yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon LG G2] nookin:
Well, my question was addresses to ThaHawk as I don't know if the two method works on the G2.

Nonetheless, I've replaced the HotSpotProvision.apk and removed the opex file under arm/ directory. It still complains that I am not using a Verizon Sim (I'm using T-Mobile):

"A Verizon Wireless LTE SIM card is not detected.

Mobile Hotspot/Mobile Broadband Connect/Bluetooth tethering service needs a Verizon SIM card in order to work."

but I was able to enable HotSpot. Is this expected?
[Verizon LG G2] ThaHawk:
[MENTION=4560583]nookin[/MENTION] I'm not so sure about your phone but i would think that the modification of changing your entitlement from 1to 0should do the trick

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[/COLOR [MENTION=4560583]nookin[/MENTION] let me know Amigo
[Verizon LG G2] ThaHawk:
BTW [MENTION=4560583]nookin[/MENTION] if you don't put the @ before thehawk i wont get notified. I just happen to be browsing the forums and caught your question Amigo.

Sent from my LG-E980
[Verizon LG G2] nookin:
[MENTION=4618161]ThaHawk[/MENTION], there is no setting for tether_entitlement_check_state under settings.db of my Verizon LG G2 running Lollipop. The only thing seems related is tether_timer (60000).
[Verizon LG G2] ThaHawk:
[MENTION=4560583]nookin[/MENTION] well I'm not familiar with lollipop but you have to look around in there. Try system in settingsdb instead of secure. Look for tether entitlement check state.
[Verizon LG G2] Frunple:
Anyone know where I can get the 39a stock HotSpotProvisioning apk?? Need it to get the newest update but I can't find the one that I saved!
[Verizon LG G2] usatf1290:
Here is my stock HotspotProvision.apk that I backed up.

BUT, now I need the stock odex file inside of /system/app/HotspotProvision/arm/

If anyone has this, that would be great!

If there's a way to force the stock .apk to generate the odex or something like that, I'll do that then post the odex here, as well.

Without the .odex, it still fails :/
[Verizon LG G2] Frunple:
Ha!!

Trade ya.
[Verizon LG G2] Armughanshah:
Thefolder of "HotspotProvision" is deleted by mistaken what should i do now,
[Verizon LG G2] xmgdx:
Galaxy S7 edge AT&T tethering works

first of all I wanna say this took some messing around and striking out a lot. I am currently connected on my unlimited At&t USB tether.

here are my steps I took.

Att doesn't let you download PDANET from app store. At least I was unsuccessful. I download it pdanet thru my pc on a wifi network and then drag it over to my phone . Installed it. so now ATT as you know asks for permission every time you try to use regular hotspot or tether or blue tooth. So after searching and searching I came across some instructions.

Open dev mode in your phone...

go to ...

settings/system/about device and click bunch of times over and over on build number.

this will unlock your developer mode in your phone.

go back to settings/system/developer options

turn on following

OEM unlock ...... ON

USB debugging ...... ON

NExt download the following and install on your laptop....

pdanet.co/a ......type this into your browser cant post a link

download the windows version if you have windows. ofcourse

now install.

so your s7 edge is connected to the pc thru your usb port............

turn on pdanet on your phone.

turn on activate USB tether....

on your desktop click the pdanet icon and........

BEHOLD your laptop on ATT unlimited internet.

speedtest.net picture should be attached. Trying to find a way now to make my laptop a HOTSPOT lol

xMGDx
[Verizon LG G2] chrisbooth12:
I do not see these files in that direction. I do see one that says Entitlement Check
[Verizon LG G2] danolad:
i am unable to rename the hotspot provission .apk it does not rename or even delete and i have rooted my phone i am using root explorer please is there any other options for me i am using verizon
[Verizon LG G2] sid3589:
i do not wish to root the phone.

is there any way to delete the original apk and replace it with modded apk via adb or any other way?
[Verizon LG G2] jondoeshadows:
I can not find the APK, or odex in system app or system priv-app or in system wide search only find the file I downloaded on rooted moto g power
[Verizon LG G2] Kaiken:
What would be the chmod permissions if I were to abd push this?
[Verizon LG G2] gbeardmore:
Could someone post a link to the file? Cant seem to D/L it.
[Verizon LG G2] p2im0:
chmod 644 (RW-R--R--)
[Verizon LG G2] ricardo_r21:
Same here! can someone post a mirror please.
[Verizon LG G2] lthelwpn:
+1 Thanks.

Sent from my VS980 4G using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2
[Verizon LG G2] Kaiken:
Through ADB. Renamed the original apk to bak. Pushed the new file, fixed permissions and I still receive the vzw prompt.
[Verizon LG G2] jaben2:
Did you reboot
[Verizon LG G2] Kaiken:
Always after pushing files. Just seems odd that I got the browser to push fine. I wonder if there's some data/cache I need to rid of first...

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Forgot about the odex file. Renamed that and I'm all good!

For people that don't want to root with su and only adb root. My steps renames the original files instead of completely deleting them. Follow these commands:

adb remount

adb shell

cd /system/app/

mv HotspotProvision.apk HotspotProvision.bak

mv HotspotProvision.odex HotspotProvision.bakodex

exit

adb push HotspotProvision.apk /system/app/

adb shell chmod 644 /system/app/HotspotProvision.apk

adb reboot

Again, you'll need adb root mentioned in the Root thread.
[Verizon LG G2] omnia38:
I can't seem to download it either
[Verizon LG G2] gbeardmore:
Turns out i couldn't D/L it on my phone. I tried the link on my PC and it downloaded just fine.
[Verizon LG G2] Gasaraki-:
This has worked for me. Thanks!!!!! :victory:
[Verizon LG G2] slide83:
Works great! Thanks!
[Verizon LG G2] fhblake04:
THIS!!! Native tethering without full root! Thank you so much!
[Verizon LG G2] Kaiken:
Sweet. This makes two confirmations!
[Verizon LG G2] mediumraresteak:
So where did you download the .apk to on the phone, pc?
[Verizon LG G2] fhblake04:
Go to the folder in which the HotspotProvision.apk is saved. Hold shift down, right click and open a command window. Run the above commands as provided by Kaiken. Provided you have root.
[Verizon LG G2] Kaiken:
In my platform-tools folder where my adb is located.
[Verizon LG G2] p2im0:
Count me as another successful tether'er. Word of advice, you have to unfreeze the Mobile Hotspot app if it was previously frozen. It took me several hours to figure this out as I kept trying to access it via the Settings menu and just got a force close every time I clicked Mobile Hotspot.

Working great, 4G speeds are fantastic.
[Verizon LG G2] WACOMalt:
Well, I DID say back it up first :P

renaming it works too, but I like keeping my system clean of files that aren't being used. I'll keep that backup elsewhere.
[Verizon LG G2] pouxonu:
Just accidently did the same thing and unistalled in the hotspot apk. The zip there doesn't have the apk just the odex file and the mobile update client. Can anyone just pull the apk for the hotspot.Thanks in advance.
[Verizon LG G2] WACOMalt:
Just letting you guys know, I have been contacted by mods and requested to give the name of the source of this mod, despite the dev's requests to me to not share his name.

As such, I have to take down this thread within 24 hours, and I'll comply with that rather than break my promise to the dev. Grab it while you can folks, I'm removing this early tomorrow, unless I can talk the dev into speaking out.
[Verizon LG G2] Kaiken:
That's unfortunate but understandable. Not knowing a source always raises questions. Wish the Dev can speak up so many of us can give thanks and we can continue to enjoy the most of this amazing phone.
[Verizon LG G2] pouxonu:
My quote didn't grab as much as I thought. I was reffering to drkow19's post where he put up a zip file for someone who deleted the mobile hotspot apk and odex file.His zip had the odex file but not the hotspot apk. That's what I was looking for was all and I have everything else I needed.Apologies for not getting my post right the first time lol.
[Verizon LG G2] WACOMalt:
Oh sorry my post wasn't meant to quote you. My bad. The possible takedown has nothing to do with you. Whoops!
[Verizon LG G2] drkow19:
Whoops, sorry about that. Let me try again. What is the name of the hotspot apk? Got it, must have clicked the wrong one :silly:
[Verizon LG G2] Mikef3j:
Thanks

This is a great feature...
[Verizon LG G2] driggity:
Thanks, I'll probably do full root eventually but this worked for me for now. Well, I haven't actually connected to the hotspot but it starts up just fine so I assume it will work.
[Verizon LG G2] cybrvipr23:
Sad to see it taken down. Works perfectly on a non OTA device.
[Verizon LG G2] MichaelTheCrum:
works perfectly on mine I took the over the air then roOted. thanks OP I have been looking for this for a while
[Verizon LG G2] ericdabbs:
Does this hotspot mod work for the AT&T and Tmobile models?
[Verizon LG G2] WACOMalt:
I highly doubt it. This is a modified version of the Verizon specific hotspot app. Feel free to try though.
[Verizon LG G2] moosc:
What?

Sent from Bad Azz VZW LG G2 Cyan Tapatalk
[Verizon LG G2] cybrvipr23:
^This was said but I guess it didn't happen.
[Verizon LG G2] moosc:
OK thanks

Sent from Bad Azz VZW LG G2 Cyan Tapatalk
[Verizon LG G2] MetalMonkey:
Thanks a ton for posting this! Unfortunately I got greedy and tried to get this done at the airport before leaving the country Friday night. Trying to download the file from Mega on my phone put me into a small rage as even after trying it 5 different ways and creating a stupid account it still wouldn't just frackin download...

So then being half distracted through a 3 hour delay that saw us board and deboard a plane I used the files drkow19 posted to replace the ones I had for MobileHotspot.apk and .odex. ES File Explorer wasn't working (thought it supported root), so I booted into TWRP, mounted system and got the old files moved (renamed) to .old. I realized these were identical and pointless, but then I finally was able to get through the Mega nonsense before takeoff to download the HotspotProvision apk. While in the air I decided (foolishly) to try and be productive and get this done. However my system/app folder did not have a version of this file yet (apk or odex) and so I searched to see if I'd disabled it, but found no disabled apps related to tethering. So I copied the Provision apk using Solid Explorer as I remembered I had it too and it's root access seemed to be working. After a reboot I figured I'd at least try to enable it (while in the air) and see if the VZW nag was gone. It was! Yay! Maybe I'd try to get a cheap sim if I could find one and really do some fun testing :) Except that when I landed I now had a problem. Google Play Music started trying to cache some files as soon as I got on a free wi-fi, but wi-fi kept restarting and dropping :(

Over the past day or so I've found it's not just wi-fi. Even on airplane mode my phone/apps keep resetting at random times. I'm browsing Solid Explorer and all of a sudden the screen flashes and I'm back to the default location. I'm taking pictures quite a bit and every so often it just blinks and resets my mode. Nova Launcher has crashed a few times and lost it's default designation.

So I removed the renamed files and the HotspotProvision.apk from the system/app folder and restored my TB backup. Still glitching. Wiped dalvik cache, no luck. Using ROM Manager to Fix permissions and it keeps resetting and starting over and over and over. :(

Someone please tell me there's something easy / obvious I should try. My phone is still usable, but it's becoming infuriating. I've got a TWRP backup from over a week ago (that TWRP tagged as 1970-1-08 for some reason and date modified says 1970-09-01), but really don't want to use it unless I have to (and am slightly worried it won't help). I'll be very grateful for any assistance!

Thanks!

Doug in Iceland
[Verizon LG G2] WACOMalt:
Hey man, sorry you're having such a massively terrible time with this. You mention you are in iceland, so just to be sure, you ARE on verizon model of the phone right?

First off, Mega doesnt require a log in, not sure what issues you were having with it, but Id blame the airport wifi you were on.

As for the state of your phone, sorry mate, but I have no clue in my mind of what could be causing your problems. My only suggestion is make a Titanium backup (not including the hotspot stuff) and then restore to your TWRP backup in recovery, and then restore your TiBu backup once you are booted into that.

IF even that doesnt fix it, then the only thing I can recommend is a factory reset. None of this should be necessary, and I am completely confused as to how an app, which only runs when you tell it to run, could possibly effect your phone in such a way. The Hotspot Provisioning files are not used ever, aside from when you actually try to launch tethering. So I am inclined to say that your issues are not related to this mod, despite the timing of events lining up.

I wish you the best of luck, perhaps you could hop in #lg-g2 channel on irc.freenode.net and try to get some more help. I am not the dev who made this mod, and as such I cant fix any bugs in it, but suffice to say you are the first person with these sort of issues.
[Verizon LG G2] moosc:
First I would stick with using root explorer. Best root file app out there. Second sounds like you did some tinkering before hand. What I would do is flash my back up of original rom. You did make a backup before you started tinkering? Then go in rename the files and copy the apk over then you should b golden.

Sent from Bad Azz VZW LG G2 Cyan Tapatalk
[Verizon LG G2] MetalMonkey:
Thanks for the fast responses guys. Yes I'm on Verizon, but just happen to be traveling. Here's a video of what I've been experiencing. I tried to keep my post brief, but comprehensive. One of the things I left out because I haven't been focused enough to report on accurately is that it seems to happen less when on airplane mode, but I believe it still happens.

The other thing I didn't include was my wife mentioning it maybe happening on her (completely stock) S4. She didn't want to bother with phones though of course as we just jumped 6 time zones, but as she's reviewing pictures just now it happened to her too. Wi-fi blinks out and her Gallery app blinks like the video below... :( My Nexus 7 hasn't had any issues here however. I did do some research on wi-fi resetting while overseas, but didn't turn up a lot beyond this "arp" issue here. Sorry for the novel and thanks again for the help. Looks like I may have to move this request for assistance to another thread. Crap

https://www.dropbox.com/s/27ow2s8s68wlloh/2013-09-29 20.33.17.mp4
[Verizon LG G2] Gasaraki-:
What? :confused:
[Verizon LG G2] soupmagnet:
Let's please stay on topic, (you know who you are).

Thank you :o
[Verizon LG G2] MetalMonkey:
Ok, sorry for the false alarm. I haven't traveled overseas much and I've been craving this tethering. I really did try to do my diligence before posting. I'm not sure how they put out a ROM that has such severe issues when you try to use it in a foreign country, but they did. I took out my sim card a few hours ago and it seems to have alleviated the issue of my entire device just glitching every 30-100 seconds. Again apologies for sullying the thread and thanks again for posting this; can't wait to give it a whirl when I get back.
[Verizon LG G2] WACOMalt:
90% sure that your issues are with the likely terrible hotel internet you are on. Uploading to youtube is like a 5% success rate for me in a hotel.

Try again on known good WiFi.
[Verizon LG G2] MetalMonkey:
Nope. I was having this issue everywhere I went (city and country) and it started as soon as I tried to use my phone when we landed. The wifi at this Centerhotel is actually very good and has let me upload about 10GB overall so far between all our devices. Perhaps I sounded a bit too noobish in my first few posts (I'm not a coder, but am pretty capable otherwise), but now on day 2 I can tell you that simply pulling the sim card has made the issue disappear. Previously it was a very debilitating. Thanks again
[Verizon LG G2] rester555:
Thank you for the post and to the original developer of this. And as always, the finger to Verizon.
[Verizon LG G2] axtn95:
My love for you is unbearable
[Verizon LG G2] Kaiken:
Your welcome!

This can be posted in the OP if its useful to many.
[Verizon LG G2] intrloper:
Had a quick question about the USB Tethering option. I used it last night for a bit and noticed a notification message about provisioning. I only use the USB tethering so question is do I need to be concerned about sudden charges now? Also is there a way to disable the USB tethering provisioning?

Thank you.
[Verizon LG G2] intrloper:
bump, if anyone can answer this for me please.

thank you again.
[Verizon LG G2] Kaiken:
If you haven't accepted or agreed to anything you should be fine.
[Verizon LG G2] intrloper:
I didnt, just noticed a very quick flash in the notification shade that said provision(ing) that was all. Just didnt know since been on GNexus for so long I forgot about all the verizon crap they have in the OS. Thank you.
[Verizon LG G2] usefulidiot127:
Couldn't rename/delete the old files with ES File Explorer. Worked fine for me with Root Explorer, thanks!
[Verizon LG G2] Cheesejam:
Does anyone know of a widget that successfully toggles mobile hotspot on/off? None I try seem to work. :(
[Verizon LG G2] usefulidiot127:
Am I the only one that's gotten this occasional restricted access change notification a few times since doing this? Maybe they're unrelated. ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2478565)
[Verizon LG G2] antawnm26:
.....Is there a way to contact that modder and see what he could do for the ATT Version?
[Verizon LG G2] EVOme:
Worked like a charm for me. I'm on VZW with the OTA. Thanks!!!!!
[Verizon LG G2] Junetastic:
Thank you very much for this. Couldn't get PDANet working properly so this alleviated a lot of my stress :)
[Verizon LG G2] pouxonu:
Just curious for a friend of mine i showed this to. Since this is just a VZW app would this possibly work for other VZW devices.He wanted to give this try but didn't want to mess anything up so I told him I would ask. Thanks for the help in advance.
[Verizon LG G2] wassct:
Thanks, worked great and was super easy!
[Verizon LG G2] IML726:
Worked perfectly. Thank you and the Modder
[Verizon LG G2] rfarrah:
Well that was incredibly easy. I guess there's no way to know if it really is separate from VZW's set up without using it and checking your bill.

Been using the old Wifi tether app for years, but couldn't get it to work with my G2.
[Verizon LG G2] mediumraresteak:
Worked without a hitch :). Just remember for anyone else that you have to put the file in the sdk platform tools folder.
[Verizon LG G2] in_dmand:
Am I supposed to install the new apk? Because it's giving me an install error. I am using root Explorer on a rooted phone. I can't get this to work...

*edit: forgot to reboot, this fixed the problem lol.
[Verizon LG G2] cesar33:
Mega is a mega pain

Anyone else having a problem getting file to download from Mega? Has to be a better way to share such a small file. Can someone explain why we use Mega to share? My rant.
[Verizon LG G2] rfarrah:
The tether part works, but there is no internet access for the connected device. Any ideas?
[Verizon LG G2] graffitiwriter:
If you download the Mega app it will work. Also not a fan.
[Verizon LG G2] hd-renegade:
What Mega App ???
[Verizon LG G2] fontenot:
deleting files

I am not rooted and was using root explorer and I was able to backup the files but it is saying I cannot delete the files because they are read only. Does this only work if you are rooted? and if not what do I need to do to be able to delete those files?
[Verizon LG G2] antawnm26:
It's a fix in the att development section by Scott
[Verizon LG G2] graffitiwriter:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flyingottersoftware.mega
[Verizon LG G2] puothy:
No you cannot just install it that I am aware. You will need to go in using a root explorer...System > Apps then rename old Hotspot APKs ( I guess you could remove them too but I renamed them) then just paste this hotspot APK. this worked for me.

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yes you will need to be rooted to make this work
[Verizon LG G2] hd-renegade:
If I remember right, I also had to set the correct permissions on the 2 files to, and I did not run the APKs either.

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Thank you for the link, not sure I need the Mega App as I am using BOX and they gave G2 users 50 gig of free storage too.
[Verizon LG G2] puothy:
Yes sorry for not noting permissions as well....wasn't fully caffeinated....
[Verizon LG G2] in_dmand:
If you're having problems using mega then here's what you can do to fix it... Set your phone browser to view Web pages as "desktop"... Then you should be able to refresh and you will actually see a download link... I was having a hard time just like you all until I figured it out :)
[Verizon LG G2] trott33:
THANK YOU!!!! Worked like a champ!!
[Verizon LG G2] Renegade8100:
this was a pretty sweet .apk. Has anyone monitored the app's network traffic to make sure that it isn't malicious?
[Verizon LG G2] DrWarrenKruger:
Anyone else had the problem mentioned by Namtaru in post #4 of this thread? I followed Kaiken's procedure exactly and I get the "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped." whenever I hit Mobile Hotspot. I created an adb root shell (su not installed), everything seemed to happen just as it should, but no luck when I try to use the Hotspot. I went back to the Application manager and cleared data/force stopped com.lge.mobilehotspot.ui (which shows up under the DOWNLOADED tab, BTW) as well as Provision (which shows up under ALL). Rebooted and tried again. Still the same problem. Any ideas?
[Verizon LG G2] WACOMalt:
Did you set the permissions on the files? They should be 644 I think. chmod 644 filename.ext. in adb. Just do that to both files and restart. See if that fixes it.
[Verizon LG G2] DrWarrenKruger:
I did do that for HotspotProvision.apk by running adb shell chmod 644 /system/app/HotspotProvision.apk after first downloading from mega and adb pushing it. The file is 100,175 bytes and I've confirmed the permissions are -rw-r--r-- and owner is root. However, you said to do it to "both files". What other file(s) are you referring to?
[Verizon LG G2] WACOMalt:
Sorry I was wrong, there should only be the one file. Make sure you dont have an odex file of the same name in that folder. if you do delete it or rename it.

past all of that I have no idea whats up. Install CM? :)
[Verizon LG G2] DrWarrenKruger:
It had been (and I verified that it is still) renamed to HotspotProvision.bakodex. Thanks for the effort. Anyone else with this problem who fixed it, or any other suggestions?
[Verizon LG G2] DrWarrenKruger:
I was able to get it working. If anyone else has this problem, the way I fixed it was I went to the Application manager in Settings and clicked the button on the upper right (can't remember what it said but it basically undid any updates) for both Provision and com.lge.mobilehotspot.ui.
[Verizon LG G2] Adauth:
Very nice!

Works great. Thanks!
[Verizon LG G2] redstorm64:
Worked like a charm! Thanks!!
[Verizon LG G2] simon_lefisch:
Just installed this....works perfectly! Thanks for posting ?
[Verizon LG G2] Stigy:
Worked like a charm - thanks!
[Verizon LG G2] keypox:
Anyone have another link for file? I cannot get the MEGA to work.
[Verizon LG G2] simon_lefisch:
Here you go

http://goo.gl/B1aF1R
[Verizon LG G2] tkuligowski:
This worked perfect. Thanks!
[Verizon LG G2] garywojdan81:
Ditto
[Verizon LG G2] agentscreech:
I had this same issue. Clearing the updates from the provision app in the app manager worked. Thanks for the suggestions.
[Verizon LG G2] 360Razir:
Works great...thanks for posting!