App for monitoring tether usage - Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Sprints new plan includes unlimited everything EXCEPT tethering, that's limited to 3gb, does anyone have a suggestion for an app that limits or at least monitors tether usage so I can avoid the overage fees?

Just go into settings and data usage and it shows tethering how much data it uses. Also to bypass sprint checks for tether in your builprop put this net.tethering.noprovisioning=true

I tether over 500 Gig's a month on my original nexus 6 on Sprint with that build prop edit. I use that phone hooked up to a router for my Internet. Haha. Sprint hates me.

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[Q] tethering charges?

I'm not sure if this has been asked before, but I was messing around with the laptop dock about a week ago, trying to get my unlimited data to work while using the laptop dock. I succeeded, and failed, and succeeded. In doing this, I changed my apn to US tether (broadband), and then back to the US HSDPA apn. I read on another thread:
"Not if you don't want AT&T to change your data plan to one with tethering... They will change ANYONE who connects to the apn "broadband" to a tethering package, and are reluctant to give you back your unlimited plan (assuming you have one)."
If they had changed my plan, wouldn't this mean that the laptop dock would allow me to access the internet on the 3G connection, without me changing any settings?
I'm kind of angry that they would have the gall to do such a thing. I can't verify that they've changed my plan yet, but if they have, ugh.
Sign into your account online at att.com and you can see if they changed your account. If they did then yes you should be able to use the laptop dock without doing anything. Check the forums for the instructions on how to get tethering without having the plan.
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false alarm
Phew...no extra tethering charges. Thanks.

Vpn then enable hotspot means att can't see I'm tethered and can't complain?

Anyone agree that its safe to assume if I setup my own private vpn at home I can vpn through that as an encrypted session which will stop att from snooping my data, then in turn if I vpn first then run a hotspot they'd be none the wiser?
Screwbal said:
Anyone agree that its safe to assume if I setup my own private vpn at home I can vpn through that as an encrypted session which will stop att from snooping my data, then in turn if I vpn first then run a hotspot they'd be none the wiser?
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I would say a resounding NO. They don't care if your data is encrypted or not, VPN will do absolutely nothing to mask the amount of packet data your device is sending/receiving. You most likely don't have unlimited data (if you did before) and will probably be charged per gigabyte if you go over your monthly allowance.
From my understanding, carriers really cant stop you from tethering without a "tethering plan" once your device is rooted. I believe that's why most carriers got rid of unlimited data and moved to the tiered data plans. If you happen to somehow still have unlimited data and generate a lot of bandwidth, once they realize that your using an absurd amount of data without a tethering plan, they will hit you hard with overage charges. I think Verizon charges per kilobyte, not sure about AT&T.
I still have unlimited LTE data with AT&T but know if I hit 5GB in a month they throttle the hell out of me since I've hit it before. The reason I ask is if/when I'd ever use it then it would be more for a light connection like say if the GF wants to use the ipad in the car on a road trip. Or if I get some on call issue for work where I need a connection for my laptop on the go but not as a replacement for any large data transfers.
I just thought part of how the carriers tell that people are tethering would be say if you have an android phone and they start to notice traffic from your device to say Windows Update or the ITunes store and hence the VPN encryption if used day to day would mask any calls later that would be tethering related.
They can't tell if you're tethering plain and simple.
Your phone is sending and receiving the packets so thats all they see, if an app or your phone broadcasts those packets it doesn't matter as your phone is the connection point.
At the end of the day your phone is asking to go to youtube.com if it gives youtube to your iPad all you carrier see is that your phone wants youtube, not why.
The safest way to tether is to always use a VPN on the client that your tethered to your hotspot with. There are some great super cheap VPNs out there that have great bandwidth and good security.
Carriers can definitely tell if you're tethering - this isn't rocket science when you're using packet capturing tools. If you're constantly going to websites with a desktop browser they can see from the browser stats that it's a desktop vs mobile.
The other method is perhaps capturing the mac address off the packet isn't from a mobile-branded device. Since the phone hotspot is NAT'ing all the traffic from your own little private lan to the outside public addressing it *should* only contain the phone's IP and MAC, but depending on the packets it could also contain information from a device within the private lan (mac addresses). I have never tested this but in theory it's possible.
It's one thing to tether a tablet or another phone, most likely seems you would probably not get caught doing that.. but still possible. Tethering your desktop/laptop.. yea you'll get caught.
Like I said, use a VPN and you most likely won't be caught.
I think no need to. ived been tethering since 2010 using rooted phone(or non rooted using foxfi) and my 3gb data plan limit is the same. no notice from att that they detected that I am tethering and sometimes I over 2gb so I pay extra 20 bucks though
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Yes so I have changed cell phones from an LG K425 piece of garbage to a Motorola Razer 2 phone but now I am getting notices that I have gone over my 10 gigs a month hot spot which I haven't EVER gotten in the past almost 2 years or more of service. Guessing the Razer 2 has somehow reported this usage whereas the old LG didn't? Any suggestions or comments about what to do about this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

TMobile Tethering 500mb limitation

I have Tmobile unlimited data plan, however it is only for the smartphone. When tether, it has 500mb cap. Anyway to bypass this permamently? I'm currently using the user agent switch to Googlebot method to avert detection but some other apps or something else on the desktop or other user profile still inching its way up toward 500Mb cap. I don't want to try the vpn out to somewhere then internet out from there because they control your session and they can intercept your pw.
My DSL sucks badly. Cable is worse where I live every summer. Clearwire is too expensive. Thus, I'm looking elsewhere for more stable internet yet affordable. My current test setup is enable Nexus 4 hotspot then using DDWRT repeater bridge to amplify it up for the whole house. It seems fine so far, but I have to switch every browser's (firefox and chrome) user agent to googlebot for every user account profile on every desktop - kinda pain. Under Googlebot agent, some site does not work correctly. When I switch it back to chrome / firefox, it works fine. So I hope there is some better alternative to bypass Tmo detection. With its unlimited my internet would only be $20/mo and works reliably better than crappy $30 DSL or cable.
Would convert Nexus10 to CM10 avert detection 500MB limit on Tmobile. Anyone can confirm this?
Any suggestion would be appreciated. Thanks.
Sorry,
This Mod isn't included in AOKP or CM.
You have to install an extra app to set an alert.
buy the tethering plan. i have a 10gb high speed plan, and can use all of it for tethering if i want. plus all the low speed for tethering too, if i go over 10gb high speed.
Also clockwork mod tether I have herd gets around them blocking you as well. Requires no root. Install the app to your device from play store and the client to your computer.
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How to activate hotspot with root?

So I just rooted my phone mainly to use hotspot and I can't get it to work. I'm on cricket wireless and when I tried turning it on I got an error saying I had to pay for the add-on.
Did a quick search and tried putting net.tethering.noprovisioning=true at the end of my build.prop and that got the hotspot to turn on. But when I actually connect on my laptop I get a limited connection and can't actually load any webpages. Any way to get it working fully?
I am on Verizon and the hotspot worked right off the bat with no modifications. I am on a old grandfather unlimited data plan. At least about as unlimited as you get these days. I do not have the hotspot activated on my plan.

Wi-Fi hotspot w/o using data plan limit?

Hello, I was wondering if there is an app or a means of using your WiFi hotspot without the service provider limits the seem to come all too quick? I have seen other apps such as elixir listed as a go-around but uncertain how to either set it up or know if it's working.
what about PDAnet ? Works for me ,wont ever max your 10gb hotspot limit. But you will want the unlimited plan.
Cons of PDAnet : Requires a PC Windows or Mac
& USB Data cable has to be attached the whole time

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