Tethering detected by provider - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey everyone, forgive my bad English, not my native language.
As the title says, I have problems tethering with my galaxy S3. My provider is Orange (France). I knew when I bought it 2 weeks ago that tethering wasn't part of my package but I have been doing it anyway with my galaxy S1 for 2 years with a slim ICS ROM (a CM one).
So as soon as I got the phone, I tried tethering with the stock ROM and confirmed my provider was preventing it and offering various pricely offers via an internet page when trying to tether... Then I rooted it and flashed CM 10.1. Tried tethering. It worked fined for a couple of days but now I get the Internet page from my provider offering tethering packages. I've been searching on the net for solutions but can't find any.
Some people think it's due to the Agent User. I think it's unlikely. Others think it's due to the fact that I got a new Sim card (micro sim). I tried a few Roms but nothing changed.
Funny thing is I managged to put the new micro Sim Card in my old galaxy S1 which normally uses old Sim cards and guess what? Tethering works like a charm...Should I keep the old S1 as a modem? I'm always on the road and kinda need the tethering. :crying:
I wonder how my provider knows I'm tethering with my S3 and sees nothing with my S1? I did a factory reset, data wipe, formated the SD card but it still doesn't work. Do you have any advice/suggestions? I'm at lost here. Thanks for you help

that's illegal, you're violating terms of service

So you pay for tethering GlenBun? That's bull. I shouldn't have to pay to use my own internet I already pay for. That's retarded. I don't tether much at all, I do if I need to though.

It is of course not illegal to tether .
It may be against your network / contract rules and invoke a penalty is all .
Penalty can be charges or more usual a cut off of data .
As i understand the network picks it up on a measure of the data flow or something like that .
jje

It's the carrier's way of protecting themselves. A computer uses much more bandwidth than a mobile phone under normal use, according to them. You pay to browse the net from your phone.
If your carrier charges extra for tethering - regardless of what you feel you should be allowed to do with your plan, then circumventing these controls is stealing. If you need tethering, you need a plan that includes it. Dont ask people on this forum to help you break the law
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JJEgan said:
It is of course not illegal to tether .
It may be against your network / contract rules and invoke a penalty is all .
Penalty can be charges or more usual a cut off of data .
As i understand the network picks it up on a measure of the data flow or something like that .
jje
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illegal as in violation of the contract.
if you don't like it you should switch carriers.

I'm sorry if some of you feel offended. You are right and I have been using tethering for so long that I didn't think that what I was asking on the forum was illegal. Didn'twant to start a debate either.
I did some more research and found a way around my problem. It's a bit annoying but it's still better than having to carry my SG1 around (which I keep as a backup plan :laugh.
Thanks for answering and sorry again for asking you something illegal.

i pay for the internet so i can use it where i want on what i want...
I`m glad that you find a way around

Neolin said:
i pay for the internet so i can use it where i want on what i want...
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not if your carrier's terms of service, which you agreed to, prohibit it

Just move to three, im not paying for tethering yet I do it all the time for my gakaxy tab. They dont realise you're doing it unless you tether to something like a laptop. Then they prevent it. But for tethering to other phones and tablets three is perfect!
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Glebun said:
not if your carrier's terms of service, which you agreed to, prohibit it
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Have you not rooted your phone which against Samsungs terms of service?

samkent6 said:
Just move to three, im not paying for tethering yet I do it all the time for my gakaxy tab. They dont realise you're doing it unless you tether to something like a laptop. Then they prevent it. But for tethering to other phones and tablets three is perfect!
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Three will pick up things like ipads so it really depends what you're using. If you're clever enough, you can easily tether laptops too, but as stated - its illegal. My three plan has tethering included
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toxic34 said:
Have you not rooted your phone which against Samsungs terms of service?
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Where does it say that? They purposely release their phones without protection to sell to more people. They just wont honour warranty if you're rooted
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A simple analysis of ip packets can say you if it has been through another device, the original Mac address (the first digits of it identify the chip manufacturer so easy to see it's not your phone) and so on.

VPN

toxic34 said:
Have you not rooted your phone which against Samsungs terms of service?
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it's not

Strange, I can tether my Nexus 7 but not my laptop..
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gsw5700 said:
Strange, I can tether my Nexus 7 but not my laptop..
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Indeed, because your Nexus 7 has an Android User Agent string in the Android Browser (much like your phone) and your Desktop Browser does not have an Android User agent String... So packet analysis identifies your laptop as being a computer, ergo - shouldn't be connected to the network

"Illegal" requires a law to disallow it, in contrast to broken tos which invoke a penalty and/or revokation of the contract.
Huge difference, same as in rooting being against certain ToS but never illegal in sane countries.
What most people talking against tethering do not realize is that most old internat contracts on Dsl prohibited the usage by more than a single computer.
My old (Galaxy S1) contract for mobile phone included 30Gig traffic but I was disallowed to visit any webpage containing pictures, videos or other media, use Voip, or download stuff.
Would you _really_ follow that contract to the letter?
Usually a vpn connection or removing their proxy from the APN is enough to bypass filters.
Any encryption (like https) will work fine too.
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d4fseeker said:
"Illegal" requires a law to disallow it, in contrast to broken tos which invoke a penalty and/or revokation of the contract.
Huge difference, same as in rooting being against certain ToS but never illegal in sane countries.
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poor choice of words. I am not a native speaker

Circumventing contracts to take something for free that you are supposed to pay for is stealing. In the UK stealing is illegal last I checked. Just like downloading an album from torrent sites or watching cable through a chipped box
Would I do it? Sure but will I openly tell someone how to break the law? Nope
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[Q] Do all of our phone have CARRIER IQ?

I've read today that all Android phones (and others) have Carrier IQ installed in them at the factory to that is capable of transmitting keystrokes, website visits, email and SMS data to the carrier.
My questions is, Can we build a ROM without it? Below is the link referring to the software.
Thanks.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-5...ets-secretly-logging-keystrokes-sms-messages/
With all of your reading you forgot to read the multiple threads in this forum about this.
No our phones don't have it right now so no we can not remove it.
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pj1000 said:
I've read today that all Android phones (and others) have Carrier IQ installed in them at the factory to that is capable of transmitting keystrokes, website visits, email and SMS data to the carrier.
My questions is, Can we build a ROM without it? Below is the link referring to the software.
Thanks.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-5...ets-secretly-logging-keystrokes-sms-messages/
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Whoever told you all android phones had it was an idiot. Only some of them do - nearly all Sprint units, only newer AT&T units like the ****rocket and the Gingerbread updates for Infuse do.
(Probably Cappy GB has it and future updates for ours might.)
From what I understand, it doesn't send anything out of phones that have it installed, it just echoes data to the debug console.
Do you really think att needs that software to know your physical location? Does att need that to read your SMS? Know what numbers you dial?
Att could probably easily identify if you tether, or load a custom ROM on your phone. Its a matter of priority, and whether its worth the effort. Everything you do on your phone runs through their services. They know everything.
A program like that may make it easier for them to get the data, but I doubt it gives them any information that they couldn't get themselves if they really wanted it.
I don't see the big deal about it. What do I care if att knows where I am, who I call, and what I text, they already know all that. If att collecting data about how I use my phone leads to a better optimised data network, or better coverage then go for it.
What's next? People upset that google may be reading your Gmail? Or Comcast knowing what you watch on TV? Your credit card company knowing where you shop?
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quarlow said:
Do you really think att needs that software to know your physical location? Does att need that to read your SMS? Know what numbers you dial?
Att could probably easily identify if you tether, or load a custom ROM on your phone. Its a matter of priority, and whether its worth the effort. Everything you do on your phone runs through their services. They know everything.
A program like that may make it easier for them to get the data, but I doubt it gives them any information that they couldn't get themselves if they really wanted it.
I don't see the big deal about it. What do I care if att knows where I am, who I call, and what I text, they already know all that. If att collecting data about how I use my phone leads to a better optimised data network, or better coverage then go for it.
What's next? People upset that google may be reading your Gmail? Or Comcast knowing what you watch on TV? Your credit card company knowing where you shop?
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Said like a true lamb... lol
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Said like a true lamb... lol
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By call means, enlighten me.
How should the system work? How do they deliver your message if they don't know what to send? How do they connect your call if they don't know what you dialed? How do they send you a website without knowing the web address you input? How do they route a call to you if they don't know what towers you are connected to, and where those towers are?
My point is that people are up in arms because att has has access to data that you give them on a daily basis. They need that data to serve you as a customer.
Nothing you do on the internet, or using wireless networks will ever be truly private. The only thing changing here is how the data is collected, not whether the data is collected.
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quarlow said:
By call means, enlighten me.
How should the system work? How do they deliver your message if they don't know what to send? How do they connect your call if they don't know what you dialed? How do they send you a website without knowing the web address you input? How do they route a call to you if they don't know what towers you are connected to, and where those towers are?
My point is that people are up in arms because att has has access to data that you give them on a daily basis. They need that data to serve you as a customer.
Nothing you do on the internet, or using wireless networks will ever be truly private. The only thing changing here is how the data is collected, not whether the data is collected.
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+1 quarlow
Very well said.
I can't really post a link but it seems like it has access to more than just your general txt/call/web data
From what I read in an article from Huffingtonpost.com
"The application, which is labeled on Eckhart’s HTC smartphone as "HTC IQ Agent," also logs the URL of websites searched on the phone, even if the user intends to encrypt that data using a URL that begins with "HTTPS," Eckhart said."
and from electronista.com
"The video also shows that the software records keystrokes. It likewise records calls with network strength values, which primarily allows carriers to fix problems but could also be used to intercept data. CarrierIQ is also collecting keystrokes of incompleted calls and even random keystrokes, or more than it needs
When using Wi-Fi, CarrierIQ records website security information, including URL and even passwords sent over the ostensibly secure HTTPS. This doesn't involve Sprint, as it's on Wi-Fi, so it shouldn't be recorded, Holly concludes."
In my opinion, it's one thing to know that a carrier obviously has access to much of this information if and when they should need it for court orders and other legal reasons. It's an entirely other thing though to specifically have software installed and intertwined into the core of the phone that has the potential to feed this information in another manner which obviously isn't explained to the end user.
I don't do anything on my phone that I wouldn't want them to see for very obvious reasons as stated above. But I would like to have at least the 'appearance' that not everything I do is going to be sifted through by AT&T or a 3rd party vendor. This type of software and the relative 'hush-hush' nature of it doesn't give me that feeling. It's like a rogue app just sitting in a dormant state waiting for AT&T or whoever to fire it up and log away.
Ok I'll end the paranoia and I don't think we have a basis to point our finger one way or the other yet, but clearly it's something I think that needs to be clarified and understood better.
Back in the olde timey days when folks just had land lines with which to communicate, the FCC made it illegal for third parties - yes, even carriers - to intercept and disclose conversations of their customers to third parties. Have we come all the way around to "let them use my personal communications as they see fit since they have it anyway?" I never thought I would see relatively sophisticated users, such as several of those contributing here, say "I do nothing wrong so I don't care who uses my data and for what purpose." Yikes.
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Back in the olde timey days when folks just had land lines with which to communicate, the FCC made it illegal for third parties - yes, even carriers - to intercept and disclose conversations of their customers to third parties. Have we come all the way around to "let them use my personal communications as they see fit since they have it anyway?" I never thought I would see relatively sophisticated users, such as several of those contributing here, say "I do nothing wrong so I don't care who uses my data and for what purpose." Yikes.
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Welcome to the Patriot act.
[Obligatory favorable statement about the Patriot Act]
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I to agree with the carriers already know EVERYTHING we do. Whether we like it or not, that's how it works. But that takes place on THEIR end.
What I don't like is not knowing if it's secure. Main reason so many people were ticked their iphone were tracking them. Most knew it could be done, but the fact it stored that info on their phone with no encryption what-so-ever.
This is on OUR end now. The more ways to access everything we do, the greater the security risk.
If I get the choice, I'm definitely getting it off my phone. But if they prove it's without doubt secure? I still don't like it, but I'd feel a whole lot better about it. So what's the chance that will happen?
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Here if yall want to know about CIQ. Good Read and good information for you to mull over. http://www.xda-developers.com/android/the-storm-is-not-over-yet-lets-talk-about-ciq/ Oh and MOST Devices that have this stupid thing on it that get root the first thing to get disabled is this little gem so I wouldn't worry about it too horribly much. I have seen a dev going around that strictly is going through phones that have it and removing it.
malickie said:
Here if yall want to know about CIQ. Good Read and good information for you to mull over. http://www.xda-developers.com/android/the-storm-is-not-over-yet-lets-talk-about-ciq/ Oh and MOST Devices that have this stupid thing on it that get root the first thing to get disabled is this little gem so I wouldn't worry about it too horribly much. I have seen a dev going around that strictly is going through phones that have it and removing it.
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Good article...
Oh yea here is a link that I found over in the HTC Vivid section just in case CIQ ever does hit our device I would assume the same thing could be done to remove it from the SGSII....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1370541
@Kadin
Yea good article although a bit scary when you see all this thing does.
quarlow said:
Do you really think att needs that software to know your physical location? Does att need that to read your SMS? Know what numbers you dial?
Att could probably easily identify if you tether, or load a custom ROM on your phone. Its a matter of priority, and whether its worth the effort. Everything you do on your phone runs through their services. They know everything.
A program like that may make it easier for them to get the data, but I doubt it gives them any information that they couldn't get themselves if they really wanted it.
I don't see the big deal about it. What do I care if att knows where I am, who I call, and what I text, they already know all that. If att collecting data about how I use my phone leads to a better optimised data network, or better coverage then go for it.
What's next? People upset that google may be reading your Gmail? Or Comcast knowing what you watch on TV? Your credit card company knowing where you shop?
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If the carrier can do all this already then you have to wonder why they have to put something like Carrier IQ on our phones.

Need help to disguise phone model electronically

I currently have a Galaxy S II AT&T and my work is allowing us to use our personal phones to get corporate email.
We are a direct competitor to Samsung so my work does not allow any Samsung phones to join the program.
Is there a way to hide the model of my phone and make it look electronically like a different brand?
kingrat said:
I currently have a Galaxy S II AT&T and my work is allowing us to use our personal phones to get corporate email.
We are a direct competitor to Samsung so my work does not allow any Samsung phones to join the program.
Is there a way to hide the model of my phone and make it look electronically like a different brand?
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I'm no expert, but I think that's against the law. It would involve changing the IMEI, and that's a no-no as far as I've heard.
kingrat said:
I currently have a Galaxy S II AT&T and my work is allowing us to use our personal phones to get corporate email.
We are a direct competitor to Samsung so my work does not allow any Samsung phones to join the program.
Is there a way to hide the model of my phone and make it look electronically like a different brand?
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How would they know what kind of phone you have?
dsmboost said:
How would they know what kind of phone you have?
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I would guess the IT department would have to okay the personal phone.
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dsmboost said:
How would they know what kind of phone you have?
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Because the phone model is reported back to the corporate mail server. Exchange for example, can allow or deny certain phone models based on policy
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Pirateghost said:
Because the phone model is reported back to the corporate mail server. Exchange for example, can allow or deny certain phone models based on policy
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yeppp.. no ideas huh?
jack man said:
I'm no expert, but I think that's against the law. It would involve changing the IMEI, and that's a no-no as far as I've heard.
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No, that would be if you were trying to hide it from the carrier. I doubt that the imei is used here. More likely it's a build prop check.
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No, that would be if you were trying to hide it from the carrier. I doubt that the imei is used here. More likely it's a build prop check.
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It depends on the mail client or security lockdown used. I used to have touchdown configured to report back to my exchange as an iPhone
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kingrat said:
We are a direct competitor to Samsung so my work does not allow any Samsung phones to join the program.
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Unless they are willing to provide you phones and service I think that's a pretty unreasonable requirement for a company to have. That would be like a Chrysler worker being told he cannot drive a vehicle from any other manufacturer to work and park in the company lot.
Sounds like it checks in the build prop file. I've never edited the model there so I'm not sure if it would work.
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I was somehow excited getting/reading my corporate emails on my SGS2 (thought I looked smarter or at least looked just like a business man) until fed up and said "Fk, I'll check emails when I'm at work ............. ONLY"
kingrat said:
We are a direct competitor to Samsung so my work does not allow any Samsung phones to join the program.
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sounds like somebody works for Apple...
Miami_Son said:
Unless they are willing to provide you phones and service I think that's a pretty unreasonable requirement for a company to have. That would be like a Chrysler worker being told he cannot drive a vehicle from any other manufacturer to work and park in the company lot.
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I forget which car company did that but if u didn't own a car made by them u couldn't park in the company lot read Irt on the news a few years ago
http://mycolorscreen.com/oddspec/

Internet Sharing with AT&T

Is there any way to get around the internet sharing restriction on AT&T? My data plan doesn't allow tethering but my Android phones with custom ROMs don't care. Is there any way around this? My old Samsung WP7 phones which were hackable could be forced to allow it using provxml and registry editing, but those aren't available for the 920.
petard said:
Is there any way to get around the internet sharing restriction on AT&T? My data plan doesn't allow tethering but my Android phones with custom ROMs don't care. Is there any way around this? My old Samsung WP7 phones which were hackable could be forced to allow it using provxml and registry editing, but those aren't available for the 920.
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no. you will have to flash to a non-att rom which is not necessary easy and possibly risk brick your phone.
foxbat121 said:
no. you will have to flash to a non-att rom which is not necessary easy and possibly risk brick your phone.
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Has anyone tried this yet then? Maybe the European ROM? I just got the phone yesterday so I have two weeks to return or exchange it if it gets bricked. I'm not going to move to a family share plan and pay $50/month more.
There is a thread here that someone tried to flash a different ROM and got bricked.
Where is this thread? I can't seem to find what the individual did to cause a brick. I would be very interested to know.
Just search it. It is here. He flashed a ROM not for his specific model of 920 (there are 3 different models for L920) and bricked the phone, If you like to flash custom ROMs and hacking phones, Windows Phone is the wrong choice. You should have stuck with Android phones.
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Just search it. It is here. He flashed a ROM not for his specific model of 920 (there are 3 different models for L920) and bricked the phone, If you like to flash custom ROMs and hacking phones, Windows Phone is the wrong choice. You should have stuck with Android phones.
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I don't care about all that, all I want to do is tether with my phone. The rest is fine the way it is. I just don't want to go to a family share plan because it will be MUCH more expensive than what I'm currently paying.
I hope someone finds an exploit in WP8 that lets us have registry access then I can disable this stupid check. I don't see how this **** is legal.
Good luck with that. Check out the Lumia 900 forum. Those ppl are still waiting for this so called registry hack ever since that phone was released early 2012.
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Good luck with that. Check out the Lumia 900 forum. Those ppl are still waiting for this so called registry hack ever since that phone was released early 2012.
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Yeah if this doesn't come soon then I may have to go back to my Android Galaxy Note as my primary phone. Windows Phone STILL doesn't let me tether or have a good google talk client. Two simple things.
Google doesn't like Mircosoft. As simple as that. So, if Google's service is important to you, you should stay with Android. There is no official Google Maps, Google Voice, Google Talk. On the plus side, there will be new Skype client (totally redesigned) coming soon to WP8.
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Google doesn't like Mircosoft. As simple as that. So, if Google's service is important to you, you should stay with Android. There is no official Google Maps, Google Voice, Google Talk. On the plus side, there will be new Skype client (totally redesigned) coming soon to WP8.
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Jeez Windows Phone fanboys are SOO defensive.
tethering
Foxbat - didn't I see on another thread how you changed the keyboard to spanish (and then presumably back) and it downloaded an OTA and then tethering worked? or did i mis-understand?
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Foxbat - didn't I see on another thread how you changed the keyboard to spanish (and then presumably back) and it downloaded an OTA and then tethering worked? or did i mis-understand?
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Yes, but that's not for AT&T VERSION. I have a unbranded 920.
petard said:
Jeez Windows Phone fanboys are SOO defensive.
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Not a fanboy. I love and use both Android phones and Windows phones. I just tell you the truth.
petard said:
Jeez Windows Phone fanboys are SOO defensive.
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How is answering your questions being "defensive" and worth calling him a fanboy over? I don't really think google has any interest in porting their applications until the userbase for WP8 grows larger (and AFAIK there's no official app to use google talk on my iPhone either), and for that reason it's better to roll with an android phone if you want to fully utilize google services and pain-free tethering for now.
And since I'm interested in a tethering solution as well, are people with unlocked/non-at&t branded Lumia 800s and 900s able to use internet sharing on at&t?
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How is answering your questions being "defensive" and worth calling him a fanboy over? I don't really think google has any interest in porting their applications until the userbase for WP8 grows larger (and AFAIK there's no official app to use google talk on my iPhone either), and for that reason it's better to roll with an android phone if you want to fully utilize google services and pain-free tethering for now.
And since I'm interested in a tethering solution as well, are people with unlocked/non-at&t branded Lumia 800s and 900s able to use internet sharing on at&t?
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The tone he is answering in is defensive, so that's why I said that.
I'd also like to know if someone has tried to tether with a Rogers Lumia 920. It's also an RM-820 model so its ROM should work on the AT&T L920. I don't see any RM-820 ROMs on NaviFirm, though. Hopefully something gets uploaded before my 14 day return window is up in case it bricks. I'm going to keep my Galaxy Note but sometimes I like to just enable internet sharing very quickly so that I can do something on my laptop without the hassle of moving the SIM to my other phone. Especially now that it requires me to have that stupid paperclip thing to remove the SIM from the phone.
petard said:
The tone he is answering in is defensive, so that's why I said that.
I'd also like to know if someone has tried to tether with a Rogers Lumia 920. It's also an RM-820 model so its ROM should work on the AT&T L920. I don't see any RM-820 ROMs on NaviFirm, though. Hopefully something gets uploaded before my 14 day return window is up in case it bricks. I'm going to keep my Galaxy Note but sometimes I like to just enable internet sharing very quickly so that I can do something on my laptop without the hassle of moving the SIM to my other phone. Especially now that it requires me to have that stupid paperclip thing to remove the SIM from the phone.
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I don't think the chances of this happening within the next 2 weeks are very likely unfortunately, especially if there are no unlock codes for the 6 month exclusivity period. I'm holding off on a purchase entirely until something shows up, it's a feature I use too much and I'm not switching to a tiered/shared data plan.
I have the "internet sharing"
Mine's a 920 from AT&T... I can turn on internet sharing... I haven't done anything to the phone.....
OS:
8.0.9903.10
firmware: 1232.2109.1242.1001
need any more info?
I am on a shared data plan if that matters...
cappyron said:
Mine's a 920 from AT&T... I can turn on internet sharing... I haven't done anything to the phone.....
I am on a shared data plan if that matters...
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Shared data plan or 4GB or more tiered data plan qualifies for tethering because your data is capped. Most ppl want this feature through hacking is because they are on unlimited data plan and never will be qualified for tethering.
foxbat121 said:
Shared data plan or 4GB or more tiered data plan qualifies for tethering because your data is capped. Most ppl want this feature through hacking is because they are on unlimited data plan and never will be qualified for tethering.
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The 2GB and 3GB data plans don't allow tethering. It's total BS and I am not going to increase my bill because they only want me to use my 2GB plan on my phone.
Family share data plans qualify for tethering so it will turn on. They cost a **** ton more than the old plans if you aren't using tablets or laptops though.
The bottom line is AT&T wants you to pay certain amount monthly before they allow you to tether. The real truth is that AT&T's network is heavily congested, especially on HSPA side. They can't afford everyone jump in with free tethering. I certainly won't pay extra in order to be able tethering. On the other hand, even when I had my phone capable of tethering, I rarely ever use it. So, it is not that a big deal. If you using it heavily, AT&T will catch you sooner or later anyway.

Just Bought a Galaxy S3 (I9305) and Need Some Help

Hi there,
I hope i've posted this is in the right place if it's not I'm sorry.
I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE (I9305) phone in the U.K. on T-Mobile and while I was at the shop the staff member helping me said that there was no cap on the data so I would be charged if I went over the 250MB limit set by the contract I wanted. I said that I'd just turn off LTE/data roaming or whatever it's called so I couldn't use it at all and then he said that it would really slow the phone down if I did that because Android is designed to always be online because it's made by Google which I thought was a lie and tried to call him on it but since it was my first android phone I couldn't be 100% sure and ended up just letting him continue.
He tried to sell me a more expensive contract while I was there saying (without knowing what I will be using the phone for) that I would need more than 250MB a month and said that after the 12month period I could switch back to the one I was looking at which sounded good but then a colleague of his came over and corrected him saying that I would only be able to drop down to the next most expensive contract which led me to believe that he didn't really know what he was talking about. I did end up buying the phone but it wasn't a very pleasant experience.
So, I have a few questions that I'd appreciate answers to (if you have any links with further information that would be useful too):
1. Does turning off data roaming really slow down the Galaxy S3?
2. If I put a custom ROM on the phone do I void my warranty? Also, if I do and it ends up breaking the phone can they really tell that I rooted it?
3. What settings do I need to use on my router to connect the phone with Wifi? I keep getting authentication errors while trying to connect, I have the password on show characters so I know that it's correct.
4. Is there an application that I can download which will cap the data for me so I can't go over it? If it exists does it impact performance?
You will probably get better answers in the I9305 forums than in the TMobile (T999) forums. I am moving this there.
Good luck.
Cherry_Blue said:
Hi there,
2. If I put a custom ROM on the phone do I void my warranty? Also, if I do and it ends up breaking the phone can they really tell that I rooted it?
Yes and yes read the basics first.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927113
jje
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1. Does turning off data roaming really slow down the Galaxy S3?
No, it will just mean you have no data connection unless your connected to wifi.
4. Is there an application that I can download which will cap the data for me so I can't go over it? If it exists does it impact performance?
This is built into android already, go to settings, data usage and there is an option to set a limit.
Thanks for the replies so far, since rooting the phone does void the warranty why do so many people do it? It just seems like a bad idea since a lot of people will be tied to a two year contract.
Also, does anyone know what could be wrong with my router? I setup a hotspot with my desktop which works but it requires the desktop to be switched on which is pretty inconvenient.
Root is so XDA development mods and custom roms can exist .
No root no XDA .
jje

[Q] Tablet Identity Mod

As you guys know or should know the Galaxy Note II is considered a smart phone on Verizon's network. They charge a $40 Monthly Line Access Per Device. I have de-activated my call/text and get data only at a data only rate plus smartphone fee. ie $40 (smartphone) + $60 (10GB) Share Everything Options for Data Devices vs having $40 (smartphone) + $100 (10GB) Unlimited Talk & Text + Shared Data . So that being said I was wondering If some one could show me how to change my device id, model number, baseband, or hardware number. What ever they look at to identify my device as Galaxy Note II. I like to change it to CLONE it into "Verizon Tablet Device" if you will. In case you still dont get what i would like to see solved its that I want Verizon to recognize my Galaxy Note II as a current available tablet on there plans. ie display to Verizon that my phone "is" a Galaxy Note 10.1, Galaxy Tab, etc I think you get the picture. I only need the data and gps to work if thats even relevant. I know it can be done. Its XDA after all Thanks guys ahead of time!
Toxic_Dragon said:
As you guys know or should know the Galaxy Note II is considered a smart phone on Verizon's network. They charge a $40 Monthly Line Access Per Device. I have de-activated my call/text and get data only at a data only rate plus smartphone fee. ie $40 (smartphone) + $60 (10GB) Share Everything Options for Data Devices vs having $40 (smartphone) + $100 (10GB) Unlimited Talk & Text + Shared Data . So that being said I was wondering If some one could show me how to change my device id, model number, baseband, or hardware number. What ever they look at to identify my device as Galaxy Note II. I like to change it to CLONE it into "Verizon Tablet Device" if you will. In case you still dont get what i would like to see solved its that I want Verizon to recognize my Galaxy Note II as a current available tablet on there plans. ie display to Verizon that my phone "is" a Galaxy Note 10.1, Galaxy Tab, etc I think you get the picture. I only need the data and gps to work if thats even relevant. I know it can be done. Its XDA after all Thanks guys ahead of time!
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I don't know much about modifying the low level stuff, but couldn't you just get a SIM card activated for a tablet and put that in the Note II? I've never done it, but I have heard that people have swapped SIMs between phones and jetpacks/tablets all the time to us unlimited data on other devices. Maybe that would work here too? Again, not too knowledgeable here, just throwing that lead out there...
Edit your build.prop, I would imagine. Replace all references to the Note 2 to the Note 10.1 tablet, or whatever that thing is called.
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Also, I see can see this leading to all sorts of incompatibility issues. I don't know.
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That are going off the MEID from their master database, so you'd have to change that (which isn't discussed here since it's illegal).
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That are going off the MEID from their matter database, so you'd have to change that (which isn't discussed here since it's illegal).
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KnightCrusader said:
I don't know much about modifying the low level stuff, but couldn't you just get a SIM card activated for a tablet and put that in the Note II? I've never done it, but I have heard that people have swapped SIMs between phones and jetpacks/tablets all the time to us unlimited data on other devices. Maybe that would work here too? Again, not too knowledgeable here, just throwing that lead out there...
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I don't believe swapping the sim won't solve the issue. I think they know what device is being used unless the device is branded into the sim which I highly doubt but thanks.
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Toxic_Dragon said:
I don't believe swapping the sim won't solve the issue. I think they know what device is being used unless the device is branded into the sim which I highly doubt but thanks.
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You're correct it won't work. Verizon and all carriers for that matter identify the device being used by the imei. So to do what the OP wants requires changing the imei. Which as mentioned is illegal and can't be discussed on xda.
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