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Mobile AP (tethering experience)

So I am sitting in the Atlanta airport and came to the realization that my lovely new Infuse cannot tether. I should have known since I have yet to try rooting it. I picked it up on Friday and have been taking baby steps. (Don't want to brick it..lol) So I call ATT and asked to have tethering added figuring I would just pay for it until I root. They told me I would Have come off of my unlimited data plan in order to tether. Of course, I politely declined. H to the No.
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no rooting
I am looking into the PDANET program for that purpose. It doesn't provide wireless but has USB/BT options, which is fine with me because the USB option would also charge the phone...

As of a few minutes go, I am now ROOTED!!! SuperOneClick rocks! Screw big brother. About to install wifi tether and press on with my unlimited plan. hah

b3asty said:
As of a few minutes go, I am now ROOTED!!! SuperOneClick rocks! Screw big brother. About to install wifi tether and press on with my unlimited plan. hah
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Awesome!! That's how it's done!

b3asty said:
As of a few minutes go, I am now ROOTED!!! SuperOneClick rocks! Screw big brother. About to install wifi tether and press on with my unlimited plan. hah
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If you are rooted, just use Bloat Freezer or Ti Backup Pro to freeze the Tethering Manager. Then you can use the Samsung Mobile AP.

Rooted and ready to tethering
You guys rock, im using my Infuse in Dominican Republic and unlocked it to work with Claro H+ plan, it works perfect with wifi tether...... SuperOneclick + Wifi tether and that's it....

you really do want to freeze the tethermanager.apk
otherwise the phone will let at&t know that you're using some third party wifi tethering stuff.

There is absolutely no need for third-party tethering apps. Just freeze/delete the AT&T tethering APK mentioned above, or install any of the alternate ROMs.
Yes, this is one case where REMOVING an app increases functionality.

Entropy512 said:
There is absolutely no need for third-party tethering apps. Just freeze/delete the AT&T tethering APK mentioned above, or install any of the alternate ROMs.
Yes, this is one case where REMOVING an app increases functionality.
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yeah but all phones have something standing in the way of tethering. funnily enough, even if i payed for tethering, id still kill off tethermanager because it takes like five minutes to check if you even can. i wouldnt do that every time.

Killing the AT&T tethering APK
I've heard reports that AT&T can see if you freeze or delete this APK any reports that this is actually true?

and how would they go about doing that? with tethermanager gone, they dont have any services that report back to att. if i where to install a new rom, they definitely wouldnt have anything.

The Jack of Clubs said:
and how would they go about doing that? with tethermanager gone, they dont have any services that report back to att. if i where to install a new rom, they definitely wouldnt have anything.
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Yup. That APK itself is the bigbrotherware.

TechGoon954 said:
I've heard reports that AT&T can see if you freeze or delete this APK any reports that this is actually true?
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How would that work?
With the APK killed/frozen, it's not reporting, so to AT&T, it just looks like your not tethering.
The only time Tetheringmanager sends any info, is when your tethering, so with the APK killed, it's not sending anything.
Your in the clear. ^^

I've been AP teathering with both my old cappy and this infuse for as long as I have been able to.an other than the occasional question about how I can use 12gigs in one month on my phone, they are none the wiser. I live out in the sticks where our internet options are satellite, dial up and mobile internet. My wife and I both used to use aircards until I discovered wifi-teather (on my 2.1 cappy). Now my wife has a Dell Streak, stock not rooted, running 2.2 and teathering (also unlimited data). The kids love it because now the ps3 hooks to the internet as well as their phones and laptops.
I wish I did not have to root to use mobile AP (who am I kidding I love rooting and flashing)
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Wifi tethering entitlement check

I know there a lot of awesome roms that remove the entitlement check so you can thether. I want to know if there is a process to doing it on a stock rom through sq lite editor?
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Not sure if it will work %100 or not, but you can either freeze or uninstall the Tethering Manager app. I believe this is the app the carrier uses to manage tethering.

Rooting and then freezing Tethering Manager, will do it. I'm on stock rom and I can attest that it does work (I don't do it very often or long since the cell company can still detect it).
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^^ thx for confirming
I don't tether so I wasn't able to guarantee. My main thing is getting the hotspot feature to work without being detected.

Uncle Irish said:
^^ thx for confirming
I don't tether so I wasn't able to guarantee. My main thing is getting the hotspot feature to work without being detected.
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I don't know if there is any way to not be detected for certain, but at least you can access tethering. After that, ATT can force you to add a tethering plan, and bump you off of an unlimited data plan (if you are grandfathered in) if they detect you. But sparing usage appears to be key in avoiding getting caught.
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[Q] Best way to use my phone to get my laptop onto the Internet?

I'm going on a road trip and want to use my Skyrocket to give Internet access to my Dell Mini laptop. So I called AT&T to ask how that could be done. I was willing to pay whatever fee's they required.
But they told me the only way to do it is for me to relinquish my current unlimited-data play. Then they would put me on a new plan that allows "tethering".
But I could never go back to my unlimited-data plan afterwards.
WTF?
So I'm rooted & running SkyICS ROM.
What is the best way for me to get my laptop onto the Internet using my AT&T cell data service? I just need it for a couple weeks.

CZ Eddie said:
I'm going on a road trip and want to use my Skyrocket to give Internet access to my Dell Mini laptop. So I called AT&T to ask how that could be done. I was willing to pay whatever fee's they required.
But they told me the only way to do it is for me to relinquish my current unlimited-data play. Then they would put me on a new plan that allows "tethering".
But I could never go back to my unlimited-data plan afterwards.
WTF?
So I'm rooted & running SkyICS ROM.
What is the best way for me to get my laptop onto the Internet using my AT&T cell data service? I just need it for a couple weeks.
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Use the hotspot or usb tether on your phone

You will be prevented from using USB tether or WiFi tether if you don't have a tethering plan from AT&T. Since you are rooted, freezing programs is possible (using Titanium Backup, or others). Freezing a certain program that manages tethering (which I will leave nameless so that I am not implicated in violating AT&Ts rules ).
I have used this method myself, and tried the WiFi tethering. It works, but I might not recommended using it excessively. AT&T apparently can tell by looking at the data if you are tethering, and the more you do it, the more likely they will check. But for brief usage, it has worked well, and I haven't received any of the nasty-gram texts. The risk, of course, is that they will automatically change you over to a tiered data plan with tethering.

jslanger said:
You will be prevented from using USB tether or WiFi tether if you don't have a tethering plan from AT&T. Since you are rooted, freezing programs is possible (using Titanium Backup, or others). Freezing a certain program that manages tethering (which I will leave nameless so that I am not implicated in violating AT&Ts rules ).
I have used this method myself, and tried the WiFi tethering. It works, but I might not recommended using it excessively. AT&T apparently can tell by looking at the data if you are tethering, and the more you do it, the more likely they will check. But for brief usage, it has worked well, and I haven't received any of the nasty-gram texts. The risk, of course, is that they will automatically change you over to a tiered data plan with tethering.
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The rom he is on may have already enabled tethering as well, as most roms do this. But yes, when I was stock rooted I froze the "nameless thing" as well.

I pulled open Titanium backup and don't see the tethermanager in the list so I can freeze it?
I don't want USB tethering, just wireless.

CZ Eddie said:
I pulled open Titanium backup and don't see the tethermanager in the list so I can freeze it?
I don't want USB tethering, just wireless.
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It's probably already baked into your rom.
Open wireless and network/ tethering portable and hotspot /portable wifi hotspot settings/ and then tick the box PORTABLE WI-FI HOTSPOT. See if it works for ya

I use open garden to tether.
I've shared a file with you through Box.
To access this file, visit the following link: https://www.box.com/shared/bf89c9f5f4ddac5c5772
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Foxfi from the play store works. I've only tested it out briefly to see if it worked. Haven't used it to much so I don't know if att will send you a text. No root necessary either.
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Hotspot question

Has anyone been able to use internet hotspots after root?
I van get connected, but no internet connection actually get shared.
Anyone know what's going on here?
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I tried once while I was in another town, but dismissed the issues I had to a weak signal. Now you've got me wondering. I'll try again tonight when I get home and have my tablet.

All right, I don't understand.
Like you, I can get my tablet connected to my Blaze using the Hotspot sharing. And Google Talk works just fine. However, GMail and the Google Market/Play Store report that there's no connection after spinning for a long time.

Hi, I had the same problem as both of you. I fixed it after root by installing titanium backup, and uninstalling the "tethering manager" after backing it up. This also has solved my problem of the hotspot crashing after enabling it.
You can freeze it instead of uninstalling it too, if you have the pay for version of titanium backup. I would post an outside link to the instructions I used, but I don't have enough posts.

dizant said:
Hi, I had the same problem as both of you. I fixed it after root by installing titanium backup, and uninstalling the "tethering manager" after backing it up. This also has solved my problem of the hotspot crashing after enabling it.
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Worked like a charm. Thanks!

i just came from a mytouch4g and I hate the fact that i can't tether unless i pay for the $15 tethering plan

xsboredom said:
i just came from a mytouch4g and I hate the fact that i can't tether unless i pay for the $15 tethering plan
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Thanks for that helpful post.
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xsboredom said:
i just came from a mytouch4g and I hate the fact that i can't tether unless i pay for the $15 tethering plan
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That's strange cause i don't have to pay that and i just have the premium 5gb "unlimited" internet and tethering has always worked.
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myorks1127 said:
That's strange cause i don't have to pay that and i just have the premium 5gb "unlimited" internet and tethering has always worked.
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On most carriers, tethering won't work on a stock ROM without a hack.

Last time T-mobile tried to up-sell me to the 5gb unlimited plan, they touted tethering as a bonus feature of that plan.

Yea I have always just had the 5gb plan and been able to use tethering on my old phone and it worked on this one

Dedridd said:
Worked like a charm. Thanks!
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Glad to help! That app seems to cause nothing but trouble.

I found FoxFi from google play and I'm running hotspot now without any issues. I have unhacked blaze and was having issues tethering (USB or Wifi). The add feature screen kept on popping up on my nook color.

Free tethering (with Verizon at least)

I want to preface this with that I am on Verizon so this is using the Verizon hotspot app and I have rooted my phone but I expecet this to do the same on a non-rooted phone.
I have noticed that if I go directly into the app, the service will not work because it does a check to see if I pay for the tethering option. When it checks, it fails and tells me that if I want it that I need to call a number and add it to my plan. However I have found out that if you have a 3rd party app/widget, it will activate the tethering without the check. I have done this both through "Locale Wifi Hotspot Plugin" and "Tethering Widget". Other tethering apps seem to be flaky and either not work at all or timeout.
I have not had any issues with this; I watched an hour long show on Netflix on my tablet yesterday and used my old DInc(now deactivated), which I have the video out wired into my car, to play a few kids shows this morning on the way into work. I hope Verizon doesn't catch onto this workaround.

I too have found this to work! I downloaded switchpro widgets and it allows you to turn it on through the stock app and configure at will. More reliable than foxfi for me! Give it a try if you want wifi tether without root

haha nice. I wonder if it VZW can detect this and bill you?

Failed on my sprint version, cool that it works on vzw

I bypass all that and just use FoxFi.

Barnacle of Free wireless tether for root

ericlmccormick said:
I want to preface this with that I am on Verizon so this is using the Verizon hotspot app and I have rooted my phone but I expecet this to do the same on a non-rooted phone.
I have noticed that if I go directly into the app, the service will not work because it does a check to see if I pay for the tethering option. When it checks, it fails and tells me that if I want it that I need to call a number and add it to my plan. However I have found out that if you have a 3rd party app/widget, it will activate the tethering without the check. I have done this both through "Locale Wifi Hotspot Plugin" and "Tethering Widget". Other tethering apps seem to be flaky and either not work at all or timeout.
I have not had any issues with this; I watched an hour long show on Netflix on my tablet yesterday and used my old DInc(now deactivated), which I have the video out wired into my car, to play a few kids shows this morning on the way into work. I hope Verizon doesn't catch onto this workaround.
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Thanks this worked for me on my unrooted verizon. Does anyone know any other teathering widgets that work? Im not a fan of the icon.

I would just hope this doesnt come back and get billed for it.
I just installed FoxFi and it works good.
Also if you are on the new shared plans, tethering should be "free" now.

i can't believe FoxFi hasn't gotten yanked for VZW customers yet like they did with PDANet

Ok I need help. I have foxfi and the wifi plugin both working. What do you guys suggest I stick with? Am I better off sticking with foxfi, since the other way uses verizon's hot spot?

foxfi works for me, unrooted at&t s3

Does ICS have tracking files like GB that notify vzw about tethering? I remember having to flash a file to remove them.

Also on that note, apparently toggling on the built in hotspot is much easier to track, according to lifehacker... Not exactly sure how FoxFi works but sounds like that might be the "safer" option, despite the cleanliness of just toggling on the built in. Also, I can confirm that using the toggle method works on AT&T as well.

I installed it on my non rooted TMo, and it turns wireless tethering on, what ever that connects to the tether gets directed to TMo to add wireless tethering to my account.

set it up on 2 sgs iii last night, both took a little while to connect my win 7 laptop the first time, but all is good.

stupidchicken03 said:
I would just hope this doesnt come back and get billed for it.
I just installed FoxFi and it works good.
Also if you are on the new shared plans, tethering should be "free" now.
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They would have a hard time collecting on something you didn't agree to pay for, and you aren't doing anything wrong if it "just works" using a 3rd party app.
Still I just use Wireless Tether.
Tethering sounds great on a "shared plan", but what the heck are you going to do with a gig or two of data?

Wow totally works! Stock Verizon...
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turbosrrgood said:
They would have a hard time collecting on something you didn't agree to pay for, and you aren't doing anything wrong if it "just works" using a 3rd party app.
Still I just use Wireless Tether.
Tethering sounds great on a "shared plan", but what the heck are you going to do with a gig or two of data?
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Are you on Verizon? I am and I want to use the good ol' Wireless Tether app hosted on google code. I chose the generic ICS profile but it starts with errors. Log says failed setting ad-hoc mode. .

npompei said:
Wow totally works! Stock Verizon...
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Curious, did you actually use another device and go on line using the tether?

preusstang said:
Are you on Verizon? I am and I want to use the good ol' Wireless Tether app hosted on google code. I chose the generic ICS profile but it starts with errors. Log says failed setting ad-hoc mode. .
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Use the Galaxy Nexus profile. Mine works like that without any problems.