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T-mobile Blocking all forms of Tethering.

I was just using PDANet on my friend's laptop and I got two texts from T-Mobile saying the following: "Free T-Mobile Msg: Phone Tethering & Wi-Fi Sharing access has been blocked. Please add a Phone Tethering & Wi-Fi Sharing plan available at my.t-mobile.com"
Now I ignored it until the browser sent me to a signup page. I've tried WiFi Tether, Bluetooth, and Barnacle and it blocks each one. Anyone else get this?
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

using wireless tether right now... no problems...
maybe they'll end up sending me a text.

I don't have my laptop with me, so I can't test this myself. But if it's true, the Nexus One forums are about to A-SPLODE. You'll be able to hear it from space...

ryaninc said:
I don't have my laptop with me, so I can't test this myself. But if it's true, the Nexus One forums are about to A-SPLODE. You'll be able to hear it from space...
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A-SPLODE!! Lmfao just made my day!
But yeah... if this is true then all I can do is throw the f-bomb around because I rely heavily on tethering and no way in hell am I going to pay for a service I've been using for free...

No problems with Wireless Tether on my G1...and I tether a ton. I was up to 7gb last month :/

Kazan22 said:
I was just using PDANet on my friend's laptop and I got two texts from T-Mobile saying the following: "Free T-Mobile Msg: Phone Tethering & Wi-Fi Sharing access has been blocked. Please add a Phone Tethering & Wi-Fi Sharing plan available at my.t-mobile.com"
Now I ignored it until the browser sent me to a signup page. I've tried WiFi Tether, Bluetooth, and Barnacle and it blocks each one. Anyone else get this?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=840423
Not just you.

That would suck. Would this apply to USB tethering as well, or just WiFi?

PDANet IS usb tethering.
:O
oh... and someone at the Vibrant forums is having the same issue... which is why I'm here.
:X

I am tethering from my G2 (USB tether) to post this message. It works fine, though TMO might be rolling this block out.
Edit: I am posting this via Wifi tether, so that seems to be working for me currently.

I just checked PDANet and WiFi hotspot and they both worked, so I guess they're "rolling" this out.
Makes me wonder...some of us never got the OTA rollout. I wonder if perhaps I'll never get this rollout either.

I think they can affect PDANet and Easytether since they are market apps. Wireless Tether for Android and Wired Tether for Android aren't market apps so im pretty sure those are beyond T-Mobile's grip.

Might have something to do with the G2 not being rooted and trying to tether. I think after its rooted it should work without a problem. At least thats what a tmo rep told me.

When I read all this on the xda app, i went ahead and hooked up to wifi tether. thats how i'm writing this msg. I am rooted and do have the largest plan tmo offers which includes the unlimited data. idk. we shall see. oh yea, no tmo msg as of yet.

I'm unrooted and used wifi tether this morning for 3 hours with no problems. I just don't understand how they can detect us using it.
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johnbibbs said:
I'm unrooted and used wifi tether this morning for 3 hours with no problems. I just don't understand how they can detect us using it.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using Tapatalk
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There are various techniques they could use to do this; if we know exactly what they're doing, we can probably bypass it.
Probably one of the simplest techniques would be user agent sniffing; if they see desktop user agents from the same device, they'd know something funky was going on.
I'd be interested to know whether the OP can work around this situation by changing his user agent string on his desktop browser. I'd also be interested to know whether the phone browser continues to work properly even after he's been caught, and if so, whether changing the user agent string on the phone causes it to report the block message as well.
Another test for whether they're sniffing user agents is to try to make an ssl connection instead of http from the desktop browser. Assuming that the phone browser still works, SSL on the desktop browser should also still work, if all they're doing is user agent sniffing.

In an HD2 thread one guy was saying that he was downloaded a movie to his phone, but wasn't tethering when he got the text. Perhaps they're determining by the amount of data used in a specific amount of time. If that's the case it supports the theory of TMO seeing all data as data.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=840360

ddgarcia05 said:
In an HD2 thread one guy was saying that he was downloaded a movie to his phone, but wasn't tethering when he got the text. Perhaps they're determining by the amount of data used in a specific amount of time. If that's the case it supports the theory of TMO seeing all data as data.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=840360
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That's actually good, then. If they're using such a naive detection method, it's sure to result in a ton of false positives from people legitimately using a lot of data with their phones, and consumer complaints should result in them disabling it before too long.

If this works like any of T-Mobile's other services then they prorate the add-ons so you can add it when you need it, then cancel it when you don't and you would only pay a fraction of that $15. I do this with the hotspot feature all the time - enable it for a trip when I'll spend a lot of time in a hotel (or airports, etc.) where they offer wireless and then cancel it at the end of the trip and I pay less than a single day of wifi at a major hotel.
(disclosure - I snatched this post off the T-mobile.com forum but I was going to say the same thing!)
I need to confirm this "add it when you need it". Not good for everybody but for those of us that need tethering a few times a month it's not so bad, 50 cents for one day. Tried via the chat on T-Mobile.com to confirm this but they are useless!

When I first applied the OTA and started playing with the built in tethering, I noticed some log entries from DataConnectionTracker whenever I turned tethering on or off. When I enabled temp root with Visionary and tried using the stand alone Wireless and Wired tether for root apps, these entries did not appear.
I haven't had time to play with it much, but it might be useful to run logcat with a filter for only DataConnectionTracker activity while trying a variety of tethering techniques under root and non-root circumstances.
Of course the experience reported by the HD2 user does not line up with this theory, but there may be multiple things going on. If T-Mo really is blocking based on data volume, it will completely blow up on them as people start intentionally doing data intensive things without tethering.

I sure as hell hope they don't do this to the grandfathered plans... cause if they do, I'm gonna go on a *****-storm.
Edit: I'm tethering on the WiFi hotspot app and I didn't get any notice. Everything is as it has been since I've had this app. If not, I have Wireless Tether for Root Users. I refuse to pay $15 extra bucks a month when I paid for an unlimited plan a couple of years back.

3g from phone teher to a500 tablet?

maybe i am not using the search tool properly nor posting this in app section.
But anyone know any way to do so?
my xperia x10 is half dead already i would like to 3g tether to tablet for 3g uses.
I search the market for app, none of them seem to support it. Is there another method? I am not too great with this sort of things
would like a detail guide or explanation.
thank you.
p.s: also i would like to ask, is it possible to use rocket mobile 3g fingers from rogers (i live in canada) to obtain 3g? sorry i am not technical so no idea how these things goes.

I don't know anything about rocket mobile, but I just downloaded Quick Wifi Hotspot from the market yesterday and it worked fine while at the restaurant. I left the network open and named it my name and connected via the tablet with no issues. It's also free and that is helpful Hopefully it's compatible with whichever rom/android version you are using. I have an HD2 with an Android 2.3 ROM based on C7 (I think that's all the requisite info).

I have cheap zip cricket cell phone. I do love crickets service here in my area.thou some say its lame elsewhere.
Anyway I rooted my cell installed wireless tether.and when I turn it on my tablet or my notebook will connect automatically and its great for most things even tried Netflix yesterday. Pared with crickets unlimited plan for 50.00 a month.
Set wireless tether to Mac address security lots of people will try to connect.to use your internet.some just do it automatic ..

thank you, the reason i posted this is because my x10 still run on grandpa software (at least not 1.6) android 2.1.
Acer have an instruction on how to enable portable wi-fi option on phone and ad-hoc but 2.1 doesn't have that option yet.
since my phone is already half dead (thank to SE's crappy product), i don't know if i can root it and install custom rom before it brick or dead completely.
i will check out that method thanks.

Uk phone thinks its a US phone after falshing Aura Rom

Hi XDA,
This is my second post now and since you diamonds here helped me out last time so well perhaps you could solve this one for me.
So after my noob post about rooting, unlocking the bootloader and flashing roms on a uk Atrix 4g i was guided through the process and ended up flashing the Aura Blurred rom...
Love the rom, could do with and OC Kernel but so far works flawlessly.
Anyway I have a few questions...
Firstly my phone thinks its an ATT phone now when its actually a UK Retail unit. is this Right?
Secondly today i receievd notice that an OTA update is available from ATT???
I cant stop this notification popping up every hour or so by pressing later. Can anyone tell me how to stop it coming up?
And lastly I have also bought the xoom2 media edition which I want to bridge to the atrix as you can with bb and playbook. There is a an app called Wireless Tether you are probably aware of which should allow me to tether the tab to the phone via Bluetooth then keep the Wifi connection that the Atrix has when conected to my home network..
As below
Router OR Network <---Wifi OR 3G---> Atrix <---Bluetooth (or Wifi if poss)---> Xoom 2me
Not
Network ONLY <---3G ONLY---> Atrix OR Router <---Wifi ONLY---> Xoom 2me
Lots of aps will allow the 2nd kind of connection fine but i want to use my phones wifi OR 3g conection whilst using my xoom2me not the Atrixs 3g or the tablets wif.
(Hope I'm making sense in my explanation here folks)
It seems the Wireless Tether app will do this, (please correct me if anyone knows different, i dont know just assuming) but here is the catch...
My kernel doesnt have netfilter capabilities and access controll...
Anyone know if i can flash a custom kernel over the Aura rom which will allow this and which one i should use?
Once this is done, will it allow me to use my tablet as extention of my phone ie calls texts etc?
To help with the answerind below are my phone details before I flashed Aura
•Motorola Atrix 4g (UK version) Second phone as busted the last one. Bought outright as a retail sale.
•Orange UK
•System Version: 45.31.0.MB860.Retail.en.GB
•Android Version: 2.3.4 (After UK released update)
•Baseband Version: N_01.100.00R
•Webtop Version: WT-1.2.0.133_38
•Kernel Version: 2.66.32.9 [email protected]#2
And now after Aura the above reads as below.
Motorola Atrix 4g (UK version) Second phone as busted the last one. Bought outright as a retail sale.
Orange UK
System Version: 4.5.91.MB860.ATT.en.US
Android Version: 2.3.4
Baseband Version: N_01.100.00R
Webtop Version: WT-1.2.0.133_38
Kernel Version: 2.6.32.9-MB860-GB-Faux123-v0.2.1
Build Number: Aura 1.2.2.2
Thanks once again XDA for any help and advice in advance...

Whistles#

anyone???? pleeease...

Dcskeete said:
anyone???? pleeease...
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Well first of all, whatever you wrote up there makes no sense at all. With that said, I'm going to try and have you walk me through this.
a.) Whatever ROM you flashed reports the device as an Atrix 4G and not an international Atrix:
It doesn't really matter.
b.) You want to use your phone's data plan to tether wirelessly with your tablet.
You need to find how to enable Ad-hoc networks on your tablet, not your phone. For some tablets support is built in (Asus Transformer), for others it's as simple as switching out the wpa_supplicant file, and the rest it's much more convoluted.
c.) You want your tablet to act as if it was your phone.
No, as far as I know, this is not possible. The closest you can get is using Google Voice and Titanium Backup to use texting apps like Whatsapp on your tablet.

littleemp said:
Well first of all, whatever you wrote up there makes no sense at all. With that said, I'm going to try and have you walk me through this.
a.) Whatever ROM you flashed reports the device as an Atrix 4G and not an international Atrix:
It doesn't really matter.
b.) You want to use your phone's data plan to tether wirelessly with your tablet.
You need to find how to enable Ad-hoc networks on your tablet, not your phone. For some tablets support is built in (Asus Transformer), for others it's as simple as switching out the wpa_supplicant file, and the rest it's much more convoluted.
c.) You want your tablet to act as if it was your phone.
No, as far as I know, this is not possible. The closest you can get is using Google Voice and Titanium Backup to use texting apps like Whatsapp on your tablet.
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Hi,
Thank you for responding... I wondered if i was making sense lol ill try to explain..
Firstly I flashed Aura rom for international phones and now my uk retail unit thinks its an ATT one. Im assuming this is just down to the programming of the rom I have installed but what has confused me is that I have received notice of an OTA Update asking me to down load or tap later to be reminded in 1 hour. not wanting to hard / soft brick or loose the rom and any data i have so far i can only get rid of this notice by tapping later... it then reapears every hour or so.
Is there a way of getting this to stop?
Also it states it has been sent to me by ATT. I'm in uk ATT does not exist in the uk and my updates are usually from orange or motorola??? Is the UK even due this update?
My second point was that i wish to have my atrix connected to my wifi router when in range and then have my Xoom 2 me bridged / tethered to it (like a playbook to Black berry phone) ie it would connect to my wif network but through my existing connection via the atrix, would allow me to use files from one or other device on each view messages, make calls etc etc etc (I hear the answer at c in your reply)
.... obviously when out of range the apps i have already alow me to tether to my phone via wifi for use of my 3g data plan.
My third point was that the app wirless thether which will allow me to tether the xoom to the atrix via bluetooth but will aloow the atrix to remain connected to my wif network at the same time tells me that my kernel doesnt have access control. In the apps help page it says that my kernel needs to have netfilter capabilities enabled for the app to work on my phone....
I cant work out which kernels will have this facility...
Hopefully this has explained it a bit better and I have made sense this time...
Thanks again for your help, Im always very gratefull to all those that share their knowledge...

if you want to stop the notification,
go to titanium back up and freeze FOTA
that will stop the notification.
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download latest faux kernel and its 024 version for blur/gb version .

Do you want to make a local network between the tablet and the attic and have the atrix share the internet to? Hm maybe enable tethering and get an app that supports local file sharing over bluetooth or on Thea dame network
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Atrixn00b said:
Do you want to make a local network between the tablet and the attic and have the atrix share the internet to? Hm maybe enable tethering and get an app that supports local file sharing over bluetooth or on Thea dame network
Sent from my MB860 using XDA App
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yes pretty much wouldnt be so bad if i could get moto cast streaming ability to work on atrix...
So far the xooms motocast works but only with my laptop.

drpratik said:
if you want to stop the notification,
go to titanium back up and freeze FOTA
that will stop the notification.
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download latest faux kernel and its 024 version for blur/gb version .
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ah, Ill give that a go thanks...
what if i wipe the data of that app instead of freezing altogether... will it stop the message coming through also untill a new one comes in?

Dcskeete said:
ah, Ill give that a go thanks...
what if i wipe the data of that app instead of freezing altogether... will it stop the message coming through also untill a new one comes in?
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This didnt work for me. Still keeps popping up.... Any other ideas anyone?

Can't tether my laptop to my rogers nexus 4?

Hey guys
I have a nexus 4 going through rogers wireless, i have a 6gb data plan as well. I am using the wifi hot spot setting and creating the wifi network for my laptop. My laptop connects no problem and shows full signal, however I can't seem to surf the Web or do anything.
The laptop connects fine to my home network, and the nexus 4 is updated to the latest firmware. It is also stock and not rooted, any help?

Just to add, i do not have LTE, this is a regular data plan and tether

I'm not going to much help myself, sorry. My hotspot worked fine out of the box (I'm with Mobilicity), though I recall that I had to set up a password for it to start working correctly. Have you tried USB tethering for the sake of troubleshooting?

Just tried to tether via usb and no connection either!

I am on Rogers, my WiFi tether works fine, I don;t think it maters what data plan you have, I have a 10GB 3 year old plan. But It has to be ion WAP2 security, if you don;t do the password it won't work.
My USB tether only worked through this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pdanet&hl=en
You need to have it on the PC as well http://pdanet.co/
Re: WiFi, I know you saying you don;t have LTE, but just to make sure go to dial pad and type in *#*#4636#*#* and make sure towards the bottom WCDMA Proffered is selected. Then check that your APN is not ltemobile.apn in settings.
Also sometimes it helps to do a trouble shoot on the connection in windows, rarely but sometimes it works from second third time.
Try PDAnet, I think it has WiFi tethering as well.

odeccacccp said:
I am on Rogers, my WiFi tether works fine, I don;t think it maters what data plan you have, I have a 10GB 3 year old plan. But It has to be ion WAP2 security, if you don;t do the password it won't work.
My USB tether only worked through this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pdanet&hl=en
You need to have it on the PC as well http://pdanet.co/
Re: WiFi, I know you saying you don;t have LTE, but just to make sure go to dial pad and type in *#*#4636#*#* and make sure towards the bottom WCDMA Proffered is selected. Then check that your APN is not ltemobile.apn in settings.
Also sometimes it helps to do a trouble shoot on the connection in windows, rarely but sometimes it works from second third time.
Try PDAnet, I think it has WiFi tethering as well.
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I have it on WAP2
I used the dialer settings and WCDMA preferred is enabled
That app failed to change anything, I can connect no problem just can't surf the Web
And my apn is not the one mentioned
Hmm.....

beerbaron105 said:
I have it on WAP2
I used the dialer settings and WCDMA preferred is enabled
That app failed to change anything, I can connect no problem just can't surf the Web
And my apn is not the one mentioned
Hmm.....
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very strange: so,
What's the set up you have, ROM/KERNEL/RADIO/GAPPS?
For the test of it, if you want, I had this and it worked, you can just back up and flash this set ups:
ROM: Slim or RootBox
Kernel: Harsh
GAPPS: Slim or Banks
Radio: .33 (I have not tested it on .48)
Also if your usb tethering did not work with the PDANet, then probably something wrong in the ROM. USB tether needs drivers so if they are not installed properly will be a probably, but since WifI is not working as well I a pretty sure it's a ROM problem, maybe you just need to to do a clean flash of a similar in features ROM to what you are using now.
If you really like the one you using now, one good idea would be to do a logcat right after it connects and you can;t brows the web, and submit that to the dev thread of the ROM.

odeccacccp said:
very strange: so,
What's the set up you have, ROM/KERNEL/RADIO/GAPPS?
For the test of it, if you want, I had this and it worked, you can just back up and flash this set ups:
ROM: Slim or RootBox
Kernel: Harsh
GAPPS: Slim or Banks
Radio: .33 (I have not tested it on .48)
Also if your usb tethering did not work with the PDANet, then probably something wrong in the ROM. USB tether needs drivers so if they are not installed properly will be a probably, but since WifI is not working as well I a pretty sure it's a ROM problem, maybe you just need to to do a clean flash of a similar in features ROM to what you are using now.
If you really like the one you using now, one good idea would be to do a logcat right after it connects and you can;t brows the web, and submit that to the dev thread of the ROM.
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Appreciate the assistance
My phone is 100% stock and I don't want to tinker with it, I was hoping it would work as promised out of the box, is it the latest update of jelly bean causing issues?

sometimes the provider blocks tethering until you buy their tether plan. even though some people say it works fine, you could still be one of the few that were blocked. i tethered for four years fine, until one day tmobile blocked it until i bought a tethering plan.

Every time I tether my N4 I have to go the through Windows trouble shooting process, it never connects right the first time.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

simms22 said:
sometimes the provider blocks tethering until you buy their tether plan. even though some people say it works fine, you could still be one of the few that were blocked. i tethered for four years fine, until one day tmobile blocked it until i bought a tethering plan.
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Rogers said that any plan over 1gb of data is automatically allowed to tether

Try checking your APN settings (do a APN reset). If you have more than one, it may be using the wrong one.

beerbaron105 said:
Rogers said that any plan over 1gb of data is automatically allowed to tether
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Right Rogers does not block it and its free.
It maybe the new radio, but since you are not rooted, not much you can do.
One thing is try a tethering app in play store it does not need root.
Two, do a factory reset in settings somewhere.
Try changing the APN to ltemobile.apn it may work better.
Last resort is to email Google support maybe they will answer.
But also like previously mentioned do troubleshoot the connection in windows maybe few times.
Also try WAP, and no password at all.
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Before you do that wait I remember now what's the problem and solution, give me time to get to work I am driving and I'll tell you how top fix it
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before i could tether my N4, i had to phone my carrier and get them to activate it.
this was despite being able to tether my old HD2 on the same account with no issues.

theabsurdman said:
before i could tether my N4, i had to phone my carrier and get them to activate it.
this was despite being able to tether my old HD2 on the same account with no issues.
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Its carrier related but not activation something else, give 30 more mins
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Ok here we go:
So I am sorry I did not remember this sooner, but my friend had this issue and here is the problem and solution.
I can only speak for Rogers, other carrier maybe different. The problem is with data package but not that tethering is not active (it is by default on Rogers) but that the data is wrong. Most likely you had an Iphone or Blackberry before, or one of these devices is still listed on your account as primary(you can;t change that, they just go by what did you buy from them last, then won;t put Nexus on it).
So with Rogers there 3 different data sets, for Iphone,for BB and for Android, you need obviously Android and you don't have it.
There probably some differences but the major once is that on BB one you get free LTE on android (on older once) but it wont tether probably with other devices,(actually my friend prefers LTE over tether so he capt BB plant on Note 2)
What you do is, call Rogers Tech support,(preferably not from your phone, so you can test it at the same time) don't tell them you have nexus 4, tell them it's S3 or Note 2(just a device they actually sell)tell them that you have (depending on your previous phone with them) the Iphone or BB data there, and you need them to change it to Android as your tethering not working. They can say what ever they want, but make sure they change it, even if they say it's BS, still ask them to remove and add it, but they should know what are you talking about. If the guy is a real stubborn, asking to put on a different data plan, like flex or something just to try (make sure any changes they make don;t interfere with your payment or discounts on the account)
Once the guy/girl says it's done, turn off your phone after 30 sec. turn it back on and check if it works.
Worst comes to worst, which is shouldn't because I know for a fact they have three different datas, ask to speak to Customer Relations Department, tell them your friend had the same problem and that's how rogers fixed it.
In fact, no mater if the Tech fixes it or not still speak to Customer Rel. Dept. and just tell them that you are not happy with the data, it gives you problems, and that Telus offered you a same plan for cheaper and $350 credit for cancellation fee if you move, so you would like to see if you can get $15 off your plan.
Hope that helps.

Thank you!
After dealing with 4 customer service reps, all telling me everything was fine, I called, used your advice, and everything is working.
This was also affecting my MMS messaging, not just tethering.
odeccacccp said:
Its carrier related but not activation something else, give 30 more mins
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Ok here we go:
So I am sorry I did not remember this sooner, but my friend had this issue and here is the problem and solution.
I can only speak for Rogers, other carrier maybe different. The problem is with data package but not that tethering is not active (it is by default on Rogers) but that the data is wrong. Most likely you had an Iphone or Blackberry before, or one of these devices is still listed on your account as primary(you can;t change that, they just go by what did you buy from them last, then won;t put Nexus on it).
So with Rogers there 3 different data sets, for Iphone,for BB and for Android, you need obviously Android and you don't have it.
There probably some differences but the major once is that on BB one you get free LTE on android (on older once) but it wont tether probably with other devices,(actually my friend prefers LTE over tether so he capt BB plant on Note 2)
What you do is, call Rogers Tech support,(preferably not from your phone, so you can test it at the same time) don't tell them you have nexus 4, tell them it's S3 or Note 2(just a device they actually sell)tell them that you have (depending on your previous phone with them) the Iphone or BB data there, and you need them to change it to Android as your tethering not working. They can say what ever they want, but make sure they change it, even if they say it's BS, still ask them to remove and add it, but they should know what are you talking about. If the guy is a real stubborn, asking to put on a different data plan, like flex or something just to try (make sure any changes they make don;t interfere with your payment or discounts on the account)
Once the guy/girl says it's done, turn off your phone after 30 sec. turn it back on and check if it works.
Worst comes to worst, which is shouldn't because I know for a fact they have three different datas, ask to speak to Customer Relations Department, tell them your friend had the same problem and that's how rogers fixed it.
In fact, no mater if the Tech fixes it or not still speak to Customer Rel. Dept. and just tell them that you are not happy with the data, it gives you problems, and that Telus offered you a same plan for cheaper and $350 credit for cancellation fee if you move, so you would like to see if you can get $15 off your plan.
Hope that helps.
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Still having issues with my new nexus 7 2 and trying to tether my nexus 4. Rogers tells me there doesn't appear to be any restrictions on their end.
I was looking into the APN settings, I don't really want to mess with those but it might be my only option?

odeccacccp said:
So with Rogers there 3 different data sets, for Iphone,for BB and for Android, you need obviously Android and you don't have it.
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Amazing! I looked for solution for a while now, couldn't find it anywhere, and yours worked like a charm!
Although I'm from Israel and my phone carrier is Pelephone, it was my problem aswell. I contacted them few times about tethering without success, they said it can't be blocked by them, neither they have special data plan for that. After I read this post I contacted them again and asked them to set my phone as Nexus 4 on their data base. I turned off my nexus, wait a few, turned on, tried again and it finnaly worked!!
Many thanks!! :angel: I'm surprised this issue isn't so common on the Internet.

beerbaron105 said:
Still having issues with my new nexus 7 2 and trying to tether my nexus 4. Rogers tells me there doesn't appear to be any restrictions on their end.
I was looking into the APN settings, I don't really want to mess with those but it might be my only option?
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Are you using 4G?
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ariel2011 said:
Amazing! I looked for solution for a while now, couldn't find it anywhere, and yours worked like a charm!
Although I'm from Israel and my phone carrier is Pelephone, it was my problem aswell. I contacted them few times about tethering without success, they said it can't be blocked by them, neither they have special data plan for that. After I read this post I contacted them again and asked them to set my phone as Nexus 4 on their data base. I turned off my nexus, wait a few, turned on, tried again and it finnaly worked!!
Many thanks!! :angel: I'm surprised this issue isn't so common on the Internet.
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Are you using 4G?
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Glad I can help
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As far as I know, my nexus 4 is not lte compatible.... Now are you asking if my Rogers plan is an lte plan? My nexus 4 shows H or 3g

Questions About WiFi Tethering With The G2

I have the opportunity to buy a Sprint LG G2 but would like some input from this community about the WiFi tethering capabilities of this device. I currently have an LG OG and there are issues with the WiFi tethering on it but I also have an LG Nexus 5 that runs WiFi thethering flawlessly. Since this device is said to be similar to the Nexus 5 I was hoping the Wifi tethering worked well on it also. I use FoxFi WiFi tethering app on most of my devices. It does not work on the LG OG however. I just basically want to know which tethering app works and which one doesn't.
THANKS!!

Sprint completely blocks all tethering access. Even through foxfi and open garden etc. You have to pay for the tethering service. The mobile data is indeed truly unlimited but the catch is its LIMITED to there mobile. As far as I know there is no way around it unless you root the device your wanting to tether but I'm not even positive that will work.

ceredics said:
Sprint completely blocks all tethering access. Even through foxfi and open garden etc. You have to pay for the tethering service. The mobile data is indeed truly unlimited but the catch is its LIMITED to there mobile. As far as I know there is no way around it unless you root the device your wanting to tether but I'm not even positive that will work.
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Thanks for your reply but apps like FoxFi allow you to tether without being detected for tethering. You still are deducted for data usage but not tethering. I was mainly asking if tethering apps work on this device because the one I'm getting is on Boost mobile, its not 4G but their 3G is good and for the price its actually great. So, if someone with this device that is rooted would kindly install Foxfi and tell me if it allows you to tether it to your PC I would appreciate it very much....Thanks..

Right I tried it on a unrooted Sprint g2 and I couldn't find ANY workarounds at all. That's what my input was on so yea. Someone else will chime in for you your welcome.

In order to get tethering working on the G2 for Sprint you must be rooted. Instructions are in the sprint develolment forum. Tethering apps do not work. The method is to modify the stock tethering app. Its the only current method available.

bigpappa said:
In order to get tethering working on the G2 for Sprint you must be rooted. Instructions are in the sprint develolment forum. Tethering apps do not work. The method is to modify the stock tethering app. Its the only current method available.
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I know how to root this device and understand that it needs to be rooted to use wifi tether to make it work. I had a feeling this device had the same problem as the LG OG on tethering....I have TrevE's WiFi Tether on my OG and though I can get internet connection and download regular files, for some reason I can't download torrents and I've tried every setting combination possible. I was hoping this device had the same system as the Nexus 5 and not the OG..

Its titled "native hotspot" cant post links right now. short on time. As far as torrents go all sprint has to do is block torrent sites, and ip addresses associated. If you have tethering and cant do torrents... its likely blocked on sprint's side. Btw, downloading torrents via mobile data is a bad idea and I strongly advise you dont do so for many reasons.

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Its titled "native hotspot" cant post links right now. short on time. As far as torrents go all sprint has to do is block torrent sites, and ip addresses associated. If you have tethering and cant do torrents... its likely blocked on sprint's side. Btw, downloading torrents via mobile data is a bad idea and I strongly advise you dont do so for many reasons.
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Thanks, I'll try to find the post...I've used wifi tethering on a few different Boost Service (sprint) phones with no problems what so ever....if I used FoxFi Tethering App. I can usb tether using PDAnet and it will work but most of the time I need to be able to use WiFi.
May I ask exactly what your concerns are about downloading torrents via mobile data? I've done it for a couple years now without any problems...
Update: I looked it up and it looks good except that I won't be able to update the Rom at this time...

I dont have concerns about torrents, but you should. Frankly, if you dont know why or havent researched it, Im not one to tell you. Good luck.

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Thanks, I'll try to find the post...I've used wifi tethering on a few different Boost Service (sprint) phones with no problems what so ever....if I used FoxFi Tethering App. I can usb tether using PDAnet and it will work but most of the time I need to be able to use WiFi.
May I ask exactly what your concerns are about downloading torrents via mobile data? I've done it for a couple years now without any problems...
Update: I looked it up and it looks good except that I won't be able to update the Rom at this time...
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I dont have concerns about torrents, but you should. Frankly, if you dont know why or havent researched it, Im not one to tell you. Good luck.
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Well, I appreciate all your input anyway....I just have to believe there is someone on this forum that has their device flashed to Boost that knows what I am talking about.

I do know what you are talking about. I have a G2. Ive used pdanet and alot of other tethering apps. The thread I pointed you to is the only way to tether on the G2 right now on Sprint, period. There are no other known mods or.apps for tethering on the G2. If that mod will work on Boost I have no idea and I assume there are very few that have a g2 on Boost, if anyone does.

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I do know what you are talking about. I have a G2. Ive used pdanet and alot of other tethering apps. The thread I pointed you to is the only way to tether on the G2 right now on Sprint, period. There are no other known mods or.apps for tethering on the G2. If that mod will work on Boost I have no idea and I assume there are very few that have a g2 on Boost, if anyone does.
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I didn't mean to make it sound like I was saying you didn't know what you were talking about, I apologize if it sounded as if I did. I was just hoping someone here had theirs on Boost and was familiar with how tethering worked on it. From what I can tell reading that thread and the thread on the Rom you have to have for the tethering mod, its pretty stable and the features are good too. I have been trying to figure out what to do because I have the opportunity to get a G2 or HTC One for the same price and am having a hard time making up my mind on which one will work the best for me. I prefer the G2 for its hardware but the development is better on the One. I really appreciate your help though, as I have said before....