XDA,
Recently bought an AT&T S4 with hopes to unlock it and use my T-Mobile SIM in it. I've done some reading and noticed native wifi tether was removed from the rom although it was in 4.3 and below. What I need in particular is to know if there are any roms, or apps that would allow me to have unlimited wifi tethering, provided I have truly unlimited phone data?
I currently use a T-Mobile Note 4 and the rom I'm using has "unrestricted wifi tethering mod" built in. Which allows for unlimited tethering. Is there a way I could do this on the S4 through rom or app?
Appreciate it in advance.
Hey everyone, I have an unlocked G900T coming in the mail, and I really want to hotspot using this phone, but I've seen several people talking about how T-Mobile blocks tethering on the S5. I plan to root and use Wifi Tether Router, but I have some questions.
Will Wifi Tether Router work since I will be using AT&T instead of T-Mobile? I'm really confused about this tether block thing, is it just blocked on the T-Mobile network specificly or is tethering blocked through ALL network providers on this phone?
I didn't know if it was simply an APN setting or if it was some kind of block integrated into the phone ROM itself.
Thanks,
Dylan
I know you know this now but it works on at&t as that's what I'm using. Same phone and all.
I'm on the AT&T s7 edge(using cricket wireless). I used foxfi bit out only allows hotspot through usb. Is there any other app that allows a hotspot through the device?
Anyone?
Still trying to figure this out
and the normal built in hotspot is not available for you?
xXPheNomEnoNXx said:
and the normal built in hotspot is not available for you?
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Since I'm not on AT&T no it's not. I'm using cricket wireless. It just said verifying and to enable visit..blah blah.
seems like its an AT&T "feature"
www.att.com/devicehowto/tutorial.ht...ve_1500004901?make=Samsung&model=SamsungG935A
or u flash another rom(not att)
Does anyone know if the unlocked version will still do the carrier check on the hotspot when it is activated, or will the hotspot work out of the box even though I don't have a hotspot subscription?
Have a unlocked Verizon Moto E4. Trying to setup a wifi hotspot, and it sets up fine, and connects fine as well.
Problem is is the connected devices cannot access the internet.
Same sim works fine in a Galaxy S7 setup as hotspot so it's not T-Mobile. It's something to do with the Moto E4. Anyone got any leads?
TIA.
munchy_cool said:
Have a unlocked Verizon Moto E4. Trying to setup a wifi hotspot, and it sets up fine, and connects fine as well.
Problem is is the connected devices cannot access the internet.
Same sim works fine in a Galaxy S7 setup as hotspot so it's not T-Mobile. It's something to do with the Moto E4. Anyone got any leads?
TIA.
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Some phones check with the carrier to determine if hotspot is allowed. Moto phones do this check, so I think that is the issue.
bw 1 said:
Some phones check with the carrier to determine if hotspot is allowed. Moto phones do this check, so I think that is the issue.
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so Moto is checking with Verizon ..that sucks
munchy_cool said:
so Moto is checking with Verizon ..that sucks
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Actually, in your case it would be checking with T-Mobile. I know I tried it with a Freedompop LTE SIM which runs on AT&T and it would say "checking subscription status" and then say it couldn't connect to the server and the hotspot wouldn't start. In that case it checks with AT&T.
When I tried with the same with a Freedompop Global SIM which runs on T-Mobile, it does the same as yours - starts the hotspot and allows connection but no internet connection for the connected devices.
If you were running it on Verizon Prepaid, they allow hotspot on all their prepaid plans except their unlimited plan.
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Actually, in your case it would be checking with T-Mobile. I know I tried it with a Freedompop LTE SIM which runs on AT&T and it would say "checking subscription status" and then say it couldn't connect to the server and the hotspot wouldn't start. In that case it checks with AT&T.
When I tried with the same with a Freedompop Global SIM which runs on T-Mobile, it does the same as yours - starts the hotspot and allows connection but no internet connection for the connected devices.
If you were running it on Verizon Prepaid, they allow hotspot on all their prepaid plans except their unlimited plan.
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guess you didnt read the OP, the same sim works as a hotspot on my international s7.
I had this problem with a retail bought carrier unlocked phone with Sprint, with an unlocked bootloader, and rooted. I narrowed it down to two possibilities. The first is the E4 (retail, carrier unlocked - on Sprint at least) needs an ISIM (I don't know if this is just for CDMA networks or not). ISIM cards apparently have additional software on them that may be part of the problem. The other possibility is there have been changes made by Google to Android to try to stop bypassing carrier tethering restrictions.
That said, I did activate the phone first, then unlocked the bootloader, and proceeded to root. When I have the chance, I'm going to try flashing it back to stock to clear out everything I tried, root, make the necessary changes to build.prop and the global settings db, and then reactivate to see if it makes a difference. Otherwise I'll be experimenting with other ROMs/firmware when something is available.
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guess you didnt read the OP, the same sim works as a hotspot on my international s7.
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I did. I'm assuming that your S7 doesn't do the same check.
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I did. I'm assuming that your S7 doesn't do the same check.
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very strange ..I believe its got something to do with the fact that its a Verizon phone. They must have blocked it on the device.
hitokage004 said:
I had this problem with a retail bought carrier unlocked phone with Sprint, with an unlocked bootloader, and rooted. I narrowed it down to two possibilities. The first is the E4 (retail, carrier unlocked - on Sprint at least) needs an ISIM (I don't know if this is just for CDMA networks or not). ISIM cards apparently have additional software on them that may be part of the problem. The other possibility is there have been changes made by Google to Android to try to stop bypassing carrier tethering restrictions.
That said, I did activate the phone first, then unlocked the bootloader, and proceeded to root. When I have the chance, I'm going to try flashing it back to stock to clear out everything I tried, root, make the necessary changes to build.prop and the global settings db, and then reactivate to see if it makes a difference. Otherwise I'll be experimenting with other ROMs/firmware when something is available.
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well, the problem I have is this is a Verizon phone, so I cannot unlock the BL and root it
net.tethering.noprovisioning=true
The fix is to edit the build.prop by adding the line net.tethering.noprovisioning=true but since Motorola will not allow a Verizon XT1767PP bootloader to be unlocked; there is no solution?
FoxFi no longer works with Android 7.
The command did not help.
adb shell settings put global net.tethering.noprovisioning true
adb shell settings put system net.tethering.noprovisioning true
I know this is an old thread now, but by any chance did you try adding default,dun,supl to your apns "apn type" part?