I'm not one of those 5 to 10 gb/month users, but a couple of times a week (when my son is gaming), I'll use my N4 as a hotspot for my pc. About all is do is spend a half hour checking email and andtroidcentral, and I have never had a problem doing this until last night. After reading this thread (http://forums.androidcentral.com/go...ne-tmobile-prepaid-you-need-data-roaming.html), which basically says, for better data speeds, turn data roaming on AND then reset the APN to default...so I did it. Afterwards, I went to tether and after going to one or two web pages on my pc, no matter what I clicked/typed, or what bookmark I selected, the only web page I got was a tmobile page trying to get me to sign up for HotSpot services (T-Mobile Smartphone Mobile HotSpot).
I'm not sure if this is a coincidence, and tmo is now cracking down on tethering, or if it's relate to my setting the APN back to default (whatever "default" is).
Unfortunately, I can't remember what my APN settings were before I elected to reset them to default, but here is what they are now. I'd appreciate anyone that has verified hotspot tethering to your pc is working well (please try going to more than just Google's home page), telling me if your APN settings are different from what I have.
Name: T-Mobile
APN: epc.tmobile.com
Proxy: Not set
Port: Not set
Username: Not set
Password: Not set
Server: Not set
MMSC: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
MMS proxy: Not set
MMS port: Not set
MCC: 310
MNC: 260
Authentication type: Not set
APN type: default,supl,mms
APN protocol: IPv4
APN roaming protocol: IPv4
APN enable/disable: APN enabled...with the check box checked and this whole line is actually grayed out
Bearer: Unspecified
Differences???
Thanks
I'm not sure if this is a coincidence, and tmo is now cracking down on tethering, or if it's relate to my setting the APN back to default (whatever "default" is).
Unfortunately, I can't remember what my APN settings were before I elected to reset them to default, but here is what they are now. I'd appreciate anyone that has verified hotspot tethering to your pc is working well (please try going to more than just Google's home page), telling me if your APN settings are different from what I have.
Name: T-Mobile
APN: epc.tmobile.com
Proxy: Not set
Port: Not set
Username: Not set
Password: Not set
Server: Not set
MMSC: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
MMS proxy: Not set
MMS port: Not set
MCC: 310
MNC: 260
Authentication type: Not set
APN type: default,supl,mms
APN protocol: IPv4
APN roaming protocol: IPv4
APN enable/disable: APN enabled...with the check box checked and this whole line is actually grayed out
Bearer: Unspecified
Differences???
Thanks