Title says it all.
I need to find the hostname of my device. Any info will be appreciated.
Should be under development in settings.
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Android does not use hostnames, everything uses localhost.
If you have a real requirement for a hostname you can use an alias in the /system/etc/hosts file after the localhost entry. Though most if not all android app are made to work with localhost.
If you are say running an ssh server you would just need your IP address to get to it externally. This will work with any service including something like air droid.
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Android does not use hostnames, everything uses localhost.
If you have a real requirement for a hostname you can use an alias in the /system/etc/hosts file after the localhost entry. Though most if not all android app are made to work with localhost.
If you are say running an ssh server you would just need your IP address to get to it externally. This will work with any service including something like air droid.
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one quick question, if i delete the hots file, would it be bad for my phone, any risk of getting any kind of brick? , i need to disable that file because it's blocking ad.fly pages on my browser, and preventing me to reach download pages i use from time to time
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jimbridgman said:
Android does not use hostnames, everything uses localhost.
If you have a real requirement for a hostname you can use an alias in the /system/etc/hosts file after the localhost entry. Though most if not all android app are made to work with localhost.
If you are say running an ssh server you would just need your IP address to get to it externally. This will work with any service including something like air droid.
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Guess I could've put a little more detail in the OP.
I'm having issues connecting to a forum I use quite often, but only through my phone. The admin asked for the hostname of my device. Which brought me here.
Something about conflicting host names and another banned user.
demonoid phenomenom said:
one quick question, if i delete the hots file, would it be bad for my phone, any risk of getting any kind of brick? , i need to disable that file because it's blocking ad.fly pages on my browser, and preventing me to reach download pages i use from time to time
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You can't delete that file. The next time you boot, you may end up in a bootloop. If you are having issues then you probably used some sort of ad block software, they usually have a way to put your hosts file back to stock in the app you used. I use ad away and it edits the hosts file to block ads, but I can put it back to stock from there as well.
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Guess I could've put a little more detail in the OP.
I'm having issues connecting to a forum I use quite often, but only through my phone. The admin asked for the hostname of my device. Which brought me here.
Something about conflicting host names and another banned user.
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Well, then you are getting assigned an external hostname from your cell provider, they do that. I have the same issue with IRC when using my phones. IRC has a way for mobile users to connect over sts though. I would explain, to that site admin, that you connect from a mobile phone and that your hostname is being sent from your mobile provider. And that you can't control that. I can't tell you how to find the hostname they assign, easily, other than asking your cell provider, I had to get mine from ATT, and it was a pia since it is a dhcp hostname and changes with your cellular IP.
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Well, then you are getting assigned an external hostname from your cell provider, they do that. I have the same issue with IRC when using my phones. IRC has a way for mobile users to connect over sts though. I would explain, to that site admin, that you connect from a mobile phone and that your hostname is being sent from your mobile provider. And that you can't control that. I can't tell you how to find the hostname they assign, easily, other than asking your cell provider, I had to get mine from ATT, and it was a pia since it is a dhcp hostname and changes with your cellular IP.
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Hmmm...ok, good food for thought.
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Hmmm...ok, good food for thought.
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Can't they just use your mac address? It's not going to change (unless you spoof it), and it's an easy way to identify hosts.
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You can't delete that file. The next time you boot, you may end up in a bootloop. If you are having issues then you probably used some sort of ad block software, they usually have a way to put your hosts file back to stock in the app you used. I use ad away and it edits the hosts file to block ads, but I can put it back to stock from there as well.
actually it came along with scv7 rom never used an ad block apk, would it be fine to manually remove/edit the ad.fly line from inside the file?
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actually it came along with scv7 rom never used an ad block apk, would it be fine to manually remove/edit the ad.fly line from inside the file?
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Yes, you can.. but you probably wanna do it on your computer - root explorer will truncate it and cut off a lot..
Or you can clean it out entirely, and then use an ad blocking app to enable/disable. See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34498720&postcount=253
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jimbridgman said:
You can't delete that file. The next time you boot, you may end up in a bootloop. If you are having issues then you probably used some sort of ad block software, they usually have a way to put your hosts file back to stock in the app you used. I use ad away and it edits the hosts file to block ads, but I can put it back to stock from there as well.
actually it came along with scv7 rom never used an ad block apk, would it be fine to manually remove/edit the ad.fly line from inside the file?
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You can edit the host file as you see fit, but blatantly removing it obviously can cause problems because it's a go to file for DNS lookups, and DNS is integral to network operation . If you want to block a site you set the url to point to the local host or more specifically your loopback interface 127.0.0.1
You can remove ad.fly if you want because if the address isn't defined in the host file, your browser, app, whatever is doing the lookup will try your connection's DNS server next. If you wanted to prank someone, you could for example set google.com to redirect to anything you wanted by adding the entry in the host file.
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You can edit the host file as you see fit, but blatantly removing it obviously can cause problems because it's a go to file for DNS lookups, and DNS is integral to network operation . If you want to block a site you set the url to point to the local host or more specifically your loopback interface 127.0.0.1
You can remove ad.fly if you want because if the address isn't defined in the host file, your browser, app, whatever is doing the lookup will try your connection's DNS server next. If you wanted to prank someone, you could for example set google.com to redirect to anything you wanted by adding the entry in the host file.
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Be careful what you tell people, please, do a little research before answering someones question, if you don't really know for sure.
The hosts file has NOTHING to do with DNS lookups, it is a local hostname file, and is used instead of and before (if setup that way) DNS is used. DNS is handled by the resolv.conf file and tells the os who your DNS server is, there is also another file that tells the os the order in which you perform EVERY lookup (usually that is the nsswitch.conf file).
Here is a wikipedia description of what a hosts file actually does, it is a pretty accurate description:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_(file)
As for the ad blocks, they are using full DNS names to resolve hosts back to the local loopback address which is the black hole of networking in an os (that is because it will send any request back to itself and put it in a null space, since there is no web-server running on the phone or localhost). The DNS search order on an android phone is hosts file, then DNS, that is why the ad block works as it does.
The ad blocking used in scv7 is from a plugin in the ROM kitchen, that does the same thing that ad away does. You can remove the line, but you would be best to remove all but the localhost line at the top. As alteredlikeness mentioned it is best to edit it through adb. Completely removing the file is a bad idea though.
Dns requests will look for remote hosts ip's from host/s file (1st phase). If remote distenation (normal case) is not in hosts file,then the DNS client (in this mobile) will try to resolve it via the distensions lookup table file (2nd phase)
So, by default, the internal loopback 127.0.0.1 is in hosts file,if you added xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx as *.yahoo.com in hosts, the client will connect to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx directly if you requested www.yahoo.com (without trying to look to distensions or to ask DNS servers)
You can trace ad blocking app action (replacing the hosts file with addresses of ads servers and redirect them to 127.0.0.1
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OP,
For your problem,try to use Google DNS servers 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
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sad_but_cool1 said:
Dns requests will look for remote hosts ip's from host/s file (1st phase). If remote distenation (normal case) is not in hosts file,then the DNS client (in this mobile) will try to resolve it via the distensions lookup table file (2nd phase)
So, by default, the internal loopback 127.0.0.1 is in hosts file,if you added xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx as *.yahoo.com in hosts, the client will connect to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx directly if you requested www.yahoo.com (without trying to look to distensions or to ask DNS servers)
You can trace ad blocking app action (replacing the hosts file with addresses of ads servers and redirect them to 127.0.0.1
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Humm, I think I already said this in my last reply and even included a wiki link to explain this to those that may not understand this so well.
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OP,
For your problem,try to use Google DNS servers 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
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What good is that going to do using google dns servers? He is getting a hostname from his cell provider that is conflicting with one that a site that he frequents, has blocked. changing his DNS servers will do nothing to help that. And to the person who asked about the whole deleting the hosts file, this also does no good. Technically this would be a great solution for someone having issues resolving things, but no one in this thread is.
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Humm, I think I already said this in my last reply and even included a wiki link to explain this to those that may not understand this so well.
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You didn't said that, seems you do not understand the case well,the hosts file is the first step in DNS resolving chain,and you said that nothing to do with it.
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You didn't said that, seems you do not understand the case well,the hosts file is the first step in DNS resolving chain,and you said that nothing to do with it.
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Again you are the one who does not understand. the hosts file has NOTHING to do with DNS!!!!
A hosts file is a local resolution and happens BEFORE dns is ever called. I do this for a living!!!
take a look at the wiki I posted, and I quote from my above statement:
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it is a local hostname file, and is used instead of and before (if setup that way) DNS is used. DNS is handled by the resolv.conf file and tells the os who your DNS server is, there is also another file that tells the os the order in which you perform EVERY lookup (usually that is the nsswitch.conf file).
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Might pay to actually read posts completely before posting information, especially when they are not 100% correct!
As you like WIKIman!!
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As you like WIKIman!!
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It just helps to explain information in simple most of the time correct terms to people, that may not fully understand. It listed it out, very closely to how I explained it. I have been in the UNIX/Linux computer world for 20 years. I have been doing networking and designing systems for a very long time.
UNIX and linux servers and hosts files existed before DNS existed, so DNS is a whole separate thing from the hosts file resolution.
If you do not like wiki, then here is another link that explains it as I have also said it:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/hosts-files-explained/
If that was meant as a slap, I just have to laugh! But again, I see it too many times that people think they know, but they are only 80% correct most of the time, if you do not know and can not show your work, don't post it. Sounds like you have something to prove here, so go ahead and school me!
Well this thread got a little lively...
I'll ask about the MAC address. Otherwise, I'll just deal with it when I'm on the go. At least for now...the "ban" is lifted on the 14th, so we'll see what happens then.
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Hi people, many of the forum users here uses rapidshare links for their downloads. I would really like to download the themes from this thread but I'm unable to do so because of the rapidshare links. When i press free user it always say I'm already downloading stuff and all! Please, someone teach em how to download? thanks!
Can anyone please help me? Thanks.
Are you behind a network with many users? If yes, then someone is downloading stuff already with the same external IP address. If no, then it's your ISP that's sharing the same external IP with many users. Which file are you trying to download? Maybe I can upload it to somewhere else for you.
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Are you behind a network with many users? If yes, then someone is downloading stuff already with the same external IP address. If no, then it's your ISP that's sharing the same external IP with many users. Which file are you trying to download? Maybe I can upload it to somewhere else for you.
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do you have a static ip?
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Are you behind a network with many users? If yes, then someone is downloading stuff already with the same external IP address. If no, then it's your ISP that's sharing the same external IP with many users. Which file are you trying to download? Maybe I can upload it to somewhere else for you.
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I'm not too sure as well, I'm quite a noob ): anyway I wanted to download the theme here: http://rapidshare.com/files/201038990/Neon_Naranja.rar
but I cant seem to do so everytime! There's always this message:
You want to download the following file:
http://rapidshare.com/files/201038990/Neon_Naranja.rar | 2599 KB
The download session has expired. Please click here to start the download again.
But, I always click right away after the seconds of waiting time has ended!
What is a static ip? It seems that the problem lies with IP addresses?
OMG, help! ):
Anyone can help please?
^ It happens. That's why RS is often dubbed Rapids*cks..
Anyways, I'm one of the lucky guys having a dynamic IP so...
http://www.uploadjockey.com/download/7370480/Neon_Naranja.rar
Now you can download the file from a dozen mirrors!
OMG, thank you so much [deXter]!!! anyway I think zshare is one of the best cos I never encounter problems downloading from it at all!
Well, anyway, do you have any idea how to solve such problems on RapidShare if it keeps on happening?
Can't do much about it mate.. there are ways to change your IP address, like switching your modem/router on and off.. but that doesn't always work. You could talk to your ISP about changing your IP. The surefire way would be to look for public proxy servers and use them. but proxies are a messy affair, they're not reliable and might be slow.. well if you really need a file and no one's around, proxies are your only way. But hey, once you get into it, finding a working proxy is a cinch. Then there's also Tor, which is an anonymous network, but it's considerably slow so forget downloading large files with it. It's not meant for filesharing anyways..
Or you could get yourself a free premium account.. there are forums and communities which reward users with a free account on completion of certain posts or ad-surveys..
Don't ask me any further details though
Rapidshare traces the users IP address to limit each user to a certain amount of downloading per day. To get around this, you need to show the rapidshare server a different IP address.
Here are some methods for doing this:
1. Short-Out the JavaScript:
1. Goto the page you want to download
2. Select FREE button
3. In the address bar put the following: javascript:alert(c=0)
4. Click OK
5. Click OK to the pop-up box
6. Enter the captcha
7. Download Your File
2. Request a new IP address from your ISP server.
Here’s how to do it in windows:
1. Click Start
2. Click run
3. In the run box type cmd.exe and click OK
4. When the command prompt opens type the following. ENTER after each new line.
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
exit
5. Erase your cookies in whatever browser you are using.
6. Try the rapidshare download again.
Frequently you will be assigned a new IP address when this happens. Sometime you will, sometimes you will not. If you are on a fixed IP address, this method will not work. To be honest, I do not know how to do this in linux/unix/etc. If this works for you, you may want to save the above commands into a batch file, and just run it when you need it.
hey guys, theres actually an easier work around to listen to Pandora Radio outside the States, and it doesnt even require you to download Orbot.
Heres how, pop your phone's settings > Wireless & networks > Proxy Setting > set IP to 127.0.0.1 and Port 8118.
Voila! This should work like a charm, enjoy
Doesn't work for me .. I am on cm6
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do you see a small check box down below the proxy settings saying "Use proxy only on wifi" ? Uncheck that if youre not using wifi atm, it should work after that
Which version of pandora are u using
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1.4.1 latest from the market, should work irregardless of Pandora version tho
if it still doesnt work, heres another alternative to it, but only applicable when ure using your mobile network instead of wifi.
Settings > Wireless & networks > Mobile networks > Access Point Names (APN) > under Proxy and port change it to 127.0.0.1 and 8118 respectively. It should work too, but only when ure using mobile network data
doesn't work for my Nexus one, Froyo
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doesn't work for my Nexus one, Froyo
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thats weird, im using Nexus one myself, and it worked just fine.
guys, ive just found out that the 127.0.0.1 proxy server is somewhat "down" at the moment, that explains why it didnt work for you
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guys, ive just found out that the 127.0.0.1 proxy server is somewhat "down" at the moment, that explains why it didnt work for you
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127.0.0.1 is localhost, so it mean it redirect to your own device, and tor use the port 8118 so you are simply using tor more directly, it is possible that it work better but you still need to enable orbot...
As for your proxy down comment, I am not sure if you are seriously not knowing what you are doing or making fun of people... I hope the first statement is the correct one...
dear p0or,
Fyi, it DID work for me, for like an hour, then it just don't anymore, so i've summed up that 127.0.0.1 is either down, or maybe just too many is trying to connect to it thru Tor, i know what im doing and what you're accusing is without base and i can tell that you have no basic computing / networking knowledge or what so ever.
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127.0.0.1 is localhost, so it mean it redirect to your own device, and tor use the port 8118 so you are simply using tor more directly, it is possible that it work better but you still need to enable orbot...
As for your proxy down comment, I am not sure if you are seriously not knowing what you are doing or making fun of people... I hope the first statement is the correct one...
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and oh P00r, 127.0.0.1 does resemble a local host address, but apparently youre WRONG, it is what Tor Project using as one of their open proxy server's IP, and 8118 is merely a port that they open to listen to connections, ports don't work all by themselves. get your facts right before you come in and start trolling around.
He is not wrong 127.0.0.1 is and always has been an alias for localhost. That address is unroutable on the internet.
-frank
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Oh my god...Someone actually thinks 127.0.0.1 is something else then localhost?
Networking basics..
lalahai said:
thats weird, im using Nexus one myself, and it worked just fine.
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sorry my bad, its working fine on 3G now !!
how can i apply the same settings over WiFi please?
I'm new to android, how are you guys getting the proxy settings, I don't find anything like that in my wifi settings ..
I'm running Froyo (shubcraft mod for HD2)
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and oh P00r, 127.0.0.1 does resemble a local host address, but apparently youre WRONG, it is what Tor Project using as one of their open proxy server's IP, and 8118 is merely a port that they open to listen to connections, ports don't work all by themselves. get your facts right before you come in and start trolling around.
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I actually LOL IRL here and everyone in my office looked at me like I was odd.
lol, yes, pretty sure this method is not right..
So...does this work?
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So...does this work?
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No, not without other software which must be already running.
127.0.0.1 doesn't only "resemble" localhost, it is localhost and has always been since the early days of IP networking.
I just discovered this program and the only thing I can say is "HOLY ****!" I'm amazed at this and freaking out a little right now, lol.
Anyone know how secure this is??
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Anyone know how secure this is??
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Not very. In fact, just from guessing your WebKey username from your XDA username, I'm on your phone right now.
On a side note, judging from the files in your download folder, you seem obsessed with goats and midgets. Scary.
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Not very. In fact, just from guessing your WebKey username from your XDA username, I'm on your phone right now.
On a side note, judging from the files in your download folder, you seem obsessed with goats and midgets. Scary.
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Hahaha, I thought about using my XDA name but decided against it for obvious reasons.
In all seriousness though, do you have any idea?
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Not very. In fact, just from guessing your WebKey username from your XDA username, I'm on your phone right now.
On a side note, judging from the files in your download folder, you seem obsessed with goats and midgets. Scary.
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LOL!!!
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I just discovered this program and the only thing I can say is "HOLY ****!" I'm amazed at this and freaking out a little right now, lol.
Anyone know how secure this is??
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Hi! I'm one of the developer of Webkey. The webserver uses a standard digest authentication, there is no security leak that I'm aware of. The digest method uses a hash function, which glues together the current time and your password. The browser sends over only this hashed mess (and not your password), which is only good for authentication for an hour.
If you use http method then the data is sent trough an unsecured connection, and it can be sniffed by those who has physical access to your connection. Unfortunately the https method is only available if you can directly connect to your phone, if you use our server (androidwebkey.com) to proxy the request, then you have to use http. We don't read and don't save your data, we only read the first line of the http request, which contains the phone's name that you want to connect to. The phones and the browsers are connected to our server, and it has to pair them, so it has to know the nickname from the browser's request. We are working on a solution which uses DNS subdomain (like yourname.androidwebkey.com), if this can be read from an encrypted https stream, then we will implement it, this way the connection will be entirely encrypted between your phone and your browser.
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
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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.
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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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Thanks Shawnbuell... Being a Noob, I am not sure what you mean. Little help?
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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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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!
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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.
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Thanks for the tip about 8.8.8.8. I never knew that.
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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?
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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.
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.
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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
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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.
SurfCityCom said:
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)
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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