[Q] Needs some help with tethering please - Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Ok so I am trying to tether my N 10 on stock 4.4 to my N4 which is on stock 4.4 as well. I've been doing this for months with no problem. Now all of a sudden the dreaded TMO hotspot block coming up after I updated one or both of the devices. Does anyone know anyway to get around this?

This might be better in the nexus 4 thread since that's where the data actually comes from so someone from there might be able to help better. I don't use tethering much but maybe you can try one of the tethering hotspot apps?
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Possibly but from what I understand tmo blocks it server side these days therefore something on the N10 will have to be changed
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abdel12345 said:
This might be better in the nexus 4 thread since that's where the data actually comes from so someone from there might be able to help better. I don't use tethering much but maybe you can try one of the tethering hotspot apps?
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You were right... I think. Has something to do with APN setting in kit kat
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Is there a ROM that solves three adhoc issue

Hi everyone,
Does anyone have heard about a fix for the N7 to be able to recognize adhoc networks ?
I can't even see the signal tethered from my android phone through barnacle.
Thanks in advance.
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Just tried using barnacle after reading your post and it won't work from phone either. Haven't looked into this yet but I'm sure we just need to change the WPA supplement, possibly some custom Roms have this "fixed" but being this is the first time I've tried I haven't looked into it
when I get some free time I'll see what I can do and post back, otherwise hopefully someone else can chime in and let us know what's up
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Tether speed extremely slow? (WiFi/USB/BT)

USB teher- doesn't function at all. No data ever transferred
Wifi- connects but doesn't transfer any data like USB
Bt- works but, data is slow ~20KB/sec
This is disappointing since I got MB regularly on my g1 despite the older radio... I'm going you guys have done experience with jelly bean and tethering.
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Same here. I have problems with WiFi tethering using the stock option. I didn't try apps cause, last time I tried them (other android), they killed the battery.
Not a fan of Bluetooth, I expect it to have a bandwidth limitation, which would answer your question.
But we both share the need for wifi-based help
So I'd love some help too
TIA
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wirelessFREAK said:
Same here. I have problems with WiFi tethering using the stock option. I didn't try apps cause, last time I tried them (other android), they killed the battery.
Not a fan of Bluetooth, I expect it to have a bandwidth limitation, which would answer your question.
But we both share the need for wifi-based help
So I'd love some help too
TIA
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Now BT tether has reached 170KB/sec which seems like the max. Though I would prefer at least 1MB.
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Safest way to tether without a plan on T Mo?

Id like to tether on the Nexus 4 rarely, but it might use a chunk of data. Is there a way to do so without them detecting it? I know a lot of people frown upon asking these questions, but id like to know
Thank you!
Haha! It probably is going to be very difficult without actually hacking into their servers. And once you are caught I doubt the trouble you would get if you get caught will be fun. So in short, maybe if you are a 1337 h4x0r.
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shadehh said:
Haha! It probably is going to be very difficult without actually hacking into their servers. And once you are caught I doubt the trouble you would get if you get caught will be fun. So in short, maybe if you are a 1337 h4x0r.
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So the tethering apps cant spoof the traffic to look like its mobile?
They detect you by sniffing for your browser "User Agent".
1) Use an encrypted VPN tunnel as your default gateway.
2) Use HTTPS URL's
3) Change your browser User Agent
Are 3 ideas that come to mind.
Easy? I'd you enable wireless hotspot under data, it works great! I use it sometimes, never had issues. I had a family emergency last week and my mom literally had to fly to Russia same day we found something out. Long story short I ended up driving to her house and helping her with everything. She had to unlock her iPhone 5 on sprint so that she could get a Sim over there temporarily.
Reset the iPhone and we had to leave to the airport. Since I cloud doesn't do anything over mobile network, I had to make my nexus into a hotspot while we drove, besides tmo is like 100x faster than sprint. Anyway, all was well, at the the end of the day my data usage shows 2gb worth of data, no problems.
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Vpnbook.com if you're lazy
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I really don't think T-mobile cares as much as you are thinking. I use my phone to tether to my xbox and tablet quite a lot since my wifi sucks, and they haven't said anything. I think it might be that they don't monitor prepaid plans as closely, but what's the worst that could happen?
Without a data plan or without a tethering plan? There are ways to tether without a tethering plan such as VPN.
What if I connected my phone to my home VPN and funneled all traffic through there?
awesome
yesterday i found new galaxy s3 ))))))))
If you don't overdo it, T-Mobile won't bug you.
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faters said:
yesterday i found new galaxy s3 ))))))))
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WiFi tether

I'm running cm10.1 and I want a WiFi tether that my carrier can't see (T-Mobile). Anyone know of a WiFi tethering app that works I tried a few and no work.
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What are you exactly trying to do ?
miku3191 said:
What are you exactly trying to do ?
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He's trying to tether his phones connection like in a incognito mode so T-Mobile can't notice it. They will just think he's using regular data.
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mattoaida said:
I'm running cm10.1 and I want a WiFi tether that my carrier can't see (T-Mobile). Anyone know of a WiFi tethering app that works I tried a few and no work.
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why not just use the native tethering built into cm10? works for me...
trentreed said:
why not just use the native tethering built into cm10? works for me...
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Because it doesn't do what he needs..
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Neefy said:
Because it doesn't do what he needs..
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And I was thinking maybe he didn't know it was built in.
Perhaps you know something i don't.
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And I was thinking maybe he didn't know it was built in.
Perhaps you know something i don't.
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But t mobile will see me tethering with CyanogenMod is there a stealth WiFi teather
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mattoaida said:
But t mobile will see me tethering with CyanogenMod is there a stealth WiFi teather
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no. you can try playing with the user agent, but theyll probably still see you. sometimes they wont even try to stop you, other times they are very strict. as of lately, theyre pretty diigent about stopping tethering if you dont pay for it.
I was on Tmos Value Plan (no tethering) and received several text messages about needing to add mobile hotspot before they blocked access to Internet Explorer via tethering (although could do anything else on my Windows 7 laptop)
Called support and they switched me to simple Choice while keeping my current contract term intact to avoid a migration fee. I haven't hit the 500MB tethering mark (I'm on the unlimited data plan) accordingly to data usage stats in Android so well see if they can truly track my hotspot usage (T-mobile says they can but I know it's not possible on the Nexus 4)
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pwc realtor said:
..so well see if they can truly track my hotspot usage(T-mobile says they can but I know it's not possible on the Nexus 4)
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this is not true. they can. you are using their network, they know all about you, and what you are doing on their network. all your data is going through their network. all the information about your device, what its doing, all its identifiers, are being watched by tmobile. otherwise, they wouldnt let you onto their network. what makes you think that they cant track a nexus 4??
simms22 said:
this is not true. they can. you are using their network, they know all about you, and what you are doing on their network. all your data is going through their network. all the information about your device, what its doing, all its identifiers, are being watched by tmobile. otherwise, they wouldnt let you onto their network. what makes you think that they cant track a nexus 4??
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On most current t-mobile branded phones tethering is done via a proprietary hotspot app that tells t-mobile you are tethering, checks to see if your account can do mobile hotspot, and how much tethering data is being used. Nexus devices do not do this and therefore t-mobile only knows about tethering via useragent strings.
Also I checked my account online and T-mobile has nothing set up there to tell unlimited data users how much of their 500mb hotspot data cap they've used. If the network was able to track that wouldn't they show it in usage stats?
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Im on 30$ a month prepaid plan and native tethering works fine for me, even thou I don't have a thethering plan with tmo, try barnicle WiFi If that dosbr work
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IRX120 said:
Im on 30$ a month prepaid plan and native tethering works fine for me, even thou I don't have a thethering plan with tmo, try barnicle WiFi If that dosbr work
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I tried barnacle WiFi it doesn't work for me does it work for you
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Wifi tether for rooted users

Has anyone got this apk to work for the note 3? Is It Possible? I just want a tether apk that tells me the amount of data that's being used and this one is the only one I know of that does that correctly.
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What one?
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Which one? I can only get the native to work on my note three bypassing it with the hotspot toggle switch widget found on the market, but I rather use the a different one like open garden. but I have no luck making it work.
The apk wifi tether for rooted users. I used it on my Nexus
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I tried... And failed
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the only reason i root is to use this app and ive had zero luck with it in the note 3. There is an issue thread on the google code page for it but seems a dead end
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the only reason i root is to use this app and ive had zero luck with it in the note 3. There is an issue thread on the google code page for it but seems a dead end
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Bummer. Hopefully there will be a version that works with GN3 in the future, will use FoxFi ib the meantime
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Bummer. Hopefully there will be a version that works with GN3 in the future, will use FoxFi ib the meantime
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I found you can use wifi tether in native tether mode, but it resets the hot spot settings to default every time you turn it on. I, too, would like it to work properly because I like seeing how much data I use and the network speed.
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Bummer. Hopefully there will be a version that works with GN3 in the future, will use FoxFi ib the meantime
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Really? You got it working?
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Is there any risk in using native tether app? I am coming from tmobile, where they'd hassle you to get a tethering plan.
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PrettyPistol555 said:
Is there any risk in using native tether app? I am coming from tmobile, where they'd hassle you to get a tethering plan.
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I don't think so. I use it pretty regularly without issues.
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