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Root [MetroPCS] Wifi tether

she has the 30 dolalr plan so no tethering is included for her, hence my confusion.

if it turns out it detects chromeos in a special way and that allows full access without user agent switching to a mobile device (which results in mobile sites etc. then it may be worth looking into so people can tether and have a "desktop" browser that works fine :)
 
ARocker said:
This one works well so far :)

This one doesnt :(

This is the Chrome OS user agent? Interesting.
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First one I use myself. It's Firefox version 24 which is two versions order than current one. So it works :D
The other one is the latest chrome.
Shabbypenguin said:
she has the 30 dolalr plan so no tethering is included for her, hence my confusion.

if it turns out it detects chromeos in a special way and that allows full access without user agent switching to a mobile device (which results in mobile sites etc. then it may be worth looking into so people can tether and have a "desktop" browser that works fine :)
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Sorry to break it to you but her $30 plan does include 100MB free tethering. So it may be she is still using the allowed data. You will know for sure when she passes that.

Shabbypenguin said:
thats her hp chromebook 11's user agent.
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ARocker said:
Still not working for me. Cant even load AF.
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To successfully use a string you have to go at least two versions older. I'm on my phone now. Tomorrow I'll get the proper string when I get to my laptop. Really hate to browse on a phone:rolleyes: that's why I strive to find a string that gives me the perfect browser experience :D
 
akmsr said:
First one I use myself. It's Firefox version 24 which is two versions order than current one. So it works :D
The other one is the latest chrome.

Sorry to break it to you but her $30 plan does include 100MB free tethering. So it may be she is still using the allowed data. You will know for sure when she passes that.




To successfully use a string you have to go at least two versions older. I'm on my phone now. Tomorrow I'll get the proper string when I get to my laptop. Really hate to browse on a phone:rolleyes: that's why I strive to find a string that gives me the perfect browser experience :D
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ah, good to know that would certainly explain it.
 
chrome 31
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/31.0.1650.16 Safari/537.36

chrome 30
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/30.0.1599.17 Safari/537.36
 
So I'm on the OTA 4.3 with root access, no flags :) ... Will this app work for me if I buy it? No recovery or rom.
 
youngSWi said:
Got it, and it works with the right settings and IE, now to get my ps3 on it!
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what settings do you use?
I can't get the tether working on any other than 4.2.2 roms (where it works great with user agent spoofing)....

but with 4.3 and 4.4 roms.. it sort of connects but it doesn't work...

anyone have any ideas?
 
I used danyvw's instructions, turned it on, then connected to the wifi with my laptop, IE works, but chrome takes you to a hot spot page.
 
It doesnt work with all roms apparently. I understand that stock rooted touchwiz works well. 4.2 and 4.3 touchwiz work for a fact...At&t have the only 4.4 touchwiz leaked rom available I believe.
 
Just rooted my S4 and bought the app to use it with my newly purchased Surface Pro II.
First attempt to open up Chrome on my Pro and i got the Metro website, so then i simply added https:// before anything and its worked so far, although i must admit its a bit annoying, then i downloaded an agent switcher and while it works on some sites, on others you get the mobile version of the site which is also pretty annoying. Still pretty usable overall though i cant complain, not like im trying to leech off my MPCS line for my home internet or to download absurd amounts of data as some here like to do, just to make my Pro II usable where ever my phone is since im always on the go.
Only issue im having is that i was planning to install a KitKat ROM on my S4 but after reading these last posts it seems like this app, which appears to be the only way to get wifi tethering from out non-tethering plans, does not work with other ROMs and versions of android. any input would be greatly appreciated.
 
You've got it right. For kitkat, you'll have to wait until it gets released for our device to get free tethering. Feel free to experiment with other roms though. You dont know unless you try it for yourself.
 
Quick update:
I went ahead and installed a CM11 4.4 Kitkat ROM on my SGHM919N S4.
And as of today i can vouch for tethering still working on the later versions of CM11 4.4 (at least the 2/1/14 Nightlie) with this exact app.
 
Why not use droidwall to block data trafic from metro hotspot, in order to avoid all this guess work. Spints mobile hotspot app was a pain till someone said to block the hotspots trafic while using another teathering app to do the deed. Or just use rom toolbox to disable the metro hotspot app all together since on some phones hotspot is integrated into other apps.
 
danyvw said:
These are my settings and as you can see it works.
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Thx so much Danyvw (& Fabio)! I just got new Metropcs Galaxy S4 about 2 months ago & got it rooted but they couldn't get it to tether. This app plus your settings (posted 11/6/13 4:48pm) worked beautifully! Channel 6 didn't work but it worked with Channel 2 for me. I am posting this msg from my Galaxy Tab 3 tethering from my Galaxy S4. Thx again!
 
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