What's the group's experiences been with tethering with the Ascend Mate 2?
I put my phone sim (unlimited T-Mobile) in and was able to power my chromecast, using a different device as the remote, without it using my tethering allowance. Normally that sim is in a T-Mobile Note 2 which of course is noticed right away. Next up, to see how it'll work with my computer.
Edit- works just fine via wifi or usb, though wifi tethering took a while to get working on the computer. Still no tethering allowance used.
Zero issues for me after i did the APN mod i posted, I'm on MetroPCS 60$ true unlimited everything (55$ if on a family plan)
Can you post your setting for your APN? I changed the settings but I can't seem to get it working. It still brings me to that upsell page whenever I go online using my Windows 7 laptop.
Im on Cricket and I use mobile hotspot for my job and car every day. Works great. I just click hotspot on the slider quick bar buttons and its on withen 10 seconds
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I had to upgrade (like many people) to the $10 web2go plan after T-mobile finally blocked the T-zones plan altogether.
I have always had the problem in Windows Mobile where, while tethering or using WiFi HOTSPOT, my PC's web browser will take me to the T-mo upsell page to upgrade my plan. Internet on the phone works, though. (using internet2.voicestream.com setting for APN)
I almost exclusively use Android (MattC Sense 1.8 or something). I also use it for WiFi Hotspot on my home PC, which has always worked great (using it now). Using the internet2 APN
*Problem is that as of 10pm tonight, I get NO 3G at all in Android. 3G connects in Windows Mobile, but not Android
Every month I get a text from T-mo that says "Due to the amount of data you have used this billing cycle, your data speed will be slowed for the remainder of the cycle." but this has never actually amounted to any change in data.
Anybody else experiencing this?
SurfGuruJeff said:
I had to upgrade (like many people) to the $10 web2go plan after T-mobile finally blocked the T-zones plan altogether.
I have always had the problem in Windows Mobile where, while tethering or using WiFi HOTSPOT, my PC's web browser will take me to the T-mo upsell page to upgrade my plan. Internet on the phone works, though. (using internet2.voicestream.com setting for APN)
I almost exclusively use Android (MattC Sense 1.8 or something). I also use it for WiFi Hotspot on my home PC, which has always worked great (using it now). Using the internet2 APN
*Problem is that as of 10pm tonight, I get NO 3G at all in Android. 3G connects in Windows Mobile, but not Android
Every month I get a text from T-mo that says "Due to the amount of data you have used this billing cycle, your data speed will be slowed for the remainder of the cycle." but this has never actually amounted to any change in data.
Anybody else experiencing this?
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yes that is why i have been thinking about changing carriers i just dont know witch one
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Bought my atrix at radioshack and then rooted it and took it to the att store to see if i could use the webtop with wifi tether or by adding an apn. Didnt work. Wondering if someone can make a program like 3gunrestrictor to trick the atrix its connected to its own wifi connection somehow. Any thoughts?
I second this.
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I was able to get it to work somehow.
Here is what i did:
1) Created the custom APN for free tethering as described here.
2) Under APN type i put the following: default,dun,tether
3) i made sure my wifi hostspot is working properly (to make sure i setup the APN correctly). Once confirmed i shut down the hotspot app.
4) connected the HD media dock and launched webtop - it tried to verify the connection and kinda got stuck there.
5) i then changed the APN from the one i created to a built in one called "AT&T US Tether". at that point Webtop got access to the internet somehow (an no i don't have a tethering plan, i have an grandfathered unlimited data plan).
6) I immediately switched back to my custom APN after i saw webtop passed the connection authorization stage and voila...it is online via 3G/4G. I know for sure that the webtop is connecting through the custom APN and somehow - it works.
clubtech said:
I was able to get it to work somehow.
Here is what i did:
1) Created the custom APN for free tethering as described here.
2) Under APN type i put the following: default,dun,tether
3) i made sure my wifi hostspot is working properly (to make sure i setup the APN correctly). Once confirmed i shut down the hotspot app.
4) connected the HD media dock and launched webtop - it tried to verify the connection and kinda got stuck there.
5) i then changed the APN from the one i created to a built in one called "AT&T US Tether". at that point Webtop got access to the internet somehow (an no i don't have a tethering plan, i have an grandfathered unlimited data plan).
6) I immediately switched back to my custom APN after i saw webtop passed the connection authorization stage and voila...it is online via 3G/4G. I know for sure that the webtop is connecting through the custom APN and somehow - it works.
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+1 on this behavior...
Although I did not switch back to the custom APN, nor did I specify the APN type. I did go to the ATT website to check my existing plan and still shows unlimited data...
glad to hear you guys got it to work (haven't been able to get that method to work for tethering myself, can't change the MMS Protocol). ok, my dock arrives this weekend, one other question. can ATT tell if I'm going this (using custom APN) to enable tether for the laptop dock? I'm sure I'm not the only one who doesn't want to lose their unlimited data plan. I asked this question once already and so have a couple others buy have not seen a response.
I'd still rather have some sort of ios like app that tricks the phone into thinking its on wifi, but guess that's not possible.
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Thank you so much! I also did not have to switch back to the ATT US network, just left it on the custom one described above and it worked beautifully... WITHOUT changing MMS Protocol because it doesn't even show up on my phone.
my account still says I've used 5932.13 MB of Unlimited.
also, I turned on mobile hotspot, and I'm able to share my phone's connection via wifi to my Mac, WHILE using webtop firefox browser on my Atrix Laptop dock... BEAUTIFUL.
thanks again!
glad its working for you guys, i'm still very anxious about att noticing this somehow.
Does changing this affect anything else when just using the phone? if I can the laptop dock working without changing anyway from my tethering plan I think I am sold. Can you post a couple ss of what your pan settings screens look like? Do you have to change back to the regular one to use the phone?
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I'm using my i5500 (Cm 7.1/1.3 with hotfix 1, and baseband LUYJPE) as my primary internet connection, using USB tethering. I have an unlimited data plan.
Whilst using utorrent, downloading will be fine for 20 mins or so, then just cut out. Data & tethering are still enabled on g5, and PC apparently still has a connection. But can't actually use net.
So, I disable tethering & re-enable, and it's fine again. So, it has to be a phone issue, right?
Anyone have any more info, or suggestions?
(I've tried this with Froyo, CM7.1 (1.0, and 1.3) and is there with all.)
Problem still exists, still looking for help/ideas.
Also, I've found that a lot of android phones do this, some say because of USB 1 ports, others because of the number of connections...I'm lost...
Adventium said:
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I'm using my i5500 (Cm 7.1/1.3 with hotfix 1, and baseband LUYJPE) as my primary internet connection, using USB tethering. I have an unlimited data plan.
Whilst using utorrent, downloading will be fine for 20 mins or so, then just cut out. Data & tethering are still enabled on g5, and PC apparently still has a connection. But can't actually use net.
So, I disable tethering & re-enable, and it's fine again. So, it has to be a phone issue, right?
Anyone have any more info, or suggestions?
(I've tried this with Froyo, CM7.1 (1.0, and 1.3) and is there with all.)
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It sounds like your provider is capping your data session to me... On Bell Mobility in Canada, some customers have found that when using pda.bell.ca as their APN, the session caps out at whatever value, but when using pda2.bell.ca as their APN, the session isn't capped... It may be worth looking into, just for kicks and giggles...
Yeah, that's what I thought originally.
But...
I can restart traffic by disabling & re-enabling tethering. The phones connection stays active during that time, and data picks up again.
Also, I can download as much as I like at a high rate, providing upload isn't much. A HTTP download whizzes by, where as any torrent crashes.
Adventium said:
Yeah, that's what I thought originally.
But...
I can restart traffic by disabling & re-enabling tethering. The phones connection stays active during that time, and data picks up again.
Also, I can download as much as I like at a high rate, providing upload isn't much. A HTTP download whizzes by, where as any torrent crashes.
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The only other thing that comes to mind is that your provider may be throttling the connection... You could try encrypting the torrent's connections, and using non standard ports...
Well i have recently tried using my samsung galaxy s3 hotspot and run into a problem.
i have t mobile i have 4g internet it is 2gb a month i have plenty left.
but when i goto use the hotspot my computer find its no problem but when i go and connect it gives me some bs about limited internet service and then relogs into my prevous network or just keeps me offline.
can anyone give me some tips on what the problem might be? thank you.
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If your not rooted try,
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.foxfi
If your rooted try
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
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short answer. wifi tethering doesn't come on the 2gb plan. only 5gb or higher. so yeah. you'll have to find a way around that I guess.
tony yayo said:
short answer. wifi tethering doesn't come on the 2gb plan. only 5gb or higher. so yeah. you'll have to find a way around that I guess.
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Hes probably trying to find a way to tether without tmobile knowing.. Hes asking for "a way around that".
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766155&page=5
Check out my reply to another post in the General forum. Use one of the Tethering Widgets to get you past the subscription alert messages. It has successfully worked for many people on different carriers. I used "Fattin's" Wifi Tether widget.
Is that a custom ROM with tethering enabled? The limited or no connectivity, yellow triangle, comes when you have successfully connected to the network, but don't have internet access... then in your case your computer decides to go back to a remembered network...
Make sure Wifi is off before you enable tethering, and sometimes you will have to connect and reconnect and few times, even give it a minute before the yellow triangle disappears... This is all contingent on your rom having tethering enabled, and you're trying to use the stock android tethering...
To keep it from autoconnecting to the different network, you'll have to remove that from the preferred networks list temporarily...
Hi All,
I'm interested in wifi tethering for my cellphone, but the information provided for the various tethering aps on google playstore website is somewhat incomplete.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 cellphone with a Verizon unlimited talk, text and data plan. I pay an extra charge each month to allow very limited wifi tethering, but it limits my tethering usage to 4 GB per month. MY PHONE IS ROOTED!!
I notice ALL wifi tethering aps require me to enable wifi tethering in my cellphone's settings menu. This is unsuitable because Verizon knows I am using the phone for tethering. I looked in the free and the paid aps listings.
I'm looking for an ap that does not use the phone to set enable wifi tethering from the phones setting menu. In other words, I do NOT want Verizon to know I am using their phone to do tethering for my other wifi devices.
Any suggestions are appreciated, perhaps I'm not searching for relevant keywords??
Thanks,
AG
I've been using foxfi to tether for at least a year now. I use at least 100 gigs every month watch Hulu and Netflix. I've haven't heard anything from them about it. I dont know if they can tell. I've never heard of anybody getting any hassle about foxfi. I think there is an xposed module that might work I can't think of the name of it. Might check it out. Good luck