Free WiFi Tether Note 3 TMobile

njweb · Jan 2, 2014

jfarhat said:
1. yes solution still working no issues whatsoever

2. no, just installing the wifi tether app will not work.t
The big issue is adjusting the APN settings and then using a wifi toggle app that will initiate wifi other than the one that comes with your T Mobile Note3.

1. Thanks. That's great!
I will look into this approach then.

2. Thanks!
So with respect to rooting or not rooting:
My understanding then is that rooting, when one only cares about adding free wifi tether to the Note 3, is useless and unnecessary (as in won't eliminate the need to perform the steps you noted) if one's provider is T-Mobile given what you noted about the APN setting change being needed regardless. The need to use a toggle app may not be needed as per subsequent posts.

In any case, thanks again for the tip!

jfarhat · Jan 2, 2014

njweb said:
1. Thanks. That's great!
I will look into this approach then.

2. Thanks!
So with respect to rooting or not rooting:
My understanding then is that rooting, when one only cares about adding free wifi tether to the Note 3, is useless and unnecessary (as in won't eliminate the need to perform the steps you noted) if one's provider is T-Mobile given what you noted about the APN setting change being needed regardless. The need to use a toggle app may not be needed as per subsequent posts.

In any case, thanks again for the tip!

Yeah, you have it correct....rooting is not required if all you want to be able to wifi tether. Now, some have stated they could get it to work without an additional wifi toggle app, but I could not get it to work without the additional toggle app. Althought I believe several different wifi toggle have have been used successfully.

Good luck! Also, for those asking about the 2.5GB thethering limit, it would not apply once you change the apn settings. You will not be limited, since you have unlimited data plan, with new apn setting....T-Mobile will not be able to tract tethered data from regular mobile data.

PowerMan572 · Jan 8, 2014

jfarhat said:
Yeah, you have it correct....rooting is not required if all you want to be able to wifi tether. Now, some have stated they could get it to work without an additional wifi toggle app, but I could not get it to work without the additional toggle app. Althought I believe several different wifi toggle have have been used successfully.

Good luck! Also, for those asking about the 2.5GB thethering limit, it would not apply once you change the apn settings. You will not be limited, since you have unlimited data plan, with new apn setting....T-Mobile will not be able to tract tethered data from regular mobile data.

I've reached the 2.5GB limit and this does NOT work for me. I've been trying everything :-/ new APN settings, tether toggle widget, different root tether apps, and each time I get redirected to the up-sell page. Any suggestions?

messiahfreedom · Jan 8, 2014

Dont know if its been said but the best way to tether and not get that silly upsell page is to use a user-account switcher in the browser you intend to use on whatever device you are tethering. Chrome has extensions for these and they allow me to tether universally.

jfarhat · Jan 8, 2014

PowerMan572 said:
I've reached the 2.5GB limit and this does NOT work for me. I've been trying everything :-/ new APN settings, tether toggle widget, different root tether apps, and each time I get redirected to the up-sell page. Any suggestions?

I'm not sure why the tethering would have stopped working for you just because you are over the 2.5GB limit. Silly question, but are you sure you have selected the new modified APN setting that you created? The only reason I ask is because, I have an old plan ($5.00 unlimited data with NO tethering) and it still works for me without any issue.

the one thing to remember is that you must use an agent switcher on your computer (unless you are using IE)....I mentioned this and the actual agent switcher apps that I was using for Chrome and FireFox in a previous post in this thread.

Otherwise, I would just delete the APN you created and start over in the step by step instructions. Sorry, I could not be of any more help, I just am not sure what is going wrong with your particular situation. Good luck and let us know if you get it working or need more help.

iunlock · Jan 9, 2014

Just thought I'd add that:

IF, you're using FireFox this is the User Agent Overrider that works.

Thanks to the original author and to you for sharing this info.

Cheers.

jfarhat said:
8) if you are using IE you do not need to use any agent switcher, but if you want to use Chrome or Firefox on your laptop, you will need to use an agent switcher (for Chrome I am using Ultimate Agent Switcher and set to Android 2.3, and FireFox I am using User Agent Overrider set to Chrome30/Android). I don't think it matters which Agent switcher you are using, and I would think that other settings within the agent switcher would work also, but these are the setting I tried first and they are working great for me.

jfarhat · Jan 9, 2014

iunlock said:
Just thought I'd add that:

IF, you're using FireFox this is the User Agent Overrider that works.

Thanks to the original author and to you for sharing this info.

Cheers.

Thanks for posting that information once again.

I think this method should work for everyone, but it is real important to follow the steps in setting this up correctly or you could have issues pop up. But the fact that we have to do this just to use our "unlimited" data, is plain silly. Unlimited should mean Unlimited....(stepping down from my soap box now....)

m3latino · Jan 10, 2014

PowerMan572 said:
I've reached the 2.5GB limit and this does NOT work for me. I've been trying everything :-/ new APN settings, tether toggle widget, different root tether apps, and each time I get redirected to the up-sell page. Any suggestions?

Works fine for me with the toggle and APN settings.

After you create the new APN make sure to reboot your phone then activate the toggle and press the home button before verifying.

PowerMan572 · Jan 11, 2014

m3latino said:
Works fine for me with the toggle and APN settings.

After you create the new APN make sure to reboot your phone then activate the toggle and press the home button before verifying.

Well, I broke down and I'm having to use the User Agent extension in Chrome. I was being stubborn and just wanted to be able to turn on my HotSpot and be able to get online. Well the problem is I used up my 2.5GB limit, and I kept getting the up-sell page no matter what.

Well LoL, I should have just tried the user agent in the first place. I didn't realize how easy it is. I just installed the extension, and set the Settings to use "Chrome on Ubuntu" every time I launch the browser. So now no matter if I'm on wifi at home or my Hotspot, everything works as it should and web pages load. I think I can bear having an icon in my Chrome browser to get around the up-sell page

njweb · Jan 13, 2014

Midnght said:
I can confirm this works.

it appears the MMSC is what verifies your account and they can tell if you have the service or not or if you've reached your limit then they block you.
Using an apn without that and hotspot is live once again.

Also no extra app was even needed just the apn change.

Interesting observation, thanks.

But if MMSC truly is the piece that does the account validation (to see if you have the service or not), how come OP apparently got it working with the new APN which in his case does include the SAME MMSC as T-Mobile's stock APN (as opposed to leaving out the MMSC)?

Using IPv4 (instead of IPv6) is the only change in the OP's method in this thread, as well as one posted in a similar thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=49402743

Midnght · Jan 15, 2014

njweb said:
Interesting observation, thanks.

But if MMSC truly is the piece that does the account validation (to see if you have the service or not), how come OP apparently got it working with the new APN which in his case does include the SAME MMSC as T-Mobile's stock APN (as opposed to leaving out the MMSC)?

Using IPv4 (instead of IPv6) is the only change in the OP's method in this thread, as well as one posted in a similar thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=49402743

Good question. Maybe it just needs a new APN.
I didn't try it with the url on a new apn.
But it could be something needed for others to make it work.
In short try both methods see what works.

mardukeme · Jan 16, 2014

I thought the MMSC setting was the your providors server settings for mms messages.

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scubadave1 · Jan 16, 2014

jfarhat said:
Thanks for posting that information once again.

I think this method should work for everyone, but it is real important to follow the steps in setting this up correctly or you could have issues pop up. But the fact that we have to do this just to use our "unlimited" data, is plain silly. Unlimited should mean Unlimited....(stepping down from my soap box now....)

Hi,
Thanks for the information. I am having a problem with my T-MO Note3 using this process. I've installed the Hotspot Mobile Toggle Widget & created and selected the new APN and rebooted.

No matter how quickly I hit the home button after launching the Hotspot Mobile Toggle app, the native T-MO mobile hotspot will switch on green and connect. When I browse the Internet on my wifi connected laptop, I will see my Note3 mobile hotspot data usage increment in the settings/data usage, so I assume that this solution is not working for me and will stop working after I hit the 2.5GB cap. I'm using only IE to browse the Internet on my laptop. Any ideas what else I could try to get this working?
Thanks!

tongueman87 · Jan 19, 2014

Just wait and see is all I can say I'm in the same boat as you. But the toggle just turns on the native but hitting the home button cancels out the native tether from checking your account at least I think

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itzmehotsauce · Jan 20, 2014

Hi just tried this method out today seems to be running well and working very well no issues so far and when I check my usage it says I'm over my limit and my tablet is still able to get at least 20th on the down so I think it's good

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barfingmonkey · Jan 29, 2014

Okay, I went and configured the hotspot via tmobile and connected, tested it and it's fine.
Now when I start the wifi toggle from the widget, the tmobile hotspot app intercepts? basically starts, I hit home, but the red Tmobile hotspot icon appears instantly.

same as ScubaDave

Any suggestions?

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I never see any pop up. Not working for me. I tried with 2 APNs, one with the mmsc, one without, both with IPV4.

jwoodcapital · Jan 30, 2014

Extreme Noob needs help with UA Switcher

shaungregg said:
I hear you man I use 10 gigs a day, just use UA switcher set to Safari on chrome and you can tether to your heart's desire. All websites look normal with that setting and Netflix won't give you the download app for mobile message lol. There hasn't been a wifi tether fix for quite some time regardless of the phone as far as I know, its a common request in most forums regardless of device or carrier. Anyway like I said I tether 10 gigs a day using T-Mobile hotspot with no throttling either but according to them they do throttle regular data unless your on the highest data/tether plan. So if you keep the lowest tether plan you can get unlimited tethering with UA switcher or hopefully with a workaround eventually but your data will be throttled at some point for all data unless you bump up your plan.

I'm an extreme noob with this so please bear with me. What is a UA Switcher and where can I get one for the T-Mobile Note 3 N900T? I'm currently rooted with twrp recovery on Jedi Elite 5 ROM. I only rooted and customized ROM to be able to wifi tether for free and so far not a single ROM let's me wifi tether for free. If a UA Switcher would help I'll be greatful.

Thank you,
J

scubadave1 · Jan 31, 2014

barfingmonkey said:
Okay, I went and configured the hotspot via tmobile and connected, tested it and it's fine.
Now when I start the wifi toggle from the widget, the tmobile hotspot app intercepts? basically starts, I hit home, but the red Tmobile hotspot icon appears instantly.

same as ScubaDave

Any suggestions?

I've had the new custom APN burn in for over a week now, and can report that everything is working great for me. Even though the native Tmo mobile hotspot activates, I'm still able to use the hotspot without my hotspot data usage ever increasing. Now I just launch the Tmo native mobile hotspot, and don't even worry about cancelling out of the authentication pop up, it just works. You can check your hotspot data usage by launching the Tmo My Account app and check your Account Info. Then press the Detailed Usage button to view your hotspot data usage. If you've got the APN configured correctly (as detailed in this thread), and the Hot Spot Toggle Widget installed (don't even know if this app is really necessary, as I haven't tried without it) it should work.

aznmode · Jan 31, 2014

Was using the custom APN with foxfi for a bit now and rarely use it. But today I got a text from tmobile to add hotspot or risk not being able to add it at all in the future.

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dobbs3x · Feb 1, 2014

So I hit my limit earlier today and tried the apn and wifi toggle steps in this thread and I still get a t mobile redirect when I try to use Chrome on my pc tethered to my note 3. I can get to Facebook, but not other sites. If I recall correctly, I read somewhere about allowing social and news?? sites to go through when reaching limit.

So there is no solution to have the tether work like it's just your regular data? I had that setup on my sprint HTC one and never had a tethering plan with them, the method just used my regular plan.

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