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I'm rooted. I cannot figure out a decent tethering solution. The stock version will not let me tether even though I'm rooted running greyblur. I've tried the wifi tether app and it never connects. I'm currently using barnacle but it seems to run really slow. Always under 1.0 mbps while my atrix alone is at 2-3mbps. What is everyone's tethering solution like?
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And you have switched the APN in the network settings to the "Tether" one?
PDANet (on marketplace) should work as wired tether regardless.
Use Barnacle tether... its better than adding the Tethering APN. Download it from somewhere and then sideload it.
Chubby_Skunk said:
Use Barnacle tether... its better than adding the Tethering APN. Download it from somewhere and then sideload it.
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I think he already was using that
I thought by switching the apn at&t will know and begin harrassing you and eventually charging (in that order)
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As far as I know, the only thing AT&T can see is your data usage. They'll go after you if your data use is suspicious or something. You have to use the "Tether" APN in order to have the wireless tether feature on the phone work at all without a plan.
Try WiFi Tether. Works same as Barnacle. Download .apk and install.
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If you have Limited Data then they can catch you easier. If you have unlimited its a little harder from what Ive hear. Plus using WiFi tether or Barnacle Tether is safer than using a new APN.
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As far as I know, the only thing AT&T can see is your data usage. They'll go after you if your data use is suspicious or something. You have to use the "Tether" APN in order to have the wireless tether feature on the phone work at all without a plan.
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You don't need to change to tether APN to use Barnacle or WiFi Tether. Its not just data usage they see with using APN. This has already been discussed in another thread.
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Chubby_Skunk said:
If you have Limited Data then they can catch you easier. If you have unlimited its a little harder from what Ive hear. Plus using WiFi tether or Barnacle Tether is safer than using a new APN.
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Nothing to do with data plan. They can see you are taking an extra "hop" so to speak when tethered using APN method. It can be faked out, but more trouble than its worth.
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CaelanT said:
Nothing to do with data plan. They can see you are taking an extra "hop" so to speak when tethered using APN method. It can be faked out, but more trouble than its worth.
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oooor you could just use Barnacle
In your APN settings, under the 'APN Type' heading it should read 'default'. Modify this to 'default,tether' without a space. Then turn wifi on. Wait a sex. Then turn on wireless hotspot/tether. Worked like a charm for me.
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CaelanT said:
Nothing to do with data plan. They can see you are taking an extra "hop" so to speak when tethered using APN method. It can be faked out, but more trouble than its worth.
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Care to share that article? I'd like to read it
Also, what I meant before was that you needed to change the APN in order to use the built-in tether feature, not a tether app ^^
I believe he is talking about TTL or Time to Live on packets. if your phone sends data back to AT&T it will always have the same TTL attached to the data packet, lets say 64 which means in 64 'hops' the packet will be discarded as undeliverable, if you tether to another device, the hop will be one less because it will go 64 from the computer/tablet/tethered device to the phone, reduce by one as its done one hop, then 63 from phone to the tower, if they AREN'T measuring tethers like this then they should, because its pretty productive.
all they have to do is check the data packets and watch as everything is 64 then suddenly 63's are coming through without a tethering plan. -caught them-
KefkaticFanatic said:
Care to share that article? I'd like to read it
Also, what I meant before was that you needed to change the APN in order to use the built-in tether feature, not a tether app ^^
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DarkRyoushii said:
I believe he is talking about TTL or Time to Live on packets. if your phone sends data back to AT&T it will always have the same TTL attached to the data packet, lets say 64 which means in 64 'hops' the packet will be discarded as undeliverable, if you tether to another device, the hop will be one less because it will go 64 from the computer/tablet/tethered device to the phone, reduce by one as its done one hop, then 63 from phone to the tower, if they AREN'T measuring tethers like this then they should, because its pretty productive.
all they have to do is check the data packets and watch as everything is 64 then suddenly 63's are coming through without a tethering plan. -caught them-
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That's it in a nutshell................Thanks!!!
I haven't use barnacle yet but u can download it threw market place in airplane mode with wifi on
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wackyD said:
In your APN settings, under the 'APN Type' heading it should read 'default'. Modify this to 'default,tether' without a space. Then turn wifi on. Wait a sex. Then turn on wireless hotspot/tether. Worked like a charm for me.
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Works for me, thanks.
I've got an AT&T Atrix but am in Australia (hence not in AT&T network lol).
Is there a solution that doesn't involve root? I'm trying to keep a stock state until the big gingerbread OTA.
wintermute000 said:
I've got an AT&T Atrix but am in Australia (hence not in AT&T network lol).
Is there a solution that doesn't involve root? I'm trying to keep a stock state until the big gingerbread OTA.
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You will have to use one of the wired methods such as:
Klink
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PdaNet
yeah thanks I guess I"ll live with it until gingerbread.
never realised how good I had it with nexus one lol
I am running Juggernaut ROM and used it to tether quite heavily this past few days. I received a text message from T Mobile telling me to sign up for their tethering plan. I think they were monitoring the amount of data usage I was using and I exceeded some limit over a certain time frame. Is there anyway around this? Previously I only tethered for a few hours at most. Thanks.
No way around it
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Google how to change the user agent on your internet browser. The T-mobile upsell page only shows up when it detects you're using a desktop browser via the user agent. Try tethering to a tablet or Google Chrome with the user agent set to Firefox and it works fine even after they send you the message saying your tethering is blocked.
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sffish said:
I am running Juggernaut ROM and used it to tether quite heavily this past few days. I received a text message from T Mobile telling me to sign up for their tethering plan. I think they were monitoring the amount of data usage I was using and I exceeded some limit over a certain time frame. Is there anyway around this? Previously I only tethered for a few hours at most. Thanks.
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Use the wifi tether root app I've been using it since day one and never got in trouble
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Wow i tether for 2 months my PC my xbox and everything and tmobile said nothing ;D
so what, they cannot prove it, I used to tether 5gb a month with horrible Sprint and got a few notices as well.
fastfed said:
so what, they cannot prove it, I used to tether 5gb a month with horrible Sprint and got a few notices as well.
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They can prove it actually they can see the mac address of every device on their network and they know if a device using their network isn't a phone or isn't one of their phones
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The quick workaround for the tether monitor upsell is to use a VPN... You can use a free service (I use VPN Reactor) or a paid service (such as StrongVPN).
To find and setup VPN Reactor, use HTTPS://www.google.com to perform a search... VPN Reactor is a secure (HTTPS) site and the upsell notice will not appear (which you might have noticed when checking any other secure site, such as GMail).
I hope this helps those looking for a solution to the tether upsell notice.
Idk if this is possible but using cm9 and aokp I have had no problems with tethering, and from what I have been reading perhaps aosp derivative roms don't have this issue?
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No problems here using the native tethering app.......haven't had any messages or run ins with the upsell page. BTW I'm using FIREFOX on my laptop with some add-ons.
I opened titanium backup and froze "tethering manager" and now I can tether for free.
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schquigly said:
I opened titanium backup and froze "tethering manager" and now I can tether for free.
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They still know you're doing it.
I got this same text message from TMobile, even though they recommended getting a tethering plan I didn't and they said I wouldn't be able to tether anymore.
To this day I'm still tethering, so I don't believe they can do anything to stop the tethering if you are on a custom ROM.
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thatkidfades said:
I got this same text message from TMobile, even though they recommended getting a tethering plan I didn't and they said I wouldn't be able to tether anymore.
To this day I'm still tethering, so I don't believe they can do anything to stop the tethering if you are on a custom ROM.
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I dunno what they can do about it. Maybe charge you? Maybe shut down your data completely? Who knows
Wow I had just rooted my cousins phone and came across this issue as he got two text messages briefly after tethering.
download Logging Test App and the pro key off the market, gets rid of CIQ in juggs and not to mention makes the phone run like its ass is on fire... just be sure to run threw everything, and try not to brick yourself.... and if you don't backup and loose your os.. i just might die laughing
after running this i no longer got thoes nasty " we know your tethering " texts
Edit: i forgot to post the link lol http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17612559
schquigly said:
I opened titanium backup and froze "tethering manager" and now I can tether for free.
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No, you cant. Freezing that does not somehow hide your tethering data usage
BTW TMo will be stopping free tethering with ICS: http://support.t-mobile.com/thread/25504?start=0&tstart=0
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...e-tethering-if-you-ever-had-it-to-begin-with/
http://androidcommunity.com/t-mobiles-free-tethering-ends-with-ics-upgrades-20120515/
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No, you cant. Freezing that does not somehow hide your tethering data usage
BTW TMo will be stopping free tethering with ICS: http://support.t-mobile.com/thread/25504?start=0&tstart=0
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...e-tethering-if-you-ever-had-it-to-begin-with/
http://androidcommunity.com/t-mobiles-free-tethering-ends-with-ics-upgrades-20120515/
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yeah, you've got to get rid of tethering manager completely.... in other words find a rom that doesn't need it!
TMo can stop you from tethering if they want to, It's just a balance of the expected revenue gain and the likely backlash. If a nasty message accomplishes one without the other, it's a no brainer.
If you are rooted on a custom rom from the development section most likely you shouldn't receive any messages. That doesn't mean they aren't tracking your data. You will be throttled to 60kbs when you've reached the limit. For most people that's 2 or 5 gigs of data. There used to be a work around for the throttle but it's been patched.
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I was just curious how hard it would be to get around it. Thanks!!!
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Well I'm using my WiFi hotspot with tmobiles New data plan for the last 45 mins no problem.
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Tried tethering myself without any success. Get redirected to the hotspots page advising upgrading to a tethering plan. Also attempted to tether using multiple 3rd party apps to no avail any assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated
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Did you try changing your access point names?
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im on tmobiles new unlimited data plan as of today and so far ive used ALOT of data today... alot meaning im syncing my google drive on my computer using tmobile hotspot feature for my mytouch 4g running 3.5 sense rom... it works great... i do believe i did configure google chrome to not redirect to tmobiles page saying that i need to buy the hotspot feature.
Awesome buddy.keep me posted on how that all wirksout for you.and you said that you have used alot of data how much is a lot 1Gig? Thanks for your input.Did you have to change your access point names at all. Thanks!!!
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Mesaman2012 said:
how much is a lot 1Gig?
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LOLOLOLOL. Ive used 3GBs in less then 48 hours.
Just wondering what you're using as your apns did some googling but there seems to be quite a few different ones. What are you guys currently using. Also if you could please answer if you managed to get it working with the standard pe installed hot spot app or a 3rd party app
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Yeah, I am kinda worried about the whole tethering situation.
qhdevon43 said:
im on tmobiles new unlimited data plan as of today and so far ive used ALOT of data today... alot meaning im syncing my google drive on my computer using tmobile hotspot feature for my mytouch 4g running 3.5 sense rom... it works great... i do believe i did configure google chrome to not redirect to tmobiles page saying that i need to buy the hotspot feature.
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have you been blocked by tmobile at all? i have. if you haven't what was your work around?
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have you been blocked by tmobile at all? i have. if you haven't what was your work around?
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Try using Agent Switch Pro for chrome on the latest Opera setting. That's how I'm doing it.
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Vain III said:
Try using Agent Switch Pro for chrome on the latest Opera setting. That's how I'm doing it.
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Keep us posted. I switched over this afternoon and am going to give this a try tonight. Thanks.
Nothing to keep posted. I've been using that technique from the beginning and have had no trouble.
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I tried it on my galaxy s3 using t-mobile hot spot and it kept redirecting my me to sign up for the hot spot plan. However, I did use a different WiFi router app and was able to tether. I am rooted btw.
Tether did not work with my S3, but does with my G2 and current S2's Did not get a chance to try a different rom on the S3 before sale tho so not sure about that.
papabear said:
Tether did not work with my S3, but does with my G2 and current S2's Did not get a chance to try a different rom on the S3 before sale tho so not sure about that.
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Probably a stupid question on XDA, but are you rooted and running custom roms on your S2s? I'm interested if anyone has tried this on stock firmware with one of thee non-root tethering apps. I would test myself but I can't remember the last time I had a phone with stock firmware.
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Probably a stupid question on XDA, but are you rooted and running custom roms on your S2s? I'm interested if anyone has tried this on stock firmware with one of thee non-root tethering apps. I would test myself but I can't remember the last time I had a phone with stock firmware.
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i only tried foxfi and it worked but it was on prepaid 4g sim
i rooted shortly after and will get the splash page wo agent switching as stated above
my ladys first s3 wouldnt tether til rooted using an old wifi tether app, her replacement s3 i havn't had a chance to root yet and most likely won't. tether much til i flash custom
only problem i have now is xbox live wont let me see my friends, partyies, etc
no matter the settings, i can still play and Netflix
anyone else have that issue?
i tried vpn, but it wouldn't connect and i am in over my head trying to learn on the fly at the moment
So your using your phone as a WiFi hotspot to power your Xbox for you can stream Netflix?how is that working out for you so far.and your using a Samsung 3. Thanks!!!
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Mesaman2012 said:
So your using your phone as a WiFi hotspot to power your Xbox for you can stream Netflix?how is that working out for you so far.and your using a Samsung 3. Thanks!!!
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Yep I used both the s2 and s3 sucessfully.....
There is also another topic explaining another method of replacing ur apn in the general subforum of the tmobile s3
As for the s2 there is threads for apns and then for user agents
Live throws a code stating that some items may not be available but playing and netflix green light
Updates you have to dl on ur pc then transfer it to ur xbox by disc, etc storage medium
I have also changed my dns servers but I can still use tmobiles dns and do both
I use to have a full live experience until the last 360 update and now something borked....nebody have ideas? Lol
So I should have no problem using my sensation as a hotspot to power my roku box to stream Netflix to my t.v. right? Thanks!!!
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It was working but then the upsell page popped up. Any ideas on how to" fix" this I already tried changing the APN and downloaded the Wi-Fi for root users app it's a no go. Let's figure it out.
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GSMachinst said:
It was working but then the upsell page popped up. Any ideas on how to" fix" this I already tried changing the APN and downloaded the Wi-Fi for root users app it's a no go. Let's figure it out.
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If it has a question mark it goes to the Q&A buddy.
Vangelis13 said:
If it has a question mark it goes to the Q&A buddy.
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^^^THIS^^^
But anyway, what app are you using? I tether on the T-Mo 5GB prepay plan all the time. I just have to use a root enabled tether app.
Wrong Section Buddy -_-
My bad bro.. I'm using Wi-Fi tether for root users.
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GSMachinst said:
My bad bro.. I'm using Wi-Fi tether for root users.
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Huh, damn. May just be screwed, if my phone ever shows up I'll try it and see if I can work anything out
The 5GB plan includes tethering in its package..
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The 5GB plan includes tethering in its package..
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The prepaid? Cool, I guess I should be using it more, lol, I've been scarce about it cause I didn't want to attract attention.
I fixed it!!! I had to spoof my Google chrome browser to some other browser scripts so that it wouldn't be detected. I'm using Wi-Fi tether for root users and on the new unlimited $30 data plan.
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Why are you even using a wifi tethering application when 4.2 has tethering built-in to the OS? Settings > Wireless > Tethering and Portable Hotspot. Does the same thing and is more reliable in my experience.
The carriers usually block tethering by locking down the built-in functionality such that you only can use it if you pay a fee. That isn't the case for a phone with stock Android or a custom ROM. As for T-Mobile, you have 5 GB of 4G data and can use it however you please. I can confirm that tethering works fine with the $30 prepaid plan. Just did it a few minutes ago.
Someone mentioned that the stock tethering app won't work with his postpaid T-Mobile plan. Can anyone confirm this, and if so, isn't it just a matter of changing the APN settings?
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Why are you even using a wifi tethering application when 4.2 has tethering built-in to the OS? Settings > Wireless > Tethering and Portable Hotspot. Does the same thing and is more reliable in my experience.
The carriers usually block tethering by locking down the built-in functionality such that you only can use it if you pay a fee. That isn't the case for a phone with stock Android or a custom ROM. As for T-Mobile, you have 5 GB of 4G data and can use it however you please. I can confirm that tethering works fine with the $30 prepaid plan. Just did it a few minutes ago.
Someone mentioned that the stock tethering app won't work with his postpaid T-Mobile plan. Can anyone confirm this, and if so, isn't it just a matter of changing the APN settings?
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The stock tethering app would not work for me. I'm on the 30 dollar unlimited 4g data plan on a classic plan
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I think the issue is what you're trying to do with the tethered device. My understanding is that they detect the User Agent string for the desktop versions of Internet Explorer and Chrome and redirect you to their upsell page. (Firefox appears not to trigger this process, I'm guessing because Android Firefox has a toggle that makes it indistinguishable from the desktop version, so they can't be sure you're actually tethering when they see the desktop Firefox User Agent string.) Other non-browser Internet access -- email client, SSH, etc. -- also appears not to be affected.
1 thing that's worked for tethering on my android devices is creating a NEW apn that looks like this:
Name: epc.tmobile.com
Apn: epc.tmobile.com
Let us know if this works. I get my N4 on Tuesday!
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1 thing that's worked for tethering on my android devices is creating a NEW apn that looks like this:
Name: epc.tmobile.com
Apn: epc.tmobile.com
Let us know if this works. I get my N4 on Tuesday!
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I didn't try those setting but I just used the built in Wi-Fi tether app, made up an ID name and password, and connected no problem. Tethering on this phone is FAST! Way better than on Sprint...so glad I left them lol.
I was using AOKP 4.2 and it worked for a bit but since the 4.2.1 ROMs have launched i get a T-Mobile redirect when trying to use the hotspot feature.
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A way to get around that is to use Firefox as your PC internet.
Phones don't apply tho, there UA strings show as mobile.
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Piggybackign onto this thread...
I definitely would like to be able to get access to all the AT&T hotspots that come in carrier-ridden phones. I use AT&T's service so hopefully it wouldn't be a hard thing to do? I'm assuming it's not possible.
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A way to get around that is to use Firefox as your PC internet.
Phones don't apply tho, there UA strings show as mobile.
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You can change the ua string within the browser
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Download pdanet, WiFi tether app, or any tethering app on the play store.
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Sorry to piggy back onto this topic but is it possible on AT&T if I download a tethering app such as the ones mentioned above that I could tether my nexus 10 free of charge? (As in them not cancelling my unlimited and putting me on a more expensive limited tethering plan).
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Download pdanet, WiFi tether app, or any tethering app on the play store.
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Although I haven't tried it on my N4 yet. Wifi tether worked beautifully on my CDMA sprint HTC Evo 4g with a custom rom (mikg)...
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