[Q] AT&T LG G2 Tethering Help

Have you rooted your device yet? If not, then I don't know of any way to get it working.

If you are rooted, I was able to change a sql database value to unlock tethering (as I am unlocked on T-Mobile on a D800).

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Hey Casey, I have the same device, looking to unlock tethering on T-Mobile as well, can you explain what you did?

Casey060492 said:

Have you rooted your device yet? If not, then I don't know of any way to get it working.

If you are rooted, I was able to change a sql database value to unlock tethering (as I am unlocked on T-Mobile on a D800).

Sent from my LG-D800 using Tapatalk

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OP-
If you haven't rooted or done anything to the phone then take it to the ATT store and have them look into it. It may just be a bad phone. Warranty return it.
If you have rooted (and your wifi worked before) then do what I did. Install AEON v3 in the ATT Dev thread. The tether works perfectly, just like the entire ROM. I take another step though. I use ibVPN so they don't know what my data is. I don't really think you even need a VPN because the ROM is not based on the ATT base, so it isn't even looking for your tether.

coalsi said:

Hey Casey, I have the same device, looking to unlock tethering on T-Mobile as well, can you explain what you did?

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I used SQLite to modify the file: /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db

In the system database there is an entry with ID: 2771, named tether_entitlement_check_state. Originally the value was set to 5 but I changed it to 0. I then rebooted and tethering was working great for me.

Casey060492 said:

I used SQLite to modify the file: /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db

In the system database there is an entry with ID: 2771, named tether_entitlement_check_state. Originally the value was set to 5 but I changed it to 0. I then rebooted and tethering was working great for me.

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I just checked on my Sprint G2 and, unfortunately, there's so such setting in that DB. I looked at the other tables in the settings.db and only "tether_dun_required" (set to 1) in global and "tethering_time" (set to 600000) in system.

Pogee said:

Hello,

I just purchased a AT&T LG G2 and None of the WiFi or USB Tethering Apps that I have tried from the Google Play store work on the phone.
Is this a problem with this AT&T LG G2 phone or is there a way to get tethering to work. I am not technically inclined, just a phone user.

I would gladly pay someone to help me get WiFi or USB tethering to work on my phone.

In OC, CA

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You will either have to pay AT&T for tethering or root your phone and install a custom rom. They have a tether entitlement check on their phones.

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James7Bond007 said:

I just checked on my Sprint G2 and, unfortunately, there's so such setting in that DB. I looked at the other tables in the settings.db and only "tether_dun_required" (set to 1) in global and "tethering_time" (set to 600000) in system.

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Any chance setting tether dun required to "0" might help? Id.check myself but im still waiting on zv8 update before I root.

bigpappa said:

Any chance setting tether dun required to "0" might help? Id.check myself but im still waiting on zv8 update before I root.

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I'm guessing this wouldn't do the trick, as dun is "dial up networking" I believe. I'd test it, but I'm actually unsure of how to *change* the database. It turns out sqlite generally doesn't come on production (non-dev) builds of Android, so it wasn't on the G2. I tried pushing some sqlite3 binaries I found online to the phone, but none would run. I then tried pulling the settings.db from the phone and reading it with sqlite3 for Windows. This would also let me change the setting, but I'm not sure if I could just push the settings.db file back onto the phone since there were other files in the same directory (settings.db.[some other extensions]) ... and I wanted to avoid corrupting the db to the extent that I bricked my phone (as unlikely as that may have been).

If anyone knows of a sqlite3 binary that will run on the G2, I'd be happy to give the dun setting a try (but again, I'm not optimistic this will do the trick for us Sprint users).

Also, I just got the zv8 update this morning, so you should be getting it any day now. I didn't root my phone 100%; I just copied over the g2_security file from the ioroot 1.1 zip so that adb would give me a root shell. Apparently installing the su binary and superuser.apk trips some sort of flag on the G2 that voids your warranty and may or may not be resettable.

AT&T LG G2 Tether Mod Works!

Casey060492 said:

I used SQLite to modify the file: /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db

In the system database there is an entry with ID: 2771, named tether_entitlement_check_state. Originally the value was set to 5 but I changed it to 0. I then rebooted and tethering was working great for me.

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This worked perfectly for me,however, it wasn't ID 2771 for my phone. I used search term "tether" in the system database and found the field under ID 854. I changed the value to 0 and it works great using the stock Tether application that comes with the phone. You may need to reboot the phone after making the change..

I could never get either wifi tether or wifi tether TrevE Mod to work for me.

ledev said:

This worked perfectly for me,however, it wasn't ID 2771 for my phone. I used search term "tether" in the system database and found the field under ID 854. I changed the value to 0 and it works great using the stock Tether application that comes with the phone. You may need to reboot the phone after making the change..

I could never get either wifi tether or wifi tether TrevE Mod to work for me.

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I can now get the mobile hotspot to turn on no problem after changing the value to 0 and rebooting, but when I connect anything to it it says no internet access. I have an LG G2 on At&t

ledev said:

This worked perfectly for me,however, it wasn't ID 2771 for my phone. I used search term "tether" in the system database and found the field under ID 854. I changed the value to 0 and it works great using the stock Tether application that comes with the phone. You may need to reboot the phone after making the change..

I could never get either wifi tether or wifi tether TrevE Mod to work for me.

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I can confirm this works on my rooted lg g2 at&t d800

CAUTION

Be wary of this method. I'm on a rooted stock from with xposed and I got a text from AT&T after having tethered the night before. It read

"Did you know using a smartphone as a mobile hotspot requires a Mobile Share or Data Connect plan?"

Now today in the mail I received a long letter saying that if I'm caught tethering again they will be automatically charging me for the tethering plan.

In my opinion this method is no longer safe.

WiFi tethering

[QUOTI a;48384506]Any chance setting tether dun required to "0" might help? Id.check myself but im still waiting on zv8 update before I root.[/QUOTE]

I also didn't have a key tether_entitlement_check_state. So I I just added a new key using a unique number (at the end) and gave it a value of zero and it worked !!!

Casey060492 said:

I used SQLite to modify the file: /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db

In the system database there is an entry with ID: 2771, named tether_entitlement_check_state. Originally the value was set to 5 but I changed it to 0. I then rebooted and tethering was working great for me.

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Hello, when i do it, the value returns to 5. Any ideas?