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ok i have wi-fi tether on my epic 4g and i get up to 3.68mbps on 4g when browsing the internet and downloading files. HOWEVER when im trying to watch videos for example on hulu.com or southparkstudios.com when the page is contanstly using the internet i only get up to 800kbs 100-300kbps being the regular so the videos buffer like evey 5 to 10 secondds and its so goddamn annoying. is there a problem with my tether??? cuz ive done it on 2.1 and 2.2 custom and stock roms and its all the same result. any help?advise?suggestions?? thank u!!!
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ok i have wi-fi tether on my epic 4g and i get up to 3.68mbps on 4g when browsing the internet and downloading files. HOWEVER when im trying to watch videos for example on hulu.com or southparkstudios.com when the page is contanstly using the internet i only get up to 800kbs 100-300kbps being the regular so the videos buffer like evey 5 to 10 secondds and its so goddamn annoying. is there a problem with my tether??? cuz ive done it on 2.1 and 2.2 custom and stock roms and its all the same result. any help?advise?suggestions?? thank u!!!
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Did you remove the streaming proxy sprint setup?
Also 4mb/sec? do you have full 4g bars on your phone I'm guessing?
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Did you remove the streaming proxy sprint setup?
Also 4mb/sec? do you have full 4g bars on your phone I'm guessing?
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If its that thing where u have 2 set the numbers 2 o and 0.0.0.0 yeah I did, and yeah I get all 3 bars of 4g here in nyc
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Ill have to try hulu.com when I get to the house where I get 4g,,,but I use netflix from work all the time no problem.It does buffer for 2-3mins,but after that its smooth,quality will try to shift to HD when I get a great signal,but I disable HD so I dont get interruptions...Ill get back to you in about 8 hours.
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Okay, thank u so much dude.this is been driving me insane lol
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Ok,well hulu.com is working very smooth on 4g here Now its time for you to trouble shoot,I bet it has somthing to do with syncing.See what you have syncing in the background.
Well I have the gmail, feeds n updates, weather bug, foursquare, facebook, myfitnesspal apps on
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Oh and fring and dictionary.com and then everything else that's always on so idk
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okay im starting 2 think thats its the website bcuz when i use pdanet it shows that the available bandwith its up 2 1.26 mbps but with wifi tether it only shows up 2 1mbps but always buffers every 5 to 10 seconds n with pdanet not as much at all
So after flashing Royal Glacier 1.3 from 1.2 I noticed that my apps were downloading at a very slow rate. About 30 min each. I ran Speedtest.net app and could only get .35 download speed and .17 upload speed. I usually hit around 5 Mbps down or better.
I have re flashed, wiped everything, got a new Sim card activated, check to see if T mobile was throttling my account and no they aren't. I decided to give up on Royal Glacier which I haven't done since 1.1 came out. So I flashed the new CM7 and I am still having the data issue. WTF!
Can someone please help. I'm going nuts trying to solve this and no one in the Royal Glacier thread reached out when I posted this there.
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So after flashing Royal Glacier 1.3 from 1.2 I noticed that my apps were downloading at a very slow rate. About 30 min each. I ran Speedtest.net app and could only get .35 download speed and .17 upload speed. I usually hit around 5 Mbps down or better.
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Those speeds typically mean you are throttled.
Yea.. have you been downloading a ton of stuff with your phone? I would jump online and see what your usage is for the month.
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I have checked with T-Mobile and my online account. Not even close to being throttled. Any other ideas?
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guttus said:
I have checked with T-Mobile and my online account. Not even close to being throttled. Any other ideas?
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Mine did that a few times... seems like some rom's have different radios? no clue... try flashing one of the radios from this thread... i found the 1st one the most stable... i'm currently trying the 3rd which was recently posted and seems to be pretty stable... also - if you have engineering hboot i found it easier to flash using fastboot...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059347
So I've been using Barnacle to tether to my laptop at work when I get bored. Yesterday I went to login to facebook and Whamo! A TMobile splash page pops ups talking about getting a tethering plan! That's the only page I can access now when I try to tether. Sucks!!! Looks like they finally caught on.
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yeah. People started getting these a few weeks ago. Go ahead and use that search bar.
yeah. People started getting these a few weeks ago. Go ahead and use that search bar.
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Go ahead and EDIT....... Do NOT swear on the forum
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How about you use the built in access point in settings? That still works. Barnacle is garbage.
Sdobron said:
How about you use the built in access point in settings? That still works. Barnacle is garbage.
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If you have a custom ROM (Most of them added this in) you can use the stock Samsung AP:
Settings--> Wireless and Network--> Mobile AP. Then go to settings, set up your SSID and security phrase, check to enable, enjoy.
Been using it sparingly at work when I need to get around the firewall, worked as of about 45 minutes ago.
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If you have a custom ROM (Most of them added this in) you can use the stock Samsung AP:
Settings--> Wireless and Network--> Mobile AP. Then go to settings, set up your SSID and security phrase, check to enable, enjoy.
Been using it sparingly at work when I need to get around the firewall, worked as of about 45 minutes ago.
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Thanks. I'll try that. I had a feeling there would be a work around.
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I tether my Wi-Fi tab to my Vibrant every day I commute to work, did that this morning as well with no issues using Mobile AP.
more butt hurt:
If ONLY my phone had this capability built into it... o wait. Mobile AP.
s15274n said:
more butt hurt:
If ONLY my phone had this capability built into it... o wait. Mobile AP.
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I knew that AP was built in. Ive just had issues with it not working with my PC... barnacle has always worked perfectly with my setup. No need to be a ****.
djordan79 said:
I knew that AP was built in. Ive just had issues with it not working with my PC... barnacle has always worked perfectly with my setup. No need to be a ****.
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My post wasnt directed at you, more the humor of "butt hurt"
Mobile AP is far superior, not sure why you would have issues with it.
What do you mean?
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s15274n said:
My post wasnt directed at you, more the humor of "butt hurt"
Mobile AP is far superior, not sure why you would have issues with it.
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My bad! And AP isn't working either. Still getting the tmo splash page.
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If ap isnt working.....might be a bad flash
...it works well for me atleast for other people using me as thier wifi hot spot and for my kids wii
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My bad! And AP isn't working either. Still getting the tmo splash page.
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If you are still getting the splash page its possible that you tether wayy too much and T-Mobile has flagged your account for tethering exorbitantly.
On average how much data do you reckon you tether on a monthly basis? (btw im tethering right now to send this message) I tether roughly 1-2 gig at most per month but its spread out over the course of the month.
If you dont tether that much or that often i would suggest starting fresh with a clean install of another or the same rom, if that still doesnt work it sounds like you are SOL.
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If you are still getting the splash page its possible that you tether wayy too much and T-Mobile has flagged your account for tethering exorbitantly.
On average how much data do you reckon you tether on a monthly basis? (btw im tethering right now to send this message) I tether roughly 1-2 gig at most per month but its spread out over the course of the month.
If you dont tether that much or that often i would suggest starting fresh with a clean install of another or the same rom, if that still doesnt work it sounds like you are SOL.
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This.
10 char.
Thread cleaned. Read the rules people, and keep it friendly or you face the prospect of an infraction leading to a ban.
s15274n said:
My post wasnt directed at you, more the humor of "butt hurt"
Mobile AP is far superior, not sure why you would have issues with it.
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I agree with you about the Mobile AP, it's the best. The people who contribute to this Vibrant Forum are also awesome, the amount you have taught me thank you.
Kept my Vibrant (in soft brick at the moment but will fix it) but got hung up in the moment at a TMO store and bought the SGS 4G. Couldn't let go of the Vibrant so was playing with both. The Vibrant is going to be a hard phone to do better on! Off to return the now unrooted SGS 4G to exchange for a different phone or just return. This Vibrant forum spoiled me and then to see what's going on on the SGS 4G forum is just sad.
Here you are apologizing or explaining yourself which is was really nice, on the SGS 4G forum all they do is blast people. I will being hitting the Thanks button more after my experience over there. Thanks for all you've done to contribute to this forum.
I have read posts of others getting this page randomly using every tether app regardless ie, Mobile AP, Barnacle, wifi tether. Once in a while i might have to reset my settings or turn off/on tethering and it werks again but its just for a bad connection never the "Tmobile tethering plan" page.
I have been capped once before and received the dreaded throttle down txt message. It only affected my tether ability the phones internet really didn't take a hit at all. At least not noticeably. Other than the throttle down (which has nothing to do with Mobile AP werkin and is totally my fault) I personally have not had any issues with it.
Still get the tmo splash page on my laptop at work..... but can get internet just fine at home on my iMac..... both using AP.... weird
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Mobile AP working fine for me...
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I am running Juggernaut ROM and used it to tether quite heavily this past few days. I received a text message from T Mobile telling me to sign up for their tethering plan. I think they were monitoring the amount of data usage I was using and I exceeded some limit over a certain time frame. Is there anyway around this? Previously I only tethered for a few hours at most. Thanks.
No way around it
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Google how to change the user agent on your internet browser. The T-mobile upsell page only shows up when it detects you're using a desktop browser via the user agent. Try tethering to a tablet or Google Chrome with the user agent set to Firefox and it works fine even after they send you the message saying your tethering is blocked.
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sffish said:
I am running Juggernaut ROM and used it to tether quite heavily this past few days. I received a text message from T Mobile telling me to sign up for their tethering plan. I think they were monitoring the amount of data usage I was using and I exceeded some limit over a certain time frame. Is there anyway around this? Previously I only tethered for a few hours at most. Thanks.
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Use the wifi tether root app I've been using it since day one and never got in trouble
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Wow i tether for 2 months my PC my xbox and everything and tmobile said nothing ;D
so what, they cannot prove it, I used to tether 5gb a month with horrible Sprint and got a few notices as well.
fastfed said:
so what, they cannot prove it, I used to tether 5gb a month with horrible Sprint and got a few notices as well.
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They can prove it actually they can see the mac address of every device on their network and they know if a device using their network isn't a phone or isn't one of their phones
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The quick workaround for the tether monitor upsell is to use a VPN... You can use a free service (I use VPN Reactor) or a paid service (such as StrongVPN).
To find and setup VPN Reactor, use HTTPS://www.google.com to perform a search... VPN Reactor is a secure (HTTPS) site and the upsell notice will not appear (which you might have noticed when checking any other secure site, such as GMail).
I hope this helps those looking for a solution to the tether upsell notice.
Idk if this is possible but using cm9 and aokp I have had no problems with tethering, and from what I have been reading perhaps aosp derivative roms don't have this issue?
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No problems here using the native tethering app.......haven't had any messages or run ins with the upsell page. BTW I'm using FIREFOX on my laptop with some add-ons.
I opened titanium backup and froze "tethering manager" and now I can tether for free.
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schquigly said:
I opened titanium backup and froze "tethering manager" and now I can tether for free.
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They still know you're doing it.
I got this same text message from TMobile, even though they recommended getting a tethering plan I didn't and they said I wouldn't be able to tether anymore.
To this day I'm still tethering, so I don't believe they can do anything to stop the tethering if you are on a custom ROM.
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thatkidfades said:
I got this same text message from TMobile, even though they recommended getting a tethering plan I didn't and they said I wouldn't be able to tether anymore.
To this day I'm still tethering, so I don't believe they can do anything to stop the tethering if you are on a custom ROM.
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I dunno what they can do about it. Maybe charge you? Maybe shut down your data completely? Who knows
Wow I had just rooted my cousins phone and came across this issue as he got two text messages briefly after tethering.
download Logging Test App and the pro key off the market, gets rid of CIQ in juggs and not to mention makes the phone run like its ass is on fire... just be sure to run threw everything, and try not to brick yourself.... and if you don't backup and loose your os.. i just might die laughing
after running this i no longer got thoes nasty " we know your tethering " texts
Edit: i forgot to post the link lol http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17612559
schquigly said:
I opened titanium backup and froze "tethering manager" and now I can tether for free.
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No, you cant. Freezing that does not somehow hide your tethering data usage
BTW TMo will be stopping free tethering with ICS: http://support.t-mobile.com/thread/25504?start=0&tstart=0
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...e-tethering-if-you-ever-had-it-to-begin-with/
http://androidcommunity.com/t-mobiles-free-tethering-ends-with-ics-upgrades-20120515/
blackangst said:
No, you cant. Freezing that does not somehow hide your tethering data usage
BTW TMo will be stopping free tethering with ICS: http://support.t-mobile.com/thread/25504?start=0&tstart=0
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...e-tethering-if-you-ever-had-it-to-begin-with/
http://androidcommunity.com/t-mobiles-free-tethering-ends-with-ics-upgrades-20120515/
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yeah, you've got to get rid of tethering manager completely.... in other words find a rom that doesn't need it!
TMo can stop you from tethering if they want to, It's just a balance of the expected revenue gain and the likely backlash. If a nasty message accomplishes one without the other, it's a no brainer.
If you are rooted on a custom rom from the development section most likely you shouldn't receive any messages. That doesn't mean they aren't tracking your data. You will be throttled to 60kbs when you've reached the limit. For most people that's 2 or 5 gigs of data. There used to be a work around for the throttle but it's been patched.
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I was just curious how hard it would be to get around it. Thanks!!!
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Well I'm using my WiFi hotspot with tmobiles New data plan for the last 45 mins no problem.
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Tried tethering myself without any success. Get redirected to the hotspots page advising upgrading to a tethering plan. Also attempted to tether using multiple 3rd party apps to no avail any assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated
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Did you try changing your access point names?
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im on tmobiles new unlimited data plan as of today and so far ive used ALOT of data today... alot meaning im syncing my google drive on my computer using tmobile hotspot feature for my mytouch 4g running 3.5 sense rom... it works great... i do believe i did configure google chrome to not redirect to tmobiles page saying that i need to buy the hotspot feature.
Awesome buddy.keep me posted on how that all wirksout for you.and you said that you have used alot of data how much is a lot 1Gig? Thanks for your input.Did you have to change your access point names at all. Thanks!!!
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how much is a lot 1Gig?
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LOLOLOLOL. Ive used 3GBs in less then 48 hours.
Just wondering what you're using as your apns did some googling but there seems to be quite a few different ones. What are you guys currently using. Also if you could please answer if you managed to get it working with the standard pe installed hot spot app or a 3rd party app
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Yeah, I am kinda worried about the whole tethering situation.
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im on tmobiles new unlimited data plan as of today and so far ive used ALOT of data today... alot meaning im syncing my google drive on my computer using tmobile hotspot feature for my mytouch 4g running 3.5 sense rom... it works great... i do believe i did configure google chrome to not redirect to tmobiles page saying that i need to buy the hotspot feature.
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have you been blocked by tmobile at all? i have. if you haven't what was your work around?
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have you been blocked by tmobile at all? i have. if you haven't what was your work around?
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Try using Agent Switch Pro for chrome on the latest Opera setting. That's how I'm doing it.
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Vain III said:
Try using Agent Switch Pro for chrome on the latest Opera setting. That's how I'm doing it.
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Keep us posted. I switched over this afternoon and am going to give this a try tonight. Thanks.
Nothing to keep posted. I've been using that technique from the beginning and have had no trouble.
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I tried it on my galaxy s3 using t-mobile hot spot and it kept redirecting my me to sign up for the hot spot plan. However, I did use a different WiFi router app and was able to tether. I am rooted btw.
Tether did not work with my S3, but does with my G2 and current S2's Did not get a chance to try a different rom on the S3 before sale tho so not sure about that.
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Tether did not work with my S3, but does with my G2 and current S2's Did not get a chance to try a different rom on the S3 before sale tho so not sure about that.
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Probably a stupid question on XDA, but are you rooted and running custom roms on your S2s? I'm interested if anyone has tried this on stock firmware with one of thee non-root tethering apps. I would test myself but I can't remember the last time I had a phone with stock firmware.
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Probably a stupid question on XDA, but are you rooted and running custom roms on your S2s? I'm interested if anyone has tried this on stock firmware with one of thee non-root tethering apps. I would test myself but I can't remember the last time I had a phone with stock firmware.
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i only tried foxfi and it worked but it was on prepaid 4g sim
i rooted shortly after and will get the splash page wo agent switching as stated above
my ladys first s3 wouldnt tether til rooted using an old wifi tether app, her replacement s3 i havn't had a chance to root yet and most likely won't. tether much til i flash custom
only problem i have now is xbox live wont let me see my friends, partyies, etc
no matter the settings, i can still play and Netflix
anyone else have that issue?
i tried vpn, but it wouldn't connect and i am in over my head trying to learn on the fly at the moment
So your using your phone as a WiFi hotspot to power your Xbox for you can stream Netflix?how is that working out for you so far.and your using a Samsung 3. Thanks!!!
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Mesaman2012 said:
So your using your phone as a WiFi hotspot to power your Xbox for you can stream Netflix?how is that working out for you so far.and your using a Samsung 3. Thanks!!!
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Yep I used both the s2 and s3 sucessfully.....
There is also another topic explaining another method of replacing ur apn in the general subforum of the tmobile s3
As for the s2 there is threads for apns and then for user agents
Live throws a code stating that some items may not be available but playing and netflix green light
Updates you have to dl on ur pc then transfer it to ur xbox by disc, etc storage medium
I have also changed my dns servers but I can still use tmobiles dns and do both
I use to have a full live experience until the last 360 update and now something borked....nebody have ideas? Lol
So I should have no problem using my sensation as a hotspot to power my roku box to stream Netflix to my t.v. right? Thanks!!!
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