Guid to Wifi tethering on Stock I537 rom without need file explorer to turn on

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rb8720

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• Apr 6, 2014

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What you need is a rooted i-537 with safstrap installed.

1. make sure phone is rooted and you have safstrap installed.
2. prevent you phone from updating itself as shown in the root guide in this forum.
3. get a copy of the tethering provisioning apk from a custom rom. One that worked for me is attached to this thread.
4. put the custom tetherprovisiong apk on an external sim card for access. boot into safestrap and make sure stock rom is selected.
5. mount filesystem then open up safestaps file explorer and delete tetherprovisioning apd and tetherprovisioning odex from system/apps folder. Confirm that it is deleted.
6. Now paste the custom tetherprovisioning.apk into the same system/apps folder. Reboot phone into stock, rooted rom and enjoy wifi tether.
7. You should now be able to turn off and on with the normal method.

My phone: SGH-i537
Android version 4.3
Baseband I537UCUBML2
Rooted W/ Safestrap 3.71 installed


Thanks
RB8720

 

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dcrewchief

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• Apr 27, 2014

• #2

Can anyone confirm this method works on 4.4.2? I noticed rb8720 is on 4.3

 

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rdh28

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• Apr 27, 2014

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I'm running rooted 4.4.2 and got it to work from this
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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=52218894



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dcrewchief

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• Apr 27, 2014

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Cool! Guess i am off to try. Backup in progress.

 

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dcrewchief

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• Apr 27, 2014

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That was a no go. Cannot mount system in safestrap recovery.

 

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rdh28

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• Apr 27, 2014

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Don't need to. I renamed all the tethering apks/odex files. Moved the apk in the thread I linked to to system/app using root browser. Changed the permissions to 644 and rebooted.

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dcrewchief

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• Apr 30, 2014

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Could not get it to work. Guess i can wait for a method that works.

 

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rdh28

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• Apr 30, 2014

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One thing I did notice was after I renamed all four tethering apks/index files, moved in the exploited apk and rebooted is I got the "upgrading screen" which one can only assume was my phone picking up on the new apk. Let me know if you have any questions,I banged my head on this for days before I found a working method.

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dcrewchief

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• May 27, 2014

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Finaly tried your method and it worked like a charm. Never got the upgrade screen on boot up but it works fine. Thanks!

 

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• Dec 15, 2014

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Replaced provision apk and system still says i need to upgrade my plan removed tether automation and system says no data or incorrect sim, at&t unlocked and running tmo/metro, any ideas?