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What does it exactly mean when people say tethering may be "undetected"? Does this mean data will go to At&t and not be charged? I'm on a family plan and theres a total of 10gb's a month for everybody or something. I have already used 3gb mostly from tethering to my phone whenever my wifi starts acting up detected under the data settings on my phone.
Is there a way of receiving data free of charge somehow?
oops.
I meant to put this in the General section. If someone could kindly....
Att charges extra for tethering so if it's undetected they just charge it as data
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I see...and there's no way of making a proxy or something that will not detect data usable? Considering you can use the i777 on T-Mobile's network too, I don't suppose there's any way of getting an untraceable data connection, is there?
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I see...and there's no way of making a proxy or something that will not detect data usable? Considering you can use the i777 on T-Mobile's network too, I don't suppose there's any way of getting an untraceable data connection, is there?
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Why are you looking for anything untraceable, if you pay for the service good....if not, then pay for it, but seems you are looking to go around your service provider to be able to provide data/connection to others or something else....am I misunderstanding you?
Bottom-line your service provider will detect sooner or later.
Hey I'm all for paying the service, but at&t needs to get themselves an unlimited data plan setup. I like to tether a lot
And part of me wants to know just out of curiosity and educational purposes
aspen1135 said:
Hey I'm all for paying the service, but at&t needs to get themselves an unlimited data plan setup. I like to tether a lot
And part of me wants to know just out of curiosity and educational purposes
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Sounds like you need to take it up with AT&T, not here and your curiosity also should be directed to AT&T. And educational purposes, ok sure, again that should also be directed to AT&T. Good Luck and Thanks.
Hi sorry if I am posting this and has been answered looked around but found no answers...I come from the gs3 and I am wondering if we will be getting a hotspot hack
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I'm tethering to my N7 with the unlimited plan to post this.
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But does it countas tethering I have the unlimited plan but only have 100mb of tethering...on my s3 it would just count as data like regular phone usage
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marcomachuca said:
But does it countas tethering I have the unlimited plan but only have 100mb of tethering...on my s3 it would just count as data like regular phone usage
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If you're on an unlimited data with caps, then hotspot is possible without any extra charges or plan changes.
If you're on the truly unlimited 4g data plan without caps, then you will have to pay for hotspot services, which is 14.99 a month extra. You will have separate mbs for this.
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I'm on the unlimited 4G, no cap, no tethering included plan, and tethering to my tablet for streaming on a daily basis.
HTC One
i was also confused with their plan, of course getting HTC one i opted the unlimited plan $50 talk/text $20 data plan unlimited. but they are saying you can only use the hotspot feature up to 500mb only and after that you'll get throttled.
so i tried yesterday tethered my ipad mini and watch netflix. i wasted like 2gb and no sign of throttling.
anyway, if i got throttled with the mobile hotspot. i can always use wifi tether and use it from there. so far so good with the mobile hotspot built-in
Hey guys,
Im on the unlimited no caps 4g plan too but for some reason I can't tether with my mac or any device.... I even tried changing my user agent strings in my browsers to no avail...always getting directed to the tmobile hotspot page...
Any help is greatly appreciated!
coupetastic-droid said:
If you're on an unlimited data with caps, then hotspot is possible without any extra charges or plan changes.
If you're on the truly unlimited 4g data plan without caps, then you will have to pay for hotspot services, which is 14.99 a month extra. You will have separate mbs for this.
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Actually, I just re-read this and found I missed something...
We can keep our Truly no caps 4g and add unlimited hotspot for 14.99?! I didn't get this option when I called in...
Aparently it seems like the truly 4g is a "grandfathered" plan already...
RepusJonathan said:
Actually, I just re-read this and found I missed something...
We can keep our Truly no caps 4g and add unlimited hotspot for 14.99?! I didn't get this option when I called in...
Aparently it seems like the truly 4g is a "grandfathered" plan already...
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I just changed my simple choice 20 4.5 gig data to a 20 dollar unlimited two days ago. I will try mobile hotspot soon, to see if it goes over the 500mb without a instant message from them lol.
ad78 said:
i was also confused with their plan, of course getting HTC one i opted the unlimited plan $50 talk/text $20 data plan unlimited. but they are saying you can only use the hotspot feature up to 500mb only and after that you'll get throttled.
so i tried yesterday tethered my ipad mini and watch netflix. i wasted like 2gb and no sign of throttling.
anyway, if i got throttled with the mobile hotspot. i can always use wifi tether and use it from there. so far so good with the mobile hotspot built-in
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When T-mobile first did their unlimited plan, tethering was not included. It was only included on the 2BG and 5GB option.
However, recently they added the tethering option to the unlimited plan. If you had the new unlimited plan when it first went live (like me) you will need to have T-mobile change it to the new unlimited to include tethering. (500MB of data cap applies to the tethering.)
The only reason I know this is I kept a 2GB plan for the tethering, but when buying my HTC ONE I saw they changed the plans again.
Use this widget and it will bypass the subscription check for all you non-rooted peeps https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.achmyr.android.froyo
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I cannot get USB tether to work :/ it shows red, so I am assuming that that s4 does support usb tether? I did get the wifi tether to work. For the record I did try all 3 different USB settings and made sure USB debugging was on and off. Nothing seemed to work.
I use Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot, but it looks like it does the same thing: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=portable+wifi+hotspot&c=apps
Glad some of those are still out there. I thought the carriers had all those banned from the Play store years ago.
cell128 said:
Use this widget and it will bypass the subscription check for all you non-rooted peeps https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.achmyr.android.froyo
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UNLIMITED OR METERED DATA ya got there?
That makes a huge difference, especially since us Unlimited can't "tether" but you metered people can do it all day!
syntrix said:
UNLIMITED OR METERED DATA ya got there?
That makes a huge difference, especially since us Unlimited can't "tether" but you metered people can do it all day!
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With new phones such as the S3, S4, etc... being able to suck down amazing levels of data, how on earth would big red be able to tell the difference between a teathered device vs. regular phone?
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With new phones such as the S3, S4, etc... being able to suck down amazing levels of data, how on earth would big red be able to tell the difference between a teathered device vs. regular phone?
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Unlimited is provisioned differently than limited data plans... hence the "subscription check".
Limited data plans can tether all they want, just hope you never hit that limit and get on the dime for overages
There's an unanswered question up there, and it's an important question for the "unlimited" peeps on VZW here!
edit: it has nothing to do with "rooting" or "not rooting" like the op says. I'm hoping he has unlimited, but have had the last few Samsung devices on VZW, and it's not promising for us unlimited data folk. Most unlimited tethering changes involve more than installing a widget, but I'm not familiar with this one.
Someone please report if it works with unlimited data, and then please report 35 days later when your new bill comes in. Do it again 70 days out.
syntrix said:
UNLIMITED OR METERED DATA ya got there?
That makes a huge difference, especially since us Unlimited can't "tether" but you metered people can do it all day!
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I have unlimited data. When I try to use the mobile hotspot via settings it checks for.subscription status and will not turn on because I don't pay for tethering but the widget will just turn it on
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I have unlimited data. When I try to use the mobile hotspot via settings it checks for.subscription status and will not turn on because I don't pay for tethering but the widget will just turn it on
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Which is exactly why I asked. Done and Done.
No widget is going to circumvent Unlimited Data Tethering as stated in the OP's post today. :good::good:
Can confirm. The widget trick works for people on unlimited data plans.
Also. I used to do it this way all the time with my s3 never got charged for it if that answers your question. I switched to WiFi tether because the verizon one kept dropping the signal while tethering.
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Thanks very much! After shelling out $700 full retail for the S4 (did the same for the S3)to maintain unlimited data, I'm glad to see a working option for wifi tethering so quickly available. This activated the hotspot without subscription verification, which by all appearances is what the methods I used on the S3 did too, so frankly, I'm not overly concerned about big red being able to discern that I'm tethering, while not actually subscribing to that service. Thanks again!
Unlimited here and the shortcut for WiFi tethering works great. No luck with USB tethering widget or other usb shortcuts I've found in the play store... it always goes to confirm subscription and then tells me to call customer service.
I have unlimited data, but I have the hotspot option under the more networks catagory. I am not rooted. Are you sure you need this? Try uninstalling it and see if you have the hotspot there.
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I have unlimited data, but I have the hotspot option under the more networks catagory. I am not rooted. Are you sure you need this? Try uninstalling it and see if you have the hotspot there.
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Everyone has that option regardless of their plan, as it's built into the phone. Since you have unlimited data without a tethering plan, if you try to start it you'll get a subscription message. If you use one of the widget to start tethering it bypasses this.
If you remove it it won't work AFAIK.
Works perfectly on my S4 with unlimited data.
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how can we confirm that they dont activate tethering subscription with this?
djcyph said:
how can we confirm that they dont activate tethering subscription with this?
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Because in the history of vzw they can't add something without consulting you not to mention ive been using it with my s3
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djcyph said:
how can we confirm that they dont activate tethering subscription with this?
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Hundreds of us have been using it on the S3 and Note 2, as well as other phones with no issues.
I have unlimited data and am using FixFi...works great. I bought PDANet years ago and that key unlocks the full version. I imagine it works the same way...though I don't really care as long as it works. I am not rooted for the first time in years.
Edit: Link in playstore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.foxfi
Is it possible to hide your data usage from T-mobile so they can not track where usage is in relation to the cap?
Are there any workarounds to no be throttled by T-mobile?
I have read this is all on t-mobile's side, device usage is identified by the IMEI and phone number. If there was a way to obstruct that data (identifying information) being sent to T-mobile, maybe that would avoid throttle.
Any other ideas? Is there a forum already started for this topic?
You want people to help you steal service?
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Some thoughts/links on the subject
"You might be able to encrypt or VPN to attempt to hide what your payload is but no you cannot hide that you have data going through your provider" ~ http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...any-way-hide-data-usage-service-provider.html
Services.jar hack - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2057344
DTR- http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1435085
4G Hack- http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1645521
MythBusting- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=987029
APN Trick- http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1408812
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McDeadagain said:
You want people to help you steal service?
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I don't want people to help me steal service, I already have unlimited service. I am looking to avoid data cap/throttle.
If you can't/won't help, don't reply.
Avoid throttle = steal service
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That's your opinion, troll.
Just don't reply if you don't know/can't help.
McDeadagain said:
Avoid throttle = steal service
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I agree with McDeadagain
How is he being a troll when he is correct in his response.
When a wireless carrier charges you for certain amount of data and throttles you after that, and your trying to avoid the throttling by hiding how much data your using, your essentially stealing service. Thats how i see it..
Lets use a different analogy.
Your in your car on a highway with a speed limit of 60. Your doing 90. Is it illegal? Cop didnt catch you so i guess its right? WRONG.. its illegal.. You just didnt get a ticket for performing the illegal act.
Heres a better answer. Move to a different plan that doesnt throttle after so much data usage. Pay more for the premium service. After all your expecting a premium unlimited amount of unthrottled data so pay for it..
It is far more likely that the OP wants to use the mobile hotspot with unlimited high speed. TMO doesn't sell tethering with unlimited High Speed access. I believe one can purchase an additional 15 Gb with the unlimited high speed, but that is all. The other plans include tethering, but of course they are limited in their high speed data (I personally have 2GB).
Or else he wants unlimited high speed while paying for only 500mb or 2 gb.
if what you want is to have unlimited hotspot without further charges there are a copule of threads on xda that can help, but if its just plain cell 4g data consumption you wanna hide then no you cannot, there maybe ways to preserve data but then ur stuck with slow speeds so its not cenvenient.
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I have read this is all on t-mobile's side, device usage is identified by the IMEI and phone number. If there was a way to obstruct that data (identifying information) being sent to T-mobile, maybe that would avoid throttle.
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T-Mobile doesn't monitor your usage by IMEI which is just the hardware serial number. If they did you could just move your sim. They monitor it by your IMSI which is your account id. While some APN's and some network nodes are found from time to time that don't have throttling enabled, when they are found they are corrected. Just buy the unlimited plan, its not like T-Mobile charges a ton for it.
If you are asking for the tethering, then that's a whole different discussion which actually can be fruitful.
Yeah you can't hide data usage but if your like me, I have the unlimited data unthrottled plan that doesn't include tether. Yet through a hack I tether 10GB-20GB per month unthrottled.
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fmedrano1977 said:
Yeah you can't hide data usage but if your like me, I have the unlimited data unthrottled plan that doesn't include tether. Yet through a hack I tether 10GB-20GB per month unthrottled.
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Which hack do you use? Maybe that can help the OP.
YOU CAN'T EVER HIDE YOUR USAGE FROM YOUR PROVIDER.
Regardless of VPN or any other jazz you use to attempt this, they will always have the upper hand on you. Think about it like this: your a small town in a city which only access to the rest of the world is via one street and one highway, that street and highway is provided to you by T-Mobile.
Enough said.
If you want to traffic more, pay more, otherwise stay within your boundaries.
megabiteg said:
YOU CAN'T EVER HIDE YOUR USAGE FROM YOUR PROVIDER.
Regardless of VPN or any other jazz you use to attempt this, they will always have the upper hand on you. Think about it like this: your a small town in a city which only access to the rest of the world is via one street and one highway, that street and highway is provided to you by T-Mobile.
Enough said.
If you want to traffic more, pay more, otherwise stay within your boundaries.
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well then indeed going by your terms one must simply trick or blind tmobile not avoid them such as in your words "use there highway but only at nite when they cant see you" lol
IAmSixNine said:
Which hack do you use? Maybe that can help the OP.
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For starters he needs knowledge on decompiling and recompiling APKs. You must edit the APN.xml located in the framework-res.apk, deleting the hidden tether APN and removing the read only state from T-Mobile APNs.
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fmedrano1977 said:
For starters he needs knowledge on decompiling and recompiling APKs. You must edit the APN.xml located in the framework-res.apk, deleting the hidden tether APN and removing the read only state from T-Mobile APNs.
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Hi, which values specifically do we need to remove on apns.xml file? There are bunch of hidden tether APN lines with different values. Remove all? Also, after those steps, do we need to do something else?
Thanks!
Trahald said:
Hi, which values specifically do we need to remove on apns.xml file? There are bunch of hidden tether APN lines with different values. Remove all? Also, after those steps, do we need to do something else?
Thanks!
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You can either remove the segment that indicates hidden or the entire line. I couldn't remember which line applied to me so I removed all the hidden segments (with find and replace). And I replaced all the 'webpc' (or whatever it is) with 'fast' for the address. Because I only removed the hidden segment I still have a tethering apn but it's visible and editable.
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Data Throttle=Bad Business
McDeadagain said:
Avoid throttle = steal service
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Avoid Throttle = Getting the unlimited service that I paid for
I am finding my 4g service throttled down to 2kbs I can not even use Google Navigation with that. I was told that my throttle would never go below 3g speeds as long as 3g is available and it is. I had a 3g phone with the same company for 6 years before upgrading and my speeds were always 1.1 to 1.5Mbs. I would be very happy with that. I am only trying to get what I was promised and what I pay for.
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Avoid Throttle = Getting the unlimited service that I paid for
I am finding my 4g service throttled down to 2kbs I can not even use Google Navigation with that. I was told that my throttle would never go below 3g speeds as long as 3g is available and it is. I had a 3g phone with the same company for 6 years before upgrading and my speeds were always 1.1 to 1.5Mbs. I would be very happy with that. I am only trying to get what I was promised and what I pay for.
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I pay for unlimited 4G LTE service, but I was told after multiple customer service calls that I'm being throttled due to my high data usage. I would find a hack to avoid said throttling quite morally correct, in my case.
@metropcsflash - What @PunishedSnake is trying to alert you to is that Throttling is at 2G speeds. NOT 3G. You were either misinformed by the TMO rep, or you heard what you wanted to hear. Either way if you do a small bit of research you will see that TMO does not give you 3G speeds throttled. Lets also loose the term 2G and 3G. When it comes to TMO that is a bit of a gray area. Since they called HSDPA+ 4G when it was really 3.5G and truly 4G is LTE.
In this case 2G is GPRS/EDGE speeds and 3G would be HSDPA/+.
So with that said, you will not get 1 meg or close to it being throttled. SO if you are expecting that you should move to a different carrier or go back and confront the sales person who you said told you that.
So to re-coupe, you have 3 options.
1 is to upgrade the rate plan to one that has no throttling after a certain amount of data is used.
2 understand that you will not get 3g / 1 meg of DL speed with your current plan because TMO doesnt offer it. The rep misinformed you or you heard wrong.
3 move on to a carrier that fits your financial needs and data needs.
Hi All,
Longtime Samsung user here and I've just moved over to the V10.
Hello to all.
I've been doing a lot of reading and as far as I can tell there is no known way of bypassing the tethering provision on T-Mobile to take advantage of unlimited data plans, is this correct? I have heard of 3rd party apps like WiFi for tether router and FoxFi but lately people have been suggesting that T-Mobile has found a way to monitor those.
So is there a way to take advantage of my unlimited data plan using my device as a hotspot?
-NJ
njdevils28 said:
Hi All,
Longtime Samsung user here and I've just moved over to the V10.
Hello to all.
I've been doing a lot of reading and as far as I can tell there is no known way of bypassing the tethering provision on T-Mobile to take advantage of unlimited data plans, is this correct? I have heard of 3rd party apps like WiFi for tether router and FoxFi but lately people have been suggesting that T-Mobile has found a way to monitor those.
So is there a way to take advantage of my unlimited data plan using my device as a hotspot?
-NJ
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I believe tethered usb with clockworkmod tether will work
dinged said:
I believe tethered usb with clockworkmod tether will work
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Ah.
Thanks for replying but That's not going to help. I need to hook up a Roku wirelessly.
I think I may have a solution but I need to test more before I share
Ok.
Nothing I tried worked. I monitored my hotspot usage daily and it kept going up. Has anyone been able to bypass the tether restriction?
-NJ
only way I know to bypass (on PC) set user agent to chrome on Linux or android or Firefox on Linux Android
if you tell t-mobile you want there. truly unlimited data, no BS unlimited, you get free unlimited hotspot free, no extra games, BS, or hotspot hacks needed.
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djnikkofb said:
if you tell t-mobile you want there. truly unlimited data, no BS unlimited, you get free unlimited hotspot free, no extra games, BS, or hotspot hacks needed.
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I called T-Mobile and asked about unlimited hotspot and was told they do not offer such a package. How did you get yours?
njdevil, I'm not sure why they didn't offer you this. im in SC, so that may have been a promotional thing, or state specific. Sorry for your troubles, but i promise that's what i have.
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djnikkofb said:
njdevil, I'm not sure why they didn't offer you this. im in SC, so that may have been a promotional thing, or state specific. Sorry for your troubles, but i promise that's what i have.
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I never doubted you. I just wish I could jump on the same trolley car as you. Unlimited tether would be sweet
Sorry to rehash but has there been any progress to this issue?
Has anyone been able to leverage their unlimited data plan for hotspot?
djnikkofb said:
if you tell t-mobile you want there. truly unlimited data, no BS unlimited, you get free unlimited hotspot free, no extra games, BS, or hotspot hacks needed.
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Sorry sir but it's not true matter of fact no carrier have unlimited (hotspot) im on tmobile truly unlimited and i only get (7Gb) a month that can be rollover
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ok for me, even tho it is a pin in the a$$
Foxfi have a wifi share option(not stable but work for me) that's what i use. you have to be usb tethering
so if you have a laptop or desktop with Wifi capbility that is your best option( your computer then become the hotspot
hope you understand my English
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njdevils28 said:
Ah.
Thanks for replying but That's not going to help. I need to hook up a Roku wirelessly.
I think I may have a solution but I need to test more before I share
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have you find a solution yet?
thugmafia said:
Sorry sir but it's not true matter of fact no carrier have unlimited (hotspot) im on tmobile truly unlimited and i only get (7Gb) a month that can be rollover
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ok for me, even tho it is a pin in the a$$
Foxfi have a wifi share option(not stable but work for me) that's what i use. you have to be usb tethering
so if you have a laptop or desktop with Wifi capbility that is your best option( your computer then become the hotspot
hope you understand my English
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have you find a solution yet?
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I thought I had it with WiFi Tether for Root but it turned out I was still racking up data on my hotspot and not my unlimited plan.
I could really use it though.
*thugmafia, your correct, but I've got a 14GB tethered promo..
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Has anyone tried the xposed module (its an older one) from the moto tethering provisions yet?
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Tethering
njdevils28 said:
Hi All,
Longtime Samsung user here and I've just moved over to the V10.
Hello to all.
I've been doing a lot of reading and as far as I can tell there is no known way of bypassing the tethering provision on T-Mobile to take advantage of unlimited data plans, is this correct? I have heard of 3rd party apps like WiFi for tether router and FoxFi but lately people have been suggesting that T-Mobile has found a way to monitor those.
So is there a way to take advantage of my unlimited data plan using my device as a hotspot?
-NJ
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Use Siraltus' rom, the one that says debranded, debloated, deodexed, then download wifi tether router by Fabio Grassio from the playstore, works perfect, also delete system/app/upsell.apk
Ok. I deleted the upsell apk and the native tether no longer works but WiFi for tether root works. I'll see if my usage good up and report back
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It has been years since I tether or used my hotspot plan that comes with my "unlimited" plan (metropcs/tmobile). I couldn't afford my cable bill this month so it was temporarily suspended. My kids freaked out, no Netflix? I assumed that I had "unlimited" hotspot with my "unlimited" plan but I guess I was wrong. I received a text that at was at 10% remaining yesterday and then the throttle began.
I received a text asking if I want more hotspot data...I clicked link. It was just offering more phones and plans. No extra hotspot plans.
So I had to resort to my old tactics and try to go around the throttle. Here were some of my tries:
1. Wifi Tether Router: I bought this last year and have always worked before. Not this time. My speeds were ridiculous slow when tethering. Developer is awesome on providing frequent updates. So I guess I have to wait.
2. PDAnet: it worked for a while but it kept resetting itself. So, I decided not to buy it.
3. Titanium BackUp: freezed native apps- my account, name id, tethering provision
Still throttled.
Will report if I found a solution. But will be paying my cable bill first.
montecristo1 said:
It has been years since I tether or used my hotspot plan that comes with my "unlimited" plan (metropcs/tmobile). I couldn't afford my cable bill this month so it was temporarily suspended. My kids freaked out, no Netflix? I assumed that I had "unlimited" hotspot with my "unlimited" plan but I guess I was wrong. I received a text that at was at 10% remaining yesterday and then the throttle began.
I received a text asking if I want more hotspot data...I clicked link. It was just offering more phones and plans. No extra hotspot plans.
So I had to resort to my old tactics and try to go around the throttle. Here were some of my tries:
1. Wifi Tether Router: I bought this last year and have always worked before. Not this time. My speeds were ridiculous slow when tethering. Developer is awesome on providing frequent updates. So I guess I have to wait.
2. PDAnet: it worked for a while but it kept resetting itself. So, I decided not to buy it.
3. Titanium BackUp: freezed native apps- my account, name id, tethering provision
Still throttled.
Will report if I found a solution. But will be paying my cable bill first.
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From my understanding there is really no way around the slowdown once Tmobile flags your account for tether disablement.Some data usage is counted towards your pool of tether alotment even if you use those workarounds .Once your billing cycle starts over and tethering provision is reset than you will be able to tether a lot longer as long as you use one of the apps you mentioned earlier .You may need to freeze the Tmobile.adapt app with Titanium back up I think that's one of the system apps used to monitor your tether usage ..like I said not all data is masked so some seepage will happen but you will be able to tether longer ........hope I helped
montecristo1 said:
It has been years since I tether or used my hotspot plan that comes with my "unlimited" plan (metropcs/tmobile). I couldn't afford my cable bill this month so it was temporarily suspended. My kids freaked out, no Netflix? I assumed that I had "unlimited" hotspot with my "unlimited" plan but I guess I was wrong. I received a text that at was at 10% remaining yesterday and then the throttle began.
I received a text asking if I want more hotspot data...I clicked link. It was just offering more phones and plans. No extra hotspot plans.
So I had to resort to my old tactics and try to go around the throttle. Here were some of my tries:
1. Wifi Tether Router: I bought this last year and have always worked before. Not this time. My speeds were ridiculous slow when tethering. Developer is awesome on providing frequent updates. So I guess I have to wait.
2. PDAnet: it worked for a while but it kept resetting itself. So, I decided not to buy it.
3. Titanium BackUp: freezed native apps- my account, name id, tethering provision
Still throttled.
Will report if I found a solution. But will be paying my cable bill first.
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Have you tried adjusting the TTL option in Wifi Tether Router? I read that worked.