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How to bypass "tethering block" on Three network?

Hi funkylogik,

I did the following;

After rooting the phone. - Moto G 4G XT1309

A. tether_dun_required=0 (each time I checked on my smartphone, it didn't seem to save before, but after rooting, it seemed to stay there). Reboot your device.

B. Make changes to the following;

build.prop
  1. Modifying system files could render your device useless, so by continuing you’re assuming that risk
  2. Since this involves working around a carrier setting, you also need to make sure that your plan doesn’t prohibit you to tether (Note: your plan doesn’t have specifically allow you to tether, it just has to not prohibityou from doing so)
  3. Using a root file explorer, navigate to /system/
  4. (Optional) Make a copy of the build.prop
  5. Open the build.prop file with a text editor
  6. Add the following line to the bottom of build.prop file: net.tethering.noprovisioning=true
  7. Save the file and reboot your device
C. add the ,dun to the existing set of APN setting for three.co.uk. (Reboot phone)

D. Now enable tethering.

Before Rooting
I did try A+C before rooting, but this didn't work.(I got text messages from Three stating that personal hotspot wasn't available)
I did try C before rooting, but this didn't work.(I got text messages from Three stating that personal hotspot wasn't available)
I could not try B as I needed root access.

After rooting
I tried A+B+C = tethering working, no messages from Three
I didn't try A+C, so I don't know if you really needed B (maybe because it now stored the tether_dun_required, B wasn't needed...but not too sure)

The above may help others out there if they're struggling!
 
Nice one brother I'm sure it will. I'm still getting tethering without a problem but that could change at any time (and I'll be back here pestering you for more details lol) :thumbsupdroid:
(are you tethering to a PC btw? Am just tethered to a Android box. Don't know if mine works with a pc)
 
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Whoa go early morning Three 4g
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Those speeds are amazing!!!

I've noted the following with tethering;

Linux devices (linux mint/ubuntu) - Tethering OK
Android Tablet (Jellybean, kitkat, lollipop) - Tethering OK
Android Box - Tethering OK
iMac - Tethering OK
iPad - Tethering OK
PC Windows 7, 8.1 - Tethering - No text recieved, however on the PC browser, I get a Tethering block message from Three stating "Are you using your phone as a Personal Hotspot?" - BLOCKED!
Laptop Windows 7, 8.1 - Tethering - No text recieved, however on the PC browser, I get a Tethering block message from Three stating "Are you using your phone as a Personal Hotspot?" - BLOCKED!
 
Hello threeFree,

thanks for your guide for tethering.
But where exactly/which files do i have to enter parta A and C?
 
My guess is that the development cost to check for 'nix access (both linux and Mac are 'nix'es) was equivalent to that needed to check for Windows, but they weren't willing to shell out the £££ for 3% of their customers. So Three decided to ding only Windows customers ... after all they're using Windows, how smart can they be? ;)
 
Ahh it's amazing what a reboot will do when your data is lagging :)
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This is while tethering to ma TV stick streaming Dragons Den on iPlayer :thumbsupdroid:
Amazing for 15qid a month!!
Hope this never ends!
 
most ISPs restrict uploads to less than 1 mbps. mine is about 850 kbps most of the time, and about 25 mbps down
 
Yeh, much broadband is intended to have asymmetric download/upload speeds, The "A" in ADSL, does mean "Asymmetric" :) They're working on the principle that the average user is downloading more than they're uploading.

My fiber into the house, home internet is the same.
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However my 4G LTE isn't though.
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However was in the afternoon in a rather busy area, at night download is much faster, up to around 40Mbps.
 
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There's one thing I've learned from this thread, when I visit the UK(London, Slough, and Weston Super Mare) in October, if I do decide to use 3, I should be able to tether my Macbook no problem.
 
Hey there,

Was wondering, if i buy a Three unlimited dataplan sim and put it into a tablet will it work or will it get banned?

Was thinking about doing this and using the tablet while travelling as both a tablet with unlimited data.
 
i use 3 pay as you go with unlimited data and they say your not supposed to teather but it works fine for me!! i have my smart tv my laptop and tablet all working off my hot spot using 4g it works a treat and they have never tried to stop it or said anything!!
 
mikedt said:
I'd say putting the SIM in a tablet is OK, that's not actually tethering. Only thing that might happen based on previous information about OS detection, is if it was a Surface tablet running Windows. Android tablet no problems, Apple iPad no problems.

See this post...
http://androidforums.com/threads/ho...lock-three-network.542650/page-8#post-7032658
Click to expand...

In spain my 3uk was not allowed for use in my nexus7 with android.
It always showed an error 001 message in browser, that use in tablets is not allowed :(

is there a workaround?
In my smartphone sim worked as expected besides tethering.
 
A 3 UK SIM in Spain, that's roaming. Do you have international "data roaming" turned on, it's usually off by default, because it could be extremely expensive otherwise,
 
I have a sim only on the one plan with unlimited data and can tether up to 4gig using phone as a hotspot and having recently bounced a new tablet bought its lte version the lenovo tab8_50 lte but if I put the sim in this I get a message saying I can only use the sim in a device it was intended for is a phone not a phablet..
 
Hi,
From what I gathered 3 use your internet browser to discover wether your tethering, so what if you use it to tether your iPad but use other apps during It, I.e eBay, Netflix etc and not actually surf the web.
Also three give me 4gb of tethering as part of all you can eat data (generous I know, but have no wifi this month so kind of relying on data) is there a way of them actually tallying up the data I'm using during tethering.

Thanks
 
It seems to be if you're using Windows, 3 will likely detect it, therefore an iPad should be no problem. See posts 179 and 184. An iPad should appear the same as an iPhone to the network, iOS.
 
Hello everyone, I have a method to making tethering working on Windows. If you are interested, pm me. I don't want to post it here just incase Three patches it, haha.
 
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