i dunno why but for some reason whenever i flashed my rooted phone to CM10 the next day i got a text from ATT saying that im using my phone as a hotspot but i dont remember ever adding it to my plan or puttin a tethering app on my phone or etc... does anyone know why something like this would happen?
161 views and not 1 answer...this blows...now im thinking of either returning my phone to bone stock or cancel my ATT account
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
ss4rob said:
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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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?
I need it to be explained exactly to me, what APN access point do i need to edit or make? i tried searching but answers aren't consistent, i tried using "wifi tether router" but I dont think i did it correctly....i'll pay anyone for whatever it takes to make it possible for me to have unlimited tether, My phone is T-Mobile Note 4(Rooted), i have unlimited LTE data plan + 5 gb of Hotspot, im running on stock rom kitkat 4.4.4,...IS IT POSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE TO DO A WALKTHROUGH WITH ME? Thank you XDA.
Hi again. The purpose of XDA Assist is not to answer all your questions but point you in the right direction to get your questions answered. This is a link to your device's forum, http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-tmobile. Please ask your question there.
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I don't know much of androids yet since I just bought my Note 3 after selling my old Apple.
Anyways, I've got an old S3 which I never used but since I've a leftover 200 Mb data sim card,
I've decided to turn the old phone into a WiFi hotspot to use it with my Note 3.
The problem I'm experiencing is that the S3 uses up all the data and there's nothing left for the hotspot.
Is there a way to prevent data from being used without turning off the hotspot?
Thanks for your assistance.
Hi,
Thanks for using XDA Assist Well Data usually get consumed with apps using it and since you are hotspoting with Note 3 data can b drained a lot faster . Search in playstore there may be some apps which can prevent it
Good Luck!
I have the 64gb Oneplus 2, and I recently rooted it and installed the exodus custom rom. Everything seemed to be going alright (except for snapchat) until when I left my wifi, I realized i had no mobile data. I still had a signal, because i could call people and send texts, but no data. The second I turn off wifi my triangle signal icon gets an exclamation point next to it. I use At&t's lte data, so the I tried to reset my apn but that didn't really help. Once in a while my phone will randomly get data, but it is ungodly slow, and then its gone maybe 10 seconds later. I could not find a lot on how to fix this, and was wondering if someone had any ideas. And yes, i still have my imei number.
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I have the 64gb Oneplus 2, and I recently rooted it and installed the exodus custom rom. Everything seemed to be going alright (except for snapchat) until when I left my wifi, I realized i had no mobile data. I still had a signal, because i could call people and send texts, but no data. The second I turn off wifi my triangle signal icon gets an exclamation point next to it. I use At&t's lte data, so the I tried to reset my apn but that didn't really help. Once in a while my phone will randomly get data, but it is ungodly slow, and then its gone maybe 10 seconds later. I could not find a lot on how to fix this, and was wondering if someone had any ideas. And yes, i still have my imei number.
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Greetings,
Thank you for using XDA Assist. Here is the OP2 home page:
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Here is where you should ask your questions:
OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Good luck!