Tmobile APN - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello community
Does anyone know how to modify the TMobile USA APN settings. I recently came from the HTC One S section where we had a mod to allow WiFi and USB tether without the plan. Anything similar to that for this device?

jgentry151 said:
Hello community
Does anyone know how to modify the TMobile USA APN settings. I recently came from the HTC One S section where we had a mod to allow WiFi and USB tether without the plan. Anything similar to that for this device?
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Did you try searching? there are methods that can be use but if you are using the N4 and a custom rom thats all you need. Remember this phone does not have any carrier branding.
It may even work stock but unfortunately my phone was not stock long enough to test that out... LOL
Edit: My friend connects to his wifi and using USB tether without a problem on his Note 2 and its not rooted so there is obviously a way

playya said:
Did you try searching? there are methods that can be use but if you are using the N4 and a custom rom thats all you need. Remember this phone does not have any carrier branding.
It may even work stock but unfortunately my phone was not stock long enough to test that out... LOL
Edit: My friend connects to his wifi and using USB tether without a problem on his Note 2 and its not rooted so there is obviously a way
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It did work for about 5 minutes then i got the redirect to TMO change rate plan page. I will try rooting it and using custom rom once i get the 4.3 update

jgentry151 said:
It did work for about 5 minutes then i got the redirect to TMO change rate plan page. I will try rooting it and using custom rom once i get the 4.3 update
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rooting it and custom rom will do nothing for you and getting caugth tethering, thats an untruth that gets spread around. tmobile sees your device on their network regardless, or you wouldnt be able to use tmobiles network. its just a matter of tmobile actively stopping you or ignoring you to a point. you can always try changing your browsers user agent, that helps sometimes, but they eventually catch on. to get to the apn settings, you dont need root. its in the main phone settings, more, mobile network, access point names..

jgentry151 said:
It did work for about 5 minutes then i got the redirect to TMO change rate plan page. I will try rooting it and using custom rom once i get the 4.3 update
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Ok to clarify are we speaking about you turning on your wifi then connecting your phone to a pc and streaming over the internet that way? I know it sound crazy but my friends Internet card and wireless card in his pc do not work and this is how he connects his pc to internet.
Also I use ES File explorer on my Note 2 to tether and straight with my N4. I also use chrome if connected to a laptop. I may have just gotten lucky but i have not seen the T-Mobile page pop up on my since I got this phone. But thats just me

playya said:
Ok to clarify are we speaking about you turning on your wifi then connecting your phone to a pc and streaming over the internet that way? I know it sound crazy but my friends Internet card and wireless card in his pc do not work and this is how he connects his pc to internet.
Also I use ES File explorer on my Note 2 to tether and straight with my N4. I also use chrome if connected to a laptop. I may have just gotten lucky but i have not seen the T-Mobile page pop up on my since I got this phone. But thats just me
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Are you using a custom ROM on your N4?

jgentry151 said:
Are you using a custom ROM on your N4?
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Yes
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playya said:
Yes
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Which one if I may ask?
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jgentry151 said:
Which one if I may ask?
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I am running SlimBean with AK kernel AK41. May I add that wifi notifications and all necessary phone options work flawlessly for me. Also battery life is quite good, I did update to SuperSu and it was draining my battery so I switched back to 1.41 :good:

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Wireless Tethering

Is anyone else experiencing problems with the wireless tether connection? My connection is showing up but only allows limited connectivity from my evo to my computer and can not access the web. I am flustered with this thing bc it is one of the reasons why I wanted to root!
try to find and download the latest wireless tether .apk
i have the new version. i believe it actually came out this morning. wireless tethering-pre10....
Then try a not so new version. Different versions seem to work better with different setups.
Check your binary codes or make sure you are up to date with version
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I had the same issue...I posted it in the Q&A section......never could get an IP....went back to Pre-9 and things are fine.
The pre 7 works great for me. I believe it's when Evo support was first added.
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ggeralds said:
I had the same issue...I posted it in the Q&A section......never could get an IP....went back to Pre-9 and things are fine.
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It happened the same to me. Pre10 doesn't work with the EVO. Pre9 works fine.
Man I have deleted pre 10 and installed and set up the Sept 5th version of pre9 and still the same damn thing. Connects with limited access but no internet connection! I enable access control and it tells me on my phone that my computer has connected. I'm really unsure why I can not get the internet connection to work. It's driving me nuts
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Does t-mobile know if i'm tethering?

So i'm running CM7 and I was at the airport yesterday with no free wifi. I used the USB tethering feature built into CM7 which happened to work just fine.
However, i am just wondering, is there anyway t-mobile will know i'm tethering?
Heard yes and no, never been billed for tethering through my carrier
shortskoolbus said:
So i'm running CM7 and I was at the airport yesterday with no free wifi. I used the USB tethering feature built into CM7 which happened to work just fine.
However, i am just wondering, is there anyway t-mobile will know i'm tethering?
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All I used to do was tether my HD2 to my notebook PC but I can't get that feature to work with this device anymore.
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i n f a m o u s said:
All I used to do was tether my HD2 to my notebook PC but I can't get that feature to work with this device anymore.
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It worked great for me. I couldn't even tell I was tethering, that's how fast it was.
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shortskoolbus said:
So i'm running CM7 and I was at the airport yesterday with no free wifi. I used the USB tethering feature built into CM7 which happened to work just fine.
However, i am just wondering, is there anyway t-mobile will know i'm tethering?
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AFAIK, no. There has been no definitive answer to this. However, I don't believe T-Mo has any "long armed reach" into your phone. All they are is a carrier. They provide you a signal, what you do with that signal is up to you. All they should see is a steam of data to various points on the internet on their end.
Now, if these points happens to be things like a WoW server or CoD server; aka things that 100% can't run on your phone -- maybe they would have some info. Surfing, email, and downloading should all be totally innocuous though.

No more T-Mobile Tethering!!

So I've been using Barnacle to tether to my laptop at work when I get bored. Yesterday I went to login to facebook and Whamo! A TMobile splash page pops ups talking about getting a tethering plan! That's the only page I can access now when I try to tether. Sucks!!! Looks like they finally caught on.
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yeah. People started getting these a few weeks ago. Go ahead and use that search bar.
yeah. People started getting these a few weeks ago. Go ahead and use that search bar.
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Go ahead and EDIT....... Do NOT swear on the forum
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How about you use the built in access point in settings? That still works. Barnacle is garbage.
Sdobron said:
How about you use the built in access point in settings? That still works. Barnacle is garbage.
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If you have a custom ROM (Most of them added this in) you can use the stock Samsung AP:
Settings--> Wireless and Network--> Mobile AP. Then go to settings, set up your SSID and security phrase, check to enable, enjoy.
Been using it sparingly at work when I need to get around the firewall, worked as of about 45 minutes ago.
Stargazer3777 said:
If you have a custom ROM (Most of them added this in) you can use the stock Samsung AP:
Settings--> Wireless and Network--> Mobile AP. Then go to settings, set up your SSID and security phrase, check to enable, enjoy.
Been using it sparingly at work when I need to get around the firewall, worked as of about 45 minutes ago.
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Thanks. I'll try that. I had a feeling there would be a work around.
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I tether my Wi-Fi tab to my Vibrant every day I commute to work, did that this morning as well with no issues using Mobile AP.
more butt hurt:
If ONLY my phone had this capability built into it... o wait. Mobile AP.
s15274n said:
more butt hurt:
If ONLY my phone had this capability built into it... o wait. Mobile AP.
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I knew that AP was built in. Ive just had issues with it not working with my PC... barnacle has always worked perfectly with my setup. No need to be a ****.
djordan79 said:
I knew that AP was built in. Ive just had issues with it not working with my PC... barnacle has always worked perfectly with my setup. No need to be a ****.
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My post wasnt directed at you, more the humor of "butt hurt"
Mobile AP is far superior, not sure why you would have issues with it.
What do you mean?
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s15274n said:
My post wasnt directed at you, more the humor of "butt hurt"
Mobile AP is far superior, not sure why you would have issues with it.
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My bad! And AP isn't working either. Still getting the tmo splash page.
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If ap isnt working.....might be a bad flash
...it works well for me atleast for other people using me as thier wifi hot spot and for my kids wii
djordan79 said:
My bad! And AP isn't working either. Still getting the tmo splash page.
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If you are still getting the splash page its possible that you tether wayy too much and T-Mobile has flagged your account for tethering exorbitantly.
On average how much data do you reckon you tether on a monthly basis? (btw im tethering right now to send this message) I tether roughly 1-2 gig at most per month but its spread out over the course of the month.
If you dont tether that much or that often i would suggest starting fresh with a clean install of another or the same rom, if that still doesnt work it sounds like you are SOL.
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If you are still getting the splash page its possible that you tether wayy too much and T-Mobile has flagged your account for tethering exorbitantly.
On average how much data do you reckon you tether on a monthly basis? (btw im tethering right now to send this message) I tether roughly 1-2 gig at most per month but its spread out over the course of the month.
If you dont tether that much or that often i would suggest starting fresh with a clean install of another or the same rom, if that still doesnt work it sounds like you are SOL.
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This.
10 char.
Thread cleaned. Read the rules people, and keep it friendly or you face the prospect of an infraction leading to a ban.
s15274n said:
My post wasnt directed at you, more the humor of "butt hurt"
Mobile AP is far superior, not sure why you would have issues with it.
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I agree with you about the Mobile AP, it's the best. The people who contribute to this Vibrant Forum are also awesome, the amount you have taught me thank you.
Kept my Vibrant (in soft brick at the moment but will fix it) but got hung up in the moment at a TMO store and bought the SGS 4G. Couldn't let go of the Vibrant so was playing with both. The Vibrant is going to be a hard phone to do better on! Off to return the now unrooted SGS 4G to exchange for a different phone or just return. This Vibrant forum spoiled me and then to see what's going on on the SGS 4G forum is just sad.
Here you are apologizing or explaining yourself which is was really nice, on the SGS 4G forum all they do is blast people. I will being hitting the Thanks button more after my experience over there. Thanks for all you've done to contribute to this forum.
I have read posts of others getting this page randomly using every tether app regardless ie, Mobile AP, Barnacle, wifi tether. Once in a while i might have to reset my settings or turn off/on tethering and it werks again but its just for a bad connection never the "Tmobile tethering plan" page.
I have been capped once before and received the dreaded throttle down txt message. It only affected my tether ability the phones internet really didn't take a hit at all. At least not noticeably. Other than the throttle down (which has nothing to do with Mobile AP werkin and is totally my fault) I personally have not had any issues with it.
Still get the tmo splash page on my laptop at work..... but can get internet just fine at home on my iMac..... both using AP.... weird
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Mobile AP working fine for me...
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T mobile blocked tethering??

So I have had tehtering for as long as i have had t mobile and all of a sudden today they blocked it. now what?? is it just gone or is there a way to work around it??? my phone is rooted thanks
I haven't tried tethering today but I would think if you're rooted then you shouldn't have anything to worry about. Most roms come preinstalled with tethering apps and you can download them.
They CAN block it on a rooted device if they notice. Not much you can do about it.
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Can they block pdanet? Bluetooth or USB tehter?
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Same question for me. I use tethering sparingly, but just got blocked today. I'm fully rooted and on cm7 rc3, using the native tethering from cm7 - and this no longer works.
So are there any 3rd party apps that will bypass the block? I tried barnacle and wifi tether for root users, but couldn't seem to get either to even connect to the computer correctly.
netter123 said:
Same question for me. I use tethering sparingly, but just got blocked today. I'm fully rooted and on cm7 rc3, using the native tethering from cm7 - and this no longer works.
So are there any 3rd party apps that will bypass the block? I tried barnacle and wifi tether for root users, but couldn't seem to get either to even connect to the computer correctly.
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I found a solution that works for me anyway. Not sure if I'm supposed to post that kind of info here, but feel free to PM me and I can share if anyone has this same problem (again, not sure my solution would work for everyone).
netter123 said:
I found a solution that works for me anyway. Not sure if I'm supposed to post that kind of info here, but feel free to PM me and I can share if anyone has this same problem (again, not sure my solution would work for everyone).
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Why PM when you can share it to the whole forum
mecha2012 said:
Why PM when you can share it to the whole forum
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A quick and dirty fix that works in a pinch for t-mobile is to create a new APN and make it epc.tmobile.com, then switch to it. I tried it the other day after they started sending me to that site where they tell you to add tethering to your plan. It worked.
tether bypass
estallings15 said:
A quick and dirty fix that works in a pinch for t-mobile is to create a new APN and make it epc.tmobile.com, then switch to it. I tried it the other day after they started sending me to that site where they tell you to add tethering to your plan. It worked.
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just use google chrome and change the client with user -agent switcher app and changed it to google's spider tmobile will think your using a phone and not a labtop works for me good luck
Lol. Bringing it back from the dead?
Good job...
estallings15 said:
A quick and dirty fix that works in a pinch for t-mobile is to create a new APN and make it epc.tmobile.com, then switch to it. I tried it the other day after they started sending me to that site where they tell you to add tethering to your plan. It worked.
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Does that mean T-Mobile is using a new APN? I'm only asking because I use epc.tmobile.com all the time after flashing a new ROM.
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Bass_Man25 said:
Does that mean T-Mobile is using a new APN? I'm only asking because I use epc.tmobile.com all the time after flashing a new ROM.
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No. For some reason that seems to temporarily confuse their system into letting you tether.
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netter123 said:
I found a solution that works for me anyway. Not sure if I'm supposed to post that kind of info here, but feel free to PM me and I can share if anyone has this same problem (again, not sure my solution would work for everyone).
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I spoke with netter123 he is prompt, friendly and helpful! The solution that he has DOES work!!! Thank you netter!!!

Has anyone tried tethering with tmobiles new truely unlimited 4G data plan yet.

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?
lkrfn5283 said:
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.
jelliottz said:
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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