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Does rooting the Droid x give free mobile hotspot?
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nativesmiley said:
Does rooting the Droid x give free mobile hotspot?
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Rooting the stock rom does not give you free hotspot capabilities. The stock os has a way of knowing if you try using 3rd party wi-fi hotspot apps from the Market and Verizon may send you a nasty letter to cease doing that.
There are however a bunch of custom ROMs that will allow you to use your Droid X as a mobile hotspot without getting hit by Verizon with the nasty letter and/or an additional $30/month hotspot charge.
If you really love the stock os and still want to have free wi-fi hotspot/tether capability then you could use a custom sbf file created by user wugfresh over at the droidxforums website. I don't think I can give you the link here but you can do a Google search for "WugPacked GB Tether Patch" and it should come up as the first link in your search results.
I've used this for a while in the past and it worked great for me.

Okay. Thanks.
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Tbh hack doesn't work anymore?
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Hotspot

If I root my phone gs4, does that mean I can use hotspot for free? Or is free hotspot usually included in the rom?
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try searching

As W7 said. This is such and old question. Do yourself a favor and find the answer yourself.
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Rooting your phone allows you to install software that you otherwise wouldn't be able to, due to carrier or device software limitations.
IF you root your phone, there are a large number of hotspot apps that you can install that will provide a hotspot for you. ROM's are usually just a collection of software (with the occasional performance tweak) that you can install. 99 times out of 100, ROM authors have merely borrowed someone else's hotspot app and packaged it in with the rest of the apps that they like. So no, you do not need to install a ROM just to install a hotspot app.
<Necessary Legalese> Keep in mind though, that if you cannot install a hotspot app and one was not provided on your phone, it's likely against the terms of service from your carrier. :angel:

I've done the searching and I realize this might be old, but I've been using hotspot with my gs4 for free and I don't have any hotspot apps. I'm running pacman but id like to play with other ROMs, just don't want to lose my free hotspot ability.
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the1000ydstare said:
I've done the searching and I realize this might be old, but I've been using hotspot with my gs4 for free and I don't have any hotspot apps. I'm running pacman but id like to play with other ROMs, just don't want to lose my free hotspot ability.
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the vast majority of roms have wireless tether built in. if you find one that dosent then there are multiple apps to make the feature avaliable.

xxaddictedxx said:
the vast majority of roms have wireless tether built in. if you find one that dosent then there are multiple apps to make the feature avaliable.
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Thank you addict. That answered my question. I appreciate the help ^_^
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Any need for anti virus?

First time android user and I'm curious if there's a need for it...I am just exploring the apps and came across avg and figured you guys could help me out ha ha..thanks in advance!
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Just be careful what and where you download apps and you should be fine. Also watch the permissions you allow for every app. For example a flashlight app doesn't need access to your contacts, storage or internet. These kind of apps you should stay away from.
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No
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No. Ppl get viruses from installing apk from Internet from unknown users. App store is fine just some apps quality sucks. So as long as you stick to dl apps from playstore and you don't dl unknown stuff from unknown sources you'll be fine
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Enable tethering on LG G3 D850

Got this from the G2 thread so I take no credit. Just tried it out and it works 100% thought I'd share.
What you'll need:
Root
Root explorer (or something similar)
SQLite editor
1. Activate the hot spot initially in the user interface settings, once it rejects to turn on the hotspot.
2. In root explorer goto data>data>com.android.provider.settings>system>databases>settings.db>systen
3. Press search button then type tether
4. Tap on tether_entitlement_check_state goto the value and edit to 0. Save then reboot phone.
All done. Below is the original G2 thread so make sure to give thanks over there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41540913&postcount=2
If you'd like to see all these steps with screen shots. Here's a site that provides nearly identical steps with nice pictures to guide you through
http://buhayinfotech.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-lg-g3-rooted-and-shared.html?m=1
Credit to @noelfranc for finding that site.
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Confirmed. Thanks OP!

Would this work on the sprint variant? This us truly the only mod I need for this phone.

fgcchevy said:
Would this work on the sprint variant? This us truly the only mod I need for this phone.
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Would work if Sprint phones could be rooted, but so far no dice. Its only been a day so give it time.

fgcchevy said:
Would this work on the sprint variant? This us truly the only mod I need for this phone.
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It also depends if sprint uses the hot spot provision apk (or whatever they might call it). If they do you can use xposed and x tether to get around it by freezing the provision apk with titanium back up and installing xposed frame work that the x tether module. Below is how they did it for the Galaxy S5.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53611115
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fgcchevy said:
Would this work on the sprint variant? This us truly the only mod I need for this phone.
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I'll get it working for g3 dont worry.
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WiFi Tethering LG G3
Here's basically the same guide as the one above, with nice screenshots for the right brained!
h t t p : / / buhayinfotech.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-lg-g3-rooted-and-shared.html

noelfranc said:
Here's basically the same guide as the one above, with nice screenshots for the right brained!
h t t p : / / buhayinfotech.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-lg-g3-rooted-and-shared.html
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Thanks @noelfranc I'll add it to the op for everyone
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Thanks! I'm going to give this a shot tomorrow.
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Verified working, thanks!!!!

will this work on the verizon variant?

kthung said:
will this work on the verizon variant?
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It all depends on how they tether. If they use an app to verify tether then no but if it's a simple number value ran against their systems like how AT&T is then yes. If you have tibu I'd do a search in there for the word tether and see if they use an app to verify you
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Working for me as well.
Thanks!

drock212 said:
It all depends on how they tether. If they use an app to verify tether then no but if it's a simple number value ran against their systems like how AT&T is then yes. If you have tibu I'd do a search in there for the word tether and see if they use an app to verify you
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Hmm. There's an app called "com.lge.mobilehotspot.ui 1.0" so I'm guessing that's the verification app you spoke of.

kthung said:
Hmm. There's an app called "com.lge.mobilehotspot.ui 1.0" so I'm guessing that's the verification app you spoke of.
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No I don't believe that's it. I think thats part of your interface to turn hot spot on and off. Its an apk that you're looking for. They're usually have the name hotspot or tether in them.
I believe I saw a thread that was for Verizon models that tells you steps on how to do this hack
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drock212 said:
No I don't believe that's it. I think thats part of your interface to turn hot spot on and off. Its an apk that you're looking for. They're usually have the name hotspot or tether in them.
I believe I saw a thread that was for Verizon models that tells you steps on how to do this hack
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Well other than that app, there's nothing else that shows up in Titanium with the words tether or hotspot.

kthung said:
Well other than that app, there's nothing else that shows up in Titanium with the words tether or hotspot.
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Cool. Just give my steps a shot. Worst comes to worst you just won't have that entry in the table to edit.
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drock212 said:
Cool. Just give my steps a shot. Worst comes to worst you just won't have that entry in the table to edit.
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No dice there's no entry along the lines of tether entitlement check.

kthung said:
No dice there's no entry along the lines of tether entitlement check.
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Did you give these a try? Says it's for Verizon phones
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2812305
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Thanks a lot. Yes, this completes the last piece of the puzzle for replacing my Nexus 5 with G3, which I am now going to keep. Yay!

Root kindle fire hdx without pc

Ok I'm getting straight down to business to root kindle fire hdx without PC just use the towel root method :laugh just download that apk and tada

YoshiDude Development said:
Ok I'm getting straight down to business to root kindle fire hdx without PC just use the towel root method :laugh just download that apk and tada
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What apk?

Www.towelroot.com
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Download keeps failing
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The download keeps failing
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Dunno works for me.
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Worked for me too.

Is there maybe another link? Keep in mind that I'm on 3.2.5. I even tried to side load it. I've emailed the devs and didn't get a response. I'm not a newb to Android, but Kindle is proprietary.
If somebody could tell me that they can download the file, either on a PC or on the Kindle, then I'll have to email the devs again. Any help would be much appreciated. I've had the Kindle for almost 3 weeks now. Again, I'm on 14.3.2.5.
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I do not like to post other people's files do you have an email address
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mrkhigh said:
I do not like to post other people's files do you have an email address
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Yes. [email protected] But you could pm me too
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Will Kindle updates break root? My last update was to 3.2.4 back in July. If I turn on wireless and let it update can I maybe run this again to regain root, or will it not be lost?

joed1960 said:
Will Kindle updates break root? My last update was to 3.2.4 back in July. If I turn on wireless and let it update can I maybe run this again to regain root, or will it not be lost?
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I would like to know that too. I'm on 3.2.5 though and not getting much feedback. I would rather not rollback. But I really want root. As I said, I do like the Fire OS. So just want to root it and play around with it for a while. It is better than my N10. But I need Google apps and to get rid of the proprietary stuff so I can do my tech stuff on the fly. I use my phone or laptop. They aren't always convenient. The Kindle seems perfect for what I do. 3 weeks I've had it and still no root. Amazon apps are usually older and they don't have a lot that I need

I have a 8.9 hdx and I just rooted and installed google play today. I am also on the same software version as you. I used towel root.
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v941726 said:
Is there maybe another link? Keep in mind that I'm on 3.2.5. I even tried to side load it. I've emailed the devs and didn't get a response. I'm not a newb to Android, but Kindle is proprietary.
If somebody could tell me that they can download the file, either on a PC or on the Kindle, then I'll have to email the devs again. Any help would be much appreciated. I've had the Kindle for almost 3 weeks now. Again, I'm on 14.3.2.5.
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Did you make sure that you allowed apps from uknown sources in your device preferences? To date I've successfully used it on a Kindle 8.9 HDX and a Samsung Galaxy 3.

Yes. I didn't end up with root. Thanks

Meant did end up with root.
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