[dfb8085]

I tried using my "paid for" svtp hotspot app today and after updating the phone last week this was my first time. Well it tried to start the hotspot and then shut it down. ATT must have done something in the latest update to cause this. Anyway I guess I will not be able to use this until a root comes out for the s3 which at that time I will not a paid for app in the first place. Anybody got any thoughts or ideas?

[blade22222]

Have you tried foxfi?

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[dfb8085]

i think so and it didn't work for me so i went the paid app route

[funkylogik]

thats a shame man. would have been your carrier

global s3, UK. Ask me anything and ill reply even if its just an intelligent (or stupid) guess

[dfb8085]

right

[dfb8085]

I downloaded a free app called FoxFi and it is doing great. Wouldn't work for me the first time a few ago hence buying one. Now I hope the developer will answer my email and see what can be done if anything

[funkylogik]

so does foxfi prevent your carrier from knowing that youre tethering?
even without root?

global s3, UK. Ask me anything and ill reply even if its just an intelligent (or stupid) guess

[jjhoneck]

Foxfi works great with the S3. (He says as he types on his Nexus 7, tethered using Foxfi and the S3...)

Sent from my Nexus 7

[Roboticz]

When my phone got updated I thought Rogers killed my wifi hotspot abilities too... but that's not the case. Basically what happened is they added an option to have you specify which devices can access your wifi hotspot... or to let any devices try to join it (you still need a password). If you select "let all devices join"... then you should be able to use your phone as a wifi hotspot again. I just figured this out this afternoon and I'm able to connect my tablet to my phone using wifi again.

BUT something else I found out while I didn't realize I could still use wifi hotspot is... you can also use bluetooth to tether... and bluetooth tethering uses way less power.

[dfb8085]

so does foxfi prevent your carrier from knowing that youre tethering?
even without root?

global s3, UK. Ask me anything and ill reply even if its just an intelligent (or stupid) guess

As far as I know it does. Anyway its working thats all I know.

[Soundtrack to Chaos]

Lmao, thanks sprint

Guess I would need root right?

On my Samsung galaxy s3 running android 4.0

Because unlike ios, i keep my apps in app drawers, and not in infinite cluttered homescreens

[funkylogik]

As far as I know it does. Anyway its working thats all I know.

lol well its hard for me to be sure, my (UK) carrier gives unlimited data but if they detect tethering, they throttle data speeds permenantly (like chop them in half lol) so im wary of taking the risk

global s3, UK. Ask me anything and ill reply even if its just an intelligent (or stupid) guess

[funkylogik]

Lmao, thanks sprint

Guess I would need root right?

On my Samsung galaxy s3 running android 4.0

Because unlike ios, i keep my apps in app drawers, and not in infinite cluttered homescreens

oh yeah i heard one of the US carriers had blocked it mate
p.s, why u still usin the visible blue bar? ive got it invisible at bottom centre of screen and set really thin so its pretty hard to touch it by mistake

global s3, UK. Ask me anything and ill reply even if its just an intelligent (or stupid) guess

[Roboticz]

Guys did you miss my post above??? You don't need to download apps to get wifi hotspot.

[Soundtrack to Chaos]

oh yeah i heard one of the US carriers had blocked it mate
p.s, why u still usin the visible blue bar? ive got it invisible at bottom centre of screen and set really thin so its pretty hard to touch it by mistake

global s3, UK. Ask me anything and ill reply even if its just an intelligent (or stupid) guess

That's another brightness app, I got tired of dropping down my notification bar to change brightness on the fly

Only issue is it makes the q and 1 buttons unnessarily hard to press lol

On my Samsung galaxy s3 running android 4.0

Because unlike ios, i keep my apps in app drawers, and not in infinite cluttered homescreens

[funkylogik]

Guys did you miss my post above??? You don't need to download apps to get wifi hotspot.

were talkin about apps that fool the carriers that dont allow tethering though bro
p.s, i think BT tether is far slower than wifi or usb tether

global s3, UK. Ask me anything and ill reply even if its just an intelligent (or stupid) guess

[Tkbredx]

Lmao, thanks sprint

Guess I would need root right?

On my Samsung galaxy s3 running android 4.0

Because unlike ios, i keep my apps in app drawers, and not in infinite cluttered homescreens

on Sprint yes

[Roboticz]

But what I'm saying is you may not need to fool the Carriers... there's just a setting that you need to change on the phone.

[funkylogik]

But what I'm saying is you may not need to fool the Carriers... there's just a setting that you need to change on the phone.

whats the setting bro?

global s3, UK. Ask me anything and ill reply even if its just an intelligent (or stupid) guess

[funkylogik]

That's another brightness app, I got tired of dropping down my notification bar to change brightness on the fly

Only issue is it makes the q and 1 buttons unnessarily hard to press lol

On my Samsung galaxy s3 running android 4.0

Because unlike ios, i keep my apps in app drawers, and not in infinite cluttered homescreens

cant you adjust the thickness of the touch area to make it really thin like you can on dock4droid so that you have to touch right at edge of screen mate?

global s3, UK. Ask me anything and ill reply even if its just an intelligent (or stupid) guess

[dfb8085]

When my phone got updated I thought Rogers killed my wifi hotspot abilities too... but that's not the case. Basically what happened is they added an option to have you specify which devices can access your wifi hotspot... or to let any devices try to join it (you still need a password). If you select "let all devices join"... then you should be able to use your phone as a wifi hotspot again. I just figured this out this afternoon and I'm able to connect my tablet to my phone using wifi again.

BUT something else I found out while I didn't realize I could still use wifi hotspot is... you can also use bluetooth to tether... and bluetooth tethering uses way less power.

I looked around andI don't see any settings having to do with devices to join. I'm on att so that may be different. Anyway on mine when I try to just turn on the factory wifi hotspot it just gives me a message to call and have wifi hotspot feature added which I refuse to do. I already pay for 4 phones with data so I figure they making enough off me already.

[funkylogik]

payed for data SHOULD be allowed to use in any way we choose.... hope google buy some carriers and offer free or profitless data, they just want us usin the net as much as possible to sell our info which i dont mind

global s3, UK. Ask me anything and ill reply even if its just an intelligent (or stupid) guess

[SGWALKER]

I have AT&t and was using Power Toggles to lauch Foxifi for a free tether but this no longer works after the last OTA update. Based on reports Ive seen this isnt an isolated issue with just att but with other carriers too. So far I havent been able to find another option that w orks but im still looking.

The solutionay be what someone ppsted earlier about the new stock option but I cant seem to figure out how to do that so any tips there would be appreciated. Thanks

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[funkylogik]

aparently the carriers tried to make google remove the app from play store but got told no

so with US carrier plans that dont allow tethering, when you try tethering without foxfi or whatever, does it just not connect or does it connect and then you get hit with a huge bill at end of month?
im on a pre-pay plan so all they can do to "punish" tethering is to slow down my data but then i can just order a new sim under a different name..

global s3, UK. Ask me anything and ill reply even if its just an intelligent (or stupid) guess

[morrisdl]

OpenGarden broke after the update. FoxFi didnt work for me either. Im using easytether now.