Hello everyone, I am loving my V10 so much. I did have one question. HAs anyone figured out where the Tethering/Mobile Hotspot check occurs? I have a Nexus 6 and one of the ROMs I tried diabled the check for Tethering/Mobile Hotspot, so it doesn't eat my allowance. Has anyone figured this out? I didn't want to post in Android Development for the V10 as I figured this is more of a general question than one relating to a specific build? I have plenty of hotspot, but with my travelling soon, I had hoped I could bypass it for a bit to give me a little more leeway.
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I have a Moto Xoom WiFi and would like to use it from time to time with my phone .
The idea is to take an offer from Virgin Mobile UK for a Galaxy S2 and use it as a Hotspot for my Xoom.
Would any UK users out there know if Virgin allows it before I engage myself for two years?
Thanks
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A more simple question. Can a Samsung GS2act as a hotspots with a Motor Zoom?
The reason I ask is today I went to a Virgin shop. The guy did not know if it would work. So he asked one of the girl there if we could use her S2 as a hotspot with my Xoom. It did say connected , but they could not communicate. So, I am still uncertain to get a GS2.
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Heh great to see you followed the advice from our site.
Sorry I've not been much help, though I'm sure someone here will be able to help you.
Greetings everyone.... New Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket owner here.... Quick question if I may, and I've searched first to no avail.... I'm new to AT&T, having migrated over from T-Mobile. When on T-Mobile I had the HTC Sensation 4G. One thing that was indeed cool about that device is that it came with T-Mobile's WiFi calling. I know that AT&T does not offer the same, and that's fine, but here's my question.... As part of T-Mobile's WiFi calling app, the phone could be programmed to automatically turn on WiFi at locations you specify (work, home, etc...) and then turn it off when it knows you have left said location. it was great, as I never had to touch the wifi on/off button or remember to turn it on or off. I've searched through the Android Market and I see several apps that can do the same. I'm wondering if anyone here can recommend one in particular.
Much thanks!!
I believe Tasker can do what you're looking for. I've heard good things about it, but never used it myself though.
Thanks for the Tasker suggestion, however I was a) not really interested in something so comprehensive, as I believe there are stand-alone apps that will do just what I am looking for and b) Tasker is a rather expensive app considering I won't use 90% of it.
Thanks anyway.... still checking around....
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Hello everyone,
After the excellent help I found on this forum with flashing a new 5830i ROM onto my Samsung Galaxy Ace, I am back for help with another question.
I recently discovered that I am no longer able to use my phone as a portable wifi hotspot. This is despite me being able to use it for nearly a full year after my contract started.
I have contacted my service provider (Three UK) and they told me that my service plan has never had the wifi hotspot capability included with it. They said it was some sort of technical problem on their part that allowed me to have it until recently.
They have suggested that I could upgrade to a more expensive plan to regain the wifi hotspot capability, but that it would be limited to 1GB or 2GB per month.
I would really like to know if something has been developed so that I can use my 5830i as a unlimited wifi hotspot without my service provider being able to block it. Can anyone suggest any existing threads in which I can find a solution?
OhHowWeLaughed said:
Hello everyone,
After the excellent help I found on this forum with flashing a new 5830i ROM onto my Samsung Galaxy Ace, I am back for help with another question.
I recently discovered that I am no longer able to use my phone as a portable wifi hotspot. This is despite me being able to use it for nearly a full year after my contract started.
I have contacted my service provider (Three UK) and they told me that my service plan has never had the wifi hotspot capability included with it. They said it was some sort of technical problem on their part that allowed me to have it until recently.
They have suggested that I could upgrade to a more expensive plan to regain the wifi hotspot capability, but that it would be limited to 1GB or 2GB per month.
I would really like to know if something has been developed so that I can use my 5830i as a unlimited wifi hotspot without my service provider being able to block it. Can anyone suggest any existing threads in which I can find a solution?
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Which Rom did you flash?
Envy-X said:
Which Rom did you flash?
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The factory ROM for a 5830i.
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Jesterjke said:
try to use wifi tether - play.google. com/store/apps/details?id=og.android.tether&hl=ru
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OK I'll have a look. That particular app has terrible reviews, but some of the similar apps listed have better reviews. I'll have a look over the next few days when I have time.
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Being a new member, I'm limited on where I can post. Hope I'm in the right area I found this site and it looks like someone here would be the most likely to give some insight to my question.
I've been through several "rugged" smartphones in the last few years. They all have held up to their claims of being rugged but fail on the least likely areas. I'm now looking at the Kyocera Duraforce. I need a GSM phone for my area. I can get a new one reasonably priced but I sure do like the hotspot feature when it's called for. I'm on an unlimited plan from my local provider. It looks like the unlocked ones from AT&T are designed to not allow the hotspot to work on any other network other than AT&T.
So my question is if anyone has found a way to make this possible on an unlocked Duraforce phone? My last phone died the other day and my wife is nagging that I NEED A PHONE. I was late picking up our youngest at the bus stop the other day Hope someone could offer a potential solution? I'm a techie by trade, but I admit Android is a mystery to me.
I used the PdaNet+ app available on the Google Play store to get around the hotspot restriction on my AT&T Duraforce E6560 so I could use it as a hotspot on the Telus network in Canada. You can try the app for free, but costs US$10 to remove the trial restrictions.
PdaNet+ can enable USB tethering and/or create a Wi-Fi Direct hotspot on the phone. You have to install a small app on your computer to connect to the hotspot or USB. So it wouldn't provide a hotspot for a TV or game console unless you could set up a proxy on the device.
I haven't tried the USB tethering, but the hotspot works fine with my Windows 10 laptop.
I'm sorry if this wasn't in the right area, I googled up this same question and this board has it the most it seems. If its in the wrong area, please move the topic to the right area so I know where to ask next tome (or link and I'll delete this ((if possible)) and recreate).
I've been using PDANet USB Tethering for the last 3 years or so with Boost Mobile, Samsung Galaxy S3. My phone is showing severe signs of age and issues, and I'm having tons of PDANet related issues. I have unlimited 4G LTE data, but I can't use my wireless tether because the phone company detects it and stops it at 8GB where as USB tethering I've gotten 100+ GB in a single month no issues.
I'm looking for a new phone I can get, that I can somehow mask everything I do on it so that the phone company is unable to see what I'm doing on it, and won't be able to determine if I'm using my phone's wireless tethering features. I prefer a smartphone, obviously, cause I do take it with me where I go and like to have access to my apps. I'm inexperienced with installing ROMs or rooting, never figured out how with my S3 because all the topics are outdated and inaccurate and I only ended up damaging the phone trying. I've got about a week or two to find a new phone that will work with Boost Mobile. My current phone's network mode is CDMA/LTE/EVDO, just to give you an idea of what network I'd need to use for Boost (CDMA I guess?). I need 4G as well, it seems that 3G doesn't work at all at my location and I only get 1 bar of 4G LTE when I'm at home in a specific 3 inch by 3 inch space in my room that I have to tape my phone down to, but at least it works.
There's no other internet options available to me where I live, so my phone is my internet. Just to clarify before people suggest getting an internet service.
Just to be sure, I don't want anything made by Apple, but that should be obvious, posting in the Android forum.
I have found that Boost Mobile won't let me use anything but like 6 specific phones only. Two of the choices being the S7 and the S8.
I've done a search on Amazon looking for unlocked S8 phones, however the comments and reports all claim these unlocked devices are a lie and don't actually work with services they claim to, or have conflicting reports and such. I'm unable to find an Unlocked S8 for use with Boost Mobile.
I've found that I can edit the APN to add 'dun' to my type list, to bypass the data limit of Mobile Hotspot, however I am hoping that it doesn't also cause the company to start charging me hundreds of dollars a month. I want to make sure they can't actually see the traffic either, I don't want my ISP knowing what I'm doing online, because they will just turn around and sell every website I visit to third parties which is now a thing in the USA.
I'd rather Boost not know whats installed on my phone or what websites I visit.
Thread closed as per OP request.