[HOW TO] Unlock tethering on Marshmallow 6.0

[Crios]

Google made a change from Android 4.1.2 which allows operators to know when users are using tethering and conveniently block tethered devices from accessing internet.

This can be fixed permanently using the following procedure and no root required on all rom types (stock, mod):

1) Enable developer mode (Go to Settings -> About phone, and click on the build number until the developer mode is enabled).
2) Enable USB debugging under Settings -> Developer options
3) Connect the device with a USB cable to a computer with the Android SDK platform tools installed
4) Start an adb shell: adb shell
5) In the adb shell, run this command:

settings put global tether_dun_required 0

Tested on Nexus 5 & 6 with Marshmallow STOCK ROM

 

[pmhesse]

Just tried this on a freshly imaged Verizon Nexus 6 with Marshmallow, and I'm still getting the prompt for subscribing to tethering.

 

[wishkah]

Can you do this with sqlite editor? If so, how?

 

[Ocelot13]

net.tethering.noprovisioning=true

Pasted at end of build prop. Save. Reboot. Done.

 

[trent999]

Can this be tried even if the Nexus6 boot loader is locked, without unlocking it ?

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[nexus6r3plicant01]

Can this be tried even if the Nexus6 boot loader is locked, without unlocking it ?

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You need root to edit the build prop like this but you can also edit the build prop thru adb commands

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[DebianDog]

net.tethering.noprovisioning=true

Pasted at end of build prop. Save. Reboot. Done.

I'm on Verizon and that's what I did also.

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[imnuts]

You need root to edit the build prop like this but you can also edit the build prop thru adb commands

Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

You don't need root to do it, you can make the change via recovery and adb shell commands.

 

[giant22000]

Can you do this with sqlite editor? If so, how?

I'm not sure this can be done with sqlite editor anymore because when I go to the file path data>data>com.android.providers.settings>databases there is no longer a settings.db in that location to edit.

Maybe I'm missing something.... IDK???

 

[Durthquake]

didn't work on my stock Nexus 6 - still says to contact ATT.

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didn't work on my stock Nexus 6 - still says to contact ATT.

editing the build.prop worked for me! thanks guys/gals

 

[Larzzzz82]

You need root to edit the build prop like this but you can also edit the build prop thru adb commands

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Is Rooot needed to do this through adb?

 

[trent999]

That is my question, too.
For right now, I want to wait to unlock and root. I have reasons...

Can I edit and replace build.prop somehow under those conditions ?

I have ADB and fastboot both working and have pulled a copy of the stock Lollipop build.prop onto my laptop. I can edit it, but can I push the revised copy back with the boot loader still locked and no root ?

I read somewhere about achieving temporary root via fastboot booting twrp, instead of flashing, but that fails for me and I cannot find the referencing thread.

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[meest]

Same boat here. I'd love to enable this, but don't want to do too much as I'm switching to a 6P in two weeks.

Do you need root to mod this? i'm not able to R/W system without it I assume?

 

[pmhesse]

So, this link provides information on how to make the modifications to the build.prop without root which is what I needed to make things happen on Verizon. Note that this does make the scary This device is corrupt... message appear at bootup. Specific steps I followed (assuming you've got adb working and USB debugging enabled):
- Download TWRP 2.8.7.1 from here
- adb reboot bootloader
- fastboot boot twrp-2.8.7.1-shamu.img
- When TWRP finishes booting, click Mount and check the box for /system
- adb pull /system/build.prop
- Use your favorite text editor to add the line net.tethering.noprovisioning=true to the build.prop file you just downloaded off the phone. Save the file.
- adb push build.prop /system/
- adb shell chmod 644 /system/build.prop
- adb shell settings put global tether_dun_required 0
- adb reboot
And voila. When you reboot you'll be able to tether. At least I was.

 

[trent999]

Yes, the above is what I have been looking at, but it is important to realize it requires an unlocked bootloader, which requires a total phone wipe.

Plus I am concerned that this will prevent any future OTA, like to Marshmallow for mine, and also make it impossible to use Android Pay on that device, if those issues matter to you.

Yes, I know it is self-limiting to have a stock, locked N6.

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[DA6030]

Note that this does make the scary This device is corrupt... message appear at bootup.

Also note that this will also make you unable to apply any future OTAs (neither pushed to you by Google, nor sideloaded via ADB).

18 months ago, before /system validation became a thing, I would have recommended this method to a lot of "casual" modders - booting to TWRP to fix a couple things, and then going on their merry way with an unrooted "stock" (or close enough to it as to not matter) device.

Now that /system validation is a thing (breaks OTA applicability, dm-verity), I wonder if it's actually more advisable that people keep TWRP installed, and take the time to fully educate themselves about what they're doing, so that in the future they can fix things themselves more easily (and manually apply the monthly security patches, etc.).

I'm honestly not sure about the right answer - what do folks think?

 

[meest]

So, this link provides information on how to make the modifications to the build.prop without root which is what I needed to make things happen on Verizon. Note that this does make the scary This device is corrupt... message appear at bootup. Specific steps I followed (assuming you've got adb working and USB debugging enabled):
- Download TWRP 2.8.7.1 from here
- adb reboot bootloader
- fastboot boot twrp-2.8.7.1-shamu.img
- When TWRP finishes booting, click Mount and check the box for /system
- adb pull /system/build.prop
- Use your favorite text editor to add the line net.tethering.noprovisioning=true to the build.prop file you just downloaded off the phone. Save the file.
- adb push build.prop /system/
- adb shell chmod 644 /system/build.prop
- adb shell settings put global tether_dun_required 0
- adb reboot
And voila. When you reboot you'll be able to tether. At least I was.

Ah. I don't have TWRP installed. Thats what I was missing. I went full stock besides my unlocked bootloader with Marshmallow. Not being able to Android Pay also sucks as I do use that. Wonder if I set it up first, then do this if it will let me still use the cards I load.

 

[smclaughlin3]

didn't work on my stock Nexus 6 - still says to contact ATT.

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editing the build.prop worked for me! thanks guys/gals

So the command did not work but adding the net..etc to build prop worked anyone in T-Mobile done this yet? Thanks

 

[Durthquake]

Correct, the command didn't work, but the line at end of build.prop did. Should work for any carrier.

 

[dubois11]

net.tethering.noprovisioning=true

Pasted at end of build prop. Save. Reboot. Done.

Thank you!