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no need to run any script, or use any 3rd party tethering apps,
juz use Root Explorer, edit
"build.prop" under "system" folder,
find "ro.mot.entitlement_check=true" and change it into
"ro.mot.entitlement_check=false"
restart machine and tht's done, at&t authentication gone, tested and work
if this has been posted before, please remove, thx!
I guess there's really no reason to even add a custom APN with this, right?
Doesn't work for me. Still attempts to check.
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Doesn't work for me, but i did something alse:
under my APN, i add "default,tether" in APN type (the last one) and thats it
it said readonly
kumar_r100 said:
it said readonly
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if you're using root explorer you need to hit the tab near the top that says "Mount r/w" to edit the file.
It worked very great for me, only put default,tether.
Thanks!!!
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Easy to do. Thanks.
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it works. thanks
Doesn't work on mine.. It prompts me that this takes alot of battery power and uses data then just goes away when i press OK..
sicwan said:
Doesn't work on mine.. It prompts me that this takes alot of battery power and uses data then just goes away when i press OK..
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turn off wifi..
This works but doesn't show the notification. Could cause people to lose battery life with this...
Bump, works for me on 1.8.3 with Gingerblur
Change the ro.entitlement to false and then add ",tether" next to default on the APN type.
Reboot the phone and enable the hotspot.
You won't get a notification in the taskbar, but just disable it when you're done with it.
hi i have changed. ro.entitlement to flase and reeboted, but it says too much battery and when you press yes it just closes. how is supposed to run when you have it right?
RPK925 said:
hi i have changed. ro.entitlement to flase and reeboted, but it says too much battery and when you press yes it just closes. how is supposed to run when you have it right?
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Well, if you changed it to "flase", then I'd imagine it not working.
Anyway, there is no "indication" that the hotspot is working, you need to verify that it is working by trying to connect to it via a computer.
jortiz17 said:
Bump, works for me on 1.8.3 with Gingerblur
Change the ro.entitlement to false and then add ",tether" next to default on the APN type.
Reboot the phone and enable the hotspot.
You won't get a notification in the taskbar, but just disable it when you're done with it.
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1. I would like to know your process of rooting with gingerblur on 1.83
2. I have added false to that line, what do you mean by add tether to what APN?
3. would you have detailed instructions? like step by step vs. this vague info is just hard to follow.
I have had the best luck by simply changing the apn of att tether to "phone" from "broadband" using a SQL editor.
This allows mms and text messing to dynamically chose the correct apn (no manual downloading mms messages) and they icon works.
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Works, ty.
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Thanks mate, worked like a charm.
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atomoverride said:
1. I would like to know your process of rooting with gingerblur on 1.83
2. I have added false to that line, what do you mean by add tether to what APN?
3. would you have detailed instructions? like step by step vs. this vague info is just hard to follow.
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Those instructions are completely, patently obviously crystalline. You should go google your google os then reread. Seriously, don't ask to be served on a silver platter. Read, understand and ask for specific clarification on a step that confuses you if google and forum search fail you. Rooting is well documented. Get unlazied for that one. Which apn should you consider adding tether to? Probably the one you are using, common sense would dictate. (Further extension of common sense states that you might need to make a new apn that is a copy of your current one with changes for this.)
Mine worked without adding tether to my apn! I don't know that this particular step is necessary. I've downloaded several hundred MB's through my phone on Steam without adding tether to my apn, but YMMV.
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Ok, I know that this is kind of weird "problem" to post about here, but my One doesn't have any of the Sprint bloat/apps. I suspect it might be because my Network Operator Name in the About portion of Settings is "HTC" instead of "Sprint". I'm running viperboy's stock odexed 1.29.651.10. My wife, who also has a Sprint One, is running 100% stock and has all of the Sprint crap and her Network Operator is Sprint. So is this because I'm running a rooted "stock" ROM? Or is there something else going on? In any event, I kind of wanted to check out the Scout navigation app and it apparently isn't on my phone and certainly doesn't show up in the Play Store when I search for it or under the Sprint category. How can I get my phone to believe that it is a Sprint phone? I'll worry about freezing or ripping out bloatware I don't want later, I just want the choice!
Where did you get the phone? It doesn't sound like it's a retail device.
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Where did you get the phone? It doesn't sound like it's a retail device.
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I got it at Sam's Club from the retail phone guy. I should add that everything else seems to work fine: Play Store access including paid apps, make and receive phone calls, 3g and LTE, wifi, GPS, etc.
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Ok, I know that this is kind of weird "problem" to post about here, but my One doesn't have any of the Sprint bloat/apps. I suspect it might be because my Network Operator Name in the About portion of Settings is "HTC" instead of "Sprint". I'm running viperboy's stock odexed 1.29.651.10. My wife, who also has a Sprint One, is running 100% stock and has all of the Sprint crap and her Network Operator is Sprint. So is this because I'm running a rooted "stock" ROM? Or is there something else going on? In any event, I kind of wanted to check out the Scout navigation app and it apparently isn't on my phone and certainly doesn't show up in the Play Store when I search for it or under the Sprint category. How can I get my phone to believe that it is a Sprint phone? I'll worry about freezing or ripping out bloatware I don't want later, I just want the choice!
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A lot of the "stock" rooted roms still remove bloatware apps. Check the rom's thread on here and see if they were removed. Sometimes the bloat apps are still there, but moved to a different folder. That way, you can add what you want.
There was a thread on this a while back. I believe the general assumption is you got an HTC demo unit. Its htc branded as opposed to sprint branded. No issues save for missing sprint apps. If you take it back, theyll exchange it for the simple fact its branded htc. Just ruu first. No need to exchange, though.
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There was a thread on this a while back. I believe the general assumption is you got an HTC demo unit. Its htc branded as opposed to sprint branded. No issues save for missing sprint apps. If you take it back, theyll exchange it for the simple fact its branded htc. Just ruu first. No need to exchange, though.
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I kind of wondered about that. I don't think it's really worth taking it back just for some carrier apps I'll probably end up pulling out anyway. I wonder why there seem to be so many demo units out there being sold as retail? Maybe the initial supply problems?
I dont know man. Maybe they got shipped out in retail boxes beforehand and some sprint stores never put them out on display and got them mixed up? Thats a mofo of a coincidence if so though
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Further research
I've poked around a little more in my system files to see if there is any reference to Sprint and found a few apks in /system/app: SprintDMS.apk, Sprint_Worldwide.apk, SprintInstaller.apk, and SprintZone.apk. If I try to install them using ES File Explorer, the installer runs and warns me that they are system apps and tells me about permissions, then fails with the message "App not installed." (Well duh, that's why I tapped on the apk....) So at least some of the Sprint stuff is on my phone, but it is dormant somehow. Is it possible that I just didn't get activated quite right after rooting? I sort of remember something called Hands-Free Activation running for several minutes on the first boot after rooting and cancelling it because it did not seem like it was going to complete. Maybe that has something to do with it?
You (or someone) changed something in your dialer settings. There is an option to turn off sprint branding in there. When you were on stock did you have any sprint animations when the phone booted?
You just have to change one setting to fix it if the problem is what I think it is.
easy fix...
1. install nova launcher
2. with nova launcher now set as launcher hold on homescreen to create new shortcut.
3. select new short cut > activities.
4. scroll down the list until you see "Update Device"... click update device then look for a "Branding" submenu.
5. Click on "Branding" and you will make a "Branding" shortcut on your Homescreen.
6. Click new "Branding" shortcut and set Branding to "Sprint"
Thank Autoprime for posting this fix. All your sprint apps will come back too. If that doesn't fix it PM me.
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When you were on stock did you have any sprint animations when the phone booted?
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I don't remember for sure (I booted maybe 2 times before I got around to rooting), but I don't think so.
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4. scroll down the list until you see "Update Device"... click update device then look for a "Branding" submenu.
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"Update Device" isn't in that list, and I didn't see Branding or anything like it in some other submenus I tried.
Just found this thread (not sure how I missed it when I was searching and reading thread titles before posting my thread). It is full of people with varying degrees of the same "problem" I have, but for some of them significant things are missing, like mobile network settings and so on. The fix is basically flashing the RUU and letting it download its Sprint package a few minutes after connecting to the network after that, then rebooting. I'm backing up all my apps now to give that a try.
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Just found this thread (not sure how I missed it when I was searching and reading thread titles before posting my thread). It is full of people with varying degrees of the same "problem" I have, but for some of them significant things are missing, like mobile network settings and so on. The fix is basically flashing the RUU and letting it download its Sprint package a few minutes after connecting to the network after that, then rebooting. I'm backing up all my apps now to give that a try.
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I suggest HTCs built in backup. It backs up apps, settings, evrrything minus autorotate settings and lockscreen password
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GreyRogue said:
Just found this thread (not sure how I missed it when I was searching and reading thread titles before posting my thread). It is full of people with varying degrees of the same "problem" I have, but for some of them significant things are missing, like mobile network settings and so on. The fix is basically flashing the RUU and letting it download its Sprint package a few minutes after connecting to the network after that, then rebooting. I'm backing up all my apps now to give that a try.
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PM me your serial number
Alright, I flashed the RUU, updated the profile and PRL and ... got the Sprint icons on the second home screen to show up! But mostly they are just links to the Play Store and the items are not available for my carrier as my carrier is still HTC. Does anyone know of a way to force my phone to get reprovisioned entirely? Maybe that would help....
And now confirmed not a demo unit, just a regular old Sprint One. So it must be something with how it got activated, right?
I didn't see this readily available and with many people not wanting to root and trip their Knox counter, I thought I'd show you how to get adblocking without root. This will work on both wifi and mobile data.
--First step would be to install Adblock Plus APK. I got mine from: https://adblockplus.org/en/android-install
--After installing, run the app once and activate filtering. It should now be blocking all ads on wifi only. To enable adblock on mobile data you need to add a proxy to your APN.
--Go to system settings>network connections>more networks>mobile networks>access point names. What you need to do now is go to you default APN and copy down all the settings. We only do this because you cannot edit the original APN it seems. Now create a new APN and enter in the copied settings. The only additional settings you add to add to the new APN is:
---Proxy: localhost
---Port: 2020
Make sure you set the new APN you created as active and adblocking should be working! I have done this on my T-mobile S5. Hopefully some of you will find this useful.
I can confirm this works, just tested it several times. Thanks!
Gonna give this a test.
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I had to modify my proxy for wifi and the app seems to be working (I need to find something that has ads, ha)...but I'm unable to modify my AP on my sprint s5.
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Gonna give this a test.
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I had to modify my proxy for wifi and the app seems to be working (I need to find something that has ads, ha)...but I'm unable to modify my AP on my sprint s5.
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Yea, I couldnt modify the APN on my S5 either. I just made a new one and copied over the settings.
Not working for me...
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Not able to create a new APN on my VZW S5.. Boo
Works with all my wifi, only added proxy and port. Android apps looks nicer now thx, still didn't tested it on mobile data
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Hi guys,
Sometime Adblock Plus crash... quite annoying.
I've decided to root mostly for AdAway ...
it works well on tmobile croatia , just added new apn
Thanks for this, it works, but have to manually add proxy and port to every single wlan network.
It is working for me.
It doesn't seem to work with Verizon phones. Anyone no verizon get this to work? Apparently you can't even create new APN's on verizons s5
Works great. Thanks so much!!!!!!
Works!
And we have to do this settings in every wifi network or just once ?
Thanks
Followed instructions exactly. Filtering says enabled, new APN selected. Still not working for me. AT&T variant S5.
phazey12 said:
I didn't see this readily available and with many people not wanting to root and trip their Knox counter, I thought I'd show you how to get adblocking without root. This will work on both wifi and mobile data.
--First step would be to install Adblock Plus APK. I got mine from: https://adblockplus.org/en/android-install
--After installing, run the app once and activate filtering. It should now be blocking all ads on wifi only. To enable adblock on mobile data you need to add a proxy to your APN.
--Go to system settings>network connections>more networks>mobile networks>access point names. What you need to do now is go to you default APN and copy down all the settings. We only do this because you cannot edit the original APN it seems. Now create a new APN and enter in the copied settings. The only additional settings you add to add to the new APN is:
---Proxy: localhost
---Port: 2020
Make sure you set the new APN you created as active and adblocking should be working! I have done this on my T-mobile S5. Hopefully some of you will find this useful.
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Thanks, it worked like a charm. No root on AT&T and not having some sort of ad blocking was killing me. You are awesome and I hit your thanks button.
I cant add the new APN on a Verizon galaxy s5, does anyone know how?
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Vogal said:
Works!
And we have to do this settings in every wifi network or just once ?
Thanks
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I have since rooted my phone so I forget. I think you might have to add a proxy to every connection you use
Big_Red77 said:
I cant add the new APN on a Verizon galaxy s5, does anyone know how?
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I don't believe you can adblock on the Verizon S5. My friend had one and I couldn't get it working on his device
jkDave said:
Followed instructions exactly. Filtering says enabled, new APN selected. Still not working for me. AT&T variant S5.
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Hmm, it for sure works on AT&T. Did you add the proxy settings to the new APN?
I live chatted with sprint to get the MSL and I thought they were giving me a BS code. Has anybody else received their code as "000000"? Yesterday it didn't work for me so I live chatted again to get the MSL. I was given the same number, but this time they also gave me the puk code which is pretty much useless for me for what I was trying to achieve. Today, while scrolling the secret codes looking for a service number to put in I found something, tried it, and failed and it automatically rebooted. Upon reboot I went through shortcut master for LTE functionality and I entered the MSL number as all zeroes again and viola, I could edit my APNs. Is this dumb luck or after chatting through sprint live chat is it possible they pushed something to the phone that took affect after live chat? Either way, I was able to edit what I need and now have hotspot working w/o the benefit of the tethering plan.
uuh, so the MSL is "000000" just to comfirm. LOL BUT you cannot edit APN type, at least i can't.
zone2oo0 said:
uuh, so the MSL is "000000" just to comfirm. LOL BUT you cannot edit APN type, at least i can't.
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DOWNLOAD SHORTCUT MASTER LITE UPPER RIGHT PRESS THE THREE DOTS SELECT SEARCH TYPE IN LTE GIVE IT A FEW SCROLL DOWN TO THE FIRST com.testLTEfunctionability click it push launch scroll down to LTE APN Setting.. thats it
LOL, damn. thanks man!
zone2oo0 said:
uuh, so the MSL is "000000" just to comfirm. LOL BUT you cannot edit APN type, at least i can't.
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Funny thing is that "000000" was the msl for the S8 plus as well.. lol
I used the website activation trick (where you leave your phone OFF while trying to activate it from the website before powering it on) and it gave me '000000' and I thought it just didn't know what the MSL was because I bought it from Samsung... I guess it is really 000000?
mbmike29 said:
I used the website activation trick (where you leave your phone OFF while trying to activate it from the website before powering it on) and it gave me '000000' and I thought it just didn't know what the MSL was because I bought it from Samsung... I guess it is really 000000?
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I do this too.
And yes, the MSL is 000000. Just as it was on my S8+. I guess they aren't giving the phones unique MSL's any longer.
I can't edit it, faded in gray.
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I just installed the Shortcut Master.... followed your directions above and never even had to enter the 000000
Added ",dun" and done. Works perfectly,
Thanks.
Wilmingtech said:
I just installed the Shortcut Master.... followed your directions above and never even had to enter the 000000
Added ",dun" and done. Works perfectly,
Thanks.
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Did you do this before the update?
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Androidwarrior said:
Did you do this before the update?
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Got the Note 8. Put it on the network. Installed all the updates. Installed all my apps and transferred everything from my old phone then did the edit to enable hotspot.
Version when I made the edit was AQI5
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Wilmingtech said:
Got the Note 8. Put it on the network. Installed all the updates. Installed all my apps and transferred everything from my old phone then did the edit to enable hotspot.
Version when I made the edit was AQI5
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Finally got it to work. I tried to edit it through ##3282# but it doesn't work that way. Update profile disables it as well.
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Androidwarrior said:
Finally got it to work. I tried to edit it through ##3282# but it doesn't work that way. Update profile disables it as well.
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Same here. Gotta follow directions above using the master shortcut app. 000000 doesn't unlock the APN settings in ##3282# (DATA) and you don't need you MSL code to use the app.
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I'm updated to latest version and used the shortcut app and worked perfect.
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Ok so changed apn setting with shortcut mastr lite and saved no problem. But i still see tether data being counted. Would anyone tell me what im doing or not doing thanks
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Ok so changed apn setting with shortcut mastr lite and saved no problem. But i still see tether data being counted. Would anyone tell me what im doing or not doing thanks
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Data is data. Enabling hotspot in this way doesn't hide from Sprint that you are using data. They can see how much data comes from your phone on their network.
What It does do though is enables hotspot that you don't have to pay for. Although currently Sprint allows 10gb of reporting for free.
But if you do this mod when your 10gb is up you should still be able to hotspot.
-Sean
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I just tried it and it worked for me. I'd been using Easy Tether with my Note 5. Glad to have this as an option again.
I followed directions but when I launched the com.testLTEfunctionibility - nothing happened. Am I missing something.
Go into airplane mode, then come out, directly after hit whichever one you want to do (wifi hotspot/USB tethering) and it should work without problems. I have tried and used both. If you have an easier way, please share!
Go to An settings and add dun to the end of the pan type. Works everytime. Not just Motorola, works on Note8 and V20
"An settings"? "pan type"?
Are these typos we have to decrypt? I don't have anything like this is my Network Settings.
Quantumstate said:
"An settings"? "pan type"?
Are these typos we have to decrypt? I don't have anything like this is my Network Settings.
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He's meaning APN settings and APN type "settings>More>cellular networks>access point names"
But this didn't work for me
Comet1966 said:
He's meaning APN settings and APN type
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No kidding?
I sure hope he's not a coder, an editor, or missile tech.
Salesman, or driving a mop would be good fits.
Quantumstate said:
No kidding?
I sure hope he's not a coder, an editor, or missile tech.
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Lol if he's typing on this phone I can understand it, I mistype a lot on this one. But I do look back and fix them. You should try the APN settings and see if they work for you. I still gotta stick with the airplane mode method.
You do realize Sprint includes hotspot in the unlimited plan, right?
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You do realize Sprint includes hotspot in the unlimited plan, right?
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No they don't. Maybe in one of them, but not mine.
If you go to sprint.com you'll see on the front page they include 10 GB of hotspot data. After those 10 gigs I believe it's throttled. I've had this for as long as I can remember.
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If you go to sprint.com you'll see on the front page they include 10 GB of hotspot data. After those 10 gigs I believe it's throttled. I've had this for as long as I can remember.
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That's not the plan we have. We've had our plan since 2007. Everything family plan I believe
I did mean apn lol. I also used 253gb of data last month.
WARNING about switching to a plan with free 10GB/mounth Mobile Hot Spot: Despite confirming with the Sprint phone jockey that Google Voice carrier integration would still work when I switched from my Everything to a Freedom Unlimited plan; it ended up breaking the integration and "cancelling" my Google Voice account. It took me about five days talking to Google and Sprint; and only after going back to the Everything plan, I was able to get GV working again.
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can someone update this post with the info of Android 8 ROM? does the procedure in OP work on Android 8?
if not what other way are there?
doctorman said:
can someone update this post with the info of Android 8 ROM? does the procedure in OP work on Android 8?
if not what other way are there?
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Id be interested in knowing as well.
dohcdragon said:
Id be interested in knowing as well.
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It works just tried it
doctorman said:
can someone update this post with the info of Android 8 ROM? does the procedure in OP work on Android 8?
if not what other way are there?
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Yup it works just fine.
The apn is grey out. How to change it?
ericliujian said:
The apn is grey out. How to change it?
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Add a new apn and use the same info from the greyed out apn.
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I just acquired a stock Sprint Z2 Force on Oreo 8.0 and the usual Airplane / Quick Hotspot tap fix isn't working like it did on the E5 Plus and Z3 Play, both of which were also running Oreo - the hotspot never activates on the Z2. APN's are all greyed out and locked and there's no way to add another one as of now. I need Hotspot in emergencies only, but I do need it for those occasional situations. Any other workarounds? Thanks!
Update - APN's can be added (not edited or removed) when the phone first reboots, but adding the dun command to the default "internet x.ispsn" APN - under a new APN with all other settings duplicated (as was suggested) - doesn't enable the hotspot as of now.
TVCCS said:
I just acquired a stock Sprint Z2 Force on Oreo 8.0 and the usual Airplane / Quick Hotspot tap fix isn't working like it did on the E5 Plus and Z3 Play, both of which were also running Oreo - the hotspot never activates on the Z2. APN's are all greyed out and locked and there's no way to add another one as of now. I need Hotspot in emergencies only, but I do need it for those occasional situations. Any other workarounds? Thanks!
Update - APN's can be added (not edited or removed) when the phone first reboots, but adding the dun command to the default "internet x.ispsn" APN - under a new APN with all other settings duplicated (as was suggested) - doesn't enable the hotspot as of now.
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I was able to edit mine using an sq3lite editor from the PlayStore.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dundastech.sqlitemasterlight
Add dun to the end of the internet apn, then change the dun apn to x.ispsn
It's under the app phone and messaging storage/databases/telephony.db/carriers
Just search for your operator by numeric. Sprint is 310120