I wrote:
>Has anyone with a full service (not freedompop) sim tried the hotspot? I've turned off data on my Ting sim so I can't test it myself.
lordmorphous replied:
>Just tried it tonight. I have a postpaid AT&T account. Worked quite well.
I went ahead and enabled data and tethering for my Ting sim.
Ting's FAQs suggest that tethering cannot be used with LTE data, but I had no problem. Ting with LTE connection showed the same speed on the R1 HD and the wifi connected device, at the time, about 20 Mbps up and down.
APN settings for FreedomPop SIM
On a Freedompop forum, JJFreedom wrote:
>It seems your APN settings are incorrect.
>Make sure you fill out the information exactly like so:
>
> Name: FREEDOMPOP [This is optional, you can really put anything here]
> APN: freedompop.foggmobile.com
> APN Type: default and dun
> MCC: 234
> MNC: 20
> IP Protocol: IPv4
> APN roaming protocol: IPv4
> Bearer: Unspecified
> MVNO type: none
>
>leave everything else blank
>When you set up all the information correctly, you should also see an "R" next to the data
>signal in the notification bar. This mean's it's "roaming" which is necessary for the service.
This worked. The hotspot connected to devices without problems. Data connection was HSPA+.
limpet said:
On a Freedompop forum, JJFreedom wrote:
>It seems your APN settings are incorrect.
>Make sure you fill out the information exactly like so:
>
> Name: FREEDOMPOP [This is optional, you can really put anything here]
> APN: freedompop.foggmobile.com
> APN Type: default and dun
> MCC: 234
> MNC: 20
> IP Protocol: IPv4
> APN roaming protocol: IPv4
> Bearer: Unspecified
> MVNO type: none
>
>leave everything else blank
>When you set up all the information correctly, you should also see an "R" next to the data
>signal in the notification bar. This mean's it's "roaming" which is necessary for the service.
This worked. The hotspot connected to devices without problems. Data connection was HSPA+.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I tried above freedompop hotspot setting but on my laptop it says no internet when connected to hotspot network. My phone is not yet rooted does phone need to be rooted for it to work?
shah_vm said:
I tried above freedompop hotspot setting but on my laptop it says no internet when connected to hotspot network. My phone is not yet rooted does phone need to be rooted for it to work?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The phone does not need to be rooted.
Is Data roaming enabled?
Is the modified APN selected?
Are both "default" and "dun" checked under APN type in that APN?
Until "dun" was checked, my sim behaved the same way, connected but no internet.
limpet said:
The phone does not need to be rooted.
Is Data roaming enabled?
Is the modified APN selected?
Are both "default" and "dun" checked under APN type in that APN?
Until "dun" was checked, my sim behaved the same way, connected but no internet.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yes data roaming is enabled
yes modified apn is selected
yes dun and default is selected
I am on free basic plan from freedom pop. I have downgraded all the other services. I only have 200mb data plan on my sim. could that be the reason for hotspot not working? are you on free basic plan?
no idea why it is still not working?
shah_vm said:
yes data roaming is enabled
yes modified apn is selected
yes dun and default is selected
I am on free basic plan from freedom pop. I have downgraded all the other services. I only have 200mb data plan on my sim. could that be the reason for hotspot not working? are you on free basic plan?
no idea why it is still not working?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
All my fp sims are downgraded to free 200mb plan with no services. I have two types of sim, data only and voice/data. The voice/data sim gets a number assigned before shipment.
The one in my R1 HD is voice/data, but I am not using fp voip phone and have run the fp messaging app only to check activation; it's not running now.
I'll swap to a data only sim this evening and see if the hotspot continues to work.
limpet said:
All my fp sims are downgraded to free 200mb plan with no services. I have two types of sim, data only and voice/data. The voice/data sim gets a number assigned before shipment.
The one in my R1 HD is voice/data, but I am not using fp voip phone and have run the fp messaging app only to check activation; it's not running now.
I'll swap to a data only sim this evening and see if the hotspot continues to work.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have fp messaging app installed. However, I tried uninstalling the app hotspot still won't work.
shah_vm said:
I have fp messaging app installed. However, I tried uninstalling the app hotspot still won't work.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Swapped in a data only sim, hotspot still works fine.
I assume the icon on top bar has an R to indicate it's registered and same icon in the dropdown menu has the R and is labelled FreedomPop.
Also, I assume the sim is providing data locally. Speedtest should show a ping of about 300ms.
Running out of ideas...Settings/More/Cellular networks shows Preferred network type 3G/4G. When I click on Network operators, it searches for about a minute and then shows FreedomPop 3G twice...I'm guessing one of those is ATT and the other is T-Mobile. Haven't noticed any difference if I select one or the other.
limpet said:
Swapped in a data only sim, hotspot still works fine.
I assume the icon on top bar has an R to indicate it's registered and same icon in the dropdown menu has the R and is labelled FreedomPop.
Also, I assume the sim is providing data locally. Speedtest should show a ping of about 300ms.
Running out of ideas...Settings/More/Cellular networks shows Preferred network type 3G/4G. When I click on Network operators, it searches for about a minute and then shows FreedomPop 3G twice...I'm guessing one of those is ATT and the other is T-Mobile. Haven't noticed any difference if I select one or the other.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
everything that you mentioned is set accordingly yet hotspot is not working for me.
anyway thanks for all your help.
---------- Post added at 09:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:29 PM ----------
limpet said:
Swapped in a data only sim, hotspot still works fine.
I assume the icon on top bar has an R to indicate it's registered and same icon in the dropdown menu has the R and is labelled FreedomPop.
Also, I assume the sim is providing data locally. Speedtest should show a ping of about 300ms.
Running out of ideas...Settings/More/Cellular networks shows Preferred network type 3G/4G. When I click on Network operators, it searches for about a minute and then shows FreedomPop 3G twice...I'm guessing one of those is ATT and the other is T-Mobile. Haven't noticed any difference if I select one or the other.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
everything that you mentioned is set accordingly yet hotspot is not working for me.
anyway thanks for all your help.
mine doesn't work either
Using freedompop sim on sim2 with data choosing sim2. APN/Data Roam enabled. Hotspot can be connected, but no internet going through. I might think this is a bug of the stock ROM.
Any other WIFI tether app recommended?
ctzw said:
Using freedompop sim on sim2 with data choosing sim2. APN/Data Roam enabled. Hotspot can be connected, but no internet going through. I might think this is a bug of the stock ROM.
Any other WIFI tether app recommended?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The fix described here, adding dun to the APN type, has worked for me with several fp sims, both the data only and talk/data variety:
https://forums.freedompop.com/discussion/17067/blu-r1-hd-hotspot-connection-issue-fixed
Apparently it worked for "Blu R1 HD User" as well. Expect we all have the stock rom.
My guess is that the problem is differences with the account setup at freedompop. They may be trying to disable it so they can charge for the service but have not made changes to all accounts.
limpet said:
The fix described here, adding dun to the APN type, has worked for me with several fp sims, both the data only and talk/data variety:
https://forums.freedompop.com/discussion/17067/blu-r1-hd-hotspot-connection-issue-fixed
Apparently it worked for "Blu R1 HD User" as well. Expect we all have the stock rom.
My guess is that the problem is differences with the account setup at freedompop. They may be trying to disable it so they can charge for the service but have not made changes to all accounts.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The "dun" trick was tested NOT to work on my R1 HD. Same, connected, but no internet. I am wondering is this a BLU issue or FP issue. In other words,
1) has anyone successfully tethered using other carrier's sim cards in BLU while not with FP? Then that's a FP issue..
2) has anyone successfully tethered FP's sim card on other GSM unlocked phones, while not in BLU? Then that's a BLU issue..
I am not a GSM player (I play with CDMA phones a lot), can someone do above experiments and show your results? Thanks.
ctzw said:
1) has anyone successfully tethered using other carrier's sim cards in BLU while not with FP? Then that's a FP issue..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes. It's working perfectly on my current plan (T-mobile $30 UL Data & Int Text (5GB at 4G) plan)
ctzw said:
The "dun" trick was tested NOT to work on my R1 HD. Same, connected, but no internet. I am wondering is this a BLU issue or FP issue. In other words,
1) has anyone successfully tethered using other carrier's sim cards in BLU while not with FP? Then that's a FP issue..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Please read OP. Both ATT and Ting tether from the R1HD.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67904132&postcount=1
ctzw said:
2) has anyone successfully tethered FP's sim card on other GSM unlocked phones, while not in BLU? Then that's a BLU issue..
I am not a GSM player (I play with CDMA phones a lot), can someone do above experiments and show your results? Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No problem tethering from a BLU Studio 5.0 LTE (Android 4.3) with fp sim.
HTC M8 (Android 6.0) has the "connects but no internet" problem with fp sim.
My phone is set up as shown here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67904767&postcount=1
I can tether from either data source. HSPA+ speeds from fp sim, LTE speeds from Ting (T-mobile).
I wrote:
limpet said:
No problem tethering from a BLU Studio 5.0 LTE (Android 4.3) with fp sim.
HTC M8 (Android 6.0) has the "connects but no internet" problem with fp sim.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My M8 is not rooted.
This is probably relevant:
Enable Free Wi-Fi Tethering On Your HTC One (M8)
http://www.cultofandroid.com/61639/enable-free-wi-fi-tethering-htc-one-m8/
It would be great if someone with a rooted R1HD could find something like this:
<app name=”Tethering_provision”>
<item type=”integer”
name=”TetheringGuard_rule”>1</item>
I believe that Android 4 phones may not give carriers the ability to identify(and block)
tethered traffic. An obsolete GSM phone with a fp sim might make a cheap hotspot.
limpet said:
Please read OP. Both ATT and Ting tether from the R1HD.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67904132&postcount=1
My phone is set up as shown here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67904767&postcount=1
I can tether from either data source. HSPA+ speeds from fp sim, LTE speeds from Ting (T-mobile).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I still cannot make the hotspot to work. i am using two FP sims now. data is enabled on sim 1. see the picture.
ctzw said:
I still cannot make the hotspot to work. i am using two FP sims now. data is enabled on sim 1. see the picture.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My hotspot is set up with WPA2 PSK security. I've never tried anything else.
limpet said:
My hotspot is set up with WPA2 PSK security. I've never tried anything else.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's not it. Hotspot still works without security.
But I think I've figured it out.
In brief, I believe that adding dun to the APN type works only if you are connected to T-Mobile.
Freedompop sims can use either T-Mobile or ATT HSPA+ data. If you connect to T-Mobile, tethering works, if ATT it doesn't. I am in a location that gets both, but T-Mobile is stronger and I think it normally gets selected. When I click on Network operators, it searches for about a minute and then displays this:
I think the two "FreedomPop 4G" items are ATT and T-mobile, When I click on either one, it says "Registering on Freedompop 4G". These don't seem to appear in the same order each time, but when I choose at random, about half the time I get no internet when I reconnect the wifi device. When I tell it to "choose automatically" I always have internet, I think because it chooses the stronger T-mobile signal.
Googling: dun apn tether, shows that this was a solution to a T-mobile broken tethering problem.
There must be a way to force the device to connect to a particular network.
Does anyone know how?
I did some searching for APN settings for ATT back when HSPA+ was all the rage.
Came up with this for APN Type: default,supl,dun,hipri
I still can't tell whether I'm connected to ATT or T-Mobile (there must be a way, but I don't know it).
But I've been trying manual selection as before, which often failed to tether internet. Now it always seems to work.
Would someone who has been unable to tether with a Freedompop sim please try this APN setting.