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[Atrix 4G Android Development] rogrand:
Teathering

Hello All,

After following the direction I was able to get terthering working. However, the next day, the "wireless & networks" section of the settings is no longer selectable. I am able to access the wireless or gps portion only through a widget.

I tryed to also check the settings useing exproot explorer and sqLite and the "carriers" is not selectable as well.

Any thoughts please.

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My appologise, it seems to be other issue with the phone. Don't think that it is related. In Adroid settings anything that is in the top portion unless its in landscape mode is not selectable. I will post it in other area of forum unless anyone cares to help. Thank you
[Atrix 4G Android Development] xandr115:
Awesome, now to quietly monitor my att bill to see if they try to change my plan :-)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] SS2006:
Can someone help make this work with canadian APNs please

I never knew mobile hotspots can be locked down, such is not the case here in ontario

either way my APN

internet.fido.ca

user: wapuser1

password: wap

thats all the info i have to enter and i get 3g, so how can I edit to enable mobile hotspot? thanks!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] SS2006:
Nevermind it works, with the normal APN I set up

I guess its only a problem if ur on ATandT network
[Atrix 4G Android Development] xandr115:
edounn, do we only need to do that if we "didn't use" root file explorer and sqlite editor?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] edounn:
xandr115 ,

i edited the files over ssh, my file changed chown and chgrp to 0. you wont have to do that with sqlite, just update the rows,4,6,7 as instructions say. without the sqlite editor you have to use a sql statment. to check ownership of files in bash, type ls -lart

when i get to my computer i'll share the edited files i have
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Fixter:
I tried testing this today. And as OP recommendation I put my Wifi on before I connected the hotspot, but it wasn't after I connected to a network that the Wifi hotspot turned on. Cut off the Wifi connection and started working.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] mtbike2350:
Why is fota listed twice in the fix? That a typo?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] jkurl:
works like a champ. thanks for the fix.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] n00b_bricker:
When I do speed tests with this APN change and AT&T US Tether I get downloads of 200-400, But, with AT&T US HSDPA I am getting downloads of 1mb-2.3mb. Is anyone else seeing this? What would cause such a drastic change in speed?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] apolloms:
tried doing this but when i click on telephony.db nothing happens....what am i doing wrong?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Immix:
Do you have both root explorer and sqlite installed? Are you trying to open telephony.db from root explorer? You may try rebooting your phone and see if that helps.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] apolloms:
yes. yes. did it, no dice.

i dont know what is going on
[Atrix 4G Android Development] chikou:
Great job, did anyone notice that this mod freed up some memory too? which is weird. after rebooting and checking ATK app i have 523M of memory vs 320M prior to this mod? maybe it was just me but i notice a big chunk of memory just came loose or free after this? could be possible that Att restriction created some memory usage, and with it be open now freed memory?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] natboy:
Not to highjack the thread to badly, but if we then take FOTA out of the HDPSA apn, will that mean we wouldn't get updates?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] killerb7854:
Nevermind. wrong therad. lol
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joeavery2:
Make sure your in the right telephony.db... there is two. One is in /data/telephony and the other, the right one, is in /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony. I made this mistake last night while messing with stuff...
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joeavery2:
So your saying the Phone APN was better, by far, then the wap.cingular. How are you getting 5ms latencys? I'm not even getting that on my wifis'. I noticed originally when I tested before hacking using speed test, that I was getting 250-350's. After the hack I can see 128-300 with no consistency. Sadly after going back and forth I can't say I've seen anything consistent. However with just moving tether to the AT&T US HSDPA does seem to work for the tether and in general.

Finally I'll point out that things on this are mute since AT&T asses caped the non-iphone devices... I was pulling 1.5mbps yesterday and now 800kbps. So what we need now is to figure out how to mimic the iPhone..

Little rant here: Why would AT&T do this... Cap the speed on the fastest and most likely to pull data device on their network... This device just proves that the iPhone is a POS and that the antenna, and radio are just crap, since my phone gets fine service and speeds. And if I could get the speed I might just go over on my plan... I'm pretty sure that the Executives at all the cellular net's in the US are retards (sorry for the non-PC but comm'on).
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Bakano:
What is the "radio button" from step 11? And will this same process work for an unlocked Atrix being used on T-Mobile?

(I'm actually having problems keeping the preferred network on WCDMA preferred, but I was guessing that the hotspot would be able to be turned on if I could get my phone to actually pick up T-Mobile's "4g")
[Atrix 4G Android Development] rjohnstone:
Your phone will never be able to access T-Mobiles 3G or 4G data network.

The radio in it does not support T-Mobile's 1700 Mhz band.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] johnnobts:
Quick question: Able to to Hostpot/Tethering thanks to the mod, thanks, but when I want to use the laptop dock I have to switch the APN from HSPDA to Tether, then the notifiication disappears, and I switch back to HSPDA. I've checked my data usage since doing this and I get for data 2 notices instead of just one, one for 3000MB or so, and one for 1200MB. Is this b/c I've been swappping b/w APNs? Is this a problem for me with an unlimited account? Any way to get the laptop dock to work without having to switch from HSPDA (phone) to Tether?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Bakano:
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo =(

so it's pretty much no use? =( =(
[Atrix 4G Android Development] chikou:
I found that the original guide has maybe a typo or i dont know if it is intentional or not, but from my experience the modification works better if you do not type in the second FOTA in line 6 in when replacing the original Defaut "tether"

guide states to put "default,agps,fota,supl,fota,tether" in Line 6

After reboot it seems to work fine the first time but after disabling mobile hotspot and then trying to re-enable hotspot it hangs.

So after trying to figure out if i did something wrong or i miss a step I found that on the origina OP post he stats to replace line 6 "tether" with "default,agps,fota,supl,

fota

,tether"

It didnt make logical sense to have fota there twice so i follow the OP guide again and took out the second

FOTA

and save and exit.

After turning of Airplane mode and with out rebooting the phone, I selected APN "AT&T US TETHER" and turn on mobile Hotspot. Not sure of the second FOTA is necessary but just having "default,agps,fota,supl,tether" is seem to be working. I have not disable and renable mobile hotspot with out any issues.

Hopefully the OP can clarify that having the second fota was a typo, because i havent had any hiccups or hangs from turning on mobile hotspot since correcting that issue.

Sorry i didnt read earlier post someone mention this already :)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Bakano:
well it doesn't matter now. call me crazy, but i just cancelled my t-mobile plan, am saying bye to my Nexus and coming over to join the AT&T side.... =X
[Atrix 4G Android Development] apolloms:
uninstalled and reinstalled root explorer...working now
[Atrix 4G Android Development] armysat86:
Awesome Mod if it would work for me.

Thanks for putting in the time for the mod but it isnt working for me!! I followed the instructions exactly from step 2 till 13, skipping step 10. I also have tried to follow the steps all of the way threw from step 1 to 13. The hotspot app get hung up and only displays "Wi-Fi hotsopt turning on. Setting up data link". I make sure to have the wifi enabled before trying to turn on the hotspot but when I enable the hotspot it disables the wifi. Turing on the wifi after trying to enable the hotspot doesent solve the problem. What am I doing wrong? Am I not following the insturctions incorrectly? I am a bit confused on what steps to actually take because of this post...

Again, I have tried it both ways...
[Atrix 4G Android Development] armysat86:
Fixed, I did steps 1 threw 13 exactly, but found that one of the port numbers I typed in was wrong because it looked like an "0" instead of an "8" because of the strikeout. Thanks!!! If this doesent change my plan expect a donation!! Thanks again!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] pichipen:
Awesome

Thanks i just got my atrix a couple of days ago and this only took me less than 5 minutes. Thanks
[Atrix 4G Android Development] regis.stration:
Just another happy camper

Worked for me on phone and lapdock!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Aielman:
Ok...so once again, assumption is the mother of all screwups.

I ran a titanium backup and erroneously figured I could restore this file if I made a mistake. Well I made a mistake, and of course it doesn't show on the list to restore.

So...could someone please kindly post what the default entry in line 4 TYPE field is supposed to be for an AT&T customer. Like the noob I am, I changed line 4 and not line 6

Thanks.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] bartsplanet:
I think you can restore default settings and start over.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Aielman:
Yeap...just figured out where that was.

Thanks for the reply. I'm such a noob on Android after so many years on windows mobile. Gotta keep reading.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] texasice:
yea i think this is correct: default,agps,fota,supl,tether
[Atrix 4G Android Development] ekerbuddyeker:
i have both sqlite and root explorer installed, but whern i click on telephony.db nothiong happens. Why? (anyone)?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] northarkansaschaser:
the one thing i am wondering is and if this has been answered im sorry.....im wondering if there is anyway around the fact that you must be in a "highspeed area" before its unlocked. i am wondering as me and my wife are also stormchasers and can still use my wifes phone for mobile connection but i cannot on mine unless i am in a 3g area. And well in northern arkansas thats not always possible lol.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Djazin:
you can access the .db from sqlite open it up and look for dialer settings and the lower part will have the full database name just click it and go from there, oh and go to the directory first with root explorer and check that its file system is r/w
[Atrix 4G Android Development] BigBlackAv:
I can't believe that one tethering is working that the laptop dock still does not...I can't even see straight.

Just to clarify, do ALL the steps in post on and tether will work AND the Webtop/Firefox will work on the Laptop Dock too?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] mashi:
I did try to do mobile hotspot. I keep setting up and didn't come up. i only got 1 times working. it keep saing setting up data link.. it is at&t atrix
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Mitty1990:
Same as North here I don't get much 3G round my ways, anyways to bypass this?

Thanks
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Mustang302LX:
All of a sudden my phone gets the message that I don't have mobile hotspot enabled and to call 611 to activate. Anyone else having this issue?

Edit: After reboot issue is resolved and back in action. Never had this issue till tonight oh well sorry for the wasted post.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] tomlee337:
Read on engadget today that AT&T is cracking down on people using tethering without a tethering plan. So far only people that have an Iphone are getting cracked down. I use the APN method. Will this be safe because I dont want to lose my unlimited data plan and get knocked down to 4gb + tether because thats what they are doing.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] ranova:
i dont believe any android users have gotten the email/text YET. But you wont lose your unlimited data until after you receive the first warning email/text

There was an informative comment in the engadget comments:

and..

Im not sure what the default TTL is for the plethora of Android devices or if this is even how ATT is finding out.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] tomlee337:
Thanks for the details. I guess we just have to wait and see if any of us get these messages.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Mustang302LX:
@andy2na great post there! I wouldn't worry about AT&T believe me. If they figure it out then they will kindly ask you to either sign up for tethering or don't use it any more. If you continue to use it they will then remove the unlimited data from you. However AT&T I can almost bet is looking through peoples numbers/stats that use a lot of data. Probably 5GB+/month. If you can keep it lower I bet there will be no issue. It would seemingly take a lot of time and money to dig through every smartphone users data and see if they are tethering for free.

The nice thing about the method we use for tethering is it uses the native hotspot and still verifies through AT&T so you could always claim ignorance and say hey I didn't do anything I just hit hotspot and it turned on. Didn't realize it was extra. ;-)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] ranova:
poop - misread the text!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] purepulse64:
I was curious to know if anybody has received the tethering message yet..

FYI, they are going to do the same thing for people who are switching their SIM cards into a MiFi device, Laptop card, etc.

EDIT: Nevermind looks like somebody did (above)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] k0sun7eash3d:
Andy, could you please let us know a bit more about your situation?

How much data/month average did you use and were you using the apn method or one of the market root apps? Did you tether to webtop as well? Have you ever come from an iPhone plan?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Clienterror:
He stated it another thread he read the text wrong. It was a message telling him he should upgrade to a 4g plan to get the "extra speed".
[Atrix 4G Android Development] KJBlackbird:
Wont work for me. Freezes and wont turn on tethering. What apn are you supposed to select at the end? The one you made? Or att tethering?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] JayRolla:
I reflashed my phone and when I went too run this mod I now notice all my items are listed "false" and not "true". Whats up with that?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Greenarcher707:
Freakin sweet.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] JayRolla:
Can someone help me out. I reflashed my phone back too stock and when I try too adjust the carrier settings with sq lite the files are all labeled "false" instead of "true". I did this before I flashed with no problems.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] crnkoj:
erm richhed, do you maybe know, if the settings in here could interfere with wifi somehow, to make it not work?

Im asking because my wifi stops working once i put in my sim card (into an unlocked atrix) and the entries in the telephony.db file for my carrier are as follows (i will only write down the ones taht are different as to the ones already in):

authtype 1 (the others have -1)

current 1 (the others have a blank field there)

the preloaded is false do you think chaning it to true might fix the wifi somehow?

thanks for your time guys
[Atrix 4G Android Development] rax81:
Thanks!

Great addition to the HDMI webdock.. Thanks very much for your efforts!!!

You guys rock my sox..
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Swiftks:
I am about to go ahead with the mod, but I noticed that my "preloaded" column all already say "false." The remaining two steps 7b & 7c, still need to be changed. Should I just count my blessings that mine all say false already, or is something amiss? I have rooted with aRoot and also have done the webtop mod.

Also, would copying the entire telephony.db to my ext sd card be a wise move; just in case something goes wrong, I can replace the moded one?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] tomlee337:
Question.....With all this crap about ATT cracking down on people tether without a plan going on. If I do this MOD then will they be able to see that I dont have a tethering plan?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] gpx:
I have unlocked phone (from ATT) and Im using it outside US. I have 3G network with my countries APN settings without problem.

In case that I want to use the laptop dock (from ATT) over 3G not wifi, do I need to modyfy something in the phone or the dock?

please for your hepl
[Atrix 4G Android Development] gogy22:
A question / help call

I'm in Europe. Is ti possible to alter telephony.db file to use tethernig on my carrier?

APN does not uses authentication, if that matters.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] ranova:
can anyone confirm this method still works after the OTA update + root?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Nottach:
My question is pertaining to using the tethering mod with this mod.

I have completed both and both work separately.

However, you state that youve gotten webtop over cellular only. I can not reproduce this. When i open my apn settings in webtop free tether is already selected yet im told to connect to wifi or upgrade my account. did you not have tether choosen before starting webtop? did you use plane mode in some way?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] killerb7854:
Yeap! Just did the ota to 4.1.57 and this mod still works great!

I reverted the database to stock before the update and then back after. (not totally sure if it was necessary) Put the modded webtop files back and voila, back to where I was. Webtop no dock, no tethering plan. :D

Also used the script to retain root before/after update if that doesn't go without saying.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Swiftks:
yeah, me too... work great w/ 1.57, not need to revert back to the original .db though, flashing 1.26 sbf takes care of that.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] weasel99:
APN setting not working after .57 update

It was working for about 24 hours, but now I'm not able to pull any data. The hotspot turns on and it looks like it's working, but can't access the internet from other devices. Anyone else having this problem?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] lyon21:
Had it working last night. Rebooted phone last night and now it won't complete data link with wifi. Anyone else having this problem or have a solution? I can't get on wifi to set it back up.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] dascope:
Bell Atrix 4G

I am a Canadian Bell Atrix 4G user... I have tried the following steps but none of the DB changes were required - my phone is rooted, Root Explorer and SQLite Editor worked fine, but the settings were already set to false and different for the APN column...

<Scratching head> ??

Any feedback from Bell users on enabling tethering? Do I need to use any 3rd party apps or can I use the tethering app that comes pre-installed on the phone?

Thanks!!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] gogy22:
The method described here with altering sqllite database didn't work for me. I'm in Europe. So, after a smashing a head in the wall couple of times I calmed myself down and did some deep dive in the framework. I've stumbled at "ro.mot.entitlement_check" parameter in /system/build.prop. In default it is set to "true". I've set it to "false" and viola! While enabling Mobile AP it no longer does "check APN" part. This solved my problem.

To enable Mobile AP simply enable 3G/4G, and enable Mobile AP. Of course, you need to have root to edit build.prop.

I don't know if the parameter refers to any other functions so be careful.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] s44:
Whoa. Have you tested that with the webtop interface as well?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] TardisPhD:
I think they did.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] s44:
I meant the simple build.prop change.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] gogy22:
If you refer to 3G, yes, the 3G works while in webtop mode.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] neoxz:
Tried this but it seems to also disabled my fingerprint reader.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] gogy22:
Hm, weird, my fingerprint reader works yust fine. Did you try to enroll again?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] frogythegreat:
This method stopped working for me after the update, even though I was able to keep root. Post #124 had a solution that worked. Thanks!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] neoxz:
Sorry, but did you mean enroll Blur again?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] gogy22:
No, delete the fingetprints and do the process all over again (enroll the print)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] netgun71:
Don't know if you ever resolved this but after bashing my head on the wall for the past few weeks I've discovered that the solution for me (on Telstra NextG in Australia) is to just add 'tether' into APN type list for your primary internet access APN. The Type field in my main APN (ie not the MMS one) now reads 'default,agps,fota,supl,tether'.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] ViperFUD:
I have the same problem; I get hung up on the "Setting up data link" section. I let it sit there for 30 minutes before rebooting my phone and trying again.

I was never able to successfully get wifi working before where you create a fake APN; perhaps I need to reset all my settings to default and try again.

I'll let you all know what my results are

[Edit]

Nope, Still hanging. WTF ATT?

Maybe I should exchange my phone ... but I went to all this work getting it set up properly ...
[Atrix 4G Android Development] gogy22:
Have you tried what I did? With ro.mot.entitlement_check setting to false
[Atrix 4G Android Development] jhild352:
so what this is saying is that since I have an unlimited blackberry coded plan and not a smartphone hspda plan this mod will not work correct? I followed directions to a T(twice) and It still wont work :mad:
[Atrix 4G Android Development] jl1030:
I've changed "true" to "false" and still doesn't work, please help
[Atrix 4G Android Development] wmrath:
Easy work around

I was reading these posts and thinkiing about trying this when I thought, "why go through all this trouble to tether?" This phone is capable of becoming a wi-fi hot spot. Put it in "Wi-Fi" mode and up to 5 wi-fi enabled computers can use your phone as a hot-spot. It works with my lap-top with almost no work at all.

Has anyone else tried this?

Just a thought to make things a little easier. Why fight against "the man" when he is already working with you?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] reubenyap:
wmrath: thing is the tethering here is talking about the wireless hotspot feature which does not work and prompts u to purchase an AT&T tether plan.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Swiftks:
Aaaahh the method described in the OP has worked perfect for me since day one. After all the OTA updates and everything else. Yes, it does still prompt you for validation, but once you select ok, it validates you without fail; whereas before editing the described files, it would not. This is my go to for my tethering needs, and it works 100%. He is right... why tether, when this allows you to create a mobile hotspot.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] :
question :)

im about to order mt lapdock tomorrow.

i have done the simple prop.build change to false already.

when i get my lapdock will everything work on there.

like firefox to be exact?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] legion21:
wouldnt this be easy for at&t to track? just see who is using the tethering feature on their phone without the appropriate plan since it has to "validate" with at&t whenever you turn it on