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[Fascinate Android Development] candrist:
Works great. Thanks. I have been looking for this for a while. It seems like any sort of flashing ask ways comes back to qpst on verizon.

Thanks again.
[Fascinate Android Development] ivorycruncher:
Sounds interesting, but I would like some confirmation that Verizon can't somehow catch up with this and start billing you for it.
[Fascinate Android Development] martian21:
Confirmed working - great find!!!

Best part is that this uses WPA2 encryption as opposed to WEP. That in itself makes it worth it.

Did this exact thing on my old Motorola Feature phones for several years. Only way you are going to get noticed is if you start pulling down multiple gigabytes.

It didn't even occur to me that QPST would work with the fascinate. Makes me wonder what other wild and crazy things can be done with the old tools. Just think of how quick we could screw up our phones with RadioComm or RSD General. Ah, the good ol' days.

Martian21
[Fascinate Android Development] hindustani8:
I am new to android...so what is QPST and where can I get it from?
[Fascinate Android Development] sonofskywalker3:
read the first post:

Obtain QPST (don't ask me where to get it)

as with everything else in life, if in doubt: google it.
[Fascinate Android Development] hindustani8:
Can someone at least explain, what it is?
[Fascinate Android Development] jt1134:
Go to google and search for qpst
[Fascinate Android Development] MADDAN18:
Anyone else having problems syncing QPST to the phone?

I tried the instructions to the T on 3 separate machines:

Windows 7 64 Ultra: Galaxy S 64 bit drivers installed, QPST 2.7 Build 323 installed - Fails to connect to phone.

Windows 7 32 home: Galaxy S 32 bit drivers installed, QPST 2.7 Build 323 installed - Fails to connect to phone.

Windows XP home: Galaxy S 32 bit drivers installed, QPST 2.7 Build 323 installed - Fails to connect to phone.

I’m setting the phone to modem mode and launching QPST based off the directions?!?! I used QPST years ago for opening up my GPS on my XV6800 device, so I am familiar with its usage. But this one is throwing me for a loop :confused:
[Fascinate Android Development] martian21:
I used QPST 2.7 Build 323 on Windows 7 x64 with 64-bit Samsung drivers. you might try toggling USB debugging mode. I believe mine was off when I put the phone into modem mode. That might make a difference. you will need to add the proper USB device for the phone to show up.

Oh, one last thing - Be sure to turn modem mode off or data WILL NOT WORK!
[Fascinate Android Development] johnnyv5:
I had to add the com port by going to ports then clicked on add new port. Then I made sure "Show Serial and USB/QC diagnostic ports only" was unchecked. then I saw my phone and was able to add it.
[Fascinate Android Development] ludionis:
V

As a VZW tech, would like to add the following:

1: typically, tethering is enabled in the switch by adding the appropriate feature to the account, enabling "dun" (dial up networking) at switch level.

2: if I pull your data records, I can see every tethering connection because the user id will be the mobilenumber@vzw36.com instead of your ip address. This is how the system can differentiate unlimited mobile data from limited tethering data.

3: there is a team that evaluates data usage to look for unusual patterns. Anyone on an unlimited data card that pulls over 15gb gets flagged, warned, and sometimes frozen or rate limited for violating the terms of service

4: It is remotely possible that, by using the service, you could incidentally add the feature to your account when the switch-to-bill comparison runs. If a feature is enabled in the switch, and not in the billing system, it will add that feature to the account automatically.

I say this not as a threat, but to advise caution. You can check your usage, features and billing at vzw.com. If it had no ill effects, I'll be happy to dump ad-hoc wireless tethering. But I don't want anyone getting shocked with a $20/1GB feature auto added (and .25/MB overage to boot!)
[Fascinate Android Development] iHTC:
Please advise why when changing your tethered nai to match your phones regular phone connection , mobile hotspot works and doesn't redirect you to sign up for the feature.

As others stated this was used in the good ol days of flip phones and worked without fail.
[Fascinate Android Development] achandler2:
When I tried using this method my 3g connection seems to drop. I had to do a *288 to get my 3g connection back. Any one else have this problem?
[Fascinate Android Development] ludionis:
I'm afraid you would need a switch technician to provide that specific of an answer. My concern is, if the system detects dial up networking is being used, there would be no prompting: merely an auto addition of the feature due to the auto correcting nature of the puritans. I'm not saying it WILL happen, I'm suggesting a bit of caution and careful attention to your billing just in case. An ounce of prevention...
[Fascinate Android Development] MADDAN18:
@Johnnyv5 - that worked perfectly!. Found com6 to be the phone.
[Fascinate Android Development] martian21:
Sounds like you didn't disable Dial-Up Networking mode.
[Fascinate Android Development] achandler2:
I did disable it after I did the setup. Even now after I did a *228 I still get sporatic 3g drops. I think its time to use ODIN
[Fascinate Android Development] iHTC:
this is editing your programming, when you did *288 option 1 you have already reversed this hack so odin won't affect these changes. When you *228 it programs the phone so it already overwrite your NAI back to #@dun.vzw3g.com thus removing the hack. I have funky 3g on the fascinate since i got it, currently back to my droid x for the time being but this hack does work and wouldnt cause this issue.
[Fascinate Android Development] Frenzifun:
so i dl qpst 2.7 and there are so many different options to pick from, which one do i open up??? programmer, gangflash, memory debug.... what do i do??

that wasnt in the steps so dont blame me =\
[Fascinate Android Development] Frenzifun:
i plugged it in to all 4 usb ports in my laptop, it would install the drivers on every isngle one so i know thats not the issue... then i would go and click on add new port ccause there are only 2 ports showing and the phone is not under either one of them.

i would proceed to uncheck the "show serial and usb......" and nothing shows up... i click ok and there was an error enabling... thats what it tells me...

my phone debugging is turned off...

anything?

FOUND IT.... COM 15.... NOW LETS CONTINUE ON AND SEE IF IT WORKS =]
[Fascinate Android Development] themobijew:
teamblackhat made an update.zip that edited the nvram of the DX to be able to use the hotspot app with no chrage. can this be used here?
[Fascinate Android Development] Frenzifun:
ok so i did everything it said to do... phone rebooted... turned off dial up... turned on 3G hotspot... connected my laptop to it... and walla.... takes me to the verizon website and asks me if i want to sign up... what did i do wrong?
[Fascinate Android Development] Frenzifun:
this was my answer =] works perfectooo now...
[Fascinate Android Development] MADDAN18:
I needed to apply these settings before it would work...thanks!
[Fascinate Android Development] achandler2:
Sweet works for me now too!
[Fascinate Android Development] Chuban7:
Ok so i am having a problem with this when i go to add a port i see two options COM7 And COM8 Ive Tried using both but after i click it i get an error stating port is either busy or not working properly with an error code so i am stuck can someone please help me

EDIT: Fixed My self Im so stupid didn't mount
[Fascinate Android Development] joebob652:
Worked like a charm. Thanks!
[Fascinate Android Development] jumbotron:
Wow.

Been using hotspot for 6 mos. with no bill, shut off Comcast internet and use m.hotspot exclusively without anything on my bill. I use it for leisure and work, meaning at least 2-3 hrs worth each night to sync the work computer let alone use my personal laptop and iPad.

Never been called yet. My two buddies took a cross-country road trip and used it for 7-8 per day over the span of a month, again no flag.

So, yes...always use at your own risk, but my question is...as a VZW tech, what are you doing on here? The % of people who root/or not are so small compared to the majority of customers at Big Red that I'm not sure it makes sense to have dedicated "team," of peeps to scrutinize data for irregularities.

It would cost them more than the $20/mo they could recoup from the people that care enough and are geeky enough to change M.IP and NAI DUN in ESPT/QPST mode.

Not a knock on you, just like you are not threatening...just sayin.
[Fascinate Android Development] chavist:
Got it to work need to use the .327 build of QPST. And also change both profiles
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^^ This ^^
[Fascinate Android Development] deux321:
does anyone have the HOTSPOT app .APK file..... since i have flashed other roms this app has been deleted from my fascinate... want it back so that i can do this hack.!!???
[Fascinate Android Development] Zacking:
Yea just go into rom manager, and jt has the app in his rom page! Also sonofskywalker3 has the hotspot app along with most of the stock apps.
[Fascinate Android Development] ffmedic:
wi-fi

Very helpful -- thank you all.
[Fascinate Android Development] Hotweelz66:
I followed directions from OP and didn't take the first 2 times. I discovered what I was doing wrong by reading through entire thread a few times and now it works! Thanks to OP and any others who had input! I'm a happy camper now! :D
[Fascinate Android Development] ilogik:
Issue soved
[Fascinate Android Development] mknollman:
MAJOR THANKS FOR THIS INFO. I found QPST easily enough out there on a bay where swashbuckling pirates sometimes hand out and share their goods with a torrent of enthusiasm. I think the last time I played with that or anything like it was doing tethering and resetting the trial on VZNav back in the day on an old flip phone. Took me some time to chase down the program, drivers, right steps, etc. but definitely worth it.

@iHTC - May want to consider updating the OP with the following:

after changing profile 1 make sure to check enable

make the same change to profile 0

I read thru the thread and found what I needed, but it may be helpful to others if the explanation is in the right order and complete. Much respect for your mad QPST skills.
[Fascinate Android Development] Sgtmack:
I managed to make the changes to both profiles. Turned of dialup mode, started the mobile hotspot app. My laptop found it, and connected, but no internet. I can get on line with the phone, but the laptop won't even though it shows connected to the phone.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Nevermind. It started working after a few minutes.

I sent this through my phone.:)
[Fascinate Android Development] NKT:
Changing the NAI to @vzw3g.com from @dun.vzw3g.com changes what profile is applied by the AAA server. When your device goes to set up a data session, the FA (Foreign Agent) sends a request to the AAA server to authenticate you (are you allowed access, what type of service are you allowed, are there any flags on your account, etc.). The AAA server responds with a few different answers based off the user name given by the device.

This is why when you change the username to the same one used by the device for regular "unlimited Smartphone" data you are able to use the tethering app without paying for it. When you use the tethering app with the default dun.vzw3g.com username and don't have the BBA feature on your account, that's when you get redirected to the VZW page to add it.
[Fascinate Android Development] tonu42:
So let me get this straight. I did the OP's guide, with the addition of changing the 0 profile as well. It works and all but I afterwards had to turn of the DUN in settings. Was I supposed to do this? I used it like that and it worked am I going to get charged? No website or anything came up.
[Fascinate Android Development] garywojdan81:
Thanks iHTC & everyone who posted in this thread. This has been a great workaround & it worked flawlessly until the dl09 update. I bypassed the ota & loaded Adrynalyne's modem, rom & kernel with no issues whatsoever. The hotspot still worked & I was finally on voodoo but I was in some low signal areas & mistakenly used *22899 instead of *228, option 2 so I lost my qpst settings for the hotspot. No big deal cause I saved this thread, right? Wrong! Now qpst doesn't see the phone even after uninstalling/reinstalling samsung drivers and qpst itself. Any ideas how to remedy this and get the hotspot back?
[Fascinate Android Development] Blade765:
The phones dont seem to like connecting to our computers properly after DL09. Try rebooting your phone while it is plugged in to the PC, and when it boots up, see if QPST will work... :shrug:
[Fascinate Android Development] garywojdan81:
Bingo! That did it. As soon as it booted up, qpst saw it & I was in. Thanks so much for the tip.
[Fascinate Android Development] ivorycruncher:
Just fyi, this mounting bug has been squashed in Adrynalyne's 1/18 kernels.
[Fascinate Android Development] garywojdan81:
Yep, hadn't had the cdrom bug at all on any of Adrynalyne's stuff. Just wonder if dl09 changed something that qpst looks for, there are other threads about it, but it seems the majority of issues are with the ota.
[Fascinate Android Development] njbreaker:
The above worked for me...Thanks OP, I also second the above request to add these additional steps to the 1st post. I was stuck at the verizon pay website.
[Fascinate Android Development] Tkun:
This worked perfectly on my Fascinate, but I'm wondering, would these same steps work on an unrooted Droid X?
[Fascinate Android Development] msnuser111:
they should. the same worked on my fascinate that I am using with virgin mobile,but on there you use your meid@mdata.vmobl.com and you have to set your aaa and ha passwords on all 3 profiles,then it works fine. (no questions about how I'm using the fascinate on VM,its not allowed to be discussed here.)
[Fascinate Android Development] msnuser111:
you get a thanks from me just for the most creative name for that site I've seen in awhile.
[Fascinate Android Development] Insomnisoul:
I also just had this problem where my 3g connection is gone. Made the change in profile 0 and phone rebooted, took dial up off and still no 3g connection. Hmm...any suggestions on what to do to get this working without having to *228??

Edit: Ok i waited a bit and now my 3g Icon is back lol...started to panic for a second. Verified phone internet working and also connected my ipad thru 3g hotspot and its working. Sweetness!

Edit: Also quick question, does connecting thru 3g hotspot have faster net speeds than the wireless tethering app? Curious.
[Fascinate Android Development] s44:
There's an app from Team Black Hat that does this automatically for the X. Dunno if you need root or not.
[Fascinate Android Development] AlexDeGruven:
Works fantastically. Hooks up as infrastructure and doesn't ask for anything.

Just the way I like it.

I can now use my ChromeOS laptop via tether, since it only connects to networks that present as infrastructure.
[Fascinate Android Development] martian21:
Nope, but if you want to pretend it's faster I won't tell anyone :D
[Fascinate Android Development] Insomnisoul:
Yeah its not faster I noticed myself and amazes me that Verizon want to charge you extra a month to use this feature on top of the 29.99 data plan. Makes me sick.
[Fascinate Android Development] the entity:
This happened to me. I ended up calling vzw, they reset my account in the switch, and i no longer get drops.
[Fascinate Android Development] achandler2:
Oh....no. This exact thing happen to me. You press "write" before you actually "read" the phones configuration file. I didn't realize what I had done until I got the replacement phone. Be sure you follow the directions exactly or you will suffer sporadic 3g drops
[Fascinate Android Development] the entity:
Wouldn't pressing "write" before pressing "read" just write blank values to the phone? If so, then no 3g services would work, rather then 3g drops.
[Fascinate Android Development] jonagpa:
I do miss those days, I remember been nervious as hell using QPST thinking I could mess up my phone. I remember tutorials were very hard to come by and mods were always taking them down.
[Fascinate Android Development] quarky42:
So, are the original post instructions missing a step to click "Enable" on the screen where you enter yournumber@vzw3g.com

Also, I have data on my line already...so why wouldn't I be using mynumber@dun.vzw3g.com like profile 0 shows?

I saw someone tried to address this earlier. Sorry I didn't "get it" in this context.
[Fascinate Android Development] AlexDeGruven:
The 'dun' after the @ tells the VZW servers that you're using tethering of some sort. By changing it to just mobilenumber@vzw3g.com, the phone is signing in through its regular data connection, bypassing the tethering setup/billing.
[Fascinate Android Development] quarky42:
Thanks. How does that jive with the default value in Profile 0? Profile 0 has dun.vzw3g.com in it.

Is profile 0 not your regular data connection?
[Fascinate Android Development] AlexDeGruven:
I can't say for sure. I just set both profiles to eliminate the 'dun'. Regular data and HotSpot work just fine.
[Fascinate Android Development] quarky42:
Fair enough. Thanks for taking a stab at it. It just strikes me as odd.

Original Settings:

My profile 0 was: MYNUMBER@dun.vzw3g.com

My profile 1 was: 0000000xx@dun.vzw3g.com where xx was some number. Don't remember what off the top of my head.

Profile 1 was disabled.

I had to assume that profile 0 was my standard data connection and profile 1 was the tethering connection maybe.

I went ahead and enabled Profile 1 and put in the MYNUMBER@vzw3g.com as instructed. There wasn't a step for enabling Profile 1, so I may have screwed up by doing that... not sure. Won't be able to test it for a while.
[Fascinate Android Development] benpwarner:
Just letting everyone know this wont work on the DL30 (Froyo) leak as the is no modem mode anymore, at least if there is I can't find it.
[Fascinate Android Development] jbecool80:
Yeah I noticed that also. But I had the hack before I flashed over to Froyo and it seems like it kept the settings because I am able to tether without the Verizon sign up page coming up. So I assume its all good.
[Fascinate Android Development] fwdixon:
Ok, found qpst v.323, put phone in dial-up mode, connected, added USB port to QPST, read phone, changed profile 0 from #@dun.vzw3g.com to #@vzw3g.com, enabled profile 1, put in #@vzw3g.com for both NAI and tethered NAI, write to phone, reboot, disable dial-up mode.

Enable 3G Hotspot, get popup warning of data using 3G Hotspot feature data allowance (checked don't show again), popup warning of increased battery usage (clicked don't show), and tried to connect. Get a failure to activate connection message.

What am I doing wrong?
[Fascinate Android Development] chronster:
Is this guide wrong? Is it profile 0 that we edit tethered NAI on?
[Fascinate Android Development] fuzzer:
Anyone know how to do this with the froyo yet?
[Fascinate Android Development] fwdixon:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=942405

pretty active thread on it.
[Fascinate Android Development] charleshenrysmith@comcast:
The new wireless tether has two options spesificly for the fascinate and for a special type of tethering for samsung phones. Enjoy and spread the word because it works flawlessly with my xoom and archos 101.
[Fascinate Android Development] njbreaker:
I had the 3G mobile hotspot configured correctly before the froyo update and it doesn't work anymore. I am not rooted, is there any other way to get a wireless tether?

I thought the wireless tether apps only worked if you are rooted. This is why I opted for the 3G hotspot tether.
[Fascinate Android Development] kidserious:
Why don't you just root it? It's very simple. I could give you very detailed, simple instructions if you would like. Also IMO, for future reference, this belongs in the Q/A section or at the very least the general section. :)

Sent from a depraved XDA junkie and flashaholic
[Fascinate Android Development] Lodingi:
I thought the wireless tether no longer worked (for free) on Froyo. It would be nice if I were wrong.
[Fascinate Android Development] kidserious:
I use wireless tether for root users (free on the market) on froyo and it works fine.
[Fascinate Android Development] JoeProcopio:
what version WT4RU, rom, settings are you using? i had it working on my incredible, it is "native" in CM7, but can't get it working on the fascinate
[Fascinate Android Development] garywojdan81:
Vzw has started blocking market access to tethering apps. You might have to google it.
[Fascinate Android Development] Lodingi:
I have Wireless Tether. I haven't used it since installing Froyo. I thought I read somewhere that Verizon was able to monitor the app.
[Fascinate Android Development] kidserious:
Version 2.0.7. and I am currently using it with jt's cm7 but I also used it with cm6 and miui. I'm an aosp guy. I am also running nemesis's OTB kernel.

Sent from a depraved XDA junkie and flashaholic
[Fascinate Android Development] k0nane:
FYI, it's most likely possible to neatly circumvent this by using a fingerprint from another device. Your best choices are the GT-I9000 or the Epic, as unlocked devices don't get their Markets screwed with, and Sprint is the only US carrier not censoring the Market.
[Fascinate Android Development] djblu:
How does one go about using the epics fingerprint?

sent from my fascinate
[Fascinate Android Development] JoeProcopio:
hmmmm...that might be it, since it is native on CM7...is it the same on the Fascinate? i'll flash and check it out...

i currently have EVIL on here, and can't get it to talk...
[Fascinate Android Development] soba49:
I am running Evil 3.5.1 w/ pbjt 0426 with wireless tether for root 208 pre1 sideloaded. It didn't work with an iPad briefly, but it works after I power cycled the iPad and changed my channel frequency on wireless tether. I am in the < 30 MB per month tethering bracket though, so I can't speak to reliability. Barnacle probably still works also.
[Fascinate Android Development] JoeProcopio:
I'm running evil too...haven't upgraded to 3.5.1 yet...but I downloaded wireless tether 3.x from their sure and got tethering back...nut sure what settings I'm using atm...will post then when I get to work and hit then down...

Sent from my Evil Fascinate.
[Fascinate Android Development] mgrimmenator:
just use barnacle wifi tether, been using for some time and works fine.
[Fascinate Android Development] garywojdan81:
Its not being blocked from the market by vzw either...
[Fascinate Android Development] JoeProcopio:
now running evil 3.5.1....works awesome...hope this helps someone else

settings for wifi tether 3 pre 14

device profile - Samsung Fascinate

setup method - softap for samsung

enable access control...

setup SSID and passphrase to your liking...
[Fascinate Android Development] njbreaker:
finally! root and tether working for my fascinate

Just rooted. Have evil rom & wifi 3pre14 and the steps above worked. Thx!
[Fascinate Android Development] tennandcoz1:
I believe if your rooted its free know matter what.AP or any apps you use.that's one of the great things of a rooted phones.you don't need any of this.been tethering for over a year using AP and barnacal.never had a issue I mean never.I.e.version,T-Mobile.

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