yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Imapuckhead:
I have the free version and freeze is not an option. But I am new to TI backup and just grabbed it from the market.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] zozodouce:
can you confirm portabe wifi hotspot is working by doing this? please let me know before i return the phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] clamder:
i'm currently tethered just fine. the only issue i see is that the only way to start tethering is through the settings menu (which is fine... i don't want to start it on accident anyway).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Locksmith81:
Curious of you guys have a data plan why would it matter? Curious?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] clamder:
so we can use this data with our laptops/tablets?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bighulk666:
I backed up and uninstall it with Titanium. Wifi hotspot working. Tested on my iPad.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dungtran88:
I totally agree with clamder. Its best to just freeze all the apps that you don't want rather than uninstall just to be on the save side.

I freeze tethering manager and restart my phone. Data seem to work fine.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Locksmith81:
I have been using mobile hot spot for a while and never occurred any charges.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tq745:
WiFi Tether Wireless Tethering now that we have root

Thanks to ronin4740,

to get the factory wireless tethering to work you must delete or freeze tethering manager with titanium backup (or similar app). the you should have the wireless tethering feature working.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tq745:
Wireless Tethering now that we have root

I was wondering if anyone was successfully able to get wireless tether to work now that we have root? If so please share what you did so that we all can get wireless tethering to work. Thanks in advance!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
just install an app from android market, it's that easy

https://market.android.com/details?id=android.tether

or

https://market.android.com/details?id=og.android.tether

or

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.guardam.Tethering

or

https://market.android.com/details?id=net.szym.barnacle

and many many more...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Locksmith81:
Not available for tmo
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
use market fix, to make you look like from another provider / country
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] imnothimm:
Actually, now that we have root, just delete Tethering Manager and the built in tethering options work for free.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] G1_enthusiast:
can confirm this work :) SWWEEEETTT MY PHONE IS COMPLETE!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ronin4740:
The rumor mill seems to indicate that the phone might not process the update Tmobile says we're going to get on the 13th if the bloat isn't there... seem to have read something about deleting apps changing the phone's siganture.

That said I chose to freeze the app and voila! Tether city baby! The licensed version of Titanium Backup is sooooooooooo worth it :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
+1

agree :)

makes live so much easier when flashing ROMs
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tq745:
thanks! this is what i'm talking about! i don't understand why t-mobile decided to release the phones this way. coming from a vibrant and g2x wireless tether was enabled right out of the box.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Astitious:
It worked for me too.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] xboxhaxorz:
Stock Rom Restore, Wifi tether issue

I just rooted and flashed 2 phones, both of them would not do wifi tethering i would get an error. I flashed another rom and got errors again, but this time there were less errors. The error had to do with ad hoc.

I am thinking it may be a rom issue, since both phones give identical problems.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rock571:
Corporate greed; what else; root is the answer to that; it give us control; it gives tmob a slap in the face.

Root is lot of fun and give us a sense of accomplishment, not to mention the advantages.

My hat off to all you devs in here and everywhere; thank you for your work
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gregie:
[TIP] Get tether to work easily

So i did not find a post about this but after i rooted my gs2 while browsing the apps list in titanium i found a app named tethering manager, so just to see I froze the app, once i did that TETHER works, i do not have the feature on my tmo account so probably a nice way to get it working again, just gotta root then freeze the app :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] KidTech:
is there anyway to use titanium and freeze tethering manager without rooting?

Edit: nevermind, titanium can only be used on rooted devices.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
Just root. Use the rootzwiki article and you should be fine.

Btw: tether works while on the phone, the sensation didn't.

Deebo took your bike too?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] KidTech:
Would you be kind enough to point me to this article?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?8748-HOW-TO-Rooting-the-T-Mobile-SGH-T989-(SGS-II)via-ODIN
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] zedomax:
[GUIDE] How to get Free Wifi Tether!

Here's a really easy hack for rooted T-Mobile Galaxy S2 users to get free wifi tethering without paying T-Mobile twice for the internet you paid for already.

Step 1. Simply install Titanium backup and freeze the Tether Manager app.

Step 2. Run the native wifi tether app and you can get free wifi tethering.

Note: You might want to turn off the wifi tether app on and off several times to get it working and also restart your computer.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikeyinid:
I did this soon as i was rooted and it still wont work for me. I know it is for most though. Not sure why it wont for me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] xboxhaxorz:
i uninstalled the manager but i still get the ad hoc error
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AmbroseAI:
This fix is only for the T-Mobile GS2. Since you are on AT&T, perhaps someone in that forum might be able to help you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hughey2k2:
I used root explorer and just took Tethering Manager apk out completely and tethering works fine for me no problem
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mkhuc:
what result are you getting? maybe we can troubleshoot
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikeyinid:
Nothing will connect to it. Barnacle works fine though. Idk. I dont mind barnacle. At least i can see how much of my 2 gigs of data i used every time i tether
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] voidthedroid:
tethering is a paid for feature they just decided to enforce it now. Root + uninstalling tethering manager = hotspot... No needed to install any thing from the market.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] voidthedroid:
You can also try calling tmo and have them add the tethering feature for one day and that should do the trick
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nodrogkam:
Since I haven't paid for titanium or other apps like that, I just made a backup of the manager with titanium and uninstalled it. It takes a minute to work but it does work for me! thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] vybzkartel:
Confirmed working. Good find.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rock571:
I'm first time root user.

I have titanium pro, backing up to the cloud as I type; tether works for me but i wonder why the usage in tmob data usage application changes all the time, even when I'm not tethering
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mkhuc:
Happened to me the first time. Try restarting things? that's what did it for me. Are you using WPA?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] twerk:
Where is the tethering manager apk I can looking around in root explorer and can't find it lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ggfb20:
after rooting and freezing/removing "tethering manager" can one use data on device?

after rooting and freezing/removing "tethering manager" can one use data on device? with my last phone (myTouch 4g) i was able to continue using data on the phone while tethering, i already added the 14.99 to my plan for tethering but can only use one or the other at a time. Has anyone tried yet and been successful after removing the the tethering manager?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nodrogkam:
I continue to get email and seem to be able to surf the net on the device browser...so i'm going to say yes. oh and i think one time i had pandora still running.

Why not try it yourself? :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] android4sunny:
If you do not have licensed version of Titanium....then backup the app before you delete it, just in case.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] joselarajan87:
WiFi Tether Wireless Tethering now that we have root

Easy. ROot The Phone . DOwnload Titanium BAckup From MArket, After YOu HAve Titanium BAckup INstalled Open it, then Freeze the "tethering Manager app under Backup&Restore
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mightywonton:
so we dont have to pay the 14.99 to activate the wifi tethering hotspot?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tq745:
Dude, I know you're excited but this has been posted many times.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tq745:
No
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] G1_enthusiast:
this been already posted...late to the party dude
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] joselarajan87:
nope .. no paying yo
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] joselarajan87:
i havent seen in anywhere in the galaxy s2 treaths so relax bro i just wanna share with the comunnity .
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bighulk666:
fail, 1 week too late.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] phreshjoker:
ALSO!! wrong section :) post this in the general area

Sent From my Galaxy S II T-Mobile
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] no6969el:
Thank you for both attempting to contribute and for being a Samsung galaxy s 2 owner!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Beefvvl:
What's up with the double post?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] garhart13:
leave the poor guy alone.

Thanks OP.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] wingtytn:
i purchased my device on the 27th of oct and yes i did root and yes removing wireless tether manager did work for me
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nserrano:
Jose, Barnacle and all of those other ways work great but freezing it with Titanium Backup the best way!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] vybzkartel:
I think it's causing some Gmail sync issues now. Could someone package their tethering apk and send it over, please?:rolleyes:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kriEv:
Loving the Telus version,

came WITH wifi tethering active.

can i get a what what! :P

EDIT: our data plans include tethering :P
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Drew_Dynamite04:
Your best bet is to remove the tethering manager using titanium backup... or just download one of the roms and it's already removed and active
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] matthewchiu:
Barnacle Wireless

this one good on there..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jpnelson40:
I have done just that, after having used signed-up tethering for the first weeks. I will continue to pay the premium. It seems to me that after freezing the tethering app with Titanium Pro that data now works well enough. Before it seemed that some synchronizations would not happen (calendar, etc) even though I could browse the Internet. So maybe the tethering app imposes the data limitation for non-technical reasons. I can't see why the phone, as a DHCP hotspot, should not be able to communicate fully itself (as linux servers usually do). If anyone understands such issues well, I would love to hear about it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Mitallust:
Is anyone else getting an error message about not being able to create an Ad-Hoc network? The built in tethering function works (I froze Tethering Manager), but it is quite frustrating, since I would prefer to use something like Barnacle since it is faster to activate. Any suggestions?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jrsfalcons:
So I did everything that I was suppose to do and have been connectting just fine for two weeks well today I get a message that I used up my 5gb limit and now connection will be slowed down... oh and it has bad! Its taken 2 minutes just for this page to load up.So what did I do wrong?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
You used all your data. That's what you did wrong. Lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Sporttster:
Could it be something running in the background sending data? I'd check that first. Unless you're doing alot of vid DL's you probably won't go through 5g in a month. Been on Verizon for 2 years now and haven't hit it yet and I use my phone alot, just not alot of video stuff....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
You can easily hit 5 in a month. If he's streaming stuff and using Netflix, he can hit 5 in a few days.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jrsfalcons:
Was my fault didnt realize something was downloading in the background all night!!So then whats the point of doing this if you still can use up all your data??? Thought this was to make it free?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
The point is so you can use the internet on your PC.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jrsfalcons:
Oh ok so just to have that option not necessarily to make it free? So if I already have that option on my account its pretty much useless right?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
Yea, you should cancel the option and save some money. Cause you can still use it now.

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Deebo took your bike too?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jrsfalcons:
Ok thanks!! I will do that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kikbuttcheerleader:
Lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kun817:
does tethering use any of your data allotment? i only have 2g and was wondering whether i should tether in order to save money on my internet bill.

thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
Yes it does.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hammerhead6:
The question is, is there a work around for the data restrictions?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
Nope. It's handled on t-mobiles side.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] safeplayer22:
Well, tethering may save you $ but will 2gb really be enough to do whatever it is you need to do on your pc and your phone? I know it won't be enough for me. I know it's unlimited but once they throttle you, it's the same as using dial up. If you're ok with that then by all means, do it. You'll save $...lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
I have 3 lines 5 GB each. It works for me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] glhs509:
Anyone else getting the Tmo msg to upgrade after freezing/uninstalling tethering manager?

Got a msg this morning for the first time after about a week or so.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tiguy99:
Not yet but I'm sure I will soon...I just froze my app like 2 days ago
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rbtady:
I am getting this. I installed barnacle wifi tether hoping it would help, but I still get the Tmo msg. Any ideas?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Dfanzz:
I keep getting the message "setting ad-hoc mode failed" when I start tethering apps... any help would be greatly appreciated!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tiguy99:
if you're rooted, freeze the Tmobile tethering app and use the stock hotspot feature from now on....no more problems
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] saudi2usa:
;) it is ,

what a complicated question u asked :confused:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Mrplennium:
I just returned my phone...waiting for the White SGS2 to come out in a couple of weeks. Back to the Nexus One for me. Tethering freely on this phone without root is making me miss that option in the SGS2, so my question is, is there anyway to tether without rooting on the SGS2?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] flipq88:
Sent from Flip's SGS2

Yeah, pay tmobile the $15 a month for it

Sent from Flip's SGS2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alchrisr01:
tethering and new sim card

I am new to this device forum (been on XDA for years) and thought I would add some information on this subject. I just got the SG2 saturday to replace my TouchPro2 that I have been using for over 2 years, including as a wifi hotspot, with no issues. I have unlimited data as required and never even been close to maxing out the 2GB limit before throttleing. When I purchased the new phone the rep swappped out the sim card for the newest one (which came in the box) and killed my old one from the TP2. To say the least I was very dissapointed when I tried to connect to the SG2 hotspot and got the tmobile website advising me that I needed to subscribe to this service. Nobody at TMO disclosed this to me prior to purchase and I did ask if it had the feature, they just "negelcted" to tell me it was now extra. I thought I would get around them a bit and put the new sim card in the TP2. When I opened wifi sharing I found that it no longer worked! I am guessing that something on the new sim card blocks the service. I have yet to root the GS2 and try the method here, but I am concerned that TMO may have one up on us. I want to wait at least until the 14 day return is up before I give it a try, but was wondering if any here have had them same or similar experiance.

thanks,

chris
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rbenz:
If you want to tether or enable wifi hotspot without paying the additional tethering service, rooting the device is the only option.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
@ alchrisr01

You have to root or use a 3rd party applications to use tether. I rooted and it works great. A thing about the "new sim cards", I believe there's more to those than wifi calling and I think with those and this device blocking tether, they go together. I think Tmobile did something to those sim cards to be able to see or detect something. Cause wifi calling still ain't came and they told everybody that this phone needs the new sim card for "wifi features".

Those features have something to do with more than just wifi calling.

I opted out of the new sim card because I feel they are doing something with them other than just wifi calling.

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Deebo took your bike too?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alchrisr01:
new sim and tethering

i agree,Tmo is up to something with the new cards as it killed me using the tp2 to tether. I wish i had not swapped out when i bought the sg2. I am wondering if root and freeze will work with the new card? If not i guess i will have to suck it up and pay.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
It will work with root.

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Deebo took your bike too?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alchrisr01:
thanks, i will give it a try when my 14 day return period is up next weekend.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jordanishere:
I have been using the hotspot sharing with no issues and tethering manager still exists on my device. i am on a prepaid monthly 4G plan and i paid full price for the phone. Phone has administrative permissions and i use titanium backup but haven't frozen or uninstalled tethering manager.

as an asside , visual voicemail does not work with prepaid monthly 4G plans. i called tMobil to complain that it wouldnt work and the rep told me id have to use a post paid plan to get visual vm.

Sent from my Samsung Hercules
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jonathan3579:
Yes, that's true. Tethering manager has no effect on our plans but we cannot use VVM or Google Voice for voicemail.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jordanishere:
Metropcs actually had a fairly adequate vvm app. they are also prepaid carrier. its lame that tmo won't let me use vvm on their prepaid service. id use Google voice but the call quality sucks because calls are routed through too many numbers... Your Google routing number, your gv number and finally your actual cell.

Anyways, its worth noting that there are different restrictions placed on your service depending on which type of customer you are.

post paid customers can't tether, and prepaid customers don't get vvm.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Trevnerdio:
Wooo finally using my phone to its potential!

So far, I can confirm this working on the UVKL1 (2.3.6) update! :)

Thanks so much for bringing my attention to this. I didn't want to touch this app because I thought it was a vital part of the system
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TomSilverSpring:
Lost tethering with 2.3.6

Before moving to 2.3.6, I was able to use wifi tethering without problem. Now that I have moved to 2.3.6, tethering no longer works and the browser gets redirected to the TMO site. I have confirmed that Tethering Manager is still frozen and tried unfreezing/refreezing and rebooting and I can't get it to work. Any ideas?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
You using the newer sim card? What rom you on? I'm on Mr x rom and it's basically stock with ciq removed and my tether is fine. The tether also worked before with the updated stock 236 with tether manager frozen. I'm using the older sim card.

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Deebo took your bike too?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TomSilverSpring:
I WAS using Domination with the newer sim card. However, this problem has been eclipsed by the fact that I just bricked my phone in the processing of trying to flash a different ROM.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jerryasher:
I just got off the phone with T-Mobile because I am seeing the same thing.

I've had an SGSII for 32 hours now on the $30 100Min/5Gb4G plan with the 2.3.6 update OTA on it for 18 hours, and my hotspot/tethering experience is the same as yours.

Any client that connects to my phone has all its web traffic redirected to a tmoble.com/login.asp page.

I called up TMO technical support and got them to agree that that is the wrong behavior. So they've filled out a trouble ticket and ... well, I'll let you know what happens.

ALSO, when I turn on the hotspot, I see a message box pop up saying:

"

Data inaccessible while tethering

Mobile data will not be available on your phone while it is tethering. To receive data again you must stop tethering.

[OK] [CANCEL]

"

The guy from TMO was a bit surprised at that and thinks that message makes sense if I was tethering on EDGE, but makes no sense on 4G.

Has anyone else seen this?

Is this new behavior for the phone, or from 2.3.6?

They also said, and this is very annoying, because TMO never told me about this in the half dozen phone calls I made to ask them about the Monthly4G , that the $30 Monthly 4G 100Min/5Gb4G plan is limited to 200Mb, 200 Megabytes of tethering, and no more. Which seems ridiculous.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Mysta316:
I am using Juggernaut-v3.7 I just got the phone this month. Used the Ti to freeze the tether app and I tether to my lap top and wii and text on my phone with no issue even have made a phone call with it.

Before doing this I got the pop up that said I had to upgrade my plan to use wifi tether. I did not upgrade and it seems to be working fine.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jr_718:
What other tmobile craps did you delete, i tried freezing the tethering manager and it works thanks..