yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ergibson83:
I can confirm this works on Wildchild's Xquizit ROM v36.

Until now, all the APN change suggestions floating around did not work for me. I was always able to connect to the hotspot, but I would get the T-Mobile error page.

This fix DOES WORK! I followed the steps for Option 1 install and I am currently sending this message from my laptop tethering off of my mobile hotspot. I had almost given up hope on tethering.

Is it ok for me to have Wild include this fix into his ROM?

Thank you for this fix!

*EDIT* If you port this fix into the ROM or if anyone applies the fix manually, MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT ATTEMPT to enable hotspot via the settings menu. This will overwrite the changes the fix made to your APN settings and you will get the Tmobile error page again. If this happens, just rerun the delete APN option APN Backup and Restore and then restore the APN fix file again, reboot and you should be good to go. Only enable hotspot via Wanam's hotspot toggle!!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] datafoo:
BTW this works regardless of kernal, stock or custom.

You must be a tmobile based tw rom.

Modify your customer.xml and feature.xml

delete this line from feature.xml (this hides the APNs from view)

<CscFeature_Setting_HideApnList>pcweb.tmobile.com</CscFeature_Setting_HideApnList>

change customer.xml as above.

My testing says at first boot these are hard coded to the system. I'm not able to get settings to stick post boot. Change these before flashing your rom and it should be permanent.

This changes routing overall, its permanent and even though you get an error in settings works fine if you toggle from the taskbar.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] elesbb:
I don't see how this works because as long as you are connected to T-Mobile service you are using THEIR data servers and unless you edit their programming on their servers to not sniff for the UA there is no special apn that is connected to T-Mobile which will bypass the sniffing. You can however use a VPN to encrypt your data packets.

For those who "claim" to have it working, you most likely are not on the truly unlimited plan or have not been blocked yet.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tw39515:
correct im on an old mytouch data plan and it wouldnt work before the apn changes. but yes ive never been caught either.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] farfromovin:
FWIW, I performed installation option 1 on my Tmo Note II to no avail. Wifi Tether does not work, built in hotspot does not work. I have been caught before and am now on the unlimited data package.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] xero187:
+1
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] datafoo:
It's a routing hack, plain and simple.

BTW WildChild has added the hack I posted into his rom and we've fully got tethering working.

I posted more detailed instructions here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33452688&postcount=2450

And further sent him this tonight to cleanup and make it easier:

it's actually pretty simple. Let me help you understand. It involves 'routing'.

The default gateway that they try to enforce for tethering is pcweb.tmobile.com. As long as you are routed through that gateway they control tethering. If you change the default routing to epc.tmobile.com it's the same gateway all normal internet traffic is routed and they have no direct idea it's anything other than normal data traffic.

They will indeed still sniff the IE UA string but that's a simple fix both in IE by changing the UA string and or if you use Firefox, Chrome or any other browser which does not send the IE UA.

I'm hard blocked on T-Mobile with the 4G Unlimited plan. I've recieved the hard block push messages and verified it's blocked on my account.

For best results you should also remove 'TetheringProvision.apk'. I decompiled it and it's only there to re-add the pcweb route and pop the error if you dont have tethering on your plan. the customer.xml doc is the hard setting for the routing of GPS, MMS, Tethering and basic Web.

I've personally torn it down and tested it. It works. It's the same basic process we use on HTC.

Enjoy!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mha1021:
Thanx Buddy finally after days got the Tethering on my Samsung Galaxy Note 2.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dirtybudha:
Notes on my experince

Did method one here:

- I couldn't get TB or Rom Toolbox to convert the app to a system app, and Android Commander wouldn't see root even though I have root and an insecure kernel via debloated stock. I ended up copying the app to the system apps folder using Rom Toolbox Root Browser. This worked fine to move it.

- To "close" the app I had to go into settings and foce close it. Works every time.

I installed the "Tethering Widget" from the play store.

Update: Nope, started getting the webpages and such. Seems the tether stopped working.

BASTARDS!

(Note 2 - T889)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] yuugotserved:
It looks like Tmobile caught on. I was able to get 1-2 hours today on laptop until I was redirected to their hot spots page. So.... Is it all gone now?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] heart_crafter:
I got mine working on latest ota (rooted).

here's what i did

to fix the USBTethring maybe we need to fix tetheringprovision app that checks the tetheringPlan :P

it hits http://selfhelp.geo.t-mobile.com ...

let's see whats next :P

edit:

AND i got usb tethering connected! :D
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] XooLoo:
Try Hideman. Been working fine for me. Hotspot Shield was working until most recent update that infested my phone with popup ads & other spam... even after I paid for a month... total junk.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tmnote2:
I tried Hideman already. It did not work. Is it because I rooted my phone?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AgentFour20:
Re: ** Remove The Locked & Hidden APNS & Tethering T-Mobile APN's! - New Updated XML

I use hotspot shield and it works perfect . If you don't want to see the ads get adaway or something similar .
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jontorres:
Did not work on ATT Galaxy Note

I have a question, I have the Galaxy Note from ATT, I unlocked it and am now on tmobile, I am rying to change everything "att" about this phone to tmobile so it were as if I had got the phone from tmobile...

So I have completed the instructions on Installation 1, and it did not work, could this be because the phone was not from ATT originaly, or does this not matter?

The only way it works is using the chrome plugin, but that is not really a solution, as the only user agents that can be used re the kindle and the 2 android ones, which is not really unlocking he tethering on the phone all hats doing is making the phone think its a mobile browser that is accesing the internet..

So, any suggestions on how to get this to work properly?

Anyone previously from ATT get his to work succesfuly? If so, can you explain what you did?

Other than the steps on installation 1, I have not doen anything else, not even sure if there is anything else on this phone that is ATT related that I need to change to tmobile (radios, etc.) Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] heart_crafter:
Re: ** Remove The Locked & Hidden APNS & Tethering T-Mobile APN's! - New Updated XML

See my post above and try what I did...then let me know...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jontorres:
I did that, and didn't do anything, so when I copied customer.xml to my desktop and viewed it, it was all ATT stuff in it, however, I went to the "Connections" line, and I copy/pasted what I found on this post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33499075&postcount=17 (I hope this contained all the correct information). This still didnt do anything.

So I saw on your post about feature.xml, I copied it to my desktop and it was empty, all it contained is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

<!-- It can be added for each operators like below form

<ABC>	-> sales code

<sapient>true</sapient>	-> feature1

<burton>false</burton>	-> feature2

<libtech>true</libtech>	-> feature3

.

.

</ABC>

each name of tags are will be environment variable with "ro.csc."

ex) "ro.csc.sapient", "ro.csc.burton", "ro.csc.libtech" <== you could use them at any section.

also, should be added between <feature> and </feature> .

jhwan.kim@hdlnc.com -->

<feature>

</feature>

So it seems it didnt have anything for me to edit.

Is it possible you can upload here the customer.xml and feature.xml files?

Thanks
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] heart_crafter:
Re: ** Remove The Locked & Hidden APNS & Tethering T-Mobile APN's! - New Updated XML

Did you put the the telephony db ?

I'll post the xml asap

edit:

Did tethering worked when you were on ATT account?

download

Tethering Widget from Hi-Develop

let me know what happens when you try to turn on tethering thru the widget?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jontorres:
yes i replaced the telephony.db with yours, tested, and nothing happened.

tethering did work before with att without any hacks.

when I use the widget, it turns on tether on the phone, pc connects, but will not go to any website, unless i use the browser user agent set to an android device which i then get all mobile websites, or no access on certain sites like cpanel for my website.

I should also mention I been using the browser user agent to connect for 5 days now, which I dont like, its the only way I can use the internet, and as of last night my phones internet connection dropped drastically, i used speedtest.net's app and every test comes back with .11 mbps speed, never any higher, I wonder if somehow tmobile has caught on. it is still as of this morning throtlled down to .11mbps.

the only thing i have doe to my phone thus far is Installation #1 from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1962752, I havent added any of these http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1958124 because I dont know which is it that I am suppose to flash.

My goal is to replace anything "att" with everything "tmobile" to get the phone to be just like if I had got it from att.....but now having my phones internet throttled down to .11mbps is really screwing me, I cant work, and I rely on the internet for work.

HELP! :crying:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] heart_crafter:
alright lets do this :D don't worry ;)

just uploaded the xml files...

install Fireintent from market... or do you know how to use adb?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jontorres:
Ill instal fireintenr because I havent use adb.

After I download this zip, what am I doing with the files in it, and what will I use fireinternet for?

Thanks for your helo, I am 1 day behind on work right now.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] heart_crafter:
backup your xml files and replace with them.

both xml permission should be rw- --- ---

reboot and connect again...

you using esexplorer or root explorer?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jontorres:
I am using rootexplorer, i renamed the original telephony.db to ORIGINAL, and checked permissions on the new one and owner is read, write, exce, group is read, write, exec, others is just read, exec.....going to wait on you to proceed.

---------- Post added at 12:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:16 PM ----------

I just transfered customer.xml and feature, permisions on both are rw- --- ---

and permissions on telephony are rw- rw- ---
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] heart_crafter:
both xml files should be rw- --- ---

db should be r-- r-- ---
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jontorres:
done :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] heart_crafter:
open fireintent

in package type: com.sec.modem.settings

classname: com.sec.modem.settings.network.NetworkSettings

fireintent and let me know if you see something...

if you do let me know what is your "Network Mode" mine is "HEDGE"
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jontorres:
I did the steps and got: Error Unable to start your intent, no matching activity can be found in the system."
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] heart_crafter:
hmm i guess that package is only on t-mobile models

does com.sec.modem.settings shows up automatically or not?

try this

package: com.sec.modem.settings

class: com.sec.modem.settings.interfaces.InterfaceSettings
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jontorres:
that one did, the other didnt.

do you have a messenger by any chance, I have skype, yahoo, aol, we can chat back/forth there much easier.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] heart_crafter:
ok im just opened up yahoo msgr.. add me, same id as xda
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jontorres:
i added you, im xcelprinting
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] heart_crafter:
do this when you get a chance
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jontorres:
Going to start working on that right now, I hope it works :)

I sent you a link to dropbox with the sqlitebrowesr earlier, sorry I just got a ton of calls all of a sudden. But I appreciate all the effort you put in to help me.

I will report back soon as I am done with this link.

I just wonder if my phones internet connection having dropped to a steady 0.11mbps since last night is a sign that tmobile did something to my account, and if so will any of these hacks do anything if the data is restricted. (?)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] heart_crafter:
Re: ** Remove The Locked & Hidden APNS & Tethering T-Mobile APN's! - New Updated XML

Well I dont know about that... let us know after u r done ;)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jontorres:
it f*uked my phone up, I may now have a bricked phone. I shouldve read others comments on that link before doing it, lots of others had the same problem.

I flashed he radio, rebooted the phone, and he signal indicator was the little round circle with a line through it, and it said no sim was installed, in phone dtails it didnt show imei, baseband, nothing everything was blank....again same issue others reported.

So I reset the phone back to new, and still had the same problem as obviously reset the phone doesnt install the the original radio.....so I went in CWM and I think, I cant recall, but I believ I clicked "reformat system" and "reformat data", so when I boot the phone it goes to the Samsung logo and stays there.....any idea of this means I bricked it, or I removed the operating system?

Is there a way to tell? If I just reformatted it, where can I find the files to get android back on my phone,it previosuly had 4.0.4

I seriously need help, I rely on my phone for work, and due to this I have been out of work for 2 days and this is getting me in trouble.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] flastnoles11:
Re: ** Remove The Locked & Hidden APNS & Tethering T-Mobile APN's! - New Updated XML

If you formatted system you "deleted" your Rom, not bricked, just have to find your stock files and reinstall....
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jontorres:
When I bought my note is was still gingerbread I believe, I dont know mcuh about these things, but it had an OTA to 4.0.4.

If your phone is bricked are you still able to go into CWM or not sure what the other one is when you hold the volume down? Because I can still access those.

My Note is an ATT I717, but I had it rooted, and unlocked, and was now on tmobile and changing over radios, and hacking it to be able to tehter, until now this happened,....so seeing as this happened, can I now install 4.0.4 back or a newer version of Android?

Also, since I may have formatted system "and" data, is there anything lse other than Android that I need to reinstall?

Where can I find these files, I am googleing and searching like crazy but having a hard time locating the proper files.

I want to make my phone now all tmobile if that helps.

Thanks for any help you an offer.

---------- Post added at 01:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:54 PM ----------

by the way even though im going to tmobile, do i need to reinstall ATT stock files, or seeing as i now formatted system and data, can i just go ahead and install tmobile stock files?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] heart_crafter:
Re: ** Remove The Locked & Hidden APNS & Tethering T-Mobile APN's! - New Updated XML

Flash this... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2144362
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] flastnoles11:
Re: ** Remove The Locked & Hidden APNS & Tethering T-Mobile APN's! - New Updated XML

Bricked means no power at all... if you can get into cwm or download mode you are not bricked, just need to reinstall all stock files.. enter your phone name and how to unroot it unstuck and it will link you to stock files for it, there will probably be a video on YouTube with step by step instructions also.. what phone it's it and I can't help you more... (haven't been following this thread, just stumbled upon it and thought I could/should help you in soft-brick your phone)

Edit-went back seen you have the note... go to the note section for your phone and find the stock tars, download Odin and flash with that... all instructions should be in a sticky for your phone in your phone's development section... if you have trouble finding it, pm me and I can and will find and link you to it... :thumbup: remember to use the files from your original carrier or you will probably end up with a fancy paper weight
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] RonnieRuff:
Re: ** Remove The Locked & Hidden APNS & Tethering T-Mobile APN's! - New Updated XML

Just a point I would like to make. If you connect to the TMO network their engineers can use packet sniffers to see what you are downloading and if you are using your android device as a hotspot they can determine that too LOL. Are they? Who knows but the ability is there.

These threads are too funny!

Sent By An Idiot With A Phablet!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jontorres:
yes I was aware of that, that is why I had to use Chrome Extension User Agent Switcher.....but the steps rom the OP so far didnt work on my phone. I may not go through with this yet, the tmobile plan I was on only gave me 4 gigs of 4G then unlimited 2G for the rest of the month, and 2G is only about 117kbps, back to dial up damn near.....going to wait and do this when I change to tmobiles $89 unlimited 4G data plan with no capping.

Right now I'm on AT&T, the 5 gigs a month for $50 isnt cutting it, I keep going over, but the 4GLTE is blazing fast, I just ran a speedtest and it was 21mbps.....where else can I get these speeds without paying $145/month for my entire bill?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] heart_crafter:
or wait couple more months... t-mobile upgrading lte soon...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dito33:
Re: ** Remove The Locked & Hidden APNS & Tethering T-Mobile APN's! - New Updated XML

I'm getting 18k and I don't care what it calls.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] CrazyDev:
"a couple months" it's not "soon"!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] flastnoles11:
Re: ** Remove The Locked & Hidden APNS & Tethering T-Mobile APN's! - New Updated XML

It's not long either

Sprint GS3 FAQ THREAD
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] irfan0922:
Only need encrypted brower

I DID SAME AS Its has been explained but after a month i will be caught on PC not on Tab:good: so what i did then here is the

Case Studies

I had a unlimited Internet which I was not able to share my internet with other devices

Phone rooted

APN file Deleted from phone and added APN manually

Deleted Boot loader and replace with unlock Booting file

After this all T Mobile usa caught me over Laptop that I am using Hotspot service with out paying and they blocked me ..

I am able to use T-Mobile internet over all Tablet or IPad but not on laptop

Made a question

Question is HOW

They having a server on site which translates the website format that we ask for so only one case can work Encrypted requests over internet …

I found Opera Brower and its work well …

Also I found that you can use your phone as a 3G modem with out any problem

And if your phone is not rooted u can use as a Modem and use Opera Brower because then they will never catch u …

The end:good:

---------- Post added at 01:12 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:05 AM ----------

yes you are right but here T mobile term and conditions came up with they play over with its customers a government have no concern what device they using what OS they have they just moniter service if according to regulatory rule if the service performing well they are good to go ..this what my knowledge...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] born1690:
Re: ** Remove The Locked & Hidden APNS & Tethering T-Mobile APN's! - New Updated XML

After doing this if I flash a new rom will I have to do it again?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] heart_crafter:
Re: ** Remove The Locked & Hidden APNS & Tethering T-Mobile APN's! - New Updated XML

Yes
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] teddydude:
wifi tether setup?

Could you please be more specific on how you set up Wifi Tether? not a single device in my house seeing it! :(
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Zachariah_Apo:
Re: ** Remove The Locked & Hidden APNS & Tethering T-Mobile APN's! - New Updated XML

You have to use foxi or pdanet from the play store. Those wifi tether apps will work once you remove the locked apns and replace them with the T-Mobile one.

If you use pdanet click activate WiFi hotspot
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] goaks:
Not woking on my T-Mobile Note 2

Hello,

I just got my Note 2 yesterday, rooted it today, and moved in the new APN. I still get the screen asking me to upgrade to add hotspot support.

_______________________________

Update: OK ... so the T-Mobile app doesn't work, you have to install another app like FoxFi. This does work. If you try to us the T-Mobile app, you have to delete and copy over the XML file again.

Guess I was spoiled with my Samsung S2 in that I could freeze the T-Mobile checker, and use the T-Mobile app, which was nice.

Thanks

-Ed
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mkanet:
I just bought my tmobile Note 2. I have 100% pure stock ROM except its rooted. My understanding is all the xml file does is provide the dns name to tmobile internet firewall aka gateway (probably roundrobined load balanced servers). If thats the case, the only way to hack the xml to work would be to point to another gateway that doesnt look for the wifi hotspot option being enabled. We wouldnt need an entirely separate wifi sharing mechanism (separate from tmobile's) in order for this to work; but Im guessing that goes without saying. I wonder how far custom rom tmobile developers are with this.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] thgravo:
there is just too much hassle with those APN settings... wish this would be easier at least in CM
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] RonDigital828:
Is there a way to get full web on xbox with this?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] spursrchamps2007:
I haven't done the apn yet, but I had the same problem. I'm using treve mod but a specific apk I found off the forum because my laptop and tablet weren't seeing it either. Here is where I found it. I just followed those instructions and got it working on mine. Again Im not running the apn yet so not sure if that will affect it but give it a try.

http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/wiki/FAQ

Comment by am6...@gmail.com, Feb 1, 2013

I just used the version: v3_3-pre1. on Galaxy S3 on T-mobile, Jelly Bean. For the Device-Profile I used Galaxy S3 and the Auto Setup-Method, as some one mentioned before. Works great. thanks haun.m...@gmail

download here: http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/detail?name=wifi_tether_v3_3-pre1.apk
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] heart_crafter:
anyone figured out T-Mobile 4G LTE APN yet ?

http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-5627?decorator=print

edit: is it fast.tmobile.com ? :D

so how do we test what apn is in use ? :D
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] walliester:
Yes it is , I'm using it and to tell you guy's the true I see a little bit of a difference, on my sgs3.., and is not LTE. .
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] heart_crafter:
Yea i guess it is not totally avalaible in all states yet.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] princewilson0410:
Not really, unless you using a VPN. I use Private Tunnel and got 50GB worth $12, the best deal you can get and it works perfect on the xbox with the wifi tether.