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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] blulite:
That is funny. I found it a little curious that you couldn't try it out....

Let me know how I can help out. I'm not a bad hack at this stuff, but this one has me pretty stumped. It definitely works when I load a 9505 ROM (tried with Phoenix), but cannot make it work with VZW ROM. Why the heck does VZW feel the need to remove this functionality is beyond me.

Jeff
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Im looking more into it and I think I know the problem. But just so I don't waste a bunch of time, what kernel are you currently using? and do you know if it works/doesn't work if using a different kernel w/ the VZW rom? I don't think the kernel is the issue but just to make sure I guess. Ill remove the error message and mod the framework so wifi, mobile data, and bluetooth can be used simultaneously. Then if that doesn't work I guess we'll have to do a bnep/bt-pan test.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] blulite:
Tried two kernels, same problem with both. Talexop and Ktoons. I've also used both on a 9505 ROM and both worked with BT tether to WIFI.

Thanks for the help, looking forward to testing your fix.

Jeff
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DjSkreem:
lost 4g

did the unlock tether and it worked no message comes up now and my laptop is seeing the wifi connection

but sad thing is i no longer get 4G connectivity the phone is seeing 4G when i go under status but it says mobile network state Disconnected even though mobile data is on sigh -_- any thoughts on this

NVM after an hour 4g started to work weird .....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] paradisewasted:
What am I doing wrong here?? Plz help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DjSkreem:
Whuut. Is that what did you do exactly to get there
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Nothing. Apparently adding the toggles that way doesnt work. The tethering hack itself should work fine though
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] chethammer:
mine doesn't say "mnt" it says storage. What do I do? Just change it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
What doesnt say "mnt" ? Just enter in the commands and you should be fine. The mount "extSdCard" exists in both in storage and mnt.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] chethammer:
This was the post that did it for me.

Thanks for everyone's help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] CoMtnMan:
Link Down?

Tried to dl the files from dropbox and it gives me a page that says that "there is nothing here - the file has been moved or deleted" Is the link dead or is the file being updated? Just wondering...thanks for your work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Thanks for letting me know.

Fixed. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Goofypook:
help!! not sure what im doing wrong? Im rooted, have SuperSU and Busybox. have followed the instructions with terminal emulator and it loads perfectly, however when i go to the hospot app or through settings, the subscription page comes up... However when i use Foxfi, it is able to get it to work??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Did your S4 reboot after entering the commands in terminal? Also, you are able to update supersu correct? Did you make any changes to your system prior to this mod? All security checking is disabled? Report back with those answers and tell me what the current contents of /mnt/extSdCard/MJ7_tether_unlock/ contain.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] michaely123:
Can Verizon tell if you are using the native framework tether when you are running this mod?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Goofypook:
Yes to your questions outside of making any changes. . I ran it again and noticed rigjt before reboot it say unable to rename framework?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
First make sure the SuperSu binaries are upto date. Then mount system r/w before running the tether unlock. You can do this by either using a file explorer or open terminal and type:

su
cd /system/xbin
busybox mount -o remount,rw /system

Then try again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Goofypook:
sorry for the noob question but how do you go aboue making sure the binaries are up to date? i have mounted system r/w
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Open SuperSu and if it doesn't give you a message asking you to update your binaries then its up to date
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Goofypook:
Ok, Yes im up to date. Frustrating... Here is what I keep getting before reboot. Also I get notices like Pisqua has stop working and you tube has stop working, then the reboot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Ok, the issue is that the script cant find MJ7framework-res.apk, it should be in /mnt/extSdCard/MJ7_tether_unlock/ folder, can you confirm its there? If not redownload the MJ7 tether unlock zip from the OP, extract it, then move the extracted folder to /mnt/extSdCard/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Goofypook:
I got it!!! Thank you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kyls2010:
I logged in just to thank you... I was lost without my tether.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] outsid0r:
im unable to download, ur dropbox is over the limit, alt dl?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Mirror
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tsew03:
Hey I had the same problem how did you fix it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] quarky42:
I restored with Odin. I didn't attempt this again. Not worth it to me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tsew03:
how can you restore with odin? and did you downgrade?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] quarky42:
If you try to downgrade you'll brick. There are two Odin images around. You'll have to search. I'm not on my computer. There are instructions for restoring via Odin too. Check out the general and developer sections. Be sure to restore the same version. One Odin image will wipe your data and the other one won't. Your choice.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Thats strange that happened to both of you. I've included the md5 in the OP now. Remember people to disable the Knox apps (5 I believe?) and security apps (the 4 VZW security apps) install busybox, remove the Chinese superuser, update SuperSu's binaries, enable usb debugging and under security disable verify apps while enabling unknown sources.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tsew03:
Hey just wanted to update I tried this again it was too tempting not to!! I got a new sd card and I didn't disable the knox apps the last time. So after doing those it worked like a charm!! Not sure which one was the issue but great work again!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] CoMtnMan:
Surge,

I'm going to hazard a guess that it would not be wise to try this with the new MK2 OTA as the framework-res.apk is likely different. Is that an accurate assessment?

Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
That would be accurate. Ill try to get someone to pull framework-res.apk so I can mod it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tshelby73:
I've got all the Knox apps froze what are names of the 4 Verizon security apps?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Not sure Im not on MJ7 to check. But im going to add the below text to the OP soon, its the method I told N3 users to use and it has resulted in far less errors than my script.

Download the framework-res.apk in the OP (the one that says for developers) then copy it to /system first then change its permissions to rw-r--r-- (chmod 644) and then MOVE it to /system/framework and overwrite framework-res.apk

Simply copy and pasting will cause you to boot loop so instead move it to /system first and change the permissions then and only then move it to /system/framework/ and overwrite the original
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] STEyeAndroid:
On MJ7 all I had to do is freeze the Knox apps in Titanium Backup and it worked. Any reason why I should un-freeze the Knox apps?

Surge, you're smart. :) Thanks for making this happen!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Nope no reason at all:)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tyson10:
just used on MK2 -worked like a charm.. Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MrSimmonsSr:
Nice little mod! Keep up the great work!

I was wondering if anyone knows of an effort to either use this on the AT&T version or a similar effort for AT&T phones. I have a Galaxy S3 on AT&T (i747) and have been unable to tether since the 4.3 upgrade.

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] urcboss07:
Any tethering mod for ML1 build?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] guho:
I'm still on MJ7 and this mod works very well. Do I need to undo the mod before upgrading to mk2 or ML1?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Yeah you wont be able to go to MK2 with this mod enabled, the ota will fail. You'll have to revert to the stock framework-res.apk before taking the ota
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FMinMI:
Hello all,

Just moved from my rooted/unlocked S3 running Root66 to a brand new S4 which had MJ7 installed. I really need to tether but after reading all the posts in this thread its a no-go for me since my S4 is not rooted. And from what I read elsewhere, no one has been able to root MJ7, correct?

Someone said FoxFI does work but no one else confirmed. Was hoping someone else would do that (or suggest another way to tether) until there is a way to root MJ7. Any comments would be appreciated as well as the best forum to watch the discussion on rooting MJ7...

Thanks, and happy holidays to all.

Frank

Michigan
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Zelmo88:
Just used the "alternate version" to get tethering back on my rooted MK2. Worked like a charm! Thanks for the great work Surge!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] darker_slayer:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2565758

I'd use the method in this thread. Stuff like foxfi, pdanet, jbwifitether, etc (whatever the current working one is) might not be any worse on battery life, but coming from an iphone long ago the jailbreak wifi tether app hacks were always worse on battery life. Stock tethering seems like the OEM put *some* effort into optimizing battery performance. Any way saferoot should do the trick
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Arsenic1234:
Can confirm with the .apk properly loaded into framework I got my recently rooted MK2 to work with built in wifi tether no problem.

Thanks for the guidance-
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FMinMI:
Went to the link you provided and rooted my phone no problem. Will start looking for a good tether program now that works with a rooted 4.3.

Thanks.

Frank
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] swc2001:
Please let us know if Foxfi works.... from what I have heard it should.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FMinMI:
Yes, it did work, however it was quirky. Sometimes my laptop will not connect and I have to turn it off and on. And then there is a time limit unless you buy the full version. That is why I pursued the root option. But then when I went to use WIFI Tether for Rooted phones, it didn't work. Crap...

Back to the play store to find one for 4.3 rooted S4s...

Cheers.

Frank
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Wait so are you both saying my solution didnt work for you guys? If not mind telling me what didnt work so I can try to see what the problem was? I havent had anyone complain of any issues for awhile now (most posts have been people confirming its working)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FMinMI:
I tried it maybe 5 times over the past 2 days. What happened twice was that when I started up my laptop (with Win7 SP1) which already was 'programmed' to connect to my S4 via FoxFI, it did not connect to the internet - I ended up with a ! in the network icon. To fix it, I had to stop and then restart FoxFI. And one time the connection was very slow (560kps) despite a solid 4G connection. (BTW, that same laptop with my rooted S3 and WIFI tether for Rooted phones never had a single failure in over a year).

Now statistically 5 data points sucks to base decisions on but I was strapped for time to get it working. And when I found an easy way to root the phone, I decided to go that way...

When I get some more time I might go back and revisit the app and consider buying the full version. Maybe the issue is the random time limit in the free version -- maybe the failure was due to its 'random timing out limit' being right after it started. I don't know how it was programmed.

Any way, thanks for the suggestions. I was going to root the phone sooner or later to get rid of the VZN crapware and this pushed me to doing it now.

Cheers.

Frank

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Sorry Surge1223 - I got messed up with who I was talking to.

I have NOT tried your procedure yet as I didn't have a rooted phone. I was going to try that next. I got you confused with the person who said to use FoxFI since my S4 was NOT rooted yet.

Frank
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] swc2001:
No I am on ME7 awaiting SS from Hash..... and am trying to find out what I gotta do to get WiFi with Foxfi going. I have bought the full version. You can also use this version for reliability..... please only use this if you have bought the app though:

https://www.mediafire.com/?99p6yqmt93ey8yd

This should help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bkott425:
I'm having a problem with permissions, I can't mount to run the script. Can anyone post the adb script to mount and change permissions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Do you have root access and supersu? I suggest using the alternative method for now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ogre150:
Does anyone have a copy of original framework? I think I overwrote my backup with the tether one...

I used to be a developer like you. Then I took an arrow in the knee...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tshelby73:
Did you use the tool or did you manually push it. If you used the tool you can just use the untether command
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ogre150:
I used the tool but I did it twice in accident... I didn't think it worked the first time.

I used to be a developer like you. Then I took an arrow in the knee...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tshelby73:
Mk2 or mj7
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ogre150:
MJ7. The update keeps failing on me and this is the only change I've made.

I used to be a developer like you. Then I took an arrow in the knee...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tshelby73:
Sorry all I have is mk2 and they are different
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bkott425:
Surge, yes I have super user and have root. It says read only I've tried switching it with chmod755 and root explorer. This happened with my rezound and I had to remount it in adb. I forgot the command to get the right dev/blk2 or whatever that is.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
What are you trying to chmod? When the script says chmod755 its talking about chmod755'ing the tether.sh script itself not anything else.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] swc2001:
So just curious..... why do we need this hack? I upgraded to MJ7 via the NO WIPE .tar with Odin 3.09 and my FoxFi works just as good as it ever has.... no need for any hacking. Sorry not trying to be smart allek just curious what I am missing here. Thanks for everythin!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Well this is completely free without restrictions. FoxFi used to be, until the author decided to not make it free anymore. I guess id rather use something built in already so thought id share with everyone else. Everyone is free to do as they like of course.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] swc2001:
Hey I completely understand that.... Free is good! Basically you did the community a big favor. For that you should be commended! I was just curious was all. I wasn't trying to be a smart Butt. I think what you did was awesome. THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT! Also thanks for the quick response!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Thanks! However I wasnt the one who came up with the method though, its commonly known its just we didnt have a custom recovery on mj7/mk2 so a mod was needed. Now that safestraps almost functional I might have to make these into zip files so they can be flashed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mshawn3:
A little help please

Could you go through the process briefly and include links to any downloads needed to get WiFi hot spot, running a S4 i545 MJ7 4.3 version.

If i have posted in the wrong place please give me a push in the right direction, Thanks!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] swc2001:
Well you could use the free version in the OP of this thread or you could buy the full version of the FoxFi app found here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.foxfi.key

As well as:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.foxfi

You will need both of these to properly run Foxfi...... if you have sprint or AT&T, you will need to get that version of FoxFi........ now that's the easy way...... the other way is free though. (In the original post) hope that helps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ogre150:
Thanks for checking. Does anyone else have the MJ7 framework that's original?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mshawn3:
Thanks

I've tried foxfi and multiple others, they all check for subscription and then close out. I guess it's just too early, I'll have to be patient. Thanks alot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] swc2001:
Whenever it checks for subscription IMMEDIATELY press the home key...... it will then bypass the check and continue to give you Tether..... its a pain but hey.... it works.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MrSimmonsSr:
Actually this doesn't work for me on 4.3 on my I747 (S3)10 on AT&T.. Just an FYI.. It just keeps checking in the background and disables tethering when the check fails..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mshawn3:
Fail

Mine does the same thing as MrSimmonsSr. I tried 4 different toggles,
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MrSimmonsSr:
Has anyone either tried this patch on an AT&T phone, or seen a similar effort to create a patch intended for an AT&T phone?

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] planetjeff:
Actually, I can! I'm with AT&T, on MK2. I searched for this exact kind of solution as well, very excitedly downloaded & applied it, and only *then* noticed this post was for Verizon. Had a really big "oh, crap!" Moment, worried I'd bricked my phone. However, it rebooted fine, and yesterday I tested the wireless tethering and it worked flawlessly.

HOWEVER - do not take this as a guarantee of any sort! Just telling you my experience in relation to your question.

One alteration from the OP - I first tried using Terminal Emulator to copy and move the framework-res.apk into position, but even though it said it had root permissions, wouldn't complete the actions. Instead, I used Root Browser, and that worked great.

Best of luck to any others who try this!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ljv:
WiFi Toggle?

Sorry if this has been addressed. I searched through this thread and may have missed it. But, has the adding the WiFi toggle been figured out? I can't seem to add the toggle. Tried sqlite but can't access settings.db with code14. I've also googled it and some people had success by doing a factory reset or a toggle reset. I've tried all of this and still not working for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mshawn3:
WiFi toggle

Ive tried multiple suggestions, got 4 different toggles and tried pushing the home button as soon as it searched for subscription permission, nothing has worked so far. But i'm gonna keep tryin' :p
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ljv:
Actually my tether is working fine. Just don't have the quick toggle.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MrSimmonsSr:
Well, that is certainly encouraging! Thanks so much for sharing that info!

Now my next question is whether or not anyone knows if there is anything device specific in this code? In other words, will it work on a Galaxy S3 instead of a Galaxy S4? Any ideas?

My guess is that it would work on either, but that guess is made from a position of total ignorance on my part, so I figured it better ask the experts here before I tried it myself..

Thanks!

EDIT: Here is what is running on my stock AT&T Galaxy S3.. Anyone have any idea if this mod would work for me? I'd have to factory reset, root, apply this mod, then unroot so MobileIron would work again. Anyone have any clue if that sounds feasible or not?

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] planetjeff:
Oh, wow - no way in hell, that's just risking too much. I mean, think about it - there's a different fix posted here for two different firmware revs for the S4. That tells me these are very specific to the phone model and firmware rev. Don't risk it! You have to find something that is specifically for the S3 at least, but maybe there's one that doesn't care about rev.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MrSimmonsSr:
Well, what you say makes sense, but at the same time it seems like the implementation of "tethering" wouldn't be device specific, doesn't it?

That having been said, does anyone know of an effort to create a similar mod for the S3 then? I've searched around but can't find anything... :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Send me your stock framework-res.apk and ill mod it for you. The more people screwing over Verizon the better.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MrSimmonsSr:
To be clear, I'm on AT&T.. That OK?

Also, I just found this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48326067

Thoughts?

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] m-cat:
Great mod! Just used the alternate method and it worked wonderfully. I'm running mk2, thanks.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] carzaddict:
im assuming you would need to undo this tether hack to get any future updates?

lets say I did the tether hack using the second method........where i put the framework.apk into the framework folder.......rebooted and it works (i have not done it yet)

what would I need to do to revert it so i can take a future update?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] richieroro:
I'm on stock MK2, rooted with Saferoot. Followed the alternate method, however when I moved the framework-res.apk to the /system/framework folder, it didn't ask me to overwrite anything. Rebooted. When I go to turn on Mobile Hotspot, it says I need a subscription. Am I missing something here? Do I need to run/install the apk?

Edit: Never mind... used Root Browser instead of ES File Explorer and it worked now. On a side note, "Root Explorer" no longer works in ES File Explorer and I have no idea why. Has access in SuperSU, but still says "Sorry, test failed. This feature cannot run on your device."
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] iNv8r:
Will this work on the Galaxy S4 SPH-L720 on the sprint network? Or has anyone made it work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jae.farah:
Just Got Stuck in Boot Loop. I Tried to Rename The Original to .Old and The Second I Clicked it The Phone Froze and Rebooted and Stuck on The Verizon Logo :( I Realized What I Did The Second It Happened But Too Late lol.. It Would Be a Good Idea to Mention "Not To Try to Rename The Original" lol also Does anyone know Where I Can Download The MK2 Tar File For Odin?? Pleeeeeease :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
10 or 11 threads down
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jae.farah:
Thank You. Downloading Now :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] One2many:
Great mod!!! Thank you!

Perhaps this helps someone for what its worth, I was able to get the tether unlock to work on my Verizon s4 with MK2. I had all kinds of issues changing execute permissions on sh files in mnt sdcard so I did it a different way. It seems all I really needed to do is replace a file and bounce the device.

Anyway I used an app called root browser from the play store. First I went into system framework, and modified permissions on framework-res.apk. I clicked all the permission boxes. That was the file getting replaced. Next I went to mnt sdcard mk2_tether_unlock and renamed the file MK2framework-res.apk to framework-res.apk. Then I used root browser to 'move' that file to system framework. It will nag you to copy or replace. Select replace.

Then all hell breaks loose as current running apps start to fail when you replace that live file. Just pull the battery or let the phone reboot on its own. When it comes back, it works!!

Thanks again!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bulvine420:
Thank you so much for this.