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It seems that a few people are tweaking their APN settings and achieving faster downloads. These are the changes that I have done and it does seem to improve the speed some. Before I was getting 6 down and 1 up. Now Im seeing almost 8 down and 1.5 up.
New APN Settings:
1st APN:
Name:HSPA+
APN: phone
MCC:310
MNC:410
APN Type:default,supl
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Stock APN Settings:
Name:ATT PHONE
APNhone
MCC:310
MNC:410
APN type:internet
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If anyone has changed their APN settings, feel free to write in and tell us what you changed them to and how it affected your device.
References: This post, and this post.
Aren't these settings unavailable on our phones anyways? From within android at least...
has anyone posted Skyrocket APN settings for comparison?
Do you delete the other APN's or what? I mean, I added the new APN with the settings provided, but there's still a bullet point thing next to the stock APN..
I can add new APN, but cannot modify the existing ATTPHONE APN. Maybe we need to modify the existing one? I am rooted btw.
Download apn manager from market ...
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Ya, that works for me. ^^
[This post is no longer relevant, as the data measured was flawed. My later post explains that after proper testing, I saw no reasonable improvement with this APN.]
I'll just wait till people get some finalized settings, lol..
i don't think it does anything.. If anything i noticed lower speeds
Whole lot of no effect on the data speeds
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Whole lot of no effect on the data speeds
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After further review, I don't think this makes any difference.
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Well the original posts do include the disclaimer "it may not work for everyone"
Why it works for some and not for others? Who knows...
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Why it works for some and not for others? Who knows...
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Because that is solely based on the assumption that AT&T's network is not congested and always gives out consistent results. We all know how true is that
I can sit here and make 10 speed tests in a row. The results will be 10 diiferent speeds varying widely.
That could definitely explain it, since I made the change I see faster results more often.
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Using S8.2 ROM i noticed i have 2 APNs setting: ATT Entitlement and ATTphone. Which one should i pick?
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Using S8.2 ROM i noticed i have 2 APNs setting: ATT Entitlement and ATTphone. Which one should i pick?
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ATTphone is the default I believe.
may be someone can do a test with two same phones testing at the same time,
one with new apn one with the default one.
testing at different time does not prove the trick is working.
I tried the recommended APN settings. no solid change.
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There's been several threads with people saying that they are getting intermittent slow or no data connections. Some people suspected throttling.
I did some digging around and found that it is a common issue on all ATT LTE phones. I have read up on various fixes, found one that worked, and will summarize it here.
Create a new APN that is EXACTLY the same as your current one with two exceptions:
1. APN: phone
2. APN type: internet
Save the APN. You should now have 2 APNs. Make sure that the original AT&T PTA APN is the selected one with the green dot.
What we've done here is replace the APN just for internet, and left everything else the same. If you try setting the type of the new APN for everything, it breaks MMS.
There are several dead spots in my town where I get incredibly slow or no data , despite my wife's iPhone working just fine. I made this change and now it works perfectly. Same top speeds for upload and download.
The only thing I cannot test is LTE, since I am not in an LTE area. From what I've read, this is an LTW APN so it should work.
Thanks. Works great and I'm in LTE area.
Very interesting.. thanks for the post.
Just for clarity, we're not to remove "internet" from the original PTA, right?
Edit: Oh, and we can name it whatever we want, I'm assuming? Or does it have to match the original to replace it?
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Very interesting.. thanks for the post.
Just for clarity, we're not to remove "internet" from the original PTA, right?
Edit: Oh, and we can name it whatever we want, I'm assuming? Or does it have to match the original to replace it?
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You can't remove the original APN - it's not editable. Leave it as is.
You can name the new APN whatever you want, as long as the APN is called phone.
I am so excited to test this out. I just entered those settings and will report back at the end of the day with my results.
I'm in an LTE area as well and have been experiencing an issue where every time my phone goes to sleep google talk looses connection and I no longer get any push notifications for gmail or my exchange email.
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I am so excited to test this out. I just entered those settings and will report back at the end of the day with my results.
I'm in an LTE area as well and have been experiencing an issue where every time my phone goes to sleep google talk looses connection and I no longer get any push notifications for gmail or my exchange email.
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I'm waiting for your response.. lol
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So far, so good here.
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Will see if this helps at all. Suddenly I am having a tong of issues with data on the Note. My skyrocket had no issues in this area. The Note just started experiencing issues yesterday. called att and they reset the data connection on their end and it worked for a few hours.
The oddest part is that the indicator shows I am connected
In an lte area btw.
Oh...another oddity...when calling in to att the guy said his system showed my phone was connected to wifi....my wifi was not even on
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How do you change does settings on phone?
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Nevermind previous post....
Please note, PTA APN is required if you want to use LTE. Phone APN is for HSPA+. If you are in the area where there is no LTE service, this might be the solution for you as AT&T has a network issue ever since it launched LTE that LTE phones with PTA APN can't get consistent internet access when there is no LTE signal.
So, don't DO this if you are in a LTE area. Or else, you will be forced into HSPA+ network instead of LTE network you paid for.
If you select the phone apn yes....you will be forced into hspa. ..actually in my case it went to no cell connection at all.
There is a theory that simply having it there but not selecting it may help...which doesnt make sense but I am testing it regardless
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Please note, PTA APN is required if you want to use LTE. Phone APN is for HSPA+. If you are in the area where there is no LTE service, this might be the solution for you as AT&T has a network issue ever since it launched LTE that LTE phones with PTA APN can't get consistent internet access when there is no LTE signal.
So, don't DO this if you are in a LTE area. Or else, you will be forced into HSPA+ network instead of LTE network you paid for.
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If you select the phone apn yes....you will be forced into hspa. ..actually in my case it went to no cell connection at all.
There is a theory that simply having it there but not selecting it may help...which doesnt make sense but I am testing it regardless
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that's basically what this is - having it there but not selecting it. its almost as if it uses it as a fallback when the PTA apn can't get connected in an hspa area. this would explain why my hspa issue is fixed and others can still connect to lte just fine.
This problem is quite wide spread when Skyrocket was first released. Can't believe AT&T still haven't sort this out.
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I did this. Now my data works incredibly well in an LTE area but my MMS is not working anymore...
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I did this. Now my data works incredibly well in an LTE area but my MMS is not working anymore...
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then you did it wrong. make sure the original PTA apn is the selected one, not the new one. also make sure the new apn type is only internet. I had the same issue when I made those mistakes when I was first testing.
Did this and does not work as people have stated. Doing speed test before adding the apn I would get lte speeds. After adding the phone apn my speed test decreased considerably. This was with att pta selected as well.
ATT has to fix the connectivity issues. For myself, when I do speedtest on lte, it is very sporadic! It times out sometimes while doing speedtest. It's very annoying!
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Did this and does not work as people have stated. Doing speed test before adding the apn I would get lte speeds. After adding the phone apn my speed test decreased considerably. This was with att pta selected as well.
ATT has to fix the connectivity issues. For myself, when I do speedtest on lte, it is very sporadic! It times out sometimes while doing speedtest. It's very annoying!
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it works for those of us in hspa areas. i guess it isn't going to work for lte areas.
I did the fix and still got 17MBPS on speedtest. I got my mms working btw.
Hrm...i think peopke are doing it wrong. In an lte area, Added it per the directions and the connection issues are slighty better...not completely gone.
No difference in speeds. Lte is the same..hspa+ is the same
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Ok. So I have always just had 4G in my area until recently. I have the APN info to run unthrottled. I have an unlimited data plan and I use my phone for tethering my computer and my xboxs at home. Since it is now LTE now my UNTHROTTLED, APN switches on and off randomly and eventually knocks me back to the regular ATT PTA APN. I want to find a way to lock my phone to 4G only so I can stay on the unthrottled APN so I can at least have 2mbps instead of being throttled down to 500kbps a quarter of the way through the month. Which makes it practically impossible to play xbox games online or stream a movie, Download anything is a headache now. The worst part about it is even the LTE maxes out at 5mbps where I live anyways so it's not like I'm getting 21+ like I do in other LTE areas. Is there anyway around this or should I invest in an Android 4G only phone and just use it while at home? Thanks for any help that someone could give me.
Excessive data use always gets throttled. No way around it. I'm not saying "excessive use", at&t is.
They easily track usage by your sim card and IEMI, so APN settings don't matter.
Actually.....
Actually. With the APN I had it never got throttled. I was doing 46gigs+ a month. Never ever got throttled until it knocked me up to LTE and made my phone skip the un throttled APN.
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Excessive data use always gets throttled. No way around it. I'm not saying "excessive use", at&t is.
They easily track usage by your sim card and IEMI, so APN settings don't matter.
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46GBs? It's about time you did get throttled. 4G and LTE APN's should both be throttled APNs. Try the 3G APN.
I agree, save some bandwidth for the rest of us. I don't know how you haven't had your account closed down yet, or why you weren't throttled using a particular APN for so long. Must have just been network goofiness, because like rangercaptain said, that's not how AT&T tracks you for throttling anyway.
Edit: Moving to a 3G APN shouldn't matter either. Nor would being on a 2G or 3G-only tower. No matter what I'm connected to, I'm still limited to 5GB/month before getting throttled, because that's where grandfathered LTE plans are set. Doesn't matter if I'm actually using LTE or not, it's per-plan.
46+ Gb? Really???? Unbelievable! No, really. Unbelievable. You must mean 4.6 Gb because you'd be turned off, or at least you'd be getting communications from your carrier. I think either you are telling stories or you don't really know what you are talking about.
Johnus is 100% correct for AT&T. You get 5 Gb unthrottled per unlimited plan. Doesn't matter if you consume that 5 Gb using LTE, 4G, 3G, or string and soup cans.
I'm serious. I was getting months of 46 and more gigs without being throttled using one specific APN. The weird thing is now that yesterday I cut my phone on and all my APNs were gone except the default. They don't mess with me because the last time they tried to take me off unlimited for tethering I caused a big scene and kept on getting my call transfered up to a higher and higher management denying the fact that I did it and threatened them with a lawsuit. I already have a FCC complaint set up against them for throttling since it was never notified of agreed to a change in my plan. I was using a 4G APN that had what looked like corporate **** on it because I to this day can't find the info I had that I put in to get away with it. Now that it's LTE now it cuts 4G to completely off to 4G not allowing me to stay online longer than 15mins before it shuts down. That's all erased somehow now. My tethering file is deleted and I use wifitether app to do my tethering and have not been caught while tethering since I did that over 6months ago and for 6months I have been using about 50g a month
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I guess they won.
It's far from over. I'm over 6gigs now and not throttled. Since using the tweakker APN. And I have been told if you file an FCC complaint they will let you run wide open once it gets filed with them. Usually take a month or two. They have so many lawsuits pending right now they can not deal with another.
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..... And in my area, I assure you that my data usage is not effecting any of you. I live 30miles outside of Memphis TN. In the middle of nowhere. A year ago my phone only picked up in one spot in my entire house. The city is so small they banned any towers for going up because of the fear of radiation. I live around a bunch of ignorant rednecks that use Walmart prepaid phones and the only Internet they know of is Hughes Net and the local library.
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Where can I find a full ATT APN list?
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Really not sure I can take anything you say as serious. That said, if you get anywhere with you supposed FCC filing, you'd be the first. The issue has already been tested and AT&T is on firm ground.
This is how you can take me seriously. That shows my data usage.
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Gonna post this months data usage with my Internet speed.. It never shows a tether is being used. It is unexplainable by looking at the phone info where the data is using. Which is also exactly what ATT gets, they have no clue where I'm using so much data.
http://junkheadinc.tumblr.com/post/45506357010/this-months-data-usage-showing-i-havent-been
http://junkheadinc.tumblr.com/post/45506322704/my-speeds-att-4g-lte-unthrottled
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Gonna post this months data usage with my Internet speed.. It never shows a tether is being used. It is unexplainable by looking at the phone info where the data is using. Which is also exactly what ATT gets, they have no clue where I'm using so much data.
http://junkheadinc.tumblr.com/post/45506357010/this-months-data-usage-showing-i-havent-been
http://junkheadinc.tumblr.com/post/45506322704/my-speeds-att-4g-lte-unthrottled
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My apologies. I gotta admit, the proof is in the pics. I know that ATT would normally go ballistic about this so I don't really understand why you're getting away with it. They really don't care what you use the data for. Normally, all they care about is how much data you've used in a month. You are getting away with murder, my man. Good for you!
It's because they have threatened me in the past. I threatened back and they backed off. But it was before I deleted the tether file and used wifi tether app. They busted me for tethering now they can't. Can't tell what I'm using it for. It's like they try to throttle me at certain times. Randomly now that I have LTE coming thru at my home. I was wondering how many others have figured this out. I guess it is just that I threatened to put a lawsuit on them.
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Another speed test. Just to rub it in a bit. Try the route I did. Let me know if it works for you
By the way my Xbox GAMERTAG is junkheadINC for anyone interested in some multiplayer action.
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Try the route I did. Let me know if it works for you.
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Can you give some more info on what you did? I'll give it a go and see if i can pull the wool over their eyes, too.
Nice speedtest results. The upload is incredible.
Hi all,
Is there any truth to VZW "throttling" folks' who are on unlimited data plans? I ask because I regularly tether my DNA to my macbook air. As soon as I start downloading a large file or use facetime, the connection with the Internet breaks off. I noticed that my speed would drop from 1.4gbps down to 700kbps shortly before the connection breaks.
I know that's rather anecdotal but the connection break does not appear coincidental, it happens every time within a minute of me using anything that requires a large amount of data.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Mike
I haven't notice while tethering, but I have noticed my overall speed has gone down.
I wonder if you call VZW and ask if you are throttled if they have to tell you?
kampana said:
Hi all,
Is there any truth to VZW "throttling" folks' who are on unlimited data plans? I ask because I regularly tether my DNA to my macbook air. As soon as I start downloading a large file or use facetime, the connection with the Internet breaks off. I noticed that my speed would drop from 1.4gbps down to 700kbps shortly before the connection breaks.
I know that's rather anecdotal but the connection break does not appear coincidental, it happens every time within a minute of me using anything that requires a large amount of data.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Mike
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Did you uninstall TetheringGuard.apk and Verizon Mobile Hotspot (wifirouter.apk) if using a third party or my preference, google wireless tether apk. Since you're unlimited you must be using a non verizon app. I recommend
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.googlecode.android.wifi.tether&hl=en
Press menu and settings, set the device profile to HTC Rezound LTE/CDMA. Change setup method to netd-ndc master. Scroll down near the bottom and check to enable the routing fix. That's three settings total that you should have touched. Now grant root permissions when you press the big yellow start tethering button and give it a few minutes.
Verizon typically does not throttle connections (whether tethering or not) unless you are specifically abusing your connection. I have unlimited, and typically use at least 50 GB of data per billing cycle and have not experienced any sort of throttling.
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Verizon typically does not throttle connections (whether tethering or not) unless you are specifically abusing your connection. I have unlimited, and typically use at least 50 GB of data per billing cycle and have not experienced any sort of throttling.
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This is partially only true if ur in on a congested cell site.
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MicroMod777 said:
This is partially only true if ur in on a congested cell site.
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Yes, this is true, though I didn't mention it since it happens so rarely.
Verizon can throttle you if you're tethering on their 3g network....by FCC law they cannot on the 4G network.
The OP was most likely in a 3g area since he went from 1.4mb to 700 kb...I'm pretty sure no one gets 1.4gig on even LTE lol
I believe Verizon's official 3g throttling policy is something to the effect if you are in the top 5% of data users and are on 3g on a cell tower that is congested or during "rush hour"so to speak, they will/reserve the right to throttle your 3g connection.
use a user agent switcher when you tether and they will never know its not your phone so you will bypass any type of throttle
i dont know anything about mac's but firefox and chrome have a user agent switcher that you can set on android (mobile sites) or opera for normal (full site) web browsing, gl nawmsayn
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use a user agent switcher when you tether and they will never know its not your phone so you will bypass any type of throttle
i dont know anything about mac's but firefox and chrome have a user agent switcher that you can set on android (mobile sites) or opera for normal (full site) web browsing, gl nawmsayn
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Pretty sure this is bad information. User Agent just tells the website what browser you are using so the page can be displayed properly for you. Changing your user agent in Chrome won't affect your streaming of movies in Netflix.
Hi all, I'm the OP, thank you all for your advice. I apologize I had forgotten to mention that my phone is not rooted.
From what I can gather, I was on a congested network (Midtown New York City), so that was probably the source of my poor data speeds. What bugs me is that I had 5 bars on 4G and my speed for first 15-30 seconds were around the 1.4gbps mark. So I can't help but wonder if VZW intentionally throttles down data usage on a congested 4G network, which I believe someone above had mentioned could be the case.
In any case, I'm back on the West Coast and my data speeds are back to a consistent "normal".
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Hi all, I'm the OP, thank you all for your advice. I apologize I had forgotten to mention that my phone is not rooted.
From what I can gather, I was on a congested network (Midtown New York City), so that was probably the source of my poor data speeds. What bugs me is that I had 5 bars on 4G and my speed for first 15-30 seconds were around the 1.4gbps mark. So I can't help but wonder if VZW intentionally throttles down data usage on a congested 4G network, which I believe someone above had mentioned could be the case.
In any case, I'm back on the West Coast and my data speeds are back to a consistent "normal".
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1.4 gbps? Check again lawl
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wakkadojo said:
1.4 gbps? Check again lawl
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sorry about that, it.s 1.4mbps
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sorry about that, it.s 1.4mbps
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If your on lte there's something wrong. I literally havent seen anything under 10 on this phone, and that was with 1 bar.
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I'm out in long island. I easily get 30 mbps and 10 mbps
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kampana said:
Hi all, I'm the OP, thank you all for your advice. I apologize I had forgotten to mention that my phone is not rooted.
From what I can gather, I was on a congested network (Midtown New York City), so that was probably the source of my poor data speeds. What bugs me is that I had 5 bars on 4G and my speed for first 15-30 seconds were around the 1.4gbps mark. So I can't help but wonder if VZW intentionally throttles down data usage on a congested 4G network, which I believe someone above had mentioned could be the case.
In any case, I'm back on the West Coast and my data speeds are back to a consistent "normal".
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You do NOT have bars of data, the 'bars' are a visual reference in regards to the signal strength of the cellular connection NOT your data connection.
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bakemcbride21 said:
Verizon can throttle you if you're tethering on their 3g network....by FCC law they cannot on the 4G network.
The OP was most likely in a 3g area since he went from 1.4mb to 700 kb...I'm pretty sure no one gets 1.4gig on even LTE lol
I believe Verizon's official 3g throttling policy is something to the effect if you are in the top 5% of data users and are on 3g on a cell tower that is congested or during "rush hour"so to speak, they will/reserve the right to throttle your 3g connection.
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See how that's supposedly working out with other provisions set forth by the c block agreement. I'm sure they can, do and will continue to due what ever it is they deem necessary to keep their network secure.
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Did you uninstall TetheringGuard.apk and Verizon Mobile Hotspot (wifirouter.apk) if using a third party or my preference, google wireless tether apk. Since you're unlimited you must be using a non verizon app. I recommend
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.googlecode.android.wifi.tether&hl=en
Press menu and settings, set the device profile to HTC Rezound LTE/CDMA. Change setup method to netd-ndc master. Scroll down near the bottom and check to enable the routing fix. That's three settings total that you should have touched. Now grant root permissions when you press the big yellow start tethering button and give it a few minutes.
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How do you UN install the tetheringguard.apk and the Verizon hot spot? I've been running Wi-Fi tether for a while now since I rooted my DNA and all of a sudden tonight it stopped working....wondering if this is the problem
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I just delete them using a file explorer app out of /system/app. Should be good to go
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You do NOT have bars of data, the 'bars' are a visual reference in regards to the signal strength of the cellular connection NOT your data connection.
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I have always wondered that, lol. Out of curiosity, does anyone have problems with 4g/3g switching like crazy? I am guessing that it is giving 3g priority. I have 4g available in my current area, however, my phone only wants to stay on 3g and will sometimes just flash onto 4g for a few minutes..
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I just delete them using a file explorer app out of /system/app. Should be good to go
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Tried that last night but didn't work...I think it's because I'm still S-On damn it guess I will have to finally go S-Off
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Yeah go for it. No reason to not be s-off if you're on the 1.x firmware. Its not like on the rezound where you had to short out pins using a wire to get s-off haha good times
I want to increase my data speeds because I believe that ever since I converted my T-Mobile htc one to a dev edition through s-off, my data speeds have been slower. I noticed that it constantly switches between 3g and the H symbol now...
are there certain apn settings that I need to plug in ?
thanks in advance
Did you ever get this resolved? I'm in the same boat...
I initially had that problem after converting mine too, but flashing the T-Mobile radio fixed it completely with no need to edit the APN. Just flash the radio attached in the link below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2248586
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Thanks for replying! I flashed the T-Mo radio, and I'll see if it helps.
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It still seems to be bouncing around between 3G and H a lot - something my Nexus S in the same location would not do, and it occasionally has a strong signal without a data connection whatsoever, which also did not occur with my Nexus S. There must be something else going on.