[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] freakshow999:
Wifi Tethering Mod

Here are the original instructions use the zip at your own risk. It seems some people are experiencing problems with it...

I have modified the instructions to pertain to the Flex exactly.

This mod is not for the newbie, you must be rooted and I implore you to make a safe back up file in a new location of the file you will be editing. Actually two back ups, one completely stock the other you will use for editing.

I have edited his instructions for usage on the Pantech Flex running ICS.

Here’s the usual disclaimer: if you brick your phone it’s not my problem…. though I will help in any way I can as in my research I soft bricked my own device and was able to get it restored to a factory state.

Steps:

1. Root device using this method http://xdaforums.com/show….php?t=2008888

2. Acquire/Install SQlite Editor or any Android SQL editor of your choice, Install ES File Explorer or Root File Explorer

3. Navigate to (root level) /Data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/

4. Copy file settings.db Navigate to SDcard/Backups/ now paste file to this location

5. Rename the file in Backups/ settings.db to settings.db.bak (if all goes to hell this is your backup file)

6. Paste the file again so you will have two settings files in Backups one ending in .bak and one ending in .db (this is the file you will be editing).

7. Open SQLite Editor and point it to /sdcard/Backups/settings.db and open it. You now will see a list of settings locations. Click on “secure”

8. Here you are going to be looking for two distinct lines. The line numbers may vary by device so I suggest you list name in list view:

Line 1. softap_free_supported

Line 2. softap_entitlement_interval

9. Change Line 1′s value to 1 in the SQL editor. Change Line 2′s value to 0 in the SQL editor save and close or just close depending on the editor.

10. Using your file explorer navigate back to /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/ rename settings.db to settings.db.bak

11. Navigate to /sdcard/backups/settings.db(the one you edited) and copy the file go back to com.android.providers-etc and paste the file.

12. SUPPER IMPORTANT if the file permisuions on settings.db are not rw-rw-rw make them so in your file explorer.

If these permissions are no correct your phone will get stuck on the AT&T boot screen. ie softbricked

13. Reboot and you should be able to go to More in settings then Tethering & portable hotspot and turn it on set up your settings etc.

14. FYI under battery management you may want to change the value to never time out as it applies to the phones activity not the wifi activity.

This had been tried and tested on AT&T only it may work on other carries. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Zip Method

You must be rooted and have CWM intalled.

1 Download the recovery mod zip file to the internal storage of your phone.

2 Reboot into recovery and make a CWM backup of your phone.

3 From recovery clear the cache and dalvik cache

4 Install the zip from the location you saved it to.

5 Reboot your phone.

6 Go to your phone settings wireless and networks, click on more, click on tethring and portable hotspot, click the box next to portable-wifi-hotspot. You are now up and running.

7 Personalize your hotspot settings in portabpe wi-fi hotspot settings.

8 Grab a free app like Hotspot Toggle to add to your home screen for easy one click on and off.

A huge Thank You goes out to Timmythanoob for making my original mod zip installable!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9zv14h36j6xdjhq/tether.zip?m

This had been tried and tested on AT&T only, it may work on other carriers. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

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