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tethering and router - Tethering Now Possible

please make making a tethering app and wifi router a first priority in for the wp7... developers
MOD EDIT: Tethering instructions at post 11 onwards

The chances of this happening without 3rd party socket support is extremely low if not impossible. Until Microsoft allows sockets tethering will have to come from Microsoft themselves.

i though that that the phone would be capable , but that there would be no support or apps unless the cell service requested

That rumor turned out to be false. At launch WP7 will not tether but I'm sure we will see an update within the next couple of months that will add it. Since updates come from Microsoft directly I don't think carriers can block it.

I wouldn't say that carriers can't block it. If you look at the iPhone, it was blocked in the carrier settings on the phone.

naplesbill said:
I wouldn't say that carriers can't block it. If you look at the iPhone, it was blocked in the carrier settings on the phone.
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Also, the carriers has a way detect you are using the phone as tethering or web-browsing, if your data plan doesn't include tethering, the tethering feature means nothing.

Doing some research to upgrade from my dumb ass x10 (was my in between phone) and found on Optus Australia site that Omnia 7 can be used as a tether, so I'm guessing that they are not blocking it.
But hey who knows till I get this next week bundled with an Xbox Kinect - woot.
Sent from my X10i using XDA App

There's a 99% chance that the site is wrong. WP7 does not support tethering of any kind right now.
oneimunky said:
Doing some research to upgrade from my dumb ass x10 (was my in between phone) and found on Optus Australia site that Omnia 7 can be used as a tether, so I'm guessing that they are not blocking it.
But hey who knows till I get this next week bundled with an Xbox Kinect - woot.
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Yes I know wp7 does not support tethering now, but it will.
Optus have decided not to charge for the service like some providers do/will and I like that
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I tether occasionally with my ATT Tilt running WM6.5.
I am about to receive my Focus this week, and I am confident that there will be the ability to tether this phone soon. History is on my side. In the meantime, I will pop my sim card into the Tilt if I need to tether.
The iPhone was a locked OS at first, the jailbreaks came soon, as did tethering.
As far as ATT being able to detect when it tethers, I doubt it.
In the past, the theory was they could detect the user agent string for the web browser as "not a mobile browser" but since the WP7 browser is a full browser, I see it as a simple matter for the tethering app to replace the user agent string on the fly, so the data stream appears to be for the bundled browser and not a desktop browser. Your laptop will browser will give you a normal experience on each page.
ATT has a money clamp on the data usage anyway, so I doubt they really care that much since as you would hit the 5 GB limit of the laptop tethering plan, you would have paid $65 ($25 for 2GB+$10 for 1GB+$10 for 1GB+$10 for 1GB). They have lost nothing.

How to use USB tethering on the Focus

Well I guess Optus weren't wrong - bit of a fiddly work-around - but hey it works.
http://mobilitydigest.com/windows-phone-7-tethers-you-can-do-it-now-heres-how/
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oneimunky said:
Well I guess Optus weren't wrong - bit of a fiddly work-around - but hey it works.
http://mobilitydigest.com/windows-phone-7-tethers-you-can-do-it-now-heres-how/
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Obviously you didn't read my post above yours
I already posted it....

Nevermind, i got it working due to your help. Huge thanks XDA!!!!!!!

Teathering is here!!!!!!!! see link for instructions
cant post a link but it is at PC World dot com
awesome news

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2103...bles_windows_phone_7_tethering.html?tk=hp_new
[FONT=&quot]Dial ##634#[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]In the diagnostics mode that opens up, enter *#7284# in the phone dialer.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Switch to "Modem, Tethered Call" and wait for the phone to restart.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Connect the phone to your PC via USB and wait for the drivers to install.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Go to the settings for the Samsung modem. In Windows 7, this is found in Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Set the number to *99***1#, user name to [email protected], and password to CINGULAR1, and connect.[/FONT]
I didn't try it, but that's what the article says to do.

Thanks for pasting. I don't know why didn't: just do that myself.
It does work.

delete... got it working.

eknutson said:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2103...bles_windows_phone_7_tethering.html?tk=hp_new
[FONT=&quot]Dial ##634#[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]In the diagnostics mode that opens up, enter *#7284# in the phone dialer.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Switch to "Modem, Tethered Call" and wait for the phone to restart.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Connect the phone to your PC via USB and wait for the drivers to install.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Go to the settings for the Samsung modem. In Windows 7, this is found in Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Set the number to *99***1#, user name to [email protected], and password to CINGULAR1, and connect.[/FONT]
I didn't try it, but that's what the article says to do.
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Awesome news, if it works. Can anyone who has tested this confirm that it's working and also if you are still able to use the phone to receive texts/calls/etc? Thanks, and good find!

Can someone who's done this post the usb drivers that get downloaded? I'm running on windows server 2008 R2 and suspect that it's not pulling them down because of this. I switched the phone to tethering mode, but when it connects and tries to add the driver it doesn't pull anything down.

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.

[Q] No "tethering & portable hotspot" after GingerBlur 4.5

Well, let me tell you about only problem I have with my phone. After applying the GingerBlur 4.5 using this instructions from this forums, I had some troubles with my phone, and by the way, here is some information about my Atrix:
System version:
Version.4.1.83.MB860.ATT.en.US (After applying the GingerBlur, I don't know before)
Model number:
MB860
Android version:
2.2.2
Baseband version:
N_01.77.07P
Motorola webtop version:
OSHWT_U1_6.71.0
Rooted:
True
And I suppose you should know something about my geographic location:
Country:
El Salvador
Carrier:
Claro El Salvador
Now here comes my story, when I applied the GingerBlur to my phone, it was rebooting and blinking its led in a red intense, so I knew there was some problem, after that, I did a hard reset and the phone worked again, but, it was not quite a hard reset, it still says GingerBlur when it starts, but after a few reboots, it worked! I was kind of happy because all the good stuff the ROM left, BUT, there is a really big problem...
My phone had originally an option to tether in the wireless settings, and it was WONDERFUL, why? you might say, well, it allowed me to create an infrastructure WiFi hotspot! It was amazing, simple and elegant, and now, it is gone.. I mean, most tether programs allow you to create AdHoc WiFi hotspots, but this one allowed me to connect everything to it.
So, now I am trying to get it back, and that is where you, wonderful guys, get into the story, I have thought some options:
1. Getting back to my stock Android 2.2.2, but for real this time. The thing is, I don't know how to do it. I suppose I need my carrier's ROM but I haven't found it.
2. Getting Android 2.3, the real one, but, I don't know if I'll have problems with my carrier, and most important, with my phone.
3. Getting the program from another phone, because, I have another two at my disposal, so I can get the files form there, but as you might know, I don't know how. And in fact I have already copied the files to my phone but nothing happens.
4. Getting a software as good as that and install it in my android, but I haven't found any, I actually have WiFi Tether from Google Code, but I am missing the option to make it work in infrastructure.
So, with all your experience, what should I do?

If you wanna usb tether. Use pdanet app it uses ur phones data plan. I have been using it for quite a while. And if u have a macbook or imac you can create a wifi hotspot
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thanks but I really needed the infrastructure option and a dear and special friend exchange her stock atrix for my modified one, now I got that feature back.
(^_^)

[HOWTO] Bluetooth Tethering between Tab and Smartphone

Since HC3.2 there is a working bluetooth pan profile implemented.
Android Smartphone:
( REQUIRES ROOT )
-> download wireless tether for root user from market
-> install and enable bluetooth in configuration
TAB:
-> goto bluetooth settings
-> after pairing there is a small icon on the right side
-> tab will use phones internet conection via bluetooth
advantages:
no extreme battery drain like with a wifi hotspot
stable, fast, like a charm <3
tested with i9000 (semaphore kernel) and a500 with thor's hc3.2 rom

I've gone to the market and searched for "wireless tether for root user". There is nothing with that name that shows up. I get a lot of results but nothing that I see that makes me think it is the program you are talking about. Could you give us more info on which app you are talking about?
Thanks.

I think its called wireless tether.. if you cant find it on the market they might not be allowed in your region. do a internet search they both have websites.. They are also free apps and someone might have the files they can post for you..
if you do not have root try pda-net beta..
just do a search on the market for tether app. and you will find many of them . from android rooted phone to tablet rooted wireless tether or barnicle is the two most popular..
from non rooted only choice is.. pda-net .
I have never tried wireless tether or barnicle over bluetooth or usb.
Good luck..

wireless tether is the only app which supports bluetooth pan.. pda-net beta dont work for me and is very strange because you have to setup a proxy everytime you want to use it..
im not allowed to post external links because im new ^^
go in market and search for: "wireless tether"
https://market.android.com/details?...lt#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImFuZHJvaWQudGV0aGVyIl0.
edit: link seems to work^^

Thanks Erica. If you can see it I should be able to also since I am also in Louisville. I'll look at some of the tether apps to see if they include bluetooth tethering and give one or more a try.
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Thanks schlumpfchen. I went to the link and the app showed up. It doesn't show up if I do a search. The market also won't let me install it on my phone, a Samsung Captivate. It show as being compatible with my Acer a500 but not with my Captivate.
EDIT: I managed to find wireless tether on the web and downloaded the latest version, 3.1 Beta11. It installs as WIFI Tether and there are no bluetooth options for tethering. What version are you using?
EDIT AGAIN!: I removed that version and downloaded 2.07, the same version that is currently in the market. It installs as Wireless Tether and does have the bluetooth options. I do not get a good enough phone signal to test anything here at work but I will be trying it later. Thanks for all the help.

CatFan said:
Thanks Erica. If you can see it I should be able to also since I am also in Louisville. I'll look at some of the tether apps to see if they include bluetooth tethering and give one or more a try.
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Thanks schlumpfchen. I went to the link and the app showed up. It doesn't show up if I do a search. The market also won't let me install it on my phone, a Samsung Captivate. It show as being compatible with my Acer a500 but not with my Captivate.
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WOW im not sure why its not showing up unless at&t has somehow got your phone banned from that app. Is your phone stock . is the phone rooted..
this app is also available on amazon market. and there are a few other non google places. but you must be able to side load apps.. PRP Area here by the way add me .

My last phone was an samsung i9000 (rooted, euro) and i was able to download (germany) wireless tether...
on cm7 based roms the bluetooth tethering seemed not to work..
now i own a htc evo 3d and it isnt working too (kernel dependent)

Maybe it didn't show up because it wasn't compatible with my phone, at least according to the market. Either way, I found the correct version out on the net. I'm running team hacksungs ICS ROM with non market apps enabled so had no trouble installing it. I'll have to wait until outside the office to get a good enough signal to test it. Thanks to both of you.
Erica..East End here near Oldham County.

erica_renee said:
WOW im not sure why its not showing up unless at&t has somehow got your phone banned from that app.
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AFAIK AT&T has explicitly requested Google to not allow installing any tethering apps on AT&T mobiles because AT&T does not allow tethering on their networks. AFAIK the same applies to Verizon, too, but I am not entirely certain of that as I'm not an American. (Thank god!)

That sure sounds like it could be the issue. I'm sure they don't want anyone tethering unless you use their app so they can get paid monthly for it.

3rd party apps implement "unofficial" tethering.. some preinstalled apps use another way for data exchange so you have to pay some extra fee for it^^

WereCatf said:
AFAIK AT&T has explicitly requested Google to not allow installing any tethering apps on AT&T mobiles because AT&T does not allow tethering on their networks. AFAIK the same applies to Verizon, too, but I am not entirely certain of that as I'm not an American. (Thank god!)
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Another reason i DO not use one of the big cell carriers.. I say if you get out of your contract. ditch [email protected] .. take yourself to cricketusers.com and get your phone unlocked and flashed over to Cricket wireless.Then be done with it ..
they told me they DO not care as long as you do not abuse there services.I have at&t work phone . well when i was working and my cricket phone is better signal.. good luck... I so hate being told what to do by others.. if i pay for something i wish to use it how i want.

I went back to the market and looked at it again. It did not say the app was not compatible with my device, it said the app is not available on my carrier so it is restricted by AT&T. Thankfully google's code labs doesn't care who downloads the APK file.

CatFan said:
I went back to the market and looked at it again. It did not say the app was not compatible with my device, it said the app is not available on my carrier so it is restricted by AT&T. Thankfully google's code labs doesn't care who downloads the APK file.
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I do not recommed doing that. AT&T monitors their network for tethering and if they notice you're doing it without using their app they can slap you with a really hefty extra fee.
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erica_renee said:
Another reason i DO not use one of the big cell carriers.. I say if you get out of your contract. ditch [email protected] .. take yourself to cricketusers.com and get your phone unlocked and flashed over to Cricket wireless.Then be done with it ..
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I'm glad I live in Finland. Here the carriers EXPECT you to tether and they do not restrict it in any way or form. They also offer contracts in several forms, like e.g. you can surf with maximum network speed but you're limited to 20GB a month, or you can surf with 1MBit/s speed but can upload and download as much as you want, etc. etc.
Finland rocks.

accounts here at Verizon wireless is like this as well.. they change like 10.00 a month for tethering.. with unlimited full speed for x amount of data. then they will slow your data rate. I think eis similar to them all except sprint.. THOU Sprints service sucks in my area.. they offer a account for 70.00 a month TOTALLY UNLIMITED . You can tether as your home wireless modem to your whole network . unlimited data at there FULL FASTEST SPEEDS.. i Have a friend using this plan. its the only internet she has.She does use it constant as she is a network admin for large company with many locations.. before this plan she was spending 500 plus a month on her cell bill...
There are options . legal options but all add cost to your account..I however belive tethered or on the phone itself you should be able to use your data allowance tethered..

you can connect two androids with bluetooth in settings, create an interface by running pand -c mac-address-of-host, find out the ip of the host and set up the gateway on the client. dun can be achieved too but you have to set up profiles, an interface with rfcomm and run pppd device call isp. I get about 0.7mbps down with either which is why i use usb with my a500 and its awful wifi

I'm on Verizon and I use the SVTP app to tether between my a500 and my Galaxy Nexus with no problem. I don't believe it requires root

Perhaps someone can help me with something here...
I just started with tethering... and I am wondering.... what is the difference between wifi tether and bluetooth tether? I have both on my phone.
Are they both the same thing? Why have both?
Is bluetooth tether just for rooted phones? If so why have the option on android if just for rooted phones....

hey, i know this doesn't always work on every device. i'm running an LG Optimus 3d (p920/p925) with my a500. is their any tricks or tips to get this working?
thanks

I Bluetooth tether my Samsung Precedent with my A500... I use PDANET Tablet on my a500 and FoxFi on my phone... works great. both need to be rooted.

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.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
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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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Glad I can help

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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