T-Mobile has announced that they are not counting the data that is used by music streaming apps and speedtest apps. Would it be possible to mask one of our apps as speedtest by ookla or a music streaming app in order to take advantage of full 4G speeds? It's the same concept as using a user agent switcher that allows you to mimic a completely different browser.
Ray2K13 said:
T-Mobile has announced that they are not counting the data that is used by music streaming apps and speedtest apps. Would it be possible to mask one of our apps as speedtest by ookla or a music streaming app in order to take advantage of full 4G speeds? It's the same concept as using a user agent switcher that allows you to mimic a completely different browser.
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it would depend on how they throttle assuming the music apps not throttled is using rtsp it should be port based throttling perhaps running a proxy on port 554.
if its URL/IP based meaning only certain music apps as opposed to all music apps then you can try the app called your-freedom it allows you to spoof the URL using the HTTP Connect I've uses this method to bypass ISP out of credit redirection not entirely sure how it worked but basically it fooled the ISP gateway into thinking you were on thew site whilst you were actually connected to freedom servers
So their throttling is most likely dependant on the IP you're connecting to. They most likely whitelist the IP of those services. The other option could be they whitelisted the apk and once the app is launched, they know not to count the data.
But why?? Tmobile data plan doesn't throttle! But they do with their tethering of 2.5GB but again a user agent can by pass that.
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This is an interesting article on how phones are being used to collect loads of personal information. There are a number of privacy tools out there for Android (Droid wall, pdroid).
What applications, procedures or methods do you employ for keeping your privacy?
Anyone know of an AT&T S3 ROM that has Pdroid enabled?
Going under the locations services section of settings and limiting what services can use your location data is one way to maintain some level of security if your paranoid about privacy ;-)
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shimp208 said:
Going under the locations services section of settings and limiting what services can use your location data is one way to maintain some level of security if your paranoid about privacy ;-)
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I turn off that option as well. I use Droid Wall to try and limit some of the apps from communicating, however it doesn't appear to prevent all data communications as the apps can tie into other services (I think), and transmit data from the web (port 80).
How paranoid about security do you want to get?
creedicd said:
I turn off that option as well. I use Droid Wall to try and limit some of the apps from communicating, however it doesn't appear to prevent all data communications as the apps can tie into other services (I think), and transmit data from the web (port 80).
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Correct also if you disable data communications for certain apps it will break them resulting in Force closes. It sucks you can't just disable it from sending information while still allowing the app to use data permissions for legitimate tasks. I suppose if you were super paranoid about your privacy and willing to spend some (Or a lot depending on how in depth you want to get) you could decompile the APK file of apps that transmit personal data and search for services that transmit that data and disable it in the XML files or make smali edits. Overall seems like it would be a lot of work for really not much gain, but I suppose it all depends on how far you want to take your personal security.
Is there an app (it doesn't have to be from the play store or nook shop since I am rooted) that filters all apps that can use the internet? For example, ezPDF Reader has "Direct Web Browsing" that's supposed to be used to make getting to web pdf's easier. But it can access any internet site. This would be filtered as well as actual browser apps like Chrome and Firefox. I was thinking that root would come into play here. Since I am rooted, I would be easier for an app to access stuff like this, right? Anyway, is there an app that can filter out specified content from any app that accesses the internet, preferably not using a VPN since I am going to be using it in conjunction with a web monitoring app and a VPN may hide history from it.
I know avast in the play store has a firewall (root). Never used it myself so I don't know how much control it gives you
Not exactly sure what you meant.
If you want to enable internet for specific apps only, you can use Avast (with the whole anti virus thing) or AFWall+(more options regarding firewall)
If you want to enable only specific websites, i'm also searching but haven't found anything yet
You could BLOCK specific sites by adding them to the hosts file (via adblock for example or just edit the file) and redirect them to localhost...this will prevent the connections to specific domains.
Not exactly knowing what you want, too!
Do you mean that you would like to download app or file from website restricted in your area?
Hey guys, I've been seeking an alternate of Network Log (you can find it on Google Play Store) for quite a while but with no luck, so come out to ask if anyone knows one suitable for me .
I have to say Network Log is almost worthy for purchasing (although it is not a paid app), considering the job it's done in categorizing by protocols, by apps, displaying packets by size and time, graphing as a timeline, and that made it an excellent choice for analyzing apps consuming data and draining battery, but unfortunately the app owner doesn't respond to bug summit or emails.
The thing is, Network Log no longer works after Android 6.0, while others in the market relies on system-built-in VPN function to capture data, which is not suitbale for people like me in China using proxies to reach out to world .
So if anyone knows apps that can capture packets (not necessarily able to decrypt contents) and display by apps, just to make it easy to let me see the amounts and frequency Android apps uses the Internet, I‘ll be thankful that you recommend them to me (again it cannot be using Android VPN function since Shadowsocks is already using VPN, so I think the app maybe require root permission but I'm OK)
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In this time when more work from home is needed.
I have downloaded a lot of VPN software, if you also have such troubles, X VPN is the VPN proxy host you need to try.
You must be wondering what X VPN is this?
X VPN is applicable to multiple platforms and is free to use on platforms such as Android, iOS, Windows, Mac, Netflix, and Chrome, etc.
The application is fully automated and can be safely connected to the Internet in any country.
Why not try X VPN? These are the points that I think are very prominent：
Unlimited bandwidth usage
One-click connection
9 safer protocols to choose from
Unblock all apps and websites in any country
IP disappear/IP forgery
Never miss videos & instant massages
Remove control of games such as PUBG GAME
Unblock the school's APP and website
StephanieBK said:
In this time when more work from home is needed.
I have downloaded a lot of VPN software, if you also have such troubles, X VPN is the VPN proxy host you need to try.
You must be wondering what X VPN is this?
X VPN is applicable to multiple platforms and is free to use on platforms such as Android, iOS, Windows, Mac, Netflix, and Chrome, etc.
The application is fully automated and can be safely connected to the Internet in any country.
Why not try X VPN? These are the points that I think are very prominent：
Unlimited bandwidth usage
One-click connection
9 safer protocols to choose from
Unblock all apps and websites in any country
IP disappear/IP forgery
Never miss videos & instant massages
Remove control of games such as PUBG GAME
Unblock the school's APP and website
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honestly, free vpn is not the best option, they steal ur data and sell it to other advertising companys, but if anything you can use crytostorm and use the free version of that, and is known not to steal any data from youi and is also safe
Has anyone found a way to tether from the phone without being throttled?
mosh.org
mosh then forward traffic through the tunnel
no privilege elevation needed
Let me go have a look see at it. I'm not looking for the full 5G but God I lived through dial up once already.... and it looks to be open source which is even better!
XeoNoX said:
mosh.org
mosh then forward traffic through the tunnel
no privilege elevation needed
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I am guessing you recommended this without actually having tried it because according to the mosh readme: "Mosh does not support X forwarding or the non-interactive uses of SSH, including port forwarding."
If mosh can be actually used for tunneling, would you please describe specifically how to do so? My general understanding of this would be to run a server app on the phone and then connect client devices like PC's and Android TV's using mosh in client mode to it to forward their traffic through it. However, I cannot find an SSH server app for Android which will run on Android 11 due to changes made by Google in Android 10 and above. My understanding of the official mosh documentation is that mosh requires an SSH server to establish a connection before it can run its own server mode.
In addition will mosh tunnel both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic? If so, how would this be setup? Would two separate server sessions be required?
Iv tried most of the paid apps in the store (Klink, Pdanet+ and so forth) and Klink while not full speed works the best but after a few days all of the sudden you lose the ability to use sites like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, or oddly Minecraft services.
i get anywhere from 85-130mbps by using vpn hotspot + adguard. it requires root tho.