How to hide tethering data 3 (UK) ?
I been looking and reading and can not find a real answer, can it be done or not?
Thought i would just ask yes or no rather than link me to about 100 million posts on it.
I have been reading up just no real answer
Many thanks guys
Why hide it? 3 let you tether anyway.
Using Personal Hotspot is when you connect your phone to other devices to use it as a modem so they can access the internet. It's also known as 'tethering'.
All our new Pay Monthly phone and SIM-only plans include Personal Hotspot. By 'new' we mean any Pay Monthly plan taken out or upgraded to from March 2014 onwards, and any SIM-only plan taken out or upgraded to from July 2014 onwards.
If you have a plan with a limited amount of data, Personal Hotspot usage will be taken from your monthly data allowance.
If you have all-you-can-eat data, you'll have a set Personal Hotspot allowance.
Our Pay As You Go plans don't allow you to use Personal Hotspot
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So unless you're on a PAYG plan you shouldn't be worrying
I would be interested to as we are not allowed to do abroad…
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So I was talking to my Provider today and they have a new unlimited data plan and the Rogers Rep said the unlimited data does not count with tethering. Now if I was smart I would have inquired more as to what she meant but...
So my question is to anyone who may know it: How does a provider know when you are tethering?
Reeonimus said:
So I was talking to my Provider today and they have a new unlimited data plan and the Rogers Rep said the unlimited data does not count with tethering. Now if I was smart I would have inquired more as to what she meant but...
So my question is to anyone who may know it: How does a provider know when you are tethering?
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Normally, they make you use their app, which is tracked by the carrier. Easiest way to get around this is to download another tethering app from the Market.
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before download 3rd party tethering app, you gotta have your phone rooted
Is it illegal to tethering?
That depends on your data plan. If the contract says "you shan't do it" then it's illegal.
If your provider will ever find out if you do is another thing.
Just out of curiosity, those unlimited data plans, how much do you pay? And is that really unlimited data with full speed? In Germany you almost always get traffic based flats. For example 5gb/month for 15€ and if you go over that amount speed will drop to 2kbyte/s... like in the days of 28k modems.
It is not "illegal", but it may be a violation of your providers terms of service.
I switched over to the new 20gb mobile share plan from ATT...I had the 5gb plan and continuously went over the limit and had to pay close to $100 in overages consistently. Unfortunately, I travel for work, so I'm constantly in hotels, so there's no way I can have a cable company install internet in my room, and the wifi from the hotels is hopelessly slow. I looked into broadband or "mifi" but they all had some limitations, whether in speed or in data allowance.
Here was my idea: Switch to a 4gb mobile share plan (I have 2 lines) from ATT, then get another phone from either Sprint or T-Mobile since they offer unlimited data. Sprint only offers 2gb or 6gb hotspot plans, but I'll just root and get their unlmtd plan, and T-Mo is goin to offer unlmtd 4G starting Sep. 5, and while they won't allow hotspots, once again, I'll just root. Right now, I'm paying $260/month for two smartphones and 20gb shared between the two on ATT. If I switch to 4gb, I'd be paying $150, plus getting an unlimited plan from either Sprint or TMo, get a basic Android phone that offers a tethering option, and monthly pay no more than maybe $70-$100, which would put my bill max at $250, still $10 cheaper than what I'm paying now and I get the added benefit of unlimited data.
I would be using the T-Mobile or Sprint phone for strictly a hotspot, so I'd need minimal minutes and messages. Does this make sense? Is there something I'm missing that would make this impossible?
composi said:
I switched over to the new 20gb mobile share plan from ATT...I had the 5gb plan and continuously went over the limit and had to pay close to $100 in overages consistently. Unfortunately, I travel for work, so I'm constantly in hotels, so there's no way I can have a cable company install internet in my room, and the wifi from the hotels is hopelessly slow. I looked into broadband or "mifi" but they all had some limitations, whether in speed or in data allowance.
Here was my idea: Switch to a 4gb mobile share plan (I have 2 lines) from ATT, then get another phone from either Sprint or T-Mobile since they offer unlimited data. Sprint only offers 2gb or 6gb hotspot plans, but I'll just root and get their unlmtd plan, and T-Mo is goin to offer unlmtd 4G starting Sep. 5, and while they won't allow hotspots, once again, I'll just root. Right now, I'm paying $260/month for two smartphones and 20gb shared between the two on ATT. If I switch to 4gb, I'd be paying $150, plus getting an unlimited plan from either Sprint or TMo, get a basic Android phone that offers a tethering option, and monthly pay no more than maybe $70-$100, which would put my bill max at $250, still $10 cheaper than what I'm paying now and I get the added benefit of unlimited data.
I would be using the T-Mobile or Sprint phone for strictly a hotspot, so I'd need minimal minutes and messages. Does this make sense? Is there something I'm missing that would make this impossible?
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Not to insult you, but using a phone exclusively as a hotspot is kind of a douchebag move. I know you need it for business and I know you're trying to save money, but you're the reason unlimited data is going away and carriers started cracking down on tethering. So please, don't do that, and consider going for a business line on AT&T or something.
What he said ^^^. Cricket has 3G unlimited data and they have modems as well. That may be a thought.
From the press release via Droid Life-
" T-Mobile is the only major national wireless provider to make tablets affordable, connected and mobile right out of the box. There’s no bait and switch, no trial period and no strings attached. T-Mobile is the only national wireless provider to offer tablet owners up to 200 MB of free 4G LTE data every month for as long as they own their tablet, even if they’re not yet a T-Mobile customer.[iii] It’s really as good as it sounds – 200 MB of free data on T-Mobile’s nationwide 4G LTE network. That means each month customers can send approximately 800 Instagram photos, more than 2,500 emails or stream 200 minutes of music – all for free."
This is a great perk for those of us with the LTE Nexus 7 and another reason to get one if you havent already. Just thought Id share the good news. :laugh:
Well you should train your retail store employees. They just told me only the first month was free.
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It looks like you'll have to wait until November 1st. From Engadget's article on same-
"As of November 1st, the no-charge bandwidth will be available for the lifetime of any tablet on the network; customers who pay for data will get the 200MB on top of their existing caps. The company is simultaneously launching a tablet trade-in program that will discount new devices when shoppers bring in old slates, even if they're WiFi-only."
really happy about this. :laugh:
This will be sweet
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so long as i am paying for an expensive phone contract, i will not ever consider an LTE tablet contract as well. If only we could get this is england, it would be great.
What i wish someone would do though, is allow you to buy a second sim if you have an LTE phone contract. If i can tether my tablet to my phone, why can't they just create a system where you can have two sims, linked, and share your monthly data allowance between the two.
That's exqc ly what at&t and Verizon are doing with their plans in the US. The way only problem is that they've priced them so high it only helps if you have many devices. They also don't allow tethering. You generally have to install a 3rd party ROM for that.
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hughlle said:
What i wish someone would do though, is allow you to buy a second sim if you have an LTE phone contract. If i can tether my tablet to my phone, why can't they just create a system where you can have two sims, linked, and share your monthly data allowance between the two.
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That's widely available here in Germany. I don't use it, because my phone operator has a good entry level offer (unlimited SMS, unlimited calls in my network and another one, 100 minutes into any network and 300MB UMTS data, after that it is locked to 2G speed) for 18€ per month. 300MB is fine for my smartphone usage. But upgrading to 1GB even adds 10€ per month, going to 3GB doubles the cost. But in theory if I had more data volume, I could add another SIM card to that plan and use the data on all devices.
But it was easier and cheaper to get a heavily discounted contract from another operator (Telekom) which has a better network for data and it costs me 14€ per month for 5GB LTE volume.
Wrngway said:
That's exqc ly what at&t and Verizon are doing with their plans in the US. The way only problem is that they've priced them so high it only helps if you have many devices. They also don't allow tethering. You generally have to install a 3rd party ROM for that.
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That's not exactly true. We switched just my wife's phone to the family share plan and it was the same price as paying for the lowest amount of data + minutes + sms. On the share plan she now has unlimited sms, unlimited, calls, and 1GB of data as compared to 400 minutes, a small block of sms, and 300 MB of data. Not to mention before she did not have tethering and now she has tethering already included. Switched one device and we're already seeing savings.
So, for the same price we got: Unlimited Minutes, Unlimited SMS, 3 times the data, and tethering included (a service we didn't get before). So how is this AT&T pricing too high?
Now if we add my Nexus 7 on the plan it will be only $10 more a month and I will share 1GB of data with her. I don't find that to be priced too high at all. Either way, I'll be taking my free data from T-Mobile and just tether from my phone when I run out.
If i wanted just 200mb from my current provider, it would cost me £2 and would only be available for 24 hours. If i want the data available for a whole month i could get 1gb for £10. It is a joke.
I looked into it in the UK for my provider (02) and looks like they do allow this shared data thing, but only if you have a business contract with them.
LTE tablets are just not going to succeed so long as they are requiring people who already pay for a data plan on their mobile to pay for a data plan on their tablet as well. I will just tether, because name a situation where you have your tablet at hand, but not your phone.
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That's not exactly true. We switched just my wife's phone to the family share plan and it was the same price as paying for the lowest amount of data + minutes + sms. On the share plan she now has unlimited sms, unlimited, calls, and 1GB of data as compared to 400 minutes, a small block of sms, and 300 MB of data. Not to mention before she did not have tethering and now she has tethering already included. Switched one device and we're already seeing savings.
So, for the same price we got: Unlimited Minutes, Unlimited SMS, 3 times the data, and tethering included (a service we didn't get before). So how is this AT&T pricing too high?
Now if we add my Nexus 7 on the plan it will be only $10 more a month and I will share 1GB of data with her. I don't find that to be priced too high at all. Either way, I'll be taking my free data from T-Mobile and just tether from my phone when I run out.
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I suppose it depends on your situation. I haven't had to go out shopping in a while, but I'm grandfathered into a Verizon Unlimited data plan for roughly $125/mo for two smartphones. I'm stuck in contract until Aug 2014 for now.
For a Verizon share plan, we'd spend roughly $15 more for both phones and 4Gb of data (we use more than 2Gb combined)...assuming they apply our employee discount to the entire account. Adding a tablet is another $10 and we don't need mobile tablet access every month.
If I had to shop now, I'd look at Net10 with AT&T access for 2 phones for $85 and 2.5Gb of high speed data each. Then with the money saved I could get a prepaid tablet plan when I need it from whomever had the best rates at the time.
Of course if you can tether your phone, which I can do with my GS3 right now, then your data might as well be pooled and an extra sim is just a matter of convenience.
I'm hoping things in the US are starting to change for the better. It seems like a racket compared to rates available in Europe.
So here's my situation.... I work at a company that has a large data plan with US Cellular for 6 devices. One of these devices is used by the owner of the company at his home to provide him with his main source of internet as there are no other good options in the rural area in which he lives (satellite is not an option, as they are overpriced and cannot provide reliable internet for online gaming due to the long ping time). He watches a lot of Netflix and this last month used almost 90 GB or so on his line alone... This resulted in a massive overage charge...like $1,000 massive....
Time for a change..... so the only companies that offer any sort of "unlimited" data are T-mobile, and AT&T. The data options at T-mobile are basically you pay $95 per month and get "unlimited" data.... meaning 22GB of data before it is throttled, and only 15GB of data can be used for tethering.... I find this to be complete BS..... I would be willing to pay $200 per month if I had to to get around 100GB of data... simply put NO ONE will offer that... they all want to rape you... they simply will not provide me with a plan that works.... So I've looked at the methods people used to use to get around the tethering restriction with T-mobile, either by changing the APN settings, or using a VPN.... apparently these methods do not work anymore??? Can someone shed some light as to what DOES work as of TODAY 3/30/16, and what my options are as far as workarounds??? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Only need any 3GB hot spot T-mobile plan for binge feature
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So here's my situation.... I work at a company that has a large data plan with US Cellular for 6 devices. One of these devices is used by the owner of the company at his home to provide him with his main source of internet as there are no other good options in the rural area in which he lives (satellite is not an option, as they are overpriced and cannot provide reliable internet for online gaming due to the long ping time). He watches a lot of Netflix and this last month used almost 90 GB or so on his line alone... This resulted in a massive overage charge...like $1,000 massive....
Time for a change..... so the only companies that offer any sort of "unlimited" data are T-mobile, and AT&T. The data options at T-mobile are basically you pay $95 per month and get "unlimited" data.... meaning 22GB of data before it is throttled, and only 15GB of data can be used for tethering.... I find this to be complete BS..... I would be willing to pay $200 per month if I had to to get around 100GB of data... simply put NO ONE will offer that... they all want to rape you... they simply will not provide me with a plan that works.... So I've looked at the methods people used to use to get around the tethering restriction with T-mobile, either by changing the APN settings, or using a VPN.... apparently these methods do not work anymore??? Can someone shed some light as to what DOES work as of TODAY 3/30/16, and what my options are as far as workarounds??? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
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Im not here to sell tmobile, honest, but... The way it works is that if you have a t-mobile plan that has at least 3GB of hotspot data, then if you are at participating partner web sites, the data usage will not be added to your phones usage count. They will provide a list of sites that partner into this. Most are movie/video streaming sites.This includes netflix, youtube, hulu, and so many other video streaming and tv network sites. If your favorite is not on the list, you can request it.
Just for for the current time until you find a solution that resolves the entire needs that he may have, this may keep his costs in line if most of the usage is from these sites. I do not know about the data usage from the ads from these sites. I just learned of this and have not tested it out. The online documentation is straight forward.
Really curious why every question how to hide tethering gets ignored on xda
I haven't activated it yet because I don't want to start getting charged. Since the OS has a built in HotSpot feature, will Verizon charge me as if I was using their Mobile HotSpot App?
What plan do you have? The newest ones all come with free mobile Hotspot.
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I still have unlimited data.
As far as I am aware it will prompt you once you start it up or once you try to connect a device. Basically telling you this will add a monthly charge. I still have unlimited data and use FoxFi for tethering to get around this.
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As far as I am aware it will prompt you once you start it up or once you try to connect a device. Basically telling you this will add a monthly charge. I still have unlimited data and use FoxFi for tethering to get around this.
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Foxfi works great. Use it all the time with unlimited data.
I'm on with Verizon with no Hotspot plan and I can turn mine on on my phone with no issues as it's included with my plan.
"Will I be charged to use Mobile Hotspot?
Depending on your plan, you may be charged monthly to have the Mobile Hotspot feature on your account. Regardless of which plan you have, you'll be charged data usage according to your monthly data allowance.
Monthly Charges
If you have The Verizon Plan or The MORE Everything® Plan, Mobile Hotspot is included for no additional monthly charge. With other plans, you'll need to add Mobile Hotspot to your account and you'll be charged monthly to use Mobile Hotspot on your device.
Data Usage Charges
The data used by devices when they're connected to your Mobile Hotspot will be deducted from your monthly data allowance.
If you need to increase your data allowance due to additional data use through your Mobile Hotspot, you can do so any time on the Change Your Plan page in My Verizon. For more information, refer to our Understand and Change Your Plan FAQs.
A great way to thank someone for sharing their Mobile Hotspot with you is to buy them the gift of more data. Refer to our Data Gifting FAQs to learn about giving data as a gift."
You can't use the built-in hotspot with your unlimited data plan, it will tell you that you need to subscribe first. Downloading FoxFi however bypasses this and will allow you to tether without paying for the plan.
Looks like I might be buying Foxfi today
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xguerox said:
Looks like I might be buying Foxfi today
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It's well worth it. I do miss my Nexus 6P and being able to use the native hotspot, as it's a bit of a pain to open FoxFi, then go to settings and toggle the hotspot, but at least it's something. I've been using it for a couple months with no issues.