Since yesterday I've been tethered and torrenting using betternet desktop version and the default user agent add-on for Firefox. This "No Root" combo is working perfectly and I'm still tethered and downloading the same three files now. Unfortunately my download speeds are in the single digits, way down from the 200+ download speed I was getting last night for my measly 3 torrents. Is there any way to change this? I have Tmo's unlimited data plan.
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I have tried both EasyTether and PdaNet to tether the thunderbolt. When I tether using the hotspot or tether using the "internet connection " mode and run a speedtest.net I get awesome results. When I tether using PdaNet or EasyTether I get what looks like 3g speeds at best. I have the free hotspot and tethering till May 15th but I will be cancelling that and moving to one of the two apps. Any Ideas?
ps- Yes, the signal is full bars 4g LTE. I even went as far as using lte on/off app to force 4g lte only.
I would email the app developer.
Maybe it needs further coding to utilise 4g
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on the phone i get 30mb down, 2mb up. on easy tethered laptop, from same server i get 8mb down, 4mb up.
used speakeasy.net to run tests.
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on the phone i get 30mb down, 2mb up. on easy tethered laptop, from same server i get 8mb down, 4mb up.
used speakeasy.net to run tests.
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I think a lot of apps arent working with LTE. Opera is another one. That wont get any higher than 1.5 on LTE.
It's probably a combination of two things when using a non-root tether app:
1) The speed of the Android app itself.
2) The speed of your computer. Such apps push data through the adb interface, so there's an amount of software processing going on in the background. Try popping up a task manager (eg., Windows Task Manager) while performing a fast transfer and check to see if a process is consuming more CPU during the speedtest. If the CPU% is high for the duration of the transfer, your throughput is likely limited by your computer.
It's certainly possible to hit 4g LTE speeds with non-root tether apps, as someone has recently posted (anywhere from 14mbps to 28mbps for his setup, depending on the app).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153780
I was just wondering if anyone has had any luck with FoxFi and wifi tethering with the One S on stock software that uses t-mobile?
I have tried it on both my One S and GS3 and both show enabled and when I try to connect with a windows 7 laptop says it is unable to connect right away.
That is both it encryption on and off. Also tried different unused AP names.
I know it is not supported with the GS3 but anyone out there have luck with the One S?
Not sure if needed something with the phone setup that may need to be different.
Anyone?
I tried FoxFi, tethering my phone to my laptop running mint 13 and then my desktop running windows 7, both connected and worked with no problem. Now I'm running CM10 and using native tethering.
Ok got the app atleast connecting to the computer with the 1.91.3 from foxfi.com/bin
but now even though I am connecting it seems like certain things work and others dont
my google talk program found internet and connected but loaded chrome and it gave me t-mobile upsell error message
Read at the end of this thread, the solution offered today works without touching APN's.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1713107
T-MobileUS HTC One S running Stock Rooted 2.21.
My experience making FoxFi work on T-Mobile
My experience is that T-Mobile will check the user agent string and block non-mobile ones.
This happens when using wifi, bluetooth, and USB connections to FoxFi.
I can connect to my T-Mobile phone using wifi with FoxFi from another mobile phone or tablet just fine.
If you use an https page from your desktop, you can usually get through. I've read the HTTPS encrypts the user agent string, so T-Mobile can't read it.
If you try to access a plain HTTP page from your desktop browser, it seems T-Mobile puts a 10-30 second block on all your traffic.
Some people say they change the user agent string on their desktop computers to get around this. Then T-Mobile thinks your desktop browser is a cell phone browser and lets it though. But that can force you to see a mobile version of a website.
You can also use FTP, SFTP, ... from your computer and probably get through fine since there are no user agent strings on those protocols.
A slightly easier option is to use a VPN on your computer. ProXPN has a pretty simple free version. AnchorFree's Hotspot Shield has a free version, but it adds ads to the web pages you view. Or you could use a company VPN if it makes everything go through it. That encrypts the traffic and T-Mobile can't read the user agent string.
Maybe it won't be interesting to some of you
I am using a Nexus 4 running 4.4 stock, not rooted and tried to tether my Asus TF700 tablet. I am on T-mobile with the "unlimited" everything 70 dollar plan.
This is my first time tethering in many months
I setup my portable hotspot and my Asus connects to it fine. Apps such as Gmail and Google Maps have access to data albeit seemingly slower than on my phone but regardless it works.
the issue is when i try to browse the web (i use chrome), none of the webpages load and it does not direct me to a T-mobile page trying to sell me tethering plan.
the main reason I am doing this is for Netflix and I get the error "Netflix service is unable to be reached at this time..." but it works on my phone.
My question is...why do some apps have access to the tethering data but not my broweser and netflix? And is there a fix for this?
thank you for any help given to me
Hey I'm trying to find a way to work around my hotspot tethering limit. I have unlimited data and want to use the most out of it, I have had unlimited data for about 3 weeks now and I have used 200 gigs of data and I want o be able to co next my Xbox and laptop for more than just a day or 2 because I only get 5 gigs of hotspot. So if anyone has a workaround for the tmobile s5 please comment and let me know
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Hey I'm trying to find a way to work around my hotspot tethering limit. I have unlimited data and want to use the most out of it, I have had unlimited data for about 3 weeks now and I have used 200 gigs of data and I want o be able to co next my Xbox and laptop for more than just a day or 2 because I only get 5 gigs of hotspot. So if anyone has a workaround for the tmobile s5 please comment and let me know
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Are you rooted?
Yes via towel root
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Yes via towel root
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.snclab.wifitetherrouter
I use it on my T-Mobile phones. Follow the link in the description for settings. Gotta warn ya though, it might not work without further tweaks. You might need to google up some more specific instructions. The problem with this app (not the app's fault though) is that every phone/brand/ROM is different and needs different settings, and unfortunately these settings don't have descriptions. Plus the author is Italian and his English ain't too good.
You'll probably also have to create a new APN for tethering. Go to your System Settings, More networks, Mobile Networks, Access Point Names, then hit the menu button to add a new APN. Copy everything in the default APN down, then make everything in the new APN exactly the same, but instead of IPv6, use IPv4.
For tethering to just your laptop though, I recommend PdaNet+ (not a root app) and using USB tethering. The reason is that using your phone as a wifi hotspot is a processor and battery hog, and the more it's used, the hotter your phone will get and the more your battery gets used (shortening its overall lifespan). USB tethering however basically turns your phone into a conduit, rather than a rebroadcaster, and won't fry your phone. It works by using a companion program on your computer (also does bluetooth, but it's much slower), and has the option (which you need to use) to "hide tether usage". Another cool feature is you can set it up so text messages will pop up on your computer. The one single issue with USB tethering with PdaNet is with Netflix. If you try to watch something, it'll take you to the page saying your computer doesn't meet the minimum system requirements. Whatever VPN/proxy/whatever that it uses to mask your usage doesn't jive with Microsoft Silverlight, which Netflix uses. The way around this is to disable the "hide tether usage" option when loading a video, and as soon as it starts loading, select "hide tether usage" again, and you're good to go.
The really cool thing is that these two apps work simultaneously. I use PdaNet to USB tether my phone to my laptop (which is plugged into my 42" TV). The same phone is running Wifi Tether Router so I can use my tablet on wifi. Seriously, how cool is that?!? Complete home internet and cell service for $89.08/month (after taxes).
Hello guys. I come here today to ask for your help.
So I got my OP6 on T-mobile. I have the 55 plus plan that allows for unlimited tethering but only at 3g speeds, about 70Kbps in my location.
When I use my torrent app (ztorrent, flud, utorrent) in all of them I can only get a maximum speed at arrount the 70Kbps, so I went to my T-mobile account and I can see that they have calculated about 10GB of data for tethering. Since I have not use the hotspot at all I can infer that the torrents are been routed true the hotspot port.
No I did my research before posting this and found this old thread
forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-g5/help/phone-eating-hotspot-t3414627
but I don't think it shows a solution, or at least I was not able to find one.
I have also try, wiping the phone, resets, change rom from 5.1.11, to the official Pie Beta to Havoc and it does the same in all of them. I also put my sim in my old htc 10 to test and torrents work at full speed there.
Thaks in advance for any help.