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[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] mardukeme:
Yes I am using just nk4, and I have never used a user agent switcher. Last week I was away and needed to use my hotspot. I used a little over 15gb without any issues. Had other family members connect to my phone without any issues either.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] mdiaz33685:
I noticed yesterday this problem about tmobile catching on while I was trying to get the new Lollipop for the Tmobile Note 3, I can't believe I went to that phone over the tmobile Note 4, but i used USB tethering on the hotspot and was able to use IE on Win 8.1, but not Firefox or chrome.

Just a heads up, everyone's getting different results but this worked for me last night after getting a message I used up hotpot and will be block until the next month.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] ndtemple417:
k cool is it the one that jovy made or just a stock you rooted yourself
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] mardukeme:
No it's not, it the one jimmydene84 had made, which is in the first post of the thread. I just fixed the apn misspelling he had.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] ndtemple417:
im referring to the rom your running sorry for being unclear
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] mardukeme:
I'm not running any roms, just stocked rooted.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] ndtemple417:
one other question and thanks for all your info by the way....have you tried watching netflix using chrome WITHOUT a user agent and also have you downloaded any files and it didn't count against your tethering data
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] mardukeme:
Like I stated in a previous post, I've never used a user agent switcher while tethering. While i was away last week I didn't use Netflix, but we did stream movies to the tv from other sources. Yes I did download some files on my windows 8 machine. Hopefully this helps.

Just give it a try and see if it works for you. First make a backup of your device in recovery just incase you have any issues.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] ndtemple417:
ok i tried it i completely wiped my phone started all the way over rooted the phone installed recovery then the zip file and it is still the same for me personally i have to use the user agent
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] mardukeme:
Did you goto the APN Type and click reset to default?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] ndtemple417:
yes i did i didn't reboot to see if that would make a difference after i did that should i try that?.....EDIT*****tried that tried rebooting still the same thing......im using chrome.....what browser are you using the user agent that i have to use for it to not count against my mobile data is IE
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] mardukeme:
Can you post a screenshot of your Access Point Names, or is it similar to mine below?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] ndtemple417:
its exactly like yours
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] mardukeme:
Your right I just got home and noticed netflix went up using chrome. I guess they started using agent sniffers, on the fast.t-mobile.com apn now.

Also noticed using a vpn connection on the phone doesn't route the hotspot data through the vpn connection, it still goes out through a separate connection. If we could find a vpn that would route all data through it would fix the issue.

Though using a vpn connection on my pc and then using Netflix the tethered data usage does not go up.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] draychi:
I just started having tethering issues today myself. I've been tethering for a year on 2 phones in the house with no user agents, over 300 gigs/month, just like a normal connection like Comcast.

Starting today, I can't tether natively at all unless I'm switching the user agent... this sucks.

Klink works the best, but I have to be hard wired.

Someone needs to fix this lol
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
They were tethering using laptops?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] RiverCity.45:
I've read several people have discovered that TMO has found a way around the unlimited tethering techniques that have worked in the past.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
I've been tethering my tablet all weekend.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] CB620:
Been using wifi tether and foxfi with no issues. Both unlocked versions. I tether over 400gigs a month and call T-Mobile purposely to see if they notice anything. They just say I browse a lot. Hotspot stays at 0 every billing cycle.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] M5Rahul:
Does Foxfi work with the Note 4 ?

Thanks
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] GermanGuy:
Cannot get "Wifi Tether for root users" to work on my N4. I have the latest beta. Always starts with "errors". Which version do you use?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] CrozB:
I too am now getting the up sell message saying I have used all my data.

Been using WiFi tether for a year with no issues steaming gaming etc. But just this week I got the up sell.

Work around for me is using IE. Sucks though as I am a huge chrome user.

Kodi seems to still work fine on my tethered home theater.

Hope someone comes up with a real work around.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Flashvetrin:
Its going to be a hard fix I talk to a tmobile rep that I know personally and they are allowing 5 gig that's it. And they are on to the game
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
If anything they are updating their sniffers. I have been tethering my Linux laptop all last week into this one.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Yay 4 Juggs:
I have tried every way of getting it to work...all have failed...i do not get the upsale prompt but it did show 18mb of tethred data after a short test
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] mardukeme:
If there was a vpn app that when used would apply an encryption connection to all active connections.

What I mean for example if I used Hotspot Shield on my phone and do a lookup my IP Address come up as a random IP that the VPN is using. Now on my tethered laptop I do a IP lookup it comes up with a different IP, which is registered Tmobile.

Anybody now of an VPN app that would encrypt all active data connections the phone is using?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] CrozB:
FYI using my works VPN did not help the issue. I am no network guy but wanted to pass along that my Chrome browser still gets the up sell even when connected through VPN.

On a positive note, using an agent switcher for Chrome helped. Running my chrome as IE 7. No negative side effects so far.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] blnwp:
I read every message in all the 24 pages here and tried all the configurations. Yet WiFi network set up by WiFi Tether is not visible to my Mac. May be I'm doing incredibly stupid or the app is just inconsistent (some say check the wifi always on, some say to turn off etc.). I just wanted this for one day but I guess I will go back to native hotspot sharing. I'm on CM12 on my Note 4 if it helps. Thanks.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] sometimesido:
Self destructed.

Hope someone figures out a simpler way
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] PreVayl:
I have the app running fine the only issue is i can't connect to my laptop via DLNA, like BubbleUpnp app or anything. My phone cannot see anything on its network even though those devices are tether to my phone. Anyone got any ideas?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
Your phone cannot connect to your devices over the wireless network? I do believe the issue is the phone doesnt consider itself a part of that network, part of how the whole hotspot mechanics work.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] PreVayl:
Ok so i actually got it to work but i ran into another issue. I set up the new APN as directed in the OP. But my laptop is giving me this. Tmobile thing. Look at the photos. Please help. Thanks.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] barfingmonkey:
Mine is working, using Chrome, agent switcher, set to safari on Mac.

Thumbs up me, if this works for you...
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
I feel like a broken record but I have been making mention of changing the user agent for awhile now. I almost think it should be added to the OP to remove that element when people are trying to troubleshoot their issues. User Agent sniffers aren't a new thing. I have been on Tmobile almost 3 years and have had to use one just about the whole time if I am tethering a laptop.

Different browsers give different results, that is why IE works for some (either the actual browser or the user agent)

For those dont know:

When T-mobile gets dinged that you are "tethering" a laptop/desktop browser then it will switch to pulling from your tether balance or give you an upsell page. The short coming of this very superficial detection is that many connections wont provide enough information to determine whether or not its from a tethered device or the mobile device. One example of this are some computer games, torrent data, messaging apps, etc.. Currently my windows machine is running Linux and I dont have to change my user agent at all.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] CrozB:
Thanks for your insight. User Agent is a life saver for my ability to work from home.

I am curious as to why the TMO sniffer sees and redirects my chrome but not my IE or not my Chrome when running IE Agent. As IE is a desktop browser, my feeble mind would except to get redirected when using IE as well. :confused:

As my big pipe items such as Ice films via KODI are not affected the impact is rather small to me. However, I would like to get it back to normal as I do have a couple programs that also get the redirect such as ITN Map Converter.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
Port usage is also a factor, for instance WoW has a dedicated port that would hypothetically never have a reason to be used on a mobile device. I cannot say for sure why IE would be allowed while every other browser isnt, I would love to get a hold of their watchlist of what is allowed and what isn't but I would hate to think how far into their chain of command I would have to go to even pose that question.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] PreVayl:
Thanks for the information. I had no idea and sorry i missed it if you said it already. But now i will try a different browser and see what happens. Thanks for making me aware so at least now i know what to research. Sorry once again.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
Don't be sorry, we are all here to learn. I'm just happy if someone can get that much more out of their device and avoid any unnecessary growing pains.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] PreVayl:
Actually IE worked just fine. Lol. I had Firefox as the default so that didnt work. But IE is working fine. Thanks. For that made my day!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] sometimesido:
Using Safari as user agent also works.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] rudbwoy:
It's been working ok

For whatever reason, I had to change SSID and password and then it started to work again. This was last week.

Flashed FKv10 yesterday and retested the WiFi Tether Router and all is well. Working like it should.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] tuck4x4:
Ok, I have a Note 3 and a Note 4. both are running Lollipop Roms. The 3 is on Dompop, the 4 is on Pacman. The 3 gets unlimited crazy fast tethering and it has never been slowed.

The 4 has been horrible.

Ive been doing some testing lately, and If Im solely on my data and run a speedtest, Im somewhere between 24 and 44 mbs. The second that I switch tethering on, the speedtest goes to 1 - 2 mbs. My tmobile account shows that I am under my 5gb of tethering data allowed, but something is happening regardless.

Ive tried the Wifi Tether app posted here in OP's post and it hasnt helped. Changing User Agent isnt helping either because they seem to throttle me at the phone level before even connecting a device.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] PreVayl:
Not that this is a huge issue but. my tether speed is significantly slower then on my phone. I only found that one other person has mentioned this but nobody replied with it. se attachments.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] tuck4x4:
I have not been able to get Wifi Tether to work for a few days. I emailed the developer and he says its an issue he is working on (note 4 on Lollipop). He sent me a new apk but it made no difference.

Ive been using Foxfi and PDAnet to usb tether to my laptop and its working fine.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Araltd:
Posted this is another thread (the Darth stalker thread which is the ROM I'm using.)

I've started seeing my hotspot usage increase while tethering, which didn't happen before.

Others are also reporting increase usage shown (or pulled) from hotspot allotment. So am I assuming, as others are, that Tmobile has finally patched the loophole being used for free tethering.

I've been checking my hotspot usage by going to ma.t-mobile.com and look under usage details.

I'm curious if anyone else is experiencing this?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] vipjeff:
How are you able to check your tether Data on T-Mobile vs Regular data from the phone? I called T-Mobile yesterday and they have no clue and said all data is lumped together. The other funny thing is they say only THEY can tell how much tether data we use. So I asked them how much are they showing I used and they said ZERO even though I had least at least 5GB lol. So please by all means if you have a way to check tether data vs phone only data PLEASE post here! With screen shots if you can. T-Mobile clearly told me it was not possible. Thanks!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Araltd:
Going to http://ma.t-mobile.com on your phones browser.

Right now I'm seeing 105mb of hot spot use, and 44gb of regular data use.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] babymatteo:
My wifi tether is at 3.0gb/3.0gb.. I wonder if Tmobile really found the problem and fixed it. I guess I can't tether to my PS4 anymore.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pwrmedia:
I've noticed my tethering usage tracked when using Chrome and Firefox on my phone for the last month or so, particularly when downloading files or using "Desktop" mode.

Other than that, tethering usage hasn't appeared to have been monitored otherwise, as I've been able to tether my usual apps + PS3, laptop and other devices as usual. On my Note 4, I've switched from using Chrome for downloading files and browsing and am now using Opera Beta primarily in Desktop mode w/ no detections.

It's clear though that T-Mo has determined something on their end lol...
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] barfingmonkey:
My xbox doesn't like the new changes. I can still play online, but the screens lack graphics.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] vponomarev:
I wouldn't be surprised if TMO read these forums. I wouldn't be surprised neither if they were aware of all their loopholes.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] adrenalinh12890:
I have 2 lines with 2 different unlimited data plans. 1 line with the original $20 unlimited data. The other (newly added line, they don't have $20 offer anymore) has the new $30 unlimited data.

The wifi tether router app works on both but the $30 plan always redirect me to upsell page. Currently using the user agent as solution. Is there a better one out there?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] vipjeff:
Ok yea when I got there it says a little over 5GB of my unlimited data use and only 23MB of tether but I have done WAY more than even 5GB tether so why are they seeing such little? Not complaining of course just curios =)
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] vponomarev:
Anything over HTTPS or otherwise encrypted should not redirect you to upsell page or counted towards tethering quota. So, if you can find an external HTTPS CONNECT proxy you can get away with not modifying user agent. Or you can go as far as signing up for a VPN service. :)

But I would stick with user agent though - that's easy enough.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] vipjeff:
Without reading through 20+ pages here do you have a link to this "User Agent"? I have a Note 4 with ATT UNLOCKED but not rooted because it has a locked bootloader.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] vponomarev:
For Firefox I can recommend User Agent Overrider addon. You can also customize it with whatever user agent strings you want. To find out what user agent string the browser is sending, you can use Environmental Variables Test.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] twe90kid:
Does this show on tmobile website?

I can't seem to login to ma.t-mobile.com
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] tongueman87:
How would you guys recommend for tethering to ps4
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] CB620:
Just download Tmobile My Account app. Yep tmobile is on to us. My hotspot never went up. But lookey here.....
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] babymatteo:
I used to be able to my PS4 without any problem. But I guess Tmobile now knows about the unlimited wifi tethering and made some fixes.

Anyone know a workaround this?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pwrmedia:
FYI, determined that adding this line to your build.prop seems to have stopped the tracking on some of these latest 5.0 roms..

net.tethering.noprovisioning

value=true

APN still set to fast.t-mobile.com

IPv4

included "dun" in APN type just in case

I've also noticed that when you set up native tethering, there is now a dropdown for "WiFi Tether network". There's an option for system default, and then a bunch of others to choose from. Now, this MAY or may NOT be new, but it's the first time I'd personally ever noticed it. Needless to say, I selected a network @ random rather than system default.

Been tethering for the last 5 hours w/o uptick in usage, both to my Nexus 5 and laptop. Hopefully this helps anyone else who has noticed a recent uptick as well.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] TEKHD:
Will try this right now... Thank you!

net.tethering.noprovisioning=true

[MENTION=1943077]pwrmedia[/MENTION]

Results... Note 4 Stock Rooted

BEFORE

AFTER

Confirmed not working on Stock Rooted N910T... 6-7 min later.. using Wifi-Tether with No user agent on purpose...

From here: http://xdaforums.com/moto-x/themes-apps/app-hotspot-entitlement-bypass-v1-1-5-9-t2705152
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pwrmedia:
No problemo, please report back if it's a yay or nay on working for you!

For what it's worth, I'm running the build.prop mod on the latest Pac-Man nightly and WITHOUT the .db edit. Native tether, no 3rd party tether apps installed.

---------- Post added at 10:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:03 PM ----------

Dang. Was hoping I'd found a universal fix. Sorry man!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] ndtemple417:
so if this doesn't work on stock rom does it work on any other roms ie 4.x and 5.x or specifically only one rom currently and thanks for the info
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pwrmedia:
Best thing for you to do is run the mod on the ROM of your choice and test yourself. It appears these mods play differently w/ different ROMs and Android releases.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] vipjeff:
NO ROOT hide?

Is there ANY way to hide tether data if you CANT root the phone. I have a Note 4 from ATT I CANT root but it is unlocked with T-mobile SIM in it. My 5GB tethering is getting close so I really want to know if there is a way? Hope so! =)
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] CB620:
The problem for me was using the Wifi tether app. Im using foxfi and it doesn't count up anymore.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] bigTINY779:
this used to work for me. havent used it in a while so i dont know if it still works.:D:D
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] babymatteo:
K so I got my unlimited wifi tethering to work with my PS4 again. I simply added dun under my APN type. So under APN type i only have showing: default, dun. After doing that trick, its working good. Tethered to my PS4 for about 5hrs of playing Destiny.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Araltd:
So you just added a new APN called DUN --- any settings in there or what? (sorry I'm not following what adding "dun" means exactly)
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] dirtyernie:
It stopped working for me. I am now getting the T-mo upsell screen.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
Its under the APN settings (Settings->More Networks->Mobile networks->Access Point Names->"choose your tething APN")

Underneath APN type you will put a comma after the last command (no space) then type DUN and save.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] dirtyernie:
Here ya go.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] CB620:
Use FOXI WITH ALL THE ADD ONS AND THE KEYS.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] CB620:
Install these, and never get the upsell message.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] babymatteo:
This is how I have mine. Works like charm with my PS4
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] a10ciod:
The connection was pretty stable enough to not tweak out on you in multiplayer?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] GermanGuy:
How do you edit the apn? Mine is greyed out and cannot be modified.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] babymatteo:
Multiplayer experience is good. No stutters or or weird twitching during gameplay. I was pulling 20+mbps down and 5+mbps up consistently.

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You need a custom rom or at least have root access. Have you tried creating a new APN? That should do the trick.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] GermanGuy:
I am on FireKat v11 and am rooted
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
The original APN cannot be edited. The tethering one has a weird issue where it won't default. You need to go a head and create a whole new apn and then make sure it has ipv4 in all places applicable..
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] vponomarev:
Then there is also this tool: APN Backup & Restore.

Read the instructions on how to get it working on KitKat+.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
That's good tool and I would recommend it but I don't think he would need it on firekat unless he was flashing a lot or if all his APNs were locked out. I'm lazy so as long as I can add my own I usually just leave APN Backup and Restore out of it. That being said its a good app and follow the directions.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] lamuertex:
I also use firekat and cannot change apn. If I try to select a different apn it will switch back to default.

But I just use the stock tethering app with my vpn service and it works fine.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] GermanGuy:
VPN on the phone or on the PC and does it matter?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] lamuertex:
I use it on the phone to connect initially, but my pc seems to be blocked access unless I run a vpn on the computer even if my phone is running a vpn.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
For me it's the tethering APN that it will not stick to and of course the default can't be edited so I have to add one every time I flash I new version. I don't do much desktop or console tethering but truthfully I just need to stop being cheap and get myself a vpn.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] lamuertex:
I use private Internet access. It's $40 a year and the software is easy to use. They don't keep logs their servers are fast and you can pay anonymously with any gift card.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] moxiot:
I am able to tether using clockworkmod usb tether. The downside is that the upsell message comes on now and then but I can browse on ie with no issues and on chrome by changing the settings to safari/macos, I can also use the w8 Netflix app and I can also torrent here and there (legally of course) It's a bit of a pain because I can only tether to my pc and not to my tablet. The last phone I had was the note 2 and I can still switch the sim to that phone and tether across all my devices with no problem, so I do that from time to time. Clockworkmod usb tether is around 5 bucks in the play store, thus far is money well spent. Running stock os and not rooted as of yet fyi
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] tlipur:
Im using program in op. Can anyone get vpn and wifi teather to work at the same time? My internet no longer works.

I am able to launch the progam on my phone and then use another device to connect and then run vpn no problem.

I tried with both openvpn and phones built in vpn. No luck
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] deathgunzero:
if you add default to the APN type it will become default even if another has default
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] lamuertex:
That worked thanks!