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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] FlufflesTheEvil:
Solution

I found a semi solution all you need is a laptop/computer pdanet and connectify to turn your pc into a router however this doesn't work well with gaming because of nat type
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] MrOtsKrad:
Pdanet still kickin ass
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] Devilfeathers:
I would just prefer the option to pay for unlimited high speed tethering. I don't even care what I'd have to pay. This not being an option for any carrier kills me. I just want to stream shows on my ps3.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] driodman98:
Maybe that should be the next un-carrier move? I would gladly play an extra $20 a month for unlimited hot spot if it meant I could get rid of the crappy dsl I have now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] tylerholbrook:
Anyone tethering with darthstalker have any issues? I just got the phone 2 days ago. Haven't really got that far yet as I have a decent WiFi at home but thinking of canceling

Sent from my SM-N920T
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] princeasi:
I think T mobile are listening heavily to customers ideas. Maybe it'll be good to request it!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] yodan4:
So, what would you guys say the best setup to tether would be? I received "the message" via sms from tmo. I only used it to tether my nieces computer so she could do homework at my grandparents.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] pcriz:
What exactly is the message?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] CB620:
The people that are receiving the message.... How are you tethering...?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] yodan4:
The question is, what the best setup would be to tether? Not that hard to decipher. I simply provided my reasoning behind my question. People provide vague replies with no concrete answers. FoxFi, pdanet? What have people found to work best?

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I was using the tethering via the phone settings. Then I received this message: " You've used 80% of the paid high speed data on your T-Mobile plan. Once you use all this data your Smartphone Mobile Hotspot speed will be limited to 128 kbps until 10/15/2015. Smartphone data will still be high speed. Buy more at

http://t-mo.co/Upgrade-4G

From:889"
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] princeasi:
What works best is to stay within the limits of the ToS agreement you accepted!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] luckylui:
I still tether all the time. Currently sitting at 80 Gb of data used so far.. 20 or so of that was tethering.

Deuces.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] misterzeno:
For those of you complaining about the ToS you agreed to are more than welcome to find another carrier and do your unlimited tethering. Matter of fact, when you find that carrier let us know how much it costs and how its working out for you. I could see if they were throttling your mobile device usage or something like that but the terms of tethering are clear as day and some of you are whining about it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] yodan4:
What setup are you using?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] luckylui:
Using WiFi Tether by Fabio

My APN is set to ipv4

I gutted everything that collected data of me tethering.. that includes the tetheringprovision.apk along with tetheringautomation.apk

What set up do you have?

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] pcriz:
APN set to ipv4, wifi tether router works fine for me. Cranked down 5gb tethered and tethered usage did not budge..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] yodan4:
Is it the one in the play store under the developer name 'Fabio Grasso'. Also, what folders are those apks listed under, and did you delete them using ES File Explorer?

Thanks for the info!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] CB620:
That's your first problem. Your using tmobile tethering and wondering why they caught you.....

Wifi tether router works

Get titanium backup and delete/freeze the system apps listed with tethering provision in them.

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Nah
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] pcriz:
How has the warmth been on your device while using Wifi Tether Router?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] CB620:
Don't experience any. I undervolted
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] raider09:
What do you mean by undervolted?

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What do you mean by undervolted?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] CB620:
Flash a kernel. Open Synapse, undervolt.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] mattwheat:
I had the same thing. They said mirroring my screen was considered tethering. And there was no way I could run up 200 gigs a month unless I was tethering. Now we all no that's not true. And I was kicked off my unlimited data and dropped to a 1 gig plan. I then up'ed the plan to the highest possible without being unlimited.

I did some research. There is no way to prove you are masking your tethering without them either monitoring the content of data you're using or by peaking in your phone to see an .apk that's doing it (sqlite method, or WiFi hotspot .apks ) A doing any of these is a big no no breach of privacy and contract. According to the "Electronic Communication Device Act of 2001" the carrier is not allowed to monitor the data content, only data amount. Nor are they allowed to remotely access your phone even with your permission to view the data or contents of your device. So for them to have proof of masking your tethering they would first have to not only breach contract but also break an FCC ruling /act. Which would be a federal offense punishable by a hefty fine. And if you assume it might not be that big of a fine ask AT&T about their fine they got last year. $100,000,000 by the FCC for throttling unlimited data user with out consent. Yeah that's not nearly as important as your privacy.

So what can you do about it. You can do like I did and report it to the FCC if you get bumped from your unlimited plan. With in 2 months of my complaint to the FCC , T-Mobile called me to offer my unlimited back. Enough people complain to the FCC about bring bumped and /or the threatening harassing text T-Mobile has been sending us on the subject, the FCC will take furthur action.

Any way good luck to ya and don't let the carriers bully you. We pay their bills not the other way around. With out us they wouldn't be able to stay open. Remember that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] driodman98:
How did you go about contacting the fcc for this?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] pcriz:
https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] Josh8550:
Unlimited Data for that device.

I like to steal tethering data as much as anyone but I won't complain a word when I finally get caught.

In the words of Tupac: That's just the way it is.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] Ducter:
But officer, I was only slightly speeding.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] pcriz:
I think it comes down to the legality of it on both ends. The complaint isn't so much about getting caught as it is about how did I get caught.

It's like cops and warrants. Aside from instances where exceptions apply (emergencies, concent, relation to arrest, etc etc) no one can come into your home on a hunch, otherwise civil liberties are violated and evidence gets thrown out.

That isn't saying the person committing the crime is innocent but rather the means used to prove them guilty were unlawful.

I personally feel like if I am doing wrong and get caught, then in the grand scheme of things and karma it was deserved. That is where lawyers come in, not to say you are innocent but to call to task the methods. In instances like this it is to protect the average citizen. Thats why we have things like the patriotic act in the states. To get around those civil liberties under the guise of protecting the greater good.

So if these gentlemen think they were found out using illegal means then please air it out, it only benefits every other customer whether you know it or not.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] Ducter:
That's true, I just find it near laughable when people threaten to leave and Sprint is what they deem a solution. It's ridiculous, T-Mobile caught me doing what I wasn't supposed to be doing, I knew what the consequences were but did it anyways, now if they move me to a lower tiered plan, like I knew they could do I'll leave. Lol. Take your ball and go home.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] pcriz:
You're right, that part I cannot agree with at all. It's so easy to just ignore the ToS because you no longer have to sign it 12 times and no one reads it to you. Yet there are so many times I see people in direct violation of it taking no responsibility. Abusing a feature of one carrier then threatening to go to another carrier that not only does not have that feature but also has even stricter rules governing other parts of your contract.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] Rx8Driver:
That, sir, was finely spoken.

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This is. Absolutely. Totally. 100% what happened to me 2 months ago. Had to close the line and get another one with a new number and everything. Why? Because i got caught. Simple. Yes, i called and tried to talk my way out of it- nope. Them's the breaks boys n girls. ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] raider09:
T-mobile blows.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] pcriz:
Because they are expected to make money? Because they give you 7gb of free tether that doesn't even take into account darn near every streaming service? So with Binge On activated you could tether and stream Pandora or Netflix all day without it putting a ding in your usage.

Man if this is the definition of "blows" I hate to see what every other carrier is doing.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] Rx8Driver:
Man, bingeon even covers Playstation vue which is 45 bucks for LIVE CABLE TV over 100 channels! They have effectively replaced my cable company because of bingeon! I canceled cable and couldn't be happier! My DEVICE says I use 250gb/mo but it can't tell the difference between streaming and not- but tmo data usage says about 35-40gb of unlimited and I've never hit my 14gb hotspot limit even with gaming included!

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In fact I'm getting a Huawei lte hotspot 300mbps/150mbps d/u and 10 devices! Gonna slam a sim card in it and get the basic free 2gb data line and just use it for bingeon so I don't have to use my hotspot and kill my battery all the time! So 10 bucks a month for the line with free data and free streaming plus 45/mo for Vue and another $8 cuz I got hulu too, so less than 65bucks a month for basically everything I could want in television...beats the heel outta the cable company and their 120 dollar price tag!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] ecrman:
But many tmobile users never even use their hotspot data. I've been a customer for many years and up till recently had never used hotspot.

In a world where everything is going mobile i have to disagree with the carriers policies. The service they provide is crap for a premium price!

I own my phone and they have no right to data mine it, snoop it or anything else and that's exactly what they are doing how else do they know if your phone is rooted.

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Good post.

In my opinion they all violate our privacy, the carriers, app builders, google all of them. Young people today have no clue what's going around them. Facebook wad caught running all photos through a facial recognition software and storing that information.

These companies are all scumbags in my opinion and they can kiss my a ss.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] pcriz:
I'm sorry but you can't claim that your privacy is being compromised when using services that require a conscious effort on the user to sign up for. Especially when the majority of what people consider an invasion of privacy is spelled out in terms of service.

If anything its this younger generation that is paying attention to privacy issues inregards to devices, social networks and such. Heck look at all the bad legislation in regards to net neutrality and how big telecommunication companies are handled. All because interested parties can push money into the pockets of baby boomer politicians that don’t understand the full brevity of the bills they are trying to pass because they weren't raised in the information age.

I’m sure my granny with a new shiny cell phone is a lot less responsible than someone younger and raised on this kind of technology. You know how many older peoples computers I get to fix because they click on that “You have new mail” adware and end up entering all their passwords. Sending money to Nigerian Princes and what not.

Now its not all old folks obviously, stupid comes in all different flavors but don’t generalize young people while in the same breath touting how our privacy is compromised by devices and services that are all voluntary. Its comes down to personal accountability. The IRS doesn’t do my taxes for me so why should Mark Zuckerberg walk you line by line through their privacy policies.

Also as far as Tmobile spying on you and knowing you are rooted. Can you say beyond a benefit of a doubt you declined and opted out of all instances where you are asked about diagnostic information being sent from your device?

Also there is a huge difference between knowing if a phone is rooted and reading your emails and texts. They have a level of discretion when it comes to what is operating on their network.

Look I get wanting to tether, what I dont get is people assuming its some god given right to tether. Phone plans are more flexible than they have been in years stateside and people still find a reason to complain..

No one is forcing you to get a facebook or buy a cell phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] kdecoteau1:
Tethering hotspot

I guess that's why T-Mobile is locking up all flagship DEVICE BOOT LOADER, NO ROOT access means no HOTSPOT MODS. NO ROOT for Android Phones is like having an IPhone, that's BORING AS HELL. I'll be keeping my NOTE 4,5 and S6 Edge+ from now on. ROOT ANDROID PHONES for me is like driving a La Ferrari or Koenigsegg. So T-Mobile! CARRY YUH S****:laugh::good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] pcriz:
You're assuming all the Android flagships are locked down and that it was at the request of T-mobile. What other phone is locked down sides the newest samsung devices?

I dont think hotspot mods are the reason.

Samsung makes money off every transaction made through Samsung pay, the success of it would make one more incentive to purchase one of those phones if Samsung pay becomes the industry standard or at least a household name. So they stand to benefit at least two fold from more people using Samsung pay. Whats the biggest hurdle stopping users from using Samsung pay other than vendors not being supported or banks? Well rooted users since it disables Knox. They could say screw tying it to knox but why make the phone less secure since they have no real need to account for the mod community. So I think its matter of keeping samsung pay active on as many phones as possible.

Also if you think non rooted Android devices may as well be iPhones, then you don't know android very well.

TL;DR: There is nothing stating Tmobile asked for locked sammy devices and chances are they are locked to push more users to Samsung Pay. Not to prevent tethering
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] Rx8Driver:
I'm successfully tethering full speed AFTER hitting my tether cap using FOXFI

Edit- but only using usb tether with PDAnet...wifi doesn't seem to work...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] ecrman:
You sound like a tmobile rep. LoL

These companies are selling a service, period! A communication line just like your land line, cable co. or dsl. Non of those companies regulate or dictate what devices you can or not connect to that service line.

I personally received a message saying my device was tampered with and warning me. LoL

Screw facebook too! I never have and never will use that little b astards web site.

And by the way, if you don't agree to their terms your phone is basically useless but hey don't let that stop you from kissing their a ss.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] pcriz:
A Tmobile reps tell people to take personal responsibility for their actions?

Thank you for addressing my points on how the youth are ultimately more informed on unjust legislation as it related to telecommunications.

Yes they are selling you a service but because you pay for cable does that mean you are allowed to torrent whatever shows come on television? I mean it's the same argument, you are already getting the shows, so why can't you illegally download them for viewing whenever?

Love the argument of if I don't agree with a misplaced view of compromised privacy then I must inherently submit my own right to privacy.

You do realize an app doesn't even need Internet access to know you're rooted.

Of course I don't see you going out and buying unlocked to save yourself the dignity of having your privacy invaded.

But of course because it's the way of the world to gripe about things but never change them if it requires time effort or money..

Keep griping. And I will keep rooting, tethering, torrenting, and tweaking to my hearts content.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] ecrman:
"Yes they are selling you a service but because you pay for cable does that mean you are allowed to torrent whatever shows come on television? "

You're attempting to mix apples and oranges. The cable company or dsl provider doesn't care or regulate what you do with the computer that 'you own', nope they just provide you the gateway, same as mobile providers. You seem to think that there is a difference but there isn't. My phone is my computer, i bought it and own it, it's my private personal device. Geezz law enforcement had to go to court to solve issues with personal privacy rights with looking into mobile devices.

You sound like a young person to me with a lot to learn about life and business. These companies are screwing everyone, period! and they're all in it together in my opinion which i'm sure violates some antitrust laws but since we have a corrupted government they are allowed to get away it.

But hey who cares anyway, right? As long as your phone works you'll pay whatever they charge.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] pcriz:
Actually cable companies have caps, throttle users to push up sales and will go after people who fileshare and constantly push for legislation that would in affect make companies like Netflix and YouTube need to pay for prioritized traffic and in turn raising prices for the consumer. But yeah they aren't trying to regulate anything on their networks.

But you keep generalizing and pretending to be informed. G'day mate.

I'm sure there is a Drudge Report forum somewhere that will love you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] ecrman:
But they don't restrict you to one device do they. Do they limit your router data? Do they have full access to the data on your computer per agreement or else?

Answer: no

How old are you, 25 maybe?

Go facebook yourself.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] pcriz:
Limit router data? Lol what do you think a data cap is? How do you think they identify you? Using the mac address on the router.

Lol get one of those file share letters from your cable company, they will tell you what you downloaded, when, and what size the download was. Are folks really this naive?

Do they restrict you one device? Why would they, the ToS doesnt read that way lol. But your cellular company's ToS does read that way. So either way you are abiding by a set of rules.

And who is accessing data on your device. You realize how huge it was when people found out about the apps gathering data on phones without consent. Blew up in the face of every major carrier. Do you remember that? Probably not.

Now any data gathering that they can use against you happens with voluntary apps. Don't blame policy because you aren't smart enough to do two things, buy a phone not subsidized by a major cellular network, and opt of voluntary data collection on your subsidized phone.

Once again please tell me how all your problems are caused by everyone else with no regard for personal responsibility

I might not be as old as you, yet I am tethering just fine without detection. Your wisdom is really helping you out here my friend. Kudos to being able to not die up until this point, a huge achievement that warrants your entitlement.

The great thing about me is I already read the rules so i won't go making a fool of myself crying about the rules I already agreed to when i signed my contract after I break them. Damn millennials and their reading and comprehension.

Man up.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] voxluna:
I tether, and if it was unlimited I'd run my laptop on it 24/7. But T-Mobile has been good to EVERYONE, even people that don't have it. No contracts? Hmm, which company started that? More than one device upgrade very 2 years? I wonder where that originated? Et cetera. Every other carrier in the United States scrambled to match TMo's terms because they were highly desirable from a customer standpoint, and they recognized John Legere was shaking things up.

And I'll tell you something else. After a massive clusterf**k of a billing error, I pre-ordered an S7 Edge with Sprint and wrote a goodbye nastygram addressed to Legere, Wesley, and other key executives. Within 12 hours, Legere's assistant called me and rolled out the red carpet with various concessions. While I'm not going to list them here, let me assure you that is no exaggeration, and they were financially significant. Needless to say, I stayed.

These people doing 20, 30, 40+ GB who thinks they'll find a more proactive and radical cellular phone provider than TMo are more than welcome to stop dragging my tower down with their tethering schemes and go with Sprint. When their pathetically few LTE towers fall back to another standard, it'll be 3G, unlike TMo's DC-HSPA+. Karma?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] Dethfull:
When we tether shring our 3g data, the data plan counter haves a fatal error , that causes false contability of data usage, the operators forbids tether, just because we pay for they buy their exhuberant personal things, but for services (that was we has pay) they forbid, because lazy, or incapacity of fix this error. I tether, root or not. Hehe. :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] Rx8Driver:
At the end of the day Tmo is the best stateside carrier you're going to find...Hotspot cap or not...I TRY to keep my hs usage below the 14gb on my plan, but if i don't i have PDAnet for the desktops and fiddler to manipulate my packet headers and remove or alter identifying packet data...since PDAnet i haven't even needed to use fiddler, it works on my win10 laptop and my Ubuntu desktop, no matter if my cap has been crossed or not...but it's not often (unless I'm syncing a large repo [cm13 or something] or getting ps4 game updates) that i go over 14gb- ever since BingeOn has started including tethered data, I've been in good shape...that's what always killed my hs data...but no more ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] Dethfull:
There is a line in build.prop : ro.tether.denied=true

I changed to false.

There is another line inside cda.prop or flex.prop or /data/property :

persist.radio.adb_log_on (i still searching for what is this line, i suppose that if we turn false the tether, the radio adb returns on again) i set to 0 this line

After discover these 2 lines, my tether too was needing pdanet to work, today i use the stock tether, no more pdanet i need.:cool:
[LG Optimus L90] Niquel97:
Hey is there any way to unlock bootloader over 5.0.2 stock lollipop?

I have already rooted phone but i wouldn't wanna do that stupid downgrade thing...
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tvdang7:
Not sure if the camera app has the option to save to sd card. Or do we have to manually do it ourselves.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ttkyles:
if its pure Android, then the camera app will have a storage setting to int/ext sd