Hotspot capability on Nexus 5

[aluyg]

Can Nexus 5 act as a Hotspot as my Photon 4G can? Thanks!

 

[Chex313]

Can Nexus 5 act as a Hotspot as my Photon 4G can? Thanks!

Yes, its built in. Its why I like Nexi, Hotspot out of the box.

Nexus 5 Specs:

GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions
CDMA 800 / 1900 - North America version
3G Network HSDPA 800 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 / 900 - North America version
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 - North America version
LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
SIM Micro-SIM
Announced 2013, October
Status Available. Released 2013, November
BODY Dimensions 137.9 x 69.2 x 8.6 mm (5.43 x 2.72 x 0.34 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz)
DISPLAY Type True HD IPS Plus capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 1080 x 1920 pixels, 4.95 inches (~445 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
MEMORY Card slot No
Internal 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
DATA GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 12
Speed DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
NFC Yes
USB Yes, microUSB (SlimPort) v2.0
CAMERA Primary 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, optical image stabilization, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, photo sphere
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps
Secondary Yes, 1.3 MP
FEATURES OS Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800
CPU Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400
GPU Adreno 330
Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
Browser HTML5
Radio No
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors Black, White
- Wireless charging
- SNS integration
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP4/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3 player
- Organizer
- Image/video editor
- Document editor
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input
BATTERY Non-removable Li-Po 2300 mAh battery
Stand-by (2G) / Up to 300 h (3G)

 

[alexlam24]

Yes, its built in. Its why I like Nexi, Hotspot out of the box. Either my carrier can't detect or they don't care because I'm not in contract and would dump them if they objected. I don't abuse it, maybe that's another reason they don't care...

What carrier will it on?

Sent from Samsung Z1 GPE on T-Mobile

 

[Chex313]

What carrier will it on?

Sent from Samsung Z1 GPE on T-Mobile

Except for Verizon it will run on all carriers in Canada and US...A slightly different version on other parts of the world.

 

[ludesleep]

Hotspot will not work on Sprint for free.....not yet at least

 

[Chex313]

Hotspot will not work on Sprint for free.....not yet at least

How do they do that on Sprint? Technically I mean.

I tested mine on Att worked fine.

 

[Infinity]

How do they do that on Sprint? Technically I mean.

I tested mine on Att worked fine.

No idea, but its a bummer.

 

[Pigman]

I can confirm that although hot spot starts, and devices get an IP from my Nexus, they cannot get to the internet. This is 32gb black on Sprint.

 

[techydavid]

EVERYONE ON SPRINT USE FOXFI FROM FOXFI.COM/BIN. IF YOU HAVE UNLIMITED IT USES THE DATA FROM YOUR UNLIMITED PLAN. SAME WITH 500MB PLAN.

Posted via my weird GT-P3113

 

[Infinity]

How to enable native hotspot (root required). [Q] Nexus 5 on Sprint - tether/hotspot? - xda-developers

Add a new entry to the "global" table called "tether_dun_required" with a value of 0 in the /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db file. Be sure to preserve rw-rw---- and system:system attributes, and then reboot

 

[Ali Fazel]

I used sqlite browser to do this on my laptop. If I remember I'll put up a step by step later. If I forget, PM me a reminder!

 

[Infinity]

I used sqlite browser to do this on my laptop. If I remember I'll put up a step by step later. If I forget, PM me a reminder!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wso8Cb3rU0DApFe2lg5RcMrelAEoYY-fZ4MAghnIuqs/edit

I cannot take credit for the guide, I found it on another forum (xda I think).

 

[Ali Fazel]

Ok, here we go. I used SQLite Database Browser (SQLite Database Browser | Free Development software downloads at SourceForge.net)

Pull the file from your phone and save it to your computer. It works best if you use a file explorer like ES File Explorer and save a copy to your SD card, and then transfer to your PC. Then, before you take any more steps, make a copy of it on your SD card named settings.db.bak in case something goes wrong and you need to undo what you did.

Then, open SQLite Database Browser from where you downloaded it.

Open settings.db:




Browse data:



Select global:



Click New Record:



Double click in the new fields of the new record and make them match below:



To do this, just type in the big text box and click Apply Changes. No extra spaces or carriage returns:



Save your changes:



Put the file back on your "SD card," go back into ES File Explorer, and push it back to /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/ and reboot.

 

[samson2908]

thank you for taking the time and posting that step by step afazel. it worked perfectly.

before i changed the apn from IPv6 to IPv4 i was able to download torrents on both my N7.2 and my laptop but i wasnt able to visit any webpages. just thought it was weird.

sam

 

[lost27]

So after following the instructions in this thread, if I then unroot my phone, will the changes that enabled tethering be lost?

 

[Hasbrobot]

Anyone aware if it works on T-Mobile?

Posted via Android Central App

 

[samson2908]

Anyone aware if it works on T-Mobile?

Posted via Android Central App

I'm using it on T-Mobile's $30 unlimited 4g & text,100 minute plan

Posted via Android Central App

 

[jayhawkfan18]

I'm using it on T-Mobile's $30 unlimited 4g & text,100 minute plan

Posted via Android Central App

I have that same plan. Why can't I just use FoxFi instead of following your tutorial above?

 

[patruns]

I have that same plan. Why can't I just use FoxFi instead of following your tutorial above?

I use HotSpot Toggle on T-Mobile. Simple and effective. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bohlool.net.toogleHotspot

 

[Ali Fazel]

I have that same plan. Why can't I just use FoxFi instead of following your tutorial above?

You probably could, but once this is done it's easy to save a copy of your settings.db file and push it back to the proper directory any time you flash a new ROM. The built-in tethering is very simple to set up (all you have to do is select the security and password) and use.

I occasionally have had problems getting tethering apps to work, but I've never had a problem getting the built-in tethering to work.