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[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ixrs:
ugh stupid locked down carrier phones. I guess I might return my phone and grab the H815 instead.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Farrys:
Don't return your phone.

I got an unlocked unbranded H815 on release day here in the UK.

It's now rooted but as soon as I try to connect another device to it, web access gets blocked by the ISP.

I use the G4's Wi-Fi hotspot, not USB. My other phones, Samsung and HTC, rooted but running custom ROMs had the same problem new out of the box but worked fine once rooted, and running custom ROMs.

Does anyone know if G4's hotspot problem can be solved with a new ROM?

FYI, the mhl / HDMI connection to a monitor doesn't work either.

The mhl dongle used to connect to the monitor works fine with HTC's micro-USB.

I assume the G4 is also 5-pin (as opposed to Samsung's 11-pin).

Any ideas?
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HaVoK C89:
No problems with WiFi tethering on my AT&T variant.

Sent from my LG-H810
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diamond12:
Off topic but the G4 is not MHL, it's Slimport. Just tried my Slimport adaptor that I had from my G2 and it works just fine.

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Regarding tethering we have to differentiate between "legal" tethering on a plan that allows it (which only the carrier phones will do as they have to connect to the server to authenticate you) and tethering not using a carier phone and/or accessing the full pool of your plan's mobile data, for which the carrier may check the browser ID string and take you to an upsell page. Tethering apps can alter the string but will usually require root to work well or you can go through a VPN.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Farrys:
My reply to diamond12

Thank you diamond12.

I'll order a Slimport dongle today.

Your rapid response saved me wasting more time on the HDMI problem.

Re: going off-topic, I use the hotspot of phone to connect a Tab-S 8.4 to the web, and via dongles, to a large HD monitor or TV. It therefore felt more efficient to collate the two, related issues, in one thread.

On data usage, yes you are right. The ISP doesn't allow tethering unless they can sell me yet more data packages.

I already have two separate data packages for the same line, one of which is unlimited, so I'm not being unfair to them.

The question was why when rooted HTC & Samsung devices can by-pass the ISP lock screen, the G4 gets blocked?

It's unbranded, bootloader unlocked, rooted four times and tested.

Maybe one of our bright contributors here can shine a light here?

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Thank you for your response HaVoK.

You are lucky. Mine is an H815.

Wonder if other owners in Europe have the same issue with tethering getting blocked.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LancerV:
Try FoxFi?
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Farrys:
FoxFi and similar won't work where web access is locked down by the ISP. I've tried.

My other devices connect fine, as I've explained above.

Thank you for your suggestion anyway.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frigidazzi:
Tethering works fine on cricket (att) with 815 here.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IlyaKol:
Yep, and I didn't have to use another program, just built in LG HotSpot function.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Farrys:
Yes the G4 is fine. You are lucky.

Root access alone didn't help. The issue here is the ISP lock.

I expect a de-odexed ROM will bypass that.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ixrs:
Yea, I returned my 810 for a 815. I'm on cricket, 815 works perfectly fine, the 810 doesn't work.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p0k3y:
I got the AT&T 810 and the stock wifi tether works for me. I did follow the steps in this article though. Perhaps you can give it a try too?

https://pmf.silvrback.com/fixing-tethering-on-android-kitkat
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExTREmE99:
just an FYI here are the correct instructions to get it to work on an AT&T H810:

1. Enable developer mode (Go to Settings -> About phone, and click on the build number until the developer mode is enabled).

2. Enable USB debugging under Settings -> Developer options

3. Connect the device with a USB cable to a computer with the Android SDK platform tools installed

4. Start an adb shell: adb shell

5. In the adb shell, run these commands one by one:

settings put global tether_dun_required 0

settings put system tether_entitlement_check_state 0

reboot
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] srk05:
I assume this would work for a rooted H815 on T-Mobile?
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExTREmE99:
i had no idea the H815, unlocked version still didnt allow you to do hotspots. give it a whirl. all those do is disable the network tethering checks. if tmobile checks tethering based on other things, then i cant say that it will work
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tomyk89:
Would this work on the Verizon G4? (unrooted)
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gadget069:
I have the 815t tethering works fine
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExTREmE99:
again, people that are asking if this works on your specific device, why dont you just try it? you dont need root. it takes all but 2min, and you can reverse it. just flip the flags back to 1, instead of 0
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tomyk89:
My plan was to try it, however I've learned from nearly 10 years of doing this stuff that sometimes it's better to ask then to just do. Was just looking to see if anyone else has tried and succeeded or failed with my the VZW model. I will report back my findings...
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geoff5093:
I'm not sure what you mean about the VZW model, but FoxFi works fine on Verizon.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tomyk89:
Verizon model. This thread specifically states that this is for the AT&T model.

Foxfi does work, however it requires VPN, which in turn requires a pin code (knock code apparently isn't good enough).

I prefer the built in tethering option as that allows me to keep one less app installed/updated as well as using the shortcut in the notification bar

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I can confirm that this works on the Verizon G4. I plan on testing this on my dad's Sprint G4 this week and will report my results there as well.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diamond12:
Tethering should work out of the box on the H815. It does on mine on Cricket. You may need to add ",dun" at the end of your APN Type. This may also be needed for those with carrier phones after they run the adb commands.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sean473:
T Mobile US H811 here.. Tethering works out of the box with no problems...
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Norcalz71:
Exact steps and NBD, WiFi hotspot/tethering is good? Any risk of a brick from that maneuver?

I don't need it for data tethering but for a wifi hotspot for my chromecast to mirror my screen to my car head unit when driving.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dvtmg704:
Will at&t know I'm tether since I'm on a unlimited plan

Bori
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clemdaddy:
settings put global tether_dun_required 0

settings put system tether_entitlement_check_state 0

I take it this method no longer works? Just got AT&T H810 and tried the steps. tether_entitlement_check_state's value stays at "5" and does not change to "0"

Android Version = 6.0

Kernel Version = 3.10.84

Software Version = H81020n

Security Software Version = MDF v2.0 Release 1
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dvtmg704:
My phone got a bug doing this tweak now im waiting on my new phone from at&t
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ashar Mehmood:
It Works

it works for me lg v10 H900 thanks
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] senrog3:
Did not work on my H810
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timnop:
It works on my H10

Thank you very very much!! I thought I was going to have to sell my G4 AT&T because I must have mobile hotspot frequently for work stuff. I followed the directions listed. First make sure you have the latest LG drivers for your phone. Then run a command prompt "as administrator" (right click on command prompt for this option)type adb shell and press enter, then just copy and paste the two commands one at a time and when finished, reboot. Awesome, thanks again. :)
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timnop:
Thanks, it works on my G4 H10.

Wife has Moto X Pure Edition for AT&T with same issue. Will this same procedure work on that phone? Or do you know another command for that one? Thanks, you saved the day for me and my G4!
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] senrog3:
I will try that again. Though I rarely use Tether
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gale kumar:
Quote:

Originally Posted by ExTREmE99

just an FYI here are the correct instructions to get it to work on an AT&T H810:

1. Enable developer mode (Go to Settings -> About phone, and click on the build number until the developer mode is enabled).

2. Enable USB debugging under Settings -> Developer options

3. Connect the device with a USB cable to a computer with the Android SDK platform tools installed

4. Start an adb shell: adb shell

5. In the adb shell, run these commands one by one:

settings put global tether_dun_required 0

settings put system tether_entitlement_check_state 0

reboot

Would this work for unlocked lg V10 at&t h900?
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alich3451:
Worked on LG V10 At&t h900 (android 5.1.1)
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vorpalspear:
It is 2018 and my V10 is still chugging along. But there is no root for it now. I shouldn't have procrastinated. And the above solution did not work for me. I used Android Studio on a Mac. My V10 has 6.0. Hotspot works at home with AT&T, but not in the Philippines. I was able to change the value of tether_entitlement_check_state with an app called "Settings Database Editor" from the Play Store. I set it to 0. I set it to -1. Either way, it let me enable Hotspot. At least, it appears to. And it lets my Mac connect. But data doesn't pass through. Sigh. EDIT: I was able to get a slowish <2Mbps connection with an app called SecureTether. Setup is what I would call Advanced = PITA, so maybe this is why this one hasn't been patched.
[XDA Assist] raisinette:
Hi there!

So here's the story - this morning I woke up to find that my one month old Huawei G620s (stock, no root or anything) is not working anymore. Just before I went to bed, I set the alarms and left it charging next to my bed with 46% battery. Everything was fine. But when I woke up this morning and wanted to check the time, I realised that my phone is completely dead. And I really mean dead. Usually when it's charging, there's a light in the upper left corner, but it wasn't on. I tried holding the power button for a minute or two, still nothing. Then I tried connecting it to my computer, no results. Since it has a non-removable battery, I couldn't pull that out either and for warranty purposes, I didn't even try. I already took it to my operator's shop and they sent it to the warranty guys since I figured there's nothing I could possibly do if the phone doesn't even recognize the charger.

Probably not a software problem since then the charging light would work at least. But I'm still curious - what the hell happened? Has anyone had any similar experiences or could you at least offer some insight into what could be the problem?
[XDA Assist] jd1639:
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. It's not unheard of that a device just goes dead. It's sounds like that happened to you. It could be caused by a number of hardware failures. It sounds like it's time to use your warranty.
[AT&T LG G4] hlb3:
Just got a notification about a 25mb software update, of course it doesn't say what it is for and I haven't found anything about it online yet. I have no plans on taking it, but does anybody have any information on it?
[AT&T LG G4] uly609:
I just got it too:confused:
[AT&T LG G4] soulysephiroth:
Rather small update...wonder what for.
[AT&T LG G4] officerdoofy:
I'm not taking any updates until the whole rooting issue is sorted out...:fingers-crossed:
[AT&T LG G4] uly609:
Ok, just took the update. Will report back on any changes that I find.
[AT&T LG G4] MicroMod777:
Maybe to fix some reported wifi issues, system lag, or fully support Quick Charge 2.0 amongst things.
[AT&T LG G4] uly609:
So far it looks like the wifi bug on a 5Ghz connection is gone. Works like a dream now. Full speeds here on my 802.11AC router. Seems a little snappier with less lag, could be a placebo though. I though Quick Charge 2.0 was fully supported already? I've been using a QC 2.0 charger I bought from AT&T and it charges really fast, I use the stock G4 USB cable with it.
[AT&T LG G4] MicroMod777:
Does it notify u your on fast charge on the notification?
[AT&T LG G4] uly609:
No, it doesn't have that notification even after the update.
[AT&T LG G4] Lock-N-Load:
Have you see/heard of this on any G4 variant? I haven't. Is this just a wishful thinking question?
[AT&T LG G4] didi_ghost:
Maybe a thread about official updates should be created to avoid create tons of them everytime a new one comes out on any country/region.
[AT&T LG G4] Eric618:
My WiFi issue wasn't fixed. :(
[AT&T LG G4] inick73376:
What was your WiFi Issue?

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What was the WiFi Bug on the 5Ghz connection? What is your WiFi Link Speed when your right near your Wireless AC Router?
[AT&T LG G4] Eric618:
WiFi just seems to randomly "hang".
[AT&T LG G4] inick73376:
With my T-Mobile version I constantly see the WiFi switching from WiFi to 4G LTE.
[AT&T LG G4] Eric618:
Mine doesn't switch to data, it just hangs on WiFi.
[AT&T LG G4] MicroMod777:
We have a S6 Edge that says fast charging when on a Qualcomm 2.0 charger.
[AT&T LG G4] biswasd:
sooo.....what's the verdict with this software verdict? is it actually worth applying? or just a attempt by at&t to prevent rooting?
[AT&T LG G4] Peckerwood:
Looks like it may have something to do with the touchscreen "per" Tech Times. I notice this issue as well with mine. Doesn't seem like it helped any. Pretty laggy while scrolling up and down through the web. Hope they get the kinks out soon enough.
[AT&T LG G4] Sher The Love:
I haven't noticed a difference with anything. I haven't had any issues with the touchscreen, so I cant give any input on that. No Wi-Fi issues either.
[AT&T LG G4] Peckerwood:
I am having just about all the complaints with the touchscreen that are described in that article. The knock function is very picky where you tap at, the typing issue with tapping a letter and it puts the letter next to it instead and the laggy scrolling. I had a glass screen protector on it and thought that may have been the issue and took it off, but it's still the same.
[AT&T LG G4] Dennisg34:
Nothing wrong with taking this update. It's not like they can patch a vulnerability that a dev hasn't already phone to exploit yet, highly unlikely. This is probably just a few tweaks
[AT&T LG G4] :
I haven't had any touch screen issues or WiFi... And my device charges to full in like 20 to 30 minutes....
[AT&T LG G4] LancerV:
Yeah and Kernel version the same also
[AT&T LG G4] iteam:
It would be nice to have a changelog regardless of what any update does and doesn't do... Looked at LG's site and searched everywhere and can't find a thing.. I have ZERO issues with my ATT G4 so I'm gonna wait and see if any info comes out. This forum has the most information than anywhere else on the web, but still no solid info..
[AT&T LG G4] prosive:
Took ota and didn't notice any real differences yet. Still missing taps occasionally.
[AT&T LG G4] uly609:
This update is so small I doubt that anything that could prevent root/BL unlock got patched. Besides there isn't a known exploit out there for AT&T/LG to patch anyway.
[AT&T LG G4] Norcalz71:
hoping it didn't patch anything for root/unlock, mine took the update and updated without prompting me. I just want to wake the screen and it rebooted and updated.
[AT&T LG G4] moobieboobie:
Mine also pushed the update this morning when I checked. Is there a way to disable auto system updates?
[AT&T LG G4] didi_ghost:
Anyone knows when the firmwares are going to start to appear here: http://lg-phone-firmware.com/index.php ? Or is there any other website?
[AT&T LG G4] Im a troll:
You get a full charge in 20 to 30 minutes! :eek:

What carrier are you with and what charger are you using???

Thanks!
[AT&T LG G4] Jay784:
I'm upset that I had no control over the update. I left the room to get the mail and then I came back to a phone rebooting itself with a message that the update is complete :(
[AT&T LG G4] bobloadmire:
theres no way they patch a root exploit before there has been even a formal post on the forums...... right?
[AT&T LG G4] Gladpants:
Yeah. I've spent the last 3 hours looking into how to disable it with no options. Especially with the root announced today. I would like to keep that open.
[AT&T LG G4] officerdoofy:
I am concerned about this as well. It didn't even ask me, I just happened to look at my phone at work for a second and I seen it update itself. Is there any way to prevent this in the future so we aren't forced to take an update that will screw us out of any rooting/unlocking ability?
[AT&T LG G4] :
Att, this after a att thread lol.

I'm using my G3 charger on the device, and it gets a full charge at most on 30minutes depending on how dead the battery is.
[AT&T LG G4] MicroMod777:
Try this to disable ota:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3131493
[AT&T LG G4] officerdoofy:
So far only thing that I noticed after the OTA is that once you enable Developer Options -> Enable OEM Unlock option now requires you to enter a pin. Before the OTA I didn't remember having to enter a pin when I tried it....
[AT&T LG G4] LancerV:
Apparently it's just address book update
[AT&T LG G4] the_scotsman:
Reddit says this was to fix a 5GHz wifi bug: http://www.reddit.com/r/lgg4/comments/396nkr/att_g4_just_updated_automatically/cs0yhjr
[AT&T LG G4] Eric618:
If that's the case, it didn't work. Not for me, at least.
[AT&T LG G4] jaggrey:
I'm on T-Mobile and my phone did the same thing. I glanced at it and it was optimizing apps. It now has a newer software version than my wife's G4. So maybe this is an LG thing?
[AT&T LG G4] MicroMod777:
Just got it too and I thought I disabled ota's.
[AT&T LG G4] Bootup:
Same..I 'disabled' OTA and still got the update just now. on Tmobile.
[AT&T LG G4] nadram:
Settings > About > Update Center > Software Update > uncheck "Check Automatically" and "Auto-install"

But I'm not carrier locked or in the US. I also have the H818P. And I also wouldn't be so skeptical :)
[AT&T LG G4] MicroMod777:
These are being forced uodate. We r being controlled by the Borg! lol
[AT&T LG G4] uly609:
Know that we know that the update was for the AT&T address book app, it doesn't surprise me that the update was forced. Since it was to fix their app they wan't to fix asap. Wish they would push out updates this fast when its a new software release like 5.1.1 for example.
[AT&T LG G4] MicroMod777:
Made a new thread to adress issue.
[AT&T LG G4] theblizzard2010:
Let's not confuse the two updates mentioned here. The OP is for AT&T.

The AT&T update is not rebooting ppl's phones automatically. The Tmobile one is.

The updates are for different things. AT&T's is about 26MB. Tmobile's was over 120MB. :cool:
[AT&T LG G4] uly609:
I'm not sure that you did enough reading. Both updates are making the phones auto-reboot.
[AT&T LG G4] theblizzard2010:
We have five H810's in our office. All of them asked the end user for permission to install. None of them did it by itself.

Not sure what would be the deciding factor in the hardware, all in AT&T.
[AT&T LG G4] taurius1:
So, ATT user here.

The update downloaded, installed and rebooted phone automatically, with no confirmation at all.

It's improved my battery life tremendously , though.
[AT&T LG G4] uly609:
There you go.
[AT&T LG G4] knoshann:
Went to sleep last night and woke up with the software install complete notice...wasn't having issues before so I don't know what it did. I can say that the battery "seems" to be better, exceptional actually
[AT&T LG G4] autoprime:
would love to grab the ota file.. or the url of the file. if someone ran logcat before the update came we could grab the url.

if people run this logcat app on phone they can just run it throughout the day... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jtb.alogcat&hl=en

has a "clear log" feature... so every .. idk.. hour or so you could clear the log so its not taking up space. would just need to check you didn't silently get updated first. ;)

then once the update DOES happen just boot up and pull the log off the sdcard to computer to get url. Should work.. I think anyway ;)

meh nevermind.. seems logcat apps dont work right without root. at least the ones i've just tried. seems only way to get a logcat is to be connected to a computer with adb logcat running :/
[AT&T LG G4] paleman27:
Ooops...just got Auto updated...

Maybe my AT&T is different but I get a "Tap to start installation". I'm guessing nothing will happen unless I tap it.
[AT&T LG G4] paleman27:
Same thing happened to me. However...after a day it end up installing anyways.

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We don't have this option on the AT&T version... For the apps update we do but not for the software updates.
[AT&T LG G4] paleman27:
Excellent update AT&T. Before my phone didn't heat up; not even a zilch. After the update it does.

Edit

Never mind. It cools down fast...
[AT&T LG G4] Zachhockey2:
Hmm, this is strange. I didn't receive an update. I'm suffering from slow charging and poor knock code performance, so I've been waiting patiently for one. Hopefully it'll come within the next week, as my return window is closing.
[AT&T LG G4] Milimbar:
http://xdaforums.com/g4/general/auto-updates-phone-setting-t3135325
[AT&T LG G4] hlb3:
Just got a notification that there is a new update.
[AT&T LG G4] Eric618:
Same here on AT&T. 149.51MB. I'm holding off for now.
[AT&T LG G4] paleman27:
How can one hold off? I dodn't have a menu for the software updates; it will install, I don't see a way to stop it. Please advice. Thanx!
[AT&T LG G4] jmp485:
Stay off of wifi. Seems to be the only way
[AT&T LG G4] Eric618:
I have the notification that there's an update waiting, but it hasn't initiated yet. I've been on wifi for a few hours thus far.

...fingers crossed!
[AT&T LG G4] phineous:
Try this to block updates.

I've updated the post with more files to block.
[AT&T LG G4] Lt1streconbn:
Use TiBu to freeze fota, at&t updates, wssynclmps and it can not update for sure then.

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Terminal Emulator can be used also by typing without the quotes here, 'pm disable com.example-attbloatware.sucks' be sure to type in 'su' first though lol.
[AT&T LG G4] uly609:
Looks like more app updates and some "security updates"
[AT&T LG G4] masze:
cant this be moving to proper section now!
[AT&T LG G4] creaky:
Autoprime has said that the latest T-Mobile update has an antirollback security feature in the latest software update. I imagine the update for AT&T does as well. Can anyone confirm? I'm still on 10e, hoping I'm OK.
[AT&T LG G4] Norcalz71:
Haven't been back to a computer yet since the holiday, but can the OTA be blocked without already having root? I don't want to jump on my WiFi networks and have it auto update to this new patch
[AT&T LG G4] cleankutazn:
So they didn't do anything to fix any of the problems that people are having. Why even update at all :confused:
[AT&T LG G4] CAG-man:
I took the update since I don't see a boot loader unlock as a possibility. I probably won't root this phone either.

After 1 day I can notice a major improvement in touches. There are still missed touches but not as bad as before. I haven't had any slides registered as touches yet. I am not sure on battery life yet.
[AT&T LG G4] phineous:
Maybe! Try it out and report back.
[AT&T LG G4] taurius1:
Ugh. Installed it without my permission again. -_-"