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Does anyone know how to access AT&T Wifi Hotspots with the Streak? I have an unlimited data plan and should be able to access them for free (I used to on my BB's) but the Streak does not auto authenticate...?
Are you running a carrier unlocked Streak?
I bought the unlocked Streak last month and the apps to authenticate the phone on the AT&T wireless hotspots are not on the phone.
I have not tried calling AT&T yet to see if there is another way to get access.
I am actually using DJ Steve's ROM .
marvin02 said:
Are you running a carrier unlocked Streak?
I bought the unlocked Streak last month and the apps to authenticate the phone on the AT&T wireless hotspots are not on the phone.
I have not tried calling AT&T yet to see if there is another way to get access.
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Maybe someone has the apps and can share with those of us on AT&T who have unlocked Streaks?
I have found that if you install battery doctor (free app - market) and go to settings, its gives you the option to turn on the WIFI hotspot. You can then configer security for it.
jimcompoli said:
I have found that if you install battery doctor (free app - market) and go to settings, its gives you the option to turn on the WIFI hotspot. You can then configer security for it.
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This discussion is about the free WiFi hotspots provided by AT&T. In the US almost every McDonalds and a lot of other places have WiFi provided by AT&T. If you are an AT&T customer these are supposed to be free to connect to, but the software that is on AT&T locked phones is not on unlocked phones purchased from Dell. Using these free WiFi hotspots helps prevent using up your data allotment.
I believe that what you are talking about is turning on the portable WiFi hotspot that the phone can provide to other devices.
Sorry I misread the post.
ATT Hotspot - There is no App
You connect to AT&T hotspots through settings. Do the following:
Settings>Wireless & Networks > Wi-Fi settings then select attwifi.
It's been a while since I did this so I don't remember is you may be asked for your AT&T email account and password.
There is no app. It's just a setup.
Edit: Forgot to say you have to be at the hotspot e.g. McDonalds to setup the connections.
sonebwood said:
You connect to AT&T hotspots through settings. Do the following:
Settings>Wireless & Networks > Wi-Fi settings then select attwifi.
It's been a while since I did this so I don't remember is you may be asked for your AT&T email account and password.
There is no app. It's just a setup.
Edit: Forgot to say you have to be at the hotspot e.g. McDonalds to setup the connections.
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Not as simple as that. You get a page saying you can sign up for AT&T wifi or login to your existing wifi account. If you have an iPhone it connects with no issue.
Dell Streak powered by Streakdroid 1.8.1
First ,make sure your Atrix 4g rooted,then select the APN what you want to tether
through wi-fi, and click the button ,wait for a monent.
If any problems,please mail -> congyi.lin AT gmail DOT com
Have fun.
It works！
Tkanks~ So easy to unlock the at&t wifi tether
joojle said:
It works！
Tkanks~ So easy to unlock the at&t wifi tether
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Does art see it, does your bill change?
I don't get it...does this apk make the checking of the wifi tether disappear? As in disabling the status of att checking whether you have the plan or not.
No more orange wifi tether logo?
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Works fine with the Telcel carrier of México, thanks!!!!!!!
Great app. Set my vodafone UK!
Thank you!
It works thanks a lot that was what i want exactly
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Is there a way to use this app for carriers that are not on the list? (If no, please add T-Mobile Hungary ^^)
bee55 said:
Is there a way to use this app for carriers that are not on the list? (If no, please add T-Mobile Hungary ^^)
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ok,but I need the T-Mobile Hungary apn properties,could U c&p it?
bee55 said:
Is there a way to use this app for carriers that are not on the list? (If no, please add T-Mobile Hungary ^^)
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Add the t-mobile hungary apn manually in settings/wireless &networks/mobile network/ access point.
then run the app and it will show up at the buttom.
Works great, thanks
I can't seem to get this working with Rogers after the 1.5.7 update.
Superb! Appreciate your hardwork! Working flawlessly on atrix 1.5.7.
does not work for me after updating, im still rooted and in canada using Fido.
neotekz said:
does not work for me after updating, im still rooted and in canada using Fido.
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I ended up adding "default,tether" to the APN type of my, manually entered, Rogers APN. This got the the tether working. Albeit it took a very long time for it to get the data network ready to use, but it worked. Perhaps the most disappointing thing is that the speed is ridiculously slow. On device, I get 3-6Mbps/380kbps, but via tethering the best I have been able to get is 500kbps/350kbps.
Anyone have any insight as to why the tethered speed is crushingly slow?
Tether Woes
I was using the atrix hotspot in india on airtel carrier on rooted phone but now after update I have lost that function. Keep getting error msg to contact at&t to activate.
Downloaded this APK but still no good ??? Help please.
s0dhi said:
I ended up adding "default,tether" to the APN type of my, manually entered, Rogers APN. This got the the tether working. Albeit it took a very long time for it to get the data network ready to use, but it worked. Perhaps the most disappointing thing is that the speed is ridiculously slow. On device, I get 3-6Mbps/380kbps, but via tethering the best I have been able to get is 500kbps/350kbps.
Anyone have any insight as to why the tethered speed is crushingly slow?
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wow, that did it. thanks. do you know why that worked?
i was having the same problem of having to wait for a while for it to connect but just deleted the network on my laptop and then reconnect and it took 5 secs to get a connection.
im not sure about your speed problem, its def. not normal i get the same speed when using mobile hotspot on my laptop about 3-4Mbps/0.2Mbps.
THX 。 Have a try.
neotekz said:
wow, that did it. thanks. do you know why that worked?
i was having the same problem of having to wait for a while for it to connect but just deleted the network on my laptop and then reconnect and it took 5 secs to get a connection.
im not sure about your speed problem, its def. not normal i get the same speed when using mobile hotspot on my laptop about 3-4Mbps/0.2Mbps.
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In a word, yes. The validation check seems to be checking if the tether type is there. I combed through the sqlite scripts and scoured the forums, etc.
The speed issue seems to be resolved today; it might have been a network issue.
Installed root axx selected pelephone 3G and still needs AT&T ****..why?
Does anyone have any idea what will happen to the built-in Hotspot app on Verizon Thunderbolts after they issue their "software update" to disable it on 7/6? Am I correct in thinking that rooted phones don't receive automatic software updates?
I realize there are other apps that can be used to tether or hotspot on rooted phones; this is more out of technical curiosity. I wonder if Verizon will also implement something on the network side which would prevent the "native" hotspot/tethering features from working.
DrDeke said:
Does anyone have any idea what will happen to the built-in Hotspot app on Verizon Thunderbolts after they issue their "software update" to disable it on 7/6? Am I correct in thinking that rooted phones don't receive automatic software updates?
I realize there are other apps that can be used to tether or hotspot on rooted phones; this is more out of technical curiosity. I wonder if Verizon will also implement something on the network side which would prevent the "native" hotspot/tethering features from working.
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Supposedly it will be taken out or altered by an ota update. Or at least that's what I read a while ago about it. I could be wrong though. Wait for others to chime in and see if I'm correct or not to be sure.
My guess is that when the app starts, there will be a prompt telling you that you will be charged for the service, press ok to continue. Again,only a guess, but that seems like it would be the most logical way of doing things.
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What about third party thether apps like Barnacle?
I doubt they are going to push a software update to disable this.
My Guess is Verizon will remove the "MOBILE HOTSPOT PROMO" feature from our accounts, and then when you tether you'll get directed to the Verizon Page asking you to subscribe...
Kind of like how its been on 3G phones, when you subscribe to the hot spot feature, they just add it to your account to enable you, remove it to disable it...
My rooted Thunderbolt (with a 0625 LTE radio) and CM7 RC1.3 fails to tether unless I dial the date back to May. This happens with any of the non-Verizon tethering apps. Does anyone know a workaround for this?
Call Verizon and sign up for the tethering feature.
mike.s said:
Call Verizon and sign up for the tethering feature.
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Thanks, Verizon representative.
wxjunkie said:
Thanks, Verizon representative.
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Don't mind him, he's always grumpy.
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Thanks, Verizon representative.
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You're welcome, thief.
I pay for T-Mobile (US, on a Rogers Lumia) tethering, and it's been working great for me on HSPA+. Had to do the keyboard trick a few times to get it working since I installed Access Point some time ago, but otherwise fine.
A few days ago my area got refarmed with LTE, which gives a new indicator by the signal bar ('LTE') and also is resulting in some nice speeds.
The problem is, it's creating a new tethering issue. When I'm on an LTE signal and try to enable Internet Sharing, I get a message about 'not having a cell connection'. I do seem to have one, as I can make and receive calls just fine, and data works fine as well. This is a new message. If I'm in an area with just HSPA+ sharing works again.
Is this a Rogers ROM restriction, an Access Point restriction, or an issue on Tmo's end? Hopefully not the latter, I don't think I'm going to get anywhere with a rep on this issue.
Don't install Access Point app, it disables the internet sharing option.
rush_ad said:
Don't install Access Point app, it disables the internet sharing option.
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Yeah, I realize that, and have been able to get around that message with the 'foreign keyboard' hack, but the message I'm getting now is different than that one, and the hack doesn't affect it.
phanboy4 said:
Yeah, I realize that, and have been able to get around that message with the 'foreign keyboard' hack, but the message I'm getting now is different than that one, and the hack doesn't affect it.
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Factory reset the phone, didn't install access point, same issue. I can enable tethering on 4G but as soon as I get an LTE signal, tethering is blocked in the Internet Sharing settings page with a message saying "no cell connection found" or something similar, even though I have both a working LTE connection and cell connection on the phone.
Rogers ROM issue, maybe?
Factory reset doesn't help?
phanboy4 said:
Factory reset the phone, didn't install access point, same issue. I can enable tethering on 4G but as soon as I get an LTE signal, tethering is blocked in the Internet Sharing settings page with a message saying "no cell connection found" or something similar, even though I have both a working LTE connection and cell connection on the phone.
Rogers ROM issue, maybe?
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I was thinking of doing a factory reset until I read this.
Has anyone found a workaround? I tried doing the tricks like resetting the APN or putting in a dummy APN and still, no joy.
Is this a Rogers ROM issue and is there an alternative to get Internet Sharing AND MMS working at the same time (other than the purchase of another phone)? TIA
N900B said:
I was thinking of doing a factory reset until I read this.
Has anyone found a workaround? I tried doing the tricks like resetting the APN or putting in a dummy APN and still, no joy.
Is this a Rogers ROM issue and is there an alternative to get Internet Sharing AND MMS working at the same time (other than the purchase of another phone)? TIA
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I don't recall having MMS issues, though it's possible I never recieved any. The tethering fix I finally settled on was just switching back to '3G' in the cellular settings, which gets me 4G HSPA+ tethering which was good enough for my purposes. It's almost certainly a restriction of the Rogers ROM.
phanboy4 said:
I don't recall having MMS issues, though it's possible I never recieved any. The tethering fix I finally settled on was just switching back to '3G' in the cellular settings, which gets me 4G HSPA+ tethering which was good enough for my purposes. It's almost certainly a restriction of the Rogers ROM.
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I tried the 3G tethering with reboot and it still gives me the upsell message.
Are there other ROMs that will work with the Rogers Lumia 920? Or will that brick the phone?
I remember with the Lumia 900 I could use a Mexican Firmware to get MMS and Tethering that worked great but I heard (months ago) of people bricking their Rogers 920s by putting on AT&T ROMs.
N900B said:
I tried the 3G tethering with reboot and it still gives me the upsell message.
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Do you get an upsell message, or a "cellular data not enabled" message?
For the former, installing and then removing a foreign language keyboard update via the keyboard settings will still work, if you actually do have T-Mobile tethering on your line. You still won't be able to tether on LTE though, because you'll get the "cellular connection not enabled message".
N900B said:
Are there other ROMs that will work with the Rogers Lumia 920? Or will that brick the phone?
I remember with the Lumia 900 I could use a Mexican Firmware to get MMS and Tethering that worked great but I heard (months ago) of people bricking their Rogers 920s by putting on AT&T ROMs.
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I've heard of people having success with the Euro Dev firmware, if you have an unlocked phone. Though after Nokia's locking-down of Naviform it's going to be harder to find that. And no, don't flash an AT&T ROM, it will screw you up.
phanboy4 said:
Do you get an upsell message, or a "cellular data not enabled" message?
For the former, installing and then removing a foreign language keyboard update via the keyboard settings will still work, if you actually do have T-Mobile tethering on your line. You still won't be able to tether on LTE though, because you'll get the "cellular connection not enabled message".
I've heard of people having success with the Euro Dev firmware, if you have an unlocked phone. Though after Nokia's locking-down of Naviform it's going to be harder to find that. And no, don't flash an AT&T ROM, it will screw you up.
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Thanks so much for taking the time to respond.
The keyboard trick used to work perfectly but no longer works for me (I tried adding different ones and restarting, no joy).
I do pay for 500MB of tethering on T-Mobile USA and they insist it should work when I call. There is a problem with the phone that reads: "Add Internet sharing? Your current data plan doesn't include Internet sharing. Do you want to open an app from your mobile operator to add it? Internet sharing uses your cellular data and may incur additional charges 'yes' 'no'".
I didn't hear about Nokia locking down Naviform. Lame. Maybe I can find someone who has a copy that can do the firmware update for me.
Euro Dev firmware might be an option if I can find Naviform. Have to re-install Windows on my Mac Laptop via Bootcamp. Think I have to do a bit of work to pull one of the two hard drives and re-install the DVD drive which I pulled out a few weeks ago to have more space. Sadly, I deleted my Windows partition. :silly:
However... I never installed Access Point on my wife's Lumia 920 and her sharing works (though no reliable MMS). I may just swap phones with her since she never uses internet sharing.
one of the OTA updates fixed this
**The file will only work on the G900T-OB1 Stock Build. Use on custom ROM's may cause issues with the ROM**
Instructions:
1. Place the G900T_OB1_TetherAddOn.zip onto your ext-sdcard.
2. Reboot into TWRP Recovery.
3. Flash the AddOn.zip but Do Not Wipe Prior to Flashing!
4. Reboot. Done!
To revert back to stock follow the above instructions but flash the: G900T_OB1_TetherAddOn_Revert-to-Stock.zip
Known Issues:
1. You will only be able to access "4G" Data Speeds while the Hotspot is enabled.
Will test to confirm if it works
Twiggy4K said:
Will test to confirm if it works
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Thanks for that. Successfully did this for both Att & Vz variants.
Works! Successfully tested on SM-G900T1 MetroPCS running ViSX ROM (T-Mobile)
It works for a few hours. Woke up this morning and the same device connected said that it could not connect to the Internet. Still looking into it
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Thanks for that. Successfully did this for both Att & Vz variants.
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Muniz, I found out that if I set my data to WCDMA (4G) it enables the Hotspot and let's users get on the Internet. When I enable 4GLTE, it disables access to the Internet. Do you know any way around it?
Twiggy4K said:
Muniz, I found out that if I set my data to WCDMA (4G) it enables the Hotspot and let's users get on the Internet. When I enable 4GLTE, it disables access to the Internet. Do you know any way around it?
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Are you saying that the mod is not necessary and hotspot can be enabled for all by switching to wcdma? Is this true for both MetroPCS and Tmobile?
muniz_ri said:
Are you saying that the mod is not necessary and hotspot can be enabled for all by switching to wcdma? Is this true for both MetroPCS and Tmobile?
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No man, what I'm saying is that the mod works fine only on basic 4G. Not 4GLTE.
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No man, what I'm saying is that the mod works fine only on basic 4G. Not 4GLTE.
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Got it, but I don't know what could be causing that. Others using the mod will have to chime in if they are having the same issue.
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Got it, but I don't know what could be causing that. Others using the mod will have to chime in if they are having the same issue.
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I would love to test it out on 4GLTE. Do you think there could be a check that stops it from enabling Internet for other devices?
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I would love to test it out on 4GLTE. Do you think there could be a check that stops it from enabling Internet for other devices?
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Other devices should just see it as any other wifi access point. I am on att and lte is working without issues. Others on vz are also not having issues. I would be interested in hearing if tmobile users are having the same issue.
It's as if 4GLTE is blocked. If other variants are working. There has to be a setting that I could set inside my phone that should enable Internet.
can confirm not working on [ROM] Twi5ted Lollipop 5.0 V1 i am however using the native tether app.would it make a difference if i were use WiFi Tether Router byFabio Grasso,that was the app i was using on 4.2.
The native hotspot in the stock tmobile rom and the tmobile 5.0 visionx rom creates its own apn settings and always defaults and reverts to pc.tmobile.com apn. This mod will only disable tethering verification and turn hotspot on. The only method I found to work is to make tethering apn and lte apn editable through customer.xml file using root Explorer. LTE apn needs to be set to ipv/4 only, turn on hotspot and go to settings, apn, and delete the tethering apn. You have to delete tethering apn every time you connect to the hotspot because the apn gets recreated by the app. If someone could figure out why it gets recreated that'd be awesome so the hotspot could default to LTE fast t-mobile.com apn. I can't find anything even changing the tethering apn in customer.xml file doesn't work. It gets recreated every time you turn on hotspot, but can be deleted once made editable through customer.xml file.
squirrel323 said:
can confirm not working on [ROM] Twi5ted Lollipop 5.0 V1 i am however using the native tether app.would it make a difference if i were use WiFi Tether Router byFabio Grasso,that was the app i was using on 4.2.
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As stated in the OP this is for stock builds only.
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As stated in the OP this is for stock builds only.
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Lol, clearly stated. Anyways, my APNs are set to fast.metropcs.com. Not the default tmobile ones. It doesn't create any extra APNs.
In the customers.Xml, the LTE is ipv4 because I changed it thinking that the different protocols would interfere with the Internet access but it didn't. So I don't understand why it's still just 4G instead of LTE that is allowed through... Muniz, you think there is an area in the xml that we could change to test? Since there is a TMOBILE US Tethering section or something similar to that in that xml
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Lol, clearly stated. Anyways, my APNs are set to fast.metropcs.com. Not the default tmobile ones. It doesn't create any extra APNs.
In the customers.Xml, the LTE is ipv4 because I changed it thinking that the different protocols would interfere with the Internet access but it didn't. So I don't understand why it's still just 4G instead of LTE that is allowed through... Muniz, you think there is an area in the xml that we could change to test? Since there is a TMOBILE US Tethering section or something similar to that in that xml
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I just ordered a G900T so will look into it once I have my new device and as time permits.
Thanks a lot. I been looking for this all over the web.
Working on G900T OZOP lollipop
If it's not too much of an issue, do you think you can post the customer xmls for both the Att and Verizon variants. To see if there's anything in there?
Also, do you know why it is only 4G speeds that are capable of going through?
Twiggy4K said:
If it's not too much of an issue, do you think you can post the customer xmls for both the Att and Verizon variants. To see if there's anything in there?
Also, do you know why it is only 4G speeds that are capable of going through?
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Attached is the Vz customer.xml, it is very different. Also, try changing "pcweb.tmobile.com" to "fast.t-mobile.com" on line 348 of the Tmobile customer.xml. Worth a shot.