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[Q] Mobile Access Point?

My previous phone was a Captivate. I know by flashing Paragon you can use the phone as a Mobile Access Point. By doing this I basically made the phone a mobile wifi hub.
Is that a possibility with the Skyrocket?
Is there any way I can implement that now?

Capt. Iv8 said:
My previous phone was a Captivate. I know by flashing Paragon you can use the phone as a Mobile Access Point. By doing this I basically made the phone a mobile wifi hub.
Is that a possibility with the Skyrocket?
Is there any way I can implement that now?
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You can do it easily with the Stock ROM, Root, and Titanium Backup. All you have to do is "freeze" the Tethering Manager apk and then you can use the Wifi Sharing which is directly built into Gingerbread. Be careful of your carrier's snooping.

assuming you have at&t, you can use various apps to use the phone as WiFi hotspot. Be careful at&t is catching up with many apps and are billing there customers with tethering fee. Alternatively you're phone already has tethering built in. When using a custom ROM like CM7 tethering is hidden from your carrier.

I dont understand why AT&T feels it necessary to retard their phones just to milk their customers.
I understand they are greedy money-hoarding automatons, but really? If you're going to provide a phone service, provide service for the entire capability of the phone don't stop half way. I'd anticipate an official response like Dear Customer, It requires money to run these services. We want paychecks. Fork it over.
I'd love to poke holes in that perspective but truth is that it won't get me anywhere at this point in time.
Anyway - thanks for the heads up.

promiseofcake said:
You can do it easily with the Stock ROM, Root, and Titanium Backup. All you have to do is "freeze" the Tethering Manager apk and then you can use the Wifi Sharing which is directly built into Gingerbread. Be careful of your carrier's snooping.
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How..? can someone help me with this please?

john94si said:
How..? can someone help me with this please?
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1. Root your phone (guides available if you search)
2. Install Titanium Backup (available in the market)
3. Freeze Tethering Manager (tap on app, and select Freeze)
It really is that simple.

tommynosedigger said:
assuming you have at&t, you can use various apps to use the phone as WiFi hotspot. Be careful at&t is catching up with many apps and are billing there customers with tethering fee. Alternatively you're phone already has tethering built in. When using a custom ROM like CM7 tethering is hidden from your carrier.
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I'm pretty sure AT&T can and does detect tethering/hotspot usage regardless of which ROM you flashed. Not sure the mechanism they use, but it might be their servers pinging your device and seeing TTLs that are greater than 1, or some other packet inspection.
The root/freeze app method works fine, but it won't prevent carrier detection. Cyanogen's Koushik has an alpha app out that purportedly evades detection, but you have to use it in conjunction with a laptop. So, no standalone hotspot with that one.
I said to hell with it and just froze the tethering manager. My plan is on a business account anyway so AT&T can bite me.

SacTilt said:
1. Root your phone (guides available if you search)
2. Install Titanium Backup (available in the market)
3. Freeze Tethering Manager (tap on app, and select Freeze)
It really is that simple.
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Great then i can access say my WIFI TV to get online via my phone on LTE?

john94si said:
Great then i can access say my WIFI TV to get online via my phone on LTE?
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You could. That does seem like a great way to chew through your data plan limits in a hurry, though.

I have an unlimited plan. But really just for setup. I got my dada a new TV and it needs a firmware update but it can only get one thru a wifi connection and my dad does not have internet.

[WIFI Tether] [TMOUS] Work Around - No Root Needed

Do you have a T-Mobile US device that redirects you to T-Mo's site whenever you try to wireless or USB tether your computer? Here are two work arounds to stop that:
Difficulty: Easy. ROM: Any. Description: Spoof computer web browser to say 'Android' when loading web pages.
1) Install an EU ROM. Any ROM based on T-Mobile US has a script that will block tethering if Android is not recommended.
2) (SUGGESTED) (Avoiding the script) No root needed. No APN switching (because that sh!t does not work). You need to spoof your computer's web browser to an Android device. Go on your add-ons/extensions installing page (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, maybe more) and search for a user account spoofer / switcher. I am on Chrome and I use 'Chrome UA Spoofer'. Select the Android Motorola Xoom device to spoof to. Tether via wireless or USB and it works constantly. The only downside is that some pages load in mobile view. You can easily select to show full web page. I used this for multiple hours, multiple PCs, multiple different times and never was redirected to T-Mo asking me to add tethering to my plan.
Why does this happen? Ever since Android 4.0, they added a script in the OS which does this. You cannot uninstall it because it is located very deep in the system (maybe you can, but no one has figured it out.) If you have a EU ROM (no wifi calling), then you will be fine to tether with no problems and no spoofing. Please click thanks if I helped

The APN thing does work; I use it daily for my Fire, and my laptop on occasion. Not to mention the FCC just smacked Verizon for $1.25M for blocking customers from tethering with third party apps, so T-Mobile should follow soon to avoid a similar fine.
Sent from my H1S using XDA Premium.

T-Mobile should be stopped for that. But I have to say the the APN did not work for me. It worked for about 20 minutes, then I was never able to connect again.

MadJoe said:
Not to mention the FCC just smacked Verizon for $1.25M for blocking customers from tethering with third party apps, so T-Mobile should follow soon to avoid a similar fine.
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Actually they don't have to allow tethering, nor will they be fined. This was a rule specific to LTE implementations. Since T-Mo is on HSPA+, those rules in no way apply to them.
Also, to the OP -- this works, but you need to keep in mind that it only would apply to web browsing. Tethering is detected via packet identification. The combination of the TTL (time to live) and the device (Android vs computer, etc) gives tethering away. If you were to use bittorrent on your computer, the packets would be identified as computer, and with a computer TTL.

Dang, that sucks. I thought it had to do with data limits, since they aren't required to allow it for their unlimited customers.
Sent from my H1S using XDA Premium.

I use FoxFi from the play store with zero issues. Stock unrooted.
Sent from my HTC One S using Tapatalk 2

Closed Source Project said:
Do you have a T-Mobile US device that redirects you to T-Mo's site whenever you try to wireless or USB tether your computer? Here are two work arounds to stop that:
Difficulty: Easy. ROM: Any. Description: Spoof computer web browser to say 'Android' when loading web pages.
1) Install an EU ROM. Any ROM based on T-Mobile US has a script that will block tethering if Android is not recommended.
2) (SUGGESTED) (Avoiding the script) No root needed. No APN switching (because that sh!t does not work). You need to spoof your computer's web browser to an Android device. Go on your add-ons/extensions installing page (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, maybe more) and search for a user account spoofer / switcher. I am on Chrome and I use 'Chrome UA Spoofer'. Select the Android Motorola Xoom device to spoof to. Tether via wireless or USB and it works constantly. The only downside is that some pages load in mobile view. You can easily select to show full web page. I used this for multiple hours, multiple PCs, multiple different times and never was redirected to T-Mo asking me to add tethering to my plan.
Why does this happen? Ever since Android 4.0, they added a script in the OS which does this. You cannot uninstall it because it is located very deep in the system (maybe you can, but no one has figured it out.) If you have a EU ROM (no wifi calling), then you will be fine to tether with no problems and no spoofing. Please click thanks if I helped
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It's been figured out over on the Sensation forum. It's a tether apn set to be hidden in the apn.xml found inside the framework.apk, if I recall correctly. Steve from the Elegancia Rom should be able to help.
HTC One S

TJBunch1228 said:
I use FoxFi from the play store with zero issues. Stock unrooted.
Sent from my HTC One S using Tapatalk 2
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How did you get FoxFi to work? I tried it and said it won't work on this device. And when I use bluetooth, the tethered device can't do certain things outside of the browser.

Dedren said:
How did you get FoxFi to work? I tried it and said it won't work on this device. And when I use bluetooth, the tethered device can't do certain things outside of the browser.
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Nothing special, I just download the app, launch the app (did go into settings and set security code) It just work no problems.

baseballfanz said:
Nothing special, I just download the app, launch the app (did go into settings and set security code) It just work no problems.
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It doesn't work on unrooted HTC Sensation (T-Mobile) for me so still trying to find something that does.

Dedren said:
It doesn't work on unrooted HTC Sensation (T-Mobile) for me so still trying to find something that does.
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Then you are using the wrong rom,I was using Elegancia rom and it worked for me. You can't just root the stock rom and expect it to work, there is a separate hidden tether apn built into the framework.apk I believe.
T-MobileUS HTC One S running Stock Rooted 2.21.

[TMO][MOD] TMobile Native Tether fix 4.4.2 (AOSP and stock based ROMs)

So, I recently decided to give T-Mobile a try since I think Big Red is becoming more and more evil by the day... To my dismay, I discovered that trying to use the native tether on T-Mobile just redirected me to a "My Account" page. This was thoroughly disheartening. Early attempts at looking into this pointed me to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2567579
However, that appears to only apply to 4.4. I installed Gummy rom which is on 4.4.2, and flashing that zip just caused a bootloop (because the framework-res.apk had changed).
Well after further digging, I ended up finding a fix over in the Nexus 5 forums (Specifically, this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47203432&postcount=70)
EDIT: The following worked for me on gummy ROM. So I think this is the fix for AOSP based ROMs. Read further down for the stock based solution discovered by pelebkf
So, long story short, in order to get your native tethering to bypass the T-Mobile redirect page, you want to:
Download SQLite Editor: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.speedsoftware.sqleditor&hl=en
(If you don't want to spend $3, you could transfer the file mentioned below to your computer and do it on an sqlite editor there. The free sqlite editors in the market didn't work for me. This one worked like a charm)
EDIT: This free sqlite editor has been claimed to work fine as well: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.htsoft.sqleditor&hl=en
Open the following file in SQLite Editor (or transfer to computer and open there): /data/data/com.android.provider.settings/databases/settings.db
Open the "global" table and add the following entry:
label: tether_dun_required
value: 0
Back out of the app and reboot, and then tethering should be working fine!
Stock based ROM method (give a thanks to pelebkf for figuring this out!)
Go to Settings-> "More..." (under Data Usage) -> Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names
Click the APN "T-Mobile US LTE", scroll down to "APN Type", click that, and add ",dun" to the end of the list (so the list should say "default,mms,supl,hipri,fota,dun") then hit okay. You should be set now!

Just attempted this fix on stock and my hotspot usage is still increasing while using a user agent switcher in chrome.
My nexus 4 however works fine with this fix and the same setup.
Wondering what the difference between the 2 are.

pelebkf said:
Just attempted this fix on stock and my hotspot usage is still increasing while using a user agent switcher in chrome.
My nexus 4 however works fine with this fix and the same setup.
Wondering what the difference between the 2 are.
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This didn't work for me. I still get redirected, running 4.4.2. TMO OTA. Tried to flash the old framework-res.apk and now phone won't boot, so I'm sitting in recovery. Does anyone have the stock framework-res handy? Any other suggestions on tethering?

I did this on Gummy ROM. I will flash stock at some point and try to take a look for you. Girlfriend is in town visiting so it might not be till after the weekend though.

FYI I am working on trying to get this to work on the stock. Think I may have it. Will post as soon as I find out step by step.

MikeyNick said:
I did this on Gummy ROM. I will flash stock at some point and try to take a look for you. Girlfriend is in town visiting so it might not be till after the weekend though.
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Awesome, thanks! I made the stupid mistake of running the OTA today and needing tether today.... Guess I'll have to live with 56k wifi.

Hey If someone with STOCK 4.4.2 could try this for me.
Edit the main APN "T-Mobile US LTE" and add ",dun" to the end of the "APN type" (so the it should say "default,mms,supl,hipri,fots,dun") then save it.
Then using a User Agent Switcher check and see if you Smartphone Mobile Hotspot Increases or stays the same in data usage.
This seems to have worked for me with NO other modifications.

pelebkf said:
Hey If someone with STOCK 4.4.2 could try this for me.
Edit the main APN "T-Mobile US LTE" and add ",dun" to the end of the "APN type" (so the it should say "default,mms,supl,hipri,fots,dun") then save it.
Then using a User Agent Switcher check and see if you Smartphone Mobile Hotspot Increases or stays the same in data usage.
This seems to have worked for me with NO other modifications.
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Well I'll be damned, it worked! What a simple fix. Posting from usb-tethered VPN connection now!
All's good on the Moto X 4.4.2 TMO tethering front!
Thanks!!
(reposted to quote/give credit)

Nice find! Thanks for saving me the trouble
Sent from my XT1053 using xda app-developers app

Nice seems to work; I've got Moto X Dev. Edition, rooted stock 4.4.2 and on T-Mobile US.
BTW, SQlite Editor Pro (free) worked fine for me from Google Play for the 1st post, then I added "dun" to the APN as suggested above. Thx.

LBN1 said:
Nice seems to work; I've got Moto X Dev. Edition, rooted stock 4.4.2 and on T-Mobile US.
BTW, SQlite Editor Pro (free) worked fine for me from Google Play for the 1st post, then I added "dun" to the APN as suggested above. Thx.
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Thanks for pointing that out! I'll update the OP

Bugger... I was using the hotspot today and listened to a youtube song fine, went to a website fine, then youtube went to autoplay the next song and I got the t-mobile upsell page... Checked some other tabs, they were all getting it now. I applied both hacks in my op (i'm on kangakat at the moment), rebooted, and i'm still getting the upsell page. Says I don't have hotspot or I've used my allotted monthly limit. Haven't had any luck with it yet, but i also haven't really given it any time. Anyone else run into this? I'm on that $30/month prepaid plan.

Well I install Pac Rom and without making any adjustments, hotspot works perfectly. I noticed "dun" was absent from all APNs.
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Has anyone found a way to make it work on Kangakat (Stock based rom)? Followed all the steps and does not work. Thanks!!
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this no longer works right? Can someone confirm?
I heard tmobile blocked this method now

Try and let us all know! As far as I know it doesn't work!

It's hard for me to test now as I've upgraded my plan to simple choice, where hotspotting is included in the data (e.g. my 3GB plan means i am free to tether as much of my 3GB as I want). Thus, I no longer have a "mobile hotspot usage" in my billing, so I can't actually see what it recorded as having been used.

I am on simple choice unlimited data and it still works based on the T-Mobile app. I am completely stock.

pelebkf said:
I am on simple choice unlimited data and it still works based on the T-Mobile app. I am completely stock.
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i think thats because the simple choice allows you to tether until you used up your allowed 4G data (then its throttled to 2g) except if you are on the truely unlimited data at 4G speeds they only allow 5GB of tethering.

I have the unlimited 4g data (grandfathered 70/m plan) which allows for 3gb tethering.
According to the t mobile my account app my tethering data is not being used after this mod was done to the the APN.

Enable multi users

Some if not all variants of the V10 did not include multi-users out of the box like Tmo's didn't. So to counter that I have put this little guide together for you.
To do this really all you have to do is add these two lines to the buildprop save and reboot.
You might need a build prop editing app or a different root browser. Root explorer is known not to save edits on the G3, G4, and V10.
fw.show_multiuserui=1
fw.max_users=5
That's it you're all done.
One thing I've noticed about multi-user is unless you're using it a lot, make sure you go through settings on the other user and disable sync, location, etc. Basically anything that could run in the background and kill your battery
Update: Working on Tmo V10 running Marshmallow too!

Thanks! I'll definitely be applying this once I get my phone set up.
I see the zip for the G4 has an apk which I'm assuming is what handles the system settings. What needs to be done to the V10 version of that apk to enable the "Users" option in system settings?

ubergeek77 said:
Thanks! I'll definitely be applying this once I get my phone set up.
I see the zip for the G4 has an apk which I'm assuming is what handles the system settings. What needs to be done to the V10 version of that apk to enable the "Users" option in system settings?
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Nothing at all. It works with just the build prop addition..

Swizzle82 said:
Nothing at all. It works with just the build prop addition..
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Great! Thanks for letting me know. Sorry, normally I'd give it a try first before asking, but I don't want to root the phone just yet. I'm waiting for them to unlock it for me, and the T-Mobile Unlocking app freaks out if the phone is rooted.

So not available
I have seen several videos on youtube showing v10s with multiple users enabled on the phones in the video. However I don't know if I missed that step in setting up my phone or that certain carriers (t-mo, verizon, att) aren't enabling this basic android 5.1.1 feature. So can you clarify is it all V10 or just the t-mobile variant.
So is the only solution to root and do all the images? Got it less than 24 hours and very upset there is no guest mode for kids or ability to setup multiple users, so can I root without having to do all the setup again?

So it need rooted phone

Update: Working on Tmo Marshmallow too!

Question Best (Root) Tether app for Pixel 7 Pro

Good Morning All! I have my Pixel 7 Pro rooted and I am looking for a good app to allow me to tether the internet connection of the phone via either USB or to create a WiFi hotspot.
It has been a long time since I looked into this, and in the past I had used apps like PDANet, etc.
Is there a specific app I should be looking into?
Thanks!

I'd suggest this one, which you can use to navigate to the search engine of your choice and use it to look up how to open Settings, then click on "Network" and finally click on "Hotspot & tethering".

sn00x said:
I'd suggest this one, which you can use to navigate to the search engine of your choice and use it to look up how to open Settings, then click on "Network" and finally click on "Hotspot & tethering".
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sn00x said:
I'd suggest this one, which you can use to navigate to the search engine of your choice and use it to look up how to open Settings, then click on "Network" and finally click on "Hotspot & tethering".
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Your snark is noted, but completely unnecessary.
I was asking specifically about an app that bypasses carrier restrictions. The current SIM card/plan I have is 5G unlimited, but does not permit tethering. I was looking for an app that automates APN, TTL, etc.

Why do you need an app when the phone can do natively?

schmeggy929 said:
Why do you need an app when the phone can do natively?
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See my post immediately above. My cell plan does not support tethering using native apps because they detect it. I can't believe other people are not having issues like this...

Lots of discussion on this in other forum threads. One for example: Here

Dude this is the one i use, just use a vpn with it and it'll work awesomely

Can't you Just unlock the bootloader and install a custom rom?

robroy90 said:
See my post immediately above. My cell plan does not support tethering using native apps because they detect it. I can't believe other people are not having issues like this...
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I know you're not getting responses exactly to your query and situation; so here's my attempt -- although I'm unsure if they would be consider the "best root tether app"...
I figure, since you're asking for "root", you're probably looking for modules...
A quick google search popped up these top 3 results:
Tether Unlock Github (while last version released was '20, there are some people that still use Titanium Backup; you never know what still might work)
Tethering Enabler; This one is much older...I wonder how effective it might be. But you never know...
X Tether (Xposed Module); Another old one. I wonder if it might work -- especially considering Android OS version it was made for and/or if something like LSPosed might be able to take it on...
Point is, there are some options that you can try if you google with the search term "magisk" "module" & "tether" -- and although much of the results are out of date, it still might lead you to an unexpected solution or a newer development being done. Also, you could/should probably check out Magisk or LSPosed repositories. I know you were looking for the latest best -- especially considering you are posting in Google's latest device (if you don't consider the Fold yet) -- but apparently it's not something super actively developed on...

Would this work

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Would this work
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that's a "subsidery", or at least related, to PdaNet -- both of which i used immensely; pdanet for tethering, foxfi for hotspotting (before there was native support -- but OP mentioned pdanet was the last thing he was familiar with. But more importantly both apps are very outdated (prolly EOL), and don't support Pixel 7 -- most likely due to being 32-bit.
I wish those did still work... it's what i used for years and what I'm most familiar with...

PDANet works fine on my pixel 7.

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that's a "subsidery", or at least related, to PdaNet -- both of which i used immensely; pdanet for tethering, foxfi for hotspotting (before there was native support -- but OP mentioned pdanet was the last thing he was familiar with. But more importantly both apps are very outdated (prolly EOL), and don't support Pixel 7 -- most likely due to being 32-bit.
I wish those did still work... it's what i used for years and what I'm most familiar with...
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Ye I posted as I didn't know they were related then after I checked realised 2017 was last update then I had no signal to reply sorry wasn't much help