no, but the consumer always wants everything for free.
Anyone with the AT&T HTC One X been able to find a way to enable tethering?
I know that Roger users get tethering enabled for free, unfortunately AT&T doesn't give us the same courtesy in the US.
I found this trick listed for enabling Tethering on the Galaxy Nexus that works on non-rooted devices.
"Elixer 2
Pros: Free
Cons: Confusing to setup at first
1. Install Elixer2
2. Install Elixer2 Widgets
The way I think this works is, you need to install Elixer2 to give you tons of tools and information about your device, so that the widgets work correctly.
Elixer2 Widgets gives you widget tools to create widgets for your device.
You can create a "Wi-Fi AP (Hotspot) toggle" widget that turns on Portable Wifi Hotspot. Doing this bypasses the wireless carrier check, and allows you to modify your AP settings to create a Hotspot."
I was curious if anyone knows if the Elixer 2 trick works on the AT&T HTC One X too?
Or perhaps someone else has been able to figure out another way since there isn't a root method available yet for the HTC One X.
Tasker widget might be able to do this as well.
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bimmerd00d said:
Tasker widget might be able to do this as well.
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Ah, has anyone tried using Elixer 2 or Tasker to enable tethering on an AT&T HOX?
You can tether on any device. Just install the right app or root. However, within a few hours to a few months, att will see and give you a warnign to stop tethring. If you continue, they auto-upgrade you to a tethering line. There is no way to go around it.
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You can tether on any device. Just install the right app or root. However, within a few hours to a few months, att will see and give you a warnign to stop tethring. If you continue, they auto-upgrade you to a tethering line. There is no way to go around it.
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That is not true that they will eventually detect. I have been using tethering for a while on my iPhone and it hasn't been detected. It all has to do with that you need to make sure to use the right APN.
kevina90 said:
You can tether on any device. Just install the right app or root. However, within a few hours to a few months, att will see and give you a warnign to stop tethring. If you continue, they auto-upgrade you to a tethering line. There is no way to go around it.
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That's what custom ROM's are for. I don't abuse tethering, I do it occasionally and have never received any type of warning from ATT. Proper custom ROM's remove all kinds of traceable software back to the carriers. (e.g. CM9)
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That's what custom ROM's are for. I don't abuse tethering, I do it occasionally and have never received any type of warning from ATT. Proper custom ROM's remove all kinds of traceable software back to the carriers. (e.g. CM9)
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I am very aware that with a custom ROM or even a root app like Wifi Tether that you can easily enable tethering. However, I am trying to find out if there is a solution to get it working if you are not rooted.
Right now there is no custom ROMs or even a root for the AT&T HTC One X so the custom ROMs or even Wifi Tether are not an option. So back to my original question does anyone know if Elixer 2 or Tasker work for enabling tethering on the HTC One X?
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I am very aware that with a custom ROM or even a root app like Wifi Tether that you can easily enable tethering. However, I am trying to find out if there is a solution to get it working if you are not rooted.
Right now there is no custom ROMs or even a root for the AT&T HTC One X so the custom ROMs or even Wifi Tether are not an option. So back to my original question does anyone know if Elixer 2 or Tasker work for enabling tethering on the HTC One X?
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I understood that, sorry for side stepping on the topic. I got caught up answering that there is a way around the carrier knowing about your tethering.
I don't know how much similarity between HTC's tethering code and Samsung's tethering code, I tried your apps mentioned above on my Samsung GS2 running latest AT&T ICS leak and it didn't work. It does bypass the account checking but there is no internet connection from the tethered devices what so ever. The new tethering code for these Samsung devices in ICS leaks are much difficult to bypass now than the ones in GB.
We will know it once we have AT&T HOX in hand.
This is the easiest solution that works on all android devices.
http://code.google.com/p/proxoid/
Proxy server and adb port forwarding ftw
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That is not true that they will eventually detect. I have been using tethering for a while on my iPhone and it hasn't been detected. It all has to do with that you need to make sure to use the right APN.
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I guess its luck of the draw then lol, i tetherd like 300 mb 2 monthes ago and got an att text warning 3 days later.
Just as an update, the Rogers RUU is online now, you can find it in the DEV section. Those who wanna attempt to flash its boot.img and system.img to an AT&T phone, knock yourselves out!
Not saying it's gonna work necessarily...
Easy Tether always worked for me. It uses the Android debugging mode. You need to use USB but whatever. Totally worthwhile (costs about $10 one time fee) and I'm not sure how they would detect this. IF they gave you a hard time you could simply explain that you develop Android apps and that you're not tethering. They may buy that.
When tethering is enabled through the device via normal means, then I think they would know about it...But if you're going through the debugger, I just can't see how they would know.
If they ever did or worse yet, IF any carrier is collecting data about user agents, etc. to see if you're using a desktop browser...Then I think that's a severe privacy concern.
I would hope anyone getting a warning from a carrier would because they have a rooted phone and they have the actual tethering system feature enabled for which the operating system likely sends up some sort of flag to notify the carrier (hence why people are saying it depends on what ROM you're using). OR because of their usage patterns, ie. heavy usage in short periods of time. A phone can only have so many browser tabs open and use so much data in a short period of time. They have this stuff down to a science.
However...If you're tethering to check your e-mail, browse a little, do work, and like me...build web sites and what not from Starbucks (because their free WiFi doesn't allow you to use SSH) then I really can't imagine you'd get an angry letter.
Again, this is all speculation...I use Sprint and never had an issue. However, come Sunday I will be switching to AT&T for the better looking HTC One X...Oh right and for the working 4G. Despite half the storage space.
Elixir 2/Widgets does not work on my ATT HOX for the mobile AP. I still get the "call 611 to enable tethering" popup.
Has anyone tried Foxfi from the market?
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA
FoxFi does not support wifi for any HTC phones, only Bluetooth (as stated in-app).
Foxfi keeps giving me some cryptic error message "fail to open bluetooth". Being unable to root / tether and downgrade from 32gb to 16gb (and in actuality 9.96 gb) is really pissing me off...
Edit: Easy Tether works. Just using the free version so far, no issues yet. Will know more extensively in the next few days.
Clockworkmod
I use tether from clockworkmod. cost $4.99 USB only though
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Edit: Easy Tether works. Just using the free version so far, no issues yet. Will know more extensively in the next few days.
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Looking forward to hearing about this, really bugging me that I can't tether (Damn it AT&T).
rooted ATT HTC One X via one click root
download
WiFi Tether version 3.1 beta14
Settings:
- Device Profile: Generic ICS
- Enable Routing Fix
Works Perfect
So I know there is almost no way to recover it as security programs need a data connection..
Either way, not too worried about that.
I just bought the darn thing 3 weeks ago, box is sitting in front of me..
I put a facelock/lock on it, It was rooted and running EOS 2.0
What is making me sick to my stomach, is the fact someone else will be able to use it
Makes me sick..
Can they sign in with google and basically use it? Is there a way I can say xxxx model xoom was stolen and it locks the device or something?
So sad
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So I know there is almost no way to recover it as security programs need a data connection..
Either way, not too worried about that.
I just bought the darn thing 3 weeks ago, box is sitting in front of me..
I put a facelock/lock on it, It was rooted and running EOS 2.0
What is making me sick to my stomach, is the fact someone else will be able to use it
Makes me sick..
Can they sign in with google and basically use it? Is there a way I can say xxxx model xoom was stolen and it locks the device or something?
So sad
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I've heard that you can install a security app from the online Play Store you may be able to disable your Xoom remotely. I'm really sorry that it's been stolen.
only way a security app would work, would be if it had a network..
My xoom was locked, so someone would of had to format it to get it to come up and by then, any app would be erased anyway
Just sucks that these companies cannot some how incipient a unique ID for each tablet.
**** THIS SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The app in the play store is called plan B and can be installed and used remotely. Good luck!
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The best way for you to prevent someone from charging your google account is to go to google online, on another computer and change your login password. If they try to purchase an app the old password will no longer work.
Sorry to hear about this. But the is ways to own him/her like big ach said with Plan B but I also found an app called Lost Phone which you just install from Google Play site and then sign into your Google Account via the website and you can set off alarms, wipe and stuff. Try it out.
sadly all these tricks are based on the fact that they got passed my facelock and security pin.
without those, they cannot get in, there for they will have to format/reset the entire xoom to factory settings..
which means no google account anymore
fastfed said:
sadly all these tricks are based on the fact that they got passed my facelock and security pin.
without those, they cannot get in, there for they will have to format/reset the entire xoom to factory settings..
which means no google account anymore
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just go to the site via a computer login and install apps remotely then use them to locate, wipe, or what ever else they can do, I know some that do actually give you GPS location
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deathblade said:
just go to the site via a computer login and install apps remotely then use them to locate, wipe, or what ever else they can do, I know some that do actually give you GPS location
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I did that.. but I had my xoom set for wifi while awake only.
Its not a network verizon xoom, wifi only
I did do those apps though, nothing came back
Jeez is it me or no one actually read what the guy is trying to say? You can't install an app if you don't have data connection! He bluntly says it everywhere! So your only option is to move on, since the stealer could get some one to flash a new ROM or just by relocking/unlocking the bootloader it would reset everything! Well don't think he would do that though. But factory reset will also work. Sorry for your lost buddy!
Ok, I hate to post this, but I can't seem to find any posts on this. I have My HTC 1 mini rooted with cwm recovery flashed. I want to use my phone as a hotspot (without paying At&t) without flashing a custom rom. I like the stock rom and don't have any reason to flash cyanogen or anything else available. So,.... Can anyone help or direct me in the right place to get rid of the At&t big brother crap so I can use my phone as a hotspot for free?
I'm in the same boat as you, except I'm not even using the phone on AT&T, I'm thinking of updating to the international 4.3 release, however my wife doesn't want to lose all her settings and have to restore everything just to be able to use this feature.....
You can always use a 3rd party app such as tether (doesn't do wifi i dont think..) however i beleive the wifi ones are pay apps
teahering sux.
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I'm in the same boat as you, except I'm not even using the phone on AT&T, I'm thinking of updating to the international 4.3 release, however my wife doesn't want to lose all her settings and have to restore everything just to be able to use this feature.....
You can always use a 3rd party app such as tether (doesn't do wifi i dont think..) however i beleive the wifi ones are pay apps
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Tethering sux. Especially when using my tablet or when trying to have someone else connect. I used it all the time with my pos LG nitro HD. The phone is capable of doing it just not without [email protected] punk butts trying to charge for it. There has to be a software/app that be removed or something simple. I just don't want to remove something wrong and have to flash my back up. Pain the the u know. Pdanet was the best Coe tethering in my experience btw. I hate wires.
S-off
So I'm gathering that S-off has to be done in order to get free wifi with stock rom. in this tutorial http://htconeroot.com/htc-one-tutorials/how-to-get-s-off-on-htc-one/ I was able to get S-off. In the tutorial it states you have to disable fastboot. I tired it twice and it failed. I then enabled fastboot through the power menu at the bottom, and it worked like a charm. I had to enable fastboot to root my One mini as well. Both tutorials expressed that fastboot had to be disabled. Not in my case. So,... (at your own risk) if you have have problem with rooting and getting S-off, enable fastboot. Not I need to find out what all factory installed apps I can remove without bricking my phone. If anyone knows all or at least some of the apps/bloatware, please list.
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Ok, I hate to post this, but I can't seem to find any posts on this. I have My HTC 1 mini rooted with cwm recovery flashed. I want to use my phone as a hotspot (without paying At&t) without flashing a custom rom. I like the stock rom and don't have any reason to flash cyanogen or anything else available. So,.... Can anyone help or direct me in the right place to get rid of the At&t big brother crap so I can use my phone as a hotspot for free?
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That's a great question. I believe that if you root the device (and possibly S-off) then you can use any hotspot app for free. I'm using this on the T-mobile network and cannot find a work-around without Root. I plan to root one day, but have just been too busy to sit down and go through all the steps.
Nope. Not with the AT&T version
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That's a great question. I believe that if you root the device (and possibly S-off) then you can use any hotspot app for free. I'm using this on the T-mobile network and cannot find a work-around without Root. I plan to root one day, but have just been too busy to sit down and go through all the steps.
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I rooted, I got S-off and still no free wifi hotspot. Furthermore, Whenever It root uninstalled all those AT&T app, when I rebooted they would be back. I tried every root uninstaller on the play sotre with a four start rating or better. I wanted JB 4.3 and sense 5.5 so I got that S. I copied that resolution below. Now I have free wifi. Thanx though.
I used the script SuperWipe_M4_xpirt.zip to completely clean my Phone because after I copied to my pc then deleted all my titanium back up media and DCIM my sdcard only had 1.4gb in on it. On the device all those files still showed under my legacy and /0 folder and I found a third under storage in the device. This is something funky. So after the SuperWipre Script from thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2423576 I then flashed 4.3 sense 5.5 from thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2575766 and now I have 11 gb on my phone. I will pay more attention to my storage when installing and changing things so I can see what, where, and/or how that happened. I have never encountered something like this before, nevertheless, i have never settle for a phone without external storage either. I wont ever do that again. But for a free phone plus a $56 credit to my account, I can't complain too much. Just a little. The One Mini is way better than the crappy lame POS LG Nitro HD .
hello everyone. i did a search and could not find anything in here and in google. i have been tethering via wifi for a fews months now. reaching about 100 gigs a month. today i was doing the same thing i always do, get home from work and get online using my phones wifi. i rooted my phone and have been using the stock rom but with the tethering. i used sqlite editor to add the "tether_dun_required" and it worked for a few months. till today. is there something wrong, did tmobile somehow find me out. i need help. any help would be greatly appreciated. and i have lollipop 5.0 it has been asking me to update but i dont want to lose the root. i used nexus root tool kit to do the root. please and thanks guys.
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did tmobile somehow find me out
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Most likely.
ron608 said:
hello everyone. i did a search and could not find anything in here and in google. i have been tethering via wifi for a fews months now. reaching about 100 gigs a month. today i was doing the same thing i always do, get home from work and get online using my phones wifi. i rooted my phone and have been using the stock rom but with the tethering. i used sqlite editor to add the "tether_dun_required" and it worked for a few months. till today. is there something wrong, did tmobile somehow find me out. i need help. any help would be greatly appreciated. and i have lollipop 5.0 it has been asking me to update but i dont want to lose the root. i used nexus root tool kit to do the root. please and thanks guys.
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Use a User Agent Spoofer for your browser.
Select SAFARI
Enjoy your continued tethering.
Falinor said:
Use a User Agent Spoofer for your browser.
Select SAFARI
Enjoy your continued tethering.
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thats all great and stuff but that makes my laptop look like a phone. if i wanted to surf id do it on my phone. i appreciate the reply but id like to know if there is a way around this. is there something i can do besides spoofing.
ron608 said:
thats all great and stuff but that makes my laptop look like a phone. if i wanted to surf id do it on my phone. i appreciate the reply but id like to know if there is a way around this. is there something i can do besides spoofing.
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I'm assuming you are using Google Chrome? I am using this setup currently and I'm receiving desktop requests for every site I visit, nothing looks like a mobile version of a site at all.
* Download User-Agent Switcher For Chrome
* Select SAFARI -> Mac Safari 7
* Surf as usual.
Let me know. I'm using this setup as we speak and it looks like normal. Please be specific in your response.
Falinor said:
I'm assuming you are using Google Chrome? I am using this setup currently and I'm receiving desktop requests for every site I visit, nothing looks like a mobile version of a site at all.
* Download User-Agent Switcher For Chrome
* Select SAFARI -> Mac Safari 7
* Surf as usual.
Let me know. I'm using this setup as we speak and it looks like normal. Please be specific in your response.
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yeah i use chrome. but the thing is i want to know WHY all of a sudden this is happening. i have been doing this for months now and i have not had to do a desktop request until yesterday. like i said it would let me saerch certain stuff and even let me go into the sites but in others it would do the desktop request. anything going on with this?????? did my tether_dun_required run out some how. is there a way around this.
ron608 said:
yeah i use chrome. but the thing is i want to know WHY all of a sudden this is happening. i have been doing this for months now and i have not had to do a desktop request until yesterday. like i said it would let me saerch certain stuff and even let me go into the sites but in others it would do the desktop request. anything going on with this?????? did my tether_dun_required run out some how. is there a way around this.
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I'm on T-Mobile too. T-Mobile starts looking for accounts that have an unusually high amount of traffic. They look at the user-agent, and if its a known desktop one, it'll auto-route to the upsell page. So to get around it, using a user-agent not on the t-mobile upsell routing list will allow you to continue as normal.
Proof of this, my cycle reset, I removed the user agent, and I was fine until I hit about 45gb in two days, then I got the upsell again. Kicked the user-agent back in gear (Safari -> Mac Safari 7) and I can tether as usual.
Even though we have tether_dun_required set to 0 making it look like traffic is coming from our phone, there is a "conflict of interest" what is being reported vs user-agent being used.
Hope that makes sense.
Falinor said:
I'm on T-Mobile too. T-Mobile starts looking for accounts that have an unusually high amount of traffic. They look at the user-agent, and if its a known desktop one, it'll auto-route to the upsell page. So to get around it, using a user-agent not on the t-mobile upsell routing list will allow you to continue as normal.
Proof of this, my cycle reset, I removed the user agent, and I was fine until I hit about 45gb in two days, then I got the upsell again. Kicked the user-agent back in gear (Safari -> Mac Safari 7) and I can tether as usual.
Even though we have tether_dun_required set to 0 making it look like traffic is coming from our phone, there is a "conflict of interest" what is being reported vs user-agent being used.
Hope that makes sense.
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yes it does make sense. so putting a custom rom on my phone wont do any good will it? a friend of mine told me i should just put a custom rom and it SHOULD fix it. but what you are telling me makes sense. i just wish this wasnt the case. and what do you mena by CYCLE-RESET. also, i tried this on internet explorer and it gave me the upsell page.
ron608 said:
yes it does make sense. so putting a custom rom on my phone wont do any good will it? a friend of mine told me i should just put a custom rom and it SHOULD fix it. but what you are telling me makes sense. i just wish this wasnt the case. and what do you mena by CYCLE-RESET. also, i tried this on internet explorer and it gave me the upsell page.
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New cycle in terms of my billing period for t-mobile (when they capture amount of data used, minutes, and texts). Yeah, IE is flagged as desktop browser, you'll get an upsell page for sure. Doesn't matter if you have a custom rom or rooted. At the end of the day, unless you use VPN to encryt the data transferred, simply looking at the user-agent of your browser is enough to trigger the upsell. Did Safari work for you and are you seeing the sites as usual?
ron608 said:
yes it does make sense. so putting a custom rom on my phone wont do any good will it? a friend of mine told me i should just put a custom rom and it SHOULD fix it. but what you are telling me makes sense. i just wish this wasnt the case. and what do you mena by CYCLE-RESET. also, i tried this on internet explorer and it gave me the upsell page.
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im t work right now nd cant bring phone in for security purposes. so ill have to wait till i get home. either way im gonna have my buddy show me the custom rom and ****. i still wanna learn about it. improve battery life and all that jazz. everything you told me makes sense. thanks for your help!!!!
ron608 said:
im t work right now nd cant bring phone in for security purposes. so ill have to wait till i get home. either way im gonna have my buddy show me the custom rom and ****. i still wanna learn about it. improve battery life and all that jazz. everything you told me makes sense. thanks for your help!!!!
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Sounds good. We're here for you; good luck my friend.
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Tmobile should give serious abusers the boot
100gb??? Jesus. I'm sorry to say but it is users like you that make carriers want to keep our phones locked down. There is nothing wrong with tethering when in a pinch, and maybe using <5gb of data /month but 100gb is just outright abuse. If you are using your phone as your primary data connection, then you should be paying for a tethering plan.
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100gb??? Jesus. I'm sorry to say but it is users like you that make carriers want to keep our phones locked down. There is nothing wrong with tethering when in a pinch, and maybe using <5gb of data /month but 100gb is just outright abuse. If you are using your phone as your primary data connection, then you should be paying for a tethering plan.
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100g for one month. All the other months I use <4gb. Relax.