[MOD / HACK] - Fully enable native wifi hotspot AND native Bluetooth tethering

bracketologist · Jul 16, 2012

woody1 said:
I don't know for sure, because I haven't tried it, but it may depend on how you do the USB tethering. ClockworkMod Tether claims to be undetectable and I haven't heard of anybody getting caught while using it. On the other hand, lots of people have gotten caught using wireless tethering.

What app were you using when you got caught?

This didn't happen on the GS3 but while I was using my previous phone, the HTC Incredible S. I was using the stock Android tethering feature via the stock unbranded WWE rom. I did this last year some time after AT&T announced that they were going to "crack down" on people who tether without the proper data plan.

Thanks for the info about the ClockworkMod Tether app. I'll have to take a look at it to see if it's something I could use and avoid detection.

Mordred69 · Jul 19, 2012

When I started rooting my HTC EVO, I used a few apps like Barnacle and Junefabrics' PdaNet...

wouldn't these kind of apps work, as they sent the data from an app INSIDE the phone to another one installed on the PC?

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Would android-wifi-tether tell on us AT&T users, even if we do NOT go over our data plan, or will we be receiving the AT&T letter to upgrade? Could this be the replacement for this hack?

Here's the link just in case: http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
Download the APK in case they take it out of the Play Store (it's still there, BTW)

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GSLEON3 · Jul 19, 2012

Change the entitle apn to use pta instead of broadband. That way it uses the same connection as device data.

sentry07 · Jul 20, 2012

Would this work after a rooted update to ATT I747UCALG1? Can I install this on top of UCALG1?

allenlin · Jul 20, 2012

Need the modified version for I747UCALG1 too, thanks.

Mordred69 · Jul 20, 2012

GSLEON3 said:
Change the entitle apn to use pta instead of broadband. That way it uses the same connection as device data.

Hello,

Is this in reference to the android-wifi-tether program? If so, how do I accomplish this?

Thank you.

woody1 · Jul 20, 2012

GSLEON3 said:
Change the entitle apn to use pta instead of broadband. That way it uses the same connection as device data.

Are you saying that changing the APN to PTA will avoid detection? If AT&T is examining TTL to detect tethering, I don't think that changing the APN will make any difference. Has anybody tested and proven that changing the APN to PTA will work, or is that just a theory?

drothenberger · Jul 21, 2012

sentry07 said:
Would this work after a rooted update to ATT I747UCALG1? Can I install this on top of UCALG1?

I rebuilt a version of this mod that also includes increasing the autobrightness a little bit. You can find it here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1768826. If people really don't want the autobrightness bit, I can do one without that, too.

tefloncoated · Jul 21, 2012

5) Rename the current framework-res.apk in this folder to framework-res.apk.bak and quickly paste the framework-res.apk you have copied in step 2 (this must be done QUICKLY as you will get tons of force closes making your device unusbale so copy the framework-res.apk file BEFORE you rename the current file so you will be ready to simply paste the new file right after you rename the current file)
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If your device does not boot after changing the file, you have done something wrong (probably not copying the new framework file fast enough). restore from a nandroid backup and you should be fine

This happened to me... I didnt paste it quick enough, then got all the FCs and after a restart now my S3 is stuck on the Samsung boot logo.

I had a nandroid back up but i moved to the exSdCard so now when i reboot into recovery, CWM (touch) it doesnt see it anymore...

I tried using ODIN to flash the boot-stock-att-sgh-i747.tar (small file to recover from a brick) and tried the large file stock_root67.tar. No luck, device still hangs at boot logo. I cant even get into Recovery mode anymore, only into Download mode...

Any ideas or suggestions?

OK i flashed a stock image from this thread xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1739426 via Odin and then was able to restore the whole thing. whew!

bonefan03 · Jul 21, 2012

tefloncoated said:
This happened to me... I didnt paste it quick enough, then got all the FCs and after a restart now my S3 is stuck on the Samsung boot logo.

I had a nandroid back up but i moved to the exSdCard so now when i reboot into recovery, CWM (touch) it doesnt see it anymore...

I tried using ODIN to flash the boot-stock-att-sgh-i747.tar (small file to recover from a brick) and tried the large file stock_root67.tar. No luck, device still hangs at boot logo. I cant even get into Recovery mode anymore, only into Download mode...

Any ideas or suggestions?

OK i flashed a stock image from this thread xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1739426 via Odin and then was able to restore the whole thing. whew!

Thanks for the heads up, will help if anyone needs this info

sentry07 · Jul 22, 2012

drothenberger said:
I rebuilt a version of this mod that also includes increasing the autobrightness a little bit. You can find it here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1768826. If people really don't want the autobrightness bit, I can do one without that, too.

Thanks I will check that out.

Can you do one with just the tether mod? Highly appreciated.

drothenberger · Jul 22, 2012

sentry07 said:
Can you do one with just the tether mod? Highly appreciated.

I did one with the cell standby fix and the tether mod, but no autobrightness level increase. You can find it at the bottom of this post.

I assumed you wanted the cell standby fix as well as the tether mod. If you want just the tether mod only, let me know. (I can't see why you wouldn't also want the cell standby fix, though.)

GSLEON3 · Jul 23, 2012

woody1 said:
Are you saying that changing the APN to PTA will avoid detection? If AT&T is examining TTL to detect tethering, I don't think that changing the APN will make any difference. Has anybody tested and proven that changing the APN to PTA will work, or is that just a theory?

I am saying that the tethering uses a different apn. it uses the broadband apn named Entitlement. Using the PTA apn in conjunction with moderate use has worked for me over the last several years.

drothenberger · Jul 23, 2012

GSLEON3 said:
I am saying that the tethering uses a different apn. it uses the broadband apn named Entitlement. Using the PTA apn in conjunction with moderate use has worked for me over the last several years.

How do you change the APN? Is this a framework modification? Or do we just create a new APN called "Entitlement" with the same settings as the PTA APN?

Krynn! · Jul 24, 2012

drothenberger said:
How do you change the APN? Is this a framework modification? Or do we just create a new APN called "Entitlement" with the same settings as the PTA APN?

On Motorola and HTC devices, this is done in one of the database files. The trick is finding out exactly where to make the change. I'd love to know, as I'd prefer to make the change there rather than in the framework.

bravomail · Jul 27, 2012

Can you apply your patches to UCALG1 framework-res.apk

Can you apply your patches to UCALG1 framework-res.apk?

I tried and applied, but failed to apktool back to apk - aapt errors, and failure at the end.

It's just 2 files which need to change: res\values\arrays.xml and res\xml\power_profile.xml

I get "cannot run aapt" error and no other clues.

Nevermind - finally was able to compile with apktool 1.4.3

drothenberger · Jul 27, 2012

bravomail said:
Can you apply your patches to UCALG1 framework-res.apk?

I tried and applied, but failed to apktool back to apk - aapt errors, and failure at the end.

It's just 2 files which need to change: res\values\arrays.xml and res\xml\power_profile.xml

I get "cannot run aapt" error and no other clues.

I redid them for LG1. You can find them at the bottom of this post.

xEVILFREDx · Aug 9, 2012

Has anyone tested this mod on Wanamlite ver 1.2 ?

I just trying to understands the whole mod thing.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium

tjb433 · Aug 9, 2012

xEVILFREDx said:
Has anyone tested this mod on Wanamlite ver 1.2 ?

I just trying to understands the whole mod thing.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium

I had this mod on rooted stock rom, then flashed wanamlite 1.2 and tethering works perfectly, not sure if the mod stuck around or if wanamelite has it included, but it works well.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium

drothenberger · Aug 10, 2012

xEVILFREDx said:
Has anyone tested this mod on Wanamlite ver 1.2 ?

I just trying to understands the whole mod thing.

This modification changes /system/framework/framework-res.apk. This file is core part of the ROM, so you can only a mod that was built specifically for your ROM. Most custom ROMs have this mod included, so there is no need to apply the mod if you're on a custom ROM. In fact, doing so is likely to remove features from the custom ROM or perhaps even break it.

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