Good morning all,
I'm trying to use my Verizon LG G2 phone with an AT&T sim card. So far everything seems to be working except for the mobile hotspot. Even though I have mobile hotspot enabled on my AT&T account, when I go to turn on the hotspot, I get prompted that I have to subscribe to Verizon's hotspot service. Does anyone have any suggestions to get around this? Ideally, I hope I can do this without having to root my phone.
Thanks!
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So like some people here, I have an unlocked AT&T Note 3 running on T-Mobile sim. I'm ok with the AT&T rom. I got the APN settings to work. Voice, 4G/LTE data, and messaging works, but I can't get Wifi Hotspot to work. When I tried to turn it on, it says the sim is invalid. My T-Mobile plan has 2GB of hotspot, so I'm not sure how to get it to work. What do I have to do? Do I have to root and install custom ROM that supports T-mo hotspot?
Thanks for any help.
bebopblues said:
So like some people here, I have an unlocked AT&T Note 3 running on T-Mobile sim. I'm ok with the AT&T rom. I got the APN settings to work. Voice, 4G/LTE data, and messaging works, but I can't get Wifi Hotspot to work. When I tried to turn it on, it says the sim is invalid. My T-Mobile plan has 2GB of hotspot, so I'm not sure how to get it to work. What do I have to do? Do I have to root and install custom ROM that supports T-mo hotspot?
Thanks for any help.
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Download a wifihotspot widget from play store.
then tap on it and immediately press the home button
it may take u several tries, but it will work
lmk if this works for u, cause it works for me, (plus its undetected by tmo)
Having the same issue here with my girlfriends note 3.
Is there a specific widget? Tried with the top two on the play store and it did not work after several tries.
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The other day I switched over to Straight Talk. I used stump root shortly after so I could use the hotspot fix to use wifi tethering. I never got it to work but was a to some 3g tethering with barnacle. My phone stopped getting 4g though and even when I put my Verizon Sim in it I get nothing but 3g. I've changed the network setting from global to lte/CDMA but nothing works. Do I need to factory reset? Very new to rooting.
Just switched from verizon to tmobile. Thought I can just pop the sim in, adjust APN and be good to go but it didn't turn out that way. Two major issues: only getting 3g connection and unable to activate hotspot. Phone is not rooted but can root it easily. Are there stable fixes or should I just sale and get a tmobile phone? Thanks
Ulenie said:
Just switched from verizon to tmobile. Thought I can just pop the sim in, adjust APN and be good to go but it didn't turn out that way. Two major issues: only getting 3g connection and unable to activate hotspot. Phone is not rooted but can root it easily. Are there stable fixes or should I just sale and get a tmobile phone? Thanks
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There is a particular G4 model (H811) which has the highest compatibility with T-Mo US. So do you have that one, or something else? (eg the Verizon-specific model: VS986)
The H811 is 100% compatible with Tmo, the Verizon model is probably barely compatible. (Verizon's network was historically based on CDMA, and regular voice/SMS still travels on that network, unless you have VoLTE working on your device)
Also, you do not get hotspot capability on any T-Mobile plan. Currently I have 2 T-mo phones, my daily driver at the moment is still on Verizon. So I have a low-end SIM for T-Mobile (infamous online or Walmart $30/mo plan) which includes 5GB of monthly data but you cannot do tethering/hotspot with it.
Does anyone know if the Hotspot works for verizon on an unlocked V40 v405qa7. I need a phone that let's me use the Hotspot without checking for a subscription and was hoping this is one of them.
Just turned this on, then inserted AT&T sim and it asked to reboot. Once done I was able to put in APN then turned on hotspot and set it all up. I got data on the phone, laptop can connect to hotspot but no internet. Playing with all the settings and still no internet on tethered devices. Did unlock version somehow download AT&T firmware and block tethering? Help?!
My unlocked phones have been doing this on at&t for a couple of months now. I think at&t just wised up to it somehow, but I'm unsure.
I am using hot spot right now..I do all day...using the FE on AT&T. No problems at all...but...I believe it depends on what plan you have!
I am on the unlimited elite so maybe that's the reason. Not sure why you would have to put in an APN??? THat should be automatically enabled when the SIM is installed.