Tethering not allowed - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin

I have an s4 that i sent to the philippines for my wife to use. That phone was not allowed before to tether because att restricts tethering if you dont have the group plan. My current s4 can tether now because we upgraded our plan to the group plan. But the s4 in the philippines is still restricted from tethering. Is there a way to remove this restriction?
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kennyx13 said:
I have an s4 that i sent to the philippines for my wife to use. That phone was not allowed before to tether because att restricts tethering if you dont have the group plan. My current s4 can tether now because we upgraded our plan to the group plan. But the s4 in the philippines is still restricted from tethering. Is there a way to remove this restriction?
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If you google it you will probably get several different methods, but here's one to get you started.

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It will by I don't know if at&t would let you do that.
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i heard from some one that at&t can't recognize the tmobile smart phone. some one help me plz
You're just going to use it for texts and calls right?
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Yes you're fine as long as it's unlocked.
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T-Mobile bringing back Unlimited 4g Data

T-Mobile has decided to bring back unlimited 4G.
Source: http://m.yahoo.com/w/legobpengine/n..._host_hdr=news.yahoo.com&.intl=US&.lang=en-US
Just when I was considering switching to sprint for unlimited data. Well played T-Mobile.
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Here is T-Mobile official announcement.
http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/articles/t-mobile-unlimited-nationwide-4g-data
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Awesome. Since I be adding my kids my plan.
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It says there is no mobile hotspot feature with the unlimited data. If I root my phone, tether it, and use it for my internet connection at home anyways, is there anything they can/will do about it?
Valicious said:
It says there is no mobile hotspot feature with the unlimited data. If I root my phone, tether it, and use it for my internet connection at home anyways, is there anything they can/will do about it?
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Pretty sure they can and will. You should read their terms of service
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I would love to switch to an unlimited plan but T-Mobile doesn't have very good reception where I live.
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No they can only moniter your phone if you have the stock ROM on it...custom ROMs will let you tether problem free
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I currently have unlimited with 5gb of high speed. Does this mean I have to change my data plan? I hate the slow speed I get cause I use my 5gb pretty quickly. No cap would be amazing.
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I would switch to tmobile, but I don't think it will work very fast with my desire hd. any info would be good
That's funny because my moms GS2 is running a custom ROM and T-Mobile would direct her to a page telling her to upgrade to mobile hotspot.
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IXChicharitoXI said:
I currently have unlimited with 5gb of high speed. Does this mean I have to change my data plan? I hate the slow speed I get cause I use my 5gb pretty quickly. No cap would be amazing.
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Tell me about it, my 2gb worth of high speed data goes out the window within three to five days.
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[Q] Pre-paid data only plan, no voice

Is there a pre-paid data only plan that I would be able to use with the nexus 4? I am in the US and AT&T is the only carrier with 3G where I am. Are there actual data-only plans that use AT&T towers that I could use? If not, would there be a way that I could use a prepaid tablet data plan from AT&T? Thanks
I believe straight talk also has data only plans, but not sure if they will work on a phone. Their phone plans are way better than ATT though, and you get same ATT towers/service.
http://androidandme.com/2012/10/carriers/top-4-us-pre-paid-wireless-plans-for-the-nexus-4/
T-Mobile has a 5gb, unl Text and like 100min plan for $30. you get some mins but not alot. You also get T-Mobiles 42 Mbps HSPA+ as well.
That at&t/straight talk may work. I only get edge on T-Mobile in the whole state of Maine so T-Mobile won't work.
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Although I don't really need voice/texting and would rather not pay if I don't need to
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AT&T themselves have a prepaid tablet plan: http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/plans/dataplans.html
I wonder if they allow that on the Nexus 4. You'd probably have to change APN.
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I was looking at that one. You have to give them your IMEI number and I don't have a tablet to do that.
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Go into an AT&T store and surreptitiously snoop the IMEI of one of their Android tabs?
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That's a great idea lol
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cmstlist said:
AT&T themselves have a prepaid tablet plan: http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/plans/dataplans.html
I wonder if they allow that on the Nexus 4. You'd probably have to change APN.
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Those are more expensive than Tmobile's prepaid plans.... and they include texting at calls. Dafuq?
Zurginator said:
Those are more expensive than Tmobile's prepaid plans.... and they include texting at calls. Dafuq?
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AT&T is more expensive than T-Mobile. A lot more, usually.
abe in space said:
AT&T is more expensive than T-Mobile. A lot more, usually.
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And like I said earlier I can't use T-Mobile because they have terrible service in the whole state of Maine. If I could get AT&T's 3gb $30 tablet plan to work I'd be a happy camper.
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Zurginator said:
Those are more expensive than Tmobile's prepaid plans.... and they include texting at calls. Dafuq?
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Yes, as pointed out upthread, all comparisons to T-Mobile are irrelevant because T-Mobile is not an option for the OP.
I think I'll got to an AT&T store today and snoop on the tablet IMEI numbers. That is unless someone wants to give me one of theirs, preferably not one registered on AT&T. Why do I have to go through so much trouble just to get a data only plan?!
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ctowne said:
I think I'll got to an AT&T store today and snoop on the tablet IMEI numbers. That is unless someone wants to give me one of theirs, preferably not one registered on AT&T. Why do I have to go through so much trouble just to get a data only plan?!
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I can give you the IMEI of my T-Mobile Springboard but there's no guarantee AT&T will like it.
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That would be great. Let me get a att sim and I could pm you about it
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BaronInkjet said:
I believe straight talk also has data only plans, but not sure if they will work on a phone. Their phone plans are way better than ATT though, and you get same ATT towers/service.
http://androidandme.com/2012/10/carriers/top-4-us-pre-paid-wireless-plans-for-the-nexus-4/
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I can't find a straight talk data-only plan, could you give me a link to it?

AT&T AOL(unlimited data)

Hi have 4 unlimited AT&T lines that I want to give away. I've heard doing a transfer of ownership with AT&T doesn't work the same as Verizon. Is it true with AT&T that unlimited data won't transfer?
Did you try calling and asking? What features do you have on your account? I know art doesn't offer A-list anymore do you still have that?
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Do you get completely unlimited data?how much a month for a line. Thanks
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I would just call and ask.
macher50267 said:
Hi have 4 unlimited AT&T lines that I want to give away. I've heard doing a transfer of ownership with AT&T doesn't work the same as Verizon. Is it true with AT&T that unlimited data won't transfer?
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Are you still looking to depart with these unlimited data plans?
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Wifi tether

Having issues tethering here. I know on previous phones att had a tether manager apk I could delete to tether for free. Now I dont see it and wifi hotspot says I need a plan. Couldnt get any version of wifi tether to work, or foxfi. .
Anybody have hotspot up and running?
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Anybody tethering and care to share im about to toss this pos if I cant even tether wtf
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.hotspotcontrol
that may be what you're looking for until we get the bootloader unlocked and can start doing some heavy modding!
DJsCrIBbLe said:
Anybody tethering and care to share im about to toss this pos if I cant even tether wtf
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Really? The device is a pos if you can't illegally tether without a plan that allows tethering?
Not to be rude, but there are ways to ask things without being a jerk about it.
Pay for tethering if that's what you want. Find a way around it, but that's not because the device, Samsung, or ATT have provided a pos device.
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foxfi works for me without root I can tether. its on sale right bow from 7.95 to 2.99.. really works great
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lyrad12 said:
foxfi works for me without root I can tether. its on sale right bow from 7.95 to 2.99.. really works great
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Thanks man +1 FoxFi works..
I was delighted to find out that FoxFi works as well. My phone is stock, not rooted or anything. I had the paid version of FoxFi from a while ago when it was on sale too.
so if im on the unlimited data plan on att i can grab this app and it will allow me to tether off my LTE???!!!
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so if im on the unlimited data plan on att i can grab this app and it will allow me to tether off my LTE???!!!
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yup
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Finally got pdanet+ to work had to by the full version. .. the free version of foxfi force closed everytime. Tried the paid version but it just downloaded the key then pda net not foxfi..
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Me too~
I didn't know there was an app by Chainfire that manipulated hotspot controls, haha.
It works for me quite well!
However, Foxfi didn't do anything for me, it just force-closed itself after hanging for 10 seconds.
Also, if you want to use the default functionality, you can drop by over here.
I've never had a device right out of the gate before, but I'm glad there are devs so diligent on getting the ball rolling for this device like literally(seemingly) every other device out there.

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