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Hello, first of all I don't live in the states right now, I bought my phone a couple months ago from best buy and the guy said I could use it abroad, and I can, no problem with that. But when I try and turn on my mobile hotspot it says checking subscription status then That my mobile number was not found. I would call Verizon and ask them, but customer service takes a while and that will rack up a huge bill.
If you are on MJ7 or below, you can simply ignore that message (but press the home button to get it off your screen, not the "back" arrow or the "cancel" button on the pop-up).
There was a bug in the VZW app in those older versions that actually brought up the WiFi hotspot before it displayed the nag screen, so as long as you simply *ignored* the pop-up about no subscription, the hotspot function would be active. For MJ7 and below, there are also "helper" apps to launch the WiFi hotspot (e.g. TetherSetting by noboru - root not required).
If you are on MJE, you will probably have to purchase a hotspot app (e.g. FoxFi or PDAnet). FoxFi has a trial version if I am not mistaken.
I suppose it is feasible operating the phone on a GSM carrier rather than on VZW's network could change the behavior of that app, so YMMV.
Thanks for that. I tried the pressing back thing and it didnt work, so I downloaded the free thing and that didnt help either. Paid for Foxfi and its working like a charm. Thanks alot
I found out I was in a VoLTE market a couple of months ago when I was using the MLG 4.4 link and AT&T's "nxtgenphone" APN worked. Official 4.4 used the phone APN and I left it alone. About a week ago S Voice stopped working when I was using AT&T data but continued working fine over Wi-Fi. I pulled my hair out resetting S Voice and trying different versions; even the one from the SGS5. It still wouldn't work. I manually input the nxtgenphone APN and it started working again. So if you're having trouble with S Voice and are in a VoLTE market you might want to change/update your APN.
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I found out I was in a VoLTE market a couple of months ago when I was using the MLG 4.4 link and AT&T's "nxtgenphone" APN worked. Official 4.4 used the phone APN and I left it alone. About a week ago S Voice stopped working when I was using AT&T data but continued working fine over Wi-Fi. I pulled my hair out resetting S Voice and trying different versions; even the one from the SGS5. It still wouldn't work. I manually input the nxtgenphone APN and it started working again. So if you're having trouble with S Voice and are in a VoLTE market you might want to change/update your APN.
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im betting that is what my issue is, can you give me the settings so I can make this apn?
BarryH_GEG said:
I found out I was in a VoLTE market a couple of months ago when I was using the MLG 4.4 leak and AT&T's "nxtgenphone" APN worked. Official 4.4 used the phone APN and I left it alone. About a week ago S Voice stopped working when I was using AT&T data but continued working fine over Wi-Fi. I pulled my hair out resetting S Voice and trying different versions; even the one from the SGS5. It still wouldn't work. I manually input the nxtgenphone APN and it started working again. So if you're having trouble with S Voice and are in a VoLTE market you might want to change/update your APN.
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Here's the Nxtgenphone APN...
I was just out of town in a non-VoLTE market and had to go back to the phone APN. When I got home, I changed to the nextgenphone APN but S Voice wouldn't work again. I have a Gear and I had to completely reset it along with removing Gear Manager in order to get S Voice working again. So whatever's trashing S Voice may have something to do with the Gear, VoLTE, or both. Not having S Voice on your phone over AT&T's data lines (vs. WiFi) pretty much renders the Gear useless. Do any of you having issues also have a Gear running off your phone?
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Here's the Nxtgenphone APN...
I was just out of town in a non-VoLTE market and had to go back to the phone APN. When I got home, I changed to the nextgenphone APN but S Voice wouldn't work again. I have a Gear and I had to completely reset it along with removing Gear Manager in order to get S Voice working again. So whatever's trashing S Voice may have something to do with the Gear, VoLTE, or both. Not having S Voice on your phone over AT&T's data lines (vs. WiFi) pretty much renders the Gear useless. Do any of you having issues also have a Gear running off your phone?
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Yes. This is what started me on his quest lol. My s voice has been working and then quit which rendered the watch pointless. So I have been trying to fix it for a few days now
I did download the update from here for Svoice,
http://www.sammobile.com/2014/03/24/download-samsungs-s-voice-app-from-the-galaxy-s5/
That seemed to help a bunch with the Svoice issues. But my phone still gets kicked off LTE and stuck at 4g where others that use ATT still show LTE. I can restart my phone and I will then have LTE service.
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I did download the update from here for Svoice,
http://www.sammobile.com/2014/03/24/download-samsungs-s-voice-app-from-the-galaxy-s5/
That seemed to help a bunch with the Svoice issues. But my phone still gets kicked off LTE and stuck at 4g where others that use ATT still show LTE. I can restart my phone and I will then have LTE service.
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It's an odd problem and not easy to isolate. When S Voice first died I thought it was related to the S Voice app itself. I tried the SGS5 update in your link right before the problem started and thought that was it. So I cleared data in the app via Settings and went back to the factory version and the N3-specific S Voice update that came out a few months ago. Didn't solve the problem - S Voice was fine over Wi-Fi but borked on AT&T data.
I remembered I was in a VoLTE market and tried the nxtgenphone APN and that solved the problem. All three versions of S Voice worked; original, N3 update, and SGS5 update. Everything was fine until I had to use the "phone" APN in a non-VoLTE market. S Voice worked fine until I got home to my VoLTE market and it stopped working again. This time, the nxtgenphone APN didn't help. I cleared data on S Voice again and tried all three versions and S Voice still wouldn't work.
Thinking it might be Gear related I deleted the Gear from BT settings, uninstalled Gear Manager from my phone, hard reset my Gear by long pressing the power button and using recovery, and rebuilding it via reset rather than using "restore" to reinstall my previous apps/settings. For some reason, the original and N3 update of S Voice wouldn't work. The SGS5 version did. At some point in the second "S Voice is broken" repair S Voice started to work on my phone but not the Gear.
So some combination of playing with the APN's, installing different versions of S Voice, and resetting the Gear, S Voice is working reliably again. What a pain in the ass. I'm guessing it's AT&T network related because its the only common denominator in both times S Voice started to fail and using the nxtgenphone APN fixed it the first time.
Same issue here (Samsung Note 3), ATT & Samsung are clueless
There is a significant amount of discussion of this issue in the att forums (I can't post links, but it's at https : // forums.att.com/t5/Android/S-Voice-now-Voice-talk-and-non-Wi-Fi-connection/m-p/4053580#M53935). I've been experiencing this for about four days now. S-Voice suddenly stopped working and returned "I can't find a network connection. Please connect to network and try again." This only happens on the AT&T data network; wi-fi works fine. When I called AT&T tech support last night, they actually knew about this issue but had nothing to offer me beyond the fact that it was a "known issue" and that "Samsung is working on a solution." They gave me the number for Samsung tech support, but those folks were less than helpful. At first, they pretended it was an issue with my phone and said I should send it in for repair. He said that there were no other reports of this issue from other users.
Then, when I mentioned that this issue is all over the Internet, the guy said "Well, we have had a 'significant' number of complaints about this, but not a high number." Every time I asked a question ("Do you have an SLA for a resolution?"), he put me on hold for five minutes and came back and asked irrelevant questions. ("So, you say this happened because of a software update?" "No, YOU said that.")
Finally, he said it was an Android issue and that Google is working on a fix.
I have downloaded the S5 version of S-Voice: apart from the ugly colors, it behaves exactly the same as the Note 3 version (i.e, works on wifi and does not work on the mobile network). I also tried changing the APN per the screenshot in this thread, but that did not change the situation.
As a workaround, I'm currently using "S for Switch Voice" (a buggy little app that switches to Google Search every time S-Voice is opened), but I'm really hoping this is fixed soon. Right now, all I'm seeing is finger pointing.
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There is a significant amount of discussion of this issue in the att forums (I can't post links, but it's at https : // forums.att.com/t5/Android/S-Voice-now-Voice-talk-and-non-Wi-Fi-connection/m-p/4053580#M53935). I've been experiencing this for about four days now. S-Voice suddenly stopped working and returned "I can't find a network connection. Please connect to network and try again." This only happens on the AT&T data network; wi-fi works fine. When I called AT&T tech support last night, they actually knew about this issue but had nothing to offer me beyond the fact that it was a "known issue" and that "Samsung is working on a solution." They gave me the number for Samsung tech support, but those folks were less than helpful. At first, they pretended it was an issue with my phone and said I should send it in for repair. He said that there were no other reports of this issue from other users.
Then, when I mentioned that this issue is all over the Internet, the guy said "Well, we have had a 'significant' number of complaints about this, but not a high number." Every time I asked a question ("Do you have an SLA for a resolution?"), he put me on hold for five minutes and came back and asked irrelevant questions. ("So, you say this happened because of a software update?" "No, YOU said that.")
Finally, he said it was an Android issue and that Google is working on a fix.
I have downloaded the S5 version of S-Voice: apart from the ugly colors, it behaves exactly the same as the Note 3 version (i.e, works on wifi and does not work on the mobile network). I also tried changing the APN per the screenshot in this thread, but that did not change the situation.
As a workaround, I'm currently using "S for Switch Voice" (a buggy little app that switches to Google Search every time S-Voice is opened), but I'm really hoping this is fixed soon. Right now, all I'm seeing is finger pointing.
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Unfortunately that doesn't work for us with the galaxy gear or gear 2. What ever happened has disabled the ability to use s voice on the gear and the ability to start calls using your voice.
raiu said:
Unfortunately that doesn't work for us with the galaxy gear or gear 2. What ever happened has disabled the ability to use s voice on the gear and the ability to start calls using your voice.
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Have you completely removed the Gear from your phone and reset it using recovery? That's what fixed it for me the second time I had the issue. It only works with the SGS5 version of S Voice though.
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Have you completely removed the Gear from your phone and reset it using recovery? That's what fixed it for me the second time I had the issue. It only works with the SGS5 version of S Voice though.
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mine works with the s5 svoice app update
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mine works with the s5 svoice app update
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I hate the SGS5 version of S Voice; especially in driving mode which I use a lot. It disables saying "Hi Galaxy" when the device is off which I also used heavily. I tried to downgrade again but you're right, the SGS5 version of S Voice is the only one that works. Hopefully a bunch of AT&T employees with N3's complain internally and AT&T's dev group gets off their asses and works with Samsung's dev group on a real solution.
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I hate the SGS5 version of S Voice; especially in driving mode which I use a lot. It disables saying "Hi Galaxy" when the device is off which I also used heavily. I tried to downgrade again but you're right, the SGS5 version of S Voice is the only one that works. Hopefully a bunch of AT&T employees with N3's complain internally and AT&T's dev group gets off their asses and works with Samsung's dev group on a real solution.
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check the galaxy app store there a SE update and an Svoice update and it now works on ATT data
raiu said:
check the galaxy app store there a SE update and an Svoice update and it now works on ATT data
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Thanks for that. I saw the security update yesterday but didn't think it would solve the problem so didn't play with S Voice after I installed it. AT&T must have done something security permissions wise on their network otherwise all carriers would have had S Voice issues which we know isn't the case. The S Voice app in Galaxy Apps is the one and only update the N3 received in January so that's not what fixed the problem.
Does anyone know if the usb/ or hotspot of foxfi/pda net or other non native teathering apps work on the z force droid? ive been on unlocked and rooted phones for a while but i'm just not seeing anything that i want. i bought a oneplus 3 then found out it didn't have the lte bands for verizion. derp. but i think id go back to a locked phone for this modular deal as long as i could still teather with pda net. cuz i ant pay'n no 30 bucks for Verizon to "unlock" the capability of my phone. pffffffftttttttttt.
just curious if anyone knows or could check
FoxFi/PDA works fine over bluetooth.
what about usb or wifi?
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what about usb or wifi?
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Both bluetooth and USB work, but WiFi requires a mobile hotspot plan (which I don't have, so I can't test).
If you are the only one on your plan, go prepaid, I dont pay extra and the stock tethering under settings works just fine
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Both bluetooth and USB work, but WiFi requires a mobile hotspot plan (which I don't have, so I can't test).
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ty.
and i've got unlimited so thats why
beanman97 said:
Does anyone know if the usb/ or hotspot of foxfi/pda net or other non native teathering apps work on the z force droid? ive been on unlocked and rooted phones for a while but i'm just not seeing anything that i want. i bought a oneplus 3 then found out it didn't have the lte bands for verizion. derp. but i think id go back to a locked phone for this modular deal as long as i could still teather with pda net. cuz i ant pay'n no 30 bucks for Verizon to "unlock" the capability of my phone. pffffffftttttttttt.
just curious if anyone knows or could check
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I searched for the same, tried a number of apps, tried all of these recommended root apps & protocols ended up with the same disappointing result. Most of it just didn't work or no one could provide the necessary tools in proper sequential steps.
With you phone powered on remove your sim card. Go to Mobile hot spot & tethering, activate blue tooth tethering.wait a few minutes put your sim back in. you should now be able to pair devices with your phone and share its internet connection..
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I searched for the same, tried a number of apps, tried all of these recommended root apps & protocols ended up with the same disappointing result. Most of it just didn't work or no one could provide the necessary tools in proper sequential steps.
With you phone powered on remove your sim card. Go to Mobile hot spot & tethering, activate blue tooth tethering.wait a few minutes put your sim back in. you should now be able to pair devices with your phone and share its internet connection..
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Found this in the other threads regarding hotspot. If you download "Network Signal Refresher Lite" from 8JAPPS in the playstore you can use native tethering. Just open the app and hit refresh and the moment you lose service drag down the quick tiles and tap the hotspot button. Been using this on my Moto Z Droid for the past few days and it works perfectly
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Found this in the other threads regarding hotspot. If you download "Network Signal Refresher Lite" from 8JAPPS in the playstore you can use native tethering. Just open the app and hit refresh and the moment you lose service drag down the quick tiles and tap the hotspot button. Been using this on my Moto Z Droid for the past few days and it works perfectly
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Great tip. works like a charm. and i see why, its so simple. if ya wanted something similar without downloading the app id imagine pulling your sim or anything that pops the radio off for a few so it can't call home and ask for permission.
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Great tip. works like a charm. and i see why, its so simple. if ya wanted something similar without downloading the app id imagine pulling your sim or anything that pops the radio off for a few so it can't call home and ask for permission.
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Looks like it stopped working for me on Nougat. Might try the sim method
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Looks like it stopped working for me on Nougat. Might try the sim method
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hum didn't even know it was out. still on marshmallow, thanks for the heads up
beanman97 said:
Does anyone know if the usb/ or hotspot of foxfi/pda net or other non native teathering apps work on the z force droid? ive been on unlocked and rooted phones for a while but i'm just not seeing anything that i want. i bought a oneplus 3 then found out it didn't have the lte bands for verizion. derp. but i think id go back to a locked phone for this modular deal as long as i could still teather with pda net. cuz i ant pay'n no 30 bucks for Verizon to "unlock" the capability of my phone. pffffffftttttttttt.
just curious if anyone knows or could check
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Use Network signal refresher
Does anyone know of any workarounds? Network Signal Refresher stopped working for me with Nougat as well.
Yesterday they had an update for Network Signal Lite to version 5.0. Didnt work for me.
Today they have another update to version 5.1 hoping it fixes the issue. Just figured I would share.
i take it popping the sim doesn't work as well then. seams as if they might have closed the "if not able to call home let hotspot on anyway" bug then.
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i take it popping the sim doesn't work as well then. seams as if they might have closed the "if not able to call home let hotspot on anyway" bug then.
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Popping the sim card does indeed work just hit the hotspot icon in the quick settings right after you reinsert it. Been doing since the first day nougat came out and it works every time.
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i take it popping the sim doesn't work as well then. seams as if they might have closed the "if not able to call home let hotspot on anyway" bug then.
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Popping the sim card does indeed work just hit the hotspot icon in the quick settings right after you reinsert it. Been doing since the first day nougat came out and it works every time.
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I will second this. Since NSL does not work I have been using sim card and it works everytime.
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Popping the sim card does indeed work just hit the hotspot icon in the quick settings right after you reinsert it. Been doing since the first day nougat came out and it works every time.
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I've been doing this, and it does work, but I'm finding it turns itself off after a short time - are you seeing this as well?
Is hotspot/tethering option missing on all us carrier in the settings I'm using sprint version & it's not here at all...this phone is useless 2 me if I can't find a way to fix this.
https://www.xda-developers.com/thre...ickbaity-tricks-for-your-new-galaxy-s8-or-s8/
Hey man did this work? I haven't gotten my S8 in the mail yet so I can't test it...
Mobile Hotspot and Tethering is available on the T-Mobile version by default, both in the settings menu and in quick launch
I have the verizon model and the hotspot option is available and working. Was not hidden.
Available in the settings and quick settings in the AT&T S8
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Available in the settings and quick settings in the AT&T S8
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This was a pleasant surprise for me, since AT&T had it removed from the quick settings on my S6.
Tethering Switch
by the way, if you want a really good "Hotspot Widget" that ACTUALLY works...and I literally tried probably 90% on the Play store and ONE did finally work...
Tethering Switch
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.gr.java_conf.taketake.tethering&hl=en
DID work. It doesn't bring you to the HotSpot Settings first, and then you would have to turn on the HotSpot manually...this does it quickly, shows that it is enabled.
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https://www.xda-developers.com/thre...ickbaity-tricks-for-your-new-galaxy-s8-or-s8/
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thevirgonian said:
by the way, if you want a really good "Hotspot Widget" that ACTUALLY works...and I literally tried probably 90% on the Play store and ONE did finally work...
Tethering Switch
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.gr.java_conf.taketake.tethering&hl=en
DID work. It doesn't bring you to the HotSpot Settings first, and then you would have to turn on the HotSpot manually...this does it quickly, shows that it is enabled.
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This didn't work for me the link, the missing hotspot seems to be a sprint thing are you using sprint?
thevirgonian said:
by the way, if you want a really good "Hotspot Widget" that ACTUALLY works...and I literally tried probably 90% on the Play store and ONE did finally work...
Tethering Switch
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.gr.java_conf.taketake.tethering&hl=en
DID work. It doesn't bring you to the HotSpot Settings first, and then you would have to turn on the HotSpot manually...this does it quickly, shows that it is enabled.
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I tried this but didn't work for me with AT&T. I have a Tethering shorcut, but it takes you to the hotspot settings to turn it on manually like you mentioned. So I was excited to try this app out, however after I installed it, it just says it's Enabled (but it's not) and then when I tap it again it says Enabled again, not Disabled. Unless I go into my settings and turn it on, then the app will say Disabled (but doesn't really). So I guess I'll stick with what I have for now.
Hey I ended up returning my S8. I apologise for putting this info out about the Tethering app. It works perfectly on all my other ROMS. It is the only "widget" type app that worked on my LG G5 on stock rooted FW on MM. Anyway, I am not sure if you guys got Tethering to work on Verizon or whatever, but I had no issues with it on T-Mobile... However this app didn't work on T-Mobile on my S8 even.
Buy from Samsung?
Daddy43205 said:
Is hotspot/tethering option missing on all us carrier in the settings I'm using sprint version & it's not here at all...this phone is useless 2 me if I can't find a way to fix this.
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You didn't by any chance purchase the phone directly from Samsung did you? I had the exact same problem with an S8 purchased directly from Samsung (got the free Gear VR promo) and I have Sprint.
There was no hotspot option anywhere in the setup menus. And of course, I did not notice this until 2 weeks later when I was on a trip. The hotel WiFi was messed up and I needed to use hotspot. It's not that it did not work, there was no option at all in Setup for Hotspot and Tethering.
I talked to Sprint, took it to a Sprint store for help, and talked to Samsung tech support. Nothing they all tried fixed it. Both Sprint and Samsung suggested the phone might be defective and I should pursue getting a replacement. That didn't make sense to me because WiFi and Cell Data were working fine, and hotspot is just software.
My fix was to do a full Factory Reset and then set it all up again. Tedious, but when it came back up, the Hotspot and Tethering option were there and it works perfectly now.
Recent update messed it up again?
Tried the adb method of Get/Push revealing Hotspot via Quick Tiles. Didn't work.
Any other ideas for regaining hotspot on the device? Without rooting?
Current date: Jan 7 2018.
i have same problem too, waiting for update
I tried that https://www.xda-developers.com/thre...ickbaity-tricks-for-your-new-galaxy-s8-or-s8/ but I cant even try itcoz I get "because an app etc about some permission", I tried to disable so many cant figure it out
So how does one Quick Toggle Tether? I use it all the time in my car
If you wonder if it sucks to have 5-6 years of no-hassle tethering then go to 1.5 years of no tether because the root community fragmented out your phone model/build, then you are right, it does suck, a lot.
Never EVER getting a phone with a locked bootloader again. Ever. Jesus why did I get this phone. Sprint wants 10-20$ dollars to use my existing data on another screen? ooo that frosts me.
Please tell me that, no Blakestr, you are wrong. Here is the easy solution. Don't worry if an OTA snuck through your phone, this will still work.
PDA net has not worked at all, it doens't generate an SSID, even though I downloaded the apk from their website. Don't have option to use USB tether (this is for one of those chinese android units (atoto) so I can have internet from my phone when I drive.
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If you wonder if it sucks to have 5-6 years of no-hassle tethering then go to 1.5 years of no tether because the root community fragmented out your phone model/build, then you are right, it does suck, a lot.
Never EVER getting a phone with a locked bootloader again. Ever. Jesus why did I get this phone. Sprint wants 10-20$ dollars to use my existing data on another screen? ooo that frosts me.
Please tell me that, no Blakestr, you are wrong. Here is the easy solution. Don't worry if an OTA snuck through your phone, this will still work.
PDA net has not worked at all, it doens't generate an SSID, even though I downloaded the apk from their website. Don't have option to use USB tether (this is for one of those chinese android units (atoto) so I can have internet from my phone when I drive.
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I'm pretty sure there is a hotspot hack that works on the current rom.
I'm still on the original rom,
I blocked updates to prevent my hotspot hack being 'fixed' via OTA ROM.
But, I keep seeing threads about hotspot hack after ota updates.
I'm on my phone posting this,
So linking kinda difficult.
Search this GS7+ sprint forum
And the GS7 sprint forum.
This Thead for NON-ROOT methods for root tricks.
This hotspot hack should still work.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-s7-edge/how-to/nougat-root-guide-tips-tricks-root-t3573195
Another thread, maybe better/same...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-s7-edge/how-to/hotspot-bypass-nougat-ok-t3563446/page22
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I'm pretty sure there is a hotspot hack that works on the current rom.
Another thread, maybe better/same...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-s7-edge/how-to/hotspot-bypass-nougat-ok-t3563446/page22
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This one still works on my S7 Edge with the June 22 update. I believe if your Sprint phone is UICC unlocked by Sprint, you can also edit The APN setting, at least I could after I had them unlock it.
i can confirm the same. My APN section is completely accessible. Is it maybe because I had already modified the radio entries as in the post above? My hotspot is open and my phone is completely unlocked. Strange