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no data plan?

I have been for years now getting used iphones and just turning off the data plan so my GF can use them without having to pay for data yet still utilizing WIFI or my tethering.
I was thinking of the nex4 phone and then giving her my S but dont know if you can turn off the data or block it or just change the APN so it wont look and then ATT cant see it.
Figured its a nice easy phone to get used to android on, since getting an iphone 4 is proving a bit difficult (well cheaply anyway).
Ive tried searching but really didint come up with much since there are SO many droid phones out there.
thanks

tevil said:
...giving her my S but dont know if you can turn off the data or block it or just change the APN so it wont look and then ATT cant see it.
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Yes, you can do either turn off data or change APN or both. Changing APN is probably safer.

tevil said:
I have been for years now getting used iphones and just turning off the data plan so my GF can use them without having to pay for data yet still utilizing WIFI or my tethering.
I was thinking of the nex4 phone and then giving her my S but dont know if you can turn off the data or block it or just change the APN so it wont look and then ATT cant see it.
Figured its a nice easy phone to get used to android on, since getting an iphone 4 is proving a bit difficult (well cheaply anyway).
Ive tried searching but really didint come up with much since there are SO many droid phones out there.
thanks
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What's your question exactly? Have a cellphone that can call and text but not use data? Then you answered your own question, just disable mobile data + delete the APN and you're done.

polobunny said:
What's your question exactly? Have a cellphone that can call and text but not use data? Then you answered your own question, just disable mobile data + delete the APN and you're done.
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a few of the other droid phones i got in searches said MD would turn itself on randomly and changing the APN didnt work. I could not find anything distinctly for the Ns so I wanted to see if anyone here successfully did it.

tevil said:
a few of the other droid phones i got in searches said MD would turn itself on randomly and changing the APN didnt work. I could not find anything distinctly for the Ns so I wanted to see if anyone here successfully did it.
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Nope. If you delete the APN completely it won't be able to connect thus it wouldn't change anything if mobile data got enabled. Take in consideration that MMS won't work however!

polobunny said:
Nope. If you delete the APN completely it won't be able to connect thus it wouldn't change anything if mobile data got enabled. Take in consideration that MMS won't work however!
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well she doesnt have mms on her iphones with no data activated. as long as she can still do basic texting its fine.

tevil said:
well she doesnt have mms on her iphones with no data activated. as long as she can still do basic texting its fine.
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Then with a delete APN and mobile data deactivated, you're good to go and bulletproof! =)

polobunny said:
Then with a delete APN and mobile data deactivated, you're good to go and bulletproof! =)
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Thanks guys.
I'm going to try and find her an iPhone 4 first but if all else fails its an option
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Rogers Razr HD cant tether

There has to be a way to tether with this thing... From what I have read around they say... The latest update to JB blocked the tether option... I have it unlocked and using it with Telus... This is going to be a real pain in the rear... I used to use my S2X to tether when I was in the usa on Tmobile daily plans....
Anything I can do ?

shushwap said:
There has to be a way to tether with this thing... From what I have read around they say... The latest update to JB blocked the tether option... I have it unlocked and using it with Telus... This is going to be a real pain in the rear... I used to use my S2X to tether when I was in the usa on Tmobile daily plans....
Anything I can do ?
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Are you rooted?
If you are, pickup an app called sqlite editor and follow instructions in this post (modify for your tethering apn obviously)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27099169
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danifunker said:
Are you rooted?
If you are, pickup an app called sqlite editor and follow instructions in this post (modify for your tethering apn obviously)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27099169
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No I am not rooted... Its looks like something I may have to do... Is there any other way around this

shushwap said:
The latest update to JB blocked the tether option...
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I'm on JB and I can tether, I don't believe the ability to tether is a function of Jelly Bean but a function provided by your carrier.
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XRCIST said:
I'm on JB and I can tether, I don't believe the ability to tether is a function of Jelly Bean but a function provided by your carrier.
Cheers
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I just called my provider they say there are no blocks on my account and I should be able to tether

shushwap said:
No I am not rooted... Its looks like something I may have to do... Is there any other way around this
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You need to add a Dun profile for your provider, if it is prevented by regular way of adding apns, you'll have to use my method to hack it in. No other options that I know of, sorry.
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danifunker said:
You need to add a Dun profile for your provider, if it is prevented by regular way of adding apns, you'll have to use my method to hack it in. No other options that I know of, sorry.
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I was able to go in and edit the apn.... Changed it to dun and it worked... The only this is it wont allow to mms until I change it back... Not a big deal...
Thanx for everything

shushwap said:
I was able to go in and edit the apn.... Changed it to dun and it worked... The only this is it wont allow to mms until I change it back... Not a big deal...
Thanx for everything
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Oh great, then just add dun to the profile that mms resides on. You can add multiple services for each APN. Try making the apn type in this apn like the following :
default,mms,supl,fota,agps,hipri,dun
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That works great... Thanx for everything.... I can hot spot and receive pics...
Any Idea as to why I cant send pics ?

shushwap said:
That works great... Thanx for everything.... I can hot spot and receive pics...
Any Idea as to why I cant send pics ?
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Having the exact same issue, can receive pics through mms just fine but can't send anything. Solution would be great
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My tethering want working either gave an error. When I went into the apn I saw there was a FIDO tethering apn pre installed. When I clicked it the first time it still did not let me use it but I clicked on it once our twice more and it seemed to work. Tested it out and tethering was fine once again.
I didn't have to input anything just clicked on it
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shushwap said:
There has to be a way to tether with this thing... From what I have read around they say... The latest update to JB blocked the tether option... I have it unlocked and using it with Telus... This is going to be a real pain in the rear... I used to use my S2X to tether when I was in the usa on Tmobile daily plans....
Anything I can do ?
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On my Razr, tethering would disable the internet on the phone. Eventually I solved it by adding the "old-style" APN (for rogers) instead of using the "LTE" apn that by default was in the phone.
So my suggestion is either search the internet for new APN information for telus, or, find someone who has successful tethering on their telus phone and copy the APN they use.

[Q] Nexus 5 on Sprint - tether/hotspot?

Hello, for the lucky folks who have already received their Nexus 5, has anyone been able to enable tethering/hotspot (without additional charges from Sprint)? Since root is available, hopefully hotspot is just a flash away - but I couldn't find any relevant thread in the Android development forum (or in the Q&A forum)
Edit: Thanks @ss4rob for trying this (link) out on the Sprint N5, and reporting that it works. And of course, thanks to @yakman66 for suggesting the fix in that original thread for the T-Mo
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Yes, this works on Sprint as well - just did it on my rooted Nexus 5 from the Google Play Store and I am connected with my Mac as we speak - nice find!
As suggested above, I added a new entry to the "global" table called "tether_dun_required" with a value of 0 in the /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db file. I copied it over to my Mac using ES File Explorer in root mode, and copied it back after editing in sql, making sure to preserve rw-rw---- and system:system attributes, and then restarted. I didn't have to edit any other settings - done. Thanks!
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Edit: Also see post by @afazel - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47354954&postcount=35 - has a link to post with screen prints for how to do this on your PC!

Would be nice! I hope this can be fixed soon.

I've got mine, but sprint won't activate the nexus 5 without a sim. Sims aren t released until Nov 8th. You can order a sim from an international chat room in sprint. No one has even gotten data to work so we can't answer the question
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I activated my N5 today on sprint with LTE all day today. Sprint is not activating 32gb N5, just 16gb.

Engineer4life said:
I activated my N5 today on sprint with LTE all day today. Sprint is not activating 32gb N5, just 16gb.
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Could you please provide clarification and a source on this (the 32 GB part)? Why would they care?
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Engineer4life said:
I activated my N5 today on sprint with LTE all day today. Sprint is not activating 32gb N5, just 16gb.
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mevensen said:
Could you please provide clarification and a source on this (the 32 GB part)? Why would they care?
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There is no 100% clarification either way as of yet. Here is a guy that claims he activated his 32GB N5 on Sprint:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47123506&postcount=97
The theory has been since Sprint is only selling the 16GB N5, only those MEIDs are currently in Sprint's database. However, it seems some 32GB N5's are going through as well.
I'll have a SIM from Sprint on Wednesday and try to activate my 32GB N5 online. It that doesn't work, I'll be hitting up 1 of 3 local Sprint stores.

I cant get usb or wifi to work. Wifi the devices connect however unable to go to any sites. Anyone had better luck?

According the recent updates to this thread, other users are reporting that they are able to activate 32GB versions on Sprint now.

Does Wi-Fi Tether for root work or does the built in tethering option work?

I'm wondering the same.. don't want to sell my S4 until I know I can tether with the nexus 5 which is out for delivery at this moment. .woohoo!!! I'm going to use my S4 sim to activate my 32gb nexus 5... I heard it will work.
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I managed to activate my 32gb last night with sprint chat support. First thing... Go to settings and manually choose LTE mode. Mine said LTE, but it was not actually chosen until I chose it manually. Then put in your Sim and get on chat with sprint. When you give them the imei number... Also give them the serial number from the box... Not the serial number from in settings. They will figure it all out from there. I had to program my phone.. Setting the mdn and msid manually...but only because the LTE wasn't turned on originally.
PS... After the programming... It will change to global mode... So you may have to set it back to LTE one more time.
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Have 32gb Nexus 5 on Sprint, built in tethering does not work. It creates a wifi ap that devices can connect to, but no internet access.

Infinity03 said:
Have 32gb Nexus 5 on Sprint, built in tethering does not work. It creates a wifi ap that devices can connect to, but no internet access.
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same here.... my Nexus 7 shows "connected" (to the hotspot from my N5), and gets an IP address too, but the wifi icon on the Nexus 7 stays gray (doesn't become blue to show data transfer) - and I have no internet access.
Crap!

Getting same results here. Does rooting solve this issue? Any help would be appreciated.

Rooting in itself won't do anything - till somebody can figure out what files need to be modified to make it work.

I did what they said to do in this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2512674
It worked perfectly for me. I believe the instructions on what to do were on page 7.
Edit: I'll just post what he said to do here. I figure that will be easier.
I have the T-mobile $30 unlimited prepaid plan and I ran into the tethering block after getting my Nexus 5.
"I was able to work around the issue by modifying the following sqlite database (you'll need root):
/data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
You need to add a new entry to the global table called "tether_dun_required" with a value of 0.
It looks like you need to do this because some configuration data was added to Android for T-mobile that forwards tethered data to this APN: pcweb.tmobile.com
T-mobile is probably checking to see if your account has tethering enabled when you go through this APN.
After I made this change I also needed to change my APN settings so that it uses ipv4 instead of ipv6. It seems like tethering with ipv6 does not work 100% yet.
I hope this helps."
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Vugari said:
I did what they said to do in this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2512674
It worked perfectly for me. I believe the instructions on what to do were on page 7.
Edit: I'll just post what he said to do here. I figure that will be easier.
I have the T-mobile $30 unlimited prepaid plan and I ran into the tethering block after getting my Nexus 5.
"I was able to work around the issue by modifying the following sqlite database (you'll need root):
/data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
You need to add a new entry to the global table called "tether_dun_required" with a value of 0.
It looks like you need to do this because some configuration data was added to Android for T-mobile that forwards tethered data to this APN: pcweb.tmobile.com
T-mobile is probably checking to see if your account has tethering enabled when you go through this APN.
After I made this change I also needed to change my APN settings so that it uses ipv4 instead of ipv6. It seems like tethering with ipv6 does not work 100% yet.
I hope this helps."
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Just to confirm - you are using the N5 on Sprint?

No. I'm on T-Mobile. From the talk over in that thread, it seems like its a kit kat issue not related to carrier. Just give it a shot and let me know if it works for you?
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Vugari said:
No. I'm on T-Mobile. From the talk over in that thread, it seems like its a kit kat issue not related to carrier. Just give it a shot and let me know if it works for you?
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Yes, this works on Sprint as well - just did it on my rooted Nexus 5 from the Google Play Store and I am connected with my Mac as we speak - nice find!
As suggested above, I added a new entry to the "global" table called "tether_dun_required" with a value of 0 in the /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db file. I copied it over to my Mac using ES File Explorer in root mode, and copied it back after editing in sql, making sure to preserve rw-rw---- and system:system attributes, and then restarted. I didn't have to edit any other settings - done. Thanks!

is there any free apps taht can edit the file?

APN Question

In "more" under mobile networks... Under APN, are these all supposed to NOT be checked?? TIA!
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This is what I have
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ajr0312 said:
This is what I have
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Hmmm, that's really weird lol. You only have 1 option and it's check marked, I have 3 and none of em' are... odd.

Yeah and I got 5 options and none of em are selcted lol. I know nothing about APNs so I couldn't really comment on it. Curious myself.
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I restored a Nandroid and now it looks like this....
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Im still wondering why I only have one.
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ajr0312 said:
Im still wondering why I only have one.
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I remember checking the apn settings the first day I got the phone. I only had one option then too. Not sure why I have 5 now. Reading up on APNs now!
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reverepats said:
I remember checking the apn settings the first day I got the phone. I only had one option then too. Not sure why I have 5 now. Reading up on APNs now!
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Please update us on your findings man.
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Joe0113 said:
I restored a Nandroid and now it looks like this....
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That's what mine looks like. Running R.O.D.T ND2.
What's all this APN stuff mean?

mswlogo said:
That's what mine looks like. Running R.O.D.T ND2.
What's all this APN stuff mean?
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I honestly have noooo clue lol.

Took this from Wiki
A mobile device making a data connection must be configured with an APN to present to the carrier. The carrier will then examine this identifier to determine what type of network connection should be created, for example: what IP addresses should be assigned to the wireless device, what security methods should be used, and how or if, it should be connected to some private customer network
Makes sense, the APK is needed so you device can communicate it the carrier to determine which network your phone should connect with. Still not sure what the need is, for multiple APNs, but at least I understand now what there used for exactly. The past week, I've worked again in downtown Boston, and my phone had no issues with handing off from 3G to LTE. Unfortunately I can't say the same for when I'm at home about 4 miles away. Kinda sux really. I know this isn't the topic for this thread, but I'm just hoping Sprint fixes this Spark issue soon, cause it's extremely frustrating.
Anyway, for anyone who wants a bit more info on APNs, Judy check out the Wikipedia page.
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Well I just selected "reset to defaults" under APN and lost data connectivity!!

ChadH42 said:
Well I just selected "reset to defaults" under APN and lost data connectivity!!
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Lmfao I did that the other day and I hadda restore my nandroid -____-

reverepats said:
Took this from Wiki
A mobile device making a data connection must be configured with an APN to present to the carrier. The carrier will then examine this identifier to determine what type of network connection should be created, for example: what IP addresses should be assigned to the wireless device, what security methods should be used, and how or if, it should be connected to some private customer network
Makes sense, the APK is needed so you device can communicate it the carrier to determine which network your phone should connect with. Still not sure what the need is, for multiple APNs, but at least I understand now what there used for exactly. The past week, I've worked again in downtown Boston, and my phone had no issues with handing off from 3G to LTE. Unfortunately I can't say the same for when I'm at home about 4 miles away. Kinda sux really. I know this isn't the topic for this thread, but I'm just hoping Sprint fixes this Spark issue soon, cause it's extremely frustrating.
Anyway, for anyone who wants a bit more info on APNs, Judy check out the Wikipedia page.
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Ok, first BUCK FOSTON!!! hahaa
Seriously though, I'm still confused as to why I have 3-4 APN configurations and some others her have less, and then I'm even more confused as to why none of mine are selected, yet data and stuff still work....

Joe0113 said:
Ok, first BUCK FOSTON!!! hahaa
Seriously though, I'm still confused as to why I have 3-4 APN configurations and some others her have less, and then I'm even more confused as to why none of mine are selected, yet data and stuff still work....
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I went into More Networks->Mobile Networks->Network mode and switched it to Automatic from LTE/CDMA and the device repopulated all of my APN entries during the reboot!

ChadH42 said:
I went into More Networks->Mobile Networks->Network mode and switched it to Automatic from LTE/CDMA and the device repopulated all of my APN entries during the reboot!
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1. Are any of the APN's selected?
2. What's the difference between automatic and LTE/CDMA; are you still getting 3G + LTE?

Joe0113 said:
1. Are any of the APN's selected?
2. What's the difference between automatic and LTE/CDMA; are you still getting 3G + LTE?
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APN EHRPD Internet is selected.
All data speeds work; 4g/LTE, 3g,
Send from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S5

ChadH42 said:
APN EHRPD Internet is selected.
All data speeds work; 4g/LTE, 3g,
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This APN stuff is confusing as sh!+!!

Agreed, wish we could get some definitive answers on what the various APN settings are/what they are used for.

Joe0113 said:
This APN stuff is confusing as sh!+!!
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That's a big 10-4!!!

ATT Hotspot Not Working

I have an unlocked Pixel 3 on the ATT network. Very happy with the phone thus far with only one issue. When trying to enable the hotspot I get an error stating "To enable go to att.com/my wireless or dial 611". I do have hotspot on my plan and I have modified the APN with ATT's suggested parameters. I did a web search and saw some had the same issue on the Pixel 2 but could not find a solution. Any help?

nsaia said:
I have an unlocked Pixel 3 on the ATT network. Very happy with the phone thus far with only one issue. When trying to enable the hotspot I get an error stating "To enable go to att.com/my wireless or dial 611". I do have hotspot on my plan and I have modified the APN with ATT's suggested parameters. I did a web search and saw some had the same issue on the Pixel 2 but could not find a solution. Any help?
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I just enabled a hotspot on att with my P3 without an issue. I'm using the att nextgenphone APN.
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jd1639 said:
I just enabled a hotspot on att with my P3 without an issue. I'm using the att nextgenphone APN.
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Thanks for the quick response. I haven't updated my IMEI with ATT. Did you do that?

nsaia said:
Thanks for the quick response. I haven't updated my IMEI with ATT. Did you do that?
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Yeah, I did. That's probably the problem