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[Nexus 6  General] hotleadsingerguy:
Yup, you're wrong. Please don't make assumptions if you don't have the device, and then put out those assumptions as if they were fact. I mean no disrespect with that...but since you don't have the device you probably shouldn't be telling people that *DO* have the device how it works.

All Nexus 6 devices, no matter where you get them, function the same way in this regard: Google has set up Android 5.0 to allow downloading of carrier apps after SIM provisioning. They talked about it at-length a few months ago. The Nexus 6 is the first device that carriers have supported this technology with, which means when you put in the SIM Android auto-downloads anything the carriers have set up with their provisioning package, and they can determine if it's installed into System or User memory...meaning some of it can't be easily uninstalled by non-rooted folks.
[Nexus 6  General] cybrwulf:
My Nexus 6 direct from Moto works just fine with tethering on VZW. However I am on a 30 gig plan, and not unlimited anymore...
[Nexus 6  General] Pilz:
There where 0 apps that got installed on my phone when I put my Sim card on my phone and I'm on Att. I still have tethering and nothing has been changed since putting a Sim into my phone. I don't know where people are getting carrier apps auto installed from but I haven't had that issue.
[Nexus 6  General] Cybertronicz:
Try this from an adb shell ....

pm list packages | grep -i sprint

or

pm list packages | grep -i entitlement

I bet you have those packages installed, regardless if your tethering works or not
[Nexus 6  General] Pilz:
That's likely if they come from the factory like that, but I'm taking about the usual dumb carrier apps like Att drive or Verizon SMS
[Nexus 6  General] bartolo5:
Apps are installed on the first boot during the setup process IF you have the SIM put on and you don't skip the carrier setup step. You can skip this step just fine. If you pop the SIM later on, no apps seem to be downloaded, although APN settings are auto configured.
[Nexus 6  General] Pilz:
I put mine in before initial set up and no apps got installed. Maybe I skipped over that part but I'm glad there's no Att apps being forced onto my phone.
[Nexus 6  General] Cybertronicz:
Ok, I'm specifically talking about these entitlement agents to prevent tethering... I believe they are pre-baked into the phone image.

Has anyone gotten any bloatware apps? I have not on my moto-purchased ATT SIM.
[Nexus 6  General] Pilz:
I'll check when I get home and I can send those commands via adb.
[Nexus 6  General] bartolo5:
I can only talk about setting up with T-Mobile SIM. I did get their account management app, but that was it. I should try to setup with an ATT SIM to see what happens.
[Nexus 6  General] Poke_N_PDA:
Dang it mod!!!! Why did you merge the "Tethering Restrictions thread" with the "carrier bloat thread". I just read through 25 posts of confussion because of this inappropriate merge.

There are two seperate discussions being attempted here:

Carrier Bloat: Pre-Installed or Post installed user facing apps. Can they be removed? Confirmations?

Tethering Restriction: Processes built into the ROM to check in with and notify the carrier before allowing built in data tethering.
[Nexus 6  General] bartolo5:
ATT bloatware apps confirmed. Recorded Video to show install proccess

Ok guys. Here's a video I did resetting the phone from the beginning and popping the ATT SIM card as the device instructs. After the setup, the device ends with two ATT apps which seem to be able to be removed. Tethering still not working for me.

[YOUTUBE]MXGvKjI6oR8[/YOUTUBE]
[Nexus 6  General] eprisencc:
That's awful. I could tether just fine with my nexus 5.
[Nexus 6  General] mk92595:
T-mobile didn't install any bloat on my phone. I love them
[Nexus 6  General] msal:
I don't think it's a big deal if you can uninstall them with a simple click lol.

Is it possible to insert the sim card after the setup so that it doesn't prevent tethering or install bloatware at all?
[Nexus 6  General] bartolo5:
It's just not the apps. I noticed certain icons show up for ATT top lists on the play store and things like that. I think if you put the SIM card after the install nothing will get changed.
[Nexus 6  General] TOCS88:
Hold Up -

Can we confirm that tethering is not possible with an AT&T unlimited data plan? If this is the case, when my google play store N6 arrives tomorrow I will have no choice but to send it back. My Nexus 4 and Nexus 5 both allow me to tether with my unlimited plan. That is a HUGE deal breaker and a top 3 reason why I buy my phones UNLOCKED from google play. I don't want to deal with carriers at all.
[Nexus 6  General] Lucke:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...r-crapware-automatically-which-is-good-maybe/

not that big of a deal since it's no longer being allowed as a system app. this is a very good thing going forward, as Google might not be allowing carriers to molest the system to put their own sh*t on there (we're looking at you VZW).
[Nexus 6  General] bartolo5:
Pretty much confirmed unless you modify the stock software somehow, maybe root will be needed. Once devs figure it out it should be easy to disable the 'entitlement' package that forces for carrier checks on tethering.

But the easy straight answer is no, you won't be able to tether unless tethering is allowed in your plan with att and verizon.
[Nexus 6  General] lawrencegs:
I got my n6 from T-Mobile yesterday. So far I haven't seen anything besides TMobile My Account app, in which I'm not sure if TMobile force install it - or its coming from my google account (I've installed it on my other phone).

Oh, and tethering works.
[Nexus 6  General] f1ip:
I didn't get anything for mine. I did boot up the phone without the SIM first, skipped all that set up until it got to the main screen.

Went to the store and had them cut my Sim card Put sim card in, reboot and it connected. Nothing installed.

I did manually install Tmobile My Account app tho, manually from the Play store. Strange that my N6 can see it from the play store but I cant from either my N5 or the website.

I also add the Visual Voicemail app manually.
[Nexus 6  General] TOCS88:
I guess I will test this out tomorrow as nobody else is reporting their findings with:

1 - Google Play Store Nexus 6

2- Unlimited Data From AT&T

I will setup the phone without a sim card and then try to tether after installing the sim.

Today at work I am tethering just fine with my Nexus 5 running stock 5.0
[Nexus 6  General] androidtoy09:
T-Mobile N6 here. Tethering works perfectly. I'm on unlimited data with no cap, no throttle and 3GB tethering.

Sent from my Nexus 6
[Nexus 6  General] TOCS88:
I would expect tethering to work if you have tethering on your plan. lol

The real question is if carriers are blocking tethering on unlimited plans such at AT&T grandfathered plans. They have previously never done this on unlocked devices.
[Nexus 6  General] Marcellus1:
So, based on some things I've seen where some people have carrier apps installed automatically and others don't, I'm wondering if the difference is whether you use tap and go to restore from a previous device. For example, I restored from my other device and didn't get any tmobile apps. The examples I've seen where people do get apps have so far involved skipping the tap and go process.
[Nexus 6  General] TOCS88:
Another interesting thought. I plan to use the tap restore feature from my N5 to N6...
[Nexus 6  General] epphllps:
No verizon carrier crap installed on my n6 during setup. I'm on unlimited data and tethering will not work. I rooted and edited build prop and now tethering works fine.
[Nexus 6  General] TOCS88:
Thanks for the update. I was really wanting to avoid rooting...but it seems I will have to if I want to use tethering...
[Nexus 6  General] epphllps:
At this point it seems like we have to for tethering. I haven't been on Android in two years so maybe in the coming days there might be some options that avoid having to root. I wanted to avoid rooting for now too.
[Nexus 6  General] Cybertronicz:
Thanks to epphllps for the build.prop line "net.tethering.noprovisioning=true"

I just booted the TWRP recovery (without flashing) and modified the file that way, didn't have to root the device.

Tethering works on ATT now too :)
[Nexus 6  General] Randy.Reid101:
Guys this worked with Nexus 5 no root.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wso8Cb3rU0DApFe2lg5RcMrelAEoYY-fZ4MAghnIuqs/mobilebasic?pli=1
[Nexus 6  General] toyfreak:
I have a Motorola Store N6 and did the initial setup with the SIM out and connected to WiFi, then installed the AT&T SIM card. I did an OTA restore from a previous device (N5) with no issues at all; I just unchecked the apps I didn't want.

I am on the Family Share Plan (15 GB with double data promo for 30 GB total) which is supposed to include hotspot and tethering but this is a no-go on my N6 as well. I checked my plan and features, then called AT&T. My double data promo had somehow disappeared from my account and I got pretty hot about it, mild use of profanity included. The CSR reinstated the double data.

I then reported the hotspot/tethering issue after getting confirmation it should work on my plan. I told the CSR I was using a N6 and gave them the IMEI number. The CSR poked around for awhile then asked me to turn the phone off and on again, at which time hotspot/tethering should then work.

Of course, it still doesn't. WTF??? Dealing with AT&T CSRs is a lottery at best. EDIT: No carrier bloatware was installed.
[Nexus 6  General] nicholz:
Adding This worked for me also on sprint - thanks epphllps !
[Nexus 6  General] kirbo20:
Once I've booted into twrp how do I modify the build prop?

Never mind used terminal and it worked just fine.
[Nexus 6  General] Randy.Reid101:
Can someone do a video on this
[Nexus 6  General] xPXGx:
I turned turned on tethering now without any issues, prompts or problems at all. I checked to see what was running and I too have com.android.SDM.plugins.sprintdm on my phone....yet I have T-Mobile

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That's all I had too. Simply uninstalled it.
[Nexus 6  General] land2634:
Which app are you guys using for hotspot?
[Nexus 6  General] gtalum:
This thread is titled appropriately. AT&T definitely has most definitely crapped on this phone. :laugh:
[Nexus 6  General] kirbo20:
I partly blame Google. I got mine from the Play Store and my tethering was* blocked. So it is Google meeting the carrier demands.
[Nexus 6  General] adidez:
Nexus 6 AT&T tethering fix

Hey guys,

So what do we have to do to get tethering to work exactly?
[Nexus 6  General] hotleadsingerguy:
No it's not. Carriers have the ability to add whatever they want to the provisioning package now in Android. When you set up a phone for a carrier, it utilizes whatever is in that carrier's package (from them, not from Google). Carriers have the ability to enable/disable features, as well.

Either way...easy fix: Start up your phone for the first time without a SIM card in it. Skip the provisioning step and complete set up. Turn the phone off, pop in SIM, turn it on. Not a single thing will be installed because "provisioning" was completely skipped. The SIM still has connection details, so the rest isn't needed. It's exactly what I did Tuesday when I got mine, and it didn't install a single thing.
[Nexus 6  General] Acrono:
I used Root Explorer and its built-in text editor to modify the file (located in /system/build.prop). Just add "net.tethering.noprovisioning=true" on a new line at the end of the file, save the changes, and reboot. You'll now have native tethering.

Obviously, you'll need root access to use my method.

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See above.
[Nexus 6  General] adidez:
Nexus 6 AT&T tethering fix

Device has to be rooted for this correct?
[Nexus 6  General] Acrono:
Yes. Luckily that's not very difficult to achieve, given ChainFire's autoroot he just released.
[Nexus 6  General] toyfreak:
I just called AT&T again about this. Another agent fail. They still thought I was using an iPhone 5 instead of the N6 (even though I told them what I was using and gave them the IMEI number). They provisioned the account correctly and now the feature works like it should. I pay over $200/month for 30 GB shared among 3 lines with unlimited calling and texting and tethering and portable hotspot are supposed to work on all lines. I'm now getting what I'm paying for. FINALLY.
[Nexus 6  General] Geese1:
Thanks for the instructions. I did this using ES File Explorer and it worked like a charm! I really see very few times I'd like to even have this functionality, but I want to have the option to do this if I ever need to.

BTW, I'm on Verizon (grandfathered unlimited plan) just to confirm this works on their network as well.
[Nexus 6  General] Topgun966:
Tmo

Not on Tmobile. Just tested it, no provisioning. Just turns on.
[Nexus 6  General] adidez:
unable to edit

I have everything rooted. I was not able to save the properties file. It just says It could not save.

Same thing if I try to delete the oem folder w/ ringtones.
[Nexus 6  General] PaisanNYC:
Open the SuperSU app to make sure you have root. If it gives you an error, your phone didn't root properly
[Nexus 6  General] pcrussell50:
i'm having the devil of a time finding net.tethering.blah blah blah in my build.prop using es file explorer. any ideas?

-peter
[Nexus 6  General] land2634:
You've got to add the whole line yourself. It isn't in there yet, if I remember right.
[Nexus 6  General] pcrussell50:
Thanks mate :)

I actually figured it out and i _thought_ i deleted my post without sending it. Sorry.

And tethering is working great, btw, not that i do it very often, but its nice to have for emergencies.

-peter
[Nexus 6  General] TOCS88:
So... It looks like the ONLY way to get tethering to work on my N6 with AT&T unlimited data is to root and follow steps above?

I have rooted in the past but really don't like to with my Nexus devices. Thanks
[Nexus 6  General] ronwi2:
Even With this Fix, Your Phone May Report You as Tethering

It may not matter - but, in the interests of folks understanding what is going on, even with the fix to allow tethering on AT&T (and presumably the same fix would work on other carriers around the world that block tethering) your phone may still report to the carrier that you are tethering.

I say this because on the Nexus 5, tethering always works, but, absent the fix shown here: http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/general/fix-nexus-5-tethering-block-t2581035) reports to the carrier that you are tethering.

One way to check this on the N6 would be for someone with a Tmobile account to tether, and then look at their Tmobile account online and see if the tethering usage is reflected online. Tmobile allows tethering on most plans, but keeps a count of the tethering usage.

I found with my N5 that if I did not make the modification on the thread I linked to above, all of my tethering would show on my Tmobile account. Once I made the modification, only the tethering which Tmobile could figure out through packet sniffing showed up as tethering. By way of example, after the modification if I tethered my Nexus 7 no tethering usage would shows, but if I tethered and used desktop Chrome on a laptop it would show as tethering.

This may not be of significance with AT&T, but may with Straight Talk and various intentional carriers that have strict anti-tethering rules and cut people off or charge a higher rate if they detect tethering.
[Nexus 6  General] ravage485:
Cyber;

What method did you use to eidt the build.prop without root? I didn't know this was possible in TWRP
[Nexus 6  General] nbdysreal:
If you boot to temp recovery using one of the nexus toolkits (I recall this being an option without perm flashing recovery), you could flash a homemade zip with the edited build prop. Possibly can edit that file while the system is mounted through mtp in twrp? I haven't tried mtp to see if you can get to system when mounted.

Edit: could also adb push files in recovery too
[Nexus 6  General] ravage485:
Good idea, I hadn't thought of that, I'll give it a try when I get home today (zip/flash). As far as I know the adb push won't work unless its rooted, I could be missing something though.
[Nexus 6  General] nbdysreal:
Let me know, BC the os isn't loaded at this point, so root shouldn't matter (from my understanding).
[Nexus 6  General] ravage485:
It worked, so for anyone interested in doing this without rooting (sorry if this is obvious to others) install TWRP, mount the system folder, then you'll be able to do adb pull and push on system files without issue!

Edit:

P.S. Without TWRP you can't do this because you cant get r/w access to the system partition in recovery without it
[Nexus 6  General] lonaysta:
May I ask how to modify build.prop without root access?
[Nexus 6  General] Cybertronicz:
Boot TWRP without flashing... fastboot boot twrp-image-file

Once in, get connect USB, adb shell in. Mount the /system and modify the prop file.

Reboot and you are set.

No rooting, and no need to actually install/flash twrp.

Keep a backup of your build.prop so you can put it back, otherwise OTA's will fail.
[Nexus 6  General] droidrev71:
Can hotspot work on the new AT&T data plan?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Asemco:
Hello! I've been trying to figure out how to sim unlock my phones for quite a while now. I've asked everywhere, even unlocking sites how they get these codes (to no avail of course) and I never tried asking here for some reason. I want to learn how it's done, and how I can do it myself. My Dad jumps from phone to phone and always needs to get them unlocked. I don't want to pay for them anymore, I'd rather do them myself!

I just found this thread: [TUTORIAL] Unlock Samsung [GT-S5570 / i5500 / Galaxy Ace] which will help me unlock my aunt's phone which is nice I guess, but it looks to be a Samsung only method. Am I able to use a similar method with a phone that has an EFS folder? Is it in the nv_data file? How do unlocking websites retrieve the unlock code with just the model, network and imei? Do they simply ask the carrier?

I'd love for any sort of help! Just a guiding light, a path to follow, anything! Please and thank you!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] nobby00900:
Some phones can be unlocked using software exploits however most require a unlock code that is generated based on the imei as far as I know you can not generate these codes yourself
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] nickmgray:
The short answer is that there are very few ways to get free unlock codes for phones these days. Samsung sometimes leaves system directories wide open which allows for a few tweaks to get the phone unlocked, but most other manufacturers have things locked down pretty tight.

The databases from SIM unlock services are filled with unlock codes which they purchase from manufacturers or component makers.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] shadricksimms:
They have a app now that does it on the market but for how long who knows. U have to b rooted for it to work
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] joeyll8888:
unlock codes

Do you know what the name of that app is?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rwfnetworking:
Trying to install CM11, but so far I keep getting either a "Status 7" or aborted error message. I have tried many of the fixes, but so far no luck.. I think I created this issue when I upgraded to 4.4.2. I would be happy to go back to a stock version and then CM11, but I have not been able to do that either. Here is my current phone details:

Phone Model: Samsung Sgh--I747

Device Type: d2att

Product Name: d2uc

CSC: ATT

Product Code: SGH2I747MBBATT

Boot Loader: I747UCUFNJ1

Baseband Version: I747UCUFNE4

PDA Version: I747UCUFNE4

CSC Version: I747ATTFNE4

Build Version: K0T49H.I747UCUNE4 (I747UCUNE4)

Android Version: 4.4.2

Let me know if you need any other details. I originally followed this thread to get to where I am now:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2789917

Robert
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
please quit trying to go back to stock if you are referring to bootloader.! you will most likely brick your device!!! STOP.

which recovery are you currently using ?

have you only tried flashing CM11?

err on the side of kindness
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rwfnetworking:
I'm currently using philz_touch_6.15.4-d2att and have also tried current versions of CWM and Twrp with the same results. CM11 and CM10.2 were both tried as well as editing the updater-script in the Cm11 zip file and removing the "assert checks".

Robert
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
6.15.4 is too old to flash kk roms. Status 7 errors can be caused by an outdated recovery.

Try the latest fir the d2lte from here: https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2lte/
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rwfnetworking:
I did try the latest CWM and Twrp with the same results. I flashed AOKP just fine. Something strange about my phone. Maybe it has something to do with me replacing my motherboard recently? Relaced my Sgh-T999 with the Sgh-i747???

Anyways, it's back up and running

Thanks,

Robert
[Verizon LG G3] timjp692:
Anyone have an issue where their phone won't take an OTA from verizon. I'm on 10b stock
[Verizon LG G3] android-incredible:
It's your phone rooted?.. If you're phone is rooted and have the recovery just flash any rom with 11c update that meet your expectations.
[Verizon LG G3] timjp692:
No its for someone else that wants it stock. I was on 10B rooted with a recovery. Used the TOT method to put it back to the orginal 10B software and the person is telling me it won't accept the ota
[Verizon LG G3] trent999:
The .TOT method, if successful, returns an absolute exact factory-delivered state device. The OTA will take from there.

If it really isn't taking still, there is nothing more that can be done to force it, via OTA.

Its a bad idea anyway, to take the OTA. Much better to root then install the bumpd TWRP, then flash the v11c partitions from flashify or TWRP. Saves options for the future.
[Verizon LG G3] timjp692:
Trust me I rather have it rooted but the person I'm dealing with is who I sold the phone to. And he said he wants it on the OTA. He told me Verizon said this phone will never update and he should return it to me. They said it was a hardware issue, the guy hasn't responded to any of my request for a screenshot of the software version, even the error message about the OTA update but he hasn't sent me anything. It seems really fishy to me.
[Verizon LG G3] sic0048:
Sounds like he might have rooted it after receiving it.
[Verizon LG G3] trent999:
I think the v11c OTA will still complete over a G3 that is Only rooted with no other changes. Sometimes even root was preserved when that happened.
[Verizon LG G3] timjp692:
okay yeah I think the guy might of done something because I used the TOT method to return it to stock and that should completely wipe it
[Nexus 5 General] Isus <3:
If you're experiencing that root doesn't work on some apps well this thing is for you. Chainfire may have been fixed all that issues.

To install flash this zip in your recovery (twrp or cwm):

http://download.chainfire.eu/624/SuperSU/BETA-SuperSU-v2.23.zip

Note that this SuperSU is beta!
[Nexus 5 General] grgana:
So basically what you saying is that with this version of SuperSU its possible to use flashify /flash twrp or cwm, and then flash superSu 2.23 and we are rooted on 5.0??

Or its not that simple, i wont have pc for few days thats why I'm asking

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] Ben36:
U have custom recovery already installed?

Sent from my Android 5.0 Nexus 5