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I have searched extensively on Google, and XDA but can't find the right answer.
I want to tether my phone. I can do this directly in Android but my current carrier brings up a message in the browser saying it's not supported on my current plan.
I'm addressing this, but in the mean time I'm curious if there is a way round it, hypothetically.
I have seen some Apps, such as ClockWork Mod Tether, but since my phone is rooted I wondered if there is a more elegant solution that doesn't involve any software to be added to my PC.
I read about using TB to freeze a specific App/Process but couldn't find any details.
Any advice would be great,
thanks
helppme said:
I have searched extensively on Google, and XDA but can't find the right answer.
I want to tether my phone. I can do this directly in Android but my current carrier brings up a message in the browser saying it's not supported on my current plan.
I'm addressing this, but in the mean time I'm curious if there is a way round it, hypothetically.
I have seen some Apps, such as ClockWork Mod Tether, but since my phone is rooted I wondered if there is a more elegant solution that doesn't involve any software to be added to my PC.
I read about using TB to freeze a specific App/Process but couldn't find any details.
Any advice would be great,
thanks
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HOW have you not heard of android wifi tether? One of the first reasons I had for rooting the first Android phone I got.
There's also Barnacle Tether, available on the play store.
Guess Barnacle is gone... but there are other tethering apps on the play store though.
And I'm wrong again. Barnacle is still there, but doesn't show up when I search from my phone. How curious.
Since your phone is rooted you can download wireless tether.
Google it and you will easily find the download link or even directly via the play store.
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ctomgee said:
HOW have you not heard of android wifi tether? One of the first reasons I had for rooting the first Android phone I got.
There's also Barnacle Tether, available on the play store.
Guess Barnacle is gone... but there are other tethering apps on the play store though.
And I'm wrong again. Barnacle is still there, but doesn't show up when I search from my phone. How curious.
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I appreciate the reply, but if you read my post again the issue I'm having is not an app to enable wifi tether directly on the handset, it's that the packet data is being detected as not from the phone so I get a message, on the computer, in the internet browser saying my priceplan doesn't include tethering. I cant get around this 3 website redirect. So, I need a way to tether, without the network knowing... The apps you mention work when the block is at the phone level I believe.... This is something different Three is doing..
Please correct me if I'm wrong though...
Oh, and as for the apps not showing up, the mobile phone providers asked google to block these apps for certain customers.. if you connect to a wifi network when in flight mode, and go the google market, you should still be able to see them...
panoramixmeister said:
Since your phone is rooted you can download wireless tether.
Google it and you will easily find the download link or even directly via the play store.
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same issue, this app doesnt get around they way three is detecting tether usage :-(
helppme said:
I appreciate the reply, but if you read my post again the issue I'm having is not an app to enable wifi tether directly on the handset, it's that the packet data is being detected as not from the phone so I get a message, on the computer, in the internet browser saying my priceplan doesn't include tethering. I cant get around this 3 website redirect. So, I need a way to tether, without the network knowing... The apps you mention work when the block is at the phone level I believe.... This is something different Three is doing..
Please correct me if I'm wrong though...
Oh, and as for the apps not showing up, the mobile phone providers asked google to block these apps for certain customers.. if you connect to a wifi network when in flight mode, and go the google market, you should still be able to see them...
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I WAS on wifi.
And did you ACTUALLY download the tether app and try, or were you using the tether built into the settings of Android? Because it sure doesn't sound like you downloaded the app...
And I don't have tethering on my carrier plan, but the tether app works just fine for me.
ctomgee said:
I WAS on wifi.
And did you ACTUALLY download the tether app and try, or were you using the tether built into the settings of Android? Because it sure doesn't sound like you downloaded the app...
And I don't have tethering on my carrier plan, but the tether app works just fine for me.
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Initially when I first posted I was trying the built in app but I downloaded the app you suggested anyway, but it didn't work. would connect to the computer but no data connection. Unsure if its an app problem or still a three problem, but I don't see how this app would fix the three problem. Does it somehow mask the PC data connection??? I couldn't see anything in the settings or set up that suggest that it would, it just looks like a more feature rich wifi hotspot app?? In addition I found mention that that others with my issue have also tried these apps like barnacle and it didn;t resolve the problem....
helppme said:
I have searched extensively on Google, and XDA but can't find the right answer.
I want to tether my phone. I can do this directly in Android but my current carrier brings up a message in the browser saying it's not supported on my current plan.
I'm addressing this, but in the mean time I'm curious if there is a way round it, hypothetically.
I have seen some Apps, such as ClockWork Mod Tether, but since my phone is rooted I wondered if there is a more elegant solution that doesn't involve any software to be added to my PC.
I read about using TB to freeze a specific App/Process but couldn't find any details.
Any advice would be great,
thanks
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They can suspend your service if they discover you are doing tethering on your device if you are not alowed in your current plan.
I Hope you wont have any issues.
Otherwise it is possible that the sim card lock the feature even on rooted phone when detect thetering or it is impossible ?
jsmasterx said:
They can suspend your service if they discover you are doing tethering on your device if you are not alowed in your current plan.
I Hope you wont have any issues.
Otherwise it is possible that the sim card lock the feature even on rooted phone when detect thetering or it is impossible ?
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yes I suppose they could do, but like I say I'm resolving this with my contract. It's more that I'm curious how they are doing it, and on principle don't like being told what I can and can't do
It can't be a sim lock.
I just tried tethering a Macbook, and amazingly that worked!.. SO, It must be something to do with the Packet Headers I'm guessing.. Or they are doing some other more detailed packet sniffing... It means there is definitely a software route around it... Need a clever developer to read this thread
I guess clockworkMod Tether might work, but I want a solution without a PC install..
helppme said:
yes I suppose they could do, but like I say I'm resolving this with my contract. It's more that I'm curious how they are doing it, and on principle don't like being told what I can and can't do
It can't be a sim lock.
I just tried tethering a Macbook, and amazingly that worked!.. SO, It must be something to do with the Packet Headers I'm guessing.. Or they are doing some other more detailed packet sniffing... It means there is definitely a software route around it... Need a clever developer to read this thread
I guess clockworkMod Tether might work, but I want a solution without a PC install..
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That doesn't make any sense. If it works with a mac book, it should work with your windows machine too. Unless your windows machine has some kind of proxy?
ctomgee said:
That doesn't make any sense. If it works with a mac book, it should work with your windows machine too. Unless your windows machine has some kind of proxy?
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no proxy.. I'm as confused as you. The headers are different on a mac though, Unix based system... Need to know how 3 detect at a network level its not phone data... this difference with a mac must be a clue...
pda net 3.50. Had to install pc software.. Is a USB tether solution.. but it works, so will do, until I get my price plan sorted.... Still would like a more elegant wifi solution though.. Come on you clever devs, .... SCRATCH that :-(((( It worked for 5 mins, now it comes up with same message in the internet Browser.. damn it!!! three are too smart :-(
helppme said:
pda net 3.50. Had to install pc software.. Is a USB tether solution.. but it works, so will do, until I get my price plan sorted.... Still would like a more elegant wifi solution though.. Come on you clever devs, .... SCRATCH that :-(((( It worked for 5 mins, now it comes up with same message in the internet Browser.. damn it!!! three are too smart :-(
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Try proxoid.
ctomgee said:
Try proxoid.
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They are blocking the port 80.. they sent you to their walled garden page. I think its on your provider proxy side now
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jsmasterx said:
They are blocking the port 80.. they sent you to their walled garden page. I think its on your provider proxy side now
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Is there a way around this. What do you mean by, on the provider proxy side?
Shortly after PDA net stopped working, I was also getting the three message on the browser directly on my phone.. after about an hour, my phone web browser started working normall again :-(
helppme said:
Is there a way around this. What do you mean by, on the provider proxy side?
Shortly after PDA net stopped working, I was also getting the three message on the browser directly on my phone.. after about an hour, my phone web browser started working normall again :-(
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When you use thetering, you embark to the provider internet network.
for example my provider is Bell Canada and their proxy is web.wireless.bell.ca
this one is for the device internet
for the thetering one they use another configuration settings when i connect my device to the computer.
What happen is when you plug your device to the computer, a signal is sent to the provider stating you entered in thetering mode. You don't have access to thetering so your internet connection is limited to the walled garden of the provider stating you are not subscrided to the service. Thats why i think they blocked the port 80 on your device and redirect you to that page.
Now for the Macintosh story.. It is not impossible that you can connect without problem with a mac and safari. I know a lot of people emulating a handled device with the Mac and the safari browser and those peeps didnt had a thetering plan.
The differences came with the drivers installed. Mac OS one are quite different in term of functionality than windows, thats why maybe the provider is able to sniff more easily people using windows but i am not a senior programmer. I am currently taking courses to become one but for now it is only suppositions. If i am wrong feel free to correct me but I am quite sure about what i am saying and that's why you dont have issues with a mac
jsmasterx said:
When you use thetering, you embark to the provider internet network.
for example my provider is Bell Canada and their proxy is web.wireless.bell.ca
this one is for the device internet
for the thetering one they use another configuration settings when i connect my device to the computer.
What happen is when you plug your device to the computer, a signal is sent to the provider stating you entered in thetering mode. You don't have access to thetering so your internet connection is limited to the walled garden of the provider stating you are not subscrided to the service. Thats why i think they blocked the port 80 on your device and redirect you to that page.
Now for the Macintosh story.. It is not impossible that you can connect without problem with a mac and safari. I know a lot of people emulating a handled device with the Mac and the safari browser and those peeps didnt had a thetering plan.
The differences came with the drivers installed. Mac OS one are quite different in term of functionality than windows, thats why maybe the provider is able to sniff more easily people using windows but i am not a senior programmer. I am currently taking courses to become one but for now it is only suppositions. If i am wrong feel free to correct me but I am quite sure about what i am saying and that's why you dont have issues with a mac
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This sounds correct to me. I'm pretty annoyed though. Only had the contract a month, I was told I could move onto a more expensive plan within contract if I needed more allowance etc.. Phone up 3, not only do they not let you PAY MORE for a different plan, but they also don't let anyone shift onto the one plan ever, unless its a new contract.. So basically **** them... so even if I want to pay extra for tethering I can't... absolute nonsense...
I had the same issue with three. I downloaded masqued crusader from play store. Activated it and then started wireless/usb tether. It worked. That was a while back tho. On a payg sim card on a galaxy s on gb. Its worth a try though.
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I rooted my phone, and tried using WiFi Tether, Wireless Tether for Root Users, Barnacle, and Open Garden, but none of them work. Most throw an error of some sorts, while one just force closes and the other starts with no errors, but when I attempt to connect it shows as an ad-hoc rather than a network, and won't let me access the internet.
Do we need a modified kernel to get this to work properly?
WiFi Tether works. I get an error on start up sometimes. To inconveniently get it working sometime I have to go into SuperSU and select WiFi Tether then click save. Start up WiFi Tether after that and it works fine.
Settings:
Generic ICS/JB (wlan0)
Netd-Ndc (master)
Routing fix
Other people might have better fixes but this works for me until I run across a better fix.
Not sure if you saw this but check out this thread:
Tethering
I just tried it and it works like a charm.
To get it working:
1.) Install: WiFi Tether
2.) Go to settings WIFI -> Device-Profile and pick Generic ICS/JB (wlan0)
3.) Then go to LAN section by scrolling down and check "Routing fix" (also under settings)
Screw data share!! FREE WIFI FOR EVERYONE!!
thanks!
huskerfan431 said:
Not sure if you saw this but check out this thread:
Tethering
I just tried it and it works like a charm.
To get it working:
1.) Install: WiFi Tether
2.) Go to settings WIFI -> Device-Profile and pick Generic ICS/JB (wlan0)
3.) Then go to LAN section by scrolling down and check "Routing fix" (also under settings)
Screw data share!! FREE WIFI FOR EVERYONE!!
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THIS WORKED GREAT FOR ME. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR POST.:laugh::good:
Run my data use up on my Verizon bill?
huskerfan431 said:
Not sure if you saw this but check out this thread:
Tethering
I just tried it and it works like a charm.
To get it working:
1.) Install: WiFi Tether
2.) Go to settings WIFI -> Device-Profile and pick Generic ICS/JB (wlan0)
3.) Then go to LAN section by scrolling down and check "Routing fix" (also under settings)
Screw data share!! FREE WIFI FOR EVERYONE!!
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I have a data shared plan so will using this app run my data up?
credemann said:
I have a data shared plan so will using this app run my data up?
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Obviously. It uses your data to make a WiFi signal.
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Bigandrewgold said:
Obviously. It uses your data to make a WiFi signal.
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I may have worded my question wrong. Will Verizon charge me for the data?
credemann said:
I may have worded my question wrong. Will Verizon charge me for the data?
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Not any extra charges than using data regularly. But if you tether 7 gigs of data on a 6 gig data plan you will be charged for the overage.
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Bigandrewgold said:
Not any extra charges than using data regularly. But if you tether 7 gigs of data on a 6 gig data plan you will be charged for the overage.
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Thanks! This answers my question.
I had a DROID Razr and used the "entitlement_check”" method with SQLite Editor and this method allowed the data being used with Verizon's Mobile Hotspot not to count against my data plan. I am looking for a way do the same with my Note 2. Anyone know of any Apps or leads on how to accomplish this?
My Note 2 is rooted.
Are you sure? This doesn't sound right.
There's just no way that you can magically access data network and not let it count. Sure your device won't be the one using it 1st hand, but something is receiving and transmitting data through your phone's connection and I'm sure Verizon will know data is being used.
credemann said:
Thanks! This answers my question.
I had a DROID Razr and used the "entitlement_check”" method with SQLite Editor and this method allowed the data being used with Verizon's Mobile Hotspot not to count against my data plan. I am looking for a way do the same with my Note 2. Anyone know of any Apps or leads on how to accomplish this?
My Note 2 is rooted.
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Not sure why you are hanging out in the DNA forums, when you a note 2 .... but anyways, on to your question ...
It sounds like when you got your Note 2, you switched to a shared data plan. With that plan, you should be able to use the built-in wifi hotspot, without any issues except one: it will come out of your data bucket.
When you had the Droid Razr, the sqlite change merely made it so you could use the built in hotspot software w/o VZW checking to see if you paid for it, but it DID come out of your data bucket (but you were probably on an unlimited bucket at the time).
Novakingwai said:
Are you sure? This doesn't sound right.
There's just no way that you can magically access data network and not let it count. Sure your device won't be the one using it 1st hand, but something is receiving and transmitting data through your phone's connection and I'm sure Verizon will know data is being used.
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He wasn't saying it doesn't charge for data, he's saying it doesn't charge data as being tethered data. For example, using Verizon's tethering app, that goes against a different limit, with an additional charge. With the wireless tether app, the data being used just goes against your regular phone data.
Yakuzagang5 said:
He wasn't saying it doesn't charge for data, he's saying it doesn't charge data as being tethered data. For example, using Verizon's tethering app, that goes against a different limit, with an additional charge. With the wireless tether app, the data being used just goes against your regular phone data.
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Ok, it still sounds off the way he's asking.
credemann said:
Thanks! This answers my question.
I had a DROID Razr and used the "entitlement_check”" method with SQLite Editor and this method allowed the data being used with Verizon's Mobile Hotspot not to count against my data plan.
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I am basing this on several road trips I made where my family used my DROID's hotspot to access the internet with a laptop and an iPad. I checked my data usage both on "My Verizon" widget and my bill and the data usage was not significantly higher than normal. Now, maybe the above method truly uses my data plan and I just did not notice a significant difference on my bill.
Novakingwai said:
Are you sure? This doesn't sound right.
There's just no way that you can magically access data network and not let it count. Sure your device won't be the one using it 1st hand, but something is receiving and transmitting data through your phone's connection and I'm sure Verizon will know data is being used.
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so what if they know data is being used. The phone is capable of transferring any packet data on its own that a tethered device might generate so yes they might be able to tell but ive been tethering with root for years without ever subscribing to there proprietary tethering service and not once have they made a complaint or even mentioned it. 30gb + every month for 2-3 years FTW. I wouldn't be worried but i suppose its a personal choice. I pay for unlimited and the device is my property. How i utilize the two in concert should be my own decision.
Well this is what I found out.
1. Both methods to get free WiFi tether just keeps Verizon from "seeing" that you are not subscribed to the "Mobile Hotspot" feature.
2. Using either method uses data from your plan. If I have an 2 gig plan I will still get charged extra for data over 2 gig.
3. I thought either method hid my data usage from Verizon while tethering which would keep me under my plan's limit.
4. I am on a share everything plan so I can use the "Mobile Hotspot" feature w/o paying for its use but need to watch my data while tethering more closely.
5. Thankful for various threads that helped me figure all this out!
jonesin said:
so what if they know data is being used. The phone is capable of transferring any packet data on its own that a tethered device might generate so yes they might be able to tell but ive been tethering with root for years without ever subscribing to there proprietary tethering service and not once have they made a complaint or even mentioned it. 30gb + every month for 2-3 years FTW. I wouldn't be worried but i suppose its a personal choice. I pay for unlimited and the device is my property. How i utilize the two in concert should be my own decision.
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What I was saying was that using a WiFi tether app will still use your data. To me it sounded like the guy was asking if he tethered that it wouldn't count against his data limit, which he was. I was telling him that there's no way it could work like that.
Thanks works perfect
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credemann said:
I may have worded my question wrong. Will Verizon charge me for the data?
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Yes. Unless you are on an unlimited plan, or have an amount of money, then don't even bother with the tether. It'll burn through your data faster than you can :crying:.
where do you save it in SU?
Swifty31703 said:
WiFi Tether works. I get an error on start up sometimes. To inconveniently get it working sometime I have to go into SuperSU and select WiFi Tether then click save. Start up WiFi Tether after that and it works fine.
Settings:
Generic ICS/JB (wlan0)
Netd-Ndc (master)
Routing fix
Other people might have better fixes but this works for me until I run across a better fix.
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I tried that but can't find a "save" option! It looks like it is there ok!
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huskerfan431 said:
Not sure if you saw this but check out this thread:
Tethering
I just tried it and it works like a charm.
To get it working:
1.) Install: WiFi Tether
2.) Go to settings WIFI -> Device-Profile and pick Generic ICS/JB (wlan0)
3.) Then go to LAN section by scrolling down and check "Routing fix" (also under settings)
Screw data share!! FREE WIFI FOR EVERYONE!!
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In wifi tether or the phone? Can't find either!
ok...found it & did it! not showing on other devices! or anything other than said it started on phone! GS3
also just tried changing to SGS3...nothing! UGH! HELP PLEASE?!?!
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I was on Verizon for years with a rooted phone & using wireless tether & LOTS of data usage!
NEVER did they know it or did I get charged an extra penny!
And I would often use MANY GB's of data/month!
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Not any extra charges than using data regularly. But if you tether 7 gigs of data on a 6 gig data plan you will be charged for the overage.
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NEVER have I been charged for data more than
the plan I had with verizon!
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But thank God I am on Lightyear Wireless now! Whew! the BEST!
And I've earned free service with unlimited everything AND NO throttling!
CAN'T beat that!!!
I have searched but could not find any thing related and there is no specific forum for this device. The problem is when I connect my laptop using the Android Wifi or USB tethers, I can only access HTTPS sites. If I try to hit a HTTP site, they give the general 'could not connect' error. I have tested to ensure I can hit both HTTP and HTTPS sites from my phones browser. I have the same issue using multiple different Wifi and/or USB tether apps. Any advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated.
TL;DR
With LG Motion (MetroPCS) I am able to browse HTTPS sites but can not browse HTTP sites when using an Android Wifi or USB tether app.
Explanation
I did some more research and found that MetroPCS is now blocking tethering traffic
"Their filtering is based on HTTP user-agents. If your user-agent matches a known user-agent that is not android it
will reject the traffic. Now there are two problems with this,
A.) If an unknown userAgent is passed or No user agent, your traffic is accepted.
B.) There are a bazillion TCP protocols that do not have user-agents.
So off the bat with no user-agent spoofing, all protocols work except HTTP, including HTTPS, HTTPS works out of
box because of its encryption."
so it is safe to assume you are tethering w/o paying their $10/mo fee to allow thethering through you MetroPCS phone?
FYI, I feel that fee is a pretty high premium as it brings the unlimited 4g LTE use plan to $70mo. Still not that bad if you can make use of it. Extras like this bug me for some reason, but if they put it in the plan and just charged more I prolly would not think twice.
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So I'm not Crazy
this had me pulling my hair out...
tethering was working for me- but then stopped mid-session. thinking it was due to network errors i just quit for the day... only to find tethering never working again.
tracert discovered traffic bouncing through near half a dozen 10.x networks before only finding "no replies". as you suggest, dns traffic worked (non http) and thus added to the confusion.
it appears i hit some usage threshold and http traffic was disabled. funny thing is i was willing to pay the $10/month tethering fee but was told i can't simultaneously have unlimited 4G and tethering on my account. i opted in favor of spending my $10 on unlimited 4G. i'm not necessarily a heavy network users but definitely beyond their 2.5 GB cap.
thanks for sharing and confirming i wasnt crazy thinking my tethering was broken.
MetroPCS 4g tether not allowing http sites fixed
Tonight, I found a solution for this same issue. I was not able to see this review except on the lg-ms770 phone I have with Android 4.0.4. After seeing the term userAgent, and how that seems to be the issue, I tested an Android tablet on my WiFi tether. It worked great! However, this laptop and my desktop could not surf using http.
As my terminology is out of date, and I am a bit overwhelmed at times by all this great achievement, I found something in the Google Play store called Chrome UA Spoofer. It let me change the user agent that MetroPCS sees when using Google Chrome on my Windows XP and 8 computers. Now, I can surf all http sites that I usually use at work. It's a little slow but I think that has to do with local 4G issues that seem persistent to all users of the services here where I live.
At least it helps me save the $10.00/mth I really didn't want to have to pay. I currently shell out $60.00/mth for my phone with "unlimited everything" service, but the http issue was really bugging me. Thanks to your posts and the key term userAgent which was needed for me to first understand the issue and then find a way around it.
Hope I can be helpful in the future.
-Leo
I found this video today about how to workaround T-mobiles wifi hotspot block. It worked! I own a rooted LG-P769(I dunno if it works for un-rooted but the video says its supposed to)
Now in the Video he does a step by step process. For a reason. I dont know why but for some reason it works the way he does it. because i didnt do it his way at first. i just download the apps and turned on the app "Hola" and then turned on PDA.net and that dont work.
ok okay, all i wanna say and dont hold me for any bad results you get but. Just follow what he does and it worked for me coo. Im just the messenger dont kill the messenger
FYI the two apps i used was "Hola" and "PDA.net" got them right off the Play Store.
(sorry i dont have enough posts to post a link)
SEARCH YOUTUBE TO WATCH THE VIDEO
KEYWORDS= How to bypass tether blocking WITHOUT root (2013)
FoxFi works perfectly too. I think it also works without root.
Can you pm me the link. If not it koo
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what i did was, using foxfi, using google chrome, using user agent switcher extension to mimic android. boom. done. i was doing this about 7 months ago
FoxFi/PDAnet+ with the proxy addon works when tethering my iPad for almost all apps. When I use Amazon Video app I get blocked. All tether traffic stops until I reconnect the iPad.
I don't even get the upsell page from T-Mobile. This started recently.
I would not trust a peer to peer proxy unless it was the Tor network. You never know if your data is safe.
Not to steal your thunder GACKMAN, but here is my tutorial to bypass tether restrictions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2201062
I am very good at searching before I post questions, but I keep getting an error saying search is currently not available.
On my S3 there were ways to tether via WiFi and USB without being detected on my grandfathered in unlimited data play. Can anyone confirm that there is proven method via the LGOG. Ny phone is rooted, unlocked, custom kernel, snow rom, and various other mods.
If someone can confirm a working way of doing this, I will provide them with file hosting and subdomain on my server, with full ftp access... etc. Thanks!
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Also, let me know if this is in the wrong section
I used the native tethering on SnowJB fairly heavily without issue and as far as I can tell it was never detected.
I was rooted and running various ROMs on my Samsung Infuse a few months ago, and I got an email saying they would add the tethering service to my plan if I continued to use it.
A couple years ago I had a jailbroken iPhone and tethered a lot of data and never had an issue.
I have not yet tried on the LGOG in fear of getting a $40/month service automatically added to my bill.
Sorry I don't have an answer, just sharing my experience I've encountered while tethering.
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I am very good at searching before I post questions, but I keep getting an error saying search is currently not available.
On my S3 there were ways to tether via WiFi and USB without being detected on my grandfathered in unlimited data play. Can anyone confirm that there is proven method via the LGOG. Ny phone is rooted, unlocked, custom kernel, snow rom, and various other mods.
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avoiding detection would probably mean using a method that doesn't rewrite the TTL's on the outbound packets. I've used wifi-tether w/o issue as have many others, I'm sure. I suspect that wifi-tether doesn't preserve the TTL's, but people get away with it because the cost/benefit to carriers is to pick the top 1% of bandwidth users and examine their usage for good reason to stop them somehow, illegal tethering being a good convenient one.
I'm sorry I don't have a solution for you, as I've also searched for just such a thin and not found it. I am curious what others are doing for tethering on this device, though.
If used sparingly, you PROBABLY won't get caught. I used foxfi on my old phone on different occasions and never recieved any notifications about tethering.
jonasl (if you don't recognize the name, he is very good at what he does) had a post in the SnowJB thread a while back about fixing the tethering issues people were having. From what I understand of it, the tethering checks to see if AT&T customers have the entitlement to tether, but since this is a ported ROM, it isn't able to find out if you are entitled (the code doesn't exist to finish the check). His fix circumvents the check (which as he says "This will as a sideeffect also give you tethering even if you aren't paying for it").
I have implemented the fix in case I needed it, but have not had a need to tether since, so I can't vouch for it in that regard, I can say everything still works as expected.
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If you really want to avoid detection, you could run a socks proxy on your phone that forwards to another socks proxy on the internet. Then you need a way to use the socks proxy on your phone. On the client side it can be easy (web browsers have a socks proxy setting, and there are wrappers to socksify anything on your pc) or harder (if you're tethering a tablet or game console or something). Finally, you need a way to bring up both your wireless and mobile data connections at the same time - you could use wifi tether for this if you only need to tether wireless clients, or a more manual method if you need your phone to be a regular wifi client on your network.