C'mon Hotspot

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At&t V410 trying to get hotspot working with various releases to no avail.
The closest attempt was with the actual old at&t firmware that gives me the dreaded
tether_entitlement_check_state 5 after initial state setting 1
-1 doesn't work.
tether_dun_required 0
net.tethering.noprovisioning true
cm 14.1 and crDroid the on/off slider just says error without any authorization attempt.
Methinks at&t crumbs still leftover somewhere preventing hotspot usage without at&t sim.
Like the dns was still set to at&t instead of tello.
Tello sim works fine in my hotspot but I wanted value added using it in the g pad 7
If I let the g 7 select the provider I get a cool tiny 4g icon with flames at the top.
If I choose tello manually it just says LTE
Network works fine for apps,just no hotspot or usb tethering available.

 

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Reading other reviews of the AT&T hotspot, this is how it works: you have to purchase additional hotspot service from AT&T.

 

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Carrier unlocked
tello sim

 

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lineage os 14.1 won't let me select a network provider.
searching fails.
I had to let the firmware decide.
Never saw that before.
Next on the hit list is CM 14.0

 

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In previous episodes with the tello sim in other phones, there were always default APN's listed
in the cellular setup. No so with this device even with at&t firmware.
There are threads here about that with old android firmwares,some xml file that is not working right.
With CM 14.0 unofficial,there is a new item in the network menu called mobile plan.
That give me the error "tello has no known provisioning site"
The g pad just hosed up on me so I will have to recover and start from scratch.
I was going to add dun to the apn type mentioned in other hotspot not working threads.
Endeavor to persevere.

 

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needful things?
wifi.tethering.interface=ap0
wifi.direct.interface=p2p0
neither one in the firmwares.

 

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bluetooth internet tethering working as we speak.
typing via it now.
1/2 the fun is finding the correct pc drivers (Qualcomm)

 

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My goal in life was using the tello sim in the g pad for hotspot fun, so partial goal reached.
Baby steps.
Maybe somebody higher up on the food chain can look into the hotspot problem now that your not locked into using at&t.
Tello is $15 a month for 5gig no taxation.Option to toss some phone action on it also for a few dollars more.I noticed running out of high speed data initially the thing is still good for email
at pitiful 2g speeds.

 

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Years ago trying a safelink sim in an unlocked tracfone,I had to use IMSI as the MVNO type to get hotspot and tethering working.That trick didn't work this time.Tello wants you to connect to "wholesale" apn but various names will work, like:
broadband
fota
ims

 

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CM14.0 unofficial the billing start date works backwards.
mine was set to start the 31st,not end on the 31st.
it kept track of yesterday usage but erased today to zero (the 1st of the month)

 

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when you select usb tethering,the phone turns on the RNDIS interface to the pc but doesn't work.You can also do it from the developers menu usb interface type.

 

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no volte,so you are limited to text and data.
Ended up going with lineage os 14.1

 

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A real knee slapper.
The v410 will only charge when turned on.
crDroid 7.1.2 I had it off all night on the charger and this morning the battery was down to 22%