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Wifi Tethering not working

I've been trying to use several apps to enable wifi hotspot including wifi tether, foxfi, barnacle, and many others. I it will activate but the hotspot name does not show up on other devices. However when I switched the device to 3G it will show up and connect. After messing with the settings in the app wifi hotspot I was able to get it show up on other device but not connect. Again I switched to 3G and it worked time, just not 4G speeds.
Any thoughts. I am on a rooted SIII and have the latest Verizon version.

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exdox77 said:
I've been trying to use several apps to enable wifi hotspot including wifi tether, foxfi, barnacle, and many others. I it will activate but the hotspot name does not show up on other devices. However when I switched the device to 3G it will show up and connect. After messing with the settings in the app wifi hotspot I was able to get it show up on other device but not connect. Again I switched to 3G and it worked time, just not 4G speeds.
Any thoughts. I am on a rooted SIII and have the latest Verizon version.
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Here are some tips to help your usage:
1. On some models if you run into WiFi problem after using the Hotspot, simply reboot your phone and rename the hotspot before activating to clear the issue.
2. For some Samsung phones if your computer is not able to get an IP address, try to turn on WiFi on the phone first and make sure it does not connect to any WiFi network, then turn on FoxFi.
3. FoxFi is tested on non-rooted phones. If your phone has a rooted ROM it may or may not work.
4. When WiFi hotspot is activated you may also see a hotspot notification of the built-in WiFi hotspot feature. Please ignore it. As long as you do not sign up for a tether plan you won't be charged.
5. If you enter or change the hotspot password, make sure you rename the hotspot also before activating.
6. Sometimes Windows need a "repair" on the WiFi menu to get a correct IP address.

regalsat said:
Here are some tips to help your usage:
1. On some models if you run into WiFi problem after using the Hotspot, simply reboot your phone and rename the hotspot before activating to clear the issue.
2. For some Samsung phones if your computer is not able to get an IP address, try to turn on WiFi on the phone first and make sure it does not connect to any WiFi network, then turn on FoxFi.
3. FoxFi is tested on non-rooted phones. If your phone has a rooted ROM it may or may not work.
4. When WiFi hotspot is activated you may also see a hotspot notification of the built-in WiFi hotspot feature. Please ignore it. As long as you do not sign up for a tether plan you won't be charged.
5. If you enter or change the hotspot password, make sure you rename the hotspot also before activating.
6. Sometimes Windows need a "repair" on the WiFi menu to get a correct IP address.
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I am having the same issue with my iPad as well. I will try this and see what I can come up with.

[Q] wireless mobile hotspot hacking for android devices help.

Hi my name is jacob and I am a new on XDA and i have started a new thread because I have been all over the internet looking for a solution to this problem and none of them work. After i waved through all of the b******* i decided to come and see if any of you veterans can solve my problem.
i have been messing around with root and custom roms here recently maybe for a month and so far its great breathed new life into my old phone. Although I am having trouble with hacking my mobile phones hot spot (phone specifications and model listed below) i have tried everything wifi tether by TreVe, (hope I'm typing that right) changing tethering.dun in global settings database, (worked great until T-mobile eventually found me out) and everything else related to that. I am looking for a hack into my hot spot where T-mobile wont know s*** and it will work indefinitely. Reason why is I need internet for school and work purposes at home but, I live with my father and hes is on parole and can not have internet service at his home. I am a beginner but do have a little bit of sense in what I am doing if someone would kindly walk me through steps on how to completely unlock and hide my hot spot usage from T-mobile it would be greatly appreciated.
Also new thread for hacking native hot spot methods on any rooted android device.
My phone
Samsung Galaxy S2
carrier: T-mobile
model: SGH-T989 Hercules
no custom kernel (I understand I need some kind of net filter but can not find that online)
custom rom version: carbon 4.4.2 nightly
Thanks XDA community :good:

It won't be wireless, but PdaNet+ and USB tethering works just fine with a computer as long as you select the "hide tether usage" option. The program on the computer side also has a feature that turns your computer's wi-fi into a wi-fi router, which'll allow you to connect other devices.

Planterz said:
It won't be wireless, but PdaNet+ and USB tethering works just fine with a computer as long as you select the "hide tether usage" option. The program on the computer side also has a feature that turns your computer's wi-fi into a wi-fi router, which'll allow you to connect other devices.
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yes i have tried PDAnet and that does not work for my needs as i also play the occasional online game with my PS4 I forgot to mention that sorry. I have tried to send out a wifi signal from my computer through CMD on my computer and none of my devices pick it up even though CMD says the signal is going out also done this with ADhoc networks with a LAN cable but did not work either. Thanks for the suggestion :good: I probably should have went into more detail with my post but I did not want to make it to terribly long sorry.

Planterz said:
It won't be wireless, but PdaNet+ and USB tethering works just fine with a computer as long as you select the "hide tether usage" option. The program on the computer side also has a feature that turns your computer's wi-fi into a wi-fi router, which'll allow you to connect other devices.
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May it possibly hide my online gaming if I figure out a way to get reverse WiFi on my computer working will it still hide that or will it be detectable. I see my self as a somewhat computer buff but I put myself to shame when i cant get a reverse WiFi connection going from my computer. seems like a lot of trouble to go to for internet i wish there was a way to unlock native tethering and not jump through hoops. It would seem that it would be a simple fix and should also be free anyway since it is dealt with the phone's hardware not through the carrier american cell network providers are greedy that is like getting xfinity internet but before you can send internet to your devices you have to pay thirty dollars extra.

When you USB tether your phone to your computer with PdaNet+, all you have to do is select the "WiFi Share" option and set it up like any other hotspot (network name, password, etc). Couldn't be easier. I don't know how well this'll work for playing PS4 (or whatever) games, but I can use this setup to watch Netflix or youtube on my well enough.
There are ways to use the native hotspot on an Android phone, but all the "hacks" are done on the computer side. VPNs, browser masking, etc.

Planterz said:
When you USB tether your phone to your computer with PdaNet+, all you have to do is select the "WiFi Share" option and set it up like any other hotspot (network name, password, etc). Couldn't be easier. I don't know how well this'll work for playing PS4 (or whatever) games, but I can use this setup to watch Netflix or youtube on my well enough.
There are ways to use the native hotspot on an Android phone, but all the "hacks" are done on the computer side. VPNs, browser masking, etc.
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i will try this method browser masking right now unfortunately don't have the money to buy a VPN maybe one of the ad supported free versions will suffice will report back tomorrow.

jacobis16 said:
i will try this method browser masking right now unfortunately don't have the money to buy a VPN maybe one of the ad supported free versions will suffice will report back tomorrow.
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Method not working i still get the T-mobile up sell page through VPN's of all kind it masks the internet going through the computer but not the phone where the service originates. They still detect everything I am doing. I understand T-mobile has bots going through their lines that detects devices that are not mobile devices and shuts them down. If maybe there is a way to block T-mo completely from a mobile device and just sounds ridiculous but I know someone out there can find a way I have heard of peoples mobile data usage and their mobile hot spot gauge has not moved only mobile data was detected. I am not sure if this was false statements and was made up.

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Hi Jacob, I got my Note 3's native personal wifi hotspot connected to my ps4 with around 18Mbps Download and 6Mbps Upload, I adjusted the APN settings on my phone and managed to get around the data restriction.
I can post the exact settings I changed if you think it might work for you?

Best wifi tether solution for Boost J700P?

Can anyone point me to a good, preferably free solution to wifi tethering? As of now, this phone has root but no custom roms, so it looks like wifi tethering outside of Boost hotspot with its monthly fee will have to be provided in an app.

If anyone finds this question in a search, what seems to be working for me so far is wifi tether router.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.snclab.wifitetherrouter&hl=en

A trick i found to get free usb tethering is download and install pdanet on youre laptop computer then use pdanet app.. i had to change the vpn to the 2nd option in the list in advanced settings of pdanet desktop app to get my internet connection to turn on.. but i got free uab tethering to my laptop..

I used the Galaxy tools app, it was only one click and hotspot was working instantly, all I did was click on enable native hotspot and try method two option in app, no reboot was even needed, I searched google for the app, it also has a lot of other useful features

the app listed me as not rooted but root access was granted and everything work in the app

Any update on this? I need tethering for my chromebook and usb tethering wont work with foxfi as I cant install it on chrome. I try other USB tether apps and my phone doesn't have USB tethering options apparently. I have already tried rooting the phone and editing the build.prop to insert "net.tethering.noprovisioning=true" and that will get me past the first hotspot error, but once the connected device tries to connect to the internet it throws the hotspot error at me.
I have the Virgin Mobile J7 2016 SM-j700p
Any help would greatly be appreciated

Creating hotspot on a WiFi only device

I am wondering if there is an app that will allow me to create a wireless access point with a WiFi only device. I have tried most of the hotspot apps in the Play Store, but none of them seem to work. Foxfi won't start because it can't detect an Internet connection. Some of the other apps "start" but there is no notification and I can't find the network on my other devices.
I am trying to connect a camera to my tablet through WiFi. The camera does not support WiFi Direct, so it must be connected to an access point first. Right now, I can connect the tablet and camera by creating a hotspot on my phone and connecting both the tablet and camera to my phone's hotspot. However, I would like to be able to do this without having to use a third device. The hotspot on my phone still works even if I turn mobile data off, so I think that a WiFi only device should be capable hardware-wise.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you in advance!

Pdanet hotspot blocked on Boost Mobile as of March 1st 2018

As of midnight March 1st 2018 PdaNet+ seems to be blocked for users of Boost Mobile for the mobile hotspot feature. My girlfriend said that the hotspot quit working last night at midnight. When I got home I checked with both her device and my own and both now send you to the login page of boost mobile. I was able to work around it, by using the usb tether option in pda net. Then after connecting the phone to my windows 10 pc (tethered) I enabled the built in windows hotspot. To be clear the hotspot within the pdanet windows application did not seem to work. I am wanting to get feedback on if others are having the same issue. The two devices that I have that are affected are an LG Xpower and an LG Stylo 2. Also note that the USB tether option is not as fast as the hotspot option, so this is a major letdown since this is my only internet...

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Yes, having the same issue with Pdanet and Boost Mobile. So frustrating since I don't have other internet options right now. Have you heard of any other apps that will work with Boost?

These maybe helpful.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kha.prog.mikrotik
or
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kha.prog.root

Strange, I use Boost and around that same time Utorrent (tried Vuze and Bitlord too) lost their ability to connect to peers via my USB tether or Bluetooth. They would work with my hotspot but PDA has always been restricted by my monthly hotspot data cap (not sure if that's a universal thing) so I'll have to wait a few more days before I know if that's been cut off too.
My VPN (private internet access) stopped working as well. It gets to 'authenticating' and wont go any further.

Im not using a app, im using a custom rom, Wicked X and i an confirm my hotspot is not working right either. its unlimited plan but now it has a 8GB hotspot add on when that was never there. it appeared on March 5th for me.
When the 8GB is up i can only access internet on my desktop, and my tablet. nothing else. and my desktop, torrents and steam downloads dont connect and just sit there at 0.
My friend has stock rom with the mobile hotspot limit bypass through sqlite editor and his did the same thing mine did but a few days prior to me.
Im wondering if this has to do with Net Neutrality being Repealed.
Also phone i am using is
Samsung Galaxy S3 L710
His phone is
Samsung Galaxy S4 L720T

I'm having the same problems with all my devices lg stylo rooted on 5.1.1 and lg g3 rooted on 5.0.
Seams to me that Sprint/Boost mobile have caught up with us leaving us S.O.L.
I'm just about fed up with boost mobile and considering moving to Cricket or Metro. ?

use fox fi 2.19
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Sephious said:
As of midnight March 1st 2018 PdaNet+ seems to be blocked for users of Boost Mobile for the mobile hotspot feature. My girlfriend said that the hotspot quit working last night at midnight. When I got home I checked with both her device and my own and both now send you to the login page of boost mobile. I was able to work around it, by using the usb tether option in pda net. Then after connecting the phone to my windows 10 pc (tethered) I enabled the built in windows hotspot. To be clear the hotspot within the pdanet windows application did not seem to work. I am wanting to get feedback on if others are having the same issue. The two devices that I have that are affected are an LG Xpower and an LG Stylo 2. Also note that the USB tether option is not as fast as the hotspot option, so this is a major letdown since this is my only internet...
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Use fox fi not the updated 2.20 got to this sight download 2.19 and use this cause they disabled the tethering on 2.20 foxfi 2.19 android-apk

Yes I am have the same from at&t has my hot spot blocked I paid for the unlimited plan but obviously it is limited they can control my phone

Boost Mobile hotspot - whether your paying for it or not(this works on several carriers including AT&T, Cricket, MetroPCS, be careful on tmobile), get pdanet, or use wifi direct built in if you can, on the device you want internet on either use pdanet to connect or manually connect.
Connecting Manually
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go to WiFi settings connect to the direct-whatever-phone-name, go to wifi settings if it doesnt show options to change proxy settings and click to change proxy to manual make sure to tick the option if its there to use for all connections
proxy - 192.168.49.1
port - 8000
PdaNET+ & Boost Mobile
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using p2p/torrent will use your hotspot data and when you run out no more though, trying to find a way around this btw(if anyone knows msg me pls.)
using regular web doesnt use hotspot data
Cricket/AT&T
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so far unlimited use, torrent or not
MetroPCS
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so far as far as i can tell unlimited, just make sure to hide tether usage in pdanet