[GUIDE] How to bypass T-Mobile's tether block using Firefox

[FiddleGoose]

Hello everyone, so I recently finally got blocked from tethering by T-Mobile after a long time of sucking it out of them by being rooted and on a custom ROM like all of us here.

The way they know you are tethering on their network is by the User Agent that is sent to them by your desktop/laptop computer browser. When they see that a regular browser is accessing their network, that's when you get the infamous T-Mobile Hotspot Screen we all hate.

I've recently discovered a Firefox Add-On called User Agent Switcher found here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-switcher/?src=search

Download it and install it to Firefox. Then download this (right click, "Save as") http://techpatterns.com/downloads/firefox/useragentswitcher.xml

Go to Tools>User Agent>Edit User Agents (a window pops up) click on "Import.." and add the .xml file you just downloaded.

Then pick a User Agent that resembles the Sensation webkit and BAM! Free tethering for all of us.

I'm using it right now

NOTE: If you use a Googlebot User Agent, you will be able to tether and always load up full webpages instead of mobile versions. - Thanks to The Archangel and chadwick3nser for discovering this!

 

[The Archangel]

You can also do the same with chrome.

Been doing it for since the day they released it.

 

[FiddleGoose]

You can also do the same with chrome.

Been doing it for since the day they released it.

Hell yeah, go Chrome! I've never used it so I wouldn't know

 

[The Archangel]

Hell yeah, go Chrome! I've never used it so I wouldn't know

I actually take it one step further an either completely hide my IP on the computer or switch it so they can't try to block it.

 

[waiters]

Nice!

Is that how att detects also?

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium

 

[The Archangel]

They detect by sniffing packets an the extra Mac address

 

[FiddleGoose]

They detect by sniffing packets an the extra Mac address

Damn, AT&T is on point. Bastards.

I hate T-Mobile for pulling that move as well.

 

[The Archangel]

Damn, AT&T is on point. Bastards.

I hate T-Mobile for pulling that move as well.

just about every major cell company does the exact same thing to detect it. Maybe different variants but still the same.

 

[chadwick3nser]

I am doing this right now as well, but all the desktop pages are in mobile. I have found the desktop button on the bottom of the youtube site but cant find it on most sites. any workaround for this?

 

[The Archangel]

I am doing this right now as well, but all the desktop pages are in mobile. I have found the desktop button on the bottom of the youtube site but cant find it on most sites. any workaround for this?

Use a Google spider UA. Everything will be as normal

 

[chadwick3nser]

Use a Google spider UA. Everything will be as normal

do i create a custom UA and edit the string to a spider or how would be the best way? or what would be the best one to use?about going about this? sorry, have no experience with user agents

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nevermind, i used googlebot 2.1 new version and its working great, thanks for this!!!

 

[The Archangel]

Glad you got it working.

Hey op. Heres a suggestion, put in the your first post. Use a Google bot user agent. Using that will load all the web mail pages normally.

 

[FiddleGoose]

Glad you got it working.

Hey op. Heres a suggestion, put in the your first post. Use a Google bot user agent. Using that will load all the web mail pages normally.

You got it!

 

[SurfCityCom]

I actually take it one step further an either completely hide my IP on the computer or switch it so they can't try to block it.

What are you using to block the IP address? I was thinking just changing the IP to not be the standard DHCP that the phone would give you still shows it coming from another MAC address on the same connection and would be obvious to the write sniffing rules?

I realize this isn't a requirement I've been using the UA for a while from canary but I easily see them stopping this workaround w/ better sniffing rules.

 

[The Archangel]

What are you using to block the IP address? I was thinking just changing the IP to not be the standard DHCP that the phone would give you still shows it coming from another MAC address on the same connection and would be obvious to the write sniffing rules?

I realize this isn't a requirement I've been using the UA for a while from canary but I easily see them stopping this workaround w/ better sniffing rules.

i use platnium hide ip. it switches to another ip when im on windows an sometimes ill use smac to change that also. havent found any programs for linux yet (havent really looked)

 

[tobitege]

Use a Google spider UA. Everything will be as normal

This is a very bad advice as pretending to be a googlebot may get you either blocked or banned from many websites (especially if they use ZBBlock) as this behavior is rated as a spammer/bot activity.

 

[The Archangel]

This is a very bad advice as pretending to be a googlebot may get you either blocked or banned from many websites (especially if they use ZBBlock) as this behavior is rated as a spammer/bot activity.

I've been doing it for a while, never got a ban on my end

 

[JaimeZX]

Okay I've been tethering fine for a while on FF, but T-Mobile finally blocked me yesterday... I figured out that it was the second I started to watch a YouTube video. Guessing they're able to see activity on my cell account at the same time as my login is accessing YouTube and put 2&2 together...? (That may be obvious to some...)

Anyway... I may try the user agent spoofing but this is really aggravating since I'm traveling right now and the internets in my hotel are $10/day.

Sent from my Galaxy S 4G

 

[madhartigan]

Anyone figure out how to use netflix while spoofing in Firefox? I've been settling for Amazon Prime instant video, but I'd love to have Netflix back. With the UA spoof, Netflix won't play movies. At least I haven't figured out how.

 

[chadwick3nser]

This method no longer works for me