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Sprint Hotspot Hack

I came from the evo and I remember there being a hack that would let you use the sprint hotspot for free instead of wireless tether, is there a way or a fix in the making for this, cuz I prefer that app over the wireless tether app. Thanks!

alew182 said:
I came from the evo and I remember there being a hack that would let you use the sprint hotspot for free instead of wireless tether, is there a way or a fix in the making for this, cuz I prefer that app over the wireless tether app. Thanks!
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Nfinitefx said in his update on his rom he will include the hack from the evo
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alew182 said:
I came from the evo and I remember there being a hack that would let you use the sprint hotspot for free instead of wireless tether, is there a way or a fix in the making for this, cuz I prefer that app over the wireless tether app. Thanks!
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JKILO said:
Nfinitefx said in his update on his rom he will include the hack from the evo
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You can't use 4g on the Sprint HotSpot App? Why do you prefer it? (I've never used it..)

riggsandroid said:
You can't use 4g on the Sprint HotSpot App? Why do you prefer it? (I've never used it..)
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I think they just want wireless tether? I can't use 4g regardless
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Speaking of Wireless Tether... I notice the setting in there for security (wireless encryption) but I can only turn it on or off, not select the type (i.e. WPA2) Am I missing something or is it just automatic selection?

Its like that and you can't change it..I'm not sure if the updated experimental version has it or not..its on their website if ya wanna check it out
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So, was anyone ever successful in modding the sprint hotspot app on a rooted stock rom?
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HolyShift said:
Speaking of Wireless Tether... I notice the setting in there for security (wireless encryption) but I can only turn it on or off, not select the type (i.e. WPA2) Am I missing something or is it just automatic selection?
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It only allows you to use WPA/WPA2-PSK as the encryption method. Personally I think the wireless tether is a pretty good app, In addition to the encryption it gives you the option of using Access control, to deny or allow connections to the phone.

Best atrix tethering solution

I'm rooted. I cannot figure out a decent tethering solution. The stock version will not let me tether even though I'm rooted running greyblur. I've tried the wifi tether app and it never connects. I'm currently using barnacle but it seems to run really slow. Always under 1.0 mbps while my atrix alone is at 2-3mbps. What is everyone's tethering solution like?
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And you have switched the APN in the network settings to the "Tether" one?
PDANet (on marketplace) should work as wired tether regardless.

Use Barnacle tether... its better than adding the Tethering APN. Download it from somewhere and then sideload it.

Chubby_Skunk said:
Use Barnacle tether... its better than adding the Tethering APN. Download it from somewhere and then sideload it.
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I think he already was using that

I thought by switching the apn at&t will know and begin harrassing you and eventually charging (in that order)
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As far as I know, the only thing AT&T can see is your data usage. They'll go after you if your data use is suspicious or something. You have to use the "Tether" APN in order to have the wireless tether feature on the phone work at all without a plan.

Try WiFi Tether. Works same as Barnacle. Download .apk and install.
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If you have Limited Data then they can catch you easier. If you have unlimited its a little harder from what Ive hear. Plus using WiFi tether or Barnacle Tether is safer than using a new APN.

KefkaticFanatic said:
As far as I know, the only thing AT&T can see is your data usage. They'll go after you if your data use is suspicious or something. You have to use the "Tether" APN in order to have the wireless tether feature on the phone work at all without a plan.
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You don't need to change to tether APN to use Barnacle or WiFi Tether. Its not just data usage they see with using APN. This has already been discussed in another thread.
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Chubby_Skunk said:
If you have Limited Data then they can catch you easier. If you have unlimited its a little harder from what Ive hear. Plus using WiFi tether or Barnacle Tether is safer than using a new APN.
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Nothing to do with data plan. They can see you are taking an extra "hop" so to speak when tethered using APN method. It can be faked out, but more trouble than its worth.
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CaelanT said:
Nothing to do with data plan. They can see you are taking an extra "hop" so to speak when tethered using APN method. It can be faked out, but more trouble than its worth.
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oooor you could just use Barnacle

In your APN settings, under the 'APN Type' heading it should read 'default'. Modify this to 'default,tether' without a space. Then turn wifi on. Wait a sex. Then turn on wireless hotspot/tether. Worked like a charm for me.
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CaelanT said:
Nothing to do with data plan. They can see you are taking an extra "hop" so to speak when tethered using APN method. It can be faked out, but more trouble than its worth.
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Care to share that article? I'd like to read it
Also, what I meant before was that you needed to change the APN in order to use the built-in tether feature, not a tether app ^^

I believe he is talking about TTL or Time to Live on packets. if your phone sends data back to AT&T it will always have the same TTL attached to the data packet, lets say 64 which means in 64 'hops' the packet will be discarded as undeliverable, if you tether to another device, the hop will be one less because it will go 64 from the computer/tablet/tethered device to the phone, reduce by one as its done one hop, then 63 from phone to the tower, if they AREN'T measuring tethers like this then they should, because its pretty productive.
all they have to do is check the data packets and watch as everything is 64 then suddenly 63's are coming through without a tethering plan. -caught them-

KefkaticFanatic said:
Care to share that article? I'd like to read it
Also, what I meant before was that you needed to change the APN in order to use the built-in tether feature, not a tether app ^^
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DarkRyoushii said:
I believe he is talking about TTL or Time to Live on packets. if your phone sends data back to AT&T it will always have the same TTL attached to the data packet, lets say 64 which means in 64 'hops' the packet will be discarded as undeliverable, if you tether to another device, the hop will be one less because it will go 64 from the computer/tablet/tethered device to the phone, reduce by one as its done one hop, then 63 from phone to the tower, if they AREN'T measuring tethers like this then they should, because its pretty productive.
all they have to do is check the data packets and watch as everything is 64 then suddenly 63's are coming through without a tethering plan. -caught them-
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That's it in a nutshell................Thanks!!!

I haven't use barnacle yet but u can download it threw market place in airplane mode with wifi on
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wackyD said:
In your APN settings, under the 'APN Type' heading it should read 'default'. Modify this to 'default,tether' without a space. Then turn wifi on. Wait a sex. Then turn on wireless hotspot/tether. Worked like a charm for me.
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Works for me, thanks.

I've got an AT&T Atrix but am in Australia (hence not in AT&T network lol).
Is there a solution that doesn't involve root? I'm trying to keep a stock state until the big gingerbread OTA.

wintermute000 said:
I've got an AT&T Atrix but am in Australia (hence not in AT&T network lol).
Is there a solution that doesn't involve root? I'm trying to keep a stock state until the big gingerbread OTA.
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You will have to use one of the wired methods such as:
Klink
or
PdaNet

yeah thanks I guess I"ll live with it until gingerbread.
never realised how good I had it with nexus one lol

Mobile hotspots a no go.

I have been trying to get mobile hotspot to work on 1.83 to much disappointment. I have it rooted, I tried gladenabler, and I have even installed gingerblur as last rom it removed the verification altogether.
This time it is just not going away. I have also selected =false using root explorer for that one value that was listed in a previous post.
I am not on att I'm in another country with no tethering restrictions.
Any help would make me very grateful.
Thanks in advance.
-caid
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Can't edit from my phone but in an update to what I wrote earlier. Editing the build.prop file actually worked but required a reboot.
In retrospect I should have thought of that but it wasn't listed in the op.
So, if you are also getting this problem
Follow the directions on this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1057665
Then REBOOT AFTER.
Should be golden.
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On your APN type just add tether after default. So your APN type looks like this APN type: default,tether
Mine works...I live in Malaysia
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Wifi-Tether Android
Just use http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
Once you rooted and enabled side-loading install Wifi-Tether android , that works for me

I actually have an employee plan so 40 for unlimited and tethering but if you add the apn u can also use barnicle wifi tether. U can't find it on the market (anymore/F-u too att) you'll have to Google but it is better than using my included option in network settings. I have also used the open one on code.Google.com and has been great. I love my atrix and webtop and lapdock but if I had a chance at getting it all on tmo or sprint, I'd jump ship. Making Google hide apps from it's own users? Wtf? If I were sprint I'd be praying att buys tmo because everyone would run to sprint. If I didn't have said plan, I'm not sure I could take the abuse they give their high paying customers.
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I'm sorry, new to this, but what's wrong with using an app like 'barnacle wifi tether' to create a mobile hotspot?

dubyajaysmith said:
I actually have an employee plan so 40 for unlimited and tethering but if you add the apn u can also use barnicle wifi tether. U can't find it on the market (anymore/F-u too att) you'll have to Google but it is better than using my included option in network settings. I have also used the open one on code.Google.com and has been great. I love my atrix and webtop and lapdock but if I had a chance at getting it all on tmo or sprint, I'd jump ship. Making Google hide apps from it's own users? Wtf? If I were sprint I'd be praying att buys tmo because everyone would run to sprint. If I didn't have said plan, I'm not sure I could take the abuse they give their high paying customers.
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You could also take the SIM out (or put the phone in airplane mode) and search via Wifi to find a tethering app on the market...

happiboi said:
I'm sorry, new to this, but what's wrong with using an app like 'barnacle wifi tether' to create a mobile hotspot?
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Barnacle is supposed to work, it's just the matter of getting it...

ccrows said:
Barnacle is supposed to work, it's just the matter of getting it...
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hmmm, I'm using barnacle at the moment just fine? Auto-associate til connected, running my ipod and notebook off it with no issues yet

Caid444 said:
I have been trying to get mobile hotspot to work on 1.83 to much disappointment. I have it rooted, I tried gladenabler, and I have even installed gingerblur as last rom it removed the verification altogether.
This time it is just not going away. I have also selected =false using root explorer for that one value that was listed in a previous post.
I am not on att I'm in another country with no tethering restrictions.
Any help would make me very grateful.
Thanks in advance.
-caid
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Sideload Barnacle or download PDANet

yea I use an unlocked AT&T atrix on Rogers and couldn't get the hot spot to work either. Just downloaded the android wifi tether from the market and it works fine. No need for the built in one.

T-Mobile Wi-Fi hotspot??

It was working but then the upsell page popped up. Any ideas on how to" fix" this I already tried changing the APN and downloaded the Wi-Fi for root users app it's a no go. Let's figure it out.
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GSMachinst said:
It was working but then the upsell page popped up. Any ideas on how to" fix" this I already tried changing the APN and downloaded the Wi-Fi for root users app it's a no go. Let's figure it out.
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If it has a question mark it goes to the Q&A buddy.

Vangelis13 said:
If it has a question mark it goes to the Q&A buddy.
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^^^THIS^^^
But anyway, what app are you using? I tether on the T-Mo 5GB prepay plan all the time. I just have to use a root enabled tether app.

Wrong Section Buddy -_-

My bad bro.. I'm using Wi-Fi tether for root users.
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GSMachinst said:
My bad bro.. I'm using Wi-Fi tether for root users.
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Huh, damn. May just be screwed, if my phone ever shows up I'll try it and see if I can work anything out

The 5GB plan includes tethering in its package..

alleyezondisromo said:
The 5GB plan includes tethering in its package..
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The prepaid? Cool, I guess I should be using it more, lol, I've been scarce about it cause I didn't want to attract attention.

I fixed it!!! I had to spoof my Google chrome browser to some other browser scripts so that it wouldn't be detected. I'm using Wi-Fi tether for root users and on the new unlimited $30 data plan.
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Why are you even using a wifi tethering application when 4.2 has tethering built-in to the OS? Settings > Wireless > Tethering and Portable Hotspot. Does the same thing and is more reliable in my experience.
The carriers usually block tethering by locking down the built-in functionality such that you only can use it if you pay a fee. That isn't the case for a phone with stock Android or a custom ROM. As for T-Mobile, you have 5 GB of 4G data and can use it however you please. I can confirm that tethering works fine with the $30 prepaid plan. Just did it a few minutes ago.
Someone mentioned that the stock tethering app won't work with his postpaid T-Mobile plan. Can anyone confirm this, and if so, isn't it just a matter of changing the APN settings?

jasonwc said:
Why are you even using a wifi tethering application when 4.2 has tethering built-in to the OS? Settings > Wireless > Tethering and Portable Hotspot. Does the same thing and is more reliable in my experience.
The carriers usually block tethering by locking down the built-in functionality such that you only can use it if you pay a fee. That isn't the case for a phone with stock Android or a custom ROM. As for T-Mobile, you have 5 GB of 4G data and can use it however you please. I can confirm that tethering works fine with the $30 prepaid plan. Just did it a few minutes ago.
Someone mentioned that the stock tethering app won't work with his postpaid T-Mobile plan. Can anyone confirm this, and if so, isn't it just a matter of changing the APN settings?
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The stock tethering app would not work for me. I'm on the 30 dollar unlimited 4g data plan on a classic plan
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I think the issue is what you're trying to do with the tethered device. My understanding is that they detect the User Agent string for the desktop versions of Internet Explorer and Chrome and redirect you to their upsell page. (Firefox appears not to trigger this process, I'm guessing because Android Firefox has a toggle that makes it indistinguishable from the desktop version, so they can't be sure you're actually tethering when they see the desktop Firefox User Agent string.) Other non-browser Internet access -- email client, SSH, etc. -- also appears not to be affected.

1 thing that's worked for tethering on my android devices is creating a NEW apn that looks like this:
Name: epc.tmobile.com
Apn: epc.tmobile.com
Let us know if this works. I get my N4 on Tuesday!

Beanz0nToast said:
1 thing that's worked for tethering on my android devices is creating a NEW apn that looks like this:
Name: epc.tmobile.com
Apn: epc.tmobile.com
Let us know if this works. I get my N4 on Tuesday!
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I didn't try those setting but I just used the built in Wi-Fi tether app, made up an ID name and password, and connected no problem. Tethering on this phone is FAST! Way better than on Sprint...so glad I left them lol.

Hotspot?

Hey all, just picked up an S5. Also picked up an unlimited data plan. What do you all use for a wifi hotspot option on the S5? I am thinking about getting rid of my cable service provider and just using my phone for home service. I know there are 3rd party wifi hotspot apps, but are they really the way to go? Thanks!

pahick said:
Hey all, just picked up an S5. Also picked up an unlimited data plan. What do you all use for a wifi hotspot option on the S5? I am thinking about getting rid of my cable service provider and just using my phone for home service. I know there are 3rd party wifi hotspot apps, but are they really the way to go? Thanks!
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If you are on the NI2 baseband, rooted and have safestrap installed you can use this without having to install xposed. It was a few pages back.

Yes im on Nl2, rooted and safestrap installed. Ill give it a shot, thanks!
Worked great! Even found out how to add hotspot to quick panel, appreciate it!

pahick said:
Hey all, just picked up an S5. Also picked up an unlimited data plan. What do you all use for a wifi hotspot option on the S5? I am thinking about getting rid of my cable service provider and just using my phone for home service. I know there are 3rd party wifi hotspot apps, but are they really the way to go? Thanks!
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my question is howd you pick up unlimited data??
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elliwigy said:
my question is howd you pick up unlimited data??
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People are giving their new data plans away. no need to buy on ebay.
sending you a PM.

I was going to ask how you got it as well. Mind shooting me a pm too please?
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Tried but it seems howard someone forums is watching my messages...lol