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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Outbreak444:
Check with your forums for the T-Mobile S7, I know they have quite a few tutorials in there for you.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] playingbball20:
There is nothing on the s7 or s7 edge
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] enigma2446:
Kind of an unorthodox way but here it is. 1st - make a new apn with the following settings.

Name: whatever you want

Apn: ndo

Proxy: proxy.cricketwireless.net

Port: 80

MMSC: http://mmsc.aiowireless.net

MULTIMEDIA MESSAGE PROXY: proxy.aiowireless.net

MULTIMEDIA MESSAGE PORT: 80

MCC: 310

MNC: 150

APN TYPE: default,mms,hipri,supl,fota

The rest leave blank and save it.

2nd now select the new apn you just created and wait for it to connect. Once it does go back into hotspot and turn it on. It should provision now(allowing you use hotspot).

3rd go back to your apn's and Re select your original apn(while the hotspot is active). Should be good to go.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] enigma2446:
Let me know if this works or not for you

"Mvno Master"
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] alonzo222:
This works well with my ATT S7 on Cricket. Thank you very much enigma.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] diego97yey:
what did you do to make it work?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] alonzo222:
Followed Enigma's suggestion.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] enigma2446:
No problem everyone, hit the thanks button if it helped you

"Mvno Master"
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] diego97yey:
dude thanks! youre breaking barriers.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] enigma2446:
Thanks, working on a new apn mix to get the best Latency, speed up and down for a more enjoyable experience ;). Been hitting a lot of walls in the process. I'll post back whenever I discover something. Thanks everyone.

"Mvno Master"
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] enigma2446:
To give a taste. Although it ain't consistant it's still a work in progress. This was done doing a speedtest from another device connected to the hotspot.

"Mvno Master"

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Please post your speedtests with location

"Mvno Master"
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] enigma2446:
Disregard
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] GreyGnome:
Worked for me with Cricket Wireless and an unlocked AT&T SM-G930A. At least I've got hotspot- which is great. The trick is that you have to switch APN's every time you want to enable hotspot, then switch back to actually use the Internet. (update 3: I'm not 100% sure you have to switch back. I'm still testing.)

UPDATE: It only works for about 10 minutes, then shuts off by some daemon or another. :( AGH this is frustrating!

UPDATE 2: It appears that it only shuts down if no devices are connected. I have it up and running for quite a while now (over 1/2 hour). My Nexus 5 had given me no surprises on this; it just worked (using my exact same Cricket account and phone number).

UPDATE 3: After 4 hours of ping'ing Google, I can say that it's reliable and it stays up. Furthermore, it works on both the original APN and the one recommended here. However the cellphone will not work with the new APN. Switching between APNs seems to incur only a 3 second outage on my hotspot connection, and then it continues on, pretty as you please.

Not so great is that I've had Google Nexii up until this week, and this is my first time bumping into this bull****. I never even knew it existed! What a horrible business practice. This stuff should be illegal. I am paying for 5GB of data. How I download that data is my business. Hopefully they won't somehow munge my system and take this away. If they do, I'll go to T-Mobile or something. Not because they're better, just because these carriers should know that if they screw a happy customer, that customer will leave for elsewhere.

</rant> But thanks, enigma!!! You've done a great service to your country.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] enigma2446:
Thanks for the reply. I mainly use the apn that enables the hotspot but I don't have a timeout issue like your describing. I keep my doner cheap cricket phone plugged in and hotspot on 24/7 with or without devices connected. Something for me to look into though.

"Mvno Master"

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Also there should be a setting in regards to hotspot timeout when it's inactive. I set mine to never

"Mvno Master"

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Anyone on the Unlimited plan from cricket? If so whats the highest amount of data used?

"Mvno Master"
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] GreyGnome:
You're right. The thing has a timeout... I just wasn't expecting it. I set mine to 1/2 hour and I'm happy.

Thanks again!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] enigma2446:
No problem.

"Mvno Master"
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] slosho:
Well, gave this a shot but It says "temporary network problem"

any thoughts?

BTW I'm in H20-town every week I live in Hartford and may have said hello to you here on XDA before.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] enigma2446:
Watertown SD?

"Mvno Master"
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] slosho:
Yes the one that's West of Kranzburg
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] enigma2446:
Damn never thought I'd be messaging someone that lives in my area.

"Mvno Master"
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] kevinharris1884:
Hotspot APN not working

I have noticed that the APN for hotspot is no longer working. Is anyone else having the same issue. If so has anyone discovered a fix. I am thinking cricket caught on. And to whoever was asking about how much data you can use on unlimited. I hit over a 100 GB on my three unlimited lines. I'm also curious how that latency test has been going. I would be interested in your settings on what you done.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] wrenhal:
I just bought a new unlocked G4 Play Amazon edition. I installed PDANet like I always do and it won't let me setup a hotspot because it says my carrier has blocked this phone even though it's not carrier branded.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Jounin1337:
S7 Mobile Hotspot Enabling

How can I do this if I live in Honduras and my provider is Tigo HN?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Wishingwellintheocean:
Thank You!!!!

I nearly gave up on scouring the internet for helping on this. I've rooted phones in the past and I'm just not there again, YET. I use an unlocked Huawei Honor 5x with unlimited and unthrottled 4G. For whatever reason I have been able to physically tether my phone to my laptop with no problem but I never could get it to hotspot wirelessly because of the you know, b.s. So, this has been really my only pain and challenge and I wasn't going to get into root and possible issues when I knew there was something else out there. I tried all the b.s. hotspot apps and starting looking into other things like freezing the apk that monitors the tethering and hotspot and couldn't even find anything through adb like it was not even existing and wouldn't be surprised if that in fact was the case and point. Like so I couldn't use it? Hmmmm... So I started look at some other options like adding my own apk and came across this apn mod. It was actually the second one I tried and you are awesome!!!! Thank you. Confirmed works on Hawaei Honor 5x with Cricket which I believe is AT&T? Have an awesome day I was struggling and starting to get frustrated.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] enigma2446:
I think they did.. I tested it the apn and its not connecting properly but I can still tether because of the custom rom I'm on with my nexus 5x. I'll did around the build.prop and see if a simple modification can be done. Also I'm curious on how this network throttling will go once 22gb will hit if it's congested.

"Mvno Master"
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] kevinharris1884:
Well I have noticed that on some devices it will work and some don't. I don't think the 22 gb possible throttle is gonna affect much unless you live in a metroplex area. I would love to find a way to unblock the 8mbps download cap. But I'm thinking that it's more less blocked by the carrier to the towers and not pushed to the phones.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] enigma2446:
For those that are having issues you can try adding a line to the build.prop

Net.tethering.noprovisioning

True

"Mvno Master"
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] nomad13rr:
Thanks!

Was able to get hotspot and tethering going on my LG G4 H81021y.

Thanks a lot!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] enigma2446:
Using what methods?

"Mvno Master"
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] enigma2446:
Went over the 22gb so far no throttle. Just an update.

"Mvno Master"
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] ChibiReaper:
I just bought a second galaxy amp II from cricket with the unlimited plan, tried the apn thing over 3 times and spell checked it more times than I can count and for some reason it will not work.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] enigma2446:
Strange. But the other amp works?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] wrenhal:
Are both running same the same android build?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] dllott:
Unlocked Cricket phone won't tether.

I have a Cricket Samsung Galaxy S7 that has been unlocked and am now using Straight Talk chip. Everything works fine, except for tethering and mobile hotspot. (Get the message about contacting Cricket.)

I tried the new apn instructions, and save it, but doesn't appear in apn list. Troubleshot it until I discovered that changing the MNC from the default 410 to the instructed 150 causes the new apn to not appear in the list.

I tried to create a new apn with all changes except that one and the apn stays listed, but then does not allow me to enable tethering and mobile hotspot.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

dllott
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] enigma2446:
Are you rooted?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] BluuHojo:
I found an app that would help you use your hotspot if you can not us it. Download the paid version of package disable pro in this app it'll let you disable anything you want. Scroll down until you see "TetheringProvision" make sure that is checked and exit the app. Then take another device or something that you can make a "dummy wifi" connected it to it then turn your hotspot on. I use this and it works like a charm. yes connecting it to a dummy wifi or rather any wifi to turn it on is a pain but I dont have to pay any extra to have that feature on my phone. I hope this helped you in your need if you still needed it. Cheers
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] GreyGnome:
Stopped working June 2017

My second APN disappeared. I tried to bring it back, using these techniques, and it doesn't work.

Freakin' bastards. I've got a 5 Gig plan... all I want to do is look up Python examples on my laptop during my commute. ...My phone, however, is unlocked and on no carrier- just the way I want it. Now they've taken that away.

Goodbye Cricket. Hello Project Fi!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Olamyde:
Email me on olamyde@gmail.com i will give trick to break tether for $10 which is one time trick to continue using your cricket plan forever no need to root your phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] wrenhal:
If it's an unlocked phone you should be able to get root and add the line to your build.prop to enable tethering. Then no worries.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] enigma2446:
I concur
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] slosho:
By default all cricket plans allow tethering except the unlimited. If you have the 5gb plan there should be nothing blocking you from the carrier.

I'm not sure how helpful that is (sorry) but maybe it has to do with the variant of the S7 you have.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] wrenhal:
It's not a block. The unlimited is supposed to be blocked. The others are only if you pay. What is happening here is called a carrier check. Many companies, including Samsung and Motorola allowed the carrier check feature to stay turned on. So if you turn on hotspot, the first thing the o/s does is ask your carrier if you are allowed to tether.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] sailboatjimm:
Ahoy Enigma2442.....need help w/unlocked Galaxy Amp 2

____I have an unlocked Galaxy Amp 2(6.0.1). I tried the same apn settings as my unlocked Motorola Atrix(2.3)....which utilizes native hotspot perfectly on Straight Talk. But when I try it's sim card in my amp 2, it works fine surfing the web, texting, phone calls.........but will not work as hotspot. The usual "contact your isp" message pops up. Please advise.......as I would like to root as a last resort............although I have downloaded "extended controls" but can't figure out how to set it up. ----jt
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] wrenhal:
Motorola has carrier check turned on in 6.x. You either need to use pdanet on computer and phone and tether over usb, or you need to root to change the build.prop
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] jkgericke:
I've had the unlimited plan for over a year and Ive got a SM-G930F. When I had the s6 I had to manipulate the system to get hotspot but it worked out the box with my international s7. I've used hotspot every day pretty much and I've racked up over 100gb easy. My highest to date was 254.5 in one month and like I said I use over 100 every month and they've never once even batted an eyelash my way. It does slow down significantly after about 22 gbs here lately tho. Not sure why.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] sailboatjimm:
Slight Confusion

Thank you, Wrenhal.....but it seems I need to clarify.........My unlocked Motorola Atrix mb860 has Android 2.3 and works perfectly on it's native hotspot(with modified apn settings). It did not require rooting or downloading any apps. It is in my unlocked Galaxy Amp 2 with Android 6.0.1 that I can't get the hotspot working.........even though I've installed the same apn settings as I did my Motorola Atrix. Does your suggestion about pdanet or rooting still apply to my Samsung Galaxy Amp 2 ??-----------------jt
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] wrenhal:
Was your amp bought unlocked or is it branded? It may not matter as your Samsung is running 6.x and so carrier check may be turned on. I have an Amazon Motorola g4 play that is "unlocked" but has carrier check turned on.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] sailboatjimm:
Hello Again

My Amp 2 was bought Cricket locked.......I bought code and unlocked it. My Motorola Atrix is ATT unlocked and also not rooted but works great using native hotspot on Straight Talk....no blocking. Now...even though my Amp 2 is unlocked.......when I try my active Motorola Atrix's Straight Talk sim card in my Amp 2......and try to turn on Hotspot, I get a "Cricket" pop up directing me to their website to enable hotspot. This is STRANGE......since I'm on Straight Talk service. I'm trying to avoid rooting, if possible, to utilize my Amp 2's hotspot feature.......but I really prefer to do my websurfing using my laptop in order to use the 8 gig I've already paid for. Please advise.--jt
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] wrenhal:
As I said before the amp is not related to whether it's unlocked or not it's because you're running version 6 and Samsung put the carrier check in there and because it is branded as cricket you get a cricket popup. it looks like the only way is to route the phone and either put a third-party ROM or just simply alter the line in the build prop file
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] NathanielBell2000:
Question

I have a unlocked AT&T HTC One M8 that I use on Cricket wireless. I used TWRP Custom Recovery to install a file from this site that enabled me to use my Hotspot with no issues.

I was wondering if anyone created any thing like this for a AT&T Galaxy S7 cause my Brother bought one and wants to be able to use Hotspot as well.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] hssxda:
Anyone find an answer to this? I have rooted Galaxy S7 on Cricket and am getting the carrier check. I added "net.tethering.noprovisioning=true" to build.prop and still didn't help. Is there something else I need to change in the build prop file??
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] JamesYates1:
Galaxy S7 last post on forum answet

I have a Galaxy S7 through cricket and I'm having the same problem. Tried everything except root. Tried the last forum post and it still said network error or call 611. Sorry guys.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] charter3554:
What's the model number of your Galaxy S7 I thought the Galaxy S7 for Cricket couldn't be rooted and the one for AT&T for that matter...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] enigma2446:
OK if you have root and already modified build.prop try and running these command in terminal then reboot:

Su

settings put global tether_dun_required 0
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] charter3554:
Is your S7 an AT&T branded phone originally?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] hssxda:
no, I bought it directly from Cricket. Model # SMG930AZ

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Thank you for this response. When you mention terminal is this an app on android or are you referring to Terminal for MacOS? I only have a windows PC. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] charter3554:
I thought the S7 and S8 had Qualcomm chips and there was no root available for those models because the bootloaders were locked for AT&T (and Cricket) and Verizon, am I wrong?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] hssxda:
see my post I just wrote today here: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=75692284&postcount=26

I'm thinking of starting a new thread so people will find it more easily...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] charter3554:
Just read the other post and thanked you for posting in such detail. Why won't Samsung Pay work if Knox is not tripped?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] hssxda:
Tripping Knox is not what kills Samsung Pay, tripping knox will kill your warranty.... Whenever you are rooted the Device Status is listed as "Custom" instead of "Official" this makes samsung pay not work. Android pay may still work but I haven't tried it yet...

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Clarification: Just tried Android Pay which apparently was renamed Google Pay and did not work either gave error because device is rooted.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] tankdog03:
WiFi hot spot works on my unlocked tmobile note 4, works on all unlocked phones as far as I know.. try an unlock service.. either way at least it will be unlocked.. unless u don't actually own the phone then don't know what to tell you
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Dylandrees95:
I have unlimited and use cricket but i dont experience the time out like you guys are saying i am using my girlfriends phone but ive used over 200 gigs of data this month u use mine for alotta online gaming on my ps3 but for some reason my girlfriends phone wont let me use the hotspot n ive even tried the steps you provided but it still tells me that i have too set up my hotspot at mycricket on the web
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] slosho:
Kind of a late update but may be useful for others. If you have a phone that BYOD (not purchased through cricket) you can use the hotspot on the old plan.

I have a S8+ that I bought off www.swappa.com and I can hotspot with it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] cannothas:
I just switched to cricket from AT&T and am happy to be saving $70 a month and gaining unlimited data and keeping all my same numbers and phones.

I'm not happy that I missed that the unlimited plans are capped at 3Mbps, and not happy to learn that tethering has turned I to a tattle-tale game between manufacturers and carriers.

I read through most of this, and it seems they've blocked the APN method from working in 2019?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Youdoofus:
doesnt surprise me unfortunately. we all know that carriers must maintain positive relations with mfg's, hence why verizons deathgrip on having their logo prominently displayed on their phones has decreased. we can thank apple for that. i guess we can actually thank apple for one thing finally!!!

anyways, i have a cricket S9 and i flashed the U1 firmware on it, fully able to use the hotspot now, but no wifi calling or voLTE calling either. Which is fine by me. Anyways, im betting the U1 firmware might be good for ya
[Verizon LG G4] robles4242:
I know the Verizon variant of the G2 was different from the others, and from what I've read about this G4 and the Verizon Variant; it has its similar but differences to the others as well? I posted a screen shot of how i received my new phone right off the bat.

Root: I saw the only? root method was a .kdz flash of the 11A? Is this the ONLY way? Because my phone arrived on the 26A which i see most of you talking about just recently getting this update?

Boot loader: Its LOCKED up tight?? So their is no Custom Recovery such as TWRP correct??

Xposed: Xposed can be installed; IF you have obtained root.....

Is this info correct? Only one root method for VS986? and the etc above??

Is their any other important MUST KNOW info on this G4 in general and the VS986 specifically??

Thank you guys.. Hope to CATCH up and master this like the G2..

**PS** I will contribute to the Bootloader Bounty, Ill head over to that thread when i get home tonight....
[Verizon LG G4] CrustyMcLovin:
So yeah the Verizon version of the phone is different compared to the International version. Our bootloader is locked and will likely remain so. This means that if you're running Android 6.0 (and you are with 26A) that means you cannot root the phone nor can you use a custom recovery. This phone is getting a bit old so I wouldn't count on ever seeing the bootloader unlocked.

I had rooted the device last year using the only root method that has been available so far. Root "injection" is what they called it, I believe. Once rooted there is a way to get Xposed framework on there too. From what I've read here on the forums there is a way to downgrade your phone to the older version in order to use the root injection technique. For me it wasn't really worth it though because I felt the upgrade to Android 6 was worth giving up root for.
[Verizon LG G4] fr4nk1yn:
The phone is pretty much dead. I know Verizon stopped selling it, supposedly due to issues, and I believe AT&T did as well.

You can downgrade to 13B using LGUP.

You can use Debloater on 26A to freeze all the Verizon nonsense.

On last thing. The bootloops is real.
[Verizon LG G4] konradsa:
Mine just boot looped yesterday too, unbelievable. I am pretty sure this is why Verizon stopped selling the phone, failure rate was just too high. Looks like most of the early model G4s will fail due to this.
[Verizon LG G4] sefirosu0522:
Yeah. Get rid of this phone. Can't do anything with it. I ditched it after a month.
[Verizon LG G4] LASERWOLF452:
www.youtube.com/lasertechcomputers

i have a playlist of the LGG4 if you wanna root or want to know somthing i have it there
[Verizon LG G4] Bill720:
G4 is like a desert!

Wow. So there's basically no Roms for this phone because the bootloader can't be unlocked in order to install them? And that's why there are only a couple of threads in the Verizon G4 development forum?
[Verizon LG G4] trxrider31:
I love both of my $1 G4 phones from BestBuy. Yes I have had the boot loop problem but Best Buy handled it nicely. I believe the bootloader being locked does not stop custom ROMs as the boot loader was locked on the G2 and G3 as well wasn't it? As for customizing the G4 I have mine running beautifully. Debloated and modded with Xposed. I do agree that it is sketchy working without a real recovery and backup being a moment away at all times. For me, I'm going to use my Verizon G4 until it lets me down, but for now I love it.