Hi there,
I have a $70 T-Mobile Unlimited Plan which includes 2.5 GB wifi tether hotspot feature.
My question is, when i was on Sprint (Rooted ROM) I was able to use the built in wifi tether feature without any limitations.
It appears on the nexus 5 (android kit kat) that the carriers now have the ability to truly monitor this useage.
Would i be able to get around it by using a 3rd party tethering app?
Anyone else had success in going over the 2.5gb wifi hotspot allowed?
It makes no sense to me why me using my data on my nexus 5 vs. tethering and using my nexus 7 should be limited.
Thanks in advance,
RR
h20wakebum said:
Hi there,
I have a $70 T-Mobile Unlimited Plan which includes 2.5 GB wifi tether hotspot feature.
My question is, when i was on Sprint (Rooted ROM) I was able to use the built in wifi tether feature without any limitations.
It appears on the nexus 5 (android kit kat) that the carriers now have the ability to truly monitor this useage.
Would i be able to get around it by using a 3rd party tethering app?
Anyone else had success in going over the 2.5gb wifi hotspot allowed?
It makes no sense to me why me using my data on my nexus 5 vs. tethering and using my nexus 7 should be limited.
Thanks in advance,
RR
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see... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2512674
I have the same plan...you might also have to change your apn settings to ipv4, at least I had to. btw, i'm just south of riverside, ca and although my lte speeds are over 20 mbs down, if I change the preferred network settings to hspa (3g?) instead of lte, I can stream with little to no buffering.
h20wakebum said:
Hi there,
I have a $70 T-Mobile Unlimited Plan which includes 2.5 GB wifi tether hotspot feature.
My question is, when i was on Sprint (Rooted ROM) I was able to use the built in wifi tether feature without any limitations.
It appears on the nexus 5 (android kit kat) that the carriers now have the ability to truly monitor this useage.
Would i be able to get around it by using a 3rd party tethering app?
Anyone else had success in going over the 2.5gb wifi hotspot allowed?
It makes no sense to me why me using my data on my nexus 5 vs. tethering and using my nexus 7 should be limited.
Thanks in advance,
RR
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This should help. Read the thread and figure it out.
You will not get around the limit using a third party app (if you want it to work over wifi). It may not make any sense to you, but to providers it does because they can make money. I agree, it's dumb that they want to charge more to share a data plan you already use, but it's us vs them and they're are big wireless companies... so I don't think our complaints will go very far.
You should be happy that you do have the 2.5GB because it can be very handy in a pinch when you need to do something on laptop or tablet but no wifi available or because the available network is just straight up garbage.
But since you say you're using your tablet, have you tried bluetooth vpn with PDAnet? I used to do that for my tablet. It's not the greatest because some apps wont recognize the bluetooth as you have a "internet connection" but its worth a try. I havent used it in a while as I really dont tether much these days so I'm not sure how good it is these days.
Do this and u should be ok...no tethering limits.
how do you get to the pages shown in the thumbnails
jenenser83 said:
Do this and u should be ok...no tethering limits.
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As a new member to the family of android devices, may i ask how you made your way to that cmd page, yes i know im a noob
Install android terminal from play store open it and execute that...oh you gotta be rooted for this to work.
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This did not bypass hotspot limits on Nexus 5 "tether_dun_required". I can use bluetooth to tether.
Can anyone confirm this works? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.snclab.wifitetherrouter
Back when I had my Nexus 6P, I was able to do wifi tethering out of the box. I have a VZW grandfathered unlimited plan, not one of the newer data plans. I tried the VZW version of the Pixel and just returned it once I realized I'd have to pay for tethering and upgrade the plan (lose unlimited data). If I purchase the Google Pixel XL will I have wifi tethering out of the box?
I did not preorder the pixel phone, to make sure that it can wifi hotspot for free with Verizon unlimited data plan. ( UDP )
Last year my Nexus 6p could wifi hotspot for free and my Nexus 5x required root access. Let us know if it works and if you have the pixel or pixel XL.
It does work on both the Verizon and Google Store Pixels. This thread explains how to make it work; instructions are on page 4, post #35.
Anyone able to check if Verizon reports hotspot usage counting against their "hotspot limit"? On my Moto G4, the build in hotspot feature does not seem to trigger Verizon to count it against tethering allotment. I'm curious if the Verizon or unlocked version of the Pixel 2 make a difference.
Hoping some users here can report their hotspot experience with the new Pixel.
Just wonder if this app is running on tmobile carrier.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.snclab.wifitetherrouter&hl=en_US&referrer=utm_source%3Dgoogle%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_term%3Dwifi+tether+router+apk&pcampaignid=APPU_1_84kgW5W_FY7zzgLHj6qYCA
There is no need to, T-Mobile includes hotspot usage on their plans. Just use the built in hotspot.
geoff5093 said:
There is no need to, T-Mobile includes hotspot usage on their plans. Just use the built in hotspot.
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I have granfather plan and hoyspot is not included, that's why I am asking.
Thank you
I'm grandfathered in with unlimited data but no Hotspot. I've been using the built in tether and it's using my mobile data.
That being said if you still want to know about that app, I'll buy and try it.
Hi, I currently have a rooted Google Pixel 2 XL and a Verizon plan without a hotspot plan. With root I'm able to use my hotspot and I love that. I'm considering updating my plan with Verizon because it's cheaper. What I'm wondering if anyone knows is if the new plan contains a certain amount of hotspot data, does my phone being rooted bypass the limit on that plan and also the throttling that will occur after a certain data amount is used? Thanks for any help regarding this.