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Tethering blocked?

I have been using mobile ap on my vibrant, but today it suddenly stopped. Data still works fine from the phone, but my pc (win 7 64) can't load a thing.
I get a solid wifi connection, just no internet. Tried usb tether and got the same thing. If I switch to the neighbor's wifi (shh...) it works fine. Flashed the new mobile ap for JI6, no dice.
the only reason I have my suspicions it may be blocked is that this happened after about 2 hours of streaming hulu. definitely not throttled, though bc I'm getting at least 1.2 Mbps on speed test on the phone. Also don't eat a ton of data other then today, so I'm sure I'm not at that 5GB limit.
Any thoughts?
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tangent but i thought t-mobile removed that 5gb limit and would just throttle speed after hitting that "limit"?

anthonys2r said:
tangent but i thought t-mobile removed that 5gb limit and would just throttle speed after hitting that "limit"?
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That's what I meant. They don't cut you off per se, they just make it unbearably slow for the rest of the billing cycle after 5GB
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I haven't tried today, but yesterday I was able to do it just fine. JI6 and AP for JI6. If I get a chance to try it today, I'll let you know if it's still working for me.
I do think I remember seeing another thread with a similar problem, not sure if it ever got resolved.

Same thing happened to me but tmobile said there was maintenance in my area. I haven't tried it this morning to confirm its working yet.
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Ilmoran said:
I haven't tried today, but yesterday I was able to do it just fine. JI6 and AP for JI6. If I get a chance to try it today, I'll let you know if it's still working for me.
I do think I remember seeing another thread with a similar problem, not sure if it ever got resolved.
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Ya, I'm sure it isn't everybody or there'd be a **** storm in the forums. I'm just wondering if maybe tmo looks at the rate of data condones consumed and figures the high rate must be tethered and somehow blocks that traffic?
Hoping that's not the case and I just need to change some connection settings.
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felix.akinyemi said:
Same thing happened to me but tmobile said there was maintenance in my area. I haven't tried it this morning to confirm its working yet.
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You were able to get a data connection on the phone, though? I don't see how tower maitenance (or any other kind) could affect only the tethered device...
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israel941 said:
You were able to get a data connection on the phone, though? I don't see how tower maitenance (or any other kind) could affect only the tethered device...
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I was till about 1:30am today. I had 3 bars but no 3G or E icon on top. I couldn't use data at all on my phone but I could call and txt.
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felix.akinyemi said:
I was till about 1:30am today. I had 3 bars but no 3G or E icon on top. I couldn't use data at all on my phone but I could call and txt.
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That's totally different, and makes more sense. In my case, data on the phone hasn't at all been an issue - just my pc when it's tethered to my phone.
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Does anyone know if T-Mobile allow tethering with regular data plans with up to 5 gigs, or do you have to pay extra?

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Does anyone know if T-Mobile allow tethering with regular data plans with up to 5 gigs, or do you have to pay extra?
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Tethering is technically against t-mobile's T&C, however, they are really pretty lenient about it. In fact, as a rep, we used to help people set up their blackberries to tether until recently. That's the way it should be, I think. Let me use my data access and if I reach the throttle point in a couple hours and have it throttled the other 29 days, that should be my call.
Anyway, that's a tangent. Good news is, I downloaded barnacle and selected "skip wpa_supplicant" in the settings and it's working great now. Not sure what the issue was before since samsung's mobile ap DID work fine for the last couple months. ::shrug:: i can return to "abusing" my t-mobile web access now.

Good to know... I saw there's "Wireless Tether" app or something like that, which I'm guessing basically makes your phone a Wireless AP... has anyone tried it?

Wait up...cap is 5gb. Last month I heard cap was 10gb
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5gb now for phones. Starting the 16th
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disturkis4u said:
5gb now for phones. Starting the 16th
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If I am under contract can I get out of my contract at no charge since they changed their policy?
I would like to switch carriers, I only get 20-300kbps in my area on 3g and it keeps getting worse.

israel941 said:
I have been using mobile ap on my vibrant, but today it suddenly stopped. Data still works fine from the phone, but my pc (win 7 64) can't load a thing.
I get a solid wifi connection, just no internet. Tried usb tether and got the same thing. If I switch to the neighbor's wifi (shh...) it works fine. Flashed the new mobile ap for JI6, no dice.
the only reason I have my suspicions it may be blocked is that this happened after about 2 hours of streaming hulu. definitely not throttled, though bc I'm getting at least 1.2 Mbps on speed test on the phone. Also don't eat a ton of data other then today, so I'm sure I'm not at that 5GB limit.
Any thoughts?
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I ran into this issue attempting to run the JI2 MobileAP on JI6(and JI5), but I've not attempted to run JI6 MobileAP on JI6 for fear of having the same issue.
To get around this, I USB tethered off my phone and setup and adhoc on my laptop using that connection for others to connect too.

Ilmoran said:
I haven't tried today, but yesterday I was able to do it just fine. JI6 and AP for JI6. If I get a chance to try it today, I'll let you know if it's still working for me.
I do think I remember seeing another thread with a similar problem, not sure if it ever got resolved.
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I thought it was 10 GB?

Is the throttling back an automatic thing? I pulled in a bit over 10gb this month and haven't experienced any slowdowns (right now I'm pulling 5.5mbps down and 1.3mbps up).

http://www.tmonews.com/2010/10/t-mobile-reducing-data-cap-will-throttle-speeds-after-5gb-of-usage/
supposedly on the 16th after 5gb data speed will be slowed, before it was 10gb

Kubernetes said:
Is the throttling back an automatic thing? I pulled in a bit over 10gb this month and haven't experienced any slowdowns (right now I'm pulling 5.5mbps down and 1.3mbps up).
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Bear in mind also that the throttle limit (10gb now/possibly 5gb later on) only applies to the data you have used when connected with 3g/Edge. Wifi is a wonderful thing when tethering!

[Q] 4g tethering

Ok so I have been searching the forums for a few days now and have yet to find the answer to my question. So please don't bash me for not using the search function cuz I did. There is a good chance that my question has already been answered and if it has please direct me to the proper thread. Otherwise my issue is that my epic is rooted as of a few days ago cuz I moved into an apartment and I don't have any Internet yet. Not for a few weeks, but I am using the android wifi tether app. That's working good for me except I am not getting any 4g speed through it. If I'm lucky i will get maybe 1 to 1.5 Mbps but most of the time less than 1 mbps. Does anyone know if the wifi App supports wimax speeds or not. Yes I have 4g coverage in my area. Where I am sitting right now on my phone speed test results are above 3.5 to 4 mbps. But while using my iPad (which I am using to write this) via wifi tether app speed tests are dreadfully low. Same with all other devices I have tried connecting like my xbox or laptop. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Is that the results withe 4g on? 3-4mbs? I get that with 3g untethered 4g untethered is around 8mbs. Have you tried testing it in another area? You might just be in a 4g deadspot. With wifi tether I get 3-4mbs on 4g. I can't really tell you where to go for info but those numbers sound more like 3g to me.
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Yes that is with 4g on. Where my phone is this very second. I have 2 bars of 4g signal. And it's working fine for me. Sitting side by side with 4g activated and wifi tethering on. My phone will get 4mbps and iPad will get 1.5mbps. From the same server on speediest.net. And I run the tests at separate times so they don't conflict for bandwidth.
Update: just ran test again.
iPad - 350ms ping 1.63mbps download .86mbps upload
Phone - 122ms ping 3.96mbps download 1.2mbps upload

This is a known issue..it happens in android-wifi-tether and mobile-ap as well..its definitely using the 4g connection and wifi should be capable of transmitting more..I mean even the lowest is capable of 11mbps..but N should be a lot higher.
As far as I know there is no solution yet...the EVO had the same issue at one point but it was fixed I hear..

Maybe it has something to do with the settings on your phone. I noticed with mine that my speed would just climb and climb then suddenly just drop at around 8. It wouldn't be a slow climb either it's like it's actually being throttled somehow. Try clearing the cache or something, but for some reason those number just don't sound right to me.
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Any idea how or what fixed it?

Just factory reset my phone last night.. And as for the numbers.. I know right.. Something isn't working here..

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Any idea how or what fixed it?
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In their case it had to do with a routing table..but that routing table was for HTC devices so its not related to ours...
Both Mobile-AP and Android-Wifi-Tether experience the same issue as well :/..I do not think its wifi related either..it must be something in between the software and the sending to wifi.
Reason I say this is if you try the device with 4g on 1 bar, then 4g on 2 bars, then 4g on 3 bars on both the device and on phone you will see the speeds vary..example:
1 bar
phone: 4mbps/1mbps
laptop: 0.5mbps/0.03mbs
2bars
phone: 7mpbs/1mbps
laptop: 2mbps/1mbps
If it was the wifi speed, then the speed would not have dropped so much.. something in between is effecting it

Oh.. That makes sense. It's just too bad though. Thanks for helping me understand.

Probably the way the wifi and 4g radios are set up and how they interact with each other, maybe 4g has more priority than wifi. I'm just guessing though. I don't know much
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Just FYI I too was getting slow speeds but with Sprints hotspot that I was paying $30 a month for. Needless to say I cancel the feature and will seek rooting my phone and add the free tethering, casue at those speeds it isnt worth it.

Sounds like the problem you are having might be caused by something that is the result of 4G and Wifi frequencies being the similar. If you are using both frequencies in a close proximity such as a room or house the frequencies have a high likeliness of causing interferences by reflecting off each other. A way to test this would be to compare wirless tethered speeds to wired ones on the same device.... Hope this helps.

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Sounds like the problem you are having might be caused by something that is the result of 4G and Wifi frequencies being the similar. If you are using both frequencies in a close proximity such as a room or house the frequencies have a high likeliness of causing interferences by reflecting off each other. A way to test this would be to compare wirless tethered speeds to wired ones on the same device.... Hope this helps.
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Thing is its getting full speed on the device...at the time its using wimax..so wimax is not having the issue..not to mention..there is a relation to the wimax bars and the wimax speed which is strange...

[Q] Sprint Hotspot app on Evo?

I'm running mikfroyo 4.5, and I'm stoked about this rumor of the xoom wifi hitting sams club next month for 540. I loved the demo unit at the best buy closest to me, but of course in that one spot I didnt get 3g and I didnt bother trying 4g (pretty scarce in CT). Can anyone confirm that the sprint mobile hotspot app can give wifi to the xoom? I was reading another thread where the wifi tether app didnt so im a tad nervous.

I know the evo works with the xoom, but I use the built in cm hotspot.
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I am running the Sprint Lovers ROM on my EVO and have no issues giving WiFi to my Xoom. Cause there is no way I paying for the ridiculous data rates with Verizon, especially since I have unlimited 3G/4G through Sprint.

patass said:
I'm running mikfroyo 4.5, and I'm stoked about this rumor of the xoom wifi hitting sams club next month for 540. I loved the demo unit at the best buy closest to me, but of course in that one spot I didnt get 3g and I didnt bother trying 4g (pretty scarce in CT). Can anyone confirm that the sprint mobile hotspot app can give wifi to the xoom? I was reading another thread where the wifi tether app didnt so im a tad nervous.
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The issue using the Evo with the Xoom is the people using the Wireless Tether app, which in that case puts the Evo into 'Ad-Hoc' mode, whereas using built in tether on a AOSP ROM, for example, makes a normal 'Infrastructure' mode that the Xoom can connect to.
As I understand it, that is.

sorry someone answered this for me on the evo forum thanks..

I use fresh and setup wireless tether on 4g and the xoom flies with it.

[Q] Sprint doesn't allow 4G tethering?

Currently using Mikshift (latest) with BC's 1.8 kernel, although i don't really know if these has anything to do with my problem.
I have 4G on, and i have a fairly consistent "fair" connection. however, whenever i try to do a wired tether, as soon as i select the "tether" option on the list, the 4g connection drops, tries to reconnect and fails, then reconnects again as soon as i get out of tether mode.
tethering does work, but only with a 3G connection
is this a sprint policy, or is there something going on here? I'm paying $10 extra for stupid 4G, i better be able to tether with it.

Tethering with 4G right now, using PdaNet. Do it all the time.

You can't tether 4g with the built in sprint tether, you need to use a third party app. And for some reason the free third party apps don't work in 3g, so you have to bounce back and forth.
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Just use wireless tether
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Thanks for the responses.
I actually just opted to just 3rd party, easytether. Anyone know why 4g cannot be tethered? Is it just sprint being stingy?
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Why not use wireless tether...you can use 4g lol setup a hotspot for xbox..works
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The computer I needed to tether doesn't have wifi. (It's a desktop pc)
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Built in wireless tether with evervolv works very well, will update on 4g capability tomorrow afternoon
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Even with wireless tether I get a slow connection with 4 g I think they cap it

Wireless tether seems to work fine in both 3g and 4g modes for me, no problems here I haven't seen any type of cap.

Rob_ec said:
Even with wireless tether I get a slow connection with 4 g I think they cap it
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working on a mod to uncap data usage even though sprint claims to not cap data
linuxman84 said:
Wireless tether seems to work fine in both 3g and 4g modes for me, no problems here I haven't seen any type of cap.
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thats what i was tryin to say lol and good to hear

finalhit said:
I'm paying $10 extra for stupid 4G, i better be able to tether with it.
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Actually the $10 for Premium Data is what everyone now pays who either activated a new smartphone, placed one on their MIN or upgraded to one on of after 01/30/11. You were fed a nice pile of steaming BS thinking the extra $10 was for 4G. Think about all those customers who don't live within the Clear WiMAX footprint nor travel to one. They too forked out $10/month. I'd suggest getting Easy Tether Pro from the market and use that instead of the default app on the HTC EVO Shift 4G.

Sprint does not cap data usage on 4G devices. It is really unlimited...for now.

Not through the actuall device I get good speeds through the phone but when I use the wireless tethering to my laptop it doesn't even let me download anything past 200 KBs that's pretty slow considering when I use the phone it downloads way way faster than that.
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Sprint does not cap data usage on 4G devices. It is really unlimited...for now.
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Is Wifi Tethering slower than regular data?

I find that when I use the regular, T-Mobile approved, hotspot feature (or FoxFi for that matter), the connection is SLOOOOWWWWW.
When I run a speed test, I'm pulling down about 20mbps. It does seem to be faster when I use USB tethering, but that's not an option if I want to tether my tablet.
Any ideas?

There must be some kind of throttling by your service provider. I used the tether function yesterday and got a cool 35mbit speed.
I know that ie. Verizon has a reporting tool built into the function in their version of the phone. I'm running unlocked intnl v
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Incep said:
There must be some kind of throttling by your service provider. I used the tether function yesterday and got a cool 35mbit speed.
I know that ie. Verizon has a reporting tool built into the function in their version of the phone. I'm running unlocked intnl v
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Don't think so. I'm on the unlimited, high speed plan on T-Mobile. I don't think it's throttling because when I stop tethering, I'm getting very high LTE speeds on speedtest.net.

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Don't think so. I'm on the unlimited, high speed plan on T-Mobile. I don't think it's throttling because when I stop tethering, I'm getting very high LTE speeds on speedtest.net.
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I'm suspecting that there is a throtteling in effect whenever you turn on the WiFi hotspot, so that you are able to tether, but at the same time, Tmo's network won't get overloaded. Not saying that you are throttled by default. I think it sounds reasonable. Can't imagine what else it would be..

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I'm suspecting that there is a throtteling in effect whenever you turn on the WiFi hotspot, so that you are able to tether, but at the same time, Tmo's network won't get overloaded. Not saying that you are throttled by default. I think it sounds reasonable. Can't imagine what else it would be..
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If that were true, though, then using FoxFi would fix the problem since it masks tethering usage. (I have proven this to myself by checking my throttling data usage after using the stock tether app and FoxFi. There is no increase in tether usage on my account when using FoxFi; only an increase in LTE data).
Weird.

Bump. Seriously, i can't even load a web page on my stupid tablet.