[Q] Tether no longer working.... help? - Motorola Droid RAZR

Long story short, tether doesn't work.
I was running rooted 6.11.181 and had edited the entitlement check and was using the Wireless Tether app.
Was impatient for OTA so tried to manually push the file. It failed miserably several times. I downloaded the Droid Razr 1.6 utility, and pushed my phone back to factory.
I then factory reset my phone, ran the Droid Razr 1.7 utility. The upgrade worked fine. Rerooted my phone.
Now, when I go into SQL Lite editor I can't find the entitlement check anywhere and my Wireless Tether app isn't work. Anyone know how to fix?

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Try FoxFi app. I like our better than the built in tether app. I've never had problems with it.
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trypadelik said:
Long story short, tether doesn't work.
I was running rooted 6.11.181 and had edited the entitlement check and was using the Wireless Tether app.
Was impatient for OTA so tried to manually push the file. It failed miserably several times. I downloaded the Droid Razr 1.6 utility, and pushed my phone back to factory.
I then factory reset my phone, ran the Droid Razr 1.7 utility. The upgrade worked fine. Rerooted my phone.
Now, when I go into SQL Lite editor I can't find the entitlement check anywhere and my Wireless Tether app isn't work. Anyone know how to fix?
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Go back to SQL Lite and check entitlement on number 79. Edit that like you did before and you'll be set!

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I did exactly what the video showed to do on gb, and it worked. At least I'm not getting any notifications of a $30 charge.... Mine was number 150
texbuck

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I tried to do what the video said but the options just don't exist.

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There is no way possible to go back to .181 and try to redo this is there?

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Make sure you went to the Moto settings and not the other one.
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I have the .211 update on my Razr as of today. Rooted and with SQL_ite the entitlement check is number 79. On .181 is was number 150. So if you have updated to ICS you will find the entitlement check on #79.
Goes like this on ICS for the Razr .211
1 SQlite from Market (have to be rooted)
2 Settings Storage (hammer and crescent wrench)
3 settings.db
4 settings
5 #79 press and hold until edit comes up
6 edit record
7 change value to 0
8 Save
9 Home screen
10 Reboot
11 Profit and you will have tether
It has worked all day for me

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How strange, I don't even have #79. It goes from #78 restriction lock to #84 dialup_modem_restriction. My entitlement check was still #150. And yes I'm really on 4.04 ics. Go figure....
texbuck

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Astrobrewer said:
Try FoxFi app. I like our better than the built in tether app. I've never had problems with it.
Sent from my DROID RAZR using xda premium
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^This
Seriously, FoxFi just plain works. No need to do ANYTHING other than setting your password.

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sRDennyCrane said:
^This
Seriously, FoxFi just plain works. No need to do ANYTHING other than setting your password.
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+1
I use FoxFi every day since I got it without issue. You don't even need to set a password if you don't want to. I just hit a button on the widget, select tether and away I go.

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Well, setting a password is a good precaution against ANYONE just hopping onto your wifi hotspot.

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I just updated to ICS and now my WifiTether app doesn't work. I got FoxFi and it tethered to my laptop with no problem. However, it won't connect to Xbox Live on my 360. It shows it has a network and internet, but won't connect to Xbox Live. My other tether app never had issues connecting.

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abowlofsoda said:
+1
I use FoxFi every day since I got it without issue. You don't even need to set a password if you don't want to. I just hit a button on the widget, select tether and away I go.
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Ok, I'm a beleiver. I'm using FoxFi right now and it works great. No more hotspot hacks for now. Forget my resent posts. :good:

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I had to do a bit of work to get the entitlement_check sorted out, so I figured I'd post here in case anyone else is having problems. I force fed the OTA to my RAZR Maxx and rooted without much problem. When I tried to update the entitlement_check field in the sqlite DB, I get errors about being unable to write. I even tried chmoding the file to 666 (-rw-rw-rw-), via adb, and it didn't work. These are the steps I used and now I'm in business.
NOTE: I'm using a Linux box. A similar process will probably work on Windows or Mac OS but I don't know.
You'll need to install the SDK and the platform-tools, if you don't already have them.
Code:
$ cd /path/to/platform-tools
$ sudo ./adb kill-server
$ sudo ./adb root
$ ./adb devices (Make sure your device is listed correctly.)
$ ./adb shell
Now you'll be in the android shell.
Code:
$ su -
# id (Make sure "uid=0(root)")
# cp /data/data/com.motorola.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db /tmp
# chmod 666 /tmp/settings.db
# exit
$ exit
Now you're back at your Linux terminal.
Code:
$ ./adb pull /tmp/settings.db
$ sqlite3 settings.db (If you don't have sqlite3 installed, you can use the binary in the SDK tools dir.)
Now you're in the sqlite db shell.
Code:
sqlite> UPDATE settings SET value=0 WHERE name="entitlement_check";
sqlite> SELECT * FROM settings WHERE name="entitlement_check";
(This should show "79|entitlement_check|0" now.)
sqlite> .quit
Back at Linux terminal.
Code:
$ ./adb push ./settings.db /tmp/settings.db
$ ./adb shell
Back at android shell.
Code:
$ su -
# id (Check for "uid=0(root)" again.)
# cp /tmp/settings.db /data/data/com.motorola.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
# exit
$ exit
Now go ahead and reboot you phone and check tethering. Should be good to go.
You should probably make a backup copy of db.settings, after you adb pull it off your phone. It's a small change and easy to fix but Safety Second and all that. (Fun should always come before Safety, in my book.)