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[Q] Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot charges?

Hi guys...i just noticed that there is a native option for wifi tethering on the gnex. If i use this is verizon going to charge me ridiculous amounts? I know that the wifi tether app doesn't but will this?
Thanks!! (i know i'm sorta late on figuring this one out )

All carriers are going to charge you if you tether. The key is to do it only when absolutely necessary so you don't draw attention.
I should add I have no idea what app you're talking about, but if you're using a stock ROM, they're going to know immediately that you're tethering.

Psychemage said:
All carriers are going to charge you if you tether. The key is to do it only when absolutely necessary so you don't draw attention.
I should add I have no idea what app you're talking about, but if you're using a stock ROM, they're going to know immediately that you're tethering.
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its not stock...its cm9..its not an app. its just in the settings. (most carriers remove this...thats why i'm wondering since this is a google phone it would not be removed)

ezcats said:
its not stock...its cm9..its not an app. its just in the settings. (most carriers remove this...thats why i'm wondering since this is a google phone it would not be removed)
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No custom roms usually disable the feature (Verizon Provisioning Removed) where the information gets relayed back to the carrier and it looks like you're just using data on your phone like any other app. But don't go using 50gb+ a month... might seem a little suspicious.

anton2009 said:
No custom roms usually disable the feature (Verizon Provisioning Removed) where the information gets relayed back to the carrier and it looks like you're just using data on your phone like any other app. But don't go using 50gb+ a month... might seem a little suspicious.
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50GB?!!?!? how the heck do you do that...coolio...thats what i wanted to hear.
I usually only tether when i'm on vacation and rarely at that...i just dont want a $50 charge on the bill

If you want to be smart, play it safe and use the WiFi Tether app you spoke of. You wont get caught using WiFi Tether.

ezcats said:
50GB?!!?!? how the heck do you do that...coolio...thats what i wanted to hear.
I usually only tether when i'm on vacation and rarely at that...i just dont want a $50 charge on the bill
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Haha. Some people just get power-hungry and start downloading movies and music from PirateBay or use it as their one and only internet connection, and they pass 50gb in no time.

If you are not using a stock ROM Verizon will not know if you use native tethering. I have been using it for a while and it has been fine.
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Free tethering experiences

Just trying to get a handle on the current state of free tethering. Using a locked phone with grandfathered unlimited data and nothing else.
So far, every app that allows Wi-Fi hotspot or Bluetooth tethering fails due to a nagging popup error message (attachment #1), the same one that appears when I try to turn on the stock hotspot (attachment #1 actually shows the error popping up on CWM tether, but this is misleading - I had just turned on the stock hotspot to elicit the message is all. Never seen the error when using USB tethering).
Tried FoxFi/PDANet and about 8 other Market apps - no dice.
Only method I've found to work is USB tethering from PDANet to my laptop. Without tethering hidden, it seems to crap out after about 20 seconds on YouTube, but works fine for other stuff.
With the Hide Tether Level 1 option checked on the PC program, PDANet works flawlessly - can stream 1080p with no problems.
However, when I try to share that connection to my tablet over Wi-Fi, either through PDANet's built-in Wi-Fi share or using Connectify, it goes back to crapping out after 20 seconds on Youtube. Lasts longer at lower resolutions but still dies, so this seems to be a cap on the data that a single stream can give. No amount of tether hiding seems to help. Of note - the PDANet phone app's data ticker will keep on going up, so it seems like it's still downloading, but there's a roadblock somewhere. Could possibly be an issue with the tablet, I guess - 2013 Nexus 7. My hunch though is that somehow sharing the connection over Wi-Fi undoes whatever PDANet uses to hide tethering.
I've also tried ClockworkMod Tether for USB tethering, but my laptop won't connect to the internet with it (attachment #2) - this could be a problem with my computer though. Right now all I have to work with is a school laptop with locked-down firewall settings.
Anyone figure out a way to get Wi-Fi or Bluetooth working with no paid hotspot feature?

I also have grandfathered data and no hotspot plan, and I am able to run PDANet properly with no special workarounds whatsoever. The biggest concession I had to make was installing the certificates for FoxFi, and the resulting requirement to have a PIN enabled on my lockscreen.
So I dunno.

Gornul said:
I also have grandfathered data and no hotspot plan, and I am able to run PDANet properly with no special workarounds whatsoever. The biggest concession I had to make was installing the certificates for FoxFi, and the resulting requirement to have a PIN enabled on my lockscreen.
So I dunno.
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Yeah, FoxFi seems to indicate that the certificate is their workaround for this issue - however I was never prompted to install it and there doesn't seem to be a way to force it either. Gonna try a reinstall then a factory reset because I want that certificate bad :good:
Thanks for the heads up!

scarshapedstar said:
Yeah, FoxFi seems to indicate that the certificate is their workaround for this issue - however I was never prompted to install it and there doesn't seem to be a way to force it either. Gonna try a reinstall then a factory reset because I want that certificate bad :good:
Thanks for the heads up!
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NP. The cert definitely works, I tethered several times this weekend. If you prefer not to use a security lock it can be a little annoying to have one forced on you; I just set the timeout to 15 minutes and call it the price of doing business until we can unlock/root/etc.

Gornul said:
NP. The cert definitely works, I tethered several times this weekend. If you prefer not to use a security lock it can be a little annoying to have one forced on you; I just set the timeout to 15 minutes and call it the price of doing business until we can unlock/root/etc.
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Gotta ask though - when did the cert install? Is it related to the "FoxFi Addon"? Just trying to troubleshoot a lil here.

scarshapedstar said:
Gotta ask though - when did the cert install? Is it related to the "FoxFi Addon"? Just trying to troubleshoot a lil here.
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That's what I recall, yes. The cert shows up under my "User Certificates" as being from FixFi.

Gornul said:
That's what I recall, yes. The cert shows up under my "User Certificates" as being from FixFi.
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Bleh. Still not getting any kind of prompt for a cert.
I've read that the prompt happens during some "setup walkthrough" which I've likewise never seen... did you get one?

How did you keep your unlimited data? Verizon yanked mine away

Soul TKR said:
How did you keep your unlimited data? Verizon yanked mine away
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Verizon can only take your unlimited data away if you let them. Refuse to change plans, refuse subsidized upgrades and buy all future phones full-price. You may not have realized what you were doing, but you let them do it at some point.

Soul TKR said:
How did you keep your unlimited data? Verizon yanked mine away
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Sad times... according to Verizon I've already racked up 4 gigs somehow in a single day. Sure am glad I didn't believe the salesman who told me I'd never exceeded 2 gigs on 3G - especially since they actually admitted they were lowballing people by a factor of 5. I'd switch carriers, no reason to stay tbh. Unless of course you have another line on the account that's still on unlimited.

scarshapedstar said:
Sad times... according to Verizon I've already racked up 4 gigs somehow in a single day. Sure am glad I didn't believe the salesman who told me I'd never exceeded 2 gigs on 3G - especially since they actually admitted they were lowballing people by a factor of 5. I'd switch carriers, no reason to stay tbh. Unless of course you have another line on the account that's still on unlimited.
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That's exactly case. My wife was able to keep unlimited when she upgraded in January.

We do the upgrade shuffle. Upgraded kids lines to Fort note 2's and kids lost unlimited data, dropped them to 2gb. Poor kids, I know. They are 12 and 9. Verizon let's me restrict them to 2gb so they can't go over.
Then about a month later there was the free dna promotion. Swapped our upgrades to kids lines, got them the dna's. We kept unlimited and everyone got new phones.
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i couldnt get this to work either. every time i reinstall foxfi it says i need to call verizon and sign up for tethering. never prompted for a certificate or anything

I got it to work. After I installed foxfi and the add-on I started the hotspot and it popped up asking to install the certificate. Installed it named it. It wants you to set up the unlock passcode because it connects through vpn. Since I already use a vpn, my password was already set. It activated after a few seconds and I tested it. Works fine.

You can also use upgrades from other phones on your plan to keep your unlimited. I rely heavily on my unlimited data, I use roughly between 300 - 400Gb a month of data. I still have unlimited, and haven't paid full price for a single phone the whole life of my plan.

mracrawford said:
You can also use upgrades from other phones on your plan to keep your unlimited. I rely heavily on my unlimited data, I use roughly between 300 - 400Gb a month of data. I still have unlimited, and haven't paid full price for a single phone the whole life of my plan.
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Are you serious???? Verizon needs to dedicate an entire network to you!

fritzo said:
Are you serious???? Verizon needs to dedicate an entire network to you!
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This is an older picture as evidence, it was just one I already had uploaded to my computer. I use an insane amount of data.. Although, it has been much more of an ordeal using WiFi-Tether on my HTC One. I have to use FoxFi which won't allow me to connect to HBOGo through my AppleTV, so I haven't had streaming video too much.

I also had issues with FoxFi, but thankfully I was one of those lucky bastards who got their bootloader unlocked on day one. From a rooted device, WiFi Tether 3.3-beta2-06102013 works just fine (it will complain when starting the hotspot about an error, but it's an error in setting up "ad-hoc mode" and will work just fine)... it may be worth mentioning that I'm using SuperSU as that's always given me the best luck with WiFi Tether. Outside of that, it's worked flawlessly (tethering for hours without any drops).

mracrawford said:
You can also use upgrades from other phones on your plan to keep your unlimited. I rely heavily on my unlimited data, I use roughly between 300 - 400Gb a month of data. I still have unlimited, and haven't paid full price for a single phone the whole life of my plan.
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Wow....I don't even use that much on my Comcast connection.
Unlimited is unlimited I guess. I just don't see how or why anyone can use that much within reason. :laugh:

calebspronk said:
I also had issues with FoxFi, but thankfully I was one of those lucky bastards who got their bootloader unlocked on day one. From a rooted device, WiFi Tether 3.3-beta2-06102013 works just fine (it will complain when starting the hotspot about an error, but it's an error in setting up "ad-hoc mode" and will work just fine)... it may be worth mentioning that I'm using SuperSU as that's always given me the best luck with WiFi Tether. Outside of that, it's worked flawlessly (tethering for hours without any drops).
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That's great and all, but it doesn't seem to work for some other mobile devices. For example: I cannot tether my One to my Nexus 7 FHD. The Nexus 7 FHD does not see the network. My laptop can see the SSID but shows an adhoc icon next to it. I can connect via the laptop and get internet access. At the end of the day I need a solution that works for all of my devices.
Note: I tried versions 3.3-beta2 and 3.4-experimental

Tethering on One with unlimited data plan?

Anyone got this working with something like PDAnet or FoxFi?

bast525 said:
Anyone got this working with something like PDAnet or FoxFi?
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Loaded foxfi today and just had to do the certificate install.
Was able to hook my iPad up to it and surf the internet no problem.
Still on unlimited data.

meest said:
Loaded foxfi today and just had to do the certificate install.
Was able to hook my iPad up to it and surf the internet no problem.
Still on unlimited data.
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Locked or unlocked?

exzacklyright said:
Locked or unlocked?
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Locked.

meest said:
Locked.
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Working with FoxFI on a locked HTC One here. It installs a certificate to bypass their mobile wifi service. It's been a little buggy, for some reason I lost ability to access things on my AppleTV but after a quick reinstall it worked again. I've used over 50Gb this month with no problem.

mracrawford said:
Working with FoxFI on a locked HTC One here. It installs a certificate to bypass their mobile wifi service. It's been a little buggy, for some reason I lost ability to access things on my AppleTV but after a quick reinstall it worked again. I've used over 50Gb this month with no problem.
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Seriously... you are the reason why we have to jump through hoops and dance the phone swap dance to keep our unlimited.

isdnmatt said:
Seriously... you are the reason why we have to jump through hoops and dance the phone swap dance to keep our unlimited.
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That is BS. I didn't use my unlimited data in the way I do now until after they had already removed unlimited data. I have to do the same phone swap dance as everyone else. I know you mean people like me, but that is NOT the case. It is all for profit, it is because Verizon CAN do this and you are still willing to pay.
If you have a problem with me using my unlimited data the way I do so be it, but you have unlimited same as I. I just utilize it. I use over 400Gb a month, I support my home with it. I'm paying for it so I'm going to utilize it.

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That is BS. I didn't use my unlimited data in the way I do now until after they had already removed unlimited data. I have to do the same phone swap dance as everyone else. I know you mean people like me, but that is NOT the case. It is all for profit, it is because Verizon CAN do this and you are still willing to pay.
If you have a problem with me using my unlimited data the way I do so be it, but you have unlimited same as I. I just utilize it. I use over 400Gb a month, I support my home with it. I'm paying for it so I'm going to utilize it.
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Yea, I absolutely meant people like you. Didn't mean to come off harsh. I understand that it's a profit thing, but that kind of usage gave Verizon the ammunition they needed kill unlimited and justify it.

isdnmatt said:
Yea, I absolutely meant people like you. Didn't mean to come off harsh. I understand that it's a profit thing, but that kind of usage gave Verizon the ammunition they needed kill unlimited and justify it.
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I'm searching for articles where they use it as justification and I can't find any. I might not be looking hard enough. I moved to one of the most expensive places in California to live and so I really can't afford paying for internet now. So for now, I'm using unlimited data.

I hate it when people get bashed for using a service that they pay for. There is absolutely nothing wrong with using a lot of data. People should be using MORE data, not less. Information transfer is a good thing and our capacity should be continually growing as opposed to the stagnation we have now with entrenched American ISPs.
Also - has anyone been able to get root wireless tether working?

Thanks for the info everyone. This was the deciding factor for me, between a One or another device. I need tethering and I need to be able to restore backed up app data, and it looks like I can do both with the One without root.

how are you guys getting foxfi to install a certificate? it never does this for me. it just installs the app, i run it, hit start wifi and get the pop up that i need to pay for the service.
are you guys using the free foxfi or the paid version and is it the pdanet version or something else?

oletheos said:
how are you guys getting foxfi to install a certificate? it never does this for me. it just installs the app, i run it, hit start wifi and get the pop up that i need to pay for the service.
are you guys using the free foxfi or the paid version and is it the pdanet version or something else?
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anyone? this not working is driving me crazy

I used paid PDANet, with USB tether and no issues. Haven't tried WiFi.
oletheos said:
anyone? this not working is driving me crazy
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oletheos said:
how are you guys getting foxfi to install a certificate? it never does this for me. it just installs the app, i run it, hit start wifi and get the pop up that i need to pay for the service.
are you guys using the free foxfi or the paid version and is it the pdanet version or something else?
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I had that happen when I reloaded ROM. Try clearing cache and uninstall app, next turn off any lock screen protection I.e. pattern or pin lock; just use the unsecured standard lock screen. Then reinstall app and run, it will ask to set up a secured lock screen I.e. pattern or what ever and install certificate.
Sent from my freshly s-offed, unlocked, rooted, cocked, unlocked, and ready to rock HTC ONE

oletheos said:
anyone? this not working is driving me crazy
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Certificate prompt occurred automatically during install.
Just ignore Hotspot pop-up even though it will always appear in status bar along with FoxFi symbol.
I've had no problems and eventually upgraded to paid version. Free version time limit appeared to be getting shorter each time.

yeah, still nothing. redownloaded, ran it, no prompts. still wants to me call V and activiate tethering

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Also - has anyone been able to get root wireless tether working?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45354478#post45354478

oletheos said:
yeah, still nothing. redownloaded, ran it, no prompts. still wants to me call V and activiate tethering
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i had that happened to me also but i restarted my phone and it worked(stock as of now, til i get my phone back from sonic) i tethered my wife's iphone to get her ios 7 downloaded!!

i just rebooted and no go. i guess for some reason it just wont work for me. i deleted, reinstalled with no prompt, tried to activate, got the you must call to activate this, cleared data, restarted phone, relaunched, got the warning again. just aggravating it works for some and not others on the same phone.

10-23-14 FoxFi not working properly, Verizon Note 4

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My Windows computer will connect to my FoxFi Hotspot but it doesn't get any internet. I have tried on window 8 and windows 7 computers.
Funny thing is, FoxFi will connect to and share internet with one of my old Note 2.
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I'm going to try a factory reset.
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2nd EDIT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56397218&postcount=12

your may have to wait for a root. try it with BT and it will probably still work but of course will be slow.
HERE is a thread on it

Its working fine for me. Just tested on windows 7 laptop to make sure. Speedtest 47ms ping 19mbps download and 24mbps upload. Tried amazon and ebay. Im using a note 4 on verizon.

balla48801 said:
Its working fine for me. Just tested on windows 7 laptop to make sure. Speedtest 47ms ping 19mbps download and 24mbps upload. Tried amazon and ebay. Im using a note 4 on verizon.
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Can't be much wrong because My Note 4 FoxFi Hot Spot will share internet with one of my Note 2.
My Note 2 is doing something that my Windows computers is not doing.

It's the SIM card. I put the SIM card in my old Note 2 and now Foxfi wont work right on it.
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Has anybody gotten foxfi to work without having to have a secure lockscreen?

Haven't tried computer but it works with other phones and my iPad mini. Its most likely a firewall or security setting. From what I have read foxfi is less secure since its last update.

HELP !!!!!! Windows 7 says.....
pospower said:
Haven't tried computer but it works with other phones and my iPad mini. Its most likely a firewall or security setting. From what I have read foxfi is less secure since its last update.
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DHCP is not enabled for "Wireless Network Connection" .
Windows offered to FIX it , then failed to Fix
I got Verizon to reactivate the phone with different SIM card but I still have the same problem.
It may be a problem with the IPv6 address, just a guess.

What's the point of foxfi when the phone has hot spot??

Mark.Y said:
What's the point of foxfi when the phone has hot spot??
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On Verizon FoxFi is free and the regular hotspot is an additional $30 a month.

Problem solved !!!!!
The problem was last week I set up everything on my home network with static IP's . I set it up like that so I would know the IP address of everything on my network.
The solution... I returned TCP/IPv4 back to automatic and FoxFi started working again.
Another thing that made it hard to repair was I'm using Windows 10 Technical Preview and they keep making changes to Windows in real time. For a while I couldn't open the Wi-Fi propertys window on my main computer.
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Has anybody gotten foxfi to work without having to have a secure lockscreen?
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i was searching for a long time and came across this fix. its the only one i have been able to use. i can't remember where i got it, but credit goes to them.
1. Goto google.com/android/devicemanager and login
2. Next click on the lock button for your device.
3. Next enter a new pass and save.
4. Now go to your phone and use the new pass to unlock the phone.
5. Finally, you should now be able to go to your lock screen settings and pick whichever lock option you need.
Hope this helps

Mark.Y said:
What's the point of foxfi when the phone has hot spot??
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If you are using one of the older "unlimited" plans, or even the limited plans before the "more everything" plan, you have to pay an extra $30 to get the system hotspot working. It is one of the many asinine things Verizon does to steal your money. Kind of like charging $3/month for visual voicemail.

I have a grandfathered unlimited data plan an Foxfi work fine on my retail GN4. The only neusence is having to set a pin on the lock screen. I clear credentials after each use to turn off the lock screen.
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i was searching for a long time and came across this fix. its the only one i have been able to use. i can't remember where i got it, but credit goes to them.
1. Goto google.com/android/devicemanager and login
2. Next click on the lock button for your device.
3. Next enter a new pass and save.
4. Now go to your phone and use the new pass to unlock the phone.
5. Finally, you should now be able to go to your lock screen settings and pick whichever lock option you need.
Hope this helps
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This worked! THANK YOU.

ericstephani said:
If you are using one of the older "unlimited" plans, or even the limited plans before the "more everything" plan, you have to pay an extra $30 to get the system hotspot working. It is one of the many asinine things Verizon does to steal your money. Kind of like charging $3/month for visual voicemail.
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At least visual voicemail is free now.

@LKINDJS, thank you!! it works

Worked for me as well! Thank you.

how? am i stupid or something...
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At least visual voicemail is free now.
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How is it free now? I'm on the grandfathered unlimited plan, does it apply to me? When I first opened the voicemail app, it said that I would get free visual voicemail for 10 days ( if i remember how many days correctly), did anyone else see that or am I imagining things?
I swear I saw a ten day free limit.

Mine works fine. I didnt know anout the lock screen gig though. That worked to. Thank god. Ive been trying to get rid of my lock screen pass for a while. Just never really looked it up though.

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How is it free now? I'm on the grandfathered unlimited plan, does it apply to me? When I first opened the voicemail app, it said that I would get free visual voicemail for 10 days ( if i remember how many days correctly), did anyone else see that or am I imagining things?
I swear I saw a ten day free limit.
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Visual Voicemail has two teirs now. Basic is Free. Premium is $3. The phone will automatically put you on the free trial for premium. As soon as it did that, I logged into MyVerizon, and just changed it to basic for free.
I think the difference is that premium will change your voicemail into text; basic will not write it to text, but you can listen to the recording. Also i think premium has a bigger mailbox.

Unlocked phone... why is my Tethering not unlocked as well?

I've tried the network signal refresher route used with the original pixels, but it isn't working for me. Does anyone know how to get tethering working on a brand new Pixel 2 xl? I'm ok with rooting if it comes to that... but pretty much I just want to get back to the same functionality I had with my Oneplus One.

there are tethering apps you can use, or if you can wait for root (soon I hope) you can edit the build.prop to disable the tethering provision check.

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there are tethering apps you can use, or if you can wait for root (soon I hope) you can edit the build.prop to disable the tethering provision check.
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Do you have a tethering app you recommend? Last time I used one there was a ton of chaff in the app store.

uofirob said:
Do you have a tethering app you recommend? Last time I used one there was a ton of chaff in the app store.
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Unfortunately I do not, I don't really use tethering all that often so I'm just waiting for root right now

The ones I've tried, haven't been able to get around the limitation. If anyone has one that works, let me know!

what service do you have? T-Mo tethering working fine for me but i know i need a ROM to tether on cricket

Call ATT and add your IMIE to the phone number you are using.
I have an unlocked P2 XL and I had to call them, give them the IMEI(VZW lets you do it yourself online), the girl on the phone entered it, I rebooted and now it works properly.
Only thing I need to figure out now, is how to get WiFi calling to work.

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Call ATT and add your IMIE to the phone number you are using.
I have an unlocked P2 XL and I had to call them, give them the IMEI(VZW lets you do it yourself online), the girl on the phone entered it, I rebooted and now it works properly.
Only thing I need to figure out now, is how to get WiFi calling to work.
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What you talking about?? Adding imei in their system. I put in Verizon sim in phone and get phone service. What does hotspot or tether have to do with this??

Tethering wasn’t working for me on att until I added my imei to my account. Maybe because I am on an unlimited plan...

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Tethering wasn’t working for me on att until I added my imei to my account. Maybe because I am on an unlimited plan...
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Is hotspot part of your plan as well?

I think so. We have an Unlimited plan, but we get 10gb of tethering included... my OnePlus 3 had tethering built in that bypassed the plan and tethered Unlimited whether they wanted me to or not.

I'm on cricket, I'm not paying $10/month for tethering I've been able to do for over 3 years when I was on my Oneplus One.

Has anyone else been able to get tethering to work through an app? This is going to be annoying if I need to travel for work. I may have to bring my onePlus one along just for tethering...

uofirob said:
Has anyone else been able to get tethering to work through an app? This is going to be annoying if I need to travel for work. I may have to bring my onePlus one along just for tethering...
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Doesn't work. You need to wait for root

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Doesn't work. You need to wait for root
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Thanks! I wish root would appear faster! I thought since it was Google's phone, the images would be out already.

I guess I don't understand why it isn't tethering.
If you are not on an Unlimited data plan, it should just work, without root. It's illegal for carriers to block tethering when you are on a tiered data plan. The FCC slapped the carriers down and determined that if you pay for 15GB, then it doesn't matter how you use it, you can tether.
If you are on an Unlimited plan, make sure that tethering is included and give AT&T your IMEI and have them add it to your account, have them enable tethering and whatever other features you want, reboot your phone, and it will work.
I literally just went through this with them, and tethering works on my AT&T Unlimited data plan, right through the stock tethering feature... no app, and no root.

If you are trying to tether a laptop you can checkout PdaNet+ in the appstore. Will allow you to tether over USB (preferred) or Bluetooth (painfully slow). I havent found an app that enables wifi tethering without rooting and editing system files as others have mentioned.

I had the same issue on Sprint, and while I get 10GB of tethering included in my "unlimited" plan, it did not work. Once I called Sprint, they did something on their end and the provisioning check worked.

chris11882 said:
I had the same issue on Sprint, and while I get 10GB of tethering included in my "unlimited" plan, it did not work. Once I called Sprint, they did something on their end and the provisioning check worked.
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Exactly, you just have to get someone on the phone who knows what they are doing, and get them to add your IMEI to your account to provision the tethering, and then it will work. Many of us have done it.
Rather than wait for root and hope that you can then hack it to get tethering, just pick up the phone and get someone knowledgeable to fix it.

lets put this in a simple way, most carriers DO NOT want you tethering without paying for it. if you are paying for it, then they would normally have an app that does this. if you are trying to do the sneaky "my carrier doesn't need to know how i use my data" way buy editing build.prob and maybe the tethering_dun change, then tell me, why would this be enabled be default. the carriers cant make their extra buck from the same data, so they forbid it. that simple. unlocked phone, does not refer to the carrier restrictions.
this is even more funny when you think people bought the verizon version and complain about a phone not being unlockable, did NOONE learn from the galaxy nexus (for only 3 months before taken off the nexus project) hell. i could not raise my middle finger high enough when i left verizon.
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SquireSCA said:
Rather than wait for root and hope that you can then hack it to get tethering, just pick up the phone and get someone knowledgeable to fix it.
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a better thing to say is READ, READ, READ some more. then before you root, READ.
i dont want to sound like an elitist, but this is not something that a person that doesnt not understand the restrictions, the list of edits sometimes needing to be made, and how even with these edits, tethering is still detectable by the traffic. its not like the carrier will not wonder why your android phone is pinging the windows update servers.
the last thing a novice user should have, is a rooted phone. this is why i forbid root on my mother's phone (someone that tampered with the NAT setting on our business router). and still debate on it on my wife's phone.
the whole autoroot thing, and rom toolboxes should not be used by anyone that doesn't know how to do it manually. if you dont know what the -w option is when restoring to stock, you should not be using a toolbox.