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[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] poor_red_neck:
Does this mean that it will not work

at all

for non tethering plans (Family Share 10GB/line for example) or that you will not have unlimited tethering at LTE speeds.

If this still enables tethering without the T-Mobile knowing about it, but it counts towards my 10GB LTE allotment that's fine... I don't tether that often, and not very much data when I do.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] mardukeme:
You don't have to do anything, the plan you have will just deduct tethering from your 10gb data bucket.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Iaman00btothisstuff:
So is this unlimited tethering completely dead?

Would like to figure it out before I go ahead and root my phone.

Was planning on using the WiFi to connect to my Amazon fire stick that connects to my home t.v. I would be streaming Sling T.V. to my home t.v.

This prevents me from going over the 300gig monthly bandwidth cap my home internet provider has.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] simonf104:
Wifi Tether Router App

Ok. So I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy Note on an unlimited T mobile plan. I have been using the Wifi Tether Router for the past several months. I have been averaging about 30 to 40 gigs a month between my PS3, tablet and a laptop. Well I just purchased a PS4 a few days ago. I went to download a free game that was about 13 gigs and I got the text message warning about 11 gigs into the download. Now I am throttled to kbps speed. Talked to the app dev and he said its because I didnt have "dun" added to my apn settings. Never have had it and I didnt even know about adding that until after the fact. Now I changed this setting and im still throttled. Any thoughts or advice?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] thunderbyrd01:
SImon, had any luck with the additional settings using the dun added to your apn ?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] fmedrano1977:
Mind posting a screenshot of data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/telephony.db/carriers cache?

I just upgraded my wifes data to unlimited and was planning to root her phone to give her unlimited tethering capabilities the same way I do on my m9 but just want to see if things are similar.

By the way setting tether_dun_required to 0 in com.android.providers.settings is a step I use as well.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] simonf104:
I had changed it to the dun, but I did so after my hotspot data message came up which its never done before and ive been using it fine for months before the PS4. Still trottled to the kbps speed as of today. My month wont roll over until the 5th of December so im crossing my fingers.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] free4flight:
I have been using FoxiFi for a couple years now....works like a charm in USB mode for my laptop and Bluetooth for tablet...hides usage. can be found in play store. Used 59 gb this past month. You put app on your phone and then there is a Windows app for computer and another one for the tablet...also called pdanet.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] DeeXii:
Anyone here know what method is used on the TEKXodus rom? It works really good. :)
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] sanvara:
I'm all for tethering responsibly but I get concerned my unlimited plan is going to eventually go away or prices will rise when people go nuts with it.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] DeeXii:
Not everyone abuses it. I just use it for my toddler, she watches NetFlix and youtube kids.. She watches the same stuff on my phone that she would watch on a tablet.

Now, I agree with you when it comes to people downloading hundreds of gigs per month etc using it as a home broadband replacement.

That screws everyone over.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
To T-mobile it's all the same though. Someone that uses methods to get around tether provisioning could in theory not even tether a mb but still fall into that category. I highly doubt a fix for this issue would be removing unlimited data though, at least not for everyone. I imagine rooted/jailbroken device users that tether make up such a small portion of the overall user base that it would only hurt Tmobile to remove unlimited data from everyone and also take away one of the only edges T-mobile has when you consider their coverage map.

As far as prices, they are already going up for unlimited data.. It started at 20 bucks and now its going to 45 for new subscribers. It's going to happen regardless. I would never expect them to publicly spin it as users misusing the network though. Shows they are making the majority suffer for the few that they cannot control.

You know what would be a more likely out come if this was really that wide spread of an issue? Devices getting locked down like Verizon or ATT. Thats a very real concern.

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I'm pretty sure he explains the mod in his OP, I know he does for his ROM in the Note 5 forum.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] jedisurfer:
I'm rooted and running this app but about 10% of my data is counting as tether hotspot? Most of the use is through an linux ubuntu virtual machine, I'm not sure if it's counting against my windows vm.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
It most likely is the VM.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] aznvi3tric3guy:
Does this method posted on OP still works?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] jedisurfer:
Tested some more. Windows 7 is my host and that is counting against my tether. I'll stream something and 10 to 20% of my tether data will increase. Any ideas or settings? Did you guys need to edit with sql lite the tether dun = 0 ? I'm runnning CM Lollipop 5.0.1 I think.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
Are you surfing the net from the windows VM? if the tetherdun was the issue then all of your traffic would be counted, not only 10%

If you are surfing the net via the windows box you may want to look into a useragent changer for your browser
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] khulet12:
Hi Simon.. How was it? Did it work for ps4? Thanks
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] simonf104:
Sorry. I thought it was the 5th. Actually the 11th. I will let you know though that if you have binge on with tmobile that streaming any of the media on that list wont count towards your data. Ive been watching unlimited in 1080p all weekend on netflix and other apps. Gaming or downloading is still at the kbps speed until rollover.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] free4flight:
Dev told me the same thing about dun setting but made no difference :crying:
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] simonf104:
Well. Sorry to tell you guys, but it didnt work. Speed came back, but it counted towards my hotspot data. Looks like tmobile found a way.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] khulet12:
Yea me too.. I'm using wifi tether also. I'm just using it for ps4. But I didn't change the "dun"
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] JMaxMan:
Usb tethering seems to hide data. I was able to download a 3gig file and counted my phone data and not my hotspot data, however I find the connection to be very unstable.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
Unless you can get your ps4 to spoof the meta data on the packets I think it will be hard to get around them dinging you for game systems
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] khulet12:
Tried everything.. If I use vpn it's not gonna connect to ps4.i hope somebody could work this out tnx.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] HunnyBearLewis:
Why would it slow you down? Unlimited tethering doesn't mean they are magically pulling faster speeds causing network congestion. "Binge on" also throws a wrench in your point. I can stream Netflix nonstop and that will easily use way more data than browsing the web on a tethered connection.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] DeeXii:
[MENTION=4107827]TEKHD[/MENTION] said he's going to eventually post a how to get tethering working properly again. Stay tuned...
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
You mean he is going to post the method he is using in his rom?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] DeeXii:
Ya he said he's going to post a how to of the method used in his ROM. Super stoked about that.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
I wonder if its the same thing he referenced in this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=62838182&postcount=4

If it is that mod, my buddy still can't tether his Xbox without it registering..
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] DeeXii:
No it is not. It is something new and was done in November on his TEKXodus ROM.

Im pretty sure the link you just posted no longer works.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
I think Oct 27th was the date for the Level 2 Mod that boasted that it wasn't detected on various mobile and desktop platforms (and the current tether method on the Note 5 and I am assuming the Note 4)

Problem is it still doesn't protect from detection on gaming consoles. Does work for my tablet and chromecast.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63524857&postcount=1148
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] DeeXii:
He mentioned in the TEKXodus thread that the method used was a result of taking pieces of previous methods and trial and error.

He said it was more complicated then previous methods.

He discusses it briefly in the TEKXodus thread when I asked him if he would tells us.

That is when he said he would make a how to when he had time.

EDIT: Here I found the posts I was referring to.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=64124679&postcount=13787

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=64124892&postcount=13789
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
No I get that, what I am saying is if he is explaining the currently implemented method, it still has its limitations.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] DeeXii:
Does it? Have you tried the TEKXodus with consoles etc?

If not I would try the ROM first to see.

I have edited the previous posted btw that had links to the posts where he discussed the tethering a bit.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
I saw that post and he is speaking on the currently implemented mod from Oct/Nov.

I tested Xbox one and PS4, both registered data. My Linux box and tablet did not. I am not running TEKHD now but when I was this was my build:
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] jedisurfer:
tether_dun_required keeps resetting to 1 after I change it to 0. I wonder if I change it and then go to root browser and only give it read only permission if it will stay at 0 and fix this issue of it reverting to 1?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] TewSlo:
I found it strange I had an LTE Leon Ms34510d and it bricked due to my own action but before I could edit the sql dun setting. I just bought a newer version on ms34510f and supposedly the com.android.providers.settings sql library is locked by a process. Can't find a way to bypass this. Running on rooted 5.1.1
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] jedisurfer:
Even when I edit the tether dun required setting to 0. And only give the db read access (no write permission) after reboot it will go back to writing a 1 value to the setting.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] arjuna_:
No new updates on if/when the instructions for how to get tethering to work again will be posted? Thanks a lot!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] m4f1050:
I have MetroPCS, they added 8GB hotspot for free, but even using Wifi Tether Router it's using my hotspot data, how can I overcome that? It used to work for any android/ios device no PC or Xbox (with my unlimited data) now everything is detected and deducted from hotspot 8GB. Any solutions? I have an android MCU in my car and I used up all the 8GB in 2 weeks.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] DeeXii:
I am waiting myself. I havent heard anything...

I think im going to donate to him for this "How to". ;p
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] TewSlo:
Here is everything I have configure thus far with MetroPCS/T-Mobile that works 35/35 Mbps.

APN Settings:

APN-fast.metropcs.com

MMSC-http://metropcs.mmsmvno.com/mms/wapenc

MCC-310

MNC-260

APN Type-default,supl,mms,dun

APN Protocol-IPv6

APN Roaming Protocol-IPv6

Wifi Tether Router Settings:

Interface-wlan0 (or whatever your config that works)

Method-Native Tether

Check ON Keep Screen ON / Prevent Stand By / Nat Policy Alternative / Reset Default Route

DHCP Settings:

IP Address-172.16.11.0

DNS 1-8.8.8.8

DNS 2-8.8.4.4

Next, I use Free Tethering Unlocker

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2439424

Okay, so I've realized other methods have stopped working. The only method I have consistently work is the "Native Tether" option I explained previously. If the "Free Wifi Tether Unlocker" doesn't seem to help I suggest you use SQLite to modify the file: /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db, find wifi_tether_dun, click on it and change the value from 1 to 0 (some brands use "tether_entitlement_check_state" or other names, just remember the default value before you change to 0. Good luck!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=64746238&postcount=2956

If you look at the post I linked he mentions tethering. The built in method in his current roms isnt fool proof and he even mentions it. Furthermore he adds that probably the only way to fully achieve an undetected tether is to use PDAnet..
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] ecrman:
This method stopped working for me today. No device will connect to my hotspot with the wifi tether router app. Native app works with only other phones thru wifi hotspot only.

Metropcs LG F60

WiFi tehter router

Rooted stock rom
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] TewSlo:
I recommend you change both of your APN protocols to IPv6 in your APN settings, as well as changing "default,supl,mms" in the settings to "default,supl,mms,dun". Make sure you're using Native Tether in the method and be sure to check off "use default route" in Wifi Tether Router Settings. Make use of the backup button in the Wifi Tether Router Settings after making these changes and be sure your wifi tether is not active while making these settings as they will not properly save.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] ecrman:
Thanks for the reply.

Well everything was working fine up until today.

I checked all the settings and they are fine. Nothing will

Connect to my phone thru the wifi tether router app.

Hmmm....
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] TewSlo:
Sometimes I do have that issue, I use http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2439424 after a reboot when it does not work . Hope that helps :\
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] ecrman:
Thanks man that helped. Very much appreciated.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] TewSlo:
No problem!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] aznvi3tric3guy:
My wifi tethering router app hangs on "Enabling wifi router, wait....." I am on version 6.1.2 Anyone have a different version to suggest or solutions?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] omnis:
Hey there, I was using your method for a while, but eventually I got a message from T-mobile that I was violating their terms of service for bypassing tethering restrictions. They flagged me, my line is now monitored, and threatened to move everyone on my family plan to a limited data plan. I'm so pissed, is there any way I can still use it without further consequences or am I just screwed and tied to their bull**** 7GB tether limit that my plan is stuck to. So frustrating! Any help is appreciated.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
You could pay for more tethered data.. I mean looking at the market they are offering this free of charge so calling it BS like you are entitled to more seems kind of silly.

To answer your question in the most general of ways. We can defeat client side provisioning over and over but that doesnt stop two things:

1. People that tether irresponsibly and draw attention themselves and the community

2. Server side detection methods.

No one can tell you beyond a doubt that you won't get caught again.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] TewSlo:
Yea, no. We're supposed to pay twice what we're paying for? Which is advertised "unlimited data". No matter what microscopic clause they put under that it is TRULY illegal what they;re doing. And you could take them to court sure, but as a corporate giant they'll extend the case until you have no money in your pocket to continue. I'm not gonna pull my pants down sorry. Get off the $80 /mo plan and go to MetroPCS. They have yet to have any issues with being caught "tethering". Otherwise I suggest you change your apn settings from fast.t-mobile.com to fast.metropcs.com and you should have no further issue. I have done that on my roommates phone and it was resolved.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
I have no issue with my tethering
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] dimm0k:
just wondering if this app provides any features over the native hotspot feature?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] free4flight:
I did as u suggested and created an apn with fast.metropcs.com and it tethers but still goes against my hotspot plan, so no help there. But, what exactly are the settings in the apn that u use, perhaps I have them wrong? The only thing working so far is pdanet/foxfi.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] aznvi3tric3guy:
So, my wifi tether app doesn't let me enable hotspot if I have Method-Native Tether selected.... What the hell... I contacted the developer and he said to select HostApd instead. So I did just that and I was able to enable the wifi hotspot. Anyone know if the Method- HostApd will count towards your hotspot allotment data?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] free4flight:
I tried it and spoke to the dev... doesn't help...won't help !!!

They figured out away to count the packets being transfered during hotspot. Some say a vpn will work but have had no luck with that either.... pdanet/FoxiFi is only thing that has worked for me
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
What exactly are you guys tethering?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] TewSlo:
Not sure if I mentioned it before but are you using Wifi Tether Router? That's literally the only one that's consistent for me, it's the only one I use now. Best $2.80 I've ever spent, since I use on average 400gb /mo for the past 2 years and have yet to have a notice. Plus, the only one out there where I can play games with Moderate NAT (You can't play COD with FoxFi or any others)

You can find it here, best of luck!: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.snclab.wifitetherrouter&hl=en

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One thing I genuinely believe will help and is NECESSARY for me to use data on my PC is using a User-Agent String. When the packets are sent and received they display what device is using it. For Chrome I use: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/...r-c/djflhoibgkdhkhhcedjiklpkjnoahfmg?hl=en-US

My string is: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/47.0.2526.106 Safari/537.36 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:42.0)

The "(X11; Linux x86_64; rv:42.0)" is telling the web I am coming from a Linux Platform so when data is sent and received it believe it to be from mobile. The rest of the string before that is so it does not make the webpage display in mobile (ex. http://m.facebook.com/)

Also, I have great success with using a Fiddler4: https://www.telerik.com/download/fiddler/fiddler4

Download, install, and open. Navigate to Rules - User-Agents and scroll down to custom. A window will appear, leave it blank and press ok. From there on out as long as the program is open it will send and receive blank user-agent strings and your network will verify them as valid! Hope this fixes most of your issues!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
I dont use wireless tether. I use the built in mod in TekHD's rom on the note 5. Also a lot of people don't realize that they should be using different user agents for browser traffic.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] TewSlo:
I pm'ed you pcriz
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] valve timing:
I'm not able to get native wifi tethering to work have it configured and set on metro pcs apn and I can connect devices but won't connect to Internet on the device.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] ecrman:
Hey brad the help was short lived. I'm back to the same issue. Wifi tether router seems to not be able to interface to the native hotspot anymore not even mobile phones. Messages say obtaining ip address and hangs there.

Any ideas?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] ecrman:
Never mind i figured it out.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] omnis:
Thanks for your response.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] wesmagyar:
Anyone know how to route this traffic over a VPN?

I'm trying to use it with my Playstation 4 and keep getting throttled down.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] free4flight:
I have been through the ringer, so to speak, over this wifi tethering subject and even tried to use the vpn thingy, the agent switcher thingy and

the Wifi Tether App with all the various settings, both in the app and in the APN. It is my belief, at least for the moment, that nothing is going to

work and give you any decent speeds, except Foxifi/Pdanet, which is a cheap solution and will enable very fast speeds via a usb connection...

however, I do not know how that works with playstation as I have never tried to use it that way, I suppose there is an interface available somewhere,

somehow, that would allow you to use your phone as the modem via a usb connection? Good luck to you....
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] wesmagyar:
Where do you get the foxfi pdanet thing the only version I found was older than dirt and hadn't been updated in since before Android 4.

I mean the only work around I could possibly see where that would be to hook it into my laptop and then and then use the LAN cable over to my playstation and bridge the connections,

*never mind found it. Also the bridge trick didn't work : ( so yeah.

The kicker is I had a jailbroken iPhone 6s with pdanet that worked just fine. I traded it in for this note 5 and I'm currently regretting it.....
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] free4flight:
Sorry, I should have told you that it is easily found in the play store, there is a free version that stops you periodically and then the paid version, one time fee around $7.99 I think... well worth the money... been using it for a couple years now... never fails me. :)
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] omnis:
Was wondering if there is a way to see how much I tether w/o being on a stock tmo rom. Just don't want to exceed my limit. I would like to see my tether usage separate from my data usage. Thanks very much.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] free4flight:
[MENTION=4458059]omnis[/MENTION]......You responded to a very old post...go to the end and back up a few pages to find the latest info
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] aliabkad:
Guys check Wfi Tether Router, is back , now work on custom Rom, work like a charm on N5 Express 3.1D Rom, kudos to Fabio for the app
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] free4flight:
Trying the new version now... will let you know if it is going against my hotspot 5gb plan...hope not.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] aliabkad:
Do make sure you uncheck internal DHCP in the WiFi tether router configuration
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] free4flight:
Yes, was unchecked, tested it 2 ways, one for custom rom config and one for simple note 4 config... works in the sense of acting as a router, but it did not hide usage against my hotspot plan, so... a no go for me, back to foxfi it is....:(
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] aliabkad:
What is your Apn protocol. Ipv4 or Ipv6
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] khulet12:
Can somebody pls post the settings. I used the wifi tether but unable to see my wifi hotspot.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] aliabkad:
What phone are you using, I was in a similar situation before, until I know what phone you are using it will be hard to help, each is setting is different with phone model
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] khulet12:
Note 4 tmobile

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Tekxodus hybrid 5.1.1 my rom
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] aliabkad:
Change SSID

CHANGE: password

Channel : 1

Interface : wlan0

Method: pick option 3

Prevent stand by : check

HostApd: check

No Disable wifi: check

Also make sure DHCP : internal DHCP uncheck.

Now enjoy! !!!!