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Android WiFi Tether/Hotspot (for root users) now supported by the EVO 4G!!

The best WiFi/BT tether/hotspot app out there has just added support for the EVO 4G about half an hour ago. Of course, root is required but it's just one click away with unrevoked.
Forget Sprint's $30 a month tether - this one is free and supported by the community.
This is why I love Android.
All info here: Rooted EVO 4G Users Can Now Enjoy Unlimited Free WiFi/Bluetooth Tether (Hotspot) As Android-wifi-tether App Adds Support For EVO

I was just about to post this, but you beat me to it. I'm rockin this right now. Works great!! Not in 4G coverage currently, but I assume that works the same. Thanks to whoever wrote this!!
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Very cool!
I was hoping not to root too quick and start that whole obsession again but...

Yes and y'all will be happy to hear it doesn't appear the evo gets nearly as hot as the hero when running it which is a bigggg plus to me no worries of frying my radio lol

sweet tyvm

SilverStone,
Was your device already rooted or did you use the "unrevoked" apk that was available? Many wrote no success with the "unrevoked" program.
Thanks!

I actually need USB tethering. Does this have it included or do I need another app?

Works great! If only I can figure out this battery issue.

It works like a champ. Wayyy better speeds on 4G.

Doesn't work on toast's rom

jigglywiggly said:
Doesn't work on toast's rom
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Must be why it won't start on my phone...

chazglenn3 said:
Must be why it won't start on my phone...
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If it's a separate ROM, it might not work as it relies on a different WiFi driver (one for access point), which is located somewhere in the ROM. If toast's doesn't have it, then it won't work.
Perhaps toast can put the driver back to where it is on the stock ROM and update his ROM.

Yeah.. doesn't work. I've tried.
I can get it to install, SuperUser permissions from Unrevoked run and I allow it etc.. all is well in the "root" department however... It doesn't show upon any wireless radar anywhere.
At least it runs, was on toasts rom and had to wipe and start from scratch to get unrevoked back on. Wouldn't start on Toasts at all.
So anyway, this doesn't actually do any good if you can't see it to connect to it. :/

VoXHTC said:
Yeah.. doesn't work. I've tried.
I can get it to install, SuperUser permissions from Unrevoked run and I allow it etc.. all is well in the "root" department however... It doesn't show upon any wireless radar anywhere.
At least it runs, was on toasts rom and had to wipe and start from scratch to get unrevoked back on. Wouldn't start on Toasts at all.
So anyway, this doesn't actually do any good if you can't see it to connect to it. :/
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Can you try restarting? If that doesn't help, can you try the method in ticket comment #59?

Archon810 said:
Can you try restarting? If that doesn't help, can you try the method in ticket comment #59?
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Restarting didn't work.
Tried method #59 and it went smoothly except I'm still not getting it to show up on HTC Hero. I can all the other networks just not my Evo's
I have pre14 installed.

Have wifi tether working fine on a laptop, however.. my samsung moment does not see the evo as an access point anyone test that hotspot actually works or can it only tether 1 device?
attempting this with 4g turned off(not avail in my area yet)

Galiot said:
Have wifi tether working fine on a laptop, however.. my samsung moment does not see the evo as an access point anyone test that hotspot actually works or can it only tether 1 device?
attempting this with 4g turned off(not avail in my area yet)
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Great question. I has assumed that wifi tether = sprint "hot spot" I did a quick test with two laptops and was not able to connect the second. Not a conclusive test, because it's late and I'm tired. I'll play more tomorrow and post back.

Mine is working on the stock rom (after the OTA) and with the unrevoked .apk installed.....
Like the temp display up there too....nice!!!

Galiot said:
Have wifi tether working fine on a laptop, however.. my samsung moment does not see the evo as an access point anyone test that hotspot actually works or can it only tether 1 device?
attempting this with 4g turned off(not avail in my area yet)
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Is your moment on 1.5?? I know Android doesn't like Peer-To-Peer connections.

moment is on 2.1, believe its because they dont support the ad-hoc setup.. sprints hotspot is actually turning on a router i believe

Gingerbread wifi tether for root. DX

Has anyone noticed that if you try using wifi tether for root, it will enable both wifi tether for root and the built in Verizon wifi tether when you turn it on. Im stuck at work so I haven't been able to test tethering to see if it works or if it sends you to the Verizon sign up page.
Beamed from my MB810

My laptop isn't able to even connect. Im getting the same thing.
P.s. I also notice that the Verizon tether app tells you to sign up at att's website. I thought that was interesting.
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Yeah I remember reading about the at&t mistype on a few of the blogs. Maybe wifi tether for root just needs to be updated for GB.
Beamed from my MB810

siphyn said:
Has anyone noticed that if you try using wifi tether for root, it will enable both wifi tether for root and the built in Verizon wifi tether when you turn it on. Im stuck at work so I haven't been able to test tethering to see if it works or if it sends you to the Verizon sign up page.
Beamed from my MB810
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I can confirm that Wifi-Tethering works and does not send you to the Verizon sign up page. I'm on the Gingerbread pre-rooted.

That's good to hear. When you turn on free wifi tethering does it also turn on the built in tethering or no? Both icons pop up in my notification bar when I turn it on, I wonder if its just my phone.
Beamed from my MB810

Is there anyone else that can confirm that wireless tether works. Im still having issues. I get sent to the Vzw subscription screen even after cycling airplane mode on and off.
Beamed from my MB810

The 3ghotspot is prepatched and works excellently
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wifi was not working for me, i had the same thing happen as you siphyn

I am having the same problem.
Wireless tether and 3G Hotspot Icons both in the notification bar when I turn on Wireless Tether. When connected to my Xoom and open the browser I get the VZW notification page telling me that it costs $20/month. =/
A solution would be awesome.
If not it looks like I am gonna have to SBF back. Dammit man!!!
I am looking for a good thread on SBFing back, any suggestions?

owenbeals said:
The 3ghotspot is prepatched and works excellently
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Please go into a little more detail.

Turn on 3ghotspot app in appdrawer it works, no vzw paywall in my experience
Beamed from my Gingerbreaded DroidXtreme

hxxp://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/issues/detail?id=915&sort=-id
(sorry for hxxp, not enough posts)
There's an issue on the developer's google code page for Wifi Tether. From the log that's posted, it looks like one of the system calls was changed in gingerbread. (Just an observation from my limited knowledge)
I tried 3g Mobile Hotspot built-in app and my 3G icon just repeatedly disappears. After turning off Hotspot, I still don't have a connection and have to disable/enable radio to get it back or reboot.

chucklesjh said:
There's an issue on the developer's google code page for Wifi Tether. From the log that's posted, it looks like one of the system calls was changed in gingerbread. (Just an observation from my limited knowledge)
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Please forgive me for my lack of knowledge but could you explain this a little further.

owenbeals said:
Turn on 3ghotspot app in appdrawer it works, no vzw paywall in my experience
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I may be too cautious in regards to using the stock Hotspot feature, can you confirm that no charges apply?

Brenardo said:
Please forgive me for my lack of knowledge but could you explain this a little further.
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In the log that's posted on the link I provided you see a lot of this:
Code:
getsockopt for multiport failed strangely: No such file or directory
It makes me think that something was changed in the system that causes it to start 3G Mobile Hotspot when firing up Wifi Tether. A little googling reveals this:
Code:
The getsockopt() function manipulates options associated with a socket.
So I'm guessing the appropriate sockets are not getting created or modified correctly for tethering to function properly and somehow the 3G Mobile Hotspot app is triggered. According to MDW and whatnot, the Hotspot app is supposedly prepatched but 3G drops repeatedly for me, so something is amiss. From what I can tell, 3G Mobile Hotspot is no longer an app even though it shows up in the App Drawer, if you try to remove it by dropping it on the trash on LauncherPro, it tries to remove Settings. It looks like tethering is just built in now.

I mostly understand what you are saying.
But my next question is how long til a functioning tether? Is it even possible since 3G hotspot is now built in?

siphyn said:
Has anyone noticed that if you try using wifi tether for root, it will enable both wifi tether for root and the built in Verizon wifi tether when you turn it on. Im stuck at work so I haven't been able to test tethering to see if it works or if it sends you to the Verizon sign up page.
Beamed from my MB810
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Brenardo said:
I mostly understand what you are saying.
But my next question is how long til a functioning tether? Is it even possible since 3G hotspot is now built in?
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I posted a write-up on how I got wifi tethering to work in GB rooted.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1015045

snwagner said:
I posted a write-up on how I got wifi tethering to work in GB rooted.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1015045
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Does not work for me. 3G cuts in and out. I'd also like to avoid using the official app, worries me too much.

chucklesjh said:
Does not work for me. 3G cuts in and out. I'd also like to avoid using the official app, worries me too much.
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Really? With all the people who have been using it all this time? LOL, we've had the 3G hotspot app hack since the DX first came out. No 1 has reported issues with VZW catching on.

snwagner said:
Really? With all the people who have been using it all this time? LOL, we've had the 3G hotspot app hack since the DX first came out. No 1 has reported issues with VZW catching on.
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Well, regardless, it doesn't work for me anyway, even with the patch.

us WIFI

will a US wifi xoom work in the UK? any issues

Yes.
It does. I haven't seen any issues so far. If it helps I used this link: http://t.co/NelNL3D
Although I only went through steps 1-3:
link above said:
1. Unlock the device via fastboot. Instructions here. DO NOT RE-LOCK EVER!!
2. Flash the Official & complete US 3.0.1 HWI69 ROM. Links here. Every time I tried to download the "does not require login" version from mediafire I got a corrupted zip, so instead I downloaded from the Motorola developer site (with instructions) here.
3. Once the 3.0.1 Rom was up and running, and I had an internet connection, I got the OTA notification for the 3.1 update and installed it. It took about 10 minutes to notify me once I had connection, probably because it had to download it before notifying me. After the install and reboot process, I had a stock 3.1 install............
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will a US wifi xoom work in the UK? any issues
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The US WiFi should work anywhere. I have a US WiFi Xoom and it updated to 3.1 OTA just fine as soon as I connected to a WiFi access point, even on the other side of the Atlantic.
I didn't need to do anything to it. I opted to unlock and root, but it was working just fine on stock.

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will a US wifi xoom work in the UK? any issues
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Yes, it works just fine in Europe and you will get the updates faster then european Xoom's.
Included charger works in Europe (220v), but you will need US > UK adapter.

You know I just noticed I read the question wrong
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Pre installed books and the stock email app stopped working for me after 3.1 update. No big loss. Everything else works fine.

danum said:
Pre installed books and the stock email app stopped working for me after 3.1 update. No big loss. Everything else works fine.
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Email works fine for me. I haven't tried Books on 3.1

My books aren't working on my US 3.1 being used in the UK...
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I am going to England for 2 weeks in September. Hotel only has wifi in public areas, wired in the room, but I should be able to set-up an ad-hoc network using the wife's netbook.
I have one plug adapter, and will probably pick up at least one more to make sure that netbook, Xoom, and Kindle stay charged.

Just tried Books and it works fine.
You need BooksTablet.apk, i used ES File explorer to install it. It will give a error that it wasn't installed but after a restart the Books icon appears and works.

I seem to have issues with google books where it keeps uninstalling itself after the 3.1 update...
but either way - wifi works the same in the US as it does in the UK.
all good
I think the things that differ are the networking frequencies and stuff

poisike said:
Just tried Books and it works fine.
You need BooksTablet.apk, i used ES File explorer to install it. It will give a error that it wasn't installed but after a restart the Books icon appears and works.
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Sure the app works but have you tried to download a book?

danum said:
Sure the app works but have you tried to download a book?
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Downloaded Alice in wonderland. Books keeps uninstalling though
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[Q] bought a new phone but still want to use droid x as pda

hi i was wondering since i bought a new phone and verizon deactivated my dx, if it was possible to somehow install something that would allow me to use it as just a pda (with no data or phone service, just wifi)?
why? because i want to

Just enable airplane mode then enable wifi. Should work just fine.

zehkaiser said:
Just enable airplane mode then enable wifi. Should work just fine.
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so i can still turn it on?

ok just got it to work. AWSOME!! the funny thing is verizon told me that it would NOT even turn on if it wasn't connected to a number on their network!

loismustdie555 said:
ok just got it to work. AWSOME!! the funny thing is verizon told me that it would NOT even turn on if it wasn't connected to a number on their network!
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Does the GPS work?

amaruk27 said:
Does the GPS work?
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On stock roms GPS doesn't work without activation; however, on roms such as CyanogenMod you can use GPS without having activated the phone.
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loismustdie555 said:
ok just got it to work. AWSOME!! the funny thing is verizon told me that it would NOT even turn on if it wasn't connected to a number on their network!
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Did they really tell you that? When the phone comes new from the factory it isn't activated. I guess they use elven magic to activate it *eyeroll* Verizon reps are serious bullsh!t artists.
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On stock roms GPS doesn't work without activation; however, on roms such as CyanogenMod you can use GPS without having activated the phone.
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That figures. Of course I'd take CM over stock any day.

amaruk27 said:
Did they really tell you that? When the phone comes new from the factory it isn't activated. I guess they use elven magic to activate it *eyeroll* Verizon reps are serious bullsh!t artists.
That figures. Of course I'd take CM over stock any day.
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Yes they are. In fact they even told me I couldn't buy my new phone "unless it was connected to a phone number and their data package".
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loismustdie555 said:
hi i was wondering since i bought a new phone and verizon deactivated my dx, if it was possible to somehow install something that would allow me to use it as just a pda (with no data or phone service, just wifi)?
why? because i want to
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I want to do the same thing, however, when I turn my DE-ACTIVATED Droid X on the only option I get is "Welcome to Droid X, Touch thr Android to Begin" and then it wants to call Verizon to get the phone activated.
There is no way to get to "Airplane Mode" or any other menu.
Please help ...

wikowsky said:
I want to do the same thing, however, when I turn my DE-ACTIVATED Droid X on the only option I get is "Welcome to Droid X, Touch thr Android to Begin" and then it wants to call Verizon to get the phone activated.
There is no way to get to "Airplane Mode" or any other menu.
Please help ...
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I believe that touching the four corners of the activation screen exits the activation window.
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infazzdar said:
I believe that touching the four corners of the activation screen exits the activation window.
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Noticing that the wifi tether problem keeps coming back for my Droid X, I was wondering if anyone has a solution. Today is Nov 17, 2011 and I find solutions as far back as August, but nothing more recent.
I got my Droid RAZR fixed in about 5 minutes using SQLite editing line 150 changeing the "1" to a "0" and now I use the Verizon Hotspot button and tethering works great, although none of the wifi tether apps will work.
Has anyone found a similar fix for the Droid X?
Thanks in advance!

Sprint SM-N915P working Native Hotspot

Through a little searching on the Note 4 threads, I found what was working for them, and simply tried it on my Edge.
-Installed the Galaxy Tools app, (not on playstore, see link below) opened app and enabled Native Hotspot.
-Rebooted, configured Native Hotspot, rebooted again.
-Started Native Hotspot, connected to PC. Initial connection took a minute, but it works great. :good:
Check out the link below.
Thanks and donations should go to-----> idone http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-sprint/themes-apps/app-one-click-hotspot-enabler-menus-t2816159
*My device is rooted, but this may work without root with the Galaxy Tools app. Sorry- ROOT Required for this method ! But hey, Why wouldn't you root? -Thats not really a question, but some people have "reasons"...
May work on other variants according to the app developer.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand thanks again to you sir! Also donated to idone for a couple of beers. Cheers!

Excellent find but you need to be rooted for this to work. The software is so smart it tells you this when you try! Believe me, I just tried it with an unrooted Edge.

CWGrizzwold said:
Excellent find but you need to be rooted for this to work. The software is so smart it tells you this when you try! Believe me, I just tried it with an unrooted Edge.
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Thanks, just saw that at the VERY top of the post... So ya root required.

How did you guys get this to work? It doesn't work for me.
Neither Sqlite "add dun" nor the Galaxytools works.
My phone reboots and repprovisions itself and reactivates.
I am rooted.

Works great. A+

ZenInsight said:
How did you guys get this to work? It doesn't work for me.
Neither Sqlite "add dun" nor the Galaxytools works.
My phone reboots and repprovisions itself and reactivates.
I am rooted.
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Hmmm... I did it last week. I don't recall there being anything special I did other than click on the "Enable Native Hotspot" button and then I clicked on "Add all Notifications Toggles" down below that in order to add the "Mobile hotspot" toggle to the Notification bar drop down.
Let us know.

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Hmmm... I did it last week. I don't recall there being anything special I did other than click on the "Enable Native Hotspot" button and then I clicked on "Add all Notifications Toggles" down below that in order to add the "Mobile hotspot" toggle to the Notification bar drop down.
Let us know.
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1. You can't do it if you are in the area of an AirRave
2. You must have "CMDA/LTE" selected in the more mobile networks options. ---Although, once you are done and back in the area you are staying in and don't need a hotspot, choosing CDMA only get's a MUCH better signal.
Then yes, the GalaxyTools app will work.

If you select CDMA only do you still get 4G since you are not selecting LTE?

Next1776 said:
Through a little searching on the Note 4 threads, I found what was working for them, and simply tried it on my Edge.
-Installed the Galaxy Tools app, (not on playstore, see link below) opened app and enabled Native Hotspot.
-Rebooted, configured Native Hotspot, rebooted again.
-Started Native Hotspot, connected to PC. Initial connection took a minute, but it works great. :good:
Check out the link below.
Thanks and donations should go to-----> idone http://forum.xda-developers.com/not.../app-one-click-hotspot-enabler-menus-t2816159
*My device is rooted, but this may work without root with the Galaxy Tools app. Sorry- ROOT Required for this method ! But hey, Why wouldn't you root? -Thats not really a question, but some people have "reasons"...
May work on other variants according to the app developer.
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How did you root it. Sprint right?
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primo523 said:
How did you root it. Sprint right?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-edge/general/info-galaxy-note-edge-sm-n915-t2945942
you'll need to adjust the method for sprint by getting the sprint chainfire autoroot
it worked fine for me

I for some reason could not get this to work. I read this thread and the other and still cant figure out why. After i select enable and reboot, when i go to turn on the tether it gives me the nag and i lose data signal and then it shuts down. I am rooted and i had cdma selected in the main menus. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Billy
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joedirt2346 said:
I for some reason could not get this to work. I read this thread and the other and still cant figure out why. After i select enable and reboot, when i go to turn on the tether it gives me the nag and i lose data signal and then it shuts down. I am rooted and i had cdma selected in the main menus. Any ideas?
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Billy
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so:
1. placed files on micro sd
2. flashed twrp via odin?
3. flashed files via twrp?
4. enabled root?
5. grabbed galaxy tools from the play store?
6. enjoying freeness?

Did 1-4, root confirmed with supersu and titanium backup and a few other apps that require root. Got galaxytools from the above note4 thread. Tried both methods in gtools app. Both ended up with same result. No tether. Tried both with cdma only selected in settings. Both resulted in tether starting, then immediately lose data signal, then nag about not having the tether plan, then tether closing.
Billy
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joedirt2346 said:
Did 1-4, root confirmed with supersu and titanium backup and a few other apps that require root. Got galaxytools from the above note4 thread. Tried both methods in gtools app. Both ended up with same result. No tether. Tried both with cdma only selected in settings. Both resulted in tether starting, then immediately lose data signal, then nag about not having the tether plan, then tether closing.
Billy
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i'm not sure whats going on then. I'd rather say, " i don't know" than start making stuff up and wasting your time.
hold on. someone will chime in.

Talked to the dev about this
joedirt2346 said:
Did 1-4, root confirmed with supersu and titanium backup and a few other apps that require root. Got galaxytools from the above note4 thread. Tried both methods in gtools app. Both ended up with same result. No tether. Tried both with cdma only selected in settings. Both resulted in tether starting, then immediately lose data signal, then nag about not having the tether plan, then tether closing.
Billy
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Ok two questions are you doing a Profile update after you run the program? If so you are rewriting the modification and that will remove the ability to use the tether hence the statement that you don't have a data plan with tether message.
2nd Do you have a Airrave? If so you CANT USE the tether with that running, also if your towers are not running well in your area you will see the lost data connection at times, simply turn the tether on again or your local towers don't have the capacity to use the tether at this time. Which leads to the question have you used it anywhere else other then where you have tried to use it now? (i.e in a location with better towers)

cvaria said:
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you'll need to adjust the method for sprint by getting the sprint chainfire autoroot
it worked fine for me
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looks like the sprint version is Not working dated 11/26 ?? Did you go the tmobile route? Can you explain which route you went to Root the sprint version?

I initially tried the spring method and when it didnt work i ended up flashing the tmobile version. Im guessing this tether thing doesnt work because of the towers around here. Although the sprint coverage map doesnt show it working here, i do get the spark icon at the top. I hadnt been updating profile or any of that other stuff, it just doesnt work even in cdma only. Im sure somebody will make a rom soon that will get tethering working
Thanks
Billy
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Went the T-Mobile after failing the sprint version, got her rooted and hot spot enabled =) using the method in this thread

I followed the tmo method but subbed the chainfire sprint root package. Somethong you are doing isnt right. Im not sut what it is but its off.