Free WiFi Tether Note 3 TMobile

WiFi tethering working on my Note 3 on T-Mobile USA

Okay, I finally got free WiFi tethering working on my Note 3 on T-Mobile USA; here is how I did it:

Please note that this is not my own work, I found the solution on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUhlXiAE3q0

okay so this is how to get it working if you do not want to follow the link above:

1) you do NOT have to be rooted, although my device is rooted
2) download Hotspot Toggle Widget from the play store
3) place the Hotspot Toggle Widget on any home screen you desire so that you have access to it quickly
4) you may or may not want to change the Network SSID and or Security password (I did, but all you need to really know is the SSID and if there is a password, what that password is - I just always change it by habit)
5) then you need to create a new APN. to do this just (from the home screen) tap setting, more networks, mobile networks, access point names. Then tap the + to add a new APN. You can Name it whatever you like, it is not important. For APN use fast.t-mobile.com, then make sure that APN protocol is set to IPv4 (this is important - or it will not work). You can leave everything else as is.
6) just a side note, it wanted to make this new APN as similar to the T-mobile original APN as possible without causing a upsell page to appear. So, I did add the MMSC to the following: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc. the original APN from T-mobile also has a setting for APN type (default,mms,supl)...but When I used any part of this setting it would not work, so I just left it with "Not set" and everything worked fine. Then you have to save and select this APN instead of the T-mobile APN. You will also have to restart your phone so that the new APN setting will take affect.
7) once all this is done just start the hotspot with the hotspot toggle widget, do Not use the hotspot toggle from t-mobile. Once the pop up appears stating something like "Please wait while we verify your account" you will need to tap the home button. and that's it, you will have wifi tether working.
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.

That is all you need to do, you do not even need any VPN and you do not even need to have Tethering as part your data plan. I have an unlimited data plan that cost me $5 each month and it is a grandfathered plan that does NOT have any tethering included.

Good luck and enjoy, Merry Christmas!

hypersonicx said:

VPN slows the bandwidth down tremendously. I have LTE pulling in at 30Mbps using VPN will lower the speed down to less then 1Mbps.

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There is a guide that worked for the S4 about editing customer.xml under /system/csc prolly same way on the Note 3. I'll be extracting the system partition soon. if i have time i will make the mods for you and post it.

jasbo0101 said:

After upgrading to Kit Kat this method no longer works. I had been using it for a few months without issue on 4.3.

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Well that is not good news....hmmmm, I wonder if there is a work around. Has anyone else upgraded and lost tethering via this method?

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okay, after a quick Google search, this is what I found:

http://pocketnow.com/2014/01/20/kitkat-broke-t-mobile-tethering

this is the important part (copy and pasted below) from the link above. Again, this is not my work, just what I found online. Please let us know if this works for you after you have upgraded to Kit Kat.


How to re-enable tethering
KitKat introduced a new “flag” which the OS sends along to the carrier to indicate whether the data is from a tethered device rather than from the device itself. So far it looks like T-Mobile is the only carrier that is using that flag.

To change things back to the way they were pre-KitKat, all one has to do is change that flag. Doing so isn’t difficult, but it does require that you have a rooted device. If you’re game, here are the steps you’ll need to take:


Back up anything that you don’t want to lose
OEM Unlock your device (if you have not done so already)
Root your device (if you have not done so already)
Using a root file explorer, navigate to /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/ and make a copy of settings.db (this step is optional, but you’ll want a copy, just in case you need to restore it later)
Install and open a SQL editor and grant it root access when prompted (I purchased SQLite Editor from the Play Store for a few bucks and it’s very easy to use)
Tap the APPS tab and then “Settings Storage”
Tap on settings.db then global
Tap on the + symbol to add a new key/value pair
In the name field type in tether_dun_required
In the value field type in 0 (zero)
Tap Save
Open the Android system Settings
Under WIRELESS & NETWORKS tap More…
Tap Mobile networks then APNs
Make sure your T-Mobile configuration is selected (mine is T-Mobile GPRS), then tap on it
Make sure your APN protocol and APN roaming protocol are both set to IPv4 (it doesn’t look like tethering works with IPv6 yet)
Make sure your APN is set to fast.t-mobile.com
Reboot
Enjoy your tethering!
The steps seem more difficult than they are, and I’m disappointed that Google and T-Mobile are forcing this restriction on people to whom it doesn’t apply. Nonetheless, with a little bit of know-how and rooted device, you can “fix” that oversight. Of course, if it works for you, we want to hear about it! Head down to the comments and let us know!

I wrote this one my phone so if there any misspelling or things I missed I am sorry. If someone wants to rewrite it so it's easier, or an easier method to achieve the same thing go ahead.

As I mentioned in previous post you will need to turn of T-Mobile Tethering Apn. You will need root to use this app. Download APNS Backup from the playstore.

1.) After installation turn of WiFi before you run the app.
2.) Now create a backup of your apn.
3.) Exit the app and goto to settings and edit the apn you had created before to tether with in Android 4.3, under Apn Type add dun. Just save and exit.
4.) Open the backup apn file you just created with APNS Backup. I used Sqlite Editor. My back up was located in a hidden folder on the sdcard called .APNsBU.
5.) When the file open choose carrier as the table to open. Now look for T-Mobile Tethering, mine was located all the way at the end. Now select and edit this field. Look for the field carrier enabled and change that value from 1 to 0. Save and exit the db.
6.) Open up APNS Backup and choose restore. Pick the db file which you just edited. When done let the app reboot your phone.
7.) Disable WiFi and tether similar to the way you did pre Kitkat upgrade.

neopanther said:

You have "http" twice in your mmsc settings. Is that on purpose or a mistake? (and thanks for the response) I also found out how to check my tethering use. (mytmobileapp). It shows me at 2.6gb since 11:54 this morning. (It's 3:05 EST). We'll see when it updates the time. Thanks for the help so far.

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It was by accident thank you.

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