I CANNOT TETHER OR CREATE A MOBILE HOTSPOT ON MY GALAXY S3 (VERIZON). I GET THE MESSAGE, CHECKING SUBSCRIPTION THEN CONNECTION FAILED, I RECENTLY UPDATED TO 4.4.2 KITKAT.
(ALSO I AM NOT USING A VERIZON SIM CARD) IF THAT HELPS.
PLEASE HELP :crying:
Are you rooted?
Try using foxfi from the play store
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Michael R. said:
Are you rooted?
Try using foxfi from the play store
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Hey Michael. .thanx . No its not rooted...I recently upgraded to 4.4.2 manually using the odin process. Av since failed to root using the one click rooting options. Is there another way to root? If you have a rooting software or root md5 download link please advise. I am willing to try anything besides bricking at this point
jsiende said:
Hey Michael. .thanx . No its not rooted...I recently upgraded to 4.4.2 manually using the odin process. Av since failed to root using the one click rooting options. Is there another way to root? If you have a rooting software or root md5 download link please advise. I am willing to try anything besides bricking at this point
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Have you tried TowelRoot?
Let me try that
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Let me try that
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After you root you need to install SU and busybox.
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After you root you need to install SU and busybox.
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Thanx I'll get back to you when I have trIed these options.
I successfully rooted using towelroot and installed supersu. I also installed foxfi. It was able to get me past the mobile hotspot problem but still could not tether. It requested I install pd(something) On the computer first..Wil this always be the case? Can I not tether without installing that on the computer?
Also I have had to reset to factory settings because i happended to activate "talk back", the result was that the phone kept reading everything i touched but thats all it did meaning i could not select anything, not even switch off or do anything!! Not even unchecking talk back..instead it would read out loud "talk back" and the phone was hanging so bad ..another thing is the foxfi prompted for a password which then took over the screen lock. I went to screen lock settings to disable but the option of disabling was unavailable.
I have also noticed after trying to use the Light touch option that it works so terribly on 4.4.2. The whole screen un uniformly flashed pink at every touch in such a way that an epileptic would not survive the effects. I had to switch the phone off for this to be disabled as well. So there goes the woes of my Samsung galaxy s3 sch-I535 Verizon. Anyone able to address all my issues is more than welcome. Note: foxfi did not sort the tether problem. It sorted the hotspot though.
Download xposed installer. Then use xtether module. Then use st9ck hotspot app
drewcam888 said:
Download xposed installer. Then use xtether module. Then use st9ck hotspot app
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Awesome, thanks
drewcam888 said:
Download xposed installer. Then use xtether module. Then use st9ck hotspot app
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THanks, worked!
Do you know how to add a hotspot icon to the Notification panel?
Anyway to enable wifi hotspot on Sprint Galazy S7 without root? I have read several posts of rebooting and it only works for few seconds. All APN settings are locked down or disabled.
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easy install firmware g930-5U and you got hostpot working without blotware
sunilg17 said:
Anyway to enable wifi hotspot on Sprint Galazy S7 without root? I have read several posts of rebooting and it only works for few seconds. All APN settings are locked down or disabled.
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Download SM-G930U firmware from here:
SM-G930U for SM-G930P CDMA
Flash it with Odin:
Odin
I had the same problem and a few more on my SM-G930P and this rom solved them all.
Here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s7/help/bloat-free-firmware-930u-tried-t3428974
The below link says it will not work on Sprint model. Can someone confirm or deny?
//forum.xda-developers.com/spr...tried-t3428974
This will work on sprint without root https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3383680
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spacer89 said:
Here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s7/help/bloat-free-firmware-930u-tried-t3428974
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This works... Im using it right as I type this.. Working hotspot too...
Step 0. Download https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ospolice.packagedisablerpro
And once installed search for "tether" and disable "tetheringprovision"
Step 1.You don't need this but it's safer to have it.
Download Foxfi http://foxfi.com and the license and once have all of that turn on hide tether usage.
(Once you get your tether going this will activate to hide your tether from the network providers)
Step 2. You don't need Internet but you need something that will showup as a wifi network such as a PS4 , Direct TV receiver, chromecast, a printer and more. Once you have these plugged in and running go to step 3.
Step 3. Go to your wifi enabler on phone and turn on the toggle for it to scan for wifi.
Step 4.Locate one wifi signal and press connect if ask for a password do a random pass and press connect
(Like on the PS4 signal it will popup saying wrong password and that's fine)
Step 5.Now that you set that random password it will try to connect as soon as you turn wifi on again so turn off wifi now and follow next step.
Step 6.Go into your mobile hotspot app and setup the name and password if so desire.
Now when ready toggle wifi direct to on and then quickly go up and toggle wifi on and keep pressing toggle hotspot on. And if done right it will come on.
Step 7.Enjoy mobile data hotspot! !
Don't turn off the wifi or wifi sharing or else it turns off the hotspot too… which im trying to find a work around for it…
Id be grateful if others could help research too.
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Ive tried everything that I could think of to make a fake wifi signal but it all needs root which we don't have so.. O well then I'm still happy it works even though it is tedious.
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A new find(I tested this and didnt work for me)
jtracker said:
Hey guys, just got an s8+ today and found out that the native hotspot will work if you pop sim tray out, it will then take you to lock screen, pull down tray and turn on hotspot. You may get an error saying no sim installed but just keep pushing hotspot button until it turns on. It is working on mine now.
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Okay here's another way to get it to work but you need two phones and the one you use for this must have internet.
Okay so now I finally figured out how this works so here what you do:
Download https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kha.prog.mikrotik
1.To the phone you aren't using (turning this on the phone you're not using creates a wifi signal to the phone you want the hotspot app to work on)
2.Go on the phone now that you want to use the hotspot with and turn on wifi and search for the wifi signal that the phone used to create the signal.
3.type in a WRONG password and connect to it. (It will say wrong password which is fine now just click ok or cancel)
4.Turn off wifi and go to your hotspot app and turn on wifi sharing and quickly turn on wifi then start pressing the hotspot toggle until it connects.
5.Now you have the hotspot app on so you can turn the netshare off on the other phone and you should also be able to turn off wifi and wifi sharing and still have hotspot on!!
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Sweet thanks!!
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app listed in edit 3 worked for me
Another thing you can do is flash your phone with the Canadian firmware. I just did that and it removed all the att bloat and wifi tethering works with no modifications plus you have a bloat free rom. Lemme tell you, this is how the phone should have came, smooth buttery and no restrictions on basic functions.
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Quickvic30 said:
Another thing you can do is flash your phone with the Canadian firmware. I just did that and it removed all the att bloat and wifi tethering works with no modifications plus you have a bloat free rom. Lemme tell you, this is how the phone should have came, smooth buttery and no restrictions on basic functions.
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But does this trip knox? Does this allow you to change the coloring of the edge lighting too?
Quickvic30 said:
Another thing you can do is flash your phone with the Canadian firmware. I just did that and it removed all the att bloat and wifi tethering works with no modifications plus you have a bloat free rom. Lemme tell you, this is how the phone should have came, smooth buttery and no restrictions on basic functions.
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Ill look into this thanks!
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But does this trip knox? Does this allow you to change the coloring of the edge lighting too?
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It does not trip Knox. I didn't even know you could change the color of the edge lighting, I looked quick but I didn't see any color options but I didn't ever check the ATT software either so not sure if you can change it or not.
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Ill look into this thanks!
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Most definitely! Someone should make a post on this! I read about it over on the regular s8 forums in the SD research and development thread.
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It does not trip Knox. I didn't even know you could change the color of the edge lighting, I looked quick but I didn't see any color options but I didn't ever check the ATT software either so not sure if you can change it or not.
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Most definitely! Someone should make a post on this! I read about it over on the regular s8 forums in the SD research and development thread.
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ok sweet. Apparently you can in samsungs stock unmodified touchwiz but us carriers except for sprint removed the feature no idea why
I'll have to go check that out
Guitarboarder28 said:
ok sweet. Apparently you can in samsungs stock unmodified touchwiz but us carriers except for sprint removed the feature no idea why
I'll have to go check that out
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I did notice it does change color when you change live wallpapers, I switched to the orange/purple live wallpapers and it switched the edge lighting to orange, it was blue with the blue live wallpaper.
Quickvic30 said:
Another thing you can do is flash your phone with the Canadian firmware. I just did that and it removed all the att bloat and wifi tethering works with no modifications plus you have a bloat free rom. Lemme tell you, this is how the phone should have came, smooth buttery and no restrictions on basic functions.
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Hi Quickvic30,
Do you mind share how to flash Canadian firmware to AT&T S8 plus (SM-G955U)? Thank you so much, I really appreciate your help.
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Hi Quickvic30,
Do you mind share how to flash Canadian firmware to AT&T S8 plus (SM-G955U)? Thank you so much, I really appreciate your help.
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Hello,
You have to use a modified version of Odin, it's called princecomsy version and that can be found with a quick Google search or a search on here. Download it and install it with admin rights.
You download the firmware which will be in a zip file. Creat a new folder and move zip to folder and extract the zip. Once extracted you will see 5 files. AP, BL, CP, CSC and CSC home. CSC file will wipe your phones data, if you use the HOME CSC you will retain your data but it's also considered a dirty flash, wiping everything and clean flash is always best.
Double click Odin to open it, you will see 4 slots with the same letters as the firmware you just extracted. Put each file in it's matching slot. The AP file takes a while to confirm once you put it in the slot so be patient.
Put your phone in download mode and then plug it into the computer with your USB cable. You will see device added and blue color rectangle with a port #, that means Odin is connected to your phone. Hit the start button and sit back, it takes a while to flash. Once it's done it will say pass and your phone will re boot to recovery then boot normally, first boot can take up to 5 mins (which seems like an eternity lol). Set your phone up and enjoy!
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Quickvic30 said:
Hello,
You have to use a modified version of Odin, it's called princecomsy version and that can be found with a quick Google search or a search on here. Download it and install it with admin rights.
You download the firmware which will be in a zip file. Creat a new folder and move zip to folder and extract the zip. Once extracted you will see 5 files. AP, BL, CP, CSC and CSC home. CSC file will wipe your phones data, if you use the HOME CSC you will retain your data but it's also considered a dirty flash, wiping everything and clean flash is always best.
Double click Odin to open it, you will see 4 slots with the same letters as the firmware you just extracted. Put each file in it's matching slot. The AP file takes a while to confirm once you put it in the slot so be patient.
Put your phone in download mode and then plug it into the computer with your USB cable. You will see device added and blue color rectangle with a port #, that means Odin is connected to your phone. Hit the start button and sit back, it takes a while to flash. Once it's done it will say pass and your phone will re boot to recovery then boot normally, first boot can take up to 5 mins (which seems like an eternity lol). Set your phone up and enjoy!
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Thank you for the instruction, I will try to flash it tonight. But I have two more question:
First one is: which carrier's firmware I should use? I found the G955W firmware at https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/SM-G955W/, which one are you using?
Second question is: Is there any functional difference between this two firmware? will I able to go back to AT&T firmware if something goes wrong?
Again, thank you for your help:good::good::good:
You want the XAC firmware. You should download it from update.com as they're DL speeds are way faster than sammobile.
Yes you will be able to go back to ATT firmware. Only thing I've noticed is no video calling, volte and that's about it. You can get those things working but let's just get the firmware flashed for now :good:
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You want the XAC firmware. You should download it from update.com as they're DL speeds are way faster than sammobile.
Yes you will be able to go back to ATT firmware. Only thing I've noticed is no video calling, volte and that's about it. You can get those things working but let's just get the firmware flashed for now :good:
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I didn't notice the download speed...both are pretty slow, but I think I should be able to finish the download in one hour.
Edit...you are saying updato.com and I thought it's samsung-updates.com, I can download from updato.com with full speed! which only took me 7 mins.
Samsung pay problem
I've been running the Canadian rom on a at t 8+ it has been flawless. I'm trying to set up my gear s3 and Samsung pay. I'm getting a message unable to continue does not support your version on gear. It's a s3 and did work before I went Canadian. Any suggestions? I like the caller I'd but should I flash the us rom?
Thanks
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I've been running the Canadian rom on a at t 8+ it has been flawless. I'm trying to set up my gear s3 and Samsung pay. I'm getting a message unable to continue does not support your version on gear. It's a s3 and did work before I went Canadian. Any suggestions? I like the caller I'd but should I flash the us rom?
Thanks
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I have no idea how to help because I didn't ever flash it because I didn't see that much that I would favor in, but maybe someone will be able to help you.
nofearpi said:
I've been running the Canadian rom on a at t 8+ it has been flawless. I'm trying to set up my gear s3 and Samsung pay. I'm getting a message unable to continue does not support your version on gear. It's a s3 and did work before I went Canadian. Any suggestions? I like the caller I'd but should I flash the us rom?
Thanks
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Have you tried clearing the app data and reinstalling the latest version? Or you could also uninstall the app, reboot and reinstall latest version.
XAC and XAA are pretty similar if ya ask me, they both run smooth, fast and battery life is great!
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Does the Canadian fw have mobile hotspot? The hotspot that lets you draw off your regular data plan instead of the Wi-Fi hotspot that requires you to have home Wi-Fi network?
This stopped working from me since the last ATT update. Can someone confirm if this is still working?
gaganit said:
This stopped working from me since the last ATT update. Can someone confirm if this is still working?
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I flashed the TMO firmware on my AT&T S8+. Then I used BK Disabler Pro and disabled all bloat plus com.qualcom.qti.tetherservice and Tethering.Automation. i then downloaded Nova Launcher and made sure enhanced LTE services was enabled and HD Voice Settings were enabled. Running AT&T SIM with unlimited plan , tethering working just fine but I had to manually ADB the toggle into quick settings as well as the MobileData toggle. I can't find Wifi calling anywhere but I am sure I can use Google Dialer/Voice to place calls over data. I have DirectTV and was able to watch Live TV in full HD no issue. I am pretty sure that there is no tethering provision from AT&T so with the exception of V4A, I pretty much have everything I want without root. Battery charges to 100% and lasts way longer than it did on SAMPWND with root charging to 80%. Anyway, just my experience.
My firmware version is G955WVLU2AQK7 which I got from Sammobile.
I just turned off Mobile Data and placed a call with Google Hangouts Dialer and another with Facebook Messenger over Wifi and both worked beautifully.
Hey guys, just wondering what everyone is doing as far as a tethering option now that foxfi isn't working.
I read something about a temporary root. Would this allow tethering again as long as I don't restart the phone?
ai3643 said:
I read something about a temporary root. Would this allow tethering again as long as I don't restart the phone?
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There is no temp root for the snapdragon version of the phone
I purchased the unlocked variant us model of the phone. No provision check on verizon, stock app works. You could install the unlocked firmware if you wanted.
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Hi I am running a rooted vs995 with the lineage rom. I didn't have this issue on my other v20 but this one shuts down the data when I'm on the phone.
Right now it set as Global under Preferred Network Type. I have verizon service.
Is there anything I have to change in settings?
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Hi I am running a rooted vs995 with the lineage rom. I didn't have this issue on my other v20 but this one shuts down the data when I'm on the phone.
Right now it set as Global under Preferred Network Type. I have verizon service.
Is there anything I have to change in settings?
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Try to change to automatic and reboot.
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Try to change to automatic and reboot.
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Doesn't give an option for automatic. I have it on global right now. I got LTE and all but just turns off when on phone.
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Doesn't give an option for automatic. I have it on global right now. I got LTE and all but just turns off when on phone.
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Lineage doesn't support VoLTE.
Damn I did not know that. That's gonna screw me up. Its such a smooth ROM
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mta2 said:
Damn I did not know that. That's gonna screw me up. Its such a smooth ROM
If you can get dualboot patcher to work, you could run lineage and a stock rom. Thats IF it works for you. Im on a us996 and I cant get that **** working.
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