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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mkanet:
Questions about VPN for tethering

I dont expect for anyone to know the answers to my questions; but, maybe I'll get lucky; and, get someone who knows...

For those people who use a VPN to be able to tether... do you guys have to manually enable VPN and disable VPN every single time you want to use your hotspot? Or, is there a way to automate this... so, when you enable your hotspot, it's smart enough to enable and use your VPN.

Also, is it possible to use your VPN specifically for tethering; while having no-VPN for all other Internet related tasks?

Ideally, it would be nice to be able to have this flexibility so VPNing can be completely invisible; and, only meant for fixing your tethering.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sgs22012:
Anyone who uses an vpn can you pm me how to setup one on my synergized ktoonez d2tmo
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sgs22012:
Need help with stock tmo apns I somehow deleted all apns to include defaults.....if someone could provide one that would help mask tether as well greatly appreciated
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] princewilson0410:
PM me
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] heart_crafter:
anyone tried fast.(t)mobile.com yet for tethering?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] princewilson0410:
I have and it's really nothing different with it unless where you stay at.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sgs22012:
Currently running a "fast.t-mobile.com" APN with the locked/hidden settings and it is working fine for hotspot having issues auto assigning and locking on with WiFi tether but think that just may be the long hours making me overlook something..,also it does appear to be masking tether and torrent feedback from what I can tell via T-Mobile data app....

Also blocks UpNp queries for those trying to stop brute force WiFi and 4g assaults...

Anyone need help let me know or pm me...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] franky1a:
Help me please I keep getting the t mobile, no mater what I do!!!!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tower_gilead:
Best thing to do now is put your phone in a box covered with foil until the network forgets it and try sgain.

Sent while sleeping in chair.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] glensta:
Galaxy S4 Compatible?

Hi There - I just bought a Tmobile Galaxy S4 and I've installed this mod on it. The tethering is working but I wonder if T-Mobile can tell when the hot spot is on? They told me I have 500Mb of free tethering and after that I'll need to buy a plan. What I'm worried about is using this mod and having a bunch of data charged to my account..

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks,

Glen
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sgs22012:
Pm me with your apn settings ill confirm they are same as mine I use hotspot and torrents heavily and have not had more than 15mb of that 500 ever get charged....
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] maguin4:
just got my tmo s4 and am going to root and do this mod tonight since i'm a heavy tether user.

what settings did you use and how are they working for you so far?

have you reached the 500mb limit using these setting?

thanks in advance! :laugh:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] munkley:
tethering HELP needed

iv a sony tipo n im with 3 mobile. i have easy tether n pdanet+ i dont know know but iv a feeling easy tether is the fastest its said connected at 1gb after midnight my download speed is bout 1gb on easy tether. WHICH IS THE FASTEST asy tether or pdanet+

how can i hack n increase my download speeds can i get it to think iv 4g? what mods can i do? its a pain waiting until midnight. is there a vpn or proxy i can use to get high speeds?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] senozlu1:
Free Wifi Tethering

Thank you works perfectly and easy to do as well...........
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] pvaldeben:
Cool, I want to try it but I noticed your unsecure kernel were for touchwiz only.

Will this work on LiquidSmooth rom, it's a AOSP rom.?

Will switch to touchwiz if needed. Do I need to use a specific browser on my laptop, like firefox?

Planning to tether ipad, and a android tablet on long trips.

Then use my laptop on way to work and back.

Any suggestions if these cause a problem since their signature can be detected by the carrier. Is that even possible?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] zz1049:
SGH-M919 - T Mobile - 4.3 - Stock - Rooted

wow thank you so much, I am using a spoofer just to be safe, since i barely use my hotspot anyways, I wanted to be able to go over once in a while (Think rollover hotspot that they never give you). Anyway--

Did setup #1, turned on hotspot, forced (settings crashed multiple times) nothing,

->Presumed since my phone had net and couldn't tether that APN provided was crappy. Hit Reset to Default APN->(MenuKey) it went back to the original LTE (Fast.T-Mobile.Com) but when I tethered again I was able to get online! (Forgot to make backup :P) did a speed test to blow data and see if it registered on my account ++ hotspot, it does not want to update right now so I'll update this post if it does! If not presume it works

-Edit1: Definitely not rerouting the traffic through the VPN i typically use :S this fix may not work. next edit will be if I get billed for said data! :P

Edit2: Billed, nope doesn't work!!

EDIT3: Works on 4.3
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] lojak29:
In a sense would and

should this work on a metropcs s3LTE.Virtually same phones and run on T-Mobile towers... only really variable is its just sim locked to Metro and has metro bloat apps.

So would your modifed tether method work?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] zz1049:
assuming you're running 4.3 and older, yes.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mc00:
yea i would like to know this too. Im also on metro pcs sim.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bpbp216:
Newbie here.

Have been using Moto G 1st gen on T-mobile for tethering without any issues by just adding dun in apn type. However, now I got Blu Vivo Selfie and apn type has check boxes and there is no dun check box, nor any way to edit it. I have rooted my Blu Vivo Selfie and tried many wifi tethering apps or apn editors without any success. Any help or guidance is appreciated,
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nookin:
I wonder how many of you who are using a non-T-mobile branded phone yet found the "pcweb" APN pre-installed in your phone? Where is it stored?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
All apns are in the apns-conf.xml file. Quick search will tell you more if you need it. All devices have an apns-conf file with many apns listed. The default T-Mobile one has them for most US carriers and many more around the world. Likewise, non T-Mobile devices will usually include many of the same, including T-Mobiles own apns.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] igorenyuk:
T-Mobile Note II -- After successfully doing method 1, I was finallyyy able to turn the hotspot on, using a widget(did NOT go directly into the settings to turn it on). I am also using VPN, to avoid the t-mobile upsell page. However, after my computer connects to the hotspot, it is unable to load up any webpages :(((((((((((((( Just acts as if there is no connection at all... I tried connecting with the WiFi Tether app - can't find the right combination of settings for it to be visible to my computer (tried Auto, Generic and Galaxy Nexus GSM profiles; with and without routing fix on). This is so disappointing... I may just have to go back to my Nexus and put this beast of a phone on a shelf to collect dust, until a sure-proof method to get tethering work is out there...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] datafoo:
LOL-WAT?

I burned 2.3 gb's yesterday alone tethering netflix.

It works fine. You're apn isn't set right.

BTW this is not a new technique, we've been using it for several years. If Tmobile we're going to catch on now, they're about 3.5 years behind ;)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] datafoo:
Yes this is ICS or JB agnostic.

Certain manufacturers (like samsung) hide this stuff so it's harder to find. This is a routing hack and works on all current Samsung SGS3 Tmobile basebands.

I've personally tested this on ICS and JB From UVLH2 - UVLJ4 (my current). Baseband/Radios do not play a role at this time.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] gaww:
I am moving over from TMo S III to Note 2 and I followed method 1. I used 15 Toggles to turn Hotspot on and have tethered 2 devices (including the S III I took the SIM out of) and it works fine so far.

I almost never use it, but when no wifi available for Tablet or laptop - it comes in real handy. Just have to remember to set it up each time I flash ROMs Probably easiest just to keep the T-Mobile-APN.xml file in the SD card root directory so I can just copy it over to the APN directory as needed.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] igorenyuk:
Yea, I'm going to try to flash Xquizit N2 rom tomorrow night and see if it works using the 15 toggle switch. So far I've just been trying to use a random wifi tether toggle widget and wifi tether app on a stock rom (rooted of course). But seems like the Xquizit rom and the 15 toggles it offers is the answer to my problems lol.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] igorenyuk:
Quick update: I was actually able to get tethering to work using this widget to turn the Hotspot on: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.achmyr.android.froyo. I am forced to change the UA string in my chrome browser. For some reason the VPN trick doesn't work. Connection keeps timing out. Without using VPN, I get the tmobile upsell page, so have to change the UA string to avoid it. However, only reason I need tethering is to stream Netflix through PS3. With my galaxy nexus, I was able to connect no problem using VPN, but with the Note 2,as I said, connection keeps timing out when using VPN. Anyone got any ideas as to why this may be the case? Has anyone else been able to change APNs and be able to connect by using VPN to avoid tmobile upsell page?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] gaww:
I got the up-sell page until I used a toggle - then it stopped popping up.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] danterakin:
I have a Note II and want to give this a try but I am a little confused on the insecure Boot.img??? I just rooted my phone and on stock Rom. Can I just follow the steps and ignore insecure Boot.img? If not, how do I go about having boot.img? Thanks in advance.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] WarlockW:
Just follow the instructions .. on the kernel page.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1958124
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] danterakin:
Thank you!!! I'm writing you this with my laptop that's using my phones hotspot! You the best!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] elite-fusion:
Hey this looks very useful but unfortunatelly I am new to the android world as the last android I had was a g1 which was ages ago. I was just wondering, do I need to do any type of backup before doing this or do I just follow instructions and thats it? If I want to unroot later do I need to do any type of backup of anything at all or do I just follow the unroot instructions and it will bring me back to complete stock as if I never messed with the phone? Please help guys as I am a n00b and you guys have alot more experience than me
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SiNJiN76:
Is this something that can be made into a flashable zip? ;)

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Yes. Do a backup first. Just follow the OP. It also reminds you to do a backup. Just in case.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] elite-fusion:
I just rooted my T-Mobile Note 2 - T889 and have successfully backed up via the CWM by doing it via the bootup screen also did a titanium backup just in case.

Not sure how to install the insecure boot.img. I went to the http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1958124 page but not sure what it all means. please help :(

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Which kernel did you flash J2 or J4 and why? Please advise.. :(
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] aramirez86:
i rooted my t-mo note 2 with the t-mobile toolkit (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1957720) backed up and all that jazz, phone is now rooted with custom booloader (i used the all-in-one option), im using the provided custom APN, but ii think my problem is not the APN, the wifi tether app cannot initialize the wireless interface, i tried another app and it cant also, has anyone been able to initialize their wireless interface with wifi thether?, im gonna look for my bluetooth dongle to see if can thether with that
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] elite-fusion:
For Galaxy Note 2, here are the proper instructions from start to finish.

Please let me know if I missed anything

Steps to take:

01. Have a T-Mobile T889 Samsung Galaxy Note 2

02. Download these files: http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1446771&d=1351716949

03. Extract files to folder on Desktop

04. Root your T-Mobile T889 Samsung Galaxy Note 2

05. Once rooted, make a COMPLETE backup using CWM or Titanium Backup (I did BOTH just in case, I like to be double sure I have a backup)

06. Once backed up, go to Google Play Market and download "APN Backup & Restore"

07. Once installed, open APN Backup & Restore and press on "OK" on the warning message that comes up

08. Close APN Backup & Restore (from task manager too, just in case)

09. Open Titanium Backup and press on Backup/Restore

10. Find the application "APN Backup & Restore" and long press with your finger on it

11. Once menu comes up, press on "Convert to System App"

12. Once done, close Titanium Backup (from task manager too, just in case)

13. Open APN Backup & Restore and press on "OK" on the warning Message that comes up

14. Press on the menu button on the phone and press on "Disable ICS Check"

15. Close APN Backup & Restore (from task manager too, just in case)

16. Open APN Backup & Restore and press on "Backup APNs"

17. Select a name or leave the one in there

18. Once backed up, close APN Backup & Restore (from task manager too, just in case)

19. Connect your phone to your computer

20. Once connected, navigate to your phone drive in My Computer and go to "Phone > ApnBackupRestore" > Copy the created XML file to your computer (once again, just in case)

21. While still in the "Phone > ApnBackupRestore" folder copy/cut/paste the "T-Mobile-APN.xml" file to that folder

22. Once the file has been copied to the "Phone > ApnBackupRestore" folder, open up APN Backup & Restore application on your phone

23. Once open, press on "Delete APNs" and press "Yes"

24. Once deleted, press on "Restore APNs" and select the T-Mobile-APN.xml (the one we originally copies from the zip folder that needed to be downloaded/extracted to a folder on your Desktop, and press "OK"

25. It will then restore the newly modified APN file

26. Close APN Backup & Restore (from task manager too, just in case)

27. Go to Google Play Market and download "Tethering Widget"

28. Once installed, go to the APPS icon on your phone and select Widgets tab on top and drag the Tethering Widget to a new page

29. You should now be able to successfully enable native tethering via the Widget

30. MISSION COMPLETE :)

*NOTE: DO NOT GO INTO THE ACTUAL T-MOBILE HOTSPOT APPLICATION AS IT WILL OVERWRITE THE APNS AND TETHERING WILL NO LONGER WORK. IF THAT HAPPENS, REPEAT STEPS 23-30.

Please let me know if I have missed anything. Alot of these steps are self explanitory but I have had issues with this the past day, but I finally got it to work so I wanted to share every step in an ultra-easy fashion :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jasaero:
Finally got all this working mostly for craps as I rarely need this. Might use it rarely here and there. Just testing it for a few minutes and do a few speed tests got me a nastygram SMS. WOW! I'm still in my 14day window. I still don't get this in the end??

I can open full web HD Flash streams ON THE PHONE. How is some more casual browsing on a computer done more for the full size keyboard than ability to consume data now going to kill things much anyhow?? I can set this phone in an HDMI dock hooked into a home theater system and consume more netfix and other streaming video content data than I would ever dream to consume on my laptop running around these forums with a full size keyboard! Pretty obvious the carriers just don't get it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AgentFour20:
Tried this on the vibrant and I still get the TMobile upsell page unless I change the user agent .
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jasaero:
I am a new truly unlimited subscriber. As I mentioned got this tethering working, but got a warning text after one short tether session. Wanted to paste it here and ask what it means? Is this a normal message that is an empty threat?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] fateownzyou3:
Not an empty threat. They will stop your internet from being able to use an html browser (computer, tablet)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imilleson:
Haha, you sure do get around agent 420. I just ordered a SGS-t999 hence why I am looking at this forum from my vibrant. Getting ready to upgrade :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jasaero:
So...I won't be able to use some browsers with "desktop" UA as the default ON THE PHONE?? That would be CRAZY. Let me see if I can get them to do that before my 14 days and give them a hard time.

I was successful in getting a second message without ever touching the tether toggle after turning it off after getting the first message by using Opera and putting a desktop string in. I will continue to use Opera until they try and block it and then call and complain. I don't think the "Truly" unlimited stuff says anything about only stock browsers being used does it?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] danterakin:
I've gotten 4 of those threats and they never stopped me. In most cases, I heard they can't prove that you are actually tethering.

Sent from my SGH-T889
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jester450:
I assume there's no way for them to tell if you're using a desktop browser or if you may just be changing the UA string on the mobile browser to Desktop.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jasaero:
Yeah. If they are really using UA there is no way to know as easily as its spoofed. Also, as sucky as the mobile web is on the Note 2 awesome 5.5", I am sure most of us are using desktop or tablet UA's if we've figured out how to anyhow. There is probably no surefire way to know with packet snooping what is using a connection these days with how powerful smartphones are. We can all probably create packet patterns almost totally impossible to differentiate from a desktop with the Note 2.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] iamfightaa:
it is working for me but it's very very slow on the device who is connected to my phone, while in my phone its very fast.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dmarco:
Great work. Thank you sincerely:D
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] gonnapushthru06:
Does this work for tw jb roms
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AgentFour20:
Technically it should work with any custom ROM on T-Mobile network . Its just an APN mod .
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] gonnapushthru06:
Got it working followed all the steps but my computer isnt pulling up any webpages its says connected and everything any one know whats going on im running frosty jb v7 Li7
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Teo032:
Cool but don't quote the entire op next time Lol
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] flastnoles11:
Did you seriously just quote the whole op just to say thanks when there is clearly a button for that... :rolleyes:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] clninja:
Can someone send me the T-Mobile-APN.xml i need? I dont have access to a pc atm

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Nevermind.. i used root explorer to extract and then moved it to the dir all on the phone.... apns are all switched and tethering is finally working ! Yay thank you
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dmarco:
Yup, I also hit the thanks button. I just felt he deserved more than just that for his hard work, so yes, I also quoted there entire OP :D
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] WarlockW:
Thats cool .. but really no need to do that ! LOL

A Thanks is all that's needed ..

If you dont mind .. please edit your post :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] vulcanize:
Ditto :good:

And Thank you very much Warlock. :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Grave666:
OMG YES!!!

Thank you so much I can't believe I have my tethering back. My brother ran into my room when he heard me yell OMG Yes!!! :highfive:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] iwillkillyou:
well this is odd, i installed the mod. i raplaced my apn with the one provided but when i tested it it sent to that tmobile site asking me to get a tether plan. The weird thing is that i restore my backup(orginal apn files) and i tested it again but this time it worked.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AgentFour20:
Are you sure you weren't testing on a HTTPS website as those are not blocked by tmo . Default apns should direct to upsell page.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] gmoney11:
I tried all the methods on my galaxy s3 and the tethering only works when changing the user agent on the chrome browser. I've tried the tether for root users app, the tethering widget, and the native app. still a no go. if i try on my xbox, i think i can hear it laughing at me.... might just break down and add the feature. *sad face ensues.*
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] darksavior:
thank you. It's working just fine on BlackJelly, which is a modified/ported jb sprint rom. It came with the sprint tether app that used to crash on me. It now works :D

Surfed a few websites on chrome and did not require to spoof browser. Wifi Tether app and foxfi still did not work for me.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] testvirus:
i cant get it to work with mine baseband t999UVLI8 cyanogenmod 10 i have update the kernal but it just shows a black screen *sigh* i cant watch netflix anymore on my comp.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AgentFour20:
Kernels are only for stock rooted .
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imilleson:
I am betting this is jellybean
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Easy10pins:
It is and I also believe this workaround for wifi tether no longer works with the JB update.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] pcriz:
Mine doesn't..
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AgentFour20:
Why wouldn't it people have reported it working on the Note 2 which has JB
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] supyo:
I've followed all of these steps and I think it is ALMOST working.. my problem is when I activate wifi tethering with the widget. I try to connect to my phone's hotspot on my computer but am asked for a network key. In the settings menu there is no option to configure the hotspot so I can't set the key and have no clue what it is. I looked at some instructions here: http://hidevelop.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/androidap-password-for-samsung-incredible-and-others/ but the values they say to change don't exist in my settings.db file. Anyone know a way I can set the password for the hotspot and/or change the SSID?

I hope I'm missing something really obvious.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] galt:
I had the same problem. Turns out it is something really basic, but not obvious. Once you activate the Hotspot, open the notification tray and click on the Hotspot listing (it says touch to configure), then, in the screen that it takes you to click on the word 'Mobile Hotspot' to the left of the on/off toggle button. This takes you to the configuration screen where you can set the password.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] supyo:
Thanks so much. Writing this from my laptop on tethering!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] justice26:
Will this workon jb
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] elite-fusion:
yes, All Galaxy Note 2's come stock with JB 4.1.1, so it works for me and others, so JB should not be a problem I think
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Natefrawg:
Worked like a charm on my new Galaxy S3 with JB 4.1.1 that I JUST purchased this morning!!! Thanks a million
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mike102871:
I did this on ics. But now on rooted stock jb. When I try to convert apn back up and restore to sytem app, it says it did, but pho e actually deletes the app. What am I mssing?