yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] N1ghtr08d:
Google cameras max resolution is 8.3mp for the back and 13mp for the front lense. Footej camera says it takes pictures up to 19mp but it didn't look like 19mp when I looked at the resulting image. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't bad at all but I think it was 8.3mp but the app believes it can still operate at 19mp.
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] N1ghtr08d:
I'm no model but here's an image from the front and back cameras
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] Mathew Alioska:
alright thanks ??
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] JALACB:
Corgism, or any Mod......the amount of bounty in first post should be updated, just to catch the attention of devs who can find an exploit for this....
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] encynator:
Looks like they are close to have it! See https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74861189&postcount=86
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] JALACB:
Excuse me, but... do we have a complete fix for the DRM issue?

Sony camera + Sony sound enhacements + Sony Noise reduction + Bravia Engine + .....

I´m not pretty sure of this......
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] N1ghtr08d:
No not yet
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] naoya92:
Will pledge $20
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] alximiktik:
sorry, I do not understand English well. Who needs to make a donation?
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] Klaus N.:
Nobody needs to do so, but if you are interested in in unlocking the bootloader of the XZ1 and don't do it atm because you want to backup the ta before, you can spend money for someone who makes it possible ;)
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] -Happy Feet-:
The money is for the person there find a way to backup the DRM keys before the Bootloader gets unlocked.
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] alximiktik:
And to whom to transfer money, who is looking for a solution? Storm?
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] -Happy Feet-:
Yes only storm.
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] _Mdroid_:
Status

Total pledge: $1132

(I hope nothing has been overlooked or miscalculated.):confused:

1.	Corgism - $18 (EUR 15)

2.	karrouma - $15 (Withdrawn)

3.	kistigun - $18 (EUR 15)

4.	CM17X - $30

5.	Klaus N. - $35 (EUR 30)

6.	mhaha - $10

7.	wk205 - $35 (EUR 30)

8.	inteltecra1700 - $20

9.	kpgc10kai - $40

10.	Dioptas - $40

11.	ChronoReverse - $32 (CAD 40)

12.	SockPants - $10

13.	williamgrant - $20

14.	smorgar - $47 (EUR 40)

15.	blackknightavalon - $20

16.	pbarrette - $20

17.	WaxysDargle - $20

18.	xherbert - $20

19.	Tagilso - $18 (EUR 15)

20.	Belyavin - $10

21.	andacro - $40

22.	KirKone - $47 (EUR 40)

23.	f1^ter - $35 (EUR 30)

24.	Nickcer - $20 (added another $10)

25.	Space_pilot - $40

26.	JobAnsonMcKee - $50

27.	silestanix - $13 (GBP 10)

28.	marcelcerdan13 - $58 (EUR 50)

29.	Shamoy - $50

30.	WhipeeDip - $10

31.	Braindeadz - $40 (EUR 35)

32.	pr0jesse - $11 (EUR 10)

33.	Drago007 - $20

34.	aikon96 - $57 (EUR 50)

35.	Didgesteve - $20

36.	Mega99 - $20

37.	kpjs4s- $15

38.	sparkster171 - $120

39.	mar10777 - $20

40.	pergoteborg - $15

41.	_Mdroid_ - $17 (EUR 15)

42.	gabed90 - $22 (EUR 20)

43.	JALACB – 11 (EUR 10)

44.	naoya92 - $20
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] alximiktik:
tell me , whom exactly to transfer money?
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] aikon96:
At the moment, nobody got the fix working on xz1 compact, so stay cool and don't ask such questions. If you scroll back one or two pages you will know to whom you can donate, when the fix is working.

So, in case u don't even know, check the profile of storm//

https://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=8363210

Next time, just read the thread before posting 2 times the same question, thanks.

Meanwhile it's really annoying when I get a new post notification on this thread and there were only nonsense questions (looking for a fix)

Merry Christmas

Gesendet von meinem G8441 mit Tapatalk
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] mytea:
In for 20€ / 22$. Sorry to all of you who are recieverung a notification :cyclops:

I've added my donation to the last list posted my Mdroid.
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] aledoom:
Hi,

I built the core Andro Plus KERNEL V8 for XZ1 Compact, based on 47.1.A.8.49R9B firmware https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TNpXBHd5S0JuOnkqltoKy3m8OHR_hE4-

Now you can install magisk 15.0, it is fully working.
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] M-Rom:
I have solved. :o

XZ1 https://xdaforums.com/xperia-xz1/development/oreo-xz1-drmfix-root-ricoffo-t3727030

XZ1C https://xdaforums.com/xperia-xz1-compact/development/oreo-xz1c-drmfix-root-ricoff-t3727029
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] N1ghtr08d:
I have tested this and it didn't work perfectly for me, however here's my setup.

I have the latest twrp

Andro+ kernel

Latest magisk

I flashed your DRM fix and rebooted since the Andro+ kernel already has ricoff enabled and when I try to take a photo with the stock camera it "begins" to take the photo, as in the icons disappear from the frame, but it never actually snaps the photo or saves it to the gallery. It just stays at that state of looking through the viewfinder with the camera icon to take the photo floating at the bottom but never actually takes the picture.

Can this week with magisk or does it actually need SuperSU to work?
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] aikon96:
Jap I can confirm this issue.

I am on 47.1.A.5.51 with SuperSU, just flashed DRM FIx and RIC OFF (SuperSU is already installed), so no Magisk installed.

Let's talk in this thread:

https://xdaforums.com/xperia-xz1-compact/development/oreo-xz1c-drmfix-root-ricoff-t3727029
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] aikon96:
Got it working, u need to use the SuperSU from the package, so just reinstall superSu by falshing this zip.

Details here: https://xdaforums.com/xperia-xz1-compact/development/oreo-xz1c-drmfix-root-ricoff-t3727029

Also I've attached the system info before and after DRM Fix as pics
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] N1ghtr08d:
I don't get it, I completely uninstalled magisk and the magisk manager then installed the SuperSU app, rebooted then flashed the DRM fix, the version of SuperSU listed for the DRM fix, and the ricoff zip and rebooted and I am still in exactly the same position as before. It still doesn't actually take the photos.
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] aikon96:
Hm, as mentioned, I'm on 47.1.A.5.51.

I had a similar problem with magisk and superSU some time ago, even after uninstalling magisk.

1. -Just try to make a clean install by flashing your stock firmware with the "newflasher.exe" again (data won't be touched, so this wouldn't be such a pain).

2. Before flashing anything, make sure u make busybox working, as mentioned here: https://xdaforums.com/xperia-xz1-compact/how-to/how-to-root-xperia-xz1-compact-t3712385 <<< DO NOT REBOOT!!!!

3. Install 3 Zip files, clean dalvic cache and reboot.

4. Try to take more than 1 picture, I had a strange issue that I had to take up to 4 pictures to get the camera working correctly...
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] M-Rom:
I did not install busybox. Perhaps busybox led to your camera problem.
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] N1ghtr08d:
Can you please tell me how to flash with newflasher? I have downloaded it and powered off my phone then plugged it into my pc while holding down the Vol down button and ran newflasher and it just reports back that there's no device connected.

I've never used newflasher before and this is my first Sony Xperia device.
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] aikon96:
[MENTION=3666806]N1ghtr08d[/MENTION]: You got a PM

So didn't have the time to test everything, but I can also confirm that the DRM Fix enabled sony app updates like (AR effect etc...) again, cool.
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] naoya92:
Do you expect that this would also enable OTA updates?

I don't have a system on which I can run newflasher,and I'm very hesitant to do anything (ie. twrp) that would require having to manually jump firmware versions- either now, or later in order to fix something.
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] N1ghtr08d:
So i figured out how to flash with newflasher (thanks aikon96) and i reflashed back to original 47.1.A.5.51 and reflashed TWRP then simply installed the 3 files as normal on my XZ1 and all is working well. I'm thinking that maybe the Andro+ kernel i was using was the problem. Maybe i'm wrong but i assume it needs the stock boot image to work off and the Andro+ kernel replaces that......who knows? Better men than me for sure, lol. Either way all i care about is i FINALLY have functioning root access and all the Sony features working again.

Thanks for all the effort!
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] gabed90:
it's always a fix. it's not yet a backup & restore...
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] sToRm//:
I'm not at home and can't check the files, but be careful with the fix. The patched system file is device specific. Maybe it could harm the TA, because it's different to the XZP. As soon as I'm back on my desk I will check this and make a specific fix, published with XperiFIX. :)
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] lemassykoi:
I did install DRM fix, on my A.5.51, ok no problems, it enabled OTA check.

I downloaded latest update, but phone doesn't want to install it (two tries)
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] M-Rom:
I changed the secd of XZ1 / XZ1C。:o :)
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] zhouxin:
马少来了
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] aledoom:
I built kernel for XZ1 based on ANDROPLUS V8 and stock kernel 8.49, with DRM FIX and MAGISK support, no need SuperSU more, now you can try it

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hIpcO5SCmAUKuUdfGdzo9OL-SmZQ8_F_

Thank you very much M-Rom for you work, and and to the luck of all the dubious
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] sToRm//:
Nice! I will take a look at it asap. Then we can integrate it into XperiFIX. :)
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] pergoteborg:
Just forgetaboutit....

Xpreria XZ1 (mine is a Dual G8342) running FW47.1.A.8.49

With the latest TWRP 3.2.1 with the right patchlevel by modpunk it worked as a charm with the Androplus kernel to install Magisk 15.1 directly.

Thank´s a lot aledoom for the kernel.

Thanks modpunk for the TWRP

Thanks M-Rom and of course a bunch of thanks to sToRm// for the DRMFix.

This is awesome, I have root by Magisk and working camera. My life is now complete......... ´til next update :)
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] nickcaper:
ok.. well what about a FTF file incase we need to restore the phone? A working program that will install it the FTF
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] pergoteborg:
I was a little to quick to celibrate since DRMFix currently dont work on this kernel.

Amyway, restore by flash stock ROM with newflasher and redo the procedure..... Or take a backup in TWRP [emoji3]

Skickat från min G8342 via Tapatalk
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] Tagilso:
Please retire my offer, as I switched to another phone. Thanks for all the effort.
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] Belyavin:
I'm not sure I will use this particular fix, but I've donated my $10 anyway, because it's at least some way to get root...
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] _Mdroid_:
Bad luck

I had several Sony phones in the past and was always quite happy, so I decided to replace my broken Z3 with a XZ1C. To get rid of the dammed bloatware I wanted to use a stock-rom and yes I rtfm. Sony told "the removal of DRM security keys may affect advanced camera functionality", that is strange but it was OK for me. But what the f***, no camera or only very poor unusable quality? You must be kidding, Sony screw you! How sick is this, the customer has to find a way to use his self-owned hardware in the right manner. For me this was my last Sony phone.

But of course, I wanted to use my phone with camera in the meantime (since I can't sell it anyway) and I found this thread. It looked like sToRm was right before providing a solution. But some scumbag betrayed his confidence. He is now frustrated, what I totally understand and I respect his decision to spend his valuable time in other projects.

Due to a combination of lacking experience and time I don't get the leaked fix working on my phone. But that's my own problem. In my view sToRm succeeded and for me a promise is a promise. I buy him a pizza with some extra cheese.
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] aikon96:
Jap, I think Mdroid is right. I already donated my part (50€) to storm on Dec 29th. Just thanks again for the DRM FIX.

Also thanks to modpunk for TWRP!!!
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] _Mdroid_:
Donations to sToRm// :victory:

1.	Corgism - $18 (EUR 15)

2.	karrouma - $15(Withdrawn)

3.	kistigun - $18 (EUR 15)

4.	CM17X - $30

5.	Klaus N. - $35 (EUR 30)

6.	mhaha - $10(Withdrawn)

7.	wk205 - $35 (EUR 30)

8.	inteltecra1700 - $20

9.	kpgc10kai - $40

10.	Dioptas - $40

11.	ChronoReverse - $32 (CAD 40)(Withdrawn)

12.	SockPants - $10

13.	williamgrant - $20

14.	smorgar - $47 (EUR 40)

15.	blackknightavalon - $20(Withdrawn)

16.	pbarrette - $20 (25.10.2017)

17.	WaxysDargle - $20

18.	xherbert - $20

19.	Tagilso - $18 (EUR 15)(Withdrawn)

20.	Belyavin - $10 (04.01.2018)

21.	andacro - $40

22.	KirKone - $47 (EUR 40)

23.	f1^ter - $35 (EUR 30)

24.	Nickcer - $20 (added another $10)

25.	Space_pilot - $40

26.	JobAnsonMcKee - $50

27.	silestanix - $13 (GBP 10)

28.	marcelcerdan13 - $58 (EUR 50)

29.	Shamoy - $50

30.	WhipeeDip - $10

31.	Braindeadz - $40 (EUR 35)(Withdrawn)

32.	pr0jesse - $11 (EUR 10)

33.	Drago007 - $20

34.	aikon96 - EUR 50 (29.12.2017)

35.	Didgesteve - $20

36.	Mega99 - $20

37.	kpjs4s- $15

38.	sparkster171 - $120

39.	mar10777 - $20

40.	pergoteborg - $15

41.	_Mdroid_ - $20 (09.01.2018)

42.	gabed90 - $22 (EUR 20)

43.	JALACB – 11 (EUR 10)

44.	naoya92 - $20

45. mytea - 22$
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] JALACB:
Do we have a DRM backup & restore method??? The bounty was for that!
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] 4rz0:
We kind of have XperiFIX, the thing that storm is/was working on.

It is, and I

Thereby it would meet the requirements for this bounty.
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] marcelcerdan13:
Would it be possible to sum up the method here so we can use it and if satisfied pay off the bounty to the guy who deserves it ?
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] pergoteborg:
Well, it's a little more complicated since M-Rom took the work of sToRm// without giving him proper cred (just a very small thanks) and made a working but not very nice adaption för XZ1

In my humble opinion should not M-Rom get any bounty payments, but niether should sToRm//.

If sToRm// got XZ1 into his XperiFix solution there would not be any discussion (in my opinion), but to reward sToRm// because someone else made a rather crappy adaption of his work does not seems right.

With that said I'll still send sToRm// a little contribution, but not as a payout of the bounty but rather as a gesture of sympathy and as a thank you for his contributions to the community.
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Guides, News, & Discussion] JALACB:
Please correct me if I´m wrong but I think this Xperifix solution does not allow to backup DRM before unlocking bootloader, and that is whay this bounty was created for...... isn´t it?
[Moto Z Force Themes, Apps, and Mods] IMHashir:
[IMG="Dorch - Dual Torch"]http://i.imgur.com/q7Gblad.jpg[/IMG]​

Dorch - Dual Torch​

Its been a while that some newer devices devices now have both Front and Back flash for capturing photos so there but be an app for toggling both of them as torch.​

Background:

I recently bought Moto Z Play that had both front and back flashlight but i couldn't find an App that can toggles both of them at same time in store (or maybe I am bad at searching), so I developed one.

Its just a clean simple app that serves the purpose of flashlight toggling and nothing else.​

Screenshots:

[IMG="SS"]https://imgur.com/dciA9Vi.png[/IMG]

Download:

[IMG="Download From Play Store"]https://i.imgur.com/hbkeYO8.jpg[/IMG]
[Blade General] sparkie420:
I am having trouble finding a root method for this phone

, Or even just some news about development. Anyone point the way?
[Blade General] jobrien2001:
i have the same question. Anyone have any information?
[Blade General] justlovejoy:
It's kinda like a bum deal right now. I got two ZTE devices no root. Upset I can't disable all these google apps
[Blade General] ironster:
Same. Waiting for ZTE 971 root.
[Blade General] CharmedWhovian:
What is needed to get the process started to Root the ZTE Blade Spark z971
[Blade General] ZaddyGrench:
Nobody knows yet
[Blade General] Shummy.km:
Anybody has ROM or smth else for this phone?
[Blade General] peeenk:
Frp for blade spark?
[Blade General] jayram1408:
I have had now about 4 or 5 newer ZTE phones. What I have come across is that none were able to be rooted. I posted a few requests, no one here took on the task. I don't know if it is that they can't be rooted or its just to hard for someone to do. Either way I have gotten away from buying ZTE phones for this reason.
[Blade General] aslezak:
Did anyone try to unlock the bootloader?

adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem unlock

AT&T shows that there have been multiple OTA updates for this phone, and the last one early Jan 2018 was over 500mb. It should not be hard to port TWRP if we have an unlocked bootloader.

https://www.att.com/devicehowto/tutorial.html#!/stepbystep/id/stepbystep_KM1217955?make=ZTE&model=ZTEZ971
[Blade General] aslezak:
Nope, fastboot is removed on ZTE Nougat devices :mad:

It looks like they figured out ways around this for the Axon7, using EDL mode, but I tried a few things (including axon7tool, and the flashable zip to enable fastboot) without any luck.

I'll keep digging but it doesn't look too promising.

ZTE has our kernel sources at http://opensource.ztedevice.com [ZTE Z971 Nougat(7.1.1) Kernel(3.18.31)]

Won't do us much good without an unlocked bootloader though..

Anyone know if you can use MiFlash to flash in EDL mode without an unlocked bootloader?
[Blade General] aslezak:
TWRP for ZTE 791

Here is a Z971 TWRP I compiled for our device.

Any brave soul want to flash it using QPST or using one of the other methods in this post? Unbrick All Qualcomm

You'll need to rename it to recovery.img first. If you have to choose a firehose, choose prog_emmc_firehose_8917_ddr.mbn

Supposedly you can flash even with a locked bootloader :good:
[Blade General] JonnyGrench:
I'll do it man just message me details on how to
[Blade General] aslezak:
I was going to try & backup all the partitions using QPST, but it seems you need to get the phone into 9006 mode. We can only get into 9008 mode [Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008] with "adb reboot edl" (emergency download mode). Holding down Vol+/Vol-/Power from EDL will get you into yet another mode, ZTE Handset Diagnostic (DFU) mode, but I couldn't figure out how to do anything from here with QPST.

The only way to get the phone into 9006 mode is to brick the bootloader, which I'm not willing to do at the moment. Supposedly you can use the "axon7tool -d" and it will try to write to your bootloader & boot, but it just crashed when I tried to do it.

The other way to get into 9006 mode is to flash an mbn and another file, but I believe those are device specific, and we don't have those..

Anyway, does anyone have a phone that wasn't updated to the latest Z971V1.0.0B20 firmware? It would be nice if we could get that from the /update folder so if we brick, we have something we might be able to flash to recover.
[Blade General] aslezak:
I figured out if you put the AT&T SIM card in, then Settings / AT&T Software Update, you will see the Z971V2.0 update & it will download.

I wasn't able to see the update until I put the AT&T SIM card in.

Unfortunately, I was unable to grab the OTA update.

If someone hasn't already updated to the latest software version, if you could "adb logcat -d -f /sdcard/Download/ota.txt" once the download starts, we can probably get the url of the OTA update, then work from there on building a flashable firmware... :good:
[Blade General] ensol52:
Greetings, i have ZTE blade spark too, as i see, this thread looks like it died very quick. well, i am not a developer but i'll try contacting some developers to check if we can do something. Maybe since they know a lot about it, they can help us to unlock bootloader, etc. I JUST HOPE that this thread doesnt die like the Huawei Ascend XT forums did and the phone couldnt have any custom ROM. The best thing is we have source code (the XT didnt had a good source code or no source code at all) and we can start from that. But we need a good dev to help us, try to contact as many devs as possible too.
[Blade General] aslezak:
Not to discourage you, but the fastboot is "disabled" on all ZTE U.S. devices. You would need to flash using QPST which requires having the correct vendor signed firehose programmer (which isn't available). You could try modifying the ota zip update, if you received one on your phone. You would need to download this OTA update manually before rebooting the phone (to have it installed), otherwise the link will be rolled off the logcat logs.

Good luck.
[Blade General] Stoney@W:
So I just got this phone and wanted to root and all that like I did my S4. Came here for some help because I am most definitely not educated enough for this. I did have a question though. I see a lot about a locked bootloader but under the developer settings I see "OEM Unlocking Allow the bootloader to be unlocked." The default is off, and I have left it so. Is this anything or am I missing something?
[Blade General] Foggofed:
Just got the phone, going to do this. Edit: Total skid here btw. Is it safe to post that file here?
[Blade General] justlovejoy:
Hello ? Lol, yeah! Upload it to a good site like Android dev, I'm a lil behind the loop but I'm sure sharing your findings are what's going to lead us into a possibility of getting some Dev love... :)
[Blade General] JonnyGrench:
Did this thread die
[Blade General] ian577416:
Looks like it.....Dammit
[Blade General] icekold1694:
This site claims to have the firmware needed for further development. Not sure if it's legit just passing it along. https://easy-firmware.com/home/browse/category/id/31396/
[Blade General] Vardogor:
Wish I had the experience to utilize it. Just wanna root this damn thing.
[Blade General] justlovejoy:
I believe I might but the website only allows download as premium member and that costs 25 a month American dollars. Not in my budget to risk it being a fluke file. If anyone gets access I'll be glad to help for free!
[Blade General] aerobio:
Hey, any news or updates on way to root this phone?

:)
[Blade General] aerobio:
I have this option available on my phone as well. Will switching this option ON, allow for the bootloader to be unlocked? Is this of any importance?
[Blade General] Dishe:
That option in developer settings is part of Android, and exists on every phone, unlockable bootloader or not. It doesn't get you any closer to actually being able to root or do anything to the bootloader without support for that- it's just an additional "lock" or something for the OS to prevent someone from modifying something they perhaps didn't mean to. It is useless without the bootloader or other methods to modify it playing along.

Anyway, I personally just want to edit the build prop, so I was hoping this was figured out by now. But I'm getting the impression it never will be, so I'm wondering if I should just try an alternative method like using ADB commands to pull/push the build.prop and modify it while still unrooted. Anyone have experience with that?
[Blade General] Shummy.km:
Root.... Seems like it will never be done((

BTW any solunions for wifi tethering on carrier other than ATT?
[Blade General] Dishe:
If build prop can be edited with adb as described above, tethering could be fine too.