yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheDannemand:
I tried that, and got the upsell page. After the tweak, no problems.

You can just try tethering, and see if it works in your case. If not, follow the simple steps at the end of rcauvin's document (look back a few pages and you'll find a link), that's the easiest way. I am rooted, but I understand it's not required.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fulaman:
I am experiencing the same thing, I am on MetroPCS $60/month unlimited plan they use T-Mobile towers though
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akmsr:
1. try tethering with native hotspot to see if it works. if not...

2. use a user agent switcher and try again. if not...

3a. if rooted : just apply the settings.db hack with protocol set to ipv4. it should work now.

3b. if not rooted and don't want to root : apply the hack with adb shell command with protocol set to ipv4 and use a user agent switcher.

i do not need this hack and i am on the same carrier and same plan as you. just use a user agent switcher.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fulaman:
So use ipv4 for the Internet protocol. I'm not rooted my friend, which hack are you referring to with adb shell command?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akmsr:
[MENTION=3427537]fulaman[/MENTION]

the reply you quoted was for the other guy. if you are on metropcs you do not need that hack. just use a user agent switcher for your computer browser
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fulaman:
When my computer connects to the wireless network on my phone, it says limited. Would the user agent switcher change this? Are you rooted?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _jordan_:
The laptop days limited? Are you on windows?

It sounds like its having trouble connecting.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suckmyseahawk88:
My ps3 won't connect any tips?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phylum:
Like others I discovered I lost hotspot functionality since I upgrades to the Nexus 5 from the Galaxy Nexus.

I'm on the road, traveling so I needed this working pretty quickly.

I downloaded SQLite Editor (paid the $2.99).

Backed up the database (copied it into a 'backup' folder using Total Commander)

Added the entry

Changed APN setting from IPv6 to IPv4

Rebooted

Enabled hotspot and it's once again working.

Thanks for this!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bestco:
I have an unlocked Nexus 5 (not rooted) and the T-Mobile $70 unlimited plan with 2.5GB tethering data, would like to know how to get unlimited tethering as well. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Sorry this thread has 50+ pages and I really don't know where to look for the right info.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akmsr:
i am not rooted. you have connection issues if it says limited. as someone else says its probably windows issue.

after you connect successfully, launch the browser and see metropcs upsale page for tethering, that the tethering block we are talking about in this thread and user agent switcher will help with that.

unfortunately no. i have the same problem.

around page 40 or later there is a post detailing an adb shell command for non-rooted phones. to use it successfully you have to ...

1. connect the phone properly with computer usb drivers and adb drivers

2. adb shell content insert --uri content://settings/global --bind name:s:tether_dun_required --bind value:i:0

3. set protocol to ipv4

4. use a user agent switcher in the browser
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaco81:
the post right before yours said how to... and the post after yours explained it

go read on those and u will get it working.

i did, and it worked great
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akmsr:
bestco's post said he is not rooted so i thought the shell command would be more appropriate for him
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fulaman:
Yah, it says limited and it is running Windows 8.1
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BinkXDA:
FWIW, it appears T-Mobile has worked around this and I, like many others, can no longer readily work around the 100MB Mobile Hotspot Usage accounting. Oh well. It was nice while it lasted.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andy o:
Has worked around what? The settings.db fix, the user agent fix, or what you were doing before with the SSH?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BinkXDA:
Simply changing the tether_dun_required also caused my “Mobile Hotspot Usage” to no longer register in the bullsh*t 100MB allowance, but over the past month or so this counter now goes up when I tether like it used to. I assume the SSH tunnel still bypasses this, but I’ll report back if I find this not to be the case.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bestco:
Thanks and I'll give it a try, quick question: if I root my phone, what will I lose functionality wise? Do I get a complete different interface than the current one? will I still be able to download apps from Playstore? can I still use Hangouts? does it still come with all those preinstalled Google apps like Google Now, Chrome, Maps, etc.?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexus_roadhouse:
I may have missed something obvious but where do I get the settings.dB hack and will it work with removing the throttle from the three network
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yuugotserved:
just tried the settings.db method and it worked!

checked my hotspot usage using https://ma.web2go.com/home.do?src=m.tmo and i saw an increase in data but hotspot usage stayed at 0.0MB/100MB

thank you!!

no user agent switcher required and no app required for tethering, just used the native hotspot and it worked.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akmsr:
first of all let me say that i do not think rooting is for you because you could have googled the question or checked any stickies on any android forums for an explanation. your lack of incentive to try and find the info for yourself makes me dread that you may are asking for more trouble than it is worth.

that said let me give you an analogy...

its like taking the ownership. think of it like you are renting a house. you are allowed to buy furniture and ornaments and re arrange the way it looks. but you are not allowed to change plumbing, electrical, modifications etc. you have to ask your landlord for permission and let him do it.

rooting does not change anything on your phone except it makes you the owner. now you can do whatever you want including hard bricking it.:laugh: people usually do it so they can make system level changes without operating system blocking them. you may run the phone exactly the same way you had before, with exact configuration.

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no. this is a different issue. it will not work for carrier data speed throttle or data amount throttle.

this is about kitkat tagging the tethered data and some carriers using that to block un-allowed tethering.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asphaltsally:
Thanks for the info but it didn't work for me. Even with the browser user agent switcher set to android.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charesa39:
Just out of curiosity, is there a specific user agent switcher extension that everyone is using in Chrome? It looks like there are a few. Just wondering if one is better than the others.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fulaman:
On Windows 8.1 I still only get limited connectivity, meaning I can't access the internet
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skhw:
I tried your method by using minimal ADB and Fastboot, however, I got the reply system/bin/sh: global:0: not identifier. I cannot get just ADB to stay open when I try to run the program. Please help.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Preston995:
I'm on T-Mobile prepaid $70 plan and I've been using WiFi Tether Router app and metro pcs APN. Tethered data usage counter doesn't go up anymore.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yuugotserved:
update: the settings db method only worked for a day and the next day when i tried to tether the tether data was being used so i had to use the user agent switcher.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andy o:
The settings.db method was never meant to be an alternative to the user agent method. If you needed UA before, you still need it after settings.db is changed. The settings.db fix is for not being able to tether at all, not just to desktop browsers.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markbyrn:
Bluetooth

I was able to workaround the issue by using the Bluetooth Tethering option - works fine on my N5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fulaman:
Doesn't work for me either. Maybe my device is the issue?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _jordan_:
^ the device you are bringing online via this method is the issue.

If the carrier can identify it as a computer, it will be blocked.

Try Linux :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andy o:
If the problem is the UA, only certain (common) desktop browsers will be blocked, and only http (not https, for instance). Other programs should work fine online. If the problem is the settings.db, then nothing would work, not even other android/iOS devices.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheddaface:
I am on sprint with a nexus 5 rooted with custom roms and i still cant get my wifi tether to work,,,, whats going on with this? is there a fix? why do some have it working and some dont?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eroica03:
Even with changing to "epc.tmobile.com"? Thanks!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jarredduq:
I tried that too. Still blocked. I'm on post paid value plan 1000 min unlimited data.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s_special:
I tried changing the preferred network to 3G. That didn't work.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neiander:
I wrote this a few pages back,

Tmobile told me that in order for me to tether, using my $30/5gb/100minut plan, I needed to add the feature for $15.

That is answer enough as to why it isn't working on my phone with my current plan.

The people on this plan expecting it work, did you pay the extra $15?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thor79:
This IS something specific to the Nexus 5 or Kit Kat. Using the same APN settings on my LTE enabled Nexus 4 (I double checked against the settings I got from XDA) I was able to tether just fine. The only difference is the APN Protocol is now set to IPv6 (vs IPv4/IPv6 with my Nexus 4)...and I'm starting to believe that has something to do with it.

My thread over on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/1q13ru/tmobile_nexus_5_tethering_shut_down/ (for details on what I've tried...not trying to redirect discussion, I prefer to discuss it here)

I don't give a crap if T-mobile thinks I should pay to enable tethering...I paid for 5GB I should be able to use it how I please. If I have to pay to tether I'll go grab a wifi hotspot on Verizon for the much better coverage.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1gh7m4r3:
Kitkat is to new I believe. Tried 3 vpn apps, none of them can make a connection.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dungeon47:
I tried IPv4, no go. I think this will be one of the first features custom ROMs cook up.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brickpub:
I am having the same issue. Free tethering worked fine for me on T-Mobile until I switched to the Nexus 5 yesterday (I am on their $30 5GB plan) and now it bounces me to the T-Mobile page every time.

So I guess it has to do with the LTE network. What's interesting is I have used unlocked AT&T LTE phones and native tethering worked fine on those using T-Mobile's LTE network (Pantech Burst and Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, both running CM10.1)- although I'm getting much faster LTE speeds on the Nexus 5 than on the Burst or Skyrocket.

Anyway, I guess I have to bite the bullet and spend another $15 per month if I want to keep tethering, or stick with an older phone.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f1ip:
my old Total Internet plan didn't work. apparently they have IMEI block for these phones.

I got switched to Unlimited - Premium with Smartphone Mobile HotSpot Service.

its $.01 more than the $19.99 i was paying.

hopefully it has more than 5GB unthrottled bw
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trjcasper:
My block went away yesterday. This morning it's back. I give in. I'll pony up the cash which is $0. My $20 unlimited is being traded for $20 4.5 GB with mobile hotspot included.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f1ip:
what plan did you have before?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobafuzz:
I agree, this isn't LTE specific, I have an N4 running on the same APN on T-Mobile LTE, it tethers just fine. On the N5 I've tried setting new APN with epc.tmobile.com, fast.t-mobile.com, and using 3G only it still gives me the upsell or the login page. I'm not entirely sure if this is Android 4.4 or the N5. I've heard that it's shipped with 4.3 maybe someone can dump that before they take the update and we can test it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trjcasper:
Bridge to value, the data is an add on and it was unlimited $20. Plan started maybe in September or October of 2012. Before that I had an old grandfather plan from Voice stream.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dungeon47:
I just called T-Mobile and went over it with them. I was able to get my data plan changed from Unlimited to Unlimited+2.5GB of tethering/hotspot data for free. I think you just have to ask. Not a perfect solution, but if you only need tethering occasionally, it's an option.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpg71:
Hmm, I don't see that option on their website. It shows my current data plan is Unlimited Nationwide 4G, and the only options I can pick are 4.5GB ($20) through 12.5GB ($60). Nothing about an unlimited data + 2.5GB hotspot for $20.

Ah, perhaps it's not available online and you have to go through an actual T-Mobile rep to activate?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dungeon47:
In my experience, I have found that, despite the extra time involved, this is invariably better in getting what you want. Always ask for a deal, always haggle. You can only do that with a person.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zandeer:
I'm on this plan currently, and I still can't tether currently. Tethering is providing no access.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dungeon47:
You might call and check. I was on that plan, but when I called in, the tethering wasn't there anymore.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobalias:
I have some thoughts on this matter, but first I need more information.

1) Does internet on the phone itself stop working when you turn on the built in hotspot, or just on the devices connected via wifi?

2) Has anyone tried pinging out from both the phone itself and a wifi connected device? No HTTP, just ping.

3) Any thoughts on how the carrier could detect that you've enabled the hotspot? The traffic should all look the same, the only thing I can imagine is if the phone sends some sort of additional information to the tower or T-Mobile intermediary server telling it tethering has been enabled.

For what it's worth, I don't seem to have any problems tethering, but I'm on AT&T, so that's not particularly helpful.

EDIT: Has anyone tried using the Android system level VPN, not just a VPN on one of the wifi connected devices?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zandeer:
So this just worked for me. But I wasn't getting any connectivity at all.

I just got it to work by turning on the hotspot, switching APNs, then switching back.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nibrwr:
Your ROM could be to blame. I use PA and the ADB shell command worked perfectly
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheddaface:
I read up on most of the pages here and I'm still confused on the pa thing and how to use it, I've tried 3 ROMs and my WiFi tether just won't work

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I also see that this is mostly happening on tmobile i just dont get it as i have sprint and my tether just wont work
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nibrwr:
Use the ADB shell command that is in the OP. It will work.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheddaface:
sorry but i dont see anything in the op related to the abd shell and also im on sprint with root and ive tried many custom roms and all having same problem, not sure if its 4.4.2 or just my phone but this is really odd
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david279:
This!!!!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nibrwr:
Ninja'd. Thanks.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheddaface:
i never see the metro page becasue im on sprint, im using a chromebook not windows, it will connect to the computer but will never load a web page

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I will give this a try even tho im rooted with a custom rom and on sprint, but is there a better detailed instructions?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david279:
That's as detailed as it goes. Do those commands and that's it.

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BTW I'm on sprint too... It works. ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheaplikeafox:
Does this trick not work with the moto x?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david279:
There's a xposed module that enables tethering for the moto x.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eeriikk:
I have been using the exposed module on my Moto X (XT1056 - Sprint)...Once I started using the module, I was then able to get unsecured wi-fi tether using wifi_tether_v3_4-experimental1 from code-google-com, but without security on my network, I had been stuck only using tether through USB and PdaNet. One thing to note: the exposed module even states upon install to change the build.prop entry of tether_dun_required from 1 to 0, but just editing it like I would have previously done on a rooted ICS device for instance, didn't hold. I also attempted to use Open Garden's Wi-fi tether app, and would usually get a FC, but regardless which configurations I used (and I tried some every day), couldn't get a stable connection with OpenGarden, which had been my savior on my old Droid X MB810. But I will say that after following the steps here using SQLite, my native tethering immediately started working, and has been up for 6-7 hours with no issues now! Thanks...and sorry for invading your thread with other device posts :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheaplikeafox:
So native tethering without root works using the same method described here on the moto x too? Sorry to go off topic, but there's not much info in the moto x threads.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eeriikk:
Native tethering without root on the Moto X I don't think is likely unless you pay your provider or just use the USB tether with PdaNet or similar, as editing the Settings.db will require root to enable RW of System.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheDannemand:
Steps have been posted several times in this thread for how to make the change without root access. I'd be surprised if they don't work on Moto X.

Look for posts from rcauvin in this thread and ignore everything else. Seriously!

Edit: I meant I'd surprised if the steps don't work without requiring root on Moto X. Whether they solve tethering on it, I couldn't say.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Piero88:
Hi,

I'm kinda stuck after reading all the comments.

I've installed the fix from riggs, and changed the APN settings to IPV4/IPV6

but I still can't trick into going past my 500mb tethering limit.

Is there something else I should do? :`\
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheDannemand:
The fix discussed here (adding the tether_dun_required=0 and changing the APN) is only meant to solve the problem of tethering not working at all due to T-Mo's upsell page. It will not otherwise add tethering to your plan or increase plan limits. Changing User Agent may help to continue tethering past your limit.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolhand1:
Can't seem to get it working

Hey guys,

I've probably read through this entire thread and I still can't seem to get this working. Here's what I have so far

Located in US

16gb N5 rooted

tether_dun_required 0 added to the global table in the settings.db (in the original dir)

permissions set to system:system

APN settings to IPV4 (and I've rebooted)

I've also tried it with and without the user agent and so far no luck. Hell, I've even tried it with bluetooth and no matter what I seem to try it gives me the tmobile upgrade page. Did I miss something?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaco81:
i did that, my only difference... i set APN to IPV4/IPV6

and that i matched the permissions to the original using root explorer
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supurman182:
Tmobile ps3

i rooted my phone and did the tether_dun_required=0 thing. I also had to do a user agent switcher on my browser. Everything is working fine except that i cannot tether to my ps3. I have tried everything but i cant get it to work. I tried foxfi wife but i dont know what settings i need to mess with. I tried connectify but that doesn't work either anyone have an solutions. I tried making my pc a hotspot but i dont think that my ethernet card gives out a signal. If anyone has any advice id be happy to hear it. Thank You. Nexus 5 4.4.2
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tarroyo:
See my post here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47848091&postcount=243

Also check out pocketnow's article on tethering http://pocketnow.com/2014/01/20/kitkat-broke-t-mobile-tethering
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CellPhish:
Use PLANET/Foxfi. You have to pay (I believe its under 10 bucks), since it kicks you out after a period of time, making you reconnect again if you use basic version.. I use it to play online on ps3
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Driftbum:
I currently have the paid version of FoxFi &I can't tether to my ps3,

What settings are you using?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nephilim-Giant:
Hopefully someone can help me...

Everything works quite perfectly on 3G/HSPA+, but when my Nexus 5 connects to LTE, the tethering stops working. Anybody have a solution for this? Would appreciate any help! Thanks!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CellPhish:
Make sure APNprotocol and APNroaming protocol is set to IPv4. If you still can't connect check the 5th post with the installer and flash them.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2581035
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gambit2099:
Nexus 5 T-mobil

Can you please give the steps to do this I am having issue with it nexus 5 rooted but cant access wifi tether thanks
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilostmypistons:
Search for the zip... its much easier and does the same thing if you're rooted
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gambit2099:
The zip name is the naming u have on our post? An just open it

From android browser?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilostmypistons:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2581035 post 5 in the thread
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] braonm:
t-mobile hot spot cyanogen nexus 5

Worked like a charm on my Nexus 5 with t-mobile. I installed sqlite database to view and edit the file. I used adb shell, then did a "su" , then changed the settings.db file to chmod 777, then did an adb pull to get it to my PC, edited the database (click on "edit data" drop down box to "global" then add entry, then click in the field name add the above field name, click in value, set the value) save the db, adb push it back to phone into the sdcard folder, then adb shell, su, then "cp" to get it back over in the .../databases folder. Rebooted, tested, fantastic!

Thanks man, that was awesome.

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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shabazz18:
My settings.db file contains only chinese characters. Ideas?