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[General Questions and Answers] Selvyn:
My Xperia mini pro with Serajr's stock ICS based Clean 'n' Tweaked ROM on Kappa 1.6 kernel lasts only about 12h while barely used. How long does your mini pro battery lasts and what's your ROM and kernel? Any suggestions and mods reccomendations to make battery last longer? Also, my xperia score in Antutu benchmark was only 5193 with regular processor clock (1017mHz), other people had bigger scores, although most of them had GB, does mini pro has higher performance on GB? Please, share some of your knowledge with me :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] cagmuer:
How can I boost the speaker volume in CM10.1?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shangrila500:
Go into Settings/Device Options/Audio/In-Call Volumes and set it to 60%, if that still isn't loud enough then you need to flash Plasma kernel. I posted my Plasma kernel STweaks audio settings in the Plasma thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ChuckL333:
Hey, I'm running AOKP milestone 2 with the plasma kernel 1.67 flashed but the in-call audio option is disabled/grayed out and I can't change the setting. The rom/kernel are running great giving me 20,000+ in AnTuTu and 7863 in Quadrant. I really don't want to change my setup, what can I do to increase the in-call volume?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] veloct:
Try speaker boost from the play store, it's free.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jpatt:
Edit the file default_gain.conf manually in system/etc
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ChuckL333:
Wish I could, but I've searched all over for that file.. Nothing :/ all I've found that is somewhat relevant is audio_policy.conf
[Nexus 4 General] duce102:
Got cut off today while finishing the Dragon Ball series. I have LTE enabled and was streaming with it. I still love t-mo though, coming from Sprint their speeds are to die for.

Didn't see a thread about this.

Edit: not to say they ever implied it was unlimited in the first place, but it would seem so with root.
[Nexus 4 General] PhantomGamers:
which plan are you on?
[Nexus 4 General] duce102:
Unlimited 4G with 500MB hotspot. Took Sprint 2.5 years to catch me tethering without paying with hot spot hack on sph-d700 (epic 4g)
[Nexus 4 General] lazer155:
Well the hotspot of all their plans it technically only 500mb then you have to pay an extra $10 for another 1gb. Using data on the phone is unlimited. They probably saw your user agent string and noticed it was for a computer rather than your phone. Still you got a lot more than 500mb of hotspot out of it, so not too bad a deal.

Edit: beat me to it

They probably noticed quickly because it was so much data in a short period of time. If you spread out the tethering more (maybe less video), they probably wouldn't notice. I'm on the $30 prepaid plan and tether around 5gb a month but I spread it out over a couple days (maybe 500-2gb a day) and haven't been caught yet.
[Nexus 4 General] duce102:
Yeah but compared to Sprint, T-mo is really keeping an eye out for the tether'ers. Glad I got as far as I did though lol. Any way around the user agent string?
[Nexus 4 General] PhantomGamers:
you can spoof it on your computer i guess but im not so sure that's the problem
[Nexus 4 General] duce102:
Smasung series 3 Chromebook? If not it's cool. Guess I gotta wait till I can wait to get a PC and patience for anime episodes lol
[Nexus 4 General] lazer155:
Yeah you can spoof it by changing your browser setting. Depending on your browser you can look it up: http://www.howtogeek.com/113439/how...user-agent-without-installing-any-extensions/

It's a feature built into basically all browsers.

It decreases your chances of being detected but it really depends on how tmobile detects tethering. The user agent way is the simpliest and quickest but they can also do it by TTL (time to live) of the packets your computer requests as you for example watch videos or browse. They can also detect it other ways but those are 2 of the more common ones.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=734138 Post 8 explains the TTL method a bit more

Basically changing your user agent is the quickest method that my help a bit (depending on if they favor that detection method). Using a vpn on your computer might further and better prevent detection. (I've never tried this myself but in theory it might help more than a simple user agent change. You can find guides of other methods people use to try and get around it. I haven't heavily investigated any other methods aside from the vpn and user agent since I've never been cut off so I don't really know of of any specific ones.

I personally think the thing that really tips them off is a huge spike in usage for a short time period.

If you tether over bluetooth or USB, you basically never get caught in my experience as well as several others I know who do the same. So I would try that. It's a bit slower but not bad.

I'd suggest bluetooth or usb tethering next time and see if that prolongs your hotspot usage. But as I mentioned, I really think it is the massive usage spike in a short time that tips them off so you may still get caught. When I use bluetooth and usb tethering, I still try not to go to heavy on usage over short periods.

I suspect that the TTL method may be more commonly used since it's not easily avoidable so you are best off slowing your usage when you are tethered. It would be very easy for them to see a spike in usage and check the TTL of your packets, realize you're tethering, then cut it off. It's more reliable than user agents.
[Nexus 4 General] duce102:
It's funny though that I can go to G+, FB, and G-Mail but not uanime.com or any forums, whether USB or wireless tethering now. Guess I'll try spoofing.

Edit: Override the user agent in the browser on ChromeOS to resemble a GNex and it works, thanks. Although some web pages are now literally half the size they used to be, it doesn't effect full screen videos.

I could kiss you lazer155 haha thank you so much, I wish I could thank your post multiple times :)
[Nexus 4 General] sub1287:
They blocked all the user agents I used to be able to use. They certainly are beefing up their detection abilities.
[Nexus 4 General] lazer155:
Lol no problem, glad it works for you now. :highfive: Yeah that is the downside I forgot to mention. You can try to fix that problem by experimenting with making your browser look like other desktop browsers (for example maybe tmobile doesn't block some of the more obscure desktop browsers like opera etc.) or copying your phone's desktop style user agent in chrome. That might result in desktop style pages but tmobile will think you are a phone requesting desktop. (the user agent actually shows your operating system too so if you spoof that part to android you should be able to get desktop style while still staying hidden) You'd have to look up the android chrome desktop user agent though. I don't know what it is.

Yeah they do seem to figure out the user agent trick eventually if you use it several times. That's happened to other people I know. I think if you keep using a lot of data when tethering eventually they review your usage more carefully with their other methods like the TTL check.
[Nexus 4 General] hp420:
Absolutely no less than 90% of this has been used while connected via native wifi tethering, and this usage is over the course of only 2 weeks. I have unlimited 4g (prepaid) and no tethering plan at all.

I've gotten a page that says I'm either not authorized to tether or over my limit two or three times in the last 3 days, but I just disable/re-enable tethering and reload the page....that's solved it every time.

just in case anyone is wondering, I'm using native wifi/usb tether on official PA (always the latest build) and franco M3 kernel....I've also got the chrome user agent switcher installed on my phone and set to desktop. I'm sure that doesn't matter, but I thought I should mention it. I'm also using chrome on my ubuntu PC with no user agent switcher installed.

I'm curious how much data everyone else who has had a problem tethering have used. I'm pretty sure my usage is way heavier than probably 99% of their customers...even those of us here ;)
[Nexus 4 General] CrashTestDroid:
You guys have me all kinds of curious about tethering now.

Are any of you using mostly LTE?

If so, what's the battery life?

Stability of tethering?
[Nexus 4 General] duce102:
I stay on LTE, no serious difference in battery lifeand I'm usually plugged in while I tether, so battery life doesn't matter much there. Perfectly stable until T-Mo discovers you're over the limit.
[Nexus 4 General] pwc realtor:
I wonder if whether or not T-mobile can measure how much data you've used for tethering without using their hotspot app (what they use on T-mobile branded phones to meter tethering usage) depends on the APN you're connected through?
[Nexus 4 General] duce102:
Update wow, I got my Chromecast today and viewed The Hunger Games and a few episode of Breaking Bad through Netflix and it really sky rocketed my data usage. I guess it'll take some time for T-Mo to catch on to Chromecast tethering. Someone let me know if I should delete this post in case T-Mo is watching.
[Nexus 4 General] Richieboy67:
I don't think that has anything to do with chromecast. You streamed a ton of high res media. That uses data. Don't you have WiFi where your TV is?
[Nexus 4 General] pwc realtor:
So is the Chromecast connected via Wi-Fi to your home router or to your phone (acting as a hot spot)?
[Nexus 4 General] duce102:
Phone, I don't see much point in paying two different companies for the same service lol

No, I know it's not the Chromecast at fault, just stating I was using that to stream though. I'm surprised at how well its working and I've never streamed 1080p before so the jump in data usage caught me off guard a bit.
[Nexus 4 General] pwc realtor:
Agree about unlimited data... I have it because I want to just pick up my phone and use it without worrying about caps or throttling not because I want to replace my FiOS connection at home.
[Nexus 4 General] nyijedi:
I also got hit with a text from T-Mobile about not having the tethering plan activated for the first time ever. It actually came up as soon as I tethered my new Chromecast to the hotspot - not sure if that is a coincidence or not. Since then, I've just re-enabled the hotspot and I'm tethering fine to my tablet again. Haven't tried the Chromecast again though.
[Nexus 4 General] compuw22c:
Change your user agent to something different (usually a fire fox beta user agent works) on the tethered DESKTOP/LAPTOP to avoid detection. Tethering other android/iOS devices/browsers should work as is
[Nexus 4 General] pwc realtor:
Carriers out restrictions on data usage because they CAN.

Also rumors are Verizon and ATT are going LTE as the future of home Internet service. Just think of how they will price that knowing how much data the average household uses.
[Nexus 4 General] myturbo1:
This is technically illegal .. You are the ppl that ruin plans for everyone else.

Why shouldn't you have to pay for what you are getting ?
[Nexus 4 General] jpeterson066:
I have the unlimited everything plan and tether to my smart TV for Netflix. Have used 50+ gbs in a month and have never been cut off yet
[Nexus 4 General] icecicle:
I tether about 10 gigs I just can't use Chrome or a t-mobile website comes up and says I don't have the right plan.. I got a text last month saying I used my 500 tethering mbs but I just kept going on safari and it's cool. . .

I'm on the unlimited $30 plan.. But I feel like we should be able to do it without the extra fee they didn't even use to charge for that ish lol.. Idk about the dude with 50 gigs tho he might need to hit up Comcast
[Nexus 4 General] duce102:
Because tethering is a hardware feature that came with Android software, for free. It should have never become a network feature. I could easily hit the same data usage above using just my phone without tethering, it could even use more.
[Nexus 4 General] RussianBear:
Agreed. As long a you don't tether terabytes of data,I don't see any issues with this (unlimited data has 9k gb allocated). Tmo's current solution about network congestion is to charge you extra for tethering. How does that help people that are taking about overloaded networks?
[Nexus 4 General] wideasleep1:
You guys forget that it's SHARED BANDWIDTH at the tower. If you were here in San Fran where there are thousands of AT&T iPhones on each tower, each tied to their twitter/Facebook accounts uploading their hipster lunch pics and performing in their own little reality shows, you'd quickly understand how it takes away from the capacity of the tower to deliver content (streaming even worse). TMO (and all the others) will eventually do two things: 1) Throttle tethering after x number of MB/GB, as they've clearly indicated they WILL NOT be an ISP replacement, like some here are doing, 2) Open themselves up as ISP's once they've resolved the crushing bandwidth issues on towers/backend.
[Nexus 4 General] duce102:
T-Mobile is setting up their 2x10MHz LTE now so that's bandwidth solved. Also I live in the outskirts of Greensboro, NC. I'm hardly impacting the network.
[Nexus 4 General] Lka1988:
Wait... I'm confused after reading this now.

I thought the 500 MB was TMo's 4G cap on the $50 plan, when you hit it they throttle you down to 2G/3G speeds?

:confused:
[Nexus 4 General] duce102:
I'm paying $70 a month, 50 for unlimited talk/text, 20 for unlimited un-throttled high speed (LTE) and 500mb tethering.
[Nexus 4 General] Lka1988:
So weird...

I'm on the unlimited talk/text/data with 500MB cap with two lines. I even did my homework before I signed up. These plans you guys are talking about... are they older plans? As far as I understand tethering is now included at no cost.

Sorry, I didn't mean to hijack the thread. I'm just trying to clear my head up.
[Nexus 4 General] duce102:
No prob, I started my service with T-Mobile in May, if you know something I don't, please share lol

Also, for those who worry about the amount of data I use impacting anyone, today, the last day of the month, I hit 51GB, that's 1.64GB per day, or 70.2MB per hour, or 1.16MB per minute, well below the max LTE/HSPA+ speed limit which I think T-Mobile would account for in bandwidth.
[Nexus 4 General] simms22:
with the $20 really unlimited high speed data add on to the $50 base, they only include 500mb tethering, but you can purchase another 4.5gb for $15 or $20.
[Nexus 4 General] lbingham:
I never knew tethering was a problem. I get T-Mo "unlimited" data for $20/mo on top of my current talk & text. I get 4.5GB before I get throttled and I just figured tethering went toward that. I can use the 4.5GB however I want. So you guys that get 500MB of tethering is weird to me. Who needs that? I can go through 500MB just emailing.

I have noticed that changing APNs will sometimes stop the ticker. You guys must had have different plans. I also have Wi-Fi at home, so I don't have the dependency on tethering. Here I thought I was a naughty customer taking a couple extra GB here and there by changing APNs. This guy, at 40GB in a day. That's bad ass. Lol
[Nexus 4 General] compuw22c:
Never confuse illegal with against terms of service. Illegal makes it sound like it's against a law, as if your local jurisdiction has tickets they can write you for tethering. Not even close. Breaking terms of service is not illegal and consequences will always be limited to disconnection (possible etf?), but you will not be subject to any kind of lawsuit or criminal charges. Most people these days just assume everything that makes their life better must be illegal, and that anything a company tells you is gospel, and that anyone who exudes authority actually has it. I believe the opposite.
[Nexus 4 General] Freshly_Snipes:
#ThugLife

I'm really at 24gb. The app hasn't updated. I pay for unlimited and I'm going to use it WITH OUT LIMITS.

I have wifi at home but I feel as if I pay for it and I'm going to use it. Otherwise I will cancel my line.

I use PDA NET for my tethering needs. WiFi, Bluetooth, USB tethering all supported. Been using it since my G1 days.
[Nexus 4 General] webmaster:
I am not taking sides here, however there is absolutely nothing illegal about it. It does violate the TOS (terms of service) but you are in no way committing a crime!!
[Nexus 4 General] compuw22c:
Remember Aaron Swartz... Violating terms of service alone is not a criminal offense. Using say Sprint relay to "SWAT" someone on the other hand is a crime in and of itself (despite also being a violation of the TOS, that aspect is irrelevant in a criminal sense, also a very bad idea)
[Nexus 4 General] Frostacious:
There is a shield to use when tethering a laptop or gaming console. Search s3 on T-Mobile. My friend found it and it's like two different apps besides the tether app of course. I'll try to get in touch but do I search and it should stop the texts and T-Mobile message from popping up because your user agents.
[Nexus 4 General] Freshly_Snipes:
#bawse

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[Nexus 4 General] Esco_23:
ill have to look into tethering, my home internet is way too slow
[Nexus 4 General] Cyanoshake:
You can bypass the tethering block using a proxy changer. Like user agent swticher on chrome.
[Nexus 4 General] simms22:
sometimes
[Nexus 4 General] Cyanoshake:
It probably depends on alot of things. But running it on nexus 7 settings seems to never give me issues.
[Nexus 4 General] pwc realtor:
They seem to be more keen on blocking Internet Explorer or at least that's what they did to me. Used an agent switcher but the sites I use didn't like that.
[Nexus 4 General] simms22:
when tethering to my n7, without changing anything, tmobile doesnt even see it. nor does it even register in tmobile for using data via tethering. but as soon as its connected to my laptop, no mayter what user agent i use, tmobile sees it. its no biggie, its part of my plan(500mb). but i end up using a lot more, just because tethering to my n7 isnt seen by them.
[Nexus 4 General] Eclipse_Droid:
Y don't u guys just use a VPN. Works fine:D
[Nexus 4 General] mattoaida:
I have 500 mb high-speed then slows down to 2g do I have tether
[Nexus 4 General] pwc realtor:
I think they can see it but they can't measure tethering usage since the a Nexus 4 doesn't use their hotspotting app.
[Nexus 4 General] BrianDigital:
They sniff packets at the tower.
[Nexus 4 General] pwc realtor:
Right but what I meant is they cannot measure the exact tethering usage per billing cycle. I believe with carrier branded phones the handset does a check with the carrier before hotspot is activated so usage can be metered.
[Nexus 4 General] simms22:
fine. but it measures accurately when connected to my laptop(just not my mobile devices, at all).
[Nexus 4 General] pwc realtor:
Proof that T-Mobile cannot accurately account for tethering usage on the Nexus 4. Both of these screenshots account for the same date range.

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[Nexus 4 General] Freshly_Snipes:
They can. The My Account data is not real time. It catches up sometimes a week later. But come billing you'll see the real amount.
[Nexus 4 General] pwc realtor:
If that's true then why as of now for total data used T-Mobile is reporting me using about 600 Mb more than my phone does? If the T-mobile app is behind then it should be reporting less data usage.
[General Topics] prestonguy:
Hey everyone

I wonder if someone can help.

Having recently got my XDA11i and managed to pair my Sony Ericcson Bluetooth headset sucessfully. I thought i would go the whole nice yards and get myself sat navigation for the car.

Having now got the tom tom reciever and again sucessfully pairing it to my XDA11i using the tom tom set up wizard, my sony ericcson headset now refuses to connect to my xda.

can anybody help as I am really at a loss as to what I can try to solve this problem.
[General Topics] rayman:
upgrade BT

Hi, you need to upgrade your BT version to build 3900.

It worked on my M2000

http://www.pdanieuws.nl/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=37
[General Topics] prestonguy:
Thanks for That

Thanks for the advice Rayman. i have downloaded the patch you suggest however i dont know how to install it on my xda. if you could pleaase help i would be most grateful
[General Topics] Anton.Valleyman:
Surely it's a case of sticking it on your phone and then, on your phone, tapping on the cab file?

On this topic...

I've historically had problems with Tomtom running and getting a call, both on XDA2 and now XDA2i. Normally what happens is that the call bubble appears but none of the "buttons" on the bubble work, and then TT crashed.

HOWEVER

I was on my way home the other day and for a laugh I turned on TT to tell me the way to go ;). I got a call from my girlfriend and so I flipped the boom on my Motorola HS810 and waited for it to pair up, then answered the call. It worked, and better yet, when I hung up the call TT hadn't frozen! Made my night, but then I live a sad life ;)

Cheers

A
[General Topics] Fritz:
Preston

I had this very same problem.

Downloading and installing the latest Tom Tom GPS update solved it.

Also, check that you dont have a port conflict (this is what Tom Tom told me to do).
[General Topics] Arif Haq:
Hello every body

I got my new xdaIIi on O2 , but its locked. i want to unlock it.please anyone has solution for it and very greatful to person.

Thanks for reading this massage

A haq
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] ks2332:
Anyone?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Nick281051:
Yes
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Divine_Madcat:
So, quick question for folks.

The other day I noticed that despite my phone listing itself as charging, the battery was still dropping. Other times I could get it to charge ok. Today I noticed that wiggling the cable triggered the charging sound, but no change in the status.

After that, it got really worrying. The phone no longer would indicate a charge on that cable. I borrowed a friends s3 cable (I should mention that this is a generic cable, not the s4 cable I am using), and thst went straight to charging. After that, the generic cable worked.

I am going to try to test more today and tomorrow with the official cable.. but has anyone else had an issue like this? My worry is that it is the phone. . If it is, I want to exchange it now before there is the chance of getting a replacement with the locked bootloader. .
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Ryno77:
Sounds like it's the charger to me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Delakit:
I agree. My S4 charger works fine. Others struggle and have that same issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] iDrift88:
Yea, I also get some problems when not using the stock S4 cable. Seems otherones fit but have a little play to where if I bump then even the slightest it reconnects.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spidernone:
Hi

I have just noticed that the no recent apps in the multitasking is on the top.......shouldn't it must be in the middle???:confused:
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LitoNi:
i have no idea what youre talking about. Please provide a screen shot.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spidernone:
Shouldn't the "no recent apps" be in the middle???
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrKrFfXx:
On what firmware are you on? They changed some stuff of the multitasking from 4.1.2 to 4.2.2
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spidernone:
10.1.1.a.1.253
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrKrFfXx:
That's 4.1.2.

If you update to the latest firmware you'll see recent apps in the middle. No big deal though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Recon0212:
I noticed that one my phone sometimes CWM is very slow. It takes forever to scroll, and it also takes a very long time for a backup, but only sometimes.

Does anyone else have this issue?
[AT&T LG Optimus G] d08speed3:
Every app I use CPU settings never stay and the max always jumps to the max? Why is this? I use faux set it, mp off, and on CM ROM it never stays the same

His: HTC DNA

Hers: LG Optimus G
[AT&T LG Optimus G] acervenky:
Use A Tweaked thermald.conf And Turn Off Eco Mode.

But Keep In Mind,Running CPU Constantly At Max Frequency Can Damage It And Battery.

Regards,

acervenky,

XPT