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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] fzammetti:
It's not compatible and users have reported on the main development thread boot loops after trying it. We're all hoping the original author ports it to mk2.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] R Pike:
Thank you! I too will hope he sorts it out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] M3wThr33:
Yes. You will get boot-loops for the hotspot mod if you flash a version that doesn't match your current firmware.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Foulwx:
Fgr posted MK2 mods in crawrj's original thread today, post 337.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jejb:
Thanks! Here's a direct link:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48590490&postcount=337
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] philt2k3:
My Sprint S4 Version

Hey my phone is running version MK2 on 4.3 does anyone have a hack for my wifi tethering yet
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jgirvine:
questions

New to the S4. and not very good with phones, but I NEED thether.

So, found a video, I understood the identify the build, identify the odex, and so forth, I understood needing Mobile Odin... I really followed all of it, except for one thing. Do I need to be rooted?

Lastly I seem to be seeing some posts that if I understand them correctly a new android os is coming out and some phones already have it and this Hotspot Mod is not working for them. Do I have that correct?

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ePhan:
Yeah you need to be rooted. I had tethering working for a few weeks now but it wasn't until about 10 minutes ago I was able to have it on the notification screen vs the settings screen.

And this hotspot mod is for 4.3. And you need to dig in this thread for the MK2 build.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] manbat:
Thanks, Linked instructions worked well for my VZW Note 2 / JB 4.3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] skystander:
Confirmed. Working on my Sprint S4 running MF9
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] aktran9:
MF9 hotspot help

Hi guys,

Tried to filter through all these threads and no luck.

Here's my situation:

I bought the sprint galaxy s4 off someone on craigslist. When I first bought, the phone felt like a display model. So I first did a network reset and then a complete stock reset and then loaded stock MF9 rom on there with all the kernels. Upon booting up, no Sprint animation. No sprint animation whatsoever, just the samsung bootup and sound. Then it asks me for the Wifi login which I input for the home wifi. It would connect for like a minute and then shuts off and then ask for the wifi login again. It only happens once. I confirmed this by re-installing the whole OS again.

In the setting menu, I do not see the hotspot toggle. So I did the SQLite editor and was able to get hotspot toggle. I then manually added the services.jar and services.odex to system/framework and then did a reboot. I fire up hotspot and my computer connects to it but kept saying limited access.

I've flashed this phone to pageplus so I get data. I've had a sprint GS3 that I used previously and was able to get hotspot working. I think there is something in the script on installation that prevents the phone from booting into Sprint and thus enable hotspot. Interesting thing is that when I checked my CSC code, it was reading XAS which I managed to get it to change back to Sprint.

Can anyone shed light on this and what I should do so that the installation reverts itself to sprint and enable hotspot to connect?

thanks. Am at wits end trying to figure this thing out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gift2uma:
Bloody wicked! A plethora of cheers!!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Mister_E105:
VPUBNC6 No tether

Is there a WiFi tether app that for certain works on the VPUBNC6 build of KitCat on the Sprint Galaxy S4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Search the SpH-L720T thread. Your answer is there.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Mister_E105:
Thank you, daniel4653

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2621862
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] MB44E:
Sprint Galaxy S4 tether

I have the sprint galaxy S4 and I installed the 4.4.2 kit kat. My phone build number is KOT49H.L720VPUFNG2 and when I installed the new update my tether and wi fi went back to trying to charge me for the service. Is there a download I can use to get the free tethering back?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dyandell:
This is what I am using. Seems to work fine. Adds hotspot and the toggle. http://xdaforums.com/note-3-sprint/themes-apps/app-one-click-hotspot-enabler-menus-t2816159 There are several other options as well if you look around.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hu021155088:
Newbie

Hope Im in the correct spot I have the Samsung Galaxy s4 (rooted but stock rom) from Sprint but my build is FNG2 and I'm trying to do the free wifi hotspot mod. Can you point me in the right direction for the DUMMY section. Thanks :silly:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cruise350:
There is currently not a hotspot mod for the NG2 software and probably won't be since the developers that did the mod have moved on to newer phones. There are several tether apps that will allow you to tether your phone to other devices.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] amybrat:
My baseband version

I want to activate the wifi tethering on my Sprint SPH-L720 but my baseband version is L720VPUFNG2. What do I do?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] JG96EVO:
Hey [MENTION=6202518]amybrat[/MENTION] go to the okay store and download an app called Galaxy Tools. Open it, grant it root permissions then hit the "enable tethering" button and it should reboot then goto your hotspot and it should come on and work for u. Hope that helped u man.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] makane716:
I used this on my wife's NG2 as well. Took a couple of tries (it would turn the hotspot on, but as soon as you would try to connect to it the sprint notification bullsh* t would come on). After a couple of tries it took and works beautifully.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] koivth:
There is a native hotspot mod available for deodexed NG2, found in the Stock/Refitted/Mostly Stock thread in development.

Note that it is for DEODEXED, so it will not work on odexed (if you haven't flashed a custom rom you're on odexed). If you are on odexed use galaxy tools as suggested above. I think flashing the hotspot mod for deodexed is much easier though if you are on the right rom :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] eugene159:
Hmm, no matter what I do I can't make it work on my NG2. Just the same message "you are not subscribed" pops up all the time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ponycarboy:
Does anyone have odexed one for latest galaxy 4 software does anyone have the hotspot for Sprint note 3 with latest lollipop software willing to send gratuity through PayPal. Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lomokoso:
I have a S4 on 4.4.2 witht he NG2.

I managed to make the hotspot button appear. But when i turn it on, my other device (be it laptop, phone or tablet) stays in a "Obtaining ip address" loop. I have also noticed that the configuration does not let me select more than one device in maximum connections. Anyone can help me?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] StifflerServices:
is there anyway I can get this info for MF9 on sprint 4.2.2 seems links are expired. Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Landon4444:
I would try this http://xdaforums.com/note-4-sprint/general/lollipop-hotspot-root-flashing-t3048163

I am on an S6 and it works great. My S4 is no longer active on Sprint so I can't test but this came from a Note 4 thread so my guess is that it works on many recent Sprint Samsung phones.

This does require MSL and if you are not rooted the fix usually needs to be applied after any OTA. (Not sure that S4 will get anymore)

The following is quoted from the post linked above.

The steps:

Go to Dialer and enter ##DATA# (##3282#)

Press "Edit" then enter your MSL.

Click on APN Settings

For both "APN2 EHRPD internet" and "APN2 LTE internet" change APN Type from "default,mms" to "default,mms,dun"

After you enter the change, hit Menu -> Save before going to the next APN.

And that's it. That easy. It works for both Hotspot and USB tethering. Seems too easy, but that's all I had to do.

If this works for you please give thanks to MasterTentacles.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] LAYGO:
It's definitely installed. I get prompted by SU to allow, I purposefully let it remember it only for this time, so I'm prompted each time.

EDIT: Ah, ok, I forgot to check the "enable insecure". I wasn't seeing a prompt though because of the SU prompt. I had to check "allow for 10 mins", then reclick insecure to see the option to enable. This time it was a success. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] eyecon82:
good question
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Shigster:
Did anyone get Android is upgrading after flashing the Mod?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
That is normal. You get it any time you flash system files.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] BroadcastJunkie:
So I got everything to work beautifully. I tethered to my GS3 so I could set it up for my sister now that I had the 4. Must of used 2gb to do everything I needed.

Well, this morning I can't turn WIFI on or even the hotspot. It just says turning on.. without doing anything. Don't know what to do, tried wiping the phone. Installing new stock rom, just everything with no luck... If anyone has any ideas. That would be great.

On a side note, I no longer get asked constantly to connect to wifi :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
Sounds like a radio issue of some sort. Definitely nothing related to the hotspot. Which new stock Rom did you try to install?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] BroadcastJunkie:
both of these http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2258384

You think I should do the odin method? any other ideas that I should try, please let me hear them. It's not a crazy deal, I just think that maybe its the phone itself and I should just get it swapped. Because it was working... really well. Then it stopped and I haven't done anything else that should have effected it.

Thanks for the quick response!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] LAYGO:
Tested this morning tethered to my android head unit (Parrot Asteroid Smart) via bluetooth tether. :) It's working. Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
I would do the stock Odin. That will reset your radios and everything else. It will wipe your data also.

So what all did you install on the phone before it died?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] BroadcastJunkie:
to be honest, I don't know. I barely even used the phone. Besides doing root with motochopper, and getting adb..blah thing set up to do the hotspot install not much. apps installed from google play that were on my account.. but I didn't even touch the phone. I was more concerned with my sisters phone setup. Than even playing with my own new phone. Her phone was really bad, so she needed a new one stat. So I spent most of my time on that... did a good amount of tethering in that time. So it was working.. wish I knew what I did to get to that point so I can avoid it. Because after I get it going again, I'm going to install the hotspot mod obviously haha:o
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Sortilege:
Yes, i am VERY green when it cokmes to all this. I would like to unlock the native hotspot option. I dont see the download section you have refered to. again...sorry
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
If you are green I suggest waiting until a fully functional recovery is done. Hopefully soon. I think either option would be frustrating and risky for you if you are new to this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] BroadcastJunkie:
So I went home on lunch and did the odin method. No luck, still not working. Don't know what else it could be besides a bad wifi radio
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
Did you do the full Odin by Adam Lange?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] BroadcastJunkie:
Not sure, got a link so I can confirm it? tried to search but not luck.. sorry at work trying to do work and fix the phone. Its always hard haha

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sorry, found it. Its actually the one I'm downloading now. I tried some from another site because they downloaded quicker... haha

your talking about this one yes? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=40906217#post40906217
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
It is by Adam Lange in general a few posts down from this. You can post a link to what you used. I'm driving so can't.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] BroadcastJunkie:
No problem. I used this one, http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=231 first. The one from Adam are on hotfile so they are going slow and snails. Waiting for that one to try next. I hope that works if not... I need to go to sprint and just get it replaced haha.

also need to talk to someone, got a text to verify my sprint discount. Don't want to lose that..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
OK that isn't the full tar. Just system. So if you have a radio problem that wouldn't help. Download the full tar from Adam Lange. It will wipe data so make a backup first if you don't want to lose anything. Or just take it to Sprint instead.

Just saw that they have a full restore in the MDC subfolder. Did you flash the full restore or which one?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] BroadcastJunkie:
Negative, that actually wasn't up there at the time when I did it. I'm 80% done downloading the one from Adam. I will try that one as soon as I get home, if I don't have luck I will go to sprint. But I will get back to you!

Also, I think I remember what could have caused this... maybe. it's the only thing I can think of. I was getting sick of that stupid widow popping up when I was tethered that said turning on wifi will kill hotspot. So I went into wifi and turn off smart wifi or whatever that is call. That's the only thing I can think of that I changed wifi related or just any system settings... Maybe I should turn that off before I drop in the hotspot mod..

Thanks for your help!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] BroadcastJunkie:
So I ended up going to the store and getting it swapped out. I think it was just a bad radio. I did the full restore on it and it was stock. Because at the sprint store they look to see if I did anything, and they looked and it was all good. Then they flashed it themselves with no luck, he's like this is really weird. He said they have a forum for all the issues they have and this wasn't on there. So I'm sure it was just a faulty wif radio that I managed to burn out in 3 hours of tethering :good:

Funny, if they used the XDA forum they would see that someone had a problem, and that someone was me :silly:

Thanks again for you responses, none of which you had to do. I appreciate the effort in trying to make sure I'm doing things right haha
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
Odd indeed but good you got it replaced. Let us know if you run into any more issues.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] BroadcastJunkie:
I'm going to try this again, when some recoveries come out that are a little more refined. don't think I can go there again and trade in the phone without them questioning it even more
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
We have working CWM now. Both Shabby and Garwynn's now are fixed where you can navigate correctly. Everything is working except I can't mount storage to a computer from recovery. That might be a driver issue on my computer. If not I am sure that will get fixed soon.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] BroadcastJunkie:
you don't say... haha and here I was trying to avoid the forums and give me some time before I go screwing the phone up again! I guess not.... will odin that on later. Thanks for the heads up :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] BamAlmighty:
And FoxFi does not work....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] runngwlf:
It does with bluetooth.. I used it last night with my nexus 7. You have to install pdanet tablet on the nexus 7 though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] TontoDroid:
Just got the S4 and rooted so I could use my Titanium Backup. But sooo disappointed FoxFi is no longer working.

Is there any app that will allow wireless tethering on a simple rooted phone without further mod?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] obender:
I'd like to know this as well.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
I think you guys are over thinking this. I could understand it before we had a fully working recovery. But now we have official twrp and two working versions of cwm. So you install recovery, copy the mod zip to your phone, boot into recovery and install the zip. That's it. You will have a fully functioning hotspot that is native. Just my thoughts. If you need some help you can pm me or ask in the qa section. We are here for help and support.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Marty:
Have you tried WiFi Tether? I don't know if it works or not but generally only needs root access in order to work on other devices.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] obender:
This was my go to app, unfortunately it does't work with S4.

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I'm perfectly happy with stock ROM and just having root access.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
I'm ok with that also. To each his own. I am just trying to ease anyone's concern on this. The Mod itself is only two lines of code removed and nothing else changed. Has no impact on anything on the phone beside removing the security check on the hotspot. This phone has a separate recovery from the main kernel so replacing the recovery has no impact on the phone operation either. So by installing recovery and the hotspot your phone will perform exactly as it did when you were stock.

I don't really care where people use this or not. But I do genuinely want to help people. So if I can relieve some concern or anxiety I will be happy with that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] obender:
Is there a way to do it manually via ADB? Yes, I'm that perverted :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
Lol yes there is. I will PM it to you if you want. I am keeping it to request only because it has too many chances of going wrong. But zero chance of hard bricking. I have had to help a few people recovery from trying out though which is why I decided to pull it once cwm was working.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] obender:
Yes, please send me the instructions and links in PM, Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
Ok sent.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CJ Banks:
Could you point me in the direction of the zip, I cannot find it. Thank You for your help.

--Chris
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
Here you go. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2256950
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] BroadcastJunkie:
Hey crawrj

Just flashed the mod on there again. No issues yet! I probably really just got one with a bad wifi radio. Thanks again!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lightiv:
motochopper + tethering

I am planing on using the motochopper (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2257101) method of rooting my S4. It seems easy enough with a minimalist view of rooting the phone.

How do I add in this Hotspot mod so I can tether? I do not plan on putting any custom roms on this phone.

Thanks.

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Ok, looking at the instructions it looks like I will need to flash a custom recovery to my phone also. Since I have to do that should I just use the [RECOVERY]SPH-L720 OUDHS Recovery root method here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2254678 and then following the instruction here to add the tethering.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] MoHoGalore:
Look up ^^
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
Option 1 - I don't like this method as it doesn't always copy correctly. But is the easiest way if you don't have recovery.

Option 1 - I don't like this method as it doesn't always copy correctly. But it is the easiest way if you don't have recovery.
Take the two services files out of the Odexed zip file
Copy them to your phone
Use a root explorer to copy the two files into /system/framework
Reboot the phone

Option 2 - Preferred method
Install a custom recovery
Copy the Odexed zip to your phone
follow the CWM instructions in the Mod post 1
Reboot the phone

Option 3 - Least preferred method
Use adb to push the files to /system/framework
Reboot the phone
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lightiv:
:o:o Ok, palm on forehead. :o:o

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Thanks, I will do this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] apexcell:
Flashed it and it's working great. I'm constantly amazed by the work the developers here do.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] wild hoagie:
You could always activate your Wimax device on Ting, an Sprint MVNO and tether wimax from there..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] UltimatePeter.com:
How to turn on WiFi Hotspot for Sprint

Okay Folks,

I hadn't found any vids on YouTube yet on how to do this for Sprint, so I decided to help out and take matters into my own hands.

Here's the vid I made, and seems to work well. Don't have to use Clockwork, DO have to Root phone first. I recommend the motochopper method, quick and easy.

This will enable the internal system wifi tethering on your settings menu. This is for Samsung Galaxy S4 on Sprint. Do at your own risk. You are about to replace your Services Jar file and odex files, so... At your own risk. I claim no responsibility and modifying your phone in such a manner is your responsibility and liability. Why? Because you own your phone. I don't... and neither does Sprint. I am providing this information for educational purposes only.

[YOUTUBE]1Jin3v04O_Q[/YOUTUBE]

Thanks to crawrj!

References: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2256950

Odexed Replacement Zip: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=22940013536739390

Youtube Address: http://youtu.be/1Jin3v04O_Q

My Phone:

SPH-L720

Android 4.2.2

Baseband L720VPUAMDC

Kernal 3.4.0-442222

Build JDQ39.L720VPUAMDC
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lightiv:
Wow, that was easy. Thanks for sharing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] huffdoggie:
Thanks all for this Mod! Easy as pie to implement (motochopper method).

So whats the chance that the carrier can detect if i am using this mod? Curious if its even detectable by them.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lightiv:
They can tell if they want to look. Looking at any generated traffic they would be able to see someone using a Windows browser. (assuming you are using an Android or IOS phone) That would be a dead give away. I am sure there are other sneaky way of them looking.

Assuming you are Sprint I would not worry about it since they harp on being the only unlimited data carrier.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
To go along with this, any tethering app is going to show the same thing. Just be smart about it and don't run 100GB on tether per day. Use it when necessary and you will be fine. We have been using this Mod and all of the other Tether apps for years. I have using them since the S1.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mugsaway:
Long story short....

I rooted using Motochopper (QBKING77 video) - no problems

I was then going to do the hotspot mod by placing the modified files into the root folder.

I went to the root folder of the phone and...

Changed system.jar to system.jar.bak

Changed system.odex to system.odex.bak

I accidently restarted my phone and now the phone won't boot up. It just hangs on the yellow page with "sprint" on it.

How can I fix it? Can I get back to the root folder somehow and delete the .bak?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
You have three options.

1. install custom recovery and install hotspot mod zip

2. Odin stock rom and start over

3. Use ADB to push the files to the phone. Might not work.