Hello. Im kind of late to the note 5 party here, but I just got the phone and I really love it. My question is what are my options for Hotspot and tethering with a rooted phone. I have a tethering app that I use and it works very well, but it just drains the heck out of my battery. So I was wondering what other methods can I use to achieve native hotspot and tethering on the Note 5? Im on the sprint version, n920p. On the latest marshmellow build. Any suggestions would be very helpful. Thanks in advance.
Edit- ive seen u can use sqlite to edit apn, but to my understanding u need yur msl to achieve this method which i dont have and i really dont want to have to try and get it if i dont have to. So i guess im wanting to find out the other methods (if any) that are available. Thanks
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Hello I have the inspire and am wanting to use the wifi hotspot for my laptop. but when i go to enable it its says Tethering is not enabled...
Is there away i get around from having to spend more money to get it activated, am wanting to keep the stock rom. I havent customized Hopefully someone can help and have detailed instructions. Thanks!!!!!!!
There's a thread to get it working on the stock-unrotted rom, but it appears it's not foolproof.
My suggestion is to root and get on a optimized stocker if you like the original "feel" since those rom's have tethering enebled.
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Sorry for the stupid question but what do you mean by root???
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1033353
Rooting guides etc...
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si_blue said:
Sorry for the stupid question but what do you mean by root???
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Rooting - most basic definition is that it gives you access to parts of your phone that you aren't supposed to have so you can do things you aren't supposed to do. For example - free tethering on big bad ATT. Check out the guide posted by Wild Child.
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Here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=960058) is the thread to enable wifi tether on stock-unrooted. you'll need to roll your own APN
Kind of a newbie question, but I saw people mention here that some roms have tethering enabled.
I'm using Inspired Saga (will probably switch to Inspired Ace soon) and I don't think it enables tethering on its own. Will I have to switch to another rom that has tethering enabled, or is it possible to enable it for any rom you use once you have rooted your phone? Thanks!
Edit: Wait, it totally works now. It definitely didn't before, haha.
A friend is looking to get this phone, and asked me about tethering
I have been rooting for a while, so I know the basics, but as I have an EVO & Epic, I haven't paid much attention to this model
I saw the threads showing it has been rooted.
Can I simply direct him to root the device with the one click, and use the Wifi Tethering apk?
Or does it also need a kernel that supports tethering
Basically, I want to make sure he can enable the tethering via root, before I advise him on the purchase
...and yes, I do know that AT&T are cracking down on the tethering
DCRocks said:
A friend is looking to get this phone, and asked me about tethering
I have been rooting for a while, so I know the basics, but as I have an EVO & Epic, I haven't paid much attention to this model
I saw the threads showing it has been rooted.
Can I simply direct him to root the device with the one click, and use the Wifi Tethering apk?
Or does it also need a kernel that supports tethering
Basically, I want to make sure he can enable the tethering via root, before I advise him on the purchase
...and yes, I do know that AT&T are cracking down on the tethering
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not another tethering thread.... search before you post.... Once you root, you can tether, by freezing the TetheringManager.apk... Then your good to use the built in Moble AP... or you can use something like Wireless tether for root users
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not another tethering thread.... search before you post.... Once you root, you can tether, by freezing the TetheringManager.apk... Then your good to use the built in Moble AP... or you can use something like Wireless tether for root users
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Thanks, I was actually still searching after I posted, as the first couple tethering threads didn't seem to know, but I did find the answer in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1082294
Ok so i've been looking around here and i've seen people say the best tethering app is WiFi tether. But heres my question, On my x2 i was required to change my radio card settings. Change some numbers around and such. This allowed me to stealth tether, I'm wondering if this WiFi tether app is trackable?
And about rooting, All i'm seeing for vzw rooting is what seems to be flashing the "stock rom" that is rooted and not rooting your current system. So am i going to lose my data and have to start over? And is this something thats being worked on? Because with my x2 it was a 1 click root and it didn't change anything on my phone besides adding the root. My phone stayed on the stock rom with nothing being changed. Just kinda wondering, i haven't taken the time to look threw roms so i'm not sure what i want to run on this phone yet. But tethering is a must for me
Thanks in advance
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Ok so i've been looking around here and i've seen people say the best tethering app is WiFi tether. But heres my question, On my x2 i was required to change my radio card settings. Change some numbers around and such. This allowed me to stealth tether, I'm wondering if this WiFi tether app is trackable?
And about rooting, All i'm seeing for vzw rooting is what seems to be flashing the "stock rom" that is rooted and not rooting your current system. So am i going to lose my data and have to start over? And is this something thats being worked on? Because with my x2 it was a 1 click root and it didn't change anything on my phone besides adding the root. My phone stayed on the stock rom with nothing being changed. Just kinda wondering, i haven't taken the time to look threw roms so i'm not sure what i want to run on this phone yet. But tethering is a must for me
Thanks in advance
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I just installed the rooted stock rom over my default non-rooted install and everything has worked fine with no data loss. I did that mostly because I don't know how to format my phone through Odin. What I did exactly to get root.
As for wifi tether what I did was install the version of the app from the Play Store and then set my phone profile to the Galaxy Nexus. I used the version that was available from the code site in my Thunderbolt before and I have not been "caught" yet. So I would say you're good to go. While I haven't tried it with encryption, I did try to see if my Thunderbolt could connect to my Galaxy S III. It did and after a quick speed test I knew everything was working well (got a 101ms ping with 5mbps down and ~1mbps up).
Tweek900 said:
Ok so i've been looking around here and i've seen people say the best tethering app is WiFi tether. But heres my question, On my x2 i was required to change my radio card settings. Change some numbers around and such. This allowed me to stealth tether, I'm wondering if this WiFi tether app is trackable?
And about rooting, All i'm seeing for vzw rooting is what seems to be flashing the "stock rom" that is rooted and not rooting your current system. So am i going to lose my data and have to start over? And is this something thats being worked on? Because with my x2 it was a 1 click root and it didn't change anything on my phone besides adding the root. My phone stayed on the stock rom with nothing being changed. Just kinda wondering, i haven't taken the time to look threw roms so i'm not sure what i want to run on this phone yet. But tethering is a must for me
Thanks in advance
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No wifi tether is not trackable and flashing a root stock rom in odin wont wipe data. Click link in sig for instructions.
droidstyle said:
No wifi tether is not trackable and flashing a root stock rom in odin wont wipe data. Click link in sig for instructions.
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ok sounds good. So then one more thing i guess. If the wifi tether isn't trackable how do they "catch" people doing it? is it downloading speeds or what? because if they have no real way i'm just going to use my tether on my x2 to download the needed files for rooting the s3 lol
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also is there an irc channel for the verizon phone and such? and i saw something about "not tripping the flash counter" what does that mean? lol
ok so rooting is done all looks good. Hoping the stealth of this tethering is good lol. Now to wait for a good rom
Can use stock hotspot app
You can also use the stock hotspot app.
Folks have been reporting that if you use a 3rd party launcher widget like this one Tether Widget the the stock hotspot apps works without checking to see if your paying for the "feature".
I've tested this my self and it works fine.
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You can also use the stock hotspot app.
Folks have been reporting that if you use a 3rd party launcher widget like this one Tether Widget the the stock hotspot apps works without checking to see if your paying for the "feature".
I've tested this my self and it works fine.
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nothing against this, and i will look into it, but i'm looking for stealth tethering. This is my home internet, so i'm using a good 20gigs a month
Ok so new issue, i can not turn off cmda, i am in evdo only mode but i still get text messages and that cuts off my data for tethering while it receives :/ anyone know what to do?
Oy, lads I have a USA XT1032 I bought from Cricket a little over 2 years ago. Just cut off my home WiFi and decided to use my phone as a Hotspot (since its cheaper) but to my surprise there was no Tethering option available in the Wireless settings. So according to what I've read Tethering should be available by default on the XT1032 since its based on the Global version but it seems Cricket modified the OS to disable it. Any way to enable it? Perhaps there's a hidden way to enable it? So far it seems I need to root it and install a 3rd party app to get tethering working but from what I've seen the process seems tedious particularly because I don't have access to a computer. I tried using KingRoot but it failed multiple times so I assume its not possible to root it via the phone itself. What about non-root options? Does anyone know of any viable solutions that do not require root?
Thanks
Sorry if I may have missed some obvious issues the phone has, I've been out of XDA for years now and didn't keep up with development.
I think root is mandatory for this option to reenable it.
Anyway there are some open security issues with latest XT1032 official android version, so it is time to switch to an aftermarket OS anyway.
Just my 5 cents ...
Oh sad! So it can only be rooted using a computer? I've got a laptop I bought coming in today but it has no OS installed so that wouldn't help my cause at all.
Jfc, so I can't unlock my bootloader because the phone is from cricket which means I can't root it. Holy **** dudes, so U can't do **** on this phone what a mess. So I am currently stuck using ClockworkMod's Tether app but it can only use USB and its really really unstable, the connection will drop at times and I'll need to buy it after 6 days if U want to keep using it. What a sham. Does anyone have any workarounds or an alternative?
Sorry to hear that. I am also out of ideas. Without root there is probably not much you can do with this device.
Ok, this is my first post on here in years. Forgive me if I am not in the right section or if this question has been answered countless times. Anyways, I have had an Galaxy s3 Boost for years now. When I first got the phone, I rooted and put a custom rom on the phone. I believe it was "Wicked X". Not sure the exact build model numbers for the phones or rom. Will insert later if needed.
Well with Wicked X, I was able to acheive unlimited Hotspot access with no cap. Normally on the plan I am on, the hotspot caps at 8 gigs. I was using 30+ with this rom build.
My question is, I am switching to the S5 now and would like to know a way to achieve the same on this phone as I did with the s3. Maybe this has already been answered and if so can someone please redirect me.
I have no problem achieving root access on this phone but I would like to know of a rom that gives me Unlimited hotspot cap like Wicked X did for me with the S3.
Thanks ahead.
you may want to look at the ROM you used and the apk that sounds like was baked into it. It might have just been using one of the many hotspot apps that dont tell the network that youre utilizing hotspot. Chainfire had one out there before he retired that will likely suit your needs. I use resurrection remix and it has hotspot baked in that doesnt tell my carrier that im using my data for that.
Thanks man. I'll check it out.
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Thanks man. I'll check it out.
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didja get it working?