hello everyone I am new to the forum so any help would be greatly appreciated. I have a note 10 plus with sprint. I am trying to add a new APN so I can use unlimited free hotspot. All the apn's are greyed out and I can't reset to default or add a new apn. What can I do to fix this or is there any way to fix it??? I recently upgraded from a note 9 and I could click to the left of the blue circle and it would allow me to edit the settings but it doesn't work anymore on this phone and I'm assuming when it went from Android 9 to Android 10 is when it stopped working all together. Has anyone figured out how to do something with it that doesn't require the phone being rooted??
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hello everyone I am new to the forum so any help would be greatly appreciated. I have a note 10 plus with sprint. I am trying to add a new APN so I can use unlimited free hotspot. All the apn's are greyed out and I can't reset to default or add a new apn. What can I do to fix this or is there any way to fix it??? I recently upgraded from a note 9 and I could click to the left of the blue circle and it would allow me to edit the settings but it doesn't work anymore on this phone and I'm assuming when it went from Android 9 to Android 10 is when it stopped working all together. Has anyone figured out how to do something with it that doesn't require the phone being rooted??
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Unless things have changed (as far as I know they haven't) if you have one of the unlimited data plans (which is pretty much all they have) then you already have unlimited hotspot data.
The unlimited data plans they have offer a set amount hotspot data measured in gigs at full LTE speeds. After that your hotspot speeds are reduced until your next billing cycle. Because it is unlimited there is no need to use some form of "trick" to get something that is already included with the plan they offer.
If for some reason the hotspot isn't working and it is supposed to be included in your plan then contact sprint and make sure your account (and phone) are provisioned for the service.
Now if by chance your trying to sneak one past sprint and get unlimited high speed hotspot data that was not included in the plan you agreed too... Then I would recommend you reconsider. While it can be argued that this can be considered theft, it would be most definitely an intentional, blatant and willful breach of your agreement that you entered into with Sprint.
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1. Download the cab for here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=265562&d=1263047170
2. Log on to My T-mobile web site
3. Change your phone to My Touch 3G
4. Then click Change Services
5. Check the box for Visual Voicemail, and click through the verification stuff.
6. Open the visual voicemail app from the phone and activate it!
DONE!!!!
This is confirmed to work with T-zones! Because I have T-zones!
I have t-zones as well.
when I change my phone in my t-mobile to either a bb9700 or mytouch3g, and try to add visual voice mail.....the system tries to remove my 5.99 t-zones.
any way past this?
Hmmm, if Tmobile tries to remove the T-zones, I think it is quite risky...just like using an Android phone with T-zones.
I also have the $5.99 plan, but I'm sticking with Windows phone since all Android phones have been switched to $25-30/month data plans.
do you have to install it to the main mem cus i have it on the card and it says getting account status ad i get a txt that i know is ment for the program cus its from 129 and says//wm:status:st= blah blah. but the program is not picking ut up
zemangt said:
I have t-zones as well.
when I change my phone in my t-mobile to either a bb9700 or mytouch3g, and try to add visual voice mail.....the system tries to remove my 5.99 t-zones.
any way past this?
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It never asked me to remove my t-zones when I selected the Mytouch 3g.
wildfxp said:
Hmmm, if Tmobile tries to remove the T-zones, I think it is quite risky...just like using an Android phone with T-zones.
I also have the $5.99 plan, but I'm sticking with Windows phone since all Android phones have been switched to $25-30/month data plans.
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T-mobile doesn't force you to change to the different package when you change your phone.
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do you have to install it to the main mem cus i have it on the card and it says getting account status ad i get a txt that i know is ment for the program cus its from 129 and says//wm:status:st= blah blah. but the program is not picking ut up
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I installed the program to the main memory. I had that come up before I changed the phone online. Once I did, and activated the software, it didn't do that again.
Hmmm, I'm a bit scared to do this lol
I switched to the MyTouch 3G (pink one) and added the "VISUAL VOICE MAIL", but it needs me to add the "Android $30 internet" and submit my changes to my monthly bill.
Did you submit it and then change back to a "dummy phone" choice?
Thanks!
If you had the grandfathered 5.99 T-Zones before, they will force you to take the $30 plan and switching to the dummy phone will not bring it back. Read the other thread.
nuron said:
If you had the grandfathered 5.99 T-Zones before, they will force you to take the $30 plan and switching to the dummy phone will not bring it back. Read the other thread.
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Dang, that means OP got very lucky He has the same plan
I got it working....
I had the same trouble....
Trying to activate Visual Voice mail WILL force you to sign up for the $30 android data plan. As the Data plan is already "selected" and you cannot uncheck it.
Here is what I did....
1) Changed my Phone to MyTouch.
2) Added the Visual Voice mail.
3) Accepted the service change (knowing that I am accepting the $30 Android data plan instead of the regular smart phone data plan, which is in every way the same and is only $25).
4) After this you will have the Visual Voice mail working.
5) Change the phone back to TP2 in your account.
6) Call T-mobile and tell them you accidently changed your plan to Android Data Plan and you own/use TP2.
7) They will gladly change it back for you, because TP2 "technically" is a smart phone and not an Android phone.
You will be left with your old plan and the new visual voice mail...
I think tmobile is changing the data plan price from 25 to 30 anticipating the soon to be established 4G coverage. Once that is completed, any new data connection will be charged $30. Keep your plan unchanged, you might get grandfathered in with a better coverage.
This isn't working for me...
Edit: I just had to wait a few hours for the provioning to work.
DesperateScorpion151 said:
I had the same trouble....
Trying to activate Visual Voice mail WILL force you to sign up for the $30 android data plan. As the Data plan is already "selected" and you cannot uncheck it.
Here is what I did....
1) Changed my Phone to MyTouch.
2) Added the Visual Voice mail.
3) Accepted the service change (knowing that I am accepting the $30 Android data plan instead of the regular smart phone data plan, which is in every way the same and is only $25).
4) After this you will have the Visual Voice mail working.
5) Change the phone back to TP2 in your account.
6) Call T-mobile and tell them you accidently changed your plan to Android Data Plan and you own/use TP2.
7) They will gladly change it back for you, because TP2 "technically" is a smart phone and not an Android phone.
You will be left with your old plan and the new visual voice mail...
I think tmobile is changing the data plan price from 25 to 30 anticipating the soon to be established 4G coverage. Once that is completed, any new data connection will be charged $30. Keep your plan unchanged, you might get grandfathered in with a better coverage.
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Hmm, if this is true, it means all of us that have the old T-zones plan is out of luck (besides OP)
I know that ONCE the $5.99 internet is gone, they will have NO WAY of adding it back for me when I call.
wildfxp said:
Hmm, if this is true, it means all of us that have the old T-zones plan is out of luck (besides OP)
I know that ONCE the $5.99 internet is gone, they will have NO WAY of adding it back for me when I call.
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Yes you are right....if it is a grandfathered service, you will have no luck and get it back.....
I wud say wait till Tmobile officially releases the software for other smart phones....at that point you might be able to add the feature....
DesperateScorpion151 said:
Yes you are right....if it is a grandfathered service, you will have no luck and get it back.....
I wud say wait till Tmobile officially releases the software for other smart phones....at that point you might be able to add the feature....
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Yea, I agree Thanks!
i had to wait about 20 min for mine to work. and its odd because the my touch internet is the same as the smartphone internet. there both 25.
Service Price per month
Visual Voice Mail Free
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this is what i get if i try and add it with a touch pro2
i cant duplicate this , it also tried to add the $30 data plan too.
EDITEDITEDITEDIT!!!!!!
whooot whoot.
I followed the OP's orginal post. I too was forced to get upgraded to the $30 data plan.
I called up a friend that works at Tmobile. He was able to just add it to the account. took all of 30 seconds to text him to do it!
I have....
$89.99 retention plan for two lines unlimited voice
$5.99 each line tzones
$4.99 300 texts each line
and now visual voice mail!
i suppose one can call up and get a stupid custermer service agent to just add it. this was seems too easy, walk in to a tmobile store and ask to have it turned on. thats it.
Would it work for AT&T?
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Would it work for AT&T?
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dont think so
Just got my new TMO M8 direct from HTC and I love it..... except for one problem which is not exclusive to this phone but I've searched everywhere and can't find a solution. Since this is not my every day phone I don't need a regular phone & texting plan. I only need a data plan... so I signed up for T Mobile's $10 data match plan which gives me 5GB/mo.... seemed like a great idea except apparently TMO doesn't allow smartphone devices to use this plan only tablets or hotspots. I've searched and searched and tried every combination of APN's but none of them work... when I'm changing the apn settings either data is totally disconnected or when it connects and I try a browser it prompts me to "Sign into Network" and sends me to the "upsell" site. Is there any way to spoof a tablet or hotspot? I know there are browser plugins that change the user agent but this seems to be happening on a system level. Is it possible to edit a system database entry, etc? Any help to point me in the right direction would be appreciated.
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Just got my new TMO M8 direct from HTC and I love it..... except for one problem which is not exclusive to this phone but I've searched everywhere and can't find a solution. Since this is not my every day phone I don't need a regular phone & texting plan. I only need a data plan... so I signed up for T Mobile's $10 data match plan which gives me 5GB/mo.... seemed like a great idea except apparently TMO doesn't allow smartphone devices to use this plan only tablets or hotspots. I've searched and searched and tried every combination of APN's but none of them work... when I'm changing the apn settings either data is totally disconnected or when it connects and I try a browser it prompts me to "Sign into Network" and sends me to the "upsell" site. Is there any way to spoof a tablet or hotspot? I know there are browser plugins that change the user agent but this seems to be happening on a system level. Is it possible to edit a system database entry, etc? Any help to point me in the right direction would be appreciated.
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You're not going to be able to trick the carrier into thinking you're using another device. Continually attempting to do so also will get you flagged and you may come under scrutiny with the carrier so I'd suggest you pay for a rate plan like the rest of the android community, or utilize WiFi hotspots as much as possible.
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You're not going to be able to trick the carrier into thinking you're using another device. Continually attempting to do so also will get you flagged and you may come under scrutiny with the carrier so I'd suggest you pay for a rate plan like the rest of the android community, or utilize WiFi hotspots as much as possible.
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I am paying for a rate plan... for 5 devices which are full unlimited plans but for this one I only need data.
andersonwittekind said:
I am paying for a rate plan... for 5 devices which are full unlimited plans but for this one I only need data.
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Enable WiFi Tethering on the device you use as your primary phone and let your data only devices utilize it's unlimited data plan. That way, you don't have to pay for anything for your data only device.
Hey everyone,
I have been a searching and searching for new ways to get my fully unlimited 4G mobile internet through HotSpot, and up until 6 months ago, the changing of APN setting in "Mobile Networks" from epc.tmobile.com (Regular) to fast.tmobile.com (LTE) had worked and adding dun to the authentication types, but in the last week the HotSpot Block screen popped up again and I am now forced to revert to using user-agents to use the unlimited mobile internet I paid highly for, through my phone's HotSpot, like I had to before. Is there someone who knows a new way to get around this, without rooting my phone or paying for an app on Google Play?!
compwhiz345 said:
Hey everyone,
I have been a searching and searching for new ways to get my fully unlimited 4G mobile internet through HotSpot, and up until 6 months ago, the changing of APN setting in "Mobile Networks" from epc.tmobile.com (Regular) to fast.tmobile.com (LTE) had worked and adding dun to the authentication types, but in the last week the HotSpot Block screen popped up again and I am now forced to revert to using user-agents to use the unlimited mobile internet I paid highly for, through my phone's HotSpot, like I had to before. Is there someone who knows a new way to get around this, without rooting my phone or paying for an app on Google Play?!
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The "APN" dun method is not working anymore for me either, I configured the settings correctly in the AP and got past the 5GB threshold but was only able to use my stock hotspot unlimited for one day up until now it has stopped working and reverted back to the upsell screen page with no fix has T-Mobile finally figured it out and cracked down or something? I don't want to root my phone! I want another method for none rooted users!!! Someone please help.
What's up,
Has anybody figured out a way to tether LTE data through our galaxy s7 actives without having to activate it through att? I have used fox Fi on previous devices as well as custom Roms and tweaks to get this feature working so I can use my unlimited data to its potential while on longs trips with a tablet. Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers
Rj42894 said:
What's up,
Has anybody figured out a way to tether LTE data through our galaxy s7 actives without having to activate it through att? I have used fox Fi on previous devices as well as custom Roms and tweaks to get this feature working so I can use my unlimited data to its potential while on longs trips with a tablet. Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers
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I think sidesync is your best best. It's worked on my s7 edge, note 7 and now s7 active. It's not wireless, but it does the job.
there is a way to do it using an att apn and then once the hotspot starts up, go back to the apn and then switch back to the original.
it worked back when i had the s7 active.
diego97yey said:
there is a way to do it using an att apn and then once the hotspot starts up, go back to the apn and then switch back to the original.
it worked back when i had the s7 active.
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I will give it a try, where did you find the apn credentials?
Rj42894 said:
What's up,
Has anybody figured out a way to tether LTE data through our galaxy s7 actives without having to activate it through att? I have used fox Fi on previous devices as well as custom Roms and tweaks to get this feature working so I can use my unlimited data to its potential while on longs trips with a tablet. Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers
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**UPDATE** I have wifi tethering working via the root method as described in this method.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-active/help/samsung-galaxy-s7-active-root-t3473649
Once rooted you will have to install the Xposed framework, and activate the "X tether" module which can be found in the root thread. Once that has been activated, you will be able to use your phone as a wifi hotspot without activating the annoying ATT plan :good:
odd, as im in UK... (on three) using my Active, my mobile hotspot works with the inbuilt stuff from settings ! .. no problems whatso ever!?..
Yup I'm currently not rooted, I got into my settings, Connections Mobile Hotspot turn it on. I've never had to pay extra for it or anything it just works on my S7 Active and I use it a fair amount.
grover1 said:
Yup I'm currently not rooted, I got into my settings, Connections Mobile Hotspot turn it on. I've never had to pay extra for it or anything it just works on my S7 Active and I use it a fair amount.
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What carrier?
indeed groover1... now im on Nougat (PL4 still) have a quicksettings toggle button too
Is3mach, im in the UK on Three....
I have unlimited data but can't tether...
When you sign up for At&t unlimited data plan, they take your ability to tether. Will rooting allow me to make my phone a mobile hotspot while I'm still on an unlimited data plan? If so, could someone point me in the right direction please?
I'm wondering if anyone has a solution for activating the Hotspot on the A50 (Pie with October 1 update) on Sprint - I'm on an Unlimited Kickstarter plan, and only need hotspot 3-4 times a year for emergencies where I don't have Wi-Fi access. Shortcut Master Lite doesn't allow me to modify LTE Functionality on this phone. I can create another APN and add dun and the hotspot activates as stock, but it doesn't pass Internet data to other devices. I have the unlocked SM-A505U1 version. I like the phone, but if I don't find a workaround I'll likely give up Sprint and go to an MVNO that has hotspot functionality, as anything with it in Sprint's regular plans is crazy expensive by comparison. Thanks for any and all suggestions.
Have you tried the solutions in these threads for the Galaxy S10? I would think it would work the same way for the A50 since they run the same software.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s10/how-to/sprint-hotspot-hack-t3909024
https://www.reddit.com/r/galaxys10/comments/aywlq9/sprint_hotspot_hack_unlocked/
I'm curious if you can get it working, I'm thinking about moving my A50 over to Sprint and this would be great if it works. I was always able to get the hotspot hack working on my previous S8+ and S9+, so fingers crossed!
Keep us posted...
orbitalcomp said:
Have you tried the solutions in these threads for the Galaxy S10? I would think it would work the same way for the A50 since they run the same software.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s10/how-to/sprint-hotspot-hack-t3909024
https://www.reddit.com/r/galaxys10/comments/aywlq9/sprint_hotspot_hack_unlocked/
I'm curious if you can get it working, I'm thinking about moving my A50 over to Sprint and this would be great if it works. I was always able to get the hotspot hack working on my previous S8+ and S9+, so fingers crossed!
Keep us posted...
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Yes... I tried that solution... That's where I got the walk-through for how to create the alternate APN. I started to work on it again the other night and it kicked out the SIM for reasons unknown when I tried to reactivate it with the SIM that worked before. I previously got the APN added with DUN and it accepted it but no data pass-through on the hotspot. I read on a Note 9 forum that only having default,mms,dun might help the data pass-through issue and was going to try it, but that's when the SIM glitch occured. Until I have more time I've gone back to a Moto phone with a different workaround.
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Yes... I tried that solution... That's where I got the walk-through for how to create the alternate APN. I started to work on it again the other night and it kicked out the SIM for reasons unknown when I tried to reactivate it with the SIM that worked before. I previously got the APN added with DUN and it accepted it but no data pass-through on the hotspot. I read on a Note 9 forum that only having default,mms,dun might help the data pass-through issue and was going to try it, but that's when the SIM glitch occured. Until I have more time I've gone back to a Moto phone with a different workaround.
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Thanks for the update. So I saw you're on the Kickstart plan, which I think means your plan doesn't include hotspot at all. I wonder if I would have better luck since my plan has always included hotspot (used to be 10GB, now it's 50GB). On my past few Galaxy's, the hack would just take me from capped to unlimited, which worked nicely.
If I end up trying this, I'll let you know what happens.