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Is it possible to enable Native Tethering on the S4?

Hello all,
I Currently have the S3 Running Dandroid 4.7. I really like it. Was not looking to upgrade. As it happens my wife is in need of a new phone and not due for an upgrade so she will be taking mine.
The only thing either one of us use is the Native WiFi Tethering. Is it possible on the S4? Should I just buy a used S3 and stick to the custom ROM's?
I see that rooting is possible now via External SD. Is there an exploit available to enable the Native Tethering?
Thanks in advance,
-NJ

not only is root possible for the MF3 build, there an exploit called "safestrap". it allows you (after rooting) to flash a custom rom in a secondary slot and boot into it, leaving the stock firmware untouched.
check out the link and read up on it (under step 3) for some better understanding. it might help you make the decision for S3 or S4.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42320414&postcount=2

xBeerdroiDx said:
not only is root possible for the MF3 build, there an exploit called "safestrap". it allows you (after rooting) to flash a custom rom in a secondary slot and boot into it, leaving the stock firmware untouched.
check out the link and read up on it (under step 3) for some better understanding. it might help you make the decision for S3 or S4.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42320414&postcount=2
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Thank you for replying with the link that was very helpful.
Knowing my wife she would not be comfortable with the S4 this early in the modification game. TWRP is awesome but she would more than likely not be happy if I had to load ROM after ROM until the Developers coded a truly stable Daily Driver.
I'll talk to my wife tonight and see if she will take my phone for now and I'll use her cracked screen phone. That way maybe we can give the Devs a few months to mature some of the ROMS and make the upgrade to the S4 an easier decision.
Thanks for the help,
-NJ

njdevils28 said:
Thank you for replying with the link that was very helpful.
Knowing my wife she would not be comfortable with the S4 this early in the modification game. TWRP is awesome but she would more than likely not be happy if I had to load ROM after ROM until the Developers coded a truly stable Daily Driver.
I'll talk to my wife tonight and see if she will take my phone for now and I'll use her cracked screen phone. That way maybe we can give the Devs a few months to mature some of the ROMS and make the upgrade to the S4 an easier decision.
Thanks for the help,
-NJ
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no problem. glad to help.
ps. most of the roms, specifically the 4.2.2 material, is super solid. real daily driver stuff. cheers

njdevils28 said:
Hello all,
I Currently have the S3 Running Dandroid 4.7. I really like it. Was not looking to upgrade. As it happens my wife is in need of a new phone and not due for an upgrade so she will be taking mine.
The only thing either one of us use is the Native WiFi Tethering. Is it possible on the S4? Should I just buy a used S3 and stick to the custom ROM's?
I see that rooting is possible now via External SD. Is there an exploit available to enable the Native Tethering?
Thanks in advance,
-NJ
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On the AT&T S4 (on MF3) I am able to use the WiFi Hotspot on the stock out-of-the-box rom with no problem. I am currently replying to you using it with my laptop. I have not tried the USB tethering feature yet but it is there.

drichter12 said:
On the AT&T S4 (on MF3) I am able to use the WiFi Hotspot on the stock out-of-the-box rom with no problem. I am currently replying to you using it with my laptop. I have not tried the USB tethering feature yet but it is there.
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Hold the phone! You're saying that the Wi-Fi is active without paying the added fee for it on the stock ROM?
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I am pretty sure but I need to confirm with my office that they didn't automatically add that to my phone without telling me.
I will check on Monday unless someone else can confirm before then.
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hotspot hack

Is there a hotspot hack for rooted mje? I rarely use unless cable goes down but it's nice to have a backup. I'll wait on rooting if there's no hotspot hack.
Or does wifi tether for root users work?

bL33d said:
Is there a hotspot hack for rooted mje? I rarely use unless cable goes down but it's nice to have a backup. I'll wait on rooting if there's no hotspot hack.
Or does wifi tether for root users work?
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Yes there is, any of the current available ROMs have an available WiFi hotspot that works without any issues.

airmaxx23 said:
Yes there is, any of the current available ROMs have an available WiFi hotspot that works without any issues.
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thanks for the reply now do I have to use a rom kinda wanted to stick with stock rom. Unless I don't have to use safe strap I never liked the idea of using up space on my device.

bL33d said:
thanks for the reply now do I have to use a rom kinda wanted to stick with stock rom. Unless I don't have to use safe strap I never liked the idea of using up space on my device.
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I'm not sure if it works on the stock ROM anymore. SafeStrap does not take up much space at all and Beans ROM is basically a pimped out version of the stock ROM with a bunch of additional features and less bloatware.

bL33d said:
thanks for the reply now do I have to use a rom kinda wanted to stick with stock rom. Unless I don't have to use safe strap I never liked the idea of using up space on my device.
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fwiw on MJ7 I have tried Android wifi tether and also that market hotspt toggle widget app (video), and neither of those seemed to work with rooted stock MJ7. But FoxFi works ($7.95 to avoid free version limitation), and so does "Tether Setting" (noboru)*. The latter is free, but only does WPA; but it requires far fewer Android Permissions than FoxFi.
Don't feel bad about being conservative. I've got rooted-stock-MJ7 in a secondary Safestrap slot and virginal (but rooted) MJ7 in the stock slot. For now, when I screw around with debloating or freezing, I only do that in a dev slot. Lame, right?
YMMV on MJE.
*for this one you might also need to use the trick where when the "you don't have a subscription for this" screen pops up, you just ignore it by using the Home key (rather than cancelling it).
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I too would like to stick with the stock rom. I don't mind rooting, so is there an apk that I can install so I can tether?

Got my phone and tried Foxfi, and it works! I'm on MJE

I do miss Android Wifi Tether, just because it gave me a good idea of how much data I had used.

Has anyone had success using "WiFi Tether Router by Fabio Grasso" ?
This supposedly allows tethering also...

Considering a Note 3, but have questions.

I currently have a rooted S4 and love it. I use an older ROM called CleanRom. It's basically a stripped down stock ROM. I like the fact I can use stock tether app which I use a lot.
The question I have is, is it really this easy to root the Note 3:
http://theunlockr.com/2014/01/13/root-samsung-galaxy-note-3-build-mje-verizon/
Having the tether option is huge for me.
Also a debloated stock ROM help too.
Any overall feedback appreciated,

Kc0r8y said:
I currently have a rooted S4 and love it. I use an older ROM called CleanRom. It's basically a stripped down stock ROM. I like the fact I can use stock tether app which I use a lot.
The question I have is, is it really this easy to root the Note 3:
http://theunlockr.com/2014/01/13/root-samsung-galaxy-note-3-build-mje-verizon/
Having the tether option is huge for me.
Also a debloated stock ROM help too.
Any overall feedback appreciated,
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It is very easy to root and the available ROMs have the tethering hack enabled. BajaROM is currently my personal favorite due to the extra mods/features and the incredible support from the dev team.

Custom ROM with tether/hotspot?

Hello everyone. I have a sprint LG G2 on Jellybean. Rooted with TWRP installed. I read before that custom ROMs can include hotspot usage (Without paying Sprint for the feature.) I tried using the hotspot mod, but it never works for me. Now that I'm more familiar with Android, I'm willing to try a custom ROM. I looked in the development page, and found some but none mentioned hotspot support that I could see. Could someone link me to a custom ROM for the Sprint G2 (Preferably one based on Jellybean, always had trouble when I used KitKat) that allows hotspot usage? (Also preferably with knockOn/off support.)
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Aio galaxy s4 root and recovery?? I337z

So I have another galaxy s4 in the house and it's code name is jflteaio i337z but the thing is the model number is the same as crickets galaxy s4 so dose that mean I could root it and download twrp recovery for it in the name of the Cricket model?
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Plz I need help
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itzdajosh said:
So I have another galaxy s4 in the house and it's code name is jflteaio i337z but the thing is the model number is the same as crickets galaxy s4 so dose that mean I could root it and download twrp recovery for it in the name of the Cricket model?
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I have an SGH-i337z on Cricket and I was able to root and install TWRP using hroark13's method (http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...cket-aio-sgh-i337z-jflteaio-twrp-2-7-t2858698)
I've been trying various CM builds, the Google Play Edition ROM and PACMAN, but they all seem to have issues (5GHz WiFi, one app or another not working properly, notification glitches). To be fair, they are AT&T ROMs. Also, it takes a bit of work to install as you have to remove the asserts line from each ROM before installing. But if you just want to root and use TWRP to backup it works fine!

timebear said:
I have an SGH-i337z on Cricket and I was able to root and install TWRP using hroark13's method (http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...cket-aio-sgh-i337z-jflteaio-twrp-2-7-t2858698)
I've been trying various CM builds, the Google Play Edition ROM and PACMAN, but they all seem to have issues (5GHz WiFi, one app or another not working properly, notification glitches). To be fair, they are AT&T ROMs. Also, it takes a bit of work to install as you have to remove the asserts line from each ROM before installing. But if you just want to root and use TWRP to backup it works fine!
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Just out of curiosity, was the GPE ROM you tried the Lollipop one? Also, are there any roms for this phone that work well and stable in your experience?

I haven't tried any lollipop roms yet. The 4.4.4 kitkat GPE ROM was stable with the exception of breaking a music streaming app I use (subsonic). It was also the only ROM that identified the carrier as Cricket instead of AT&T.
Pacman I didn't really like so i can't speak much for its stability.
CM11 can be hit or miss. The nightly seem more stable than the stable or milestone versions usually, but one gave me 5GHz wifi problems. I was never able to use 5GHz with the milestone I tried.
Right now i am using 12/13 nightly CM11 and it has been running very well. I really like the slider shortcuts on the CM lock screen, so I'll probably just stick with CM.

timebear said:
I haven't tried any lollipop roms yet. The 4.4.4 kitkat GPE ROM was stable with the exception of breaking a music streaming app I use (subsonic). It was also the only ROM that identified the carrier as Cricket instead of AT&T.
Pacman I didn't really like so i can't speak much for its stability.
CM11 can be hit or miss. The nightly seem more stable than the stable or milestone versions usually, but one gave me 5GHz wifi problems. I was never able to use 5GHz with the milestone I tried.
Right now i am using 12/13 nightly CM11 and it has been running very well. I really like the slider shortcuts on the CM lock screen, so I'll probably just stick with CM.
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So cm is working good for you, and if not is there any good Roms available?

itzdajosh said:
So cm is working good for you, and if not is there any good Roms available?
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Yes, CM11 is working great! If anything is broken I haven't come across it yet. There are certainly a lot available and any unified or AT&T ROM should work (no need for safestrap), so feel free to try out anything that looks good! I liked GPE and it seemed to work really well until I found it didn't work with one app I use occasionally (subsonic). You might not have any issues with apps you use. I also seemed to get better battery life with GPE. The wifi issue I had with an older CM11 build seems to have been fixed, so that's working well now. The author of the root I used seems to like Skyfall, so you could go that way if you like touchwiz.
Have some fun trying out a couple, and make a backup before installing something different so you can easily go back if you decide you liked one better.

timebear said:
Yes, CM11 is working great! If anything is broken I haven't come across it yet. There are certainly a lot available and any unified or AT&T ROM should work (no need for safestrap), so feel free to try out anything that looks good! I liked GPE and it seemed to work really well until I found it didn't work with one app I use occasionally (subsonic). You might not have any issues with apps you use. I also seemed to get better battery life with GPE. The wifi issue I had with an older CM11 build seems to have been fixed, so that's working well now. The author of the root I used seems to like Skyfall, so you could go that way if you like touchwiz.
Have some fun trying out a couple, and make a backup before installing something different so you can easily go back if you decide you liked one better.
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Thanks for the help! And one other thing, can you try out cm12 so I can get that.. And then tell me if it's behaving good with the phone.
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FWIW, I've gotten Goldeneye, Skyfall and stock T-mobile running on my i337z with TWRP. I figured out that I needed to flash my phone's modules after flashing a touchwiz ROM for it to boot and run correctly. My i337z is on ND3. I uploaded the ND3 and NE2 modules in this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57407130&postcount=75.

bonchien said:
FWIW, I've gotten Goldeneye, Skyfall and stock T-mobile running on my i337z with TWRP. I figured out that I needed to flash my phone's modules after flashing a touchwiz ROM for it to boot and run correctly. My i337z is on ND3. I uploaded the ND3 and NE2 modules in this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57407130&postcount=75.
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Yeah I'm on 4.2.2
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