Looks like the same method to get tether/hotspot without rooting that works for S6 also works for S7. Just like the S6 thread in which /u/KennyG123 pointed out a working solution originally for Note 4 by /u/MasterTentacles, here is the solution that also works for S7:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-sprint/general/lollipop-hotspot-root-flashing-t3048163
Similar to last time, since there is no root involved, knox isn't tripped and samsung pay still works. Similar to before, you still need MSL and need to re-apply the above settings with any major software update.
testinguser said:
Looks like the same method to get tether/hotspot without rooting that works for S6 also works for S7. Just like the S6 thread in which /u/KennyG123 pointed out a working solution originally for Note 4 by /u/MasterTentacles, here is the solution that also works for S7:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-sprint/general/lollipop-hotspot-root-flashing-t3048163
Similar to last time, since there is no root involved, knox isn't tripped and samsung pay still works. Similar to before, you still need MSL and need to re-apply the above settings with any major software update.
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Thanks for this! I just tried that method and it worked like a champ!
How are you guys getting your MSL? Just calling Sprint?
Edit: Never mind got it. For those of you that don't know it's in your thanks for activating email and they call it your activation code or it might say you may need this code to activate your phone. That's you MSL
Was looking for this info,
thanx
Madman133 said:
How are you guys getting your MSL? Just calling Sprint?
Edit: Never mind got it. For those of you that don't know it's in your thanks for activating email and they call it your activation code or it might say you may need this code to activate your phone. That's you MSL
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If you get your phone activated in a store, and are on an Easy Pay plan, they normally will not give you your MSL because the phone is "not yours" yet.
As soon as you get the phone, the next day, get into a chat with support and ask for a copy of the manual activation steps. This should give you the MSL as well. You might have to coach them into what you want. They tried to point me to the web activation, then to a semi manual activation, then the full manual one.
Returned mine
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Returned mine
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Congrats but threadbombing is against the rules.
Got my MSL via online chat:
[02:16:53 PM] Thank you for choosing Sprint. My name is Tommy F.. Please wait while I review your information.
[02:17:06 PM] Tommy F.: Thank you for contacting Sprint. My name is Tommy How are you doing today?
[02:17:37 PM] Meyer: i'm fine, thank you. I'm having some data issues with my new phone, and was hoping you could give me my MSL so I can try an APN change.
[02:17:57 PM] Meyer: I've had this problem in the past with other phones, and was able to resolve it this way. Many thanks.
[02:19:23 PM] Tommy F.: Okay, Could you please provide me with the 6-10 digit PIN for your account?
[02:19:30 PM] Meyer: *******
[02:20:27 PM] Tommy F.: Thank you for that information, please allow me one moment while I access your account.
[02:20:44 PM] Meyer: Sure. Thank you.
[02:20:56 PM] Tommy F.: MSL is ******
[02:21:38 PM] Meyer: Thank you very much. Have a great day.
[02:22:04 PM] Tommy F.: Was there anything else that we could assist you with, or do you have any further questions that we can answer for you?
[02:22:19 PM] Meyer: Not today. Thanks again.
[02:22:28 PM] Tommy F.: Thank you for contacting Sprint eChat. We take pride in providing the best customer service possible to our customers. It has been my pleasure assisting you today. We appreciate your business and thank you for being the best part of our Sprint family. Have a great day.
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Latest update breaks this method on the Sprint S7, btw .
The Amorphist said:
Latest update breaks this method on the Sprint S7, btw .
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The reboot method still works after the update...
Reboot phone,
As soon as is possible navigate to and turn hotspot,
it usually works on 1st try,
if you get 'no data connection', quickly turn off and turn on hotspot again.
if you get 'not subscribed to this service', start at reboot again.
This is not my find,
it is from other GS7 hotspot thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3328796
KaptainRandom said:
The reboot method still works after the update...
Reboot phone,
As soon as is possible navigate to and turn hotspot,
it usually works on 1st try,
if you get 'no data connection', quickly turn off and turn on hotspot again.
if you get 'not subscribed to this service', start at reboot again.
This is not my find,
it is from other GS7 hotspot thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3328796
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Well...I'll give that a shot. Thanks for the tip.
Latest update greys out the APN settings and won't allow any changes. Any thoughts?
Having same issue any way around it?
Zer0C0oL said:
Latest update greys out the APN settings and won't allow any changes. Any thoughts?
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Any way around it yet?
y2jvo6969 said:
Any way around it yet?
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I have yet to find a way around it. There is a new update out. I have not installed it yet, still waiting to see the reports on what it changes.
For now, I can confirm that turning your phone off and then on, and activating hot spot immediately let's you turn it on.
The latest update improved Voice over WiFi, which I need to be better for work, so I'm sadly going to be the guinea pig for this update. I'll report back soon on whether or not it locks out the previously mentioned working option.
The Amorphist said:
For now, I can confirm that turning your phone off and then on, and activating hot spot immediately let's you turn it on.
The latest update improved Voice over WiFi, which I need to be better for work, so I'm sadly going to be the guinea pig for this update. I'll report back soon on whether or not it locks out the previously mentioned working option.
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Scratch that; it detects you don't have the subscription after a moment even before the update.
Reboot method
I did do the update and reboot method still works for s7 sprint..... just play ps4 rainbow six siege 8 good rounds and didnt glitch....psb gamer tag Y2JVO69
How did you get it to work
Reboot your phone. As soon as you can unlock it open the hot spot settings and turn it on. Then connect something to it right away.
Zer0C0oL said:
Reboot your phone. As soon as you can unlock it open the hot spot settings and turn it on. Then connect something to it right away.
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This is correct! Follow this YouTube video and it'll work for you to. Just verified on my unlocked GS7.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oXrIrdGcS0
It's not perfect or consistent for me, I had to reboot it a couple of times to get it to work more than a few seconds but the second time it stayed on for several minutes! I went to test the internet and it was working as you would expect. This is awesome!
Related
For anyone having very slow 3g speeds. Here is what you need to do
1. Call Sprint and get your MSL number
2. Dial ##3282#
3. Click 'Edit'
5. Go to Advanced
6. Scroll to the bottom and open RTSP/HTTP
7. Remove both proxy IP's (delete the address and click save)
8. Go back one screen and click menu, then click 'commit modifications'
Phone may reboot, run a speed test.
mtwalther said:
For anyone having very slow 3g speeds. Here is what you need to do
1. Call Sprint and get your MSL number
2. Dial ##3282#
3. Click 'Edit'
5. Go to Advanced
6. Scroll to the bottom and open RTSP/HTTP
7. Remove both proxy IP's (delete the address and click save)
8. Go back one screen and click menu, then click 'commit modifications'
Phone will reboot, run a speed test and thank me later
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Is there any side effects with this ? Removing proxies ips doesn't sound good.
Sent from my 3vo
mtwalther said:
For anyone having very slow 3g speeds. Here is what you need to do
1. Call Sprint and get your MSL number
2. Dial ##3282#
3. Click 'Edit'
5. Go to Advanced
6. Scroll to the bottom and open RTSP/HTTP
7. Remove both proxy IP's (delete the address and click save)
8. Go back one screen and click menu, then click 'commit modifications'
Phone will reboot, run a speed test and thank me later
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Nsandhu23 said:
Is there any side effects with this ? Removing proxies ips doesn't sound good.
Sent from my 3vo
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I'd like to know that too. And you can always go back and re add the proxies right?
Sent from my PG86100 using XDA App
No side effects. Does not affect mms or anything else. If you are concerned just right down both up addresses and put them back in if you end up having problems. I have been using for about 5 hours now and no problems. Even called sprint to see if data usage had skyrocketed and they said looked all normal
No sense for a repost.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1140870
Just tried making it more visible to us 3d owners. Easier to see when its posted in a thread. That's all
mtwalther said:
For anyone having very slow 3g speeds. Here is what you need to do
1. Call Sprint and get your MSL number
2. Dial ##3282#
3. Click 'Edit'
5. Go to Advanced
6. Scroll to the bottom and open RTSP/HTTP
7. Remove both proxy IP's (delete the address and click save)
8. Go back one screen and click menu, then click 'commit modifications'
Phone may reboot, run a speed test and thank me later
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The fact you ask for a thanks off someone else's find and not your own makes you a failure...
/thread
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There you go bro. Chillout
nate420 said:
The fact you ask for a thanks off someone else's find and not your own makes you a failure...
/thread
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Oh man, I guess that guy tried it and it worked for him and posted it here, that makes him a failure for sharing what he found. I personally never saw the other thread, it is not liked he bragged about finding it on his own or discredited anyone else. I cant believe that there is so much thread police here, seriously people need to chill out sometimes, this is info, he ain't making any money off it.
You got double douched!!!
Thank you for trying to help out. Keep hope alive!
nkd said:
Oh man, I guess that guy tried it and it worked for him and posted it here, that makes him a failure for sharing what he found. I personally never saw the other thread, it is not liked he bragged about finding it on his own or discredited anyone else. I cant believe that there is so much thread police here, seriously people need to chill out sometimes, this is info, he ain't making any money off it.
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+1 10charrr
nkd said:
Oh man, I guess that guy tried it and it worked for him and posted it here, that makes him a failure for sharing what he found. I personally never saw the other thread, it is not liked he bragged about finding it on his own or discredited anyone else. I cant believe that there is so much thread police here, seriously people need to chill out sometimes, this is info, he ain't making any money off it.
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Obviously you never developed something helpfull for the community.
He didn't post original link... Or give credit to the person who found this "trick" originally..
And then he asked people to thank him....
It's not what he did wrong... It's the principle... And he fixed it so stop running your mouth like you have done anything ever in your life important to help the dev community, besides asking for ETA's
And yelling "help help I flashed this ROM and now my phone won't turn on"
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Not to sound ungrateful or anything but isn't this the same trick we had for the original Evo to get better 3G & streaming? Except deleting everything you replaced then with "0.0.0.0" or something like that?
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Yep. I think this was a resolution to evolution users. I didn't have one but reading the forums, this seems to be true.
what do we consider slow
my speed test on evo 3d on 3g is
450 kb/sec download
320 kb/sec upload
and on 4g it was:
5 mb/sec dl
600 kb/sec upload
its not fast i think, but how bad is it!
Before doing what is posted above I was getting Max 150kbps on 3g now getting about 1800kbps..... I'm in Chicago right now and pulling about 8mbps on 4g
I been doing this since last year for my EVO. It was also one of the first things I did on my evo3d.
Sprint hates giving out MSL code
Just tried calling Sprint to obtain my MSL code and they gave me a hard time stating they cannot give me this since I am still under contract.
I asked them to refer to the contract (since I had mine on hand) to point to where it specifically states the MSL code is not able to be given out. I was then transferred to the manager who said the same thing about being under contract. I again countered with the statement as to where in the contract does it not allow me to receive this code. I was placed on hold for about 3 minutes and when the manager came back he said he will be sending an email to his managers for their decision since he is doesn't have the executive decision to give me this.
What a hassle. I have to wait for 2 days until I (maybe) get this code. SMH
Either call back and try again but change your "social engineering technique" or go to the original post and get the MSL yourself.
akiradavis said:
Just tried calling Sprint to obtain my MSL code and they gave me a hard time stating they cannot give me this since I am still under contract.
I asked them to refer to the contract (since I had mine on hand) to point to where it specifically states the MSL code is not able to be given out. I was then transferred to the manager who said the same thing about being under contract. I again countered with the statement as to where in the contract does it not allow me to receive this code. I was placed on hold for about 3 minutes and when the manager came back he said he will be sending an email to his managers for their decision since he is doesn't have the executive decision to give me this.
What a hassle. I have to wait for 2 days until I (maybe) get this code. SMH
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I had no problem at all. All I said was I was having very slow internet speeds and my connection was flaky. I said I wanted to reset my data and if I can have my MSL to do so. Lady said no problem and gave me the code.
Is there a way to get Google Wallet working on Verizon Galaxy S4?
Does anyone know of any alternatives that are working?
I would definitely like to know because I am interested in using the paywave style payments
naturalstamina said:
Is there a way to get Google Wallet working on Verizon Galaxy S4?
Does anyone know of any alternatives that are working?
I would definitely like to know because I am interested in using the paywave style payments
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303325
naturalstamina said:
Is there a way to get Google Wallet working on Verizon Galaxy S4?
Does anyone know of any alternatives that are working?
I would definitely like to know because I am interested in using the paywave style payments
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Are you rooted? If your not, then you cannot get Wallet to work. If you are, then see the thread on Wallet mentioned above.
Thanks for the direction, I will be giving this a try today.
UPDATE! Followed instructions, method A and it seems to have installed correctly, have not had chance to go to store to test. but install did pass and i was able to set up cards. Thank you both
Hi... I rooted my Verizon Galaxy S4 Tuesday night (I have the MDK, not ME7) and it went very smoothly, thanks to the guys who work hard and post their instructions in these forums... flawless, and much appreciated! Last night I followed the "Method A" instructions (w/TWRP recovery) for Google Wallet and it went smoothly.
(Google Wallet's setup on your phone will eventually say: "Setting up Google Wallet, this may take up to 5 minutes..." Mine took about 20 minutes, so you just have to wait and try not to be worried that something didn't work right!)
Anyway, it worked like a charm. This morning I tested it at McDonald's and it worked well. At first I held my phone to the pad and nothing happened. So I pulled it away, and then tried once more and it immediately popped up Google Wallet, asked for my pin, told me to tap the phone one more time and BAZINGA!
Good luck everyone, I hope you have as much success as I've had with it. And a huge THANK YOU! to whomever posted the instructions and developed this method.
I'm not sure how long this has been going on but I was on a call to customer service last night trying to get the WatchESPN app running properly on my phone and the "tier 2" technician asked if it would be okay to take control of my phone. I've been in the IT field quite some time and I knew he was asking to remote into my phone (ala pcAnywhere.)
I gave him permission and quickly got a text message saying vdm (Verizon desktop manager?) was trying to connect. I'm rooted with Dubbsy's 4.2.2 GPE ROM and I was nervous about a Verizon rep snooping around my phone (warranty concern.) I'm not sure if it was the ROM or the fact that I was in a bad cell area, but he was never able to connect. We never did get the app to run properly either.
Just giving people a heads up about Verizon's (new???) capability; I've never had anyone ask me in over three years with the company. Careful rooted users, if they see you've rooted they may make a notation (with or without telling you) in your account and when you bring your phone in for service--it may get declined.
Pretty scary stuff. At least they can't get in unattended (we hope?)
I wonder which apk performs this. I'd like to freeze it.
asharad said:
I wonder which apk performs this. I'd like to freeze it.
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Verizon remote diagnostics...or something similiar to that. I have seen it a couple of times.
Aetherpal
It doesn't work in my builds because the only thing I keep from Verizon is their apns and service. They can keep the bloat and locked down updates. Especially their big brother program...
sent from my GE gs4
It's been around since about the second release for the S3. Nothing new.
asharad said:
I wonder which apk performs this. I'd like to freeze it.
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Erisnoob said:
Verizon remote diagnostics...or something similiar to that. I have seen it a couple of times.
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magneticzero said:
Aetherpal
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I did some research on this and, apparently, it's been around for about 18 months and you're both right:
Verizon Remote Diagnostics
Aetherpal teardown
Aetherpal can/does check for root access. There's two good things about this service. First, you can simply refuse the assistance from the customer support. Second, there's a terms of service you have to accept even if you gave permission for them to remote desktop. You can reject the ToS. I haven't had a TW ROM installed on my phone for a long time, so maybe someone else can post a screen of which .apk(s) they can freeze in TiBu.
Dubbsy said:
It doesn't work in my builds because the only thing I keep from Verizon is their apns and service. They can keep the bloat and locked down updates. Especially their big brother program...
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docnok63 said:
I did some research on this and, apparently, it's been around for about 18 months and you're both right:
I haven't had a TW ROM installed on my phone for a long time, so maybe someone else can post a screen of which .apk(s) they can freeze in TiBu.
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Verizon Remote Diagnostics shows up as com.Aetherpal.device on my stock phone...
i just removed that aetherpal apk from /system/app when i removed all that crappy bloat the day i got the phone
Hello all. Sorry if this is in the wrong place. I recently got my girlfriend a zte overture on aio wireless. I've been looking at a method to root this phone and have found nothing. The phone is pretty decent, not even looking for a custom ROM (yet), just need root to bypass the Google hangout video call WiFi restriction, and to get wifitether working for her.
I understand that their isn't much demand for ROMs and what not for that phone. But with aio wireless going nation wide and the phone being only 150 bucks with semi nice specs and 4g, figured something's would start popping up for this phone.
Anyway any advice and help will be greatly appreciated.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
ZTE Overture z995 - root method from other ZTE's?
I tried the Lumina 620 last week with Aio, and while the phone hardware was awesome the Windows Phone 8 OS was my hangup - (cmon guys, cant even add custom notification sounds? No system file explorer? The HERE maps are 2 years old or more in my area too...).
So I went back to Aio and got the ZTE Overture (Z995). (LTE Rocks! Wow I like the speed and coverage in DFW!)
It's a nice phone - low on memory, but it allows you to remove facebook with no issues, and the build on it is not too junked up.
Can anyone tell or theorize on whether other ZTE root methods work on this phone? I'd love to put a hosts file ad block on it...
Model: Z995
Android Ver: 4.1.2
Baseband: Z995T01
Kernel: 3.4.0-svn5856 [email protected]
I have seen statements that ZTE doe not have a locked bootloader. I noticed in my phone settings, in system updates, it even has options for "Storage card updates" and the "Update ZTE Software" option seems to try to open a zip file on the SD card... so does that mean you could put SU in a zip file and just ask the phone to apply the zip to get root? I doubt it's that simple, but I thought I would ask...
I've tried using google translate on baidu to see if anything came up but man, it's tough to navigate that site if you don't speak Chinese...
Oh - This phone is $79 at Aio. I also asked what happens to us Aio folks when AT&T shuts Aio down to merge it with Cricket in the coming months and got blank stares... (we should be OK, they'll just move us into Cricket I assume. They people at the Aio store might not be so lucky.)
Haven't heard anything about a merge with cricket. Aio just went national about a month ago so that would be strange.
Anyway, I'm still searching for an answer to get root on that phone.
Want to bypass the need to be on WiFi for hangouts, which needs root to achieve.
I'll be sure to post if I find anything
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DeathGrind said:
Haven't heard anything about a merge with cricket. Aio just went national about a month ago so that would be strange.
Anyway, I'm still searching for an answer to get root on that phone. ...
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Do a quick Google for "att cricket aio", you'll see the blogs and news about it... Who knows - maybe if ATT shutters AIO we can get an unlock code early for free.
(hey just a thought does AIO stand for "ATT's Independent Operator"? And would that be ironic, or an oxymoron? )
I must be tired, I've started making bad jokes....
No ZTE 995 Overture root yet...?
chuco10 said:
hey just recently got the ZTE and i was wondering if you did find a way to root it???
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I haven't found anything yet. It must not be an extremely popular phone based on the low quantity of hits I get looking around the net for info on it.
Which is weird because I really like it. I got over 5 days of life and was still at 30% when I plugged it in last week, which is awesome (less than 10 minutes talk time on it however). I wasnt sure how much battery life an LTE connection would take but it doesent appear to be much in standby.
I do see references to a ZTE blade and rooting them, and that thread (I think its in xda somewhere) stated all ZTE phones have unlocked bootloaders... and there are threads about the 990 (the Overture is the 995) being unlocked. But until I see someone play with their 995 I am not assuming ZTE left it unlocked. It is a phone on the ATT network so I would expect them to be less customer friendly. (qualification: they dont like you monkeying with their phones as much, but the customer service is tons better than a straight-talk type provider for sure)
I am just hoping I'll run across a post stating how to root it someday. LTE is awesome speeds, but it still burns me up to have to spend some of my bandwidth on video ads on youtube. Especially for something I would never buy and they show the same commercial over and over and over...
-=RB
I also read that zte devices where all unlocked. But if my memory serves correctly, the guide on how to root zte devices found on xDA was for android 2.3.
Surprised that nothing has appeared for the phone. It was a cheap decent price with lte capabilities. Thought more people would be using it.
When I get a chance to tinker with the phone I will.
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Finally found something at least.
http://www.oneclickroot.com/phone/zte-overture/
Can't try it as my gf has the phone. Just a heads up if anyone wants to try it. Please post back if you do.
I dont own this phone (yet), however been helping this girl get hers set up. If I buy one may give this a try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319257
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DeathGrind said:
Finally found something at least.
http://www.oneclickroot.com/phone/zte-overture/
Can't try it as my gf has the phone. Just a heads up if anyone wants to try it. Please post back if you do.
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But this looks promising
Tried oneclickroot with no success. It did recognize the device it just would not root.
zte
Well I tried that Root Method and it seem to work fine and its pretty easy. Installed super user seems to be working fine the only thing that i am having toruble with is getting the wifi tether to work (im using WiFi tether- TrevE Mod) got it installed and all but when i turn it on it gives me a message tethering started with errors to go to the show log.. I do that and in the show logg everything looks fine except a section named "Enabling NAT rules..." that says failed any suggestions????
Never played much with wifi tethering but usb tethering works. I used foxfi free, however they cut off at bout 45 mb then ya need to restart it. Tried a few others with lil success so far. Gota like AIOs tethering policy, or lack of.
Good to know this will root, cept now I get to figure out why it wouldnt for me. You used oneclickroot? Did you install the drivers manually?
Yes I did install the drivers manually I was having trouble at first for some reason it would get stuck on on of the processes but finally got it. I the only thing is that im having toruble trying to tethering i dont know why have not tried the usb method might try that dont know if i would be abel to used it with my playstaion.. thats the main reason i was trying to tether..
Any was I was reading that that the erros message that it gave me in my show log.. (Enabling NAT rules... Failed) had something to do with the kernel not supporting wifi tether that i would have to flash a different kernel in the phone any suggestions??
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Never played much with wifi tethering but usb tethering works. I used foxfi free, however they cut off at bout 45 mb then ya need to restart it. Tried a few others with lil success so far. Gota like AIOs tethering policy, or lack of.
Good to know this will root, cept now I get to figure out why it wouldnt for me. You used oneclickroot? Did you install the drivers manually?
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^
Nothing like wasting your time to post something that has no value or relevance..... Moving on
@chuco10. Thanks for the feedback. I'll be tinkering around with with rooting that phone in a week or so, when I visit the gf. Awesome to know it works.
Sure I'll be trying to figure out the WiFi tether as well. At least with the phone rooted I can bypass that stupid WiFi restriction on Google hangouts video calling. Thanks again for posting back. Appreciate it
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DeathGrind said:
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Nothing like wasting your time to post something that has no value or relevance..... Moving on
@chuco10. Thanks for the feedback. I'll be tinkering around with with rooting that phone in a week or so, when I visit the gf. Awesome to know it works.
Sure I'll be trying to figure out the WiFi tether as well. At least with the phone rooted I can bypass that stupid WiFi restriction on Google hangouts video calling. Thanks again for posting back. Appreciate it
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
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Yeah No problem. Let me know if you get the the wifi tether to work im going to keep messing around with it for a lil bit see if i can get anything worked out.. hopefully I can start tethering soon.. ONly if i could find a kernel that will be compatible with the this phone..
so, what actually works?
Ok, just so I read the thread correctly, the one click root site DID work for getting root, but the other referenced thread talking about rooting the blade has not been proven to work on the 995/overture, correct?
One click pops up frequently in my searches for root, but I thought it involved downloading a windows app and paying $30 to some unknown website. If that is true then I'll wait till another method is posted. I won't risk running an app unless I know what it is really doing to both my phone and my PC. And I am certainly not forking out $30 for it.
It seems risky and, well, not in the spirit of xda... I mean isn't it more about learning how it all works, discovering how to do it on your own, and working with fellow xda'ers to develop and vet a good (transparent) process for root?
If one click works well and you don't mind the cost and not knowing what their software is really doing, then that's ok. There's no right or wrong here in my opinion.
I just don't see it as being as much fun or as safe a way to get to root...
24br said:
Ok, just so I read the thread correctly, the one click root site DID work for getting root, but the other referenced thread talking about rooting the blade has not been proven to work on the 995/overture, correct?
One click pops up frequently in my searches for root, but I thought it involved downloading a windows app and paying $30 to some unknown website. If that is true then I'll wait till another method is posted. I won't risk running an app unless I know what it is really doing to both my phone and my PC. And I am certainly not forking out $30 for it.
It seems risky and, well, not in the spirit of xda... I mean isn't it more about learning how it all works, discovering how to do it on your own, and working with fellow xda'ers to develop and vet a good (transparent) process for root?
If one click works well and you don't mind the cost and not knowing what their software is really doing, then that's ok. There's no right or wrong here in my opinion.
I just don't see it as being as much fun or as safe a way to get to root...
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Says free http://www.oneclickroot.com/phone/zte-overture/ i was never prompted to pay.
cool.
NomadSpin said:
Says free http://www.oneclickroot.com/phone/zte-overture/ i was never prompted to pay.
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Well then I guess the reviews on their forum were incorrect then... When I looked thru their blog there were comments stating it asked for $$ at some point. Aside from that there were tons of complaints about unsupported phones... And maybe one or two happy posts out of 20 bad ones.
I'll give it a closer look then. I know I can sandbox the application in a VM, so maybe I can get a backup of the phone before I play with it w/o using clockwork as well.
Will post what I find... Thanks!
OK, who actually got oneclick to work? And has anyone used the blade thread sucessfully?
Also, if you read the legalese when installing it, it clearly states the payment for service must be made to a canadian recovery company, and that you release all rights, etc etc. I did notice any legalese on privacy was missing, which I expected to see. There is a license tab with a space for activation codes as well. (i.e. it's definitely a paid app, but trying to find out how much is difficult, its not on their website anywhere.)
And I can verify the oneclickroot tries to see the device (goes thru identify, validate, download, install), but always throws up a "Please confirm your device is connected - install ADB manually" box. ADB Driver links bounce you to the ZTE news page that has a link for an older "ZTE 3G adb driver download" which gives you a file - "ZTE_Android USB_Driver_For_Microsoft_PC.rar". And after installing that, I still don't have any luck getting the solution to work.
I suspect those first few "steps" in oneclick root are bogus as well, because if you don't have any phone connected and start the process, it still goes through the "Identify, validate, download, install" steps.
For the phone, I noticed that while I can choose from several different options for connections in settings (Charge Only, USB Mass Storage, Install Driver, Connect to PC Software, Media Device (MTP), and Camera (PTP) ) several of those options show a failure in windows for the "Android" driver. That said, I have no problem using or connecting to the phone as a media device, camera, or mass storage device, so I'm not sure what the "Android" device driver that keeps failing is supposed to be for. Maybe that's what is preventing oneclickroot from going further, but I have no way to tell at this point.
So I would recommend at this point to stay away from it. Overpriced, does not work (even though it attempts to appear it is doing something), and privacy concerns are not addressed in their legalese, as well as we still have no idea what their executable is actually doing to the phone or the windows host, and they wont clearly state what it costs.
24br said:
OK, who actually got oneclick to work? And has anyone used the blade thread sucessfully?
Also, if you read the legalese when installing it, it clearly states the payment for service must be made to a canadian recovery company, and that you release all rights, etc etc. I did notice any legalese on privacy was missing, which I expected to see. There is a license tab with a space for activation codes as well. (i.e. it's definitely a paid app, but trying to find out how much is difficult, its not on their website anywhere.)
And I can verify the oneclickroot tries to see the device (goes thru identify, validate, download, install), but always throws up a "Please confirm your device is connected - install ADB manually" box. ADB Driver links bounce you to the ZTE news page that has a link for an older "ZTE 3G adb driver download" which gives you a file - "ZTE_Android USB_Driver_For_Microsoft_PC.rar". And after installing that, I still don't have any luck getting the solution to work.
I suspect those first few "steps" in oneclick root are bogus as well, because if you don't have any phone connected and start the process, it still goes through the "Identify, validate, download, install" steps.
For the phone, I noticed that while I can choose from several different options for connections in settings (Charge Only, USB Mass Storage, Install Driver, Connect to PC Software, Media Device (MTP), and Camera (PTP) ) several of those options show a failure in windows for the "Android" driver. That said, I have no problem using or connecting to the phone as a media device, camera, or mass storage device, so I'm not sure what the "Android" device driver that keeps failing is supposed to be for. Maybe that's what is preventing oneclickroot from going further, but I have no way to tell at this point.
So I would recommend at this point to stay away from it. Overpriced, does not work (even though it attempts to appear it is doing something), and privacy concerns are not addressed in their legalese, as well as we still have no idea what their executable is actually doing to the phone or the windows host, and they wont clearly state what it costs.
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HUH thats wierd i got mine to work no problem and never asked for no payment nothing.. The only thing that i cant get to work is the wifi tether still having problem there any suggestiongs..
chuco10 said:
HUH thats wierd i got mine to work no problem and never asked for no payment nothing.. The only thing that i cant get to work is the wifi tether still having problem there any suggestiongs..
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There may be an app blocking mobile hotspot like tmobile puts on there phones. Seems unlikely since AIO told me they had no problems with tethering but never know. Pick up an uninstaller from the play store an look through all the apps.
Only other suggestion i can think of right now is trying the different wifi tethering apps available.
Maybe one of these days we will get a dev in here making custom ROMS, can only hope. :fingers-crossed:
This may be something http://androidforums.com/force-4g-lte-all-things-root/702172-wifi-tether.html
Would try it myself but don't have it yet. Or access to the phone i was setting up. (that woman was crazy)
NomadSpin said:
There may be an app blocking mobile hotspot like tmobile puts on there phones. Seems unlikely since AIO told me they had no problems with tethering but never know. Pick up an uninstaller from the play store an look through all the apps.
Only other suggestion i can think of right now is trying the different wifi tethering apps available.
Maybe one of these days we will get a dev in here making custom ROMS, can only hope. :fingers-crossed:
This may be something http://androidforums.com/force-4g-lte-all-things-root/702172-wifi-tether.html
Would try it myself but don't have it yet. Or access to the phone i was setting up. (that woman was crazy)
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Thanks NomadSpin im going to try the uninstaller but what kind of app. would I be looking for that would block the wifi tether??
Lookout Security keeps throwing up a notification that says the following:
Prevention Information
An application has been forced to stop for an unauthorized attempt to access system in your device. It may be safe to delete an application obtained from an unauthorized route. Check now?
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When I click OK, though, it just takes me to a list of applications, with no further guidance about which app it is. Anyone know what this is, what it means, and how to rectify it?
jrtoastyman said:
Lookout Security keeps throwing up a notification that says the following:
When I click OK, though, it just takes me to a list of applications, with no further guidance about which app it is. Anyone know what this is, what it means, and how to rectify it?
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Its not look out it is the Knox software on your phone. I used to get it until I did what is posted here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47141522&postcount=30
copc said:
Its not look out it is the Knox software on your phone. I used to get it until I did what is posted here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47141522&postcount=30
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Ah, OK, saw the shield icon and assumed it was lookout. Thanks!
jrtoastyman said:
Ah, OK, saw the shield icon and assumed it was lookout. Thanks!
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Is rooting the device the only way to get rid of this? Is there a way without root to disable this?
if you are with sprint, if you read the Sprint TOS that you signed when you got the phone it says that rooting will not void your warranty they just ask that u put it back to stock when upgrading or having service done to it. Who has ever went to upgrade their phone and the rep put it in to download mode to check something like that? And when I had my s2 rooted and needed service on the ear piece I just left cm 10 and all my stuff just the way it was and they never said anything to me about it.
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wolverinesfan35 said:
I just left cm 10 and all my stuff just the way it was and they never said anything to me about it.
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I forgot to move my rooted tether app from my home screen and took it for service. The rep looked down, looked up at me, and went to a different screen to work from. Classic.
yeah, when I went to Sprint to have my last phone looked at, the rep asked me point blank if the phone was rooted -- but it was not in an accusatory way, it was more a "I need to know for the purposes of what I'm doing." Did not get the sense from the way she asked that it would have made a bit of difference to her in terms of whether they would still work on the phone.
As an aside, does anyone know what exactly could be causing the alert? It popped up when I was logged onto an airport wifi network, which gives me some concern.
jrtoastyman said:
yeah, when I went to Sprint to have my last phone looked at, the rep asked me point blank if the phone was rooted -- but it was not in an accusatory way, it was more a "I need to know for the purposes of what I'm doing." Did not get the sense from the way she asked that it would have made a bit of difference to her in terms of whether they would still work on the phone.
As an aside, does anyone know what exactly could be causing the alert? It popped up when I was logged onto an airport wifi network, which gives me some concern.
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It is a known issue, not by Lookout, but Knox AND a fix is coming from Sprint. Many threads to be found.
toenail_flicker said:
Many threads to be found.
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Ah, you know, I did search before I posted, but I was searching for "Lookout." My bad.
jrtoastyman said:
Ah, you know, I did search before I posted, but I was searching for "Lookout." My bad.
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Not just you. A lot of folks think it's Lookout. Just letting you know the info is out there.
I have a tough time getting reasonable search results on the forum, but that's just me. I do search anyway, every time.